Well hello, my name is Bob and I am playing a character named Nina
Unknown:all
Snyders Return:laughing How did him as you step outside into the sun, you see a group of kind of emo II goth ish kind of dressed the the sort of the darker clothing, the chain wallets and, and other such a tire struggle with the heavier combat boot style footwear start drifting away from the school and down the main road towards a small parade of shops down further down that way. So as you sort of watch this, I guess I'll follow as you begin to step in straight away from the the the school we shift way across town. And a Jarvis has pulled the car up outside your logging company. And as he allows you to exit the vehicle, he says, right this way is to silver.
Nina de Silva:Yeah, you see, one can hear her heels clack against the concrete and she clearly like the way she's dressed the way she has posture. It's just not someone that's usually in the space, but she has some business to attend to. So she behaves like she really belongs there just to do what needs to be done. And to repeat what you said to Jarvis we just make a grip.
Snyders Return:Of course, Mr. Silver come through our head of shipping down at the docks has has contacted us about a delay getting some some of the lumber away. He's here to speak to me in person it must be it is it is serious. From from what he tells me,
Nina de Silva:it surely has to be serious. If no other subordinate of mine can do it. I knew I need to waste my precious time and this turns around to find absolutely no objective to describe as you just you know, waves around this place
Snyders Return:as you sort of make through and every time you make a couple of steps Jarvis is there to sort of nip around and open the door for you and then get the elevator for you and and sort of get you to the office ways sort of head of a shipping is sort of waiting for you and as you sort of approach this the room that he's in he on the other side of the door by the windows sort of sleeves rolled up sort of quite hairy forearms hands in pockets. That sort of quite well turned out but still has like a high vis jacket on from working down at the dock the you have a a stake in shall we say
Nina de Silva:and you are
Snyders Return:I'm sorry miss Mr. Silver My name's My name's Gary I run the the shipping down to the docks on behalf of your company ma'am I seem to be recovering well one of our ships has been blocked in by a troublesome fellow and and there's going to be deleted it to get it shipped out while they're getting some cargo unloaded. But I had to I wanted to come in and apologise and say we're dealing with it in person are making sure that that shipment gets away as soon as possible with silver. But he's a troublesome fellow. Mr. Silver goes by the name of the Stanislaw he's got a bad rep down to the docks. And his his boats. His ships. boxcars in and That they're using the cranes, we've, we've, we've tried to ask, but we fight, we're going through the motions to get it sorted.
Nina de Silva:Oh, who's gonna move it, he's going to move it. Just point me to the direction. I will have a list of every reason why he should get his ass and his cranes out of my fucking way.
Snyders Return:I understand this. It's down at the docks, we're just next to pier 71. All telephone ahead to let the boys know that the boss is coming.
Nina de Silva:She just turns around very clean 180 and leaves the room.
Snyders Return:He sort of stood there last for a minute. And then you see him scrambling for his phone and sort of struggling to dial and just as you sort of move out. And beyond as dark Jarvis is ahead of you opening the doors. You can hear him sort of contacting the other doc hands to let them know of your impending arrival. All right. We will go back to Aoki Are you just cruising along behind this group? Or are you actively trying to conceal yourself?
Aoki Cho:Um, I guess I have no problem with with being found. So I'll just very very how's it Harvard call I'll follow them. Not that I will disguise or hide, but I'll just keep a distance and kind of sculpt them from afar. We're kind of go I don't know if this this is the group that I'm looking for. But maybe there are so I'm just we're just going in the same direction right now.
Snyders Return:So as you sort of follow them and they begin they seem to be sort of casually chatting with each other but it's hard to pick out the details of their conversation. And as they move along the high street or along the sidewalk and through to this sort of small shops this small shopping area. And they head for a chain coffee shop called beans. They're across the city. It's not an unusual sight to have one here. But you see them sort of they don't deviate from their path they very much head towards this one particular coffee shop. And as they all begin to filter in, one of them sees you just out the corner of the eye, you know as you hold the door for someone in your body sort of rotates theirs doesn't they sort of clock you and then they move into the coffee shop and the door swings closed behind them.
Aoki Cho:I want to infiltrate this place I want to use my shadow step ability. Though
Unknown:I
Aoki Cho:as a good Ninja, I will kind of merge with the shadows and as silently as possible and as swiftly I will get into that place and kind of hide in a corner before everybody or before anyone notices me and kind of spy on reduce kits. They seem a little bit suspicious.
Snyders Return:I would like you to do a sneak around please.
Aoki Cho:Okay, and I'll use the now you see me now you don't power tech fast as lightning power tag and make no sound part. So that's three power.
Unknown:Yes it is.
Aoki Cho:sneak around. It's a 13
Snyders Return:oh you're rolling very well. Right so as even as the door is about to swing closed as the last one goes in. You're able to sort of what you describe it How does it look when you move at this speed.
Aoki Cho:It is kind of the the gust of wind that I travelled here so and a specific instance I'll just be very swift but since I am the God of lightning and are the God of lightning and thunder has given me this These powers it is not I can control how much the shockwave of my, my speeds affects the environment. So before the door closes, I kind of just sprint, but it's, I turn kind of foggy as if a cloud envelops me and hides my presence. And I will just kind of slip through the door. And instantly kind of find a place that's a little worse lit than than the entirety of Oregon, the rest of the shop. And I'll just kind of stay there against the wall with very small presence. You notice this aura that you radiate sometimes it's I'm there, but I'm not the kind of people that you would notice.
Snyders Return:The grey man. Yeah. So as you move in and take a sort of seated position watching this first group come in, you see the, the sort of move into the coffee shop. And they go and sit around, go and choose a table off to one side. And you can see that they're having conversations between themselves. And every so often, there's sort of a shared glance towards another high school pupil, within the coffee shop. And they all turn to look at each other and discuss and then notice that to get up and wander across to this pair of high school pupils sat at a different table, and they get to chatting. And you can see them sort of trying to encourage them to join them on the one table and they look to be one seems reasonably interested. The other one you can just tell is, is sort of flat out not interested. And sort of begins to play on their phone and, and drink coffee. But the one that that seems engaged, a male, high school aged individual, sort of gets up and actually goes and joins this this small collective of sort of emo goth ish dressed high school kids, and seem to sort of be engaging in in a conversation with them. Everyone else in the coffee house doesn't really pay them too much attention, the barista and all that is busy serving and pays them no mind. And okay.
Aoki Cho:So this is these kinds of golf students. They are they are they also students from the school or are they some somehow a different group? Or like are they older? No, they
Snyders Return:appear to be high school age. And they left and headed towards the coffee house directly from the school city. Hi. Where you were so you could reasonably assume that they are pupils of the school?
Aoki Cho:Okay, I would come I want to assume that they are the cool kids that I've heard about the land bluntly assuming is there Can I hear what they're talking about? I don't think that the shop is very very big and as a teenage group they're probably not very quiet
Snyders Return:or do we change the game
Aoki Cho:can can I maybe try something with this I will conjure write and read in its himself is appears as a little form of energy and not as as my mythos is not really noticeable to anyone else unless he really wants to. And with him as my patron I hope that he can help me with this situation of getting a little bit different information from these students can add at maybe a little bit far from me.
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Aoki Cho:Okay, then I will try to change the game. Warrior's wisdom Am I just eavesdropping basically I could use river warriors wisdom to to see their posture and their their lips that so can can maybe understand better what they saying? Okay, and I'll use the make no sound power tag. So just that I kind of really focus my inner senses towards this group of people. All right. Okay, then that is three power, and I will attempt to change the game. It's an 11 It's a great success.
Snyders Return:So, yes, so you can create rating as a story tag and you can also do you can scale up the effect or prolong the effect or hide the effect.
Aoki Cho:Okay, I have created Raiden. turnip partagas starts. So he is probably right there with me. And he can give a little bit of wisdom or a little bit of or he can also hinder me with being a trickster himself. I defect, any other improvement? I want to Ah, okay, change the game? How could I use this right now? Caleb effect,
Snyders Return:you could prolong the effect make him last longer. So you could create the story tag of ryden Raiden. Yep, hide that effect. So he's able to watch and communicate with you unseen, and then you could either prolong that effect. So he is able to follow them for longer, or you could scale up the effects. So he is able to take in more information or more accurate information is how I would sort of put that back to you.
Aoki Cho:I would make it short term. So I would scale it in so that he can can get more information for me.
Snyders Return:What does reading looked like? In some districts
Aoki Cho:he is has a form of a man but he is kind of very angry. So when you when you look at him, he has this very kind of pissed off base. But it's it's more like a mask that he wears. And he has this arc that goes from one shoulder to the other one that has a number of little drops on that. It's a very think he's quite iconic and Japanese mythology. And yeah, he is kind of a little spectre of blue energy with a little bit of sometimes some some little lightnings or just sparks coming out. Especially when he's moving around. And yeah, his his base, his he kind of sits on a little cloud that think of like a Goku cloud from Dragon Ball. And he sits there with his arms crossed and just kind of floats over there.
Snyders Return:Alright, so while only you can see that because you chose to hide Yeah. So as Raiden sort of moves across, we kind of shift the perspective from you. So as he leaves you, we sort of follow him as he moves across into position. And you can hear this group of teenagers sort of really engaging this, this new member, inviting them to the junkyard is one of the words that Raven is able to pick up for you. They mentioned a name call, they mentioned a couple of names that sort of catch your ear. As Raiden relays this information across to you. There's a name, the first name doesn't ring any bells with you. The name is Victor Chang. But then you hear Adam Reynolds is mentioned. And recently having joined the club, also, Emily Craig is a name that is mentioned by this group. And the individual that moved across this male High School pupil that have joined the these others seems to be nodding in agreement and sort of getting almost excited for the prospect of of joining whatever it is that those guys are up to. And you can see all that sort of transpire out ahead of you with the information coming across to you by Raiden.
Aoki Cho:Now, okay, that's very interesting. We have a little school gang here, and they're probably not up too much good. I will, I'm nor now sure that I want to keep tailgating them. And now I'm interested in finding out where just junk yard is. And yeah,
Snyders Return:they continue talking for a while having an they order another coffee, but they they definitely seem like they have itchy feet. Speaking of feet, and well turned out well heeled shoes. Jarvis arrives close to the dock. You can see the rows and rows of containers stretching out into the distance, you can see the large cranes moving across various piers and births that the massive dock area has. And as you are gaining access into the the docks, one of your employees from this Docklands area, sort of flags down the car flakes down Jarvis, and the two of them have a brief discussion. And Jarvis sort of swivels in his seat a little bit just so he can look at you. And he says, Here 72 and 71. Just over over the back of this docks. Mr. Silver, we will, we'll drive down there now. But it's quite a quiet location.
Nina de Silva:And this is important because
Snyders Return:it should know what we're driving towards man. It's just useful information.
Nina de Silva:I could take care of myself, of course, of course.
Snyders Return:And he drives on through almost running over the feet of the the employee that that came to speak to him and kind of to you as the car moves down to the the wharf the water's edge and turns and starts heading far beyond sort of the the main what would be the usual shipping area. Various other companies have their cargo ships that container ships sort of being dealt with. As we sort of bank round, we can see that the ship with your company name upon the bulk of it, registered here in the city seems to have very little activity because there was a different ship that is basically pulled alongside it or sort of across it and is being unloaded using the main crane and a few large containers are being moved on to the dock size and then moved on by like a forklift for one of a better description.
Nina de Silva:Well then never This is just inaccessible. I just I look around. I tried to see if there's anyone that I can recognise is like kind of leading this operation.
Snyders Return:don't recognise many of the workforce down here but there does seem to be Someone eagerly sort of awaiting what is coming off the ship that is blocking yours. He's so through the windscreen pass over jobs to shoulder beyond seemingly looking wished. excited by the mannerisms is a pretty tall, swore tattooed bald man who sort of looks to be between excited by what's happening on the boat ahead of him and sort of menacingly taking charge of those around him. As his I his sort of gaze on the crane and the boat down to the small team, he has sort of moving in around him. And this operation,
Nina de Silva:I make a beeline to him, like my my heels clap very sharply. So that probably he can hear me from miles away. But if not, then I just really just begin screaming from the distance. Hey, yo, yo, how long is this all going to take?
Snyders Return:takes as long as it takes I
Unknown:excuse?
Nina de Silva:she just looked like from top to bottom have my
Snyders Return:home run this part of the doc. I would like you to respect that fact. Lady. Piss off.
Nina de Silva:Are you little Do you want to actually took over this crane that is not even supposed to be yours. Even though that I have worked this entire section for my operations only I am the proud, proud CEO of sawmill Inc. If you've never heard of it, then probably you don't even deserve to hear this name. And I have a few things to tell you about why you should not have mess with me, sir. First, I know everyone in the city and this includes the police. This includes people that are so powerful, you can't even imagine what they could do to you. They would all try this try you if I don't do it first. So I just I just advise you to take a little team, take a crane and disappear as fast as honestly just disappear.
Unknown:You're phonies.
Nina de Silva:I can I can intimidate I can roll something.
Unknown:Do me a convince.
Nina de Silva:I will convince I will probably use Do you know how I am an alternative? Our I don't know if the ends justify the means would fit I do believe it would
Snyders Return:I think it would in this instance.
Unknown:Okay. Yep.
Snyders Return:I know, rolls around
Aoki Cho:just trashing this game.
Snyders Return:Absolutely. That's what is there for. So you get to give him a status. Fearful three,
Nina de Silva:it could be fearful frame, it could just say belittled outright destroyed free. But yeah, careful, sorry.
Snyders Return:Well, you notice, but as your words appear to sort of, do kind of cut into what you're doing and you've grabbed his attention. There seem to be a lesser degree, so he will take unnerved to as he is able to sort of browbeat himself into resisting all of your intimidation attempt. And he says, Now I respect what you're trying to do. But think you're not rush bucket over there. Can't wait until I'm finished. We won't be long. You just bought your car lady. All right.
Nina de Silva:This is what you have in this container really with a life in prison.
Snyders Return:If you think I'm going to presume this. Oh, I know. You're going to prove to me and and
Nina de Silva:I just need to raise my finger.
Snyders Return:Well, I'd be careful where you put those fingers Miss because me and my me my gun here and you see him sort of remove a pistol. Hmm. He's actually got far worse weapons. You see him? Bring a submachine gun round that was sort of been strapped to the back. So this small submachine gun now is sort of brought to bear in front of you and levelled at you. He says you need to be careful where you put those fingers because I've got an itchy trigger finger here. Ah,
Nina de Silva:well she says a bit and I should just tops a bit in her tracks. But they just should just say you force me to do this. To just ish. She's probably gonna try and use don't look which is one of them. The first poll And she's gonna try and make like, while he looks at her, it would be an attempt to make him like be psychologically destabilised because it would be this power that makes people who look at her go a bit mad.
Snyders Return:So are you doing something that's a bit risky or outright stupid? Possibly not, maybe it's either gonna be go toe to toe, or take the risk, I would say, unless you want to really push it in back. But I could go one of two ways. So I would say, I would say is probably go toe to toe on this one.
Nina de Silva:Okay, so I'll do didn't look. And I'll probably use the tag in control as well, just to show you that like, I'm calm, like, I am actually, actually believe that I am going to get one by one.
Snyders Return:And he, you can also add to that, too, because he is unnerved because you applied that status to him.
Nina de Silva:So like, plus two, okay.
Snyders Return:Yeah. Cuz you gave him a status, which he responds. So you are using that against him?
Nina de Silva:That's true. Do we have this the optional rule of power cap or not?
Snyders Return:We won't in this instance, but it it is a valid question.
Nina de Silva:go toe to toe, right.
Snyders Return:Yes. Oh, nice. Okay, so you get to choose to have the following you can achieve your goal. Get them good by giving them a status? Or you can block dojo count to their best attempts.
Nina de Silva:Okay, um, I will get them good or good. I'll probably check the status status, probably something to do with,
Unknown:like,
Nina de Silva:what the hell am I doing? Like, this is out of my league, or something like that. So probably something to do with For instance, if he's a nerd, then,
Unknown:um,
Nina de Silva:and I will, I would say, my goal would be to make him not shoot me. And actually, no, my goal is to write I would like him to not shoot me. But I also would like to make him just give me the crane, which is the ultimate goal. Yeah, I'm sorry, I need to pick one of these where
Snyders Return:you can choose to have the if the effects so you want to give him a status and achieve your goal.
Nina de Silva:I will give them a status. And I would say I want him to lower his weapon, because if I don't choose for him to lower his weapon, then I don't know what's gonna happen.
Snyders Return:So what status Are you giving? With a? What tier four status Are you trying to give him?
Nina de Silva:Actually, if if he looked into my eyes, and they do make people go mad, that would be a bit of? Yeah, I would say because it's not it has to be a new a new status, right? Like not nothing to do with do nerved.
Snyders Return:If they apply, they can stack one on top of the other.
Nina de Silva:Yeah. Okay. Now, I would say I would say incapacitate to him. Like, he's probably like, frozen in, in fear. Not frozen in fear, but something to do with like, you know, he saw something he shouldn't have seen.
Snyders Return:Sure. Not good. There's names. That's, that's fair enough. Well, we'll stick with fearful because the the tier four status you give to him he is able to he's still able to reduce is slightly although has had an adverse effect upon him. So he takes 53 which kind of stacks sort of putting him off to the next level on that marker. So he's fearful but he is not so frightened as yet you can you can see the fear in his eyes welling up and he's he's almost ready to, to do something else. And he says, He says, you know, I've still got a gun. And I've still got my boys here. So I've got what I need in a container, just over there. Very important cargo. And while I'm checking that, and its contents, I'm gonna leave my boys here. If I hear you making trouble, our boys are going to come over there and sought you out. And he is going to give you the status. He's going to threaten you, which is what that was, and give you scared to.
Nina de Silva:Oh, okay. Just want to cry given the crying.
Snyders Return:He's sort of smug going, sorry.
Nina de Silva:I didn't actually say it this way I just say I didn't say listen. So I really just give me the crane. Let me do my shipping. And you're gonna have a back later.
Snyders Return:I'll tell you what, you give me one hour on my little shipment saw it out. And you can have the crane rot bucket over there, you got Santa walk us off out this dock. You know
Nina de Silva:what else can happen in one hour, the police can drop by here
Snyders Return:they be investigating your body
Nina de Silva:is not going to be something that they can use. So it's really also not my container
Snyders Return:appears we have come to a bit of an impasse. I look around Let me think what we are thinking and there is a sort of kind of a pissing contest, as it were, as to who's going to give first we go back across to the coffee shop and the group of teenagers are sort of gathering gathering their items sort of finishing their coffee and starting to head out the front door. Weirdly. They seem to be heading out the back of the building through like a fire escape or a rear entrance. So Aoki, you notice this group, get up the the new member of the group is going with him the other one who is not interested in their their offer, to sort of engage with them in conversation is still sort of cuddling our coffee and listening to music and just in their own little space, headspace. What is it you would like to do?
Aoki Cho:I would like to talk to him, but I'm fearful that I wouldn't be able to get till those other kids. So I Oh, gosh. I will follow the kids. I'll just just kind of sneak out with them until tailed them. And this time I'll try to be stealthy, I'll just stay in the shadows.
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