[Mockra]

^Cross with Serc and a similar idea, and omg it's Meanas.

[Liosan]

My thoughts on the less obvious scenes.

Mockra, on 19 May 2010 - 07:29 PM, said:

Path-Shaper, on 19 May 2010 - 07:16 PM, said:

He went through the motions, each movement precise, mind and body as one, face a mask of concentration. When he was done exercising, he went out on the streets, ready to practice his training for real, should someone be so foolish as to take him on.

Looks like a 'preparation' action or some kind of defensive maneuver.

Perhaps it is someone who retaliates against actions, but wasn't targeted last night?

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Path-Shaper, on 19 May 2010 - 07:16 PM, said:

She chased her target, cursing. The woman moved with a grace that should have belonged to her, and her equipment was as advanced as her own. Did the other know she was being followed, as she jumping from rooftop to rooftop, scaling walls? She wondered who would win a serious chase… then restrained herself. She was not here to impede the woman in any way, merely to make sure no-one was aiding her. Little chance of that happening on a rooftop… When they reached the Keio Plaza Hotel, the other suddenly scaled the walls with a vigor up to the first blue light on the side, then moving horizontal, finally entering a room through a hole in the glass that wasn't there a minute before. She froze, and clung to a wall by her fingers, aided by carbon climbing gear.

Some kind of guard or hinder action, maybe one that failed.

I initially thought investigation/find because she was following someone else. For a guard or hinder to fail, she would have had to have been guarded or hindered, yes?

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Path-Shaper, on 19 May 2010 - 07:16 PM, said:

She tinkered with the pen, screwing and unscrewing the little golden tip, adjusting tiny wires where they went from the magnificent little lens through the ink reservoir to the back of the pen, where the hard-drive was installed. In comparison, the USB reading unit that would connect the pen to the Apple on her desk looked crude by comparison. She yawned, and went to the toilet. A few minor adjustments had to be made, but nature called first.

An info or aid action, maybe?

She's finishing work on the pen, and thus could be another preparatory action of leveling up an ability to use the pen in the coming days.

And, with that I'm out for a little while folks. Be back on later.

[Mockra]

I agree that the first action looks like it could have retaliated but never got off the ground.

I don't know that you can assume a find/guard failed only because of a find or guard. Maybe the person automatically avoids those type of actions?

3rd action looks to me like the woman is going to take the pen and hook it up to the computer, presumably to read something off of its drive. That reads like some kind of info action most likely... the other woman getting happy at seeing it, to me, just indicates she probably was watching the first woman and learned what she she was up to.

[Hood's Path]

yeah the other woman seem to do a role or power find to me.

[Tellan]

Liosan, on 19 May 2010 - 08:06 PM, said:

My thoughts on the less obvious scenes.

Mockra, on 19 May 2010 - 07:29 PM, said:

Path-Shaper, on 19 May 2010 - 07:16 PM, said:

He went through the motions, each movement precise, mind and body as one, face a mask of concentration. When he was done exercising, he went out on the streets, ready to practice his training for real, should someone be so foolish as to take him on.

Looks like a 'preparation' action or some kind of defensive maneuver.

Perhaps it is someone who retaliates against actions, but wasn't targeted last night?

Had a similar thought myself.

Liosan, on 19 May 2010 - 08:06 PM, said:

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Path-Shaper, on 19 May 2010 - 07:16 PM, said:

She chased her target, cursing. The woman moved with a grace that should have belonged to her, and her equipment was as advanced as her own. Did the other know she was being followed, as she jumping from rooftop to rooftop, scaling walls? She wondered who would win a serious chase… then restrained herself. She was not here to impede the woman in any way, merely to make sure no-one was aiding her. Little chance of that happening on a rooftop… When they reached the Keio Plaza Hotel, the other suddenly scaled the walls with a vigor up to the first blue light on the side, then moving horizontal, finally entering a room through a hole in the glass that wasn't there a minute before. She froze, and clung to a wall by her fingers, aided by carbon climbing gear.

Some kind of guard or hinder action, maybe one that failed.

I initially thought investigation/find because she was following someone else. For a guard or hinder to fail, she would have had to have been guarded or hindered, yes??

I got the impression that the second woman was there to prevent aid, not actions, So some sort of anti-operation ability?

Liosan, on 19 May 2010 - 08:06 PM, said:

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Path-Shaper, on 19 May 2010 - 07:16 PM, said:

She tinkered with the pen, screwing and unscrewing the little golden tip, adjusting tiny wires where they went from the magnificent little lens through the ink reservoir to the back of the pen, where the hard-drive was installed. In comparison, the USB reading unit that would connect the pen to the Apple on her desk looked crude by comparison. She yawned, and went to the toilet. A few minor adjustments had to be made, but nature called first.

An info or aid action, maybe?

She's finishing work on the pen, and thus could be another preparatory action of leveling up an ability to use the pen in the coming days.

And, with that I'm out for a little while folks. Be back on later.

That is also a valid suggestion. Definitely seems like some info is being gathered although exactly what is still unknown.

[Gamelon]

So now that Meanas and I are here, I guess that's everyone.

I didn't really find anything of significance throughout day one. I thought the Galain case and the cases stemming from it were pretty weak, since they were all essentially built off a guy forgetting something from a different game altogether. I'm not entirely sure about where to start with day two, though, especially since I'm still a little bit out of the loop.

[Meanas]

Right the pen being bugged looks like find but in my professional opinion a small microphone with transmitter would be better suited to the object.

Right the second woman adjusting the pen while the first woman is seeing to nature needs, can be either a guard so the bug gets damaged, or a slight modificiation is made like the second person gets the same info. Which might suggest a role or ability that tells the user the result of the targets actions.

So in that scenario lady A who "bugged" the pen is the target of Lady B. The pen belongs to Agent C shall we call him or her. The bug in the pen reveals info to Lady A about Agent C, but unknown to A they unwittingly given the same info to Lady B.

For that scenario to work Lady B must be a member of a team that is relying on nicking information from other teams as they don't have the resources to cover the area so they are using agents known to them to help gather info for them. If there is more scenarios where one person is being tracked by someone else then I'm willing to bet they may be in the same team as Lady B.

[Path-Shaper]

Vivaldi filled the room. Easy listening. The back of his pen ticked along with the violins, while the other hand danced over the keyboard. Tourist visa, credit cards, education papers, driving license... for a Porsche. Interesting.
Then, the last few credit card payments caught his attention. Technical stuff... "so, where were you last night, darling?" he asked. The screen provided the answer. "Now why did you need that?"

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"yes ambassador, your meeting will go through as scheduled. Unfortunately, I have other business to attend - home security will inform you, I'm sure. No, tonight I will not able to attend the meeting of the Rotary Club with your wife - please tell her I'm sorry, but as you know, I have a meeting scheduled with the Chamber of Commerce... yes, the three-billion deal that needs smoothing out, indeed. I have the Blue Room booked for it, with a highly discretionary staff. Immediately afterward, I will be required in the Park Hotel - a social gathering. Yes, tomorrow I'll be at work."
She put the phone back in the Nike purse, switched the volume of her iPod to maximum, and ran on. She'd be damned if the international crisis would mess with her morning run.

----

She checked the file in her hand. Read it again. And again, before chucking it in a cupboard chockful with other papers. Organized chaos. "If this is true..." she whispered, "there's work to do." She turned and walked to the door, drawing her unremarkable black blouse down so that it covered the blotchy blue tattoo ending in -ina, and left, mind on the job.

[Hood's Path]

Things happen fast around here.

The first seems to be someone discovering what another player did during the night. The last one looks like a find or a pm snoop. I can't make sense of the second one.

[Mockra]

Path-Shaper, on 19 May 2010 - 08:41 PM, said:

Vivaldi filled the room. Easy listening. The back of his pen ticked along with the violins, while the other hand danced over the keyboard. Tourist visa, credit cards, education papers, driving license... for a Porsche. Interesting.
Then, the last few credit card payments caught his attention. Technical stuff... "so, where were you last night, darling?" he asked. The screen provided the answer. "Now why did you need that?"

Looks like a find or info action to me. I think the pen is different than the previously-mentioned one, possibly not... the reference to technical stuff may indicate the same woman with the iMac and the fancy spy pen.

Path-Shaper, on 19 May 2010 - 08:41 PM, said:

"yes ambassador, your meeting will go through as scheduled. Unfortunately, I have other business to attend - home security will inform you, I'm sure. No, tonight I will not able to attend the meeting of the Rotary Club with your wife - please tell her I'm sorry, but as you know, I have a meeting scheduled with the Chamber of Commerce... yes, the three-billion deal that needs smoothing out, indeed. I have the Blue Room booked for it, with a highly discretionary staff. Immediately afterward, I will be required in the Park Hotel - a social gathering. Yes, tomorrow I'll be at work."
She put the phone back in the Nike purse, switched the volume of her iPod to maximum, and ran on. She'd be damned if the international crisis would mess with her morning run.

I have really no clue on this one... it seems like you get more information about the individual than anything that she did or had happen to her. I do wonder if the 'iPod' is a clue that she may be the same chick that as the 'iMac' (basically, an Apple technophile). That would indicate this chick got a grip of attention last night and this morning.

Path-Shaper, on 19 May 2010 - 08:41 PM, said:

She checked the file in her hand. Read it again. And again, before chucking it in a cupboard chockful with other papers. Organized chaos. "If this is true..." she whispered, "there's work to do." She turned and walked to the door, drawing her unremarkable black blouse down so that it covered the blotchy blue tattoo ending in -ina, and left, mind on the job.

A 'file' indicates a find or info, IMO.

edit: Fixed the path-shaper post-cutting formatting.
edit2: Fixed it again... stupid format codes.

This post has been edited by Mockra: 19 May 2010 - 08:54 PM

[Hood's Path]

Hm, yeah, I guess your interpretation of the second one is plausible. I wonder if perhaps the unremarkable black blouse can be tied to the cheap black scarf we saw earlier. A bit of a stretch perhaps.

Bah, I should do a quick re-read of the thread but I cannot stomach the thought of reading all those pages for the few tibits of interesting information to be had.

Instead, I'll go do some actual work. For now my main suspects for syndicate are D'riss and Liosan. D'riss for the post I pointed to earlier (day 1 and all but it's all I'v got), and Liosan for being a little too smooth for my liking. Sufficient to say, these are hardly vote worthy suspicions as of yet.

[Shadow]

Shadow here and resuming my former catch up process.

[Galayn Lord]

Liosan, on 19 May 2010 - 07:16 PM, said:

Twas a joke, Galayn Lord. Evidently a poorly laid tongue-in-cheek one.

But my responce was a joke aswell, evidently a poorly laid toungue-in-cheek one. lol.

[Rashan]

Alright guys, just woke up, gonna have to run to the bus, but will be back online in 2 hours or so.

I think we need to keep track of the scenes, but reading something into all of them individually every time one comes up - especially ones without much juicy stuff other than vague hints - will just bog the thread down. Then again, we haven't had a lot to go on re: voting either, and with 24 hour days... :S

[Korvalain]

Fuck me im so confused attempting to tie all the scenes together.

I think it is way too early for the speculation that is going on regarding who is what based on which scene.

[Galayn Lord]

Path-Shaper, on 19 May 2010 - 08:41 PM, said:

Vivaldi filled the room. Easy listening. The back of his pen ticked along with the violins, while the other hand danced over the keyboard. Tourist visa, credit cards, education papers, driving license... for a Porsche. Interesting.
Then, the last few credit card payments caught his attention. Technical stuff... "so, where were you last night, darling?" he asked. The screen provided the answer. "Now why did you need that?"



"yes ambassador, your meeting will go through as scheduled. Unfortunately, I have other business to attend - home security will inform you, I'm sure. No, tonight I will not able to attend the meeting of the Rotary Club with your wife - please tell her I'm sorry, but as you know, I have a meeting scheduled with the Chamber of Commerce... yes, the three-billion deal that needs smoothing out, indeed. I have the Blue Room booked for it, with a highly discretionary staff. Immediately afterward, I will be required in the Park Hotel - a social gathering. Yes, tomorrow I'll be at work."
She put the phone back in the Nike purse, switched the volume of her iPod to maximum, and ran on. She'd be damned if the international crisis would mess with her morning run.

Not really sure here... It seems like the 3 billion dollar meeting might be important. It also mentions an international crisis at the end so, who knows.

She checked the file in her hand. Read it again. And again, before chucking it in a cupboard chockful with other papers. Organized chaos. "If this is true..." she whispered, "there's work to do." She turned and walked to the door, drawing her unremarkable black blouse down so that it covered the blotchy blue tattoo ending in -ina, and left, mind on the job.

1. Looks like info, it seems likes its describing the person looking at information about another person.

2. Not really sure here... It seems like the 3 billion dollar meeting might be important. It also mentions an international crisis at the end so, who knows.

3. It looks like they are recieving intellegence, maybe about the 3 billion dollar deal (trying to make the 2nd one make sense). Its proabally an Info one, or just helping the story in a very unobvious way

This post has been edited by Galayn Lord: 19 May 2010 - 10:11 PM

[Path-Shaper]

She met the informant just outside the metro station. The exchange was made rapidly, a small brown paper bag filled with greens of the kind that could be healthy or unhealthy, and would bring him back thirsty for more, with an eager smile and a nod that could be constructed as a bow, trying to impress her with the knowledge he had gathered of a hard faced woman who did not want to be found. Slimy creature, she thought, wrinking her nose with disdain. She felt the urge for another whiff of Chanel no. 5 to surround herself with something infinitely more pleasant.

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The man did not move in the two hours since he squatted in the temple. His mind rode the wind, oblivious to the tourists and the priests around him, searching the laylines of the city for another who was in touch with them. There… someone moving unconsciously along the natural paths of energy. He memorized the general direction of the layline, that of the person, a young woman with a very clear aura, driven by purpose and ambition, and the distance, and set out to find him.

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She lit one cigarette with the stump of another, and had been doing that since breakfast. The local muscle had been bent carefully to her needs, and was now hers to command. It is good to have friends in high places... and dangerous. A nod sent one of them on his way. Expendable cannon fodder, and while the one he was to chase was not much to look at, neither was she, and look at how that played out. She blew three smoke circles. Fuck, another pack emptied.

[Path-Shaper]

I updated the start-of-day-post with the intended fiction, which, thanks to night resolution, i didn't do before. It is all fluff, no content.

[Path-Shaper]

I'm out for the night, back in 8 hours or so.

[Shadow]

That was not as entertaining of a read up as I was hoping. I am disappointed in you all.