Jae-shin and I were at the Black Orchid last night. We're safe - everything went fine. I don't believe anyone identified us. We were as careful as we could have been.
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to do much sneaking around. They've got cameras rigged up. I could have taken some offline, but that would have just tipped security off that something was going on, so I stayed out of all the private spaces... which was fucking frustrating. They're obviously using that VIP area to feed on people. I saw a few vampires taking people up there with them. All of them came back out, thankfully, but their patterns were weaker. Tired. Light-headed.
Jae-shin was more useful than I was. He actually managed to track down a ghost and talk to her. Said her name was Alana. She seems to have been there for a while. According to her, there's no human trafficking ring being run out of that club, though she didn't seem surprised by the possibility that the owners could be involved in something like that. We didn't get a whole lot of concrete information from her. She was... pretty traumatized, I think. The vampires at this club might not be shipping people to Mexico, but people have been killed there. Sometimes by accident. Sometimes intentionally. Alana did say that no one has died there recently, but I'm not sure what her definition of "recent" even is.
That's about all we managed to get. I thought about trying to approach one of the vampires, but it didn't seem like it would be worth the risk. I highly doubt any of them would give me anything useful even in a best-case scenario, and we've already got a few contacts among them. I did talk to one of the bartenders though, and I have a date with him tonight. Maybe I'll manage to get something out of him. I doubt it'll be very significant, but it's worth a shot.
-I
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[Relevant rolls below]
Ian
[Jae-shin needs to do his Mind Shield, base 5 -1 (practiced) -1 (slow)]
Dice: 2 d10 TN3 (1, 2) ( success x 1 ) [WP]
Ian
[extending +1]
Dice: 2 d10 TN4 (2, 7) ( success x 2 ) [WP]
Ian
[once more]
Dice: 2 d10 TN4 (5, 7) ( success x 2 )
Ian
[Jae-shin's Mind Shield is at lvl 3 for 24 hours]
Ian
[Jae-shin masking resonance, base diff 5 -1 (slow)]
Dice: 2 d10 TN4 (3, 8) ( success x 2 ) [WP]
Ian
[extending +1]
Dice: 2 d10 TN5 (2, 10) ( success x 2 ) [WP]
Ian
[and again]
Dice: 2 d10 TN5 (1, 7) ( success x 1 )
Ian
[Jae-shin's resonance masking is also at lvl 3 for 24 hours]
Ian
[Ian's Per+Alertness - anything worth noticing here?]
Dice: 6 d10 TN6 (1, 2, 2, 4, 6, 8) ( success x 2 )
Ian
[Awareness]
Dice: 6 d10 TN6 (2, 2, 5, 7, 7, 10) ( success x 3 )
Ian
[Life scan]
Dice: 2 d10 TN3 (3, 5) ( success x 2 )
Ian
[Forces scan - security cameras?]
Dice: 2 d10 TN3 (6, 9) ( success x 2 )
Ian
[Ian's Manip+Sub for pretending to be a normal club-goer on a date who totally has no idea vampires are a thing]
Dice: 7 d10 TN6 (3, 3, 4, 6, 8, 8, 10) ( success x 4 )
Ian
[Jae-shin's Manip+Sub for the same thing]
Dice: 3 d10 TN6 (3, 4, 7) ( success x 2 ) [WP]
Ian
[Jae-shin's Spirit Sight (find the ghosts!)]
Dice: 2 d10 TN3 (4, 7) ( success x 2 )
Ian
[Jae-shin talking to a ghost Cha+Empathy]
Dice: 4 d10 TN6 (6, 7, 8, 9) ( success x 4 )
Ian
[Ian makes eyes at the bartender App+Performance or Subterfuge (whichever man they're the same score)]
Dice: 8 d10 TN6 (3, 3, 6, 6, 6, 8, 8, 9, 10) ( success x 7 ) Re-rolls: 1
Ian
[Ok, well, I think he's noticed you Ian]
Ian
[Cha+Empathy - can you be charming tonight?]
Dice: 6 d10 TN6 (1, 4, 4, 5, 7, 9) ( success x 2 )
Ian
[Eh. At least that's reasonably approachable. Not that it really matters with 7 'look how hot I am' successes.]
Ian
[And just to be safe, Wits+Subterfuge (still conversing with bartender)]
Dice: 7 d10 TN6 (1, 2, 4, 4, 6, 7, 10) ( success x 3 )
Ian
[Bartender's Per+Subterfuge]
Dice: 5 d10 TN6 (1, 4, 5, 9, 10) ( success x 2 )
Ian
[And lo, the dice rolls are complete]
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to do much sneaking around. They've got cameras rigged up. I could have taken some offline, but that would have just tipped security off that something was going on, so I stayed out of all the private spaces... which was fucking frustrating. They're obviously using that VIP area to feed on people. I saw a few vampires taking people up there with them. All of them came back out, thankfully, but their patterns were weaker. Tired. Light-headed.
Jae-shin was more useful than I was. He actually managed to track down a ghost and talk to her. Said her name was Alana. She seems to have been there for a while. According to her, there's no human trafficking ring being run out of that club, though she didn't seem surprised by the possibility that the owners could be involved in something like that. We didn't get a whole lot of concrete information from her. She was... pretty traumatized, I think. The vampires at this club might not be shipping people to Mexico, but people have been killed there. Sometimes by accident. Sometimes intentionally. Alana did say that no one has died there recently, but I'm not sure what her definition of "recent" even is.
That's about all we managed to get. I thought about trying to approach one of the vampires, but it didn't seem like it would be worth the risk. I highly doubt any of them would give me anything useful even in a best-case scenario, and we've already got a few contacts among them. I did talk to one of the bartenders though, and I have a date with him tonight. Maybe I'll manage to get something out of him. I doubt it'll be very significant, but it's worth a shot.
-I
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[Relevant rolls below]
Ian
[Jae-shin needs to do his Mind Shield, base 5 -1 (practiced) -1 (slow)]
Dice: 2 d10 TN3 (1, 2) ( success x 1 ) [WP]
Ian
[extending +1]
Dice: 2 d10 TN4 (2, 7) ( success x 2 ) [WP]
Ian
[once more]
Dice: 2 d10 TN4 (5, 7) ( success x 2 )
Ian
[Jae-shin's Mind Shield is at lvl 3 for 24 hours]
Ian
[Jae-shin masking resonance, base diff 5 -1 (slow)]
Dice: 2 d10 TN4 (3, 8) ( success x 2 ) [WP]
Ian
[extending +1]
Dice: 2 d10 TN5 (2, 10) ( success x 2 ) [WP]
Ian
[and again]
Dice: 2 d10 TN5 (1, 7) ( success x 1 )
Ian
[Jae-shin's resonance masking is also at lvl 3 for 24 hours]
Ian
[Ian's Per+Alertness - anything worth noticing here?]
Dice: 6 d10 TN6 (1, 2, 2, 4, 6, 8) ( success x 2 )
Ian
[Awareness]
Dice: 6 d10 TN6 (2, 2, 5, 7, 7, 10) ( success x 3 )
Ian
[Life scan]
Dice: 2 d10 TN3 (3, 5) ( success x 2 )
Ian
[Forces scan - security cameras?]
Dice: 2 d10 TN3 (6, 9) ( success x 2 )
Ian
[Ian's Manip+Sub for pretending to be a normal club-goer on a date who totally has no idea vampires are a thing]
Dice: 7 d10 TN6 (3, 3, 4, 6, 8, 8, 10) ( success x 4 )
Ian
[Jae-shin's Manip+Sub for the same thing]
Dice: 3 d10 TN6 (3, 4, 7) ( success x 2 ) [WP]
Ian
[Jae-shin's Spirit Sight (find the ghosts!)]
Dice: 2 d10 TN3 (4, 7) ( success x 2 )
Ian
[Jae-shin talking to a ghost Cha+Empathy]
Dice: 4 d10 TN6 (6, 7, 8, 9) ( success x 4 )
Ian
[Ian makes eyes at the bartender App+Performance or Subterfuge (whichever man they're the same score)]
Dice: 8 d10 TN6 (3, 3, 6, 6, 6, 8, 8, 9, 10) ( success x 7 ) Re-rolls: 1
Ian
[Ok, well, I think he's noticed you Ian]
Ian
[Cha+Empathy - can you be charming tonight?]
Dice: 6 d10 TN6 (1, 4, 4, 5, 7, 9) ( success x 2 )
Ian
[Eh. At least that's reasonably approachable. Not that it really matters with 7 'look how hot I am' successes.]
Ian
[And just to be safe, Wits+Subterfuge (still conversing with bartender)]
Dice: 7 d10 TN6 (1, 2, 4, 4, 6, 7, 10) ( success x 3 )
Ian
[Bartender's Per+Subterfuge]
Dice: 5 d10 TN6 (1, 4, 5, 9, 10) ( success x 2 )
Ian
[And lo, the dice rolls are complete]