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Kal motions for Ida to follow. "Might need some help moving this compressor. Also maybe you could..." he gestures in a weird motion with his hands, as if casting a spell, "y'know?"
The compressor isn't hard to move - it wheels aside, revealing an entrance that it camouflaged from casual observation. You can see a concreted section disguising the entrance, and a cave with a concrete ramp about 1.5 metres wide leading down into it.Ida nods and stretches out her hands to invoke the Way on the compressor.
OOC: Best roll was a 2
She frowns a bit (OOC: assuming nothing happens) and gets back to pushing the old fashioned way with Kal.
Ida tosses him a wry smile."Can your... thingy sense people?" Kal whispers to Ida, as he peers down the ramp.
"Can your... thingy sense people?" Kal whispers to Ida, as he peers down the ramp.
You reach out with the way and don't sense anybody down there. From the light coming in through the entrance, you can see a box with some switches on the wall and vaguely make out some machinery down the ramp.Ida tosses him a wry smile.
"The 'thingy' is intimately connected to all aspects of existence, so yes it can sense people"
OOC: Oh yeah! 5
The switches turn on some LED lighting in the cave, revealing some large stainless steel vats and machinery. Stacked further back you can see racks of bottles.Kal tests the switches out to see if any enable lighting down there.
You look into the cave. Stabilised Adobe has been filled in over a quite substantial floor area to level the floors and make the winery. However, you can see that the cave system goes much further.Kal will stalk further into the cave, checking out the racks of bottles as he goes.
Bunch, Stan, Smith -"Alright let's comm Okon and tell him to move the statues here. We can search around the settlement and watch out for these people overnight. Hopefully find the culprits or defend against a second attack"
It's fire damaged but you can make out Tetrazepam on the label, which is a sedative used for a variety of applications including prisoner restraint. The dose would put an average human into a stupor for about 6-8 hours and they would be groggy for several more.Twitch looks at the cartridge to see if his extensive drug use will give any further information about how much or exactly what kind it might have been with an eye on how long it might put out a person if Daise's weight.
Ida idly asks him "Any rumours about where they might be taking them"Janek makes an appearance and says "There are rumours of kidnappings in the deep wastes - from the farms and villages along the aquifers ... But this close to Meridani?"
He looks visibly shocked.
"There are rumours - probably true - of an underground slave trade, likely sex trafficking. Occasionally missing folks have been found with limiter implants."Ida idly asks him "Any rumours about where they might be taking them"
You can attempt to ATTUNE to it, a CONTROLLED roll. From experience, this may or may not tell you anything much.She does places her hand on the syringe wondering if there might be any trace of the victim to be felt in the Way from the object. An emotional vibe, images or similar.
"Hmmm...that's worse than I was hoping""There are rumours - probably true - of an underground slave trade, likely sex trafficking. Occasionally missing folks have been found with limiter implants."
He looks a bit more disturbed.
"There are also rumours of them being shipped offplanet for . . . something. Nobody knows what."
It takes you about half an hour to bash the antenna back into shape and align it to the satellite, welding the antenna mount back together. The phone, TV and data connections are back online.Steevo mutters, "Frickin' people" as he gets to fixing the aerial and reestablishing communications with the outside world.
Bunch, Smith, Stan -"Hmmm...that's worse than I was hoping"
Ida will forgot about using the Way for now and ask Twitch and Kal if they want to check the access tunnels systematically and then check topside for tracks.
A more systematic search doesn't turn up anything. You notice that there has been little, if any looting. The attackers seem to have come, gotten whatever they wanted and then left.Twitch nods and heads off to check the tunnels
Cletus replies "Bandits . . . I think maybe the same lot that raided us before. "Kal tries to calm Cletus down to get answers - who were they, where are the rest, what did they do to you, which way did they come from and which way did they leave?
Séadna, Smith, Stan -Twitch pulls the map out of his jacket's inside pocket. "Here you go." he tells Janek. "We still have another job to do as well. Whats the plan?" he asks
In about a week's time."Whats the date in local parlance?" Twitch asks
Ida looks for which of the points corresponds to this settlement and the location of the specially marked point, i.e. how far it is from our current location.You look at the map and see 10 locations on it. 9 of the locations correspond to coordinates on the list. The 10th looks like it's marked with a different pen.
It's out in the wastes, perhaps a day or two's drive. The other locations are dotted around the regions. You can see aquifers marked on the map, and all the other dots are on the aquifers, suggesting that they are settlements or farms.Ida looks for which of the points corresponds to this settlement and the location of the specially marked point, i.e. how far it is from our current location.
Bunch, Stan -"So they're shipping slaves off-world? We got an idea of where to head to cause some shock and awe?" Kal says, with a dishonest smile.
Cletus says he can work out who they are from the map and you can contact them on the satellite comms."We should get the word out to the other settlements. Let them know someone is coming. Maybe tell them to get out of dodge and all hold up in one spot." Twitch says.
"Cletus I'll ring them up but you got to be on the phone and tell them what happened. I'm not someone they know. We got to get them to arm up, get food and figure out where to hunker down. And we have to do this fast. Can you do it?" Twitch asks.Cletus says he can work out who they are from the map and you can contact them on the satellite comms.
When you show him the map, he says he recognises who several are. He thinks the computer in the office has a directory on it that should have their comms addresses in it. He writes down the following names on a piece of paper, and says "These are the ones I recognise."
Damari
Wolgast
Primorsko
Qinyang
Erewhon.
He says "The last one is a village with a few farms. Try contacting Hanngai or Patrie there. Those are the only ones I know."
He also doesn't seem to think trying to contact the police will be much help "The States don't patrol out here. There's been talk of a militia but nothing organised so far."
Cletus is happy to do it. There's a comm terminal and phone extension in the office in the cellar where you've got the automed set up."Cletus I'll ring them up but you got to be on the phone and tell them what happened. I'm not someone they know. We got to get them to arm up, get food and figure out where to hunker down. And we have to do this fast. Can you do it?" Twitch asks.