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    Dr. Fujuwara

    "I am Doctor Kobori Fujuwara. I used to be a medical researcher working for the Government. I know my way around chemicals, biology and medicine. After the... accident... I left the Government life behind and began working for whatever company or Yakuza would hire me. Turns out there's a big demand for people like me in the streets and I've met a lot of people and found out a lot of interesting things that way. That said I've also learned how to trick people, believing something that is wrong and also how to persuade people to my way of thinking. I can't fight at all, so I'm usually saved by a quick lie or persuasion and I'm outta there." Replied the Dr.
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    Before exiting the room into the garage, Kondo manages to hear the last few words out of the other mans mouth.
    I'm Kondo. I'm an assassin. I kill people. The only way I kill people is quickly and quietly. It's the only thing I've ever known to survive. he manages to say before continuing out the door.
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    "I'm Swarley, as I'm sure all of you already know. I'm your team leader, and I'm good at making people think I'm someone else, and making them do what I want. I'm also decent in a firefight, a toll of the trade."

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    Kondo

    Something a few men would use. Something a rich boy would use. And then there was a Sedan. Kondo didn’t take long to examine the three cars in the garage. He thought it was better he didn’t show off, and took the keys for the Sedan. Once he found the library, it was a while before he found anything even remotely useful. He most preferred a sort of point-and-click approach. Clients usually delivered a Dossier, why the hell was he suddenly finding things on his own..?

    Unsurprisingly, someone already cleaned out most useful information. He found several books on local history; almost all of them mentioned the farm somewhere. He noticed the usual crops throughout the farm’s history were genetically modified. Whatever they grew now, it probably wasn’t organic. That might raise suspicion. Most of the books were concerned with the ‘brutal murder’ Asayuki-sama mentioned. He hadn’t exactly been exaggerating. The uncensored pictures of the crime scene were hard to look at.

    Anything he got out of the library was probably going to be someone’s guesswork. Old guesswork, out-of-date theories. Kondo ended up settling on a few movies. With no card, he had to be creative with how he stole them. He’d give them back.
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    Synopsis:The Library isn’t very useful overall, now you have a few movies though. Watch them with the team, hand them out as bribes, sell them, or return them. You get to pick which movies you stole. At least two of them deal with the kind of information you’d expect the blue collar workers to know on the Oshima-owned farm. You thought the information might be helpful with blending in.

    Standing outside, you wondered if any of the staff were on an Oshima payroll, helping them hide information or letting them know if someone was looking for them. Was it a good idea to chat up the receptionists, or the shelf stockers, or the janitor..?

    Public library, Community Center, Convenience store, Hardware store… he might find something useful. There was probably a local hangout where the workers went after hours. Kondo would need to wait a little while, and in the meantime he needed something to do. He spent the majority of the day sightseeing, asking subtle questions, finding information.

    When the workers from the farm started coming to town, he tailed them, and parked his Sedan across the street. He’d stolen a small amount of yen from a machine earlier, he used it to pay for a meal and listened in on the conversations (for all the good that would do). Even after they got drunk, they might be tight-lipped.

    Fujuwara

    As soon as Kondo left the house, Kobori realized he’d have better luck looking for employee information in Cyberspace. Or at a local recruitment office, if they had one – and he guessed they probably didn’t. It was a farm, and as the owner of a farm, Kobori suspected he’d only hire on workers personally. If he wanted information on Oshima recruitment and employee practices… it might be better to get it at the source – from an Oshima employee or an Oshima-run facility.

    The Doctor checked the house for a dedicated lab space, and found nothing. He’d probably just have to refurbish an out-of-the-way room if he needed to make home cocktails so badly. He used some of his time for that, gathering the necessary materials but not scratching the lab together. If police officers came knocking, it would be very bad when they found a working drug ‘factory’.

    Tuschide Michieru

    You settle down in the office for the long haul, computer grinding, it would have been a lot more fun if you had the latest MMORPG. In any case, you managed to find a series of satellite maps and glance over a few company websites to try and get an impression of what made a good impression. Dr. Fujuwara got a few printouts out of your effort, which you reminded him to shred and burn when he was finished. You cobbled together a map using a publically accessible satellite service. The magnification and detail wouldn’t be what you needed – it beat not having a map at all.

    You uploaded it into a disk, and printed several copies of the various maps you made. Then you got several folder booklets and inserted all anything useful you found into them. You’d hand these out to the team later.

    Swarley

    Retiring to your suite, you locked the door behind you, searched the room carefully, and followed the instructions to open the briefcase Asayuki-sama left for you. Inside was a very nosey (and highly illegal) series of file folders about your team members. There was a review of your mission, and an ambiguously labelled CD, something you’d buy to burn the movie you just rented.

    On it was a personal mission. The girl you showed everyone downstairs had a big price tag on her head now. Ayasuki-sama left a note telling you she was a freelance scientist working at the mission site. There were details about her recent history, her education, even her medical records (however Asayuki got those). Your new job was to kidnap her, hold her for three days…

    …and make a home video when you beheaded her in the living room, taking credit on behalf of the Sons of Oedo terrorist group. Naturally, Asayuki-sama wanted her head preserved and displayed nicely when you brought it to Tokyo for him.
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    You’re also able to find the conspicuous notes on the back of the briefcase, inside. There is a small note about another Yoshiko team staying at an inn nearby. Your instructions are to call 555-BOSS when you need an immediate favour.


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    The ‘Farm’ is actually a series of four lots closely grouped together. There was originally just a small farm there where the murder happened. Since then, Oshima expanded it to cover what it called the Four Quadrants of Mokata Facility. Each quadrant is segregated by the road. As far as you can tell, the lab complexes are probably at the lower-right corner of Quadrant 01.


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    Hai! PirateJesus is still alive.
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    Why wouldn't I?

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    Swarley look over the folders and CD, smoked a cigar, then went hunting. He needed to find a pair of binoculars, and the doctor. He needed a tranquilizer, powerful enough that a small dosage would take out a fully grown human. He was sure the doctor could do it, if he had the right materials.

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    Dr. Fujuwara

    The Dr. began searching the house for an appropriate drug lab and settled on an unused bathroom with bathtub in it. He dragged a small table inside and made a mental note to fully configure the lab later.

    Logging onto the computer/laptop in the study, the Dr. attempted to find any public information about Oshima or recruitment for the farm in question. He tried to limit his search to legally accessable information. 'If you can't beat 'em, join 'em, then beat 'em." He thought to himself.

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    Going to try and get myself hired as an Oshima employee. Once hired I can sabotage the facility, somehow, and the blame will be pinned on me, the new Oshima employee and I can shread my contact with them and return back to this company.
    I drew this line myself

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    Kondo

    After a long time waiting, two things happened at once. You were pulled in two different directions, succinctly speaking. You could follow the man stumbling from the hangout who looked like he was having a rough time of it. He was still wearing his Oshima uniform. Then there was the girl two drunken men were escorting outside – ostensibly because it was dark in the evening and young girls needed kind men to keep them safe…

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    You were busy mixing it up in the bathroom, humming an embarrassing tune, when Swarley found you. It was a good thing you were doing something related to exactly what he was looking for, because that song would probably otherwise earn you a demotion. Afterwards, you busied yourself snooping through Cyberspace trying to decide how you wanted to make the drug Swarley wanted.

    There were softer, more ethical means, and then the other methods you told yourself it was better not to stoop to. But you weren’t really a Doctor anymore..?

    Tsuchide Michieru

    Awful. Awful. mobs of high level feral fish –

    A black window with a chat box popped up over your video game. The game automatically minimized. Oh, and your character was automatically friggin’ dead. Again, for like, the sixteenth time in a row on that same red and blue pixel fish. The text in the new window read:

    SexyMealHardcoreT: Is this Kimaira?

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    This is DJ Fujuwara, I’m a sexy smut, you can’t – Drink. This!
    I like, big butts, they cannot lie, red-hot smooth and moist round level
    TEAR! – ME! – UP!
    Slick insertion, rigid key
    TURN – ME – ON!
    VROW!


    …some people were happier not knowing. Walking in on Dr. Fujuwara gave you a kind of situational clarity. Just for a little while, you were on the same wavelength. You were about to make a psyche note in Fujuwara’s profile about him being unfit for continued duty. The little quadruped robot balancing on your desk paused – it was hard at work snooping through the briefcase and downloading anything electronic it could wire into – to blink at you innocently with its cool glowing blue aperture.

    Heh, sorry it looks like I’ve mistakenly walked into a house that isn’t mine.

    Yeah. Right.

    The little robot bent down and leapt straight at your face. The attached tazer was making a mean Buzzing sound. Like an electric shaver on steroids about to give you some severe cardiac arrest. There was enough juice in that thing for a heart attack, somehow you just knew that's what it was for.
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    Kondo

    After a long time waiting, two things happened at once. You were pulled in two different directions, succinctly speaking. You could follow the man stumbling from the hangout who looked like he was having a rough time of it. He was still wearing his Oshima uniform. Then there was the girl two drunken men were escorting outside – ostensibly because it was dark in the evening and young girls needed kind men to keep them safe…
    Damn.....I want to do both, but.....ah...such a hard choice. Ah well I can get a girl anytime. Kondo goes after the stumbling man.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Faithdreamer View Post
    SexyMealHardcoreT: Is this Kimaira?
    FoxMan20: ...No
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    Kondo

    You’re pretty slick about making it to the toilet before anyone else. You knew they’d be watching you. Only regulars came here. Even so, not a second after you and the guy were in the bathroom together, alone, another man walks through the door. He thought he was playing it cool peeing and washing up. He even checked his face out in the mirror and took a spiffy folding comb out of his pocket. Now it was time to make himself look pretty.

    No, I think you both knew why he was here. “Oi, Myouji!” The man with the comb said. He was a tough looking man, and he was always two arms-lengths away from you. “Just a little longer and I’m sure the boss will be tired soon. Tough it out!”

    Did that mean the guy who was really out of it was named Myouji?

    More importantly, did you want to punch this other man in the face?

    Tsuchide Michieru

    SexyMealHardcoreT: Do you want to Cyber, baby? Honk me, honk mi, I’m hardwired for you. I do webcam!

    Another window blocks out the chat window, it’s your antivirus program.
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    1) Always grant permission to this user
    2) Allow this instance only
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    If you had trouble deciding, there was always the button in the corner that closed the window. By default that one denied access. At least that’s what it usually did. There was no telling with these hacker types. Shouldn’t you be turning the machine off and reporting this to Swarley, right about now?

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    ...I hate these things.

    Michieru reaches behind the CPU and unplugs the ethernet cable, then returns to his game.
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    HAHA! Alright, I'll roll with that... fo-shizzle, or something like that....


    "Oh, hi Swarley. I was just thinking about making that tranquilizer you wanted, gotta get the lab set up first though." He chuckled, slightly embarrassed. Once he had finished setting up the basics of the lab, the Dr. tried to decide the best method of creating such a drug for Swarley. It was sometimes hard to persuade himself to do these kinds of things, but he knew in his heart that he wasn't personally killing anyone himself and although that was an ignorant view on the situation, the Dr. accepted it.

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    Biotech - (2d6)[1][3](4) Technology - (2d6)[5][5](10)
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    Swearing to himself, Swarley dodged left, drew his autopistol, and fired. This little bastard of a robot had to die, but hopefully, he didn't as well. Even if he didn't hit it, the gunshot would draw the others' attention, he hoped. He just might need the doctor around after all.

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    Dodge: (2d6)[7]

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    Dr. Fujuwara

    Whilst sitting in the study, quietly researching an effective tranquiliser and information about Oshima employees and policies, he heard a racket and gun shots. Intrigued at what this could be, the Dr. left the laptop and located the source of the racket, Swarley's office. The Dr. tried the door. It was locked. "Erm... Swarley? You alright in there?" Shouted the Dr. over the racket and knocking on the door.
    I drew this line myself

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    I’d use the agility skill for that one. I don’t think it’s a class skill for him… You also don’t have Iaijutsu. This is a bad situation for you, isn’t it?

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    Swarley

    The agile little bot latches onto your face and jams the stun baton into your sternum with what feels like enough force to crack it. Hopefully, that was an exaggeration, because it feels like it’s tearing your skin off with its spindly little limbs. Really could your mug work with a few scratches? Would it make you look cooler?

    Frakkin’ hopping death spirit, there’s a runt of a mechanical spider trying to rip my face apart! BAD ROTTEN GAIJIN ALIENS MOVIES!

    Most of your attention right now should be occupied with getting this thing the hell of your face… or so the casual observer might think. What were you thinking..?

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    You hear what sounds like a pair of crappy electric hair shears, or maybe an electric razor with an industrial power source, through the door. It sounds like someone’s really moving around in there!
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    "Stupid piece of mechanical waste! You overgrown shaver, you mark up my face and I will kill you!"

    Struggling to free himself from the robot, Swarley manages to knock over the briefcase, a lamp, and a picture frame.

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    Strength check: (2d6)[6]
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    The Dr. cringed at the sound of falling glass and angry shouting. "Just be careful and shave slowly! Make sure to use broad strokes and don't press too hard! I remember the first time I shaved. It was with my dad when I was 17. He said to me: 'Son, you're a man now and you've got to learn to shave like one.' So he handed me an electric shaver and plugged it in. He showed me how and where to apply the cream and then showed me how to shave. I'll admit my first time made quite mess of my face and the aftershave burnt like hell. But a few splashes of water and some tissues later my chin looked fantastic. Do you want me to give you a hand?" He shouted over the noise, leaning against the wall next to the door; totally oblivious to what was going on in the room.
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    Short by one, so your luck alone isn’t quite enough. Unfortunate, you may be able to count on your Doctor to come and save you. The robot strikes you for:

    (2d4)[5] Stuns

    By the rules as they're written in the Zaibatsu files, you can't draw your gun and shoot in the same round. Since you were struck in melee by the robot, you can't even draw your gun. It's either that or the gun goes flying out of your hand -- in this situation it made more sense to say you couldn't draw your gun. Do you agree?
    The electric cattle prod of a heart attack stun stick is more than just a shock. It’s more like the monkeys on fire melting all the skin off your face and grinding your exposed nerves and muscles on a gravel road scattered with broken beer bottles. And then they pour lemon juice and eat what’s left of you alive.

    The little robot bounds off your face and back on the desk. Shaken, stumbling, grinding your teeth through the pain – you don’t even think you can shoot straight let alone draw your autopistol with an ache like this; at least not all at once. The robot’s flashlight head blinks at you, and its whole body seems to tilt. Is everything all right?

    Arse of a robot. The smarter thing to do would probably be the door. But that big, heavy lampshade looked just right for smashing things over the head.

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    You have a sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach. Like an ‘Uh-oh’, something is really wrong. You probably shouldn’t ignore it.
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    "Listen Swarley, I need to take a dump. I'll be back in a minute if you still need a hand." Shouted the Dr.

    After relieving himself in a vacant lavatory, the Dr. returned to the locked door of Swarley's office. He knocked once again and shouted: "I'm back! Are you sure you don't need a hand in there? Sounds like you're having quite a bit of trouble...."

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    This whole scene is funny as hell, especially if the Dr. has to bust into the office, as he's not very strong he'd probably injure himself. If the door is not unlocked by next turn or there's no response I'll attempt to bust in.
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    Right now, it's Swarley's turn. Should I consider you to have forfeited it?

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    Sorry. I didn't catch the update in my inbox, or I did and forgot to post, or something.

    "Stupid flying monkeys!"
    Grabbing the lamp, Swarley swings for the little 'bot, going for the home run.
    "I'll get you, and your little dog too!"

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    For a power strike: Since you can't edit rolls into posts, and my roll screwed up, I posted one in the OOC.
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