Session Start: Sat Oct 22 20:20:26 2011
Session Ident: #adlibbarcrawl
0322Oct[20:20:26] * Now talking in #adlibbarcrawl
1422Oct[20:20:33] * Moll does the bar crawl
0322Oct[20:20:35] * Taura[Lyra] (Ira@sux-F47AFB15.hsd1.ca.comcast.net) has joined #adlibbarcrawl
22Oct[20:21:42] <10Taura[Lyra]> "These are my old clothes."
22Oct[20:26:14] <06@KingGheedorah> 5Lyra and Thanos; it takes just under ten minutes to reach the Southern Worker's Guildhall from Cinq-Port One. Though it is no less crowded, here the streets are flooded with common folk; dockworkers, longshoremen, mercenaries, hired toughs, pilots, baggage handlers, and a variety of others are assembled. The guildhall is a domed building about two storeys high. The single entrance
22Oct[20:26:14] <06@KingGheedorah> 5lacks a bouncer but there are a few cameras.
22Oct[20:26:40] <06@KingGheedorah> 5=][=
1422Oct[20:29:26] * Moll strides forward, making his way through the crowd towards the guildhall.
0622Oct[20:30:11] * Taura[Lyra] keeps close behind.
22Oct[20:35:20] <06@KingGheedorah> 5Inside the bar is smokey and dimly-lit. The floors are covered in sawdust and the walls are an inch thick with posters and smeared with a wide variety of substances. The bar is fairly busy, and most of the tables are full. Thundering bass and a gruff wailing voice screams from the band performing onstage. There are three people behind the bar; a dark-haired young man with an
22Oct[20:35:20] <06@KingGheedorah> 5expensive-looking watch and an equally expensive-looking haircut, an older bald man with hairy, tattooed forearms as thick as a cannon barrel and a gut the width of an artillery shell, and a slim, doe-eyed blonde young woman. It is fairly obvious which one must be Hilde.
22Oct[20:36:01] <06@KingGheedorah> 5=][=
0622Oct[20:39:30] * Taura[Lyra] tilts her head at the bar, and then turns to Moll. 1"I do not frequent places like this, are three tenders common?"
1422Oct[20:40:15] * Moll shrugs. "Depends on the place. At least it's obvious who we need to keep an eye on."
1422Oct[20:40:30] * Moll moves inside.
0622Oct[20:40:43] * Taura[Lyra] nods, and lights her own lho. She glances idly at Moll as she follows him in, 1"I don't suppose you want one?"
1422Oct[20:41:10] <09Moll> "No thanks."
22Oct[20:41:39] <10Taura[Lyra]> "Didn't think so. Don't want to make that cough any worse."
1422Oct[20:49:24] <09Moll> "Exactly. What will you have?"
0622Oct[20:50:25] * Taura[Lyra] waves a hand dismissively.
1422Oct[20:53:13] * Moll shrugs, and goes to get a pitcher and two glasses, seeing if he can chat up this Hilde.
22Oct[20:55:32] <06@KingGheedorah> 5It takes you a few minutes of waiting to actually get to the bar, busy as it is. Finally you get her attention. "Get you something?"5 She sounds cheerful, though a bit harried.
1422Oct[20:56:58] <09Moll> "Pitcher of whatever's on tap and two glasses."  He pauses intentionally.  "What's a pretty girl like you doing in a place like this?"
22Oct[21:00:34] <06@KingGheedorah> 5She rolls her eyes as she begins pulling a pitcher. "Working."
1422Oct[21:01:18] <09Moll> "What's your name?  I'm Cadoc."
22Oct[21:07:03] <06@KingGheedorah> 5She looks at you askance, then sighs. "My name's 'taken', and I'm terribly busy tonight. Sorry."5 She passes you your pitcher and two glasses. "Fifteen Scabs."
1422Oct[21:08:01] * Moll gives her whatever that is in thrones, and takes his order back to the table. "Pretty sure that's our girl," he says to Taura.
0622Oct[21:08:24] * Taura[Lyra] has acquired them a table and tilts her head, looking at the woman. 1"Likely. What did she say?"
1422Oct[21:08:39] <09Moll> "She's busy."
22Oct[21:08:50] <10Taura[Lyra]> "Helpful."
1422Oct[21:09:19] <09Moll> "Can you..." he trails off, then taps his head.
0622Oct[21:10:00] * Taura[Lyra] raises an eyebrow. 1"If I am assuming correctly, no."
1422Oct[21:10:16] * Moll shrugs. "Guess we'll just have to wait her out then."
1422Oct[21:10:25] * Moll pours the glasses full of beer and sips his.
0622Oct[21:14:17] * Taura[Lyra] looks down at her glass and shrugs. She sips at it slowly.
22Oct[21:20:31] <06@KingGheedorah> 5Just over an hour passes. The band finishes playing and the bar starts to trickle empty. Hilde and the young man have a brief conversation with the third bartender and then the younger two head off upstairs. A few minutes later, they come down, dressed in more comfortable-looking clothes. The dark-haired man stays for a drink. Hilde waves to the two of them and exits the guildhall.
1422Oct[21:21:48] * Moll quickly finishes the beer in his glass, and exits the building.
0622Oct[21:23:20] * Taura[Lyra] follows behind him.
22Oct[21:39:05] <06@KingGheedorah> 5Outside the massive hab-lights ringing the island docks have dimmed as Sibellus enters night-cycle. The streets of Emperor's Island are cold and a hard rain pelts you from above, both masking your shadowing and making it harder to identify your target.
22Oct[21:39:28] <06@KingGheedorah> 5Hilde begins to walk through the streets, turning her collar up to the cold. One of her hands slips into the breast of her coat.
0822Oct[21:40:05] * KingGheedorah changes topic to 'Hilde Awareness: 0 | Thanos Stealth: 0 | Lyra Stealth: 0 | Distance to Hilde's flat: 10 rounds |'
0822Oct[21:53:13] * KingGheedorah changes topic to ''
22Oct[21:54:13] <06@KingGheedorah> 5Thanos, through a combination of your excellent shadowing technique and Hilde's apparent inability to notice anything not directly under her own nose, you have no difficulty whatsoever in following her unseen through the twisting streets of the southern docks.
22Oct[21:54:42] <06@KingGheedorah> 5After a short pursuit she heads to the front door of a habblock and, fishing through her purse for a moment, comes out with a cognomen.
1422Oct[21:57:13] * Moll casually gets closer, preparing to dart in before the door closes behind her.
22Oct[21:59:15] <06@KingGheedorah> 5She slides the cognomen into the door slot and, after a brief pause, a vox-grille buzzes and allows her access. She slips through the door and heads through the lobby, headed for the elevatus. The door keeps buzzing for several seconds after she passes through, allowing you easy access.
1422Oct[22:00:07] * Moll boards the elevatus behind her.
22Oct[22:03:48] <06@KingGheedorah> 5She doesn't pay you any mind while you are waiting for the elevatus, but when you both enter she finally recognizes you. Her hand slips into the breast of her coat again. "Oh, for feth's sakes... really?"
1422Oct[22:04:40] <09Moll> "Sorry, Hilde, but I'm not interested in you, so much as I'm interested in people you know."
22Oct[22:05:46] <06@KingGheedorah> 5She flinches. "I don't know what you're talking about."5 She edges toward the door and hits the 'open' button.
1422Oct[22:06:23] * Moll hits the 'emergency stop' button. "Gustavsson isn't a familiar name?"
1422Oct[22:07:46] <09Moll> "Cooperate with me and I promise no harm will come to you."
22Oct[22:08:30] <06@KingGheedorah> 5She pulls her hand out of her coat. There's a stub auto in her hand.
1422Oct[22:10:05] <09Moll> "Just relax, I don't want to hurt you."
1422Oct[22:10:31] <09Moll> "All I want is a place for a quiet chat.  I'm sure you'll agree the guildhall wasn't the place for that."
22Oct[22:11:31] <06@KingGheedorah> 5She seems a little more confident with a gun between you and her. "So you followed me home?"
1422Oct[22:12:18] <09Moll> "That's right."
22Oct[22:13:12] <06@KingGheedorah> "And I shouldn't shoot you because..?"
1422Oct[22:13:41] <09Moll> "Because my gun is bigger."
1422Oct[22:14:27] <09Moll> "So how about it?  Nice little chat, we both walk away when it's over.  No one gets hurt."
22Oct[22:14:27] <06@KingGheedorah> 5She smirks. "I'll bet you tell that to all the ladies. Creep."
22Oct[22:14:38] <10Taura[Lyra]> "Not really."
22Oct[22:14:46] <10Taura[Lyra]> "The other one is the creep."
22Oct[22:16:20] <06@KingGheedorah> "How about we talk here, and you keep your hands where I can see them."
1422Oct[22:17:06] <09Moll> "Fair enough, but won't they send someone to check the elevatus?"
22Oct[22:18:36] <06@KingGheedorah> 5She scoffs. "Not in this building."
22Oct[22:18:47] <06@KingGheedorah> "People don't ask too many questions here."
22Oct[22:18:53] <06@KingGheedorah> 5She waggles the gun. "Now what do you want?"
1422Oct[22:19:06] <09Moll> "I want to get in touch with Gustavsson."
22Oct[22:19:17] <06@KingGheedorah> "Quarl? Why?"
1422Oct[22:24:08] <09Moll> "That's between him and I."
22Oct[22:25:04] <06@KingGheedorah> 5She laughs. "Like hell I'm giving him up to a pair of shady dockside skulkers."
1422Oct[22:25:44] <09Moll> "Do you know what a psyker is, Hilde?"
22Oct[22:27:03] <06@KingGheedorah> "If you're a psyker, can't you just waggle your magic fingers and make him appear?"
1422Oct[22:27:48] <09Moll> "I'm not, but my friend here is, and we're both trapped on an elvatus with her."  He pauses.  "I've seen her burn men alive.  I'd rather not make her angry now."
0622Oct[22:31:22] * Taura[Lyra] smirks.
1422Oct[22:31:43] <09Moll> "Like I said, just a little cooperation and we all walk away."
1422Oct[22:31:53] <09Moll> "But if you're going to start shooting," he leans in closer, "Shoot her first."
0622Oct[22:32:43] * Taura[Lyra] laughs.
22Oct[22:37:31] <06@KingGheedorah> 5She seems obviously shaken, by the way her hand holding the gun begins to tremble. "W-who /are/ you people? What do you want?"
1422Oct[22:44:10] * Moll reaches up and gently forces her gun down, while saying, "We're the sort you don't want to remember. Now, will you help us?"
22Oct[22:47:25] <06@KingGheedorah> 5She jerks at your touch and tries to keep the gun level. "I c-can't just /give him up/. I won't."
0622Oct[22:49:04] * Taura[Lyra] focuses her will on the gun pointed at them, aiming to merely jam it so it is no longer a threat.
1422Oct[22:52:46] <09Moll> "You have to.  It's the way things work.  You'll either give him up, or the psyker will eat you and we'll find him some other way.  If you both live through this, you can beat him up for being such a hard person to get ahold of."
22Oct[22:53:19] <06@KingGheedorah> 5She manages to regain control of the gun. "You know Quarl?"
1422Oct[22:53:43] <09Moll> "Not yet."
22Oct[22:53:54] <06@KingGheedorah> "Do you know who he works for?"
1422Oct[22:54:22] <09Moll> "I have a vague inkling of that, yes."
22Oct[22:55:35] <06@KingGheedorah> 5She starts to cry. "Then you know I lose either way."
1422Oct[22:56:57] <09Moll> "Quarl doesn't need to know who told me to contact him."
22Oct[22:57:59] <06@KingGheedorah> "He'll know. Or someone else will. Or they'll kill me anyways, just to keep things quiet."
22Oct[22:58:34] <06@KingGheedorah> "I just..."5 She takes a deep breath. "I can't. Can't just give him up."
22Oct[23:02:21] <06@KingGheedorah> "I just-"5 She abruptly raises the gun and squeezes the trigger, rewarded by a loud 'CLICK'5. She looks at the gun in confusion for a moment, then drops it and scrabbles at the elevatus controls for the 'OPEN DOOR' rune.
1422Oct[23:02:38] * Moll blocks her, grabbing her hand.
1422Oct[23:03:05] <09Moll> "Okay, we'll do this the hard way."
22Oct[23:04:49] <06@KingGheedorah> 5Hilde screams and tries to force her way out of your grasp.
1422Oct[23:04:51] * Moll draws a bolt pistol and smacks her with it.
0622Oct[23:06:59] * Taura[Lyra] watches Thanos and Hilde do battle, then answers the vox. 1"Hello."
0822Oct[23:07:56] * KingGheedorah changes topic to 'Thanos 13, Hilde 4'
22Oct[23:08:16] <06@KingGheedorah> 5Thanos, your blow does little more than glance her shoulder as she tries to wriggle out of your grasp.
1422Oct[23:11:27] * Moll punches the barrel of his gun into her arm. "You can still walk away from this!" he says through gritted teeth.
22Oct[23:18:47] <06@KingGheedorah> 5She cries out in pain and tries ineffectually to fight back or escape.
1422Oct[23:25:53] * Moll pushes her up against the wall, trying to get a better grip on her.
22Oct[23:27:09] <06@KingGheedorah> 5She continues to struggle ineffectually against you.
1422Oct[23:28:48] <09Moll> "Now, we've established a few things here.  I can keep this up all night, I'm mostly robot.  Or you can tell me what I want to know and take your chances with me.  I will not leave until I have been satisfied."
0622Oct[23:29:41] * Taura[Lyra] tilts her head to one side, considering. She responds. 1"Of a sort."
22Oct[23:34:27] <10Taura[Lyra]> "We're speaking with Hilde now."
0622Oct[23:42:44] * Taura[Lyra] chuckles. 1"Indeed."
22Oct[23:46:02] <06@KingGheedorah> 5She struggles against you for a moment longer, then slumps against the wall, the fight gone out of her.
0322Oct[23:48:25] * Moll is now known as ALT-F4
Session Close: Sat Oct 22 23:49:24 2011