010: Off to The Deeps

[joertexas]

There won't be more questions. The officers seem a bit dazed, and you can get on the lift without further problem.

Jaelah enters the lift and selects the ground floor. Once there, they exit the building and find their transport to leave the immediate area.

[terrymixon]

There won't be more questions. The officers seem a bit dazed, and you can get on the lift without further problem.

Jaelah enters the lift and selects the ground floor. Once there, they exit the building and find their transport to leave the immediate area.

Done. What next?

[joertexas]

Done. What next?

"Let's get something to eat while we review the video I took," Jaelah says. She finds a food court where they can sit down and talk while they eat. There, they will go over the data from the apartment to see if anything pops.

[terrymixon]

Done. What next?

"Let's get something to eat while we review the video I took," Jaelah says. She finds a food court where they can sit down and talk while they eat. There, they will go over the data from the apartment to see if anything pops.

Sadly, it seems the searchers were very thorough. You see nothing.

[joertexas]

Sadly, it seems the searchers were very thorough. You see nothing.

"As I recall, her memorial service is happening today. Let's go by and see who we might speak with."

[helvorn]

"That's good enough for me. Have you participated in an auction before? If not, I can run down the way this works for you."

William put back his documents as well as his encrypted bankcard. "I have participated in a few but I have found that each planet has its own distinct customs. A rundown of the procedure would be appreciated."

“Of course. The business description has already been circulated or you wouldn’t be here. There is a minimum bid to start things and there must be three independent bidders to make for a valid auction. Once the first bid is registered, I will increment by the minimum amount though a bidder is free to bid higher. Five bids must be registered before the potential sale becomes live. The sky is the limit so far as bids though there are rarely bidding wars. I am paid on a commission basis, so a higher selling price is in my interests. Once bidding starts, the auction continues until there are no more bids and if the threshold is met, the payment is made to the auction house and the business becomes the property if the highest bidder. Do I need to clarify any aspects of the process for you?”

William nods thankfully. "That is a very thorough explanation for my purposes, thank you. I believe I now know sufficient information to participate in the auction."

[ateno]

You will be directed to a table and whatever cash you hand over converted to chips. The short, dumpy woman dealing the cards raises an eyebrow. "Cr10 ante and minimum bet of CR100. Standard rules. Just you or all three?"

Looks at Walt.

"Its a start?"

Arkar

[Thumper]

Walt pulls a chair back and offers it to Bona.
"will you be joining in or observing?
Either way, walt will take the seat next to Arkar, and lays 1000cr on the table for conversion to chips.

[Tiglath]

"That's good enough for me. Have you participated in an auction before? If not, I can run down the way this works for you."

He replied to Garvin. "See if you can crack their thoughts and get some more information about the criminal syndicate. We are probably going to have to show some muscle eventually to keep them off of our property and out of our way."

Garvin maintains his low profile as a cabby and continues to monitor the (slimeball) lawyers' thoughts.

[terrymixon]

Sadly, it seems the searchers were very thorough. You see nothing.

"As I recall, her memorial service is happening today. Let's go by and see who we might speak with."

The burial takes place in about two hours. The location indicated is a mortuary.

One thing that Jaelah knows as a former law enforcement officer is that the security service might be paying attention to the attendees. With this labeled as a drunken driving accident, they shouldn't be there but they also shouldn't have taped off her apartment and responded like that. With that in mind, they might be interested in who is there and how they behave.

[terrymixon]

Walt pulls a chair back and offers it to Bona.
"will you be joining in or observing?
Either way, walt will take the seat next to Arkar, and lays 1000cr on the table for conversion to chips.

"I will play," she said. "Poorly, I'm afraid."

The chips purchased and play starts.

How do you intend to operate?

[terrymixon]

William put back his documents as well as his encrypted bankcard. "I have participated in a few but I have found that each planet has its own distinct customs. A rundown of the procedure would be appreciated."

“Of course. The business description has already been circulated or you wouldn’t be here. There is a minimum bid to start things and there must be three independent bidders to make for a valid auction. Once the first bid is registered, I will increment by the minimum amount though a bidder is free to bid higher. Five bids must be registered before the potential sale becomes live. The sky is the limit so far as bids though there are rarely bidding wars. I am paid on a commission basis, so a higher selling price is in my interests. Once bidding starts, the auction continues until there are no more bids and if the threshold is met, the payment is made to the auction house and the business becomes the property if the highest bidder. Do I need to clarify any aspects of the process for you?”

William nods thankfully. "That is a very thorough explanation for my purposes, thank you. I believe I now know sufficient information to participate in the auction."

The man checks his watch and clears his throat. "It is time to begin the auction, gentlemen. Gather round. The property up for auction is Raven's Hawk Medical Services. The circular already listed the assets and liabilities, so we will open the bidding at five million Imperial credits. Do I have an opening bid?"

One of the lawyers will raise his hand. "Five million."

"Excellent. Do I have five point two five million?"

Garvin: The lawyers are all watching William. Their thoughts revolve around how much trouble he is going to be. And how to handle him if he makes too much trouble or boosts the price too high.

[Tiglath]

Garvin: The lawyers are all watching William. Their thoughts revolve around how much trouble he is going to be. And how to handle him if he makes too much trouble or boosts the price too high.

Garvin continues to monitor playing the long game with his psionic strength and feeding discoveries to William via neural link - specifically the lawyers' fear that the price goes too high. He also pays particular attention to any "handling" plans that may emerge or any fears that arise over reporting failure - and to whom.

(OOC: I think that's the limit of "surface thoughts" as I understand it and now is not the time for the "probe" ).

[Thumper]

Walt intends to play a series of hands at an “average” player level while monitoring to see who runs a streak of “good luck”. He maintains a facade of surface thoughts between admiration for Bona and what his cards read and his planned strategy. He sends this intent through the neural link to Arkar and Bona.

Gambling: [2d6+9]=6+9=15

[ateno]

How do you intend to operate?

Arkar will feed to the other two, using math to pull or hide cards as needed. He's not worried about losing when he can set up others.The purpose is to pull out psionic talent.


Gambling [2d6+9]=8+9=17
Arkar

[joertexas]

The burial takes place in about two hours. The location indicated is a mortuary.

One thing that Jaelah knows as a former law enforcement officer is that the security service might be paying attention to the attendees. With this labeled as a drunken driving accident, they shouldn't be there but they also shouldn't have taped off her apartment and responded like that. With that in mind, they might be interested in who is there and how they behave.

"we need to be sure that the security people aren't surveilling the funeral. It might help for us to change clothes."

[helvorn]

The man checks his watch and clears his throat. "It is time to begin the auction, gentlemen. Gather round. The property up for auction is Raven's Hawk Medical Services. The circular already listed the assets and liabilities, so we will open the bidding at five million Imperial credits. Do I have an opening bid?"

One of the lawyers will raise his hand. "Five million."

"Excellent. Do I have five point two five million?"

Garvin: The lawyers are all watching William. Their thoughts revolve around how much trouble he is going to be. And how to handle him if he makes too much trouble or boosts the price too high.

William shrugs. "Five and a half." Hopefully he will be able to stir up a few hostile thoughts for Garvin to read.

[Tiglath]

Garvin suppresses a smile as he takes his cue and reaches out with his mind...

[terrymixon]

Walt intends to play a series of hands at an “average” player level while monitoring to see who runs a streak of “good luck”. He maintains a facade of surface thoughts between admiration for Bona and what his cards read and his planned strategy. He sends this intent through the neural link to Arkar and Bona.

Gambling: [2d6+9]=6+9=15

It's not hard to see that there are others looking for runs of inexplicable good luck. A couple of floor managers is making the rounds to make sure nothing hinky is going on. They seem vigilant. Perhaps too vigilant.

[terrymixon]

The burial takes place in about two hours. The location indicated is a mortuary.

One thing that Jaelah knows as a former law enforcement officer is that the security service might be paying attention to the attendees. With this labeled as a drunken driving accident, they shouldn't be there but they also shouldn't have taped off her apartment and responded like that. With that in mind, they might be interested in who is there and how they behave.

"we need to be sure that the security people aren't surveilling the funeral. It might help for us to change clothes."

"Do you think that will be enough? The security service now likely has our images. Perhaps we should use drones for this."