Corbin Justice: ((indigo!))

Knife: (Red Crimson! The color of blood!)

Corbin Justice: ((Except on this site, where it's sort of the color of...roughly a tomato.))

Caroline McGregor: (blood the color of vengeance!)

Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: ((Actually, this is the color "Blood." Dried blood, probably.))

Knife: (quiet!)

Corbin Justice: ((Where would you like us in the beginning of the scene, O Master?))

Michelle (Rauko): (8*falls*))

Knife: (Well, Aerin is the leader here so we've decided on a modestly priced hotel room with broadband wireless access but one who wouldn't refuse being paid in cash. )

Michelle (Rauko): ((*blinks*))

Michelle (Rauko): ((*snickers at the rumors that will spring NOW*))

Caroline McGregor: (ooh it's one of THOSE motels. the ones that charge by the hour. *snicker.*)

Knife: (Corbin's favorite kind)

Corbin Justice: He follows directions, parks his cycle, rides the elevator to the room, and knocks.

Michelle (Rauko): *She will be with Aerin. or Caroline... * (dunno))

Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: Aerin's got the hotel room set up already, having headed there in advance. He's got a few laptops there, networked together at the kitchen table...an open spot is sitting there for a fourth as well. He's setting up similar encryption between all the laptops currently, his trench coat hanging over the back of the chair in front of his computer, cigarette hanging out from between his lips as he works. His shoulder holster is visible, as is the Glock inside.

Corbin Justice: (Hush! Sheesh, let your big brother buy you *one* high-priced call girl, and it's never forgotten!)

Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: ((Dining room table))

Knife: (any by high priced you mean $20)

Caroline McGregor: *Carrie and Michelle arrive together ready to wreak havoc and terror upon the cyber world. or hopefully figure out just what those files contained and maybe there'll be useful informatin.*

Knife: (and not any jeez, nothing like a typo to ruin a joke)

Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: There's also a pari of headphones sticking into his ears, into the CD player sitting on the table next to him. No techno or anything similarly hack-y...rather, the Indigo Girls's "Ghost" can be heard faintly.


Michelle (Rauko): *She just arrive with her.... sure her sister is safe with Jameel ((or a Guardian )) fidgety... and with no clue how to use a computer... but she can play wathc.... if she doens't get enthralled*

Corbin Justice: He smiles warmly to Caroline and Michelle, as they now all wait to be let into the hotel room.

Michelle (Rauko): *she just offers Corbig a bit of a little nod and a peer, staying... near Caroline*

Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: ((Ack, already missin' shit...like the "knocks" part. :P)) He manages to hear the knock, and rises to his feet, pulling the phones off and heading to the door. He looks through the peephole, hand on the Glock, and opens the door when he sees who it is. "Hey, guys. Come on in."

Corbin Justice: He nods to Aerin respectfully and steps in. "Aerin-rhya," he says softly in greeting.

Michelle (Rauko): *she peers to Aerin, offers actually a fleeting smile and sneaks in after all have done*

Caroline McGregor: *She steps in after Corbin, looking around the hotel a moment.* Looks like you have everything organized for us.

Corbin Justice: He looks over the set up with growing excitement. Er, anticipation.

Selena Blades: She's gotten a message from Aerin to meet him at this place, so she does. Dressed in her usual black leather, the diamond ring she always has on is on the necklace, and on her right ring finger is a platinum diamond ring. With her are two attache cases. She knocks on the door.

Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: He smiles to Corbin and nods. "Corbin." He doesn't bother trying to convince him not to use the 'Rhya.' That's an effort he makes for kinfolk exclusively. Once everyone's inside, he shuts the door and moves to the table. "We're just about set up. One more person's going to be joining us..." He looks to Caroline. "Someone's back in town early, and her computer skills will be very much needed." Advance warning is good...don't need that blowing up in their face when they've got a job to do.

Corbin Justice: Aerin: "Oh, is that the woman Selena you told me wouldn't be able to? Cool." Looking at the door at the knock.

Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: "And there she is, likely," he says, though he still puts his hand on the gun in his holster as he moves to the door to check it. Can never be too careful. He nods when he sees who it is, and opens the door.

Michelle (Rauko): ((work call))

Caroline McGregor: *she nods.* alright..were do you want me to be? *she asks. A bit on the quiet side tonight. Broody.*

Aerin Thomas [PB 3] -> Knife: d10: Int+Computers (WP): 2,1,5,6,7,7,5,

Selena Blades: And it is here, even a darker tan if that was at all possible. Those violet eyes really standing out more. "Hope I'm not late."

Aerin Thomas [PB 3] -> Knife: d10: Int+Computers: 8,6,4,9,2,4,4,

Aerin Thomas [PB 3] -> Knife: d10: Int+Computers (WP): 10,9,8,2,4,10,2,

Aerin Thomas [PB 3] -> Knife: d10: Specialty: 8,5,

Corbin Justice: Selena: "Just in time, we've just arrived. I'm Corbin Justice."

Caroline McGregor: *She looks towards the door and stiffens up, eyes narrowing and going arctic in a New York minute.* What is SHE doing here?

Caroline McGregor: *She looks towards the door and stiffens up, eyes narrowing and going arctic in a New York minute.* What is SHE doing here?

Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: "Caroline, let's get you on the one opposite the open spot," he says with a nod. Selena gets a smile and a nod. "Not too late, Selena, no. Welcome back. I figured you probably brought your own system, so there's a spot for you right there. Corbin, you're opposite me."

Knife: ~the Hotel room is not a rat hole but nor is it overly comfortable. The room holds one bed, 1 desk for working at, and then 2 chairs that sit on either side a circular table that can also be used to work at. Aerin has already set up a small network linking the computers together so that each individual can work with the program he's written on different sections of the corrupted code~

Selena Blades: "I think I remember meeting you before....with Melantha....not too long ago." She gives him a smile, cautious and just in general seeming a little on edge.

Corbin Justice: "I remember," he says to Selena, "though it was a brief meeting." Walking over and sitting down where Aerin indicates.

Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: "I told you, Caroline," he says with a calm look to her. "She's back in town. And she's always been a part of this planned group to put the data together. We need her skills...and yours."

Corbin Justice: Selena: He smiles. "And may I just say, ~greek~ It's a treat to meet another from home." A respectful inclination of his head.

Michelle (Rauko): *When Selena goes in, she simple back slighlty to a corner.. quietly... not saying asingle word*

Selena Blades: ~Greek~ "A pleasure as well." She heads over to where Aerin directs her to go and starts to take her gear out. Two laptops and some other peripheral equipment.

Caroline McGregor: *She looks like she could walk out right then and there, regardless of Aerin's words.*

Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: He watches Caroline, gauging her reaction, as he moves to his laptop...newly built, since he wiped, parted out, and sold the one he used for the hacking mission. He seems ready to respond to whatever comment she may have.

Corbin Justice: He turns to look at what equipment is before him, familiarizing himself with it, and ignoring quite well the tension in the room.

Knife: ~there's enough room for each of the people in the room to work comfortably, and enough room for Michelle to hide timidly in the corner as well. Two laptops at the circular table, possibly for Corbin and Caroline, and then Aerin's custom laptop on the desk likely with enough room for Selena to set up her gear beside it. There is a folding chair against the wall as well if it is needed~

Selena Blades: Selena really could care less about what the kin thinks right now since she knows her skills are needed from what her and Aerin had spoken on previously.

Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: "Caroline...we need your help. To finish this code, so that we can find the people who did this to you and yours, and be better prepared for them when we do. You can either come help, or leave...and I'm sorry it has to be that way, but the fact of the matter is we're all on the same side, whatever hostilities there may be over the recent past." He takes a seat and starts to type, even as he watches Caroline calmly.

Michelle (Rauko): *she just stays still and quiet out of place, yes on the corner.... not bugging, odd eyes peering up enough to see what is going on.....*

Corbin Justice: He boots the nearest laptop to him.

Caroline McGregor: *Her dislike of the other woman is readily apparent; in fact, she could hardly be more blatent if she were shouting it out. But she just gives her another frigid glare and goes to her spot, saying nothing.*

Michelle (Rauko): *And then blinks, frowing, tilting her head, like if she was trying to listen to something, even moving a little bit*

Knife: ~the laptops each boot up normally and everything seems in order so that the group can begin to unravel then complete mess that is the corrupted data~

Caroline McGregor: *Most likely it's Aerin's reminder that keeps her inside the room. After a long moment she boots up the computer and sits down.*

Selena Blades: She starts to boot up her own equipment, totally ignoring the kin. Once it's up and running she does a few more checks of her systems.

Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: He nods a little bit and gets to work, typing away at his computer. "I've got the code divided up and ready to work out among us all. And I've written a program for us all to use, and to put it together when it's done. Hopefully, we won't have to go back in. I"m praying we won't...but if we do, I'm ready for that."

Corbin Justice: "Okay, sounds good."

Caroline McGregor: *A short nod of agreement.*

Michelle (Rauko): *a littel fleeting peer to Aerin and co.. and starts moving faintly near the wall, head stil tilted*

Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: He looks up to Michelle briefly, giving her a gentle smile, and a nod. "You all right, Michelle?"

Knife: ~as per Aerin's instructions on Corbin and Caroline's laptop they find both the program Aerin has created and the corrupted data files. The program Aerin has created seems mostly user friendly and it does a good bit of the deciphering and recombining work on it's own but the data doesn't always come out in the order in which it was put on. Things don't necessarily make sense when they're uncorrupted but those with computer knowledge likely will be able to piece the sections back together...Gaia willing~ (alright after the program is loaded up to Selena's machine everyone roll Int+computers. If anyone chooses to not use the program Aerin has written the difficult to decipher the corrupted data is 9)

Corbin Justice: d10: int comp: 5,8,1,5,4,4,

Corbin Justice: ((using the program, of course, but sucky roll))

Michelle (Rauko): *blinks, nodding to Aerin, a faint little nod... murmuring* It..IthoughtIheradsomething *softly*

Selena Blades: ((going with Aerin's program on this.))

Michelle (Rauko): *That is... before she blinks, odd eyes closing lightly, before she casts a faint look around*

Selena Blades: d10: int/com/wp: 5,8,8,6,3,8,1,8,

Knife: ~Corbin at first seems to be getting nowhere, perhaps he doesn't understand how to use the program, or perhaps he's just unlucky. The data that the program spits out seems to be even more jumbled than what he put in~

Selena Blades: ((And computer apt in there as well))

Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: d10: Int+Computers (WP): 7,7,10,8,2,2,7,

Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: d10: Specialty: 4,

Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: ((That's my hacky-CoGgie! Who needs those piddly Glass Walkers? *G*))

Knife: ~Selena possessing greater knowledge has a good amount more success than Corbin. The data that she inputs seems to be coming out looking as one would expect properly written code to look. She's also having a good go of recombining it and turning the code back into actual written data~

Corbin Justice: He takes a deep breath and stills his nerves, furtively making sure the others haven't seen his problem, and tries to work it out.

Knife: ~Aerin is having great success with his own program and custom rig he's moving quickly and efficiently through the data and things appear to be coming quite easily to the newly crowned Adren~

Caroline McGregor: d10: int&comp: 9,4,7,1,

Caroline McGregor: (using program of course)

Knife: ~Caroline is having better success than Corbin but still not much. She's working the data out but things are coming very slowly~

Caroline McGregor: *Carrie's probably still steaming at the moment..hopefully it won't interfere with her concentration.*

Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: He gets that cocky sort of grin on his face as the code starts to take form, eyes narrow. "That's it, evil data. Just give up. Easier that way..."

Knife: (Corbin roll rage, Caroline willpower)

Corbin Justice: d10: rage: 2,3,9,

Corbin Justice: ((Fear his mighty roar.))

Selena Blades: Selena is rather serene and for her, this seems par for the course. "Not a bad program, Aerin," she complements him.

Caroline McGregor: d10: willpower: 6,2,1,8,7,4,

Michelle (Rauko): *Frowns, tilting her head... focusing on listening*

Knife: ~Corbin is frustrated obviously but he remains in control of his emotions, the others likely focused on their own tasks see what would they would likely percieve as Corbin trying to concentrate intensely~

Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: "Thanks," he says with a smile, though his eyes don't leave the screen. "Took me a couple weeks to get the intracacies down...haven't done so much with reverse-engineering and rebuilding data before. But it does the job, it seems."

Knife: ~Caroline is also able to keep her focus, although she is likely still angry, she's alble to push it down for the moment to concentrate on the task at hand~ (alright round 2 Comp+int again if you please everyone)

Corbin Justice: d10: computer: 9,10,5,1,2,4,

Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: d10: Int+Computers: 9,1,9,2,4,3,6,

Caroline McGregor: d10: comp+int: 10,2,9,7,

Knife: ~Corbin is still finding things difficult but he does manage to get some work done, Aerin's initial good luck seems to have worn off..at least for the moment he's slowed his progress considerably, Caroline on the other hand has increased her productivity and is deciphering and recombining the code at a good pace~

Selena Blades: (Same as before of course)

Selena Blades: d10: int/com/wp: 1,5,8,9,4,5,8,9,

Caroline McGregor: *She just gives a little nod as things start working as they should. The sooner done the sooner gone.*

Knife: ~Selena is still having good success at her portion of the work and she's moving at a good pace and finding things coming out looking as she believes they should. She's almost completed her entire portion of the task and likely will be able to assist one of the others~

Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: He frowns a little bit, when he hits the tricky part of the code that's holding him up. "Oh, HELL, no. Don't even think about it..." Whether he means the computer or the code is hard to tell. It's not anyone in the room, surely.

Corbin Justice: He cuts out the others in the room, focusing on taking his minor success and making it more.

Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: "How are we doing, folks," he asks as he works, sparing a glance to the door. Another glance spared to Michelle, though he says nothing to her.

Michelle (Rauko): *There is a faint, tremblor in her hands, swallows and focuses on trying to see something, odd eyes staring at thin air*

Corbin Justice: "I'm working it out," he says quietly.

Caroline McGregor: Fine. *she answers.*

Selena Blades: "Almost done," she says.

Knife: (alright round 3 of rolls, Int+computers once more if you please)

Selena Blades: (same deal)

Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: "Awesome," he says, though his eyes remain on Michelle, frowning for a moment. He doesn't interrupt her, just goes back to focusing on his work.

Selena Blades: d10: int/com: 2,4,9,4,2,9,4,6,

Corbin Justice: d10: : 6,2,10,4,5,8,

Corbin Justice: ((finally!))

Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: d10: Int+Computers (WP): 8,7,9,9,3,9,8,

Caroline McGregor: d10: : 6,8,9,7,

Knife: ~Selena finishes up her portion of the data, as does Aerin, Corbin finally begins to make some headway into his portion but he's signifigantly behind the others. Caroline continues to make strong headway into her portion of the work and has almost completed her portion~

Selena Blades: "Done," she says. Looking to see who still needs help.

Corbin Justice: "Getting there," he says, now keen to finish up once he figured out this sucker.

Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: "Aaaaaand, Boo-Ya," he says, as he finishes his part up.

Caroline McGregor: Almost done. *she answers, finally a little calmer than before.*

Michelle (Rauko): *and the frowns deepends, still staring at thin air... like if she was trying to concentrate hard*

Selena Blades: "I'll help Corbin," she gets up and goes over to help him with it.

Michelle (Rauko): *reaching absently to hold her hands around her arms.... frowning... still, with a littel sound, like she was cold, swallows again.... but keeps trying to focus*

Knife: ~If Aerin and Selena move to assist the others they can see that Caroline is about 70% done while Corbin has obviously been struggling a bit having finished only about a 1/3rd of his work~

Corbin Justice: A bit of a flush, but she's Greek and somehow, that makes it okay for him to receive help from her. He leans a bit so she can see better.

Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: "Selena, help Corbin out, if you don't mind," he says, rising and moving over to Michelle. He tilts his head a little watching her for a moment, waiting to see if she notices him nearby before trying to say anything.

Michelle (Rauko): *nop, doesn't seem to nocie Aerin at all, her eyes watchign intently ahead*

Knife: (Alright round..uh..I think 4 of rolling. Aerin has moved to tend to Michelle so Caroline, Corbin, and Selena roll if you please Comp+int)

Corbin Justice: d10: : 10,1,5,6,6,9,

Caroline McGregor: *She frowns slightly and continues with her decoding, perhaps increasing the speed to get the last 30% done more quickly.*

Corbin Justice: ((Always a stupid 1 in there. I'm channeling Dusty while she's at work.))

Caroline McGregor: d10: : 2,10,9,2,

Selena Blades: ((She'd already gone over to help *grin*))

Selena Blades: d10: int/com: 5,8,3,9,1,8,10,7,

Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: "Michelle," he says quietly. "You with us still?"

Michelle (Rauko): *Frowns, staring, and then seeming to look around, with a little shiver.... before she stares back at the same place, nop, doens't seem to hear AErin*

Knife: ~Corbin seems to still be making only modest headway by himself but when Selena comes over to assist him she can almost immediately see what he's been doing wrong and her superior knowledge of computers shows obviously when compared to his own. With Selena's assistance Corbin is able to finish up the remaining portion of his work although perhaps not feeling too great about the amount he actually accomplished himself. Caroline also completes her portion of the work and unassisted at that, perhaps showing her worth at tasks other than shooting flying Fomori~

Caroline McGregor: *She sits back with a sigh, flexing her fingers.*

Corbin Justice: He tries to shrug it off...it wasn't *really* a failure.

Corbin Justice: Selena: He thanks her quietly with the Greek word for thank you. ((Too lazy to look it up.))

Michelle (Rauko): *or rahter blinks, head half turning to Aerin's voice, frowning, shaking her head, no.... and yes.. trying to still see what ever she is looking.. with a faint wishper*ishim *trying to hold... see more if she can*

Selena Blades: "It's okay," she says to him quietly in Greek.

Knife: ~all work seems to be complete, the data seems to be as deciphered and recombined as it's going to get, now all that remains is to put the four individual sections back together and then translate the coding back into a more readable format~

Corbin Justice: He sighs very quietly, not quite feeling the elation of a job well done, but it's been accomplished and that's what matters. Or so he tells himself.

Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: He nods a little bit and unfocuses his eyes, trying to peek across the Umbra, just to make sure they're okay on that end of things.

Michelle (Rauko): *Still seeming to try to grasp something.. see something, her hands close.. Aerin might notice she coldish, with a bit of a sweat, faintly there*

Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: d10: Gnosis (WP Three): 3,3,9,4,6,

Selena Blades: She's more than eager to get that last part done now.

Michelle (Rauko): *and lets out a little fustrated breath, looking off, closing her eyes a moment like if the light was to bright, shivering*

Knife: ~Aerin peers through the Gauntlet but aside from the rather thick sprawling of the pattern web nothing seems that out of the ordinary. Certainly their are no malevolant spirits to glimpse~

Corbin Justice: "All cool?" he asks over in the direction of Aerin and Michelle, she looks weird to him.

Knife: (Alrighto, my portion here is done, they were able to put a good bit of the data back together and the work that remains is not terribly difficult. I'll make a post on the forums detailing what was contained in the data they were able to recover. Thanks for participating everyone, and thanks for rolling well (Ponyboy aside) as this could've taken quite awhile without out it. I'll have the post up in the forums tommorow most likely and then we can see where they wish to take things from there)

Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: He blinks, refocusing, and nods to Corbin. "Everything's fine, yes." He reaches out and touches Michelle's shoulder, very lightly, and moves back to the computers. "We're all ready to put it together now?"

Corbin Justice: ((~smack~))

Corbin Justice: He nods. "I'm ready."

Michelle (Rauko): *Reopens her eyes, odd eyes peering, with a frown, like she wasn't sure where she is.... lips pressing herd toguether... untill she just lowers her gaze, looking down once more, without a word*

Michelle (Rauko): *of course with a flitching peer to Aerin*

Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: He nods and goes back to his laptop, quickly piecing the code together. This part's easy. "Good job, everyone. Thank you...we all kicked some serious ass."

Caroline McGregor: I'm set here. *She answers.*

Corbin Justice: He kinda hangs his head. Hadn't exactly covered himself with glory.

Selena Blades: She goes back and puts her equipment away, doing it pretty quickly, as if used to working on the fly.

Michelle (Rauko): *She avoiding Corbin's wierd look she mostly goes back to the corner, staying there quietly.... thinking on things over*

Corbin Justice: ((And I think we're done here? *waves and/or hugs around*))

Knife: (everything's wrapped, up I'm gonna try to work on that post tonight, I'll let everyone know if it gets finished. Thanks again for playing!)

Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: Once it's all put together, he looks up to them all, nodding. "Give me a couple days to go through it all, and I should have results."

Michelle (Rauko): ((Thanks you for running!!))

Corbin Justice: ((thanks for the scene!))

Selena Blades: ((thanks))

Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: ((Thanks, Knife!))

Caroline McGregor: *She helps pack up the computers so they can all get out of here. Obviously impatient to leave.*

Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: He picks up his stuff, looking between Michelle and Caroline. "I'll drive you guys home, okay?"

Michelle (Rauko): *a tiny faint nod to Aerin, quietly*

Selena Blades: She keeps to herself and when she's packed up, she takes off without a word, unless Aerin says anything to her of course.

Caroline McGregor: (thanks Knife!) *She nods again.* I have no problem with that.

Michelle (Rauko): ((need go to dinner... I'll ping you guys to know if you went on to keep it on other chat *huggles*))

Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: He lets Selena go...he'll call her later. Once they're all packed up, he leads Caroline and Michelle out to his hybrid. Once they're outside the hotel room, he's in instant bodyguard mode, moving behind them until they're in the car...then he slips in the driver's seat.

Selena Blades: And she's gone.

Caroline McGregor: *It's only when Selena leaves does the tenseness subside from her body. Although the broodiness is still there.*

Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: Once they're in the car, he pauses before starting it up, and looks to Caroline. "I'm sorry. I should have warned you sooner then I did, and clearer. I wouldn't have put her in the same room with you if I didn't know we'd need you both."

Caroline McGregor: *She frowns again and looks out the window.* She's a bitch. I would have left if I didn't have so much invested in this entire thing. *and then she looks back at him.* Don't ever do that to me again, Aerin. And don't ever let her get near my son.

Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: He sighs, and nods. "I won't let her near Evan. That is a promise. And I will promise to give you far-in-advance warning if she's going to be involved in anything further. You know I can't promise to cut her out, if she's needed, though. We need everyone we can get. I respect you enough to be honest with you about that."

Michelle (Rauko): *she is in utter silence, going along with them*

Caroline McGregor: I can accept that. *She says after a long moment.* Are you alright Michelle?

Michelle (Rauko): *Blinks, and nods faintly to Caroline*y..yes

Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: He looks over his shoulder to Michelle, smiling to her, and then starts the engine, heading off toward Malcolm's place. Quiet for a few moments, as he drives.

Michelle (Rauko): *she fidgets lightly, staring out the window, in silence.... thinking over things... *

Caroline McGregor: good. *She murmers to the other girl and goes back to staring out the window.*

Michelle (Rauko): ((poor Aerin stuck wtih two silent ones*))

Caroline McGregor: ( I know...Michelle is usually so talkative. *lol*)

Michelle (Rauko): ((*giggles* yea.. you can't make her stop))

Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: ((*G*))

Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: ((Stay here, or off to another room...or fade? Whatever works.))

Caroline McGregor: (I need to get to bed..so I'm fading out.)

Michelle (Rauko): ((you tells me *S* Michelle can sugest got to the park))

Michelle (Rauko): ((I think tha tis fade?))

Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: ((Fade, yeah. *Hugs* Thanks for the scene, both!))