C.R.: For this particular get-together, C.R. has requested somewhere that is, perhaps, a bit more neutral of a setting. One might think, given the nature of the mission they're discussing, that he would have gone with somewhere completely secure and totally safe...but then, it wouldn't by his style. So instead, it's a motel smack dab in the middle of Spanish Harlem. To call it run-down would be an understatement...this is the kind of hotel that rents by the hour, and takes cash only. Which are just two of the reasons he chose it, likely. The hotel room is 101, and C.R. is already inside, sitting on the rather nappy bed with the ashtray next to him, smoking a cigarette. There's enough chairs for everyone to sit, as long as one person takes a spot on the bed next to the Darkling or on the floor. Watch the roaches, though.

Keridwen Hawthorne: Keri is there with C.R., but coming out of the bathroom; she takes a seat on the bed next to him.

Novalee Van Zandt: Tonight is black Jeans, her black boots, and possibly another of her white t-shits underneath her zipped up leather jacket. Gloves on her hands. She makes her way to the meeting place, with or without the rest of the cabal. She raises an hand to knock at the door.

Winnie Miles: *She's come most likely with Novalee and Janus. Entering the room after knocking. Her usual cheerfully twisty grin in place.*Wow...you're actually paying for this place? Hey..cockroaches..do you know you can put little gold ch ains on them and wear them as jewelry?

Janus: *Janus makes his way there and will nod to Novalee when he meets her at the door*

Janus: ((err, DLP)) *Janus arrives with Winnie and Novalee, silent as always*

C.R.: He looks up at trio as the walk in, grinning a little bit. "Yeah, but you know...it's got personality. Glad you boy and girls could make it."

Keridwen Hawthorne: Keri nods a little to the three as they come in, staying quiet for now.

Novalee Van Zandt: She nods to both Winnie and Janus, closing her eyes and saying a silent prayer. She let's Janus go in next and then follows to shit the door. She nods to CR and Keri. "Hey."

Novalee Van Zandt: ((Okay talk about BIG typos. SHUT the door. Man, I need to learn how to type again.))

Winnie Miles: *She finds a spot on the floor that's not visited by cockroaches and sits down.* So...what we got here?

Winnie Miles: (HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHA!)

Janus: *he will take a seat, continuing to be silent*

Novalee Van Zandt: "Wouldn't miss it." She says to CR. She takes and sits down in another of the chairs there. She looks to Winnie. "Well we have a good foundation for what we are going to be doing, as I already let the two of you know." She looks to Janus and Winnie, then over to CR and Keri. "Is there anything else we need to nail down before hand?"

C.R.: He exhales a drag of clove smoke. "Well, figured it was about time to finalize the plans on this whole make the Black Hats fall down, go boom thing." He winks to Winnie. "Unless you had a better idea." Whether it's a come-on or sarcasm is very hard to tell, really.

Winnie Miles: *A merry grin.* I think anything that we can make go boom is a good thing.

Novalee Van Zandt: She nods her head to C.R. "Then let's get' starts on finalizing the plans."

Janus: *he nods his agreement* "Yes, let's."

C.R.: He nods a little bit. "Alright. So, then, lets go over what we've got so far. If I'm hearing all this right, and my memory is better then what it used to be, we're going to use Keri's know-how of the inner workings of the AATR to go in and rig the power to blow, right? Make it meltdown, zap, boom, baw-chikka-wow-wow, hasta lasagna, don't get any on ya."

Novalee Van Zandt: She nods her head. "Yes, And while she is leading us, we protect her, keeping a look out and taking car4 of those who we might come across. I suggested not using anything special unless we absolutely have to, that way we will not be giving then a heads up that we are there. CR you were manning the escape plan, so I take it you have that covered. Also no use of any magic in and around the power source, as per Keri's instructions. My only thing is security camer's on the inside. How to make sure that we do not tip them off when we come in by being seen on those."

Winnie Miles: Can't we make 'em glitch up or something? Or better yet, make 'em show the same thing over and over and over again so no one notices there's a glitch. *been watching too many crime shows.*

Keridwen Hawthorne: "How are you planning to do that? We have security experts here who know how to do that sort of thing?"

Novalee Van Zandt: "I would not know how to do so." She says to Winnie. "And would someone have to be able to use Magic to do so or could they do this by other means? Which begs the question, which would we rather do possibly tip them off by the security camer's or by one of us or some of us doing magic?"

Winnie Miles: Well we have to do somethng about the security camaras...or avoid them if we can. How much do we know about the interior? Janus anything you can do to disable some security camara's? *in partial answer to both Keri and Novalee.*

Janus: "The most I could do is to physically destroy them. And that would be an indication that we were there and hostile." *shakes his head*

C.R.: "Win-Win..." He looks at her. "We're talkin' about the Technos here. Black Hats. These fuckers are the Kings and Queens of Computer Security. I don't think we can just futz with the cameras." He looks at everyone. "You ask me...I'm not a big fan of direct confrontation. Mostly, 'cause I hit like a girl, and hate having my eyeliner smeared. So, how about some misdirection?"

Novalee Van Zandt: She looks curiously to CR. "Misdirection. What did you have in mind?"

Keridwen Hawthorne: She stays quiet still, fiddling with something around her neck under her top.

Winnie Miles: Like a distraction you mean? *she asks.*

C.R.: "A distraction could work," he says with a nod to Winnie. "Or going in under the radar. Shadow games, sneaky-sneaky. Whatever works, really."

Winnie Miles: If we can get schematics of the place maybe we can find out a way in that the security camara's wouldn't be checking..like thruogh the sewerage lines or something. Be stinky but it might work. *Definatley watching too many crime movies.*

Novalee Van Zandt: "If Keri can lead us through so that we can go in under their radar, and we can do so then let's do that. I would rather stick together in one group then to say have two different tems one going in with Keri and the rest of us attempting to draw their attention off of Keri and who ever goes with her. She is the only one who knows the layout of the inside of the building, no one can even get building plans for that place at all, and getting lost inside there would not be my favorite idea."

Winnie Miles: ooh hey, do they have like cable repair men or pizza delivery guys or soemthing like that? Maybe we can disguise ourselves as cleaning people. *have to be a pretty good disguise to take care of her, not to mention Novalee's rather striking scars.*

Janus: *Janus looks over to Winnie and then just shakes his head slightly, deciding against whatever he was considering saying*

Novalee Van Zandt: "Winnie, the best time to strike is at night, less people around and the like, and Keri has all of that information."

Winnie Miles: *Winnie looks over at Novalee.* Yeah..that would work too, I guess. My idea's more fun though. *She points out.*

Janus: "This is not about fun, Winnie. This is about what will be the most effective method of doing things. Attempting to act out the methods used in movies will get us all killed."

Novalee Van Zandt: "And more dangerous." She points out, then looks to C.R., and Keri. "Which do you feel would be better Keri with what you know?" She asks.

C.R.: "Yeah, no splitting up gets my vote," he says, nodding at what Novalee says. "That's...not exactly the place I wanna have to ask for directions in. And I'm a guy. I don't ask for directions." He grins.

Winnie Miles: Well, I guess Keri's our way through the security camara's then. *She says with a shrug.*

Keridwen Hawthorne: Keri looks like she's about to say something a couple of times and is nearly biting her tongue in the process. Finally she takes a deep breath and speaks quietly and slowly. "The security for the doors are 8-digit codes. This is changed every 12 hours. Though, this isn't too hard to work around. They change automatically via an algorithm program, which makes them fairly predictable. With the right about of luck and guesswork, plus what I already know and extraoplating the codes shouldn't be difficult. Also, their security cameras are triple-purpose. You have standard video, with a heat-sensing overlay and Kirlian too. Not sure if you all know what that means but that's used for spirit scanning, spiritual magic. Prime is not scanned. They are wired into a central server, from the computer room on the main floor." She pauses before continuing again, "IF the server can be sabotaged, the cameras will go down. That would be placing Security on alert and we all know what that means."

Novalee Van Zandt: She listens to Keri, quietly, nodding her head at the end. Waiting to see if she continues to speak or not.

C.R.: He gets a thoughtful expression, listening to what Keri says. "All right..."

Winnie Miles: Makes sense..they're being techies and all that...makes my magic pretty limited though. But they don't scan for prime..that's a start..what about other magics?

Keridwen Hawthorne: "I will be painfully honest that the security is going to be our hardest area to work around. I know the security schedule, and it can be circumvented, but there are going to be some tight areas to get around. Plus, Security travels around armed. This is quite a well-structured complex as well as being manned well. So armed. It's also well-structured and well-manned, so we'll be fucked over if there is a major fight that starts up. We'll be outnumbered but fast. Another option would be the Labs on the first floor. They have enough lab coats and the like that. It's possible we could use the lab coats to try and pass ourselves off as employees."

Winnie Miles: See..disguises. *She says wisely.* That could explain why we'd be there at night too.

Novalee Van Zandt: "That is a possibility, what about weapons? Any metal detectors that we will have to go through once we are inside?" She asks

C.R.: "Hmmm...I might be able to whip up some fake security ID's if we need them. They wouldn't pass muster if they got examined, I imagine, but if you know what they generally look like, Ker, maybe I can get them good enough to get by on a glance."

Keridwen Hawthorne: She nods and gives a smile to C.R. "Yes, I do know what they look like. As for the metal detectors, they do have them. However, there is a code to turn them off with."

Novalee Van Zandt: "I will also work a little bit harder on getting makeup and the like to ocver Winnie's and my scars. We need to blend. In." she looks over to Winnie. "And I will go with you to get some business like clothes to help you to blend in as well."

Novalee Van Zandt: She looks back to Keri. "If you could turn them off, and we do not get caught that way.....we might be able to bring some weapons into the place with us."

Winnie Miles: *She seems rather revolted by the idea of plain clothes.*

Janus: "It might also be possible to obtain the weapons they equip their sleeper guards with?" *he looks to Keri*

C.R.: "Beau-Tee-Ful." He smiles and nods. "I'll get snap shots of you all in the next day or so, and get to Photoshoppin'."

Keridwen Hawthorne: "Another thing about the security to keep in mind is that it's done in twos...plus they have communications. What will help us is that most of them are sleepers and there is enough magic around the place, though it's of course the Technocratic variety...." she pauses a bit before she speaks again, "we SHOULD be able to use our magic until getting to the Power System itself. I would rather we don't use it unless we absolutely have to. Staying under the radar is quite imperative."

Winnie Miles: Do we know if they scan for any other type of magic besides spiritual?

Novalee Van Zandt: She nods her head to CR about the pictures, and then again to Keri about the information. "Okay, looks like we are on the right track, and Winnie, we want to blend in not stand out, sorry, but it means I have to wear something else be4sides my jeans and boots too."

C.R.: "And I'll have to go without my nail polish." He looks at his black-tipped fingers and sighs. "Tragic."

Keridwen Hawthorne: She nods to Janus. "It would be possible...definitely have to be careful as you already know. The Weapons room is on the first floor. And if we get the timing down just so we could get in there and get them. The weapons are the X-5 protector. Let me grab my sketchpad and draw some things up for you...."

Winnie Miles: *She grimaces.* Well I guess I'll leave the dressing up to you then. *better not let her dress herself for this caper.*

Novalee Van Zandt: She pats Winnie's shoulder and smiles over to CR. "We are all making some fashion sacrifices here." She smiles over to Keri.

C.R.: "The lengths we go to in order to combat evil," he says to Novalee with a wink.

Keridwen Hawthorne: She gets up and heads outside. (brb)

Winnie Miles: (I'm about ready to turn into a pumpkin here. gotta be up in af ew hours to get the spawn off to school)

Janus: *he sits there in silence, listening to the discussion*

Novalee Van Zandt: She continues to smile. "Yes well, we do what we must."

C.R.: ((NP, Winnie. We can give you a log of the rest of it, however long is left...and for the record, y'all, everyone seems good with Saturday. So we'll do the actual raid Saturday night...9:30 EST (6:30 PST) work for everyone?))

Janus: ((Should work for me))

Winnie Miles: (that's good for me too ni ni all)

Keridwen Hawthorne: She comes back in with her familiar black satchel worn across her chest, taking a seat next to C.R. Getting it out, she flips to an open page and starts to draw on it.

Keridwen Hawthorne: ((that's fine for me too.))

C.R.: ((Woot. *G*))

C.R.: He looks over at Keri, head tilting as he idly watches her draw.

Keridwen Hawthorne: For those looking, it is blueprints/schematics. She is taking her time though and being quite precise and detailed in what she draws.

Novalee Van Zandt: "Well if we go after the weapons the guards use. I might just be out of luck there. I do not know how to use a....more modern weapon like a gun." She keeps an eye on what Keri is drawing.

Janus: *frowns* "I had hoped perhaps that someone else would. I can not use a gun either."

C.R.: "I can shoot," he says with a shrug. "But hey...if we don't shoot, we don't shoot. Shit happens."

Keridwen Hawthorne: She keeps drawing, focused on what she is working on, and probably not listening to the conversation for the moment.

Novalee Van Zandt: She looks to Janus. "I can shoot, but bows and arrows might not help there." she looks to CR. "That was why i asked about the metal detectors, so that we could take with us the weapons we are best acquainted with. Either or. I am good in hand to hand."

C.R.: "Me, I try to avoid the fights. But if I have to..."

Keridwen Hawthorne: She flips the sheet and starts to draw again, a different set of blueprints.

Janus: "It would be best to get in and out without fighting. However, if we must, then I will be using a blade, so the metal detectors will need to be circumvented."

Novalee Van Zandt: "Don't worry CR, maybe we will not even get into a fight. That was one of those things we were trying to avoid if possible."

C.R.: "Well, that's the hope." He nods. "Still, best to be prepared. I'm not a Boy Scout, but...naah, check that. I couldn't even play one on TV."

Novalee Van Zandt: She smiles. "Should we stick around until you are done with thew drawings?"

Novalee Van Zandt: ((Sorry missed a post somehow in there)) She nods to Janus. "Same with me."

Keridwen Hawthorne: She finishes up with the drawings, which are the first and second floor schematics for the AATR. ((please see Ravyn's wonderful floor plans that he did: http://www.ravyns-nest.com/AATRFloor1.jpg and http://www.ravyns-nest.com/AATRFloor2.jpg. My apologies for stalling. I've been eating dinner as well as working on finishing up laundry.))

Novalee Van Zandt: ((*Hugs* It is okay)) She looks over what Keri has drawn. "So we have to go past security to get inside. Any back doors?" she looks to Keri.

C.R.: He looks them over carefully, brow raising. "Well. Damn."

Janus: ((I hate to say it, but I'm on the verge of collapse...long day and it's almost 2 am))

Novalee Van Zandt: ((*Hugs* Jano, thanks for playing, I do not think we have much more that we are going to do, although a log can be sent to you as well if there is. Sleep well Jano.))

Janus: ((g'night))

C.R.: ((Thanks for playing, Jano!))

Keridwen Hawthorne: ((Sorry was taking too long on that but wanted to try and get you those links to look at the floor plans beforehand. Sleep well and thanks for the RP :) ))

Keridwen Hawthorne: ((Note there is a side door on the left where the hallway to the two offices and accounting is.))

Keridwen Hawthorne: She gives a very small soft sigh, rubbing at her temples some, before handing the pad to C.R. and getting up to move some.

C.R.: ((Updating the image right now. I ~ALWAYS~ forget things...))

Novalee Van Zandt: ((*L8 Okay DLP then))

C.R.: ((Okay, refresh the image.))

C.R.: He takes the pad, looking to Keri with a slight frown. "You okay, Ker?"

Novalee Van Zandt: She looks over the plans along with CR. "Thank you Keri." she tells her.

Keridwen Hawthorne: "Just my mind's all overloaded again with things," she says quietly, stopping near the door to lean against it.

C.R.: He nods a little bit and rises. "C'mon, then...let's get you home." He looks back to the others. "I'll stop by to get photos for the ID badges in the next day or two."

Novalee Van Zandt: "It is okay Keri. Why don't we go ahead and leave things here. We have things figured out more fully now. Also those of us who need to get things together for this can."

Keridwen Hawthorne: "Thanks. Ummmm....." she walks back over to get the sketch pad but tears out the pages and hands them to Novalee. "Use these to get some better ideas, but protect them well...."

Novalee Van Zandt: She nod to CR. "You need me to pick up- anything for the two of you while I am out?" She asks.

Novalee Van Zandt: She nods her head and takes the drawings. "I will Keri."

C.R.: "Naah, I'm cool, I think."

Keridwen Hawthorne: "I've got some things that'll work just fine, thank you."

Novalee Van Zandt: She smiles to them both. "Okay. Just thought I would offer. Take it easy you two and I will see you soon." She moves to stand up to leave as well.

Keridwen Hawthorne: She puts her pad away and takes her satchel with her, moving over to C.R. "Thanks," she murmurs quietly to him.

C.R.: "See you, Nove." He looks to Keri and nods, smiling a touch. "No problem." He opens the door, holding it for Keri, and then follows her out.

Keridwen Hawthorne: And she takes off with C.R.

C.R.: ((Thanks for the scene, guys!))