[Day: Monday, Dec. 21. Time: 5:45 p.m.] [Earlier today, you chased down Otis Kappel, a man who bombed the apartment of reporter Paul Bachmann. Having interrogated Otis, you have since discovered that Hector Cayil put him up to it. As Mr. Cayil grew up with Chancellor Wolfgang Bauer and is an extremely famous former pop idol, that could be a problem.] [But anyhow, you're gathered in the briefing room so that Luana and Hotaru can discus their findings with you. Yay. Oh, and Heinrick's not there for some reason.] [Session Start!] * Hotaru sits with Ten's tray on her lap and waits. * Roseli walks into the briefing room, cup of coffee in hand and folder with papers under her arm. She nods to Hotaru with a small smile before taking a seat. * Luana enters the room and sits quietly, putting her closed holocomputer onto the table in front of her. * Ten nods back at Roseli. * Keiko was already sitting there, looking detached, her fingers running along her silver collar, and her duck setting on the table in front of her. She doesn't seem to be looking at anything in particular. (Ah the pleasures of the freeway turning into a 1 hour parking lot. x.x) (Dude, session already started. ;P Get into character.) (Also, that sucks.) [Suddenly Rowyn walks in, complaining about the traffic!] (Dude, that's the one thing I don't miss about Cali.) (Whoops.) (Yes, except I'm in Oregon.) (I still don't miss it about California!) [Right, so, Heinrick walks in. Go ahead.] * Luana looks to Ten. "Should I speak first, or would you like to?" Whichever of us Roseli would like to hear from first should report. ( Oi, can you believe we've been playing for almost half an hour? ) (No, becaue we've only been playing for 17 minutes!) (Someone, order us to do something!) (Seriously! Where's our Guardians!) (Madly typing away at something) * Roseli eyes the girls, then shakes her head. Hotaru, why don't you go first. ( If you guys don't wanna play, it's cool <.< I have a movie to watch and a Persona 3 to play. Just let me know ._. ) (Guardian B just got on the phone.) (c.c;) (Persona 3 is so addictive. o_o) ( Yes. Yes it is. ) * Keiko slowly looks back from her distraction towards the others, still with her fingers on the collar, and eventually around to Tentaru. Very well, _I_ shall begin my report. Hector Cayle: South African in origon, saved the Bauer family during the civel wars and was adopted. Has served both in armies and as a musician. Retired and became a spokesman for chartiable orginizations. Started Cayiltech in 2080. The Emperor system is their first project of any value and there is a private release party schedualed to begin in four and a half hours. He is expected to attend with his body guards. * Keiko purses her lips slowly as Ten reports. I have aditional information about his travel schedual for the next week, his home, and very general information about the body guards. I was unable to reach the specifices without jepordising my position within their system at the time of the intrusion. * Roseli nods. "I see. Understandable." * Ten nods. "If you have no questions, I have nothing further to add at this time." No questions yet. Luana? * Keiko frowns a little and opens her mouth, but then shuts it and waits, sighing just slightly and looking at the ceiling. Keiko, do you have something to say? * Luana opens her mouth to speak, then shuts it and looks over at Keiko. * Ten eyes her as well. (Okay, off phone. And since no one's tried to notice him, I'll just count now as Heinrick coming in if there's no objections.) (Nah.) (Go ahead) * Keiko glances to Rose, and then just says, looking out the window, "Can wait for Luana." * Heinrick breaks the tension by entering in! He's carrying a small briefcase this time and enters as quietly as he can. "I apologize for the tardiness. Sometimes issues can't be helped though..." * Ten turns her gaze to Heinrick. * Roseli frowns slightly. "Of course." She nods to Heinrick. Have you been briefed? * Luana nods at Heinrick by way of a greeting. Somewhat. They never did know how to give a proper briefing here. * Keiko smiles at the window very, very slightly. For a moment. * Heinrick takes a seat. Right. Our bomber is a hitman who seems to have been hired by one Hector Cayil, head of Cayiltech. He grew up with the chancellor and isn't known for violence, though he did serve in the military. The hit was on Paul Bachmann, a reporter, who Luanna's going to tell us about now. (One N, sorry.) * Luana nods slowly. "About two weeks ago, Bachman wrote an article for the Daily Star, essentially calling Hector Cayil a womanizer due to his two ex-wives and his team of female bodyguards. The article also questioned Cayil's pascifist stance by pointing out that the Emperor's console's planned first release is an extremely violent game." * Heinrick nods. "Well, it is good that they at least knew to cover *those* facts." * Heinrick quiets and listens. The Daily Star itself is considered to be a tabloid, so the articles it usually contains tend to be a mix of fact and truth. Nothing struck me as untrue in Bachmann's article, though. That's all I managed to find. (Did the first part about the article itself go through?) (Yes.) (Awesome.) * Roseli raises an eyebrow. "Interesting Cayil would want to kill Bachmann over something in a tabloid. Is this the first time these accusations have come up?" I do not know. There were no records that I saw of such within the Cayiltech databases. * Luana shakes her head carefully. "I didn't check... oh!" She looks up suddenly, very concerned. "I apologize, I forgot another part of the article. It also suggested that Cayil convinced one of his bodyguards to be genetic modified to look more attractive." * Heinrick folds his finger. "Agreed. One would almost say such actions would be an admission of guilt. If one were to find out he were responsible at least." (*genetically) * Heinrick then turns his head towards Luana. "Ahem. That is a fairly substantial part, don't you think?" * Luana looks down miserabley. "I'm so sorry. I was distra.... no, I have no excuse. I'm so very sorry." * Heinrick folds his fingers underneath his chin. "Genetic modification. Even in a tabloid, it casts some suspicion." Just remember that briefings need to be as complete as possible. Hotaru, would you know Cayil's official and unofficial stances on genetic engineering? Not at this time. Look it up. * Ten nods. (Be back in a few, sorry, have to switch computers.) *** Signoff: Luana (Quit: Trillian (http://www.ceruleanstudios.com) 2d8-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8-5) and gets a natural 4 for a result of -1. * Ten nods to herself. "Officialy they have taken no stance on the subject, unofficaly they seem in support of it." (-they, + he) * Roseli nods. Now, Keiko. Your concern? * Keiko says, towards the window, "I was looking for the explaination of why the apartment was blown up. But you got to that." A slight smile, and then she turns back to everyone. "Almost." *** Luana (user@24.152.208.81.res-cmts.eph.ptd.net) has joined channel #MC4 (Sorry about that. Someone catch me up?) * Heinrick glances at Keiko. "If you have any concerns to voice, now is the time. Not all of us can read minds." (Done.) * Keiko frowns at Heinrick, then says, "This... is not reason enough, unless he is..." she trails off, then, "Very paranoid." * Heinrick folds his fingers. "It could not even be him directly pressuring at all." * Heinrick turns to Roseli. "Was Bachmann actually injured in the blast or was it simply to... "send a message"? 2d8-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8-1) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 10. * Keiko looks at her duck and says, a tinge of annoyance in her voice, as she murmurs quietly, "Two weeks is too long." * Heinrick casts a sharp sudden glance at Keiko but doesn't say anything. ~Too... too long for what?~ * Ten looks at Luana. "Did he have any upcoming articles?" Not that I saw. * Keiko thinks back at Luana, ~Heinrick understands... you don't hit someone just because they said something bad a few weeks ago... unless you live on arrogance, hatred, or stupidity... maybe all of them.~ ~Ah.~ * Ten nods to herself again. (I think Heinrick's question is a great one.) (It is still awaiting an answer too. :/) (I don't know if he was or not! Nobody told me. :P) (Totaly not my area of research!) (I don't know if anyone researched it. I don't think so.) I believe the intent was to kill Bachmann; I don't know, yet, if he's been injured or killed. (But we should totally be tied into the cops, who would theoretically know this.) (Then Rose can answer that? :P) (Done. ;P) (Sorry, your question got lost in the stuff.) * Heinrick nods. "But he was in the apartment at the time, correct?" I don't know, frankly. We didn't even know who Kappel was trying to kill until recently. Hotaru, check that. Is there anything else you want her to look for at this time? I'm curious what the Chancellor's official and unofficial views are on genetic engineering as well. He did not survive the bomb blast. So. Whether or not the *intent* was to kill Bachmann is irrelevant. And the Chancellor's support of genetic engineering is on the verge of sparking hostilities, according to the news, is it not? * Heinrick closes his eyes. "Which is a curious point. Why so concerned with public opinion when the public opinion is already out there anyway?" * Keiko nods along absently with Heinrick's logic train, picking up her duck and stroking its bill. * Luana tucks a piece of stray hair behind her ear and continues looking down at her lap. The human mind is not something which I care to fathom more than I am forced to. You are going to be dealing with human minds often enough. If you cannot understand it, then it will hardly be effective. Hmph. * Heinrick lets out a deep breath. "There is more to this going on. We may need to investigate Cayil personally. And any correspondence that may be going on between him and the Chancellor. It won't be easy. I'm not even sure it's within our jurisdiction." * Roseli nods. * Keiko smiles faintly to herself, but then it slips away and she frowns. Something else to consider. * Heinrick turns to Roseli. "Oh? It might not have been Cayil. Kappel believes it's him, but he never spoke to him in person; all contact was through other avenues. * Heinrick raises an eyebrow. "Aha. So our most direct lead is through these contacts?" * Roseli nods. "Though all we've gotten from Kappel thus far is that he used an unlisted number." *** Moondrop (Mechalink@ip68-13-21-94.om.om.cox.net) has joined channel #mc4 You will ask my priestess to ask me to have words with the telephone exchanges next? *** Signoff: Moondrop (Quit: ) ( Uhhhhhhh..... What that was? ) (... my other computer being stupid.) (Sorry.) * Roseli nods. (We lose the logbot?) * Heinrick starts to speak but stops as Ten already figures out half of it. Besides, that's Rose's territory. (No.) * Keiko starts to hum, "If I were a Rich Man." Oddly. 2d8-5 ( That's a gewd song. ) * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8-5) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 3. It's a cellphone that was last used on the western side of Berlin. Doesn't narrow it down very much, though Cayil does live in Berlin, right? No known number? He lives in Breman, but he is currently in Berlin for the party. Cayil apparently requested the hit the day it happened. * Heinrick sighs. "I suppose that's our other option then.." (I forget if this is the next day or not. :P) (It's not.) (Okay, then today.) (And I THINK that's what happened with Cayil, though I was half asleep for that session. ^^;) (THat's okay, I was asleep for the hacking and got a gaint pile of useless info... wait, I wasn't supposed to tell you that. >.> <_<) (He comissioned the hit yesterday morning.) * Keiko exhales, and then she pushes her fingers up along the bridge of her nose as she glances to Heinrick. (Okay, change what I said to that. :P) * Heinrick raises an eyebrow at Keiko and pushes up his glasses. "If you have something to say here, I'd prefer you say it outloud." * Keiko frowns at him, and then says, low and snippy, "If you want. The man you are investigating is a good friend of the Chancellor." I believe this has been mentioned several times, yes. ~...Are you okay?~ * Heinrick glances at Luana for a moment. * Luana is still staring at her lap. * Ten waits for the humans to either start being coherent again, or make further demands of her. * Heinrick turns away for a moment. "Hmm. That's a possibility." * Keiko exhales noisily. ~Ask me in five minutes,~ she thinks back, then finishes, "So why... are we talking about this? Either... either we should be doing something, or telling someone something. Or both." She mashes her duck down a bit. We are talking about this for precisely the reason you just mentioned. Unless you would rather have us just rush out when the Chancellor is involved. * Heinrick turns back to Luana. "How have your camoflauging skills been coming along, Luana?" Very well, sir. I can consistantly hold other appearances while preforming tasks. * Heinrick closes his eyes slightly. "Ten. Did you happen to get a guest list for that party you mentioned?" Yes, there are five hundred invited guests plus staff and security. * Keiko lays her head forward on the table, forehead down, hair laying down every which way. Happy to have another answer. (Wrong one.) (Totaly missed!) * Heinrick folds his hands together. "Now the issue is on how to get Keiko into the party as well." (I didn't say that at all!) ( Just talk to Lydia and ask to add her. ) If there are five hundred guests, it shouldn't be hard. Possibly not. Luana could impersonate one of the staff to get close to Cayil though. * Roseli nods. I would need enough information to be able to fake being competant, first. Agreed. And we would need to brief control, to see if this is within our jurisdiction. They might have other plans. Oh I'm sure those are minor details. Ms. Tavares is right, however. Of course she is. * Keiko thinks at Luana, with no emotion, ~People fake being competent all the time.~ ~It helps to know a little bit extra, though.~ ~You know how to be a female bodyguard.~ ~Ah. True. His bodyguard staff is very small, though, so we'd have to subdue a presumably competant bodyguard beforehand without anyone ever noticing. It would be easier to be one of the people working to keep the party running smoothly.~ * Keiko sits up slowly. ~But those people just pick up drinks and... stuff. You can do that.~ ( Bunny girls ) (Not unlikely for a lech, sadly. Although it's a christmastime party.) (Elf girls, more likely?) ~I'd probably need to practice somewhat beforehand... but, you're right.~ * Heinrick stands slowly. "Well then. I suppose we shant waste time, then." He nods to Roseli and makes his way out. Mmm. ( Where ya going? ) (To talk with Control.) ( K, #control, unless you're all going ) (Actually, I'm kinda wearing out. x.x) * Roseli finishes the rest of her coffee, tosses the cup, and goes about grabbing a stick of gum. "Stay here." She heads off after Heinrick. (Ditto.) ( orzzzzzzzzzzzzz ) ( I had hoped to get you guys actually doing something by next session D: ) (You could assume we tell Control everything we actually found out. ;P) (And we started late! Not my fault!) (Yeah. :P) (Though I apologize for having a headache.) (Me too.) ( Ummm. It was someone's fault, since we spent a good virtual 20 minutes doing nothing >.> ) (Well, for me having a headache too. Not for Ard having a headache.) (I think we all share the blame for that one.) ( Not me! O: ) ( Anyhow, guess we may as well end. ) * Keiko watches the both of them go, and then stands up and walks over to the window, duck in hands. After a moment, she idly says, "I wonder if I will need makeup." [So... Session End!]