IC - 10 - Jack's Play - Sam & Kiara

[Mephistophilis]

The three of them sit at the bar sipping their drinks while another unsavoury couple gyrate on stage. At least Virgil gets to listen to some more jazz-grime fusion, this time with an interesting undercurrent of afrobeat. Time ticks by but there is no sign of beardy Sergei.

It is around 10.10pm when they can hear a commotion outside the entrance. Ms Torrance gets up and rushes out the door to look but rapidly returns escorted by the young besuited doorman, 'I think you'll be safer staying in here madam.' He heads back outside.

[Mr. Handy]

"That could be our man out there," says Sam.

[jp1885]

“I guess we’d better find out,” Kiara says, moving to head towards the entrance to see if the bearded man is trying to get in.

[aine]

“What a wasted evening!” The ghastly musak has put Virgil in a foul temper it seems. He swipes the bar for any payment incurred and follows the others after one last look around the room.

[Mr. Handy]

Sam also heads for the entrance.

[Mephistophilis]

Virgil,Following the others towards the door, [b]Virgil[/b] has a very odd sensation, he hears a loud voice, [b]CENTRAL[/b]'s voice, [color=#FF0000]'Hello [b]Executive Officer Steinmann[/b], [b]Doctor Johnson[/b] has requested you contact him.'[/color] No one else in the bar seems to be able to hear it and he can't localise where the sound is coming from. [b]Virgil[/b] hopes it is something clever to do with focused sound waves, either that or he is hearing things.

Sam & Kiara,Stepping outside Jack's Play, [b]Sam[/b] and [b]Kiara[/b] see a scuffle taking place in the street. The young doorman stands to one side watching as two security officers, one identifiable as [b]Officer Tyson[/b], seem to be using stun batons on a man who is now lying on the floor moaning, from the look of him he seems to be the beardy man [b]Sergei[/b]. [color=#0000FF]'He's just drunk, nothing to see here, we'll take him back to the brig to cool off.'[/color] He starts walking further down the road where the bus-like vehicle he was driving earlier is parked.

[Mr. Handy]

Sam and Kiara,[color=#BF4000]"Shall we intervene?"[/color] [b]Sam[/b] asks [b]Kiara[/b]. [color=#BF4000]"Our position as company troubleshooters gives us some clout."[/color]

[jp1885]

Sam & Kiara,[color=#800000]“Yeah, we should check he’s okay; maybe try to get some sense out of him.”[/color]

[aine]

Keeper,What are the options for contacting Jojo? Are there any channels private from CENTRAL?

[Mephistophilis]

Virgil,Main methods of communication would be either audio via CENTRAL (i.e. 'CENTRAL, put me through to Dr Johnson') or via datapad (video, audio only, or text) - we'll assume Virgil has his datapad with him. Either route is likely to be accessible by CENTRAL. A successful Computer Use roll would allow a private connection to Dr Johnson's datapad or terminal. If Virgil doesn't have the skills he could ask someone else - Isabella would have been a good bet! On the off chance Virgil has some private channel protocol already you could roll Luck

[Mr. Handy]

Sam and Kiara,[b]Sam[/b] nods and hurries toward [b]Sergei[/b].

[aine]

Luck,50 0

Virgil takes out his datapad, thinks for a moment and then starts typing,

Text,(Initial codeword for secure link) Johnson, Virgil Steinman here. Please reply using our team’s private channel.

[Mephistophilis]

Virgil,Being a corporate executive [b]Virgil[/b] has access to an encrypted communication channel. He's not convinced [b]CENTRAL[/b] couldn't intercept any messages sent off world but as far as he understands any message he encrypts and sends datapad to datapad within a Richter Dynamics facility should be secure.

[Mephistophilis]

Sam and Kiara,Sorry, forgot to post the link [url]https://www.callofcthulhu.org.uk/pbp/viewtopic.php?f=472&t=7334&p=246096#p246091[/url]

[aine]

Whilst Virgil waits for Jojo’s response, he wanders outside to find the others.

[Mephistophilis]

Outside Jack's Play, Virgil sees the young doorman standing to one side watching as Sam and Kiara talk to Officer Tyson and another security officer, they are welding stun batons. Lying on the floor moaning is the beardy man Sergei.

A few metres down the road is the bus-like vehicle Tyson picked them up in earlier.

OOC,Moving here: [url]https://www.callofcthulhu.org.uk/pbp/viewtopic.php?f=472&t=7334&p=246096#p246109[/url]