Sep 17, 2016 3:01 am
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Edited post, yo. She'll go find out how much it's paying.Prep Work
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Sep 17, 2016 3:33 am
Claire spends the better part of two hours hanging around the pub and other regular hangouts of some of PB King's confidantes trying to overhear information about what the value of this job is. She usually sees quite a few of them hanging around, but today they are nowhere to be found. Something is clearly up.
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I guess it was kind of a moot point since ties go to the Market. Now you have a choice here. So you can't roll again, but you could choose to tap a Reference or spend a point of Will to basically buy a success. If you use a Reference, you will owe that person later. It's up to you as to whether or not.
Sep 17, 2016 7:58 am
After hanging around for a few ours with no luck, Claire decides to head back to the crew. Something feels off in town and she didn't want to be alone when shit hits the fan. The young scavenger figured they'd take the job regardless of its payout, work isn't always easy to come by. Leaving a pub, she whistled down Teddy. The rumbling dog came within moments, slobber charming his big smile. The two now headed back to the crew.
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Not going to tap a reference. Let's meet back up with the crew.
Sep 17, 2016 3:06 pm
The door to the Astro Van slides open and a stale odor wafts out. Laid out on the faded, stained seats is a bizarre assortment of stuff, most would call it trash, but the crew knows these are Ham-Bone prized possessions. Arbitrary relics from the Old World that have some hold over him. Ham-Bone gently lifts and moves some old VHS tapes, a peeling trophy, an extra large Tim Horton’s cup, and a stack of dog-eared hockey cards to make room for the others. Careful man! That’s a Monopoly game there. Don’t crush the box. I’m saving it for Earl for when he gets older.
The door closes and the bench seats force everyone to face awkwardly in the same direction, like they are all going on a road trip.
The WM3…those guys will undercut us for sure. I wouldn’t trust them to wipe my ass. That’s what we tell PB. WM3 are too, too unreliable, and take too many risks. They'll botch the job. For this contract he needs a mature crew, one that is experienced and careful. he needs us.
I hope you don’t mind me continuing the story here. It seems most want privacy. If want to meet somewhere else or want to start a new thread, I can delete this one.
Edit: I imagine this as a scam during negotiations.
The door closes and the bench seats force everyone to face awkwardly in the same direction, like they are all going on a road trip.
The WM3…those guys will undercut us for sure. I wouldn’t trust them to wipe my ass. That’s what we tell PB. WM3 are too, too unreliable, and take too many risks. They'll botch the job. For this contract he needs a mature crew, one that is experienced and careful. he needs us.
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Edit: I imagine this as a scam during negotiations.
Last edited September 17, 2016 3:27 pm
Sep 17, 2016 3:45 pm
Sitting in Ham's van was one of Claire's favorite things, his collection of old gems was a real treat. She especially loved the Tim's cup. When she was young, her family went on a road trip to the Canadian side of Niagra Falls. It was beautiful, but the thing she remembers the most was how much Tim Horton's coffee her dad drank. Teddy waited patiently on guard outside the van, he'd make the meeting too tight.
"We are pretty skilled compared to those three hacks. Got to make sure PB knows that."
"We are pretty skilled compared to those three hacks. Got to make sure PB knows that."
Sep 17, 2016 4:28 pm
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Go right ahead. This is a pure roleplay opportunity amongst the characters since we haven't had one at this point. Whenever you guys are ready, we can move on to the actual negotiations.
Sep 17, 2016 4:32 pm
Stooping to get through the door, Run enters and pulls the small curtains closing off the outside world. Pulling off his helmet he scratches his beard and wrinkles his nose. " Shitfire Ham, did something die in here?"
Run is a man of few words, but when he does speak he lights up the room.
He tries to find the strongest looking seat to hold his weight.
Run is a man of few words, but when he does speak he lights up the room.
He tries to find the strongest looking seat to hold his weight.
Last edited September 17, 2016 9:18 pm
Sep 17, 2016 7:57 pm
Yep, a mouse, Ham-Bone says with a slight shrug. I kept it as a pet but it got out of its cage. Guess it couldn’t find its way out of the van though. Kinda symbolic of all this don't ya think, he says looking out the window.
Sep 17, 2016 8:49 pm
"Lucky they don't come back. So what about this job? We going to make some Bounty or what?"
Sep 17, 2016 9:04 pm
You leave that to me friends. The overly grandiose face announces as he enters into the van. To him the relics were all wrong, he kept the old stuff, things from there childhood, instead of all the relics lost from the days leading up to the collapse.
I'll put the screws on PBs chubby fingers and pull every available bounty our of that man but there are somethings that will be useful. First and foremost, though I could easily convince the PB king that we are worth the extra bounty, it would be better if the WM3 just don't turn up, if you catch my drift. Secondly if we can get into the PB Kings head we can screw him over for more bounty. Finally if everything else goes well, we could probably benefit if something just happened to destroy new gracelands surplus. Driving up the price by undercutting the supply.
I'll put the screws on PBs chubby fingers and pull every available bounty our of that man but there are somethings that will be useful. First and foremost, though I could easily convince the PB king that we are worth the extra bounty, it would be better if the WM3 just don't turn up, if you catch my drift. Secondly if we can get into the PB Kings head we can screw him over for more bounty. Finally if everything else goes well, we could probably benefit if something just happened to destroy new gracelands surplus. Driving up the price by undercutting the supply.
Last edited September 17, 2016 9:04 pm
Sep 19, 2016 4:42 am
Shark’s self-confident, smooth talking ways make Ham self-conscious, but he had to admit the guy is a slick negotiator. Sounds like you got it all figured out Shark. What d’ya say I go round to the pub and schmooze with some PBs crew. A couple of ‘em hit the bottle hard and maybe after a friendly round or two they’ll let something slip, something we can use to turn the tables on PB. During Negotiations, I plan to use Deception to try elicit information from someone close to PB.
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Last edited September 19, 2016 4:43 am