Just how far have you gotten into the game? Have you created a character yet?

"Don't ask after Saint Nick. I'm the Mouth of Sauron. Two: This is, as I said, black-ops. We're playing low-key, not Loki. Saint Nick don't want no media, and don't want the wind t' sing of the thing to those Inside. So, we operate on the low. Payday is two grand apiece for delivery. Five large for information leading to recovery by Saint Nick's team, and three grand apiece IF THOSE that stole from Saint Nick wind up in a body bank.

To me that sounds optional. Plus we don't have to say it was Rya that took him, only that we found the two of them together, if she chooses to be handed over with Jase.

It's possible, however I believe it was optional with a bonus if we killed "Whoever took Jase" I saw it somewhere doing my earlier research but now can't seem to find it.  When we first took the job it was not brought up as part of the requirements of the run, so it must have been added later. If that's what happened we are not obligated to kill her.
As far as Casino is concerned the boy is the mission, his "mom" can be handed over along with him or once we leave for the meet can be let go. He is not up to killing her as thats a bit much even for him.

With nothing more to do then eat his sandwich, drink from the two water bottles and watch TV, Casino continued to do so for the moment relaxing hoping for news and police reaction to the lastest shootout. Finishing his sandwiches he un-holstered both .44's and using the small spray bottle of WD-40 he had just bought, started to clean and oil it's moving parts. Once done he offered the bottle for anyone else to use. 

CTP made me realize that other then you Brom, and really as DM you don't count, that I'm the only remaining original member from the games start. So can I get a CC cookie? 

I have spent time on Second Life, if you mean the interactive social game of course.

Did you have Fixer look over the guns before he went to look over the airjeep?

The big solo asks, “So how bad is it?” Ghlahn and Jase make their exit, with the cyborg closing the door behind them.

“It’s pretty serious,” Collin replies matter-of-factly. “You’ve sustained some damage to the bone and the muscle is pretty torn up. It’ll be a while before it is fully healed. In the meantime—” he holds up the pen device, “—I’ve properly cleaned it, fished out fragments of bone and shot, and am now going to cover it with Liquid Skin. This should hold you over for about ten days, even showering. You’ll need to have it checked every day, though. Just to guard against infection.”

Flexing the arm gently at first then harder Casino knew Bloodbank had done a good job. Standing he first looked to Bloodbank, then the rest of the room.

“Thanks and no need to tell me to take it lightly as we both know that won’t happen.” Then the big solo addressed the rest of the room. “Ok we’ve all been on the go for some time now and after that lil firefight I know I’m tired and hungry, even though all I did was sit on my ass and watch, so good bet so is everyone one here. Gonna take Echo and head over to that quickie mart next door and pick up a few things to carry us over. Bloodbank, watch the street and cover us as we move to and from that quickie mart. (Assuming it can be seen from our room window) Fixer, I’d like for you to do a quick inspect of all our recently fired weapons and heavier firearms. Each person take care of your own handguns before we leave. Make sure you pass the word to Ghlahn, good wager his rifle has been fired the most. Afterwards please give me a rundown on what weapons and ammo, as a whole, we have to move forward."

Picking it up from the chair he placed his SMG/Grenade launcher on the bed along with the eight grenades for the launcher and it’s six extra magazines. As Echo placed her SMG beside his, he offered her one of his two .44’s to carry which she was hesitant at first to take, but in the end did so.

“Charlie, after we drop off the kid and mom, we’re gonna need a new place to plan our mission to get back Vegas. If you can, after you find a bigger ride, please find a good place to hold up. We need to keep moving for it’s a sure bet this Falcone Sec outfit is not just waiting on us to show up, but is actively hunting us.”

Looking over to Blossom he also wanted to say something to her but seeing her wrapped up tight looking for clues on Falcone the big solo decided on later. Nodding his head to Echo the two of them made their way out the motel door, Echo giving up her place at the window to Bloodbank.

Moving cautiously to the quickie mart they encountered no heavily armed sec goons for the moment. Grabbing a cart they made their way inside, Casino pushing, Echo reaching for things and putting them in. Looking at the young deadly beauty in front of him Casino had to know, before things got more chaotic, what there was between them.

(Tann) “Echo...”

(Mischief) “Elizabeth, my real name is Elizabeth Cooper, but alone its Beth...”

(Tann) For the moment Casino did not know how to respond, giving up ones real name in the shadow running biz was a major show of trust.

(Tann) “My real name is Keith Story, but you can call me Keith”

(Mischief) “Hmm Keith” She said as if rolling it on her tongue then smiling “I like that.”

(Tann) Moving to stand by her at the front of the cart wanting to say something but not finding the words the big solo raised his hand to caress her face, her soft skin, sad eyes and innocent look drawing Keith into her zone of control even more deeply.

(Mischief) His hand on her face, the glint of fire, not of anger, but of caring, in his eyes drew her too him. Reaching up she took his face in her hands and brought him in second time in just under a day for a kiss, a long kiss.

(Tann) Her hands now on his face he gave no resistance as she pulled him down to her, their lips locking in unrestrained hunger. Without realizing it he pushed her back into the marts wall and the soft kissing turned into a series of passionate kisses on her neck and cheeks.

(Mischief) As he started to kiss her with a need for her, his kisses on her neck and face feeling like fire, Beth knew she wanted this man for her own. She had never felt anything for any man in the Rolling State as she now felt for Keith, the age difference be damned! Her hands as if on a mission one moving to the back of his head pulling him in closer, while the other brazenly went between his legs, her motions down there hidden by his armored duster.

(Tann) Kissing Beth’s neck and cheeks, returning to her lips, his pulling of her hair, somehow it all seemed to fit. This young girl, 15 years his minor, had reignited something in him he had not felt since his days with Raquel, and even that was nothing as strong as right here, right now, in a fucking quickie mart. However her hand on his crotch brought him out of this spur of the moment intimacy between them and back to the real world.

(Tann) “Beth, we need to stop”

(Mischief) Her face pulling back, she made as if to protest, but she knew this was no place she wanted a possible first time with the big solo to happen.

(Mischief) “Your right, damn it, your right” Shacking her head “What the hell was that?”

(Tann) “I don’t know, combat high? Hormones?” He replied.

(Mischief) “Really combat high? Hormones? your fucking kidding me right!”

(Tann) “Damn it Ech.. Beth... I don’t know, all I know is, I want you, but not here, not now. This is not the time for this, or my god the place. We need to get the kid handed off and rescue Vegas. After that, if we are still alive, then we talk ok?”

(Mischief) As if coming to her senses the edge-runner in her took over pushing her feelings for Casino into a special place, a place she dearly wanted to visit again soon. A last kiss on his cheek and her best smile.

(Mischief) “Ok fearless leader, lead on, what next”

The next ten minutes were spent silent but for Casino pointing to a few things Echo putting them into the cart and waiting in the checkout line. The two could not help but notice the looks some gave them, to Echo raised eyes and looks of lust and to him looks of disgust and jealousy. Clearly the age gap was on full notice as they both waited to check out. With everything done and the groceries paid for Casino carried all the bags as Echo kept watch. Seeing them coming, Bloodbank was quick to open the room’s door and make way for both. Placing the bags on the rooms counter next to it’s TV he turned to the rest of the group as Echo started placing the bags contents on the counter.

“Ok listen up, there’s two deli sandwiches for each of us, everything from roast beef to ham and cheese, to bologna and cotto salami, hope no ones a vegetarian. Team members get one monster energy drink and a pair of 20 oz water bottles. Rya, Jase, you both also get a water bottle and there is a sandwich for both of you. Drink the monsters first get your energy levels back up, then drink the water as you eat to combat the dehydration from the energy drinks.” Grabbing a roast beef and a cotto salami sandwich his monster and the 2 20 oz bottles he started to move back to his chair but stopped. (Assuming Ghlahn is back in the room)

“I owe you all an apology, mostly you Ghlahn and you Charlie, I let my emotions get in the way of my experience and that could have cost us all our lives. Though I can’t promise it will never happen again, I’ll do my damnedest to keep it in check”

Nodding to them he sat down, grabbing the TV remote, looking for any news stations. He easily drank the monster down in almost three gulps and started in on his roast beef sandwich, as he watched the TV for any news of the team’s recent gunfight or any continuing stories on his fight at the hospital ER. Without a doubt Falcone would be doing the same thing to try to pin them down and it was quite possible they would be waiting to hit them back for the lose of the seven sec soldiers at the hand-off.

Maybe the big solo thought to himself. I’ll get lucky and find out who the old Asian guy was, maybe give me a lead.
However for now handing the kid off was top priority, Casino told himself for the hundredth time, then Vegas…….

Will be up sometime tonight

The white and black is named Bruno and is my Mom's cat

The tabby is named Sox, or Mama Cat as she is Bruno's Mom, She is my cat.

Basically it comes out that Mom has two sons and I have 2 Moms  

Welcome CTP I know your gonna have a great time here with the rest of us. That is of course Brom does not kill us when he runs the DLC "Vegas Rescue"

Brom is this like most motels with a pool and snack machines? What else is around it as far as buildings and fast food joints if any.

Also Mischief and I's next post will be a together post that we should have posted by Thursday. 

Casino listened quietly as Ghlahn went on about the good the Cyborg had done to help keep the party, Rya and Jase from harm. Its was all true and the big solo was happy that Ghlahn had been there to do those things, however it was clear that Ghlahn did not understand that doing those things did not matter, it was all part of the job. What mattered to the big solo was the fact that Ghlahn had not revealed the small amount of information he had, even after knowing what had happened to Vegas. In the end they were stuck with the result of the cyborg’s forgetfulness and Casino could only hope Blossom could find out more on this Falcone Security outfit.

His eyes locked with Ghlahn’s the solo made it clear, that if Ghlahn left the team after this run, Casino would not miss him, his skill at killing yes, the cyborg personally no. In fact the big solo had the beginnings of an idea where more help might be found if Charlie had the contacts and Blossom was good enough to get a small piece of info. However for now Casino had no choice but to work with him and he would do so until this mission was done. However after that, all bets were off, and what would come would come.

Turning back to Bloodbank the big solo asked “So how bad is it?”

I understand what your saying and yes we need to start trying to be more of a team however you can't just flip things over from untrusting to trusting. Casino is not going to trust Ghlahn until Ghlahn shows he can be trusted, after-all, again, right now he blames Ghlahn for getting Vegas caught. Ghlahn's going to need to win Casino's trust and a good start would be to apologize to the whole group for holding the information back for this long. I'll tone down Casino's reactions, I did that a little already in my last post, but I will not tone down his distrust of Ghlahn.

“Well Ghlahn if you’d been up front with all of us the moment you heard about what happened to Vegas, in fact being the person that actually killed this Falcone Sec’s seven guys, then maybe I’d be trusting you right now. However you did not give up that information until pushed into a corner, information that Blossom could have looked up and maybe we would be better off then we are right now. So give me a reason to trust you Metal Man, just one and i’ll flip a coin.”

No worries I'll just send her a text and tell HER to get off HER ass and post    lol

Holy shit Nomad I'm glad your semi-ok falls can be bad for people our age. Heal quick and post as you can I promise not to kill off Lothor or Fixer 

My post is up, everyone happy now.

Moonlight Express takes up a good half of the tier. There’s an entrance to the lobby from the garage giving the edgers and their hostages a welcome respite from the rain that had increased in intensity as they left Undercity and traveled into Midcity. Cred Stick Charlie leads the way with Echo and Casino bringing up the rear, Rya and Jase right in front of them. On impulse Casino reached over and took Echo's hand in his giving it a squeeze and her a smile to let her know he had not forgotten her in his need to rescue Vegas. Leaning in close he made to whisper in her ear,

"We need to keep an eye on Ghlahn for now, no telling what else he is keeping to himself about the parking garage," Releasing her hand as they entered the lobby, he took up a stance watching the door.

The reception desk contains a large bodied black woman with a tight corn-row weave and painted eyebrows. One brown eye and one lavender-colored indicate at least some cybernetics present. With Charlie at the front desk doing all the talking the fixer is quickly able to negotiate two rooms next to each other both with a view of the street. As Charlie provides her with his means of payment the big solo moved closer to Rya and Jase and once again with Echo beside him the team retired to their rooms. With the adjoining door open between both, Casino found the first rooms chair and sat down. Setting his smart-linked fully automatic SMG/Grenade launcher within easy reach, he actually started to relax.

He was genuinely surprised when Bloodbank came up to him. “Let me see that arm. Is it bothering you much?”

His head jerking up in acknowledgment the big solo remembered the wound in his arm for the first time in hours. As he relaxed the cybernetic pain editor wired into his body, he was at first slightly overwhelmed with the rush of pain, but breathing in a few deep breaths brought it to a bearable level. Removing his crow face mask for the first time in at least a day, its edges covered with a good layer of dried sweat, he gave the medic access to his arm.

"Yeah, now that you've reminded me" Casino said with a smile, traces of the pain clearly visible to the medic.

“So,” Blossom chirps from where she’s planted herself on the edge of the bed, “let’s iron this thing out like civilized people on the same team. Then, while Good Ol’ Mister Charlie tries to get us a drop location, I’ll look into Falcone Security and see what I can find on Vegas, unless, that is, you’re still intent on me checking into our benefactor.”

"Falcone Sec first please, Blossom, if no one objects" The big solo said this, his eyes looking towards Ghlahn. Though the cyborg had finally given up what little information he had retained, Casino no way in hell trusted him. The solo had to admit Ghlahn was dangerous, killing seven men from a security company was no small feat, yet keeping that information to himself after being told of Vegas's fate was downright fucking selfish and clearly not a trust building action. With all his under the skin dermal armor and wired reflexes, Casino had to wonder if all his upgrades were known, would he too be considered a cyborg.

"Hey kid, how about you and me check out the other room? Gotta make sure it is all safe." Ghlahn wants a few moments to talk with the kid and also make sure there is no danger lurking.

Looking towards Echo, he nods his head to let her know to keep Ghlahn and the boy within hearing. Though he thought it highly unlikely that Rya would let Jase go off alone with Ghlahn, it was best to be prepared. 

A jolt of pain as Bloodbank worked brought the solo's attention back to his arm and the man working to repair it.

"You did a good job during that fight, I'm sure you hated doing what you did, but it was necessary so thank you"

Should have a my post up today as Mischief has told me to get off my ass as she wants to post lol

My post has been edited to reflect the above information.

As Fenris moved from system to system giving the ship more life giving power he caught an energy dial he had not noticed before. Moving over to check it out he could tell right away it was the powering up of the Ion Cannon Alex had first spotted when making thier first pass of the Demeter.

The big mechanic moving to another console he found the naval weapons schismatics.

Run-tse duh FWO-tzoo*. if we could get this back to Destiny and installed we could better defend her..

Looking closer, almost drooling, Fenris saw it could be done but they’d have to get her to a shipyard with major tools, some docker workers and techs, and go from there. There was no way Fenris could remove it here and the more Fenris studied it the more he knew it was a pipe dream. The moment they showed up in this ship in any shipyard equipt to transfer the cannon from Demeter to Destiny and install it they would have all kinds of people, not just the Alliance, down on their heads.

"How long 'til we can rifle through the computer's logs?"

Wyatt’s voice in his ear broke him out of his thoughts of turning Destiny into a gunship and back to the present.

“Cap’n its gonna be around 30 minutes or so for full computers, Gravity will be back in 15, life support has already started, as I’m sure you all may have noticed. I’m still gonna need at least an hour before the ship warms up and the ship pressurizes. Cap’n one more thing, the ship's Ion cannon is powering up by itself and its taking a go tsao duh** amount of power from the rest of the ship. It’s hardwired into the system and it seems to take priority, except for life support and gravity, as far as what gets powered up first”

*Merciful buddha.
**Dog Humped

I can let Keeper and you Brom know it will be in my next post lol

I doubt very seriously Rya will let him move away from her, if she does however, I'll motion to Echo to tag along while Bloodbank works on my arm.

Main problem there my friend is unlike Trilogy, and some other games, our character sheets for cyberpunk are not public so we don't know what each of us's special abilities are.