====== Chapter 13: Great Escape & Hot Potato ======
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  * As we returned to civilization....
  * 3WolfMoon got on the phone to the Johnson to arrange a drop-off for Hiroto
    * We would meet downtown in a parking deck under a skyscraper in the back corner to do the exchange
  * Cat got a call from Dufresne on the drive down
    * He said he woke up with a package next to him this morn for us, tossed in bag, and left for the day
    * Got home and his place had been trashed
    * Wants to offload this "disk" before worse things happen
    * We agree to meet him at QT at exit 11 on GA400
  * We meet Dufresne at QT, take the package, while Cat talks to him
    * Package was dropped off by Majestic
    * Note left with it that said they had to leave town suddenly
    * Requested us to keep this disk safe 
  * We part and head to the drop-off with the two other pax0rages
  * Jack had been sensing drones follow us, and a pulse every so often at seeming random
  * As we travel GA400, I send my earth elemental to take down the 3 drones
  * As he kills the last one, he disappears and I summon a spirit of man to snag the last drone and bring it to us
  * Van keeps going, and I return to it
  * We make the drop-off and get paid
    * $150,000 nY to split however we want
  * Notice the pinging has stopped while in deck
  * Make Cat turn off her commlink, being the probable guilty party
  * Wait for a 10 min in the deck, then move to another deck, then examine the disk
    * Disk is magical
    * Disk is mildly conductive
    * Introducing current causes magic to flare a bit then it absorbs the charge
  * After examining, we move to a distant open location to test pings again
    * No more pings when commlink is turned back on
  * We go meet up with Helen's Talismonger to get info on disk
    * D'Arcy says that some dudes came in looking for it
    * "Seal of Mot"
      * Mot is god/angel of death
    * Phoenician in Origin
    * Willing to pay top nuyen for info on it
    * 2 humans, "appeared" mundane, extensive arcane knowledge, arrived in ATL 1-1.5 weeks ago
  * Do some space-google searching to get in touch with someone who might know more about this disk
  * But before we can find anyone...
  * Another incoming call from Dufresne
    * He's been kidnapped (big surprise)
    * Dragon wants to talk to us
    * They want us to meet at a park (now)
    * Cat makes some big bullshit lie about needing 6hrs to get there
    * Hang up, we have 6 hrs
    * Reboot Cat's commlink again
  * We drive back up to north GA and bury the disk inside a lichen coating
  * We return to town and prepare for a fire fight...
  * Show up at park at approximate time
    * Dufresne is tied to chair in middle of clearing with remote-det bomb on his neck
    * Four dudes surround him just outside clearing
    * Farther back, astrally perceiving mage has watcher spirits around keeping an eye
  * Jack sends out drones to assess the sitch
    * We are at a loss of what to do
    * I don't want to give up the disk
    * The others really don't want to let them kill Dufresne
    * Can't figure out a way to kill all dudes before Dufresne is blown to chunks
  * Finally decide to call Dufresne's phone
    * Someone, not Dufresne, picks up
    * We ask for their demands
    * An even exchange, Dufresne for the disk, and both parties walk, no harm no fowl
    * We say we don't have the disk on us, and even still, it is a decision we can't make right now
    * All parties agree to a length of 3 days, whereby we will call back with our decision
  * Helen is willing to give up the disk, which is in disagreement with everyone else
    * Jack, Tae, and Cat are willing to give the disk to them and kill after getting Dufresne into the van
    * Helen is concerned because the people disagreeing know nothing about magic
  * In the interim 3 days, we MUST locate an expert on this thing to see what it does
    * Helen suspects that smashing it might unleash a horror, which, if the case, is DEFINITELY not willing to give it up
  * Helen will also be summoning her ally spirit, if there is time...


  * Paid out 200 nY in bribes (Helen's purse), and 3000 nY to Jack's decker for tracing the phone#s of the 2 dudes looking for Seal of Mot