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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