game summary for 2016, January 14

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We began with Azif looking for ways to get back at the Coachellas. Doing some research, he discovered they had a rivalrous gang, "Los Tribales", an authentic gang based on old Mexican pointy-boot culture, and having fielty to the Night Cartel (as opposed to the triads). We also did some researching (that is, mesh searches) and networking (that is, asking contacts) about any leads on Rajesh and gang. Atrimides was able to pinpoint them to somewhere in the present distrct (West Elysium/Palembeng), since non of the IDs connected to them had been pinged crossing any checkpoints.

Researching them further, we pinpointed them to their exact room in their exact hotel. They were no longer in that hotel, but reviewing spime footage, we tracked them to the club Azif had previously delivered drugs to. They apparently had not left that club, and were still holed up somewhere within it.

We planned for awhile on how to approach the situation, and eventually decided on Azif going in to be the "face", and having Fatu, Atrimiedes, and Joe Corso orbit in the vicinity in a rented air car.

Azif went inside the club around 9PM, giving a false name, "Xiyi Sierra". She acted casually, like a person out clubbing, ordering a drink, but also trying to look around for signs of our quarry. Some guy sleeved into an Olympian approached her, and began to chat her up. He seemed to simply be some bystandard looking to hook up, but Azif decided to deep scan him just in case. She lightly touched him to attempt her psychic probe, but was rebuffed by his mind. The guy, at this point, knew something weird had happened to him, but had no idea of what the nature of the "thing" was. He walked off, and complained to management that Xiyi/Azif had done something weird to him. A club security guy, sleeved into a Ruster, approached Azif at this point, but Azif was able to explain it away that she was newly resleeved, and the morph dysphoria had caused her to commit some sort of faux pas.

Azif attempted to hack into the private spimes for the cluc, to peep into the private rooms. She, however, was rebuffed by the automated security systems. So, Azif approached the concierge, and pretended to be a friend of "Evelyn" (the ID Rajesh was using). Azif was able to get the concierge to reveal that Evelyn was, indeed, in one of the private rooms. However, the concierge would not let us have access to the room. So, Azif went up to the second floor, on the balcony, and had the concierge deliver a message (wishing Evelyn a happy birthday).

Fatu, piloting the air car, began to manuever to approach the club at this point. However, he was delayed by a bit of congestion, and messages Azif that the rest of the party would be a few seconds late. Just as Fatu mentioned he would be slightly delayed, the door on one of the suites opened up, revealing three individuals "geared up for war". So, Azif, not wanting to face them alone, pretended to be a bystanard. The trio we were chasing, then, proceeded to exit their privacy suite, and head downstairs, to make an exit from the club.

The trio we were pursuing then made their way out a fire escape to a back alley. Azif exited a bit after the trio, just as Fatu was flying into the alley. Our quarry was seen rushing toward their own air car.

+~18 days post-start

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