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Udo Aachen, signing in.
ISOSCELES MARKET, hmm. Think I shopped there once.
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It's that German discount joint isn't it?
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Planning montage? Planning montage.
The good news is, we don't need a completely rock-solid cover: it'll be more or less an open secret that all kinds of shady groups will have representatives there under some form of disguise or another, so as long as we don't wave around our Warrant Cards we should be fine. (Although a veil or a head bandage for our resident gorgon may be a good idea to disguise those goggles.) This is a Good Thing because four hours is not long enough to establish a legend.
So, shit we'll need: low-grade glamours to hide our features: class two or so. Possibly one of us should carry a Tillinghast resonator; the rest of us will have to make do with the Trueseeing app on the smartphone of shiny. Being wired for sound—possibly with a backup sympathetic-magic hidden mike that can't be detected with a bug sweeper—is a plus. Also, conductive pencils, bag of assorted electronics, backup batteries, and possibly a hand of glory or two.
Oh, and should the shit hit the fan and Ros needs to start setting people on fire, everyone should draw at least one ward of radiation resistance: the process throws out a lot of rads. And if that happens, it'd help for the Plumbers to be placed on standby.
What else, what else.
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Sounds pretty good to me gear wise. Tactic wise, might want to appear to be separate. Stagger our actual entrance times, dress different. It'll let us position ourselves without appearing to be spreading out to cover the room.
edited 17th Sep '14 3:02:25 PM by hotelkilo
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I'll take front of the room and work as the bidder. If I can get it the old-fashioned way, great. If not, I'll stall the bidding enough for you guys to pull out Plan B, whatever you can come up with.
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Sounds good! Might have someone else in the crowd to see who drops out of the bidding process and when (and, conversely, who matches the bids). It'd help to know who else is going after the mask.
By the way, guys, the Agent's Handbook RPG supplement has a whole bunch of high-tech devices we can potentially use. I'm talking eyeglass displays to pair with a smartphone (availability is average—very cool for the shiny factor, but maybe less useful), wireless tasers (they look like a flashlight and use a laser to ionize the air), a fiber-optic probe for looking around corners and other places where you're not supposed to, even hummingbird-sized microdrones.
Charlie Stross's cheerful, optimistic predictions for 2017, part one of three.
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The question being what your Budget is? Not very high, considering the Laundry isn't expecting any trouble out of the usual.
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Can we buy budget points with our dignity? Because Udo's willing to make that trade.
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Rosella might could use some contacts to get a special order item? If need be?
Ros'll probably hang back, maybe occasionally check her phone for 'texts' from 'the leader' and make replies, like she's there as a proxy.
edited 18th Sep '14 6:11:21 PM by hotelkilo
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Hey guys, I'm waiting on you guys to prep and go to the auction. Everything between here and then is on you.
"Your mission is not to nuke the squid god." —Faramir
Think I'm just going to pick up a glamour, a rad ward, and whatever high-quality dress I can grab for a more physical disguise. I'm the one who has actually look like they belong with the 1%, after all.
Forward, boys! For God's sake, forward!
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Udo's an ex-East German. For him to be happy and cheerful would constitute Anti-Party Activity. (Or maybe it's not being cheerful with the state of affairs that qualifies as anti-Party. One of the two. It's all rather woozy after the fifth shot of schnapps.)
I suspect he'll be the one clanking with electronic equipment—and, if the wealthy socialite needs a bodyguard, he's got the hulking size for it...
Charlie Stross's cheerful, optimistic predictions for 2017, part one of three.
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Prep check. Everyone ready to start the mission?
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(Yes, that means we're ready to go. And ready for things to degenerate into a total disaster.)
Charlie Stross's cheerful, optimistic predictions for 2017, part one of three.
In the immoral words of Freddie Mercury, "Hey hey, LET'S GO!"
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Ireeeeeeeeeeene! Fuckin' Irene.
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Looks like Jennifer and Udo will be first in, and the others filter in later so we're not obviously part of the same group?
Charlie Stross's cheerful, optimistic predictions for 2017, part one of three.
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Sounds good to me. Sorry for the delay in replying; October is the single busiest month @BLRI.
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Oh dear, sorry for the lack of response as well. My professors decided that this would be a /wonderful/ time to start assigning tons upon tons of homework
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