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Natalie, it's a skiff kallispell. I was hoping you could look something up
for me. Uh. I want you to cross reference the name Vanya v
A n y a and see if it has if there's any relation that you
can see the past cases, maybe even if you have extra time, newspaper
headlines anything like that in relation to Tyrell, Tyrell Corporation of Ri Trixis,
or just replicants in general. If you could do that for me, I
swear to God I will get you a whole pie next time. Either way,
if you can or you don't want to do it, just let me
know. Thanks. Detective. I don't mean to alarm you, but I
think I think someone is following me. So if you could give me a
callback you know right away that that would be great. I need your help,
Detective. I wanted to talk to you in person, but I hesitated
at the party and now I have no choice but to leave you. This
stupid voicemail, and I know it's probably gonna get flagged. I'm sorry.
I didn't want to put you in danger. I shouldn't have hesitated. I
fucked up. Look the thing that you asked me to look into, the
name it's a it's a project. It's the name of a Tyrelle project.
They've been working on it for like five decades or something. But I wasn't
able to get in, so I wasn't good enough. I'm sorry. I
got to I think at the one I got into. I got into my
accident, but the files were being deleted as I was accessing them. You'll
need somebody better than me, probably like probably Sawyer. But whoever you ask
you, you know you're gonna put them in danger as well, so just
be careful. It was server V eight two and two. Tell him that.
And if I see you again, great we can laugh this off over
pie. But if I don't, this wasn't your fault. God damn it,
God damn it. M dispatch aspatis play'd a callis bell bangle location?
Uh hattie, good morning, Hello, Hello? What can I do for
you? It's it's kind of an emergency, needed a location. Okay,
all right, of what where are we locating Natalie. I don't know her
last name. She's a clerk in the in the Ricord's department. Okay,
hold on, okay, last known ping from her k I A uh sector
one looks like the market. It's around it's two thirty in the morning.
Oh, come on, time is it? It's about six? Sir?
What market? Uh? Looks like the one right outside of red light on
that corner. I don't know what she was doing there. I haven't had
a bin since. Uh no, sir. In fact, if I'm pain
now, it's still there. It looks like she must have dropped it.
Fuck all right. If if that being moves or anything like that or what,
you call me immediately, okay, and do stay safe mm hmm,
okay, come on, Sema, come on, so pick up pick up
some Hello, Hello, Telma, Hello, ye, skiff, Selma.
Something happened to Natalie from records. I had a looking into something for me
and I I think she's in trouble. She I had the I had dispatch
ping her location and they haven't haven't heard from Verses two thirty. I need
you to meet me at this address. I'm sending it right to you.
Okay, okay, okay, meet me there as soon as you can.
I'm I'm on my way out the door right now. Okay, all right,
okay, you got it. Wow. I grab my grab my badge,
grab my my, my keys, my smokes, and I'm out.
I go to my my Uh what's it called the hovercar? What is it
called spinner? I'm good, jump in my spinner and I head to that
location. All right, So this is the market if you'll remember where you
You and Bob Selma go Boba and Skiff and Galen were interviewing Sterling his contact,
his bookie contact. So it's that same market area. Okay. On
the drive over, I I try to hit up Bob and Galen. Were
you ringing first? Balen? Either one? You go your years? Honor
you in that in the ride? Yeah? Yeah, Skiff, Skiff there,
Bob? Is that you? Yea? Yeah? All right. A
little bit of a situation. Natalie my contact or my my friend and in
the LAPD records, she was looking into something for me and and uh,
someone didn't like it, and she is she has a she was being tied
and no one's heard from her since since two thirty am last night. We
has an ornication. I'm heading there right now. I'm sending it over to
you. Bring Bob and uh I have I just hope we can pick up
our trail there. That's all I got so far. It's fine. I'll
meet you there. And when I hang up, I send over on there
what's the name of it cell phone? The KA. I send over on
the KA her picture and the message that that I got from her, and
I am speeding. I'm going to contact Galen. Alen on Galen, I'll
pass out. Yeah, there you are. I'm gonna be forwarding an address
team one of the people that skiff notes Natalie. Apparently she's in trouble one
one striking out some of the information or a case. I don't know all
the details, but we are heading that draction now, so that from records.
Yeah, that's her, all right, all right? Beat you there.
Yeah, send me the information. Yeah, I got you. I
send it over and then I h I'm actually you see Bob. He's outside
of He's outside next to that memorial wall that he visits. On the side
is a kiosk. He just I just finished paying for the monthly dues to
keep the name up there, and I want to look for her name,
but there's not time, so I leave. Okay, what's going through your
mind, Skiff? Just just that I had no idea that her doing this
research was going to get her in trouble, and I should have I'm I'm
racked with guilt for not foreseeing this. I mean, when you're when you're
poking a sleeping giant, and I should have known better. And Natalie is
paying the price that I should be paying right now. How long do you
think it takes you to get there? You said you're speeding? You were
partying in Sector one last night, if I recall, so, I don't
know if you went home or if you stayed over somewhere in Sector one,
but I'll leave it up to you. Oh so the thing with Galen happened
last night? Yes, yep, okay, okay, No, I I
made it home. Yeah yeah, And uh do we just do we establish
where like where I live? Uh? There is I have to live somewhere
in the vicinity of that that bar that we went to the first BBS BBS
Okay, then BBS is technically I think in Sector one here. Let me
just put a map in here for everybody. Yeah, I was looking for
him. I'll keep it nice and right up front. You are going to
need this later, so let's just make sure you have that open. Uh
yeah. Okay, So there is l A p D housing that is in
uh sector five, but if you want to be near BB's, I'm pretty
sure BB's is. I thought BB's was in sector one, but I don't
see it anymore. Oh the map, the map in the roll twenty is
uh yeah, that's the resolution. So I'm trying to zoom in. It's
like I'm going to go to Blurrytown yep, and then take me to Pixelville.
Uh. Okay, we're gonna say I'm pretty sure I feel like it
was, but I don't see it on the list anymore. So i'm gonna
say that you're in uh secure, Oh it's sector five. BB's is also
in sector five, and it's right next to the LAPD housing. So we're
gonna say that that's where you are. Yep. I have the book perfect
and the map's right in the beginning as well of that. Okay, so
if you went home, h so you're going from sector five on a Saturday
morning to sector one, I'm going to assume that it doesn't yeah, there's
the LAPD housing in Bbi's bar. So you probably take this like highway route
all the way down into Sector one. I'm gonna say it takes about thirty
to forty five minutes Los Angeles. That sounds about right. Any LA people
want to check me on there. I I got lights and sounds going there.
Yeah okay, so yeah, all right, then you're speeding over through,
so I will take you over there. But first I want to see
what is going on with the other three here. Why don't we start with
Selma. I'm kind of making my way over, driving in the spinner that
I have outside. I was I'm spending a little bit of time with Bill.
They're playing a little bit of a little bit of poker with some friends.
I had a late night, so just hearing that, hearing the skiff
is in trouble, I'm trying to clear my head, trying to be there,
be there for him. So do you do just right now, like
when you have to clear your head real quick? Do you do something?
Or I slammed some coffee, I had some mouthwashed and brush my teeth.
That always helps me feel a little bit more refreshed. Even if I if
I if I'm not there yet mentally, So I'm just kind of taking deep
breaths. I know Natalie means quite a bit to him, so I'm just
trying to just take it easy. Do you think you picked up on the
guilt in his voice? You know, I'm not sure if I picked up
on it because I was still waking up. Yep, okay, let me
welcome me up. Whatever time it was, that's how late I slept,
So I'm really looking at the clock like, oh, is that what time
it is? Okay, all right, Bob, what are you thinking?
How were you? Were you already awake? Yeah, no, I've been.
I've been. Oh yeah, I don't think I went to sleep.
Okay, I've been here all night. And the memorial wall is in sector
five. So you went here after your conversation at the sushi bar. Yeah,
okay, and you were here pretty much all night? Yeah, okay,
okay. I I think that I was. I was looking at the
wall and then her name disappeared for a bit and remind you went okay,
yeah, okay, and that's when I got the call, and then from
there I would have been I'm probably either on foot or taking some sort of
transportation that's available in the city. I'm not I don't have any vehicle to
drive myself. Okay. The only thing then if you did not sleep is
that you're gonna be taking a role, some role at a disadvantage. Which
one would you like to choose? Either mental or physical? I'll actually go,
uh, physical, because the past couple of days I've been working out
and doing that sort of stuff, so I think I'm a little exhausted physically.
Okay, perfect, Galen. Yeah, how's it going over there?
It's pretty rough. I I'm at home, which is pretty nice apartment,
little Tokyo. I'm sitting on the edge of my bed, very naked,
and I am sort of collecting myself and taking a few deep breaths. I
look around the wallflower from the club. It's in my bed, and I'm
gonna just kind of throw some of my clothes on roughly and have a drink
before I go. I'm going to see if I have any drugs around,
what kind of drugs something to take the edge off? Okay? Are you
bringing any with you? Yes? Okay, And I'm not going to say
anything. I'm just going to get ready and slip out and leave Okay,
so we're going to head over to the market. Now, we arrive in
the order that we just went through, So why don't By the way,
I'm sorry to interrupt you. I don't know what the vehicle situation is because
Skiff I think, was driving the squad spinner, that's right, and mine
was crashed. So if we're heading to Sector one, you're going to have
to take a metro cab probably, yeah, yeah, that's probably what I'm
going to do. Then, okay, alrighty, then let's go ahead and
head over to the market. We'll start with Skiff and then the rest of
you guys just enter in and in order as you arrived. You guys can
arrive about this, you know, very short after Sel arrives, because she'll
be the next one. I go directly to the point of the last ping
and her k I A is there. I think let's go ahead and roll
in observation. I'll tell you where you find it. Okay, let's see
observation. There we go, zippo, Okay, roll me a Wendy four.
Okay one. So even though you've rolled a zero and that's technically you
know, a fail for the for the observation They literally are able to tell
you exactly where it is over on dispatch because they can see the paning.
Uh. So you find it in a garbage like, not even a can,
just like a dumpster. You find it in a dumpster, You open
up the dumpster, and you pull out a very damaged k I A that
is on your The last person dialed, I look around at my surroundings.
What do I see? Okay, So immediately ahead of you you'll see a
very very busy marketplace. Let's go ahead and roll something here that is either
some form of connections or detective so that you can realize like who might have
been in the best position to see something, et cetera. Well, the
first thing I'm looking for is anything that's open all night. Yeah, so
you've got this whole marketplace. There's a lot of places that are open twenty
four hours. So your best option here is to immediately when your partners get
here is go down the line and ask if anybody saw anything at all before
I ask yeap, before I go like, you know, person to person,
I'm going to dispatch my location. There are any cameras on can you
see me on any of the street cams or anything like that. Yep.
I'm pulling them up right now. I'm grabbing the location from your pay as
well. Okay, is that right? Okay, so you can get this
location yep, okay, can you run it back to okay, success one,
success, Okay, I have two camera angles here. What time are
we looking for? I'm assuming around the time of her last ping. Yes,
okay, this is this is the last time you saw her. Yeah,
that's the last time she used it. Yeah yeah, active ping was
around two thirty in the morning. So I'll just run the last hour before
that. Okay, I'll call you back now, hold on, gim yep.
There were two messages, one at two thirty and one win two.
Okay, so two thirty was the last message. Okay, yeah, cool,
Yeah, that's right right, So she's she's running it back. I
am looking for before I go and ask anybody anything, because eyewitnesses are you
know, yeah, no, demonish me unreliable. So I'm going to look
for physical evidence first. I'm going to look for any sense of the struggle,
any sort of like any blood, any anything like that. Yep.
Okay, let's go ahead and roll observation and I'll let that hold for all
the physical evidence present in the scene. Okay, success, Now if I
push it, yes, you could get more info. Yes, that is
correct. But will I if I fail to push? What does that mean?
Does that negate my my one success? You still get to keep your
success? Okay? Cool? Yeah, you still get to keep the success
role. You're just I will push the opportunity to I just want to get
more than one success. Yeah, you just want to reroll the three.
Reroll the three, then leave the seven the D eight okay, right right,
Okay, I see I see out noperetually no, got that. Okay,
I'll take my stress, So I will go ahead and start describing what
you're seeing physically, and Selma, you can arrive at any time shortly after
that. So as you're looking around, I think that you can successfully deduct
that there was a struggle. It looks like she was walking down from the
busy market and maybe taking this corner to maybe catch a cab or leave.
And this probably she was grabbed at an alleyway intersection like right, maybe ten
fifteen feet from where this was dumped, So it looks like she was grabbed.
There is blood on the ground. You can follow it all the way
from this dumpster and a little bit further forward, like maybe they probably took
either a cab or a car or a vehicle of their own. But it
all happened very quickly professionally, even because you can see from the moment she
was grabbed there there begins to be blood on the ground. But then they
dropped the Kia off in the dumpster on the way to this vehicle, and
then we're out of here. It probably took less than two minutes, Okay,
So it's it's it's looking like a an abduction, yes, absolutely,
okay. And I don't know if h with that one. You know that
there is an injury. I don't know if you know who or what type
of injury. It's a fairly decent amount of blood, but I don't know
if I mean that could be a head injury, right because head injuries bleed
all over the fucking place. So I don't know if you know specifically,
but there is blood on the ground or who it belongs to. Okay.
Now, now's the point in time where I'm gonna call uh just my my
partners, all of them on the same line. Ye, how far out
of you guys? Uh just pulled up over. Yeah, so the ways
one of us will be here to meet you. All right, I look,
I uh look around for someone. I step out of the car.
I'm looking very capable, very awake, which is definitely belying how I actually
feel right now. So kind of pirl a trench coat a little bit.
I think I see skiff off in the distance. I'll wave them down.
We got signs of a struggle, we got blood. I have a k
I A. It's looking like an abduction. I've got I've got dispatch pouring
through the cameras. There's cameras here and there. Okay, see if if
they they caught it. Okay, and I I need you, I need
your eyes. I'm I'm absolutely absolutely I'm gonna go ahead and do ann observation
role here just to get a general idea of what might have gone down.
Okay, I'm gonna head over to that shop over there. I'm gonna talk
to the owner or whoever's there, see if anybody saw anything. Nice.
Okay, why don't you describe what? Why are you so good at?
Like? What do we see what happens here? Because I feel like this
is a fucking mentalist moment where you're just like and then you kind of just
understand everything that went down. I picture her doing the handle wal like this
is my design. Yeah, yeah, Well, I guess what happens is
it's not so much you know, like the calculations come up or anything like
that. There's not like math or there's not equations, there's no quadratic formula.
But it is coming at me in textures and sounds and what might have
actually occurred here. I can kind of see the scenario as it sort of
plays out. I can see A, B and C as it plays out,
and I have a very vivid imagination of how we might have got here
in the first place. So it's a lot of like flashing motions. I'm
hearing some yelling. I'm actually looking at how big of an area it is,
and you know, where people could be hiding at a moment where the
weapons might have even been drawn. I'm checking for footprints at this moment.
And I'm also got my Kia out just in case I want to run any
numbers that look kind of suspicious or maybe even familiar. Okay, awesome in
that case. And again for those listenings, she rolled a three, which
is you know, two over the successes she needed, so it's incredibly incredibly
successful. So I'm gonna lay out the scene for you. I think you
look over to. I think the first thing that stands out to you,
Selma is how quickly this took place. So that implies that they knew where
they were going to grab her before they even got here. Because the timeline
for her to cross this corner and for her to be kidnapped and then everything
to be dumped here right in this busy intersection as well, Like that's incredibly
both easy but also difficult at the same time. They must know that they're
going to be on some sort of camera somewhere and they don't care potentially,
or they might have some other way of tampering with it. But you will
look over to probably near where the dumpster is, there's probably like a little
little alley way that's barely enough room to walk through, because this is you
know, downtown sector one. Everything's like stacked on top of each other in
this world, and it's like rainings. And you see a man standing there
with sunglasses smoking a cigarette while he waits because you're just envisioning this and you
see, okay, you see his maybe a scuff of a shoe or something
like that, and you're like, okay, so there's one guy. He
there was another guy following her, and then another guy uh at the end
of the walkway, so they kind of encroached and surrounded her on either side
and grabbed her. At that point, the man standing by the dumpster grabbed
her Kia, threw it away, and then they got into a vehicle and
left. Now, I don't know. I don't think there's any physical evidence
for you to see the like the vehicle or the type of vehicle, because
these are floating vehicles for the most part. But I do think that you're
able to determine this based on you know, the trail of blood, the
you know, scuff marks, all that kind of stuff just ends abruptly.
So they must have gotten into a vehicle. And there's no she doesn't there's
no Kia here. Skiff has it in his hands. Skiff has it,
Okay, but you can see that the you know, I think you see
that you might even find, like, you know, her glasses. For
fuck's sake, let's give you something with that extra You got her glasses,
what else would you like to have picked up from her. Well, I'm
not sure. Maybe maybe there's some kind of like napkin in her pocket from
a from like a diner or maybe yeah, my place. Yeah, okay,
I mean I assume that she's probably you know, it's probably because she
she loves pie allegedly. I don't really know if I have that great of
relationship with Natalie, but I know Skiff does, so Yeah, I think
i'd probably pick up some kind of napkin, maybe have some lipstick marks on
it. But I think I would also maybe notice something else on the napkin
that looks kind of like like a like a number, like a contact,
some kind of some kind of information there, okay, from her, from
Natalie herself, right, Yeah, Okay, then I think it's actually going
to uh be let me think this through for a second. I mean,
if I see something like that, I think it'd probably be on that on
that napkin because it seems so casual. Yeah, I think I think she
has scribbled the descriptions of the men that have been following her on this napkin,
Okay, And so I'll just give you those now then, Okay.
Also, they're going to come through on some of the CTV here in a
second, and I'd like to give you one other thing from one of the
gentlemen Okay, maybe not gentlemen following her who grabbed her. What would you
like if you give me a general I can help you make it a little
bit more specific. Hmmm. Trying to think of what people would be carrying
on them in an instance of premeditation like this, because they know they're going
to be getting caught on camera. They know whatever does might get left behind.
I don't think they would care or so, uh, I have I
guess in this instance. I mean, if if you have, if you
have an idea because of an offer. But I'd like to sure if you
have a thought or an idea, because I'll happily give you that as well.
Okay, not sure. I feel like i'd find something almost commemorative,
like a piece of jewelry, something that actually might have meant something to to
this group, which kind of places more of my my psychology of everybody's kind
of gray, you know. Okay, this is this is an instance where
I'm I'm not sure if these are replicants or if these are people, right,
Okay, oh, okay, then so I'd like to I'd like to
deduce, you know, is it possible that this, if this is commemorative,
could this be a human through my lens? Yep? Okay, And
I think that's a great use of that uh three observation. So I will
say that you find a broken bracelet that is clearly made by a child,
Okay, like to wear around the wrist. All right, Well, I
don't think this is Natalie's. I'm gonna bring all this to to Skiff.
What I've what I've just what I've just seen. I'm not sure what it
looks like to Skiff, actually, but I think to Selma, she kind
of just shorts out. You know, she just sort of freezes and does
like a space out thing, and you can kind of see her mouth moving
a little bit as she might like try to imagine a conversation or how it
might go. Yeah, so it looks a little weird, but she does
get lost in that moment. So I'm gonna bring both the bracelet and the
napkin to to Skiff. Okay, can you find out who was working?
Can you please just let me know who was working that shifty last night?
Okay, I'll go look, Thank you, Jesus, Kiff, Skiff look
at this. So not only not only did I from this this napkin,
which I'm assuming you know, probably belong to Natalie because it's got descriptions of
the of the people that were following her. It's good. So look's good.
Get this, look at this, and you know what else? Look
at this I found. I don't think this belonged to Natalie. This is
a This is a child's bracelet. Why the hell of one of them happened?
Why would they have that on them? Is it now? Is it
just a toy bracelet? No, it looks like it's a bracelet made by
a child's like for maybe a parent or an uncle. But it's handmade.
It's handmade like handmade. Yeah, okay, okay, but it's not great.
It's not the best kind of make. So I think that's what implies
it's by a child. Is does this spark any sort of memory for me?
It's not for you, but I will for chat. Uh. The
name on the bracelet says heart Molly, Hm, I don't know, Skiff
Selma Hey, yeah, all right, howdy, how do you hey?
What we got? Well, there was definitely this was planned. I mean,
in my opinion, I think this was planned, skiff, what do
you think? Well, she was digging too deep into something that I should
have known better. I asked her to look into uh uh Tyrrell and I
asked her to look into the name Vaughanya and uh we got some information and
uh the last ping was right here, and it's looking like an abduction.
We found some evidence or some blood. We found her k I A.
I had the k over to Selma and uh we found her. Found found
this bracelet and I'm not sure. Why do you why do you think this
is connected? Selma? I mean I found it on the floor. This
was this was at the scene. I can only imagine that this was dropped
from someone in this In this instance, I don't think someone would have walked
through here and and left it, you know, if they did, maybe
sure, But something feels something feels off for me. Kind a question for
you. Does uh an he look in Natalie's UH profile and see if she
has any relative his name? Molly can do? Hold on? Uh?
Okay, I need somebody to roll a tech role because when the blackout happened,
we lost a lot of data and it was up to the individuals working
of LAPD to fill out their own profile, and it's only been a year,
so I don't know if Natalie filled out her profile. So I just
need yep, go for I can oh, okay, okay, success.
No, I'm not seeing anything. No, no kids, no, no
family. Really thanks over? Yeah. Oh wait, hold on, I
have this footage here from the last hour. I'm sending it over to you.
But more importantly, I've already skimmed it out for you, and I've
I'm including some stills that you may want to look at first. She was
definitely nabbed, and I'll file it right away before we look at it.
You get a plate or anything like that. No, unfortunately, there was
no plate. It was. It was one of those lack fancy corporate limos.
Okay, all right, I'll give it a look. Okay, appreciate
you. Yep. So they send over stills of the scene, which is
exactly as Selma imagined it. Maybe there's like one detail where she's like,
oh, he was standing there and not there. It's incredible how well she
was able to yes, go ahead. In these stills, are there any
homeless people on the street, anybody that might have been up against the wall
with a blanket over him? That may have seen or heard something. That's
rule. We're gonna do some sort of connections, maybe something else. Well,
it's either that or observation. I mean I don't mind doing either.
So observation I don't mind doing either either. But observation would be identifying maybe
somebody. Connections would be identifying and maybe being able to persuade that person to
tell you the thing. Yeah. I think. Look, since I'm just
looking at the images themselves to see if there was any homeless individual present.
Okay, that's really all I'm trying to do. I'm trying to deduce if
any of the you know, the images, you know, unfortunately, the
clumps of people that may have blankets over them that may have been there.
Yeah, yeah, go ahead and roll observation, all right, two yeah,
yeah, there's a whole row actually probably and I think with you,
with you looking at the scene, you maybe identify three different people that probably
had key vantage points. And they look like they've been there for days.
They've got you know, bags and stuff next to them. They clearly stay
here right all right, I'm seeing some people here that may have witnessed this,
potentially almost individuals you see right here here and here potentially three people.
Shall we split up in each take one? Sure? All right? Core,
all right, I'm I think upon here and shore, I head out
to maybe the right most normost person that would have would have been there,
and I'll just walk straight up to him. What do you think he looks
like an older gentleman. He's got a red sort of beanie on. It's
uh, it's ripped and dirty. He's got a long, scraggly grayish beard.
He's basically skinning bones, and he has covered up with an old ratty
jacket a blanket over it. And you can see papers like newspapers shoved inside
of the the coat for bulk. And he's probably sitting there not moving too
much. Yeah, excuse me, sir, Yes, I'm sorry to bother
you. Are you talking to me? Yes? I am sir. Yep,
you right there. Oh all right. I'd like to ask a few
questions. What kind of questions? Oh, just asking if you saw something
within the ask lots of things, son, You'll have to be a little
bit more specific. I think this would have been more of an event for
you. There's an abduction that took place not too far from here. From
what I can tell, you would have seen it. Boy, that sure
does smell good. And he looks over to the chicken stand. Yes it
does. Did you see anything? I just don't know if I can remember?
All right now hungry, Yeah, I stay there. I walk over
to the little chicken cart. Uh huh? What do they have? Well?
Okay, so it's weird because nothing is real anymore. It's all like,
yeah, I shouldn't say nothing is real because it is still real food.
It's just manufactured in some form or another protein in the Yeah, yeah,
exactly, So anything that you want. But I'd say they've got like,
uh, I imagine it as kind of like the old school rotisserie,
kind of looking like stuff where you can get like weird kebabs and stuff.
But it's not like it's not like Kentucky Fried Chicken where you can get a
bucket. Yeah. Yeah, I'll take three of the tarioky chicken skewers please,
and whatever that drink is with the top on it so it closes.
There's a there's a woman. She she's got very slavic features. She looks
at you, makes eye contact, reaches over, taps the outer container,
which now unlocks so that you can reach in and grab the three. It's
like she just expects that you will only grab the three as she turns around
grab something else, and then holds out a pad for you to type in
for your your for your chinon or whatever the case may be, or your
wallace core here or whatever. Yeah, thank you. I take the three
skewers back over and I hand one of them there you go, Wait,
just the one. Well we'll see. Okay, Well I did, I
did. I did see something? Yeah, all right, what'd you see?
I hand him another one. I saw a blonde lady nabbed from the
street. She was walking up and down here for about an hour, and
these fellas were following her. She was just staying in this location for an
hour. She was wandering around like she was shopping, but she didn't buy
nothing. All right. Did you hear her or the individuals that grabbed her.
Did you hear them say anything that stood out to you? I hand
him the other one. I didn't hear them say anything, but don't worry.
It's worth this extra skewer. I saw them using the before they nabbed
her. They were using those four terminals over there. It was really weird.
I thought it was strange. Fancy men like that in here, standing
here for about two hours using those terminals. And he points out four different
terminals on the walkway by the market of like at ms, but it's not
necessarily an ATM. It's probably like an uplink terminal of some sort. All
right, I am going to hand him the drink at the thank you.
There you go, thank you, thank you for your cooperation, and then
I'll hand back head back over to Skiff and Selma. Oh while you were
doing that, I was interviewing a different almost person or whatever. And I'll
just come back and say that mine didn't see anything. How about yours?
Yeah, I got a little bit of information. Uh, they definitely saw
what happened. Didn't hear anything particularly strange, but apparently they were using these,
uh, these terminals here. The abductors were using the terminals and also
mentioned that Natalie said terminals like more than one multiple, Yeah, there's a
few around here, and they were using them. Which ones? And I
point now the four different terminals. Why would they be using these terminals?
I don't know. I don't know, but we might be able to be
Oh, Galen, oh you look like shit. Yeah, Natalie was abducted.
If signs of a struggle, there's blood. We have a video recording.
It should be on your Kia send it to you of these cameras here
looks like an expensive vehicle. Professionals came and grabbed Natalie and left that bracelet
behind that Selma has and it says molly on it. Not sure who that
is. I'm trying to figure that out. Apparently an ab Yes, I
called them this morning first thing. When I got the message, I told
him to keep an eye out and if shepings again, to let us know,
but don't over there, k I A see, that's good. The
lady standing over there said that they also threatened her and the other people standing
around here, So I'm not I'm not certain what their aim was, but
they definitely took took badly. And the last piece that we just got thanks
to Bob, is they were the men that abducted her, were using that
these terminals when I point out all of them, Yeah, why do you
think they were using those? I don't know. Do any of you have
the skills to maybe checked see where they may have connected? All right?
Yeah? Absolutely? Okay, So as you approach the terminal for stopping that
for a second. Well, I explain this, okay, So as you
approach the terminal, uh, and you go to use it, let's go
ahead and give me a tech role. Okay, perfect too. That's critical.
So as you go to use the terminal, you're I don't know exactly
how you're accessing, but we see Selma kind of concentrate. Her face goes
still. She's typing in very rapidly. She's accessing the previous usage on this
terminal, and she goes back to about two o'clock in the morning because she
knows Natalie was grabbed around two thirty, and she does it very quickly.
Now, the moment you activate this, Selma Tyrrell Corporation logo comes up,
and this is how this game is going to work. Each of you get
a terminal. There is a code input on this terminal. There is a
code on this terminal. Only one person gets to look anything up, so
you need to decide who that person's going to be, and the rest of
you need to be planted at your terminals. I feel like that situation.
Well, there's codes and their ciphers, so someone's going to be actually using
Google in real life to try to find out what the translation is, so
only one person can do that, otherwise everything resets. I'll do it,
okay. So Selma's at the translation terminal, which makes sense because there were
only three actual kidnappers, so the rest of you three are using their terminals,
all right, okay, So who is that terminal one? I'll do
it, hey, Please check your DMS. Here is what is on the
screen for you. You have this and then you have input underneath, and
if you tab out from this, it resets and you get three attempts at
this or it fails and locks you out. Who's that terminal two? Hold
on? Say that one more time. Yep. So you've got this code
that I just DM to and then there's one input underneath that says input so
okay, probably the translation to whatever this is. And then you're gonna get
three attempts before it locks everything out. You can't tap out and look anything
up. Only Selma can do that for you. These terminals are also a
little bit far away, so you guys are gonna have to talk to each
other over your radio, so you're gonna have to read this to Selma,
and Selma's gonna have to try to look it up. Who's terminal two?
I'll tell you too. Hey, oh no, Galen can have it.
Hey, whack, this is your terminal code. Now keep in mind I
am dming you these codes, but I want you to go ahead and role
play out what you're seeing on the terminal because Chat can't see him. Okay,
so this means you are code number three. Kay, all right,
I'll take terminal three perfect. I have sent it to you, all right,
resume. I got something of the terminal here. There's like a code
and an input. Okay, A timer pops up that says twenty minutes you
can. That means yes, all of you. It's all like I mean,
if you see a timer pop up, but yeah, all three of
you would see it. It's countdown timer as well. Okay, I'm seeing
that. What the hell's going on? All right? Girl? Headless code?
Okay? My code is one zero one one zero one one zero space
one zero zero one zero zero one zero. Well, I don't have to
tell any of this binary, so I'm not sure what that translates to.
Narrator M Would I, off the top of my head know this sort of
I know that it's binary, yeah, but what I know would these appear
familiar to me at all. Either of these. You can roll for it
if you'd like, but you are free to literally use Google and do a
binary translator right now, because that's kind of what Selma is doing at this
terminal. You have the ability this terminal loon has the ability to look up
this shit. Okay, but I will say it's not necessarily binary. Okay.
There are a couple of other ciphers that exist using the ones and zeros,
but please go ahead and be grab binary first. All right. I'm
not sure what this might be. Nothing's coming up under bottery. Maybe it
has something to do with all three terminals. I've got a code too,
but it's not like that. Okay, what's yours? All right? Mine?
Let's like it might be something morse code, but i'd assuming are you
ready? Yep? All right? It's dot dot dot dot, So four
dots in the space, okay, all right. Then it's dot dash dash
dash dash. That's one dot, and then four dashes after okay, all
right, another space okay, all right, five dashes after that, five
dashes another space okay, and then the final bit is dot dash dash okay,
got it? All right? Okay, I'm keeping these here, skiff.
Do you have any codes? Yeah? I think I think I figured
mine now, but it's tell me if i'm if you think it's the same.
I have ampersand okay as risks up carrot, dollar sign, pound sign,
at sign, percentage sign, and I look at my my kaa.
Those are the shift keys for the number seven eight, six, four three
two five yep, okay, got it? Alan, Can you give me
that that ones and zeros again? Zero one zero one one zero one one
zero space one zero zero one zero zero one zero alright, alright, let's
see, alright, Morse, that would be h uh, let's see h
B. I think that's b alright, Uh, I'm not sure what five
dash, she says. I'm tryna that's a zero. That's zero, alright,
think I think and uh the last character in yours, Bob, I
think that would be oh gosh, I wanna say. I mean if this
m this is Morris, this is dot dash dash ud dash dash gonna be
w I'm not even sure. I mean, okay, that'd be h uh
b zero w HB zero w all right, I think that's it. I'm
going to type that in and head enter. Sorry, say again, what
you're typing in? I typed in HB zero W Wait, I don't think
it's b Bob. I'm sorry, yeah, we'd come back. Error.
Oh you didn't say all right? Oh shoot, all right, it's not
it's not it's I think that might be Jay. Actually, all right,
okay, Bob, try this h J zero W. I typed that in
and head enter. Nope, no more all right, might not be more
center. I'm sorry, No, it's fine, it's fine. We'll just
hold off until we there, hold on, he'll not one. The zero
was five five characters? Are you sure that second? The second thing isn't
another number because it's five characters as well. This I thought the second thing
was dot dash dash dash four dashes, four dashes? You said four dashes?
Yeah, four dashes? All right, God, bless it. I
don't know. All I'm seeing is dots. Oh shit, four dashes?
Done for dashes? All right, don't have to be one. I think
I think it's one. Yes, yes, all right, you know what?
All right? H oh, God blessed? All right? Sor right?
We still have time and they don't hear Selma sighing and talking to herself.
Okay, four dots, four dots, four dots. Is that's the
letter H? Now four dashes, four dash that's got to be one.
That has to be one. That's definitely one dot dash dash dash now zero
zero Where are you? Oh jeez, I'm gonna lost this again. Okay,
H five dashes, five dashes, morse code. This might not even
be worse, Oh my god. Okay, okay, all right, I
think it's H one zero w Now you said the last one was dot da
dash, right right? Yeah? So the first one is four dots,
okay, yeah, second one was a dot or by four dashes okay,
third one was five dashes okay, and then the second the excuse me,
the fourth one was a dot and then dash dash or two dashes. Damn
it, Bob. If I lock you out, I'm gonna hold off.
I'm gonna hold this punchtand but I'm not hand handing in her yet. Okay,
okay, galen, as far as yours, I'm only seeing I'm only
seeing binary right now. But I'm gonna try and split this up because it
looks like this is maybe this is is eight looking at eight numbers, let's
see. You can go ahead and give me a tech roll or some sort
of mental role, because I feel like you would you would know this.
Okay, uh tech you say, yep, okay, one more yep,
there you go. Yeah, it's asky binary. Okay, so you just
need to make sure you're using the right binary translator. Okay, all right,
guys, for one second here, let's see I think I m not
know this one, and I think that you actually probably do. I mean,
would you know binary by heart? Not that I'm not sure. Yeah,
here's a question. Those tries that we had are they independent of each
terminal? Does? Do I know if I have three tries or not?
Yours still says three display. That says that you have a display that has
the code that's for you. Then you have an input, and you have
the timer, and then you have three tries remaining. I'm going to try
mine real quick, since if it's wrong, we have more time. I
have more time to think about it. So I'm going alright, then eight
six seven, eight six four five or sorry, seventy four three two five,
two tries remaining. Okay, I think I've got the first one.
I think the first one. I think that's binary sequence for Warehouse Galen or
a trial warehouse, we input warehouse, do you head ender? Yes,
it's green lights? All right, a green light here? We got a
green light. Okay, all right, that's something. Okay, so gosh,
let's work on. I just want tried my number code and it was
was incorrect. It seemed a little easy. But since we have three tries,
I figured I tried and just updating you go ahead? What was your
code again? A percent asterisk upcarrot dollar side number, a pound sign at
symbol and percentage percent symbol and on the keyboard that would make seventy eight six
four three two five. But I put that in wrong, or I put
that in and it was wrong, So might have something to do with the
actual numbers they represent. What about a phone? That is a phone seven
digits? No area code though, and this is a big town, so
that seems a little no. I'll give shot. Do they correspond to keep
it on a phone? Does it spell a word? Seven? Seven?
B pqrs uh eight? What b tuv? It's seven? It's seven?
Skip? Yours is yours has to be seven? Oh? What do you
mean seven? Give me a second? Give me one second? You just
hold off? Oh, okay, it's a cipher. Skiff, it's a
cipher. You're just gonna have to trust me on this one. Okay.
Uh, it's a it's a substitution cipher. Uh try it. See what
happens. Try what the word seven? It speils the word seven. There's
there's there's seven digits and the word seven only has five. Oh. I
don't think the last two mean anything. Trust me, I trust you.
All right, give a shot. I type in the word seven S E
V E N and you hit entered yep, green Lake. Well done.
Oh god, damn you did that one was fun, all right, okay,
uh, okay, let me oh, alright, there's worse. There's
a Morse code. Okay, Bob, run give me a second, Bob,
that's fine. So put ad time. How much time he has left
on the timer, by the way, ten minutes and thirty nine seconds?
Yeah, wat a time? Okay, Okay, now this this maybe this
isn't one. No, this isn't oh, this is okay, I see
it's a dumb that would be this would be this is uh. Oh,
this is a Morse code. This is Morse code. This is okay,
oh, this is oh, this is old school. This is old school.
Okay. This would actually directly translate this is old school highway designation.
This would be is w okay, Bobby with me, I'm here, all
right, we have one shot at this. M hmm. I'm gonna need
you to type in one one one zero W one on zero w okay,
a green light up on the screen on all three terminals will show up a
map that is taking you to a warehouse along Highway one ten W on one
ten west. And if you follow that highway all the way out, I'm
gonna leave the rest up to you to actually figure out. Good jobs.
I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't can't take much of the credit here.
I feel like this was all all the terminal Uh. Oh my god,
all the okay, my hands are shaking. All right. Now, what
we need to do here is what was this warehouse on seven? What are
we looking at here? There's a map? Yep, So up comes the
map here, okay? Uh And on the screen I think you will see
that it kind of zooms in to the area near Alhambra, which is a
bunch of warehouses. I think it's kind of just like goes into that.
But you can follow Highway one ten you see. All right, Well,
I'm a sun with what we've picked up so far that we not be looking
for Wherehouse seven, or at least that's place to start. So let's do
it. All right, I'm ending the terminal here. Let's hop in a
vehicle and go, all right, what sector is it in? Uh?
That's all the way past sector Hold on, let me pull it open.
Pass Sector four, beach Sector four. It's it's on the edge of Sector
two and four if all the way yeah, yeah, I see it.
Okay, So but what's interesting about this is you guys, because you can
see where the busy congested areas are, you'll be able to go up probably
into an upper level and get over there fairly quickly. It's not that congested
with your sirens going. If you all get in the same vehicle, spinner,
okay, yeah, I'm going to put a call in the dispatch.
Yep, yeah, out, everybody get it. I'm driving, yep.
I have you loud and clear dispatch. This is a blood runner Galen Edwards
eight. We've followed up on leads in regards to Natalie from records. We've
found some information that is leading us to a Lambra. We are investigating now
warehouses in that district. I don't know what we're gonna find, but we
may need some brack up. All right, I'll send a unit on over.
Do you want them going in anywhere? Do you just want them on
standby? Stand by? All right? Copy that be safe. We did
connect on them when I requisitioned that armor. To turn that back in,
right, I'm not quite sure how that all stuff is mission. Every mission
you need to pay for it. I can say that probably you were not
thinking to requisition because you guys woke up. It's a Saturday. You're not
technically back on duty yet, probably until Monday. Uh so, yeah,
I'm gonna say that you guys probably don't have any armor on you unless somebody
wants to be paranoid and have stuff with them, I will accept nope.
Okay, all right, So and now you guys are going to drive on
over. Mm hmmy before I'm in the back with Bob. Okay, before
we continue, we are going to switch scenes. Guest, are you here,
I'm here? All right, let's do it. We're switching over to
Natalie and someone we all recognize. But first you're trying to get into this
building. So I'm gonna need you to make some rules for me. Here,
hold on, let me get over to the screen. Perfect. Oh
yeah, there we go. All right, hold on, let me fix
this because I couldn't do it because you weren't. Oh it's perfect. I
don't even need to fix it. Really, okay? Cool? All right,
I need you to make some rules. There are three individuals guarding this
woman. How do you want to proceed? All right? There are three
of them? Are the armed? Yes, you recognize one of them?
Who is it? Brad from a couple of days ago? Right with the
two daughters, Molly and Mary, armed with what probably nothing as powerful as
what you have, but it's still like a handgun of sorts. Okay,
and the target nothing. She is tied up on a chair. She's bleeding,
though, I see. How bad? Pretty bad. If you want
to roll a medical I can give you more details, all right, I
want to do that. Then, Okay, it's bad you can't tell like
like what necessarily is hers and you know what's maybe theirs? But it's clear
that they were trying to get information from her. She's pretty beat up,
I see, and she's pretty pale. All right. In that case,
I think maybe perhaps someone caused diversion. Okay, and how do you want
to cause a diversion? Simple? Okay, I want to knock on the
front door and then well, when someone's answering, I want to go around
back see if I can find a window and inside. Okay, let's go
ahead and roll for your stealth Okay, do you want to push the most
stealthy? Do I want to push? Yeah? So what that means is
you can click the push button here and then you can choose double matrix.
It just gives you a chance to reroll both of those for the cost of
one stress, right, okay, sure? Why not? Okay? Oh?
Uh I see a grid? Do I just? Uh? I see
a D six to D ten plus six? What do I do there?
You do the both of them? So the D ten plus the six because
you're rolling both, reroll in both of those. I see, all right?
Did you? Oh? I was like, did you just get the
same thing? Okay, so now you have one success? Okay? Did
he did? He did? The first one was an exact same role?
Oh sure it was? Yeah? Okay, all right, then, uh
so we're gonna go with that. So no stelth So what do you think
happens as you knock on the door and then try to run around back.
Keep in mind the same thing as like king Makers, where it's like,
just because you fail a role doesn't mean you don't succeed at the thing.
Give me some sort I do think that it somehow screwed up the role though,
because it didn't roll the second die, right, So maybe you want
to take the second one. Okay, we'll take the second one. You
succeed. What happens? What does this look like? Thank you? By
the way, pretty simple. I think I knock on the door. M
you know, maybe I go pizza something like that, the most kind of
approach. Yeah, okay, that's right. And then I listened and the
second I hear a shift from inside, maybe perhaps uneven floors creaking. That
signaled the approach. If someone come to the door, I'm going to circle
round back to a window. Okay, do you go in through the window
if it's clear, Yeah, it's clear you succeeded. I'm going to let
you slide in through the window. Okay, Where am I in relation to
the target. So now the target is in front of you, her back
is to you, so she can't see you and the three individuals guarding her
are kind of like all facing away from you. I imagine that you've tucked
in through a very tiny window, because this isn't like you know, this
is the warehouse district. There's not really any need for windows except for maybe
the occasional ventilation. So I just imagine a really tiny window that you've managed
to squeeze through in kind of some weird corner that doesn't really make any architectural
sense, right, yeah, Okay, I don't have that much time,
and this is important, so I'm going to try and neutralize all three targets.
Okay, two that are here, because one is towards the door,
now right, that's correct. How would you like to neutralize these targets?
The first one, I'd like to get as close as possible to and just
reach around and grab under their chin and snap their neck. Okay, how
do I want to do this? Because I don't want to do a contesta
role because I don't know where you are. Why don't you do a combat
role for me? But instead of damage, Yeah, let's do hand to
hand. You can have advantage because they don't know that you're there. And
then I guess depending on the success. We'll see if you break their neck
or not, or if they make sound to too, that's a critical success.
Yeah, you snap his neck and he falls to the ground, or
actually he probably falls back into you, and you slowly squat down to the
ground and let him lay down, right. Yeah, okay, Okay.
As that happens, I'm going to shift my weight around really fast. It's
almost like I'm falling over as I go behind that lead towards this other guy.
And then I want to try and shoot him at the back, using
his body as a muffler shot. Okay, So now you'll use your gun,
same advantage because you didn't get caught yet. Two Okay, same thing.
You push the you push the end of your your I almost said,
your weapon into into his back and you fire. Can't really do a muffled
fire. We're just gonna okay. And then yep, he clumps to the
ground as well. You kind of slowly ease down. I'm just gonna need
you to roll stealth one more time, because regardless of you using his back
to muffle, it's still a sound. Okay, Okay, somehow it's fucking
great. Okay, the other person doesn't fucking notice, so you only have
one person remaining. However, you're doing this literally in front of Natalie,
so there's no way to posit despite your stealth for her not to see.
However, what I'm going to say is that your stealth role for some and
she decides to keep calm. She doesn't scream, she doesn't say anything.
She notices you, She clearly tenses up, her mouth is tied, but
she doesn't call for help. She just watches you. Yep, I flash
her an knowing look with my eyes, and then I'm going to grab the
one arm underneath each shoulder of the two I've just taken down. I'm going
to drag them towards the corner of the door and then wait for the third
one to come back without pizza. Okay, the third one comes back without
pizza, what are you doing? The second he steps inside, If he
doesn't see his friends, I'm going to well going to kill him. Okay,
you rolled the two stealth. He doesn't see his friends, Okay,
which case I'm going to grab him. I'm going to try and full nelson
him, full nelson him. Yeah, so that means like arms underneath his
shoulders and pull him upwards. Okay, hand hand, yeah, two,
what happens? Okay? All right, Well, remember how I'm not human
and I'm strong, very strong. Yes, well I'm gonna maybe perhaps had
a bit more torque and maybe perhaps dislocate his arms. Okay, yes,
and I'm gonna set him down on the ground. And well, now I
have someone to talk to, well two people to talk to. Okay,
and it's a quick question. Just who sent you? Uh? And you
are asking the man on the ground that you've just discovered emons and does not
respond with the name. Okay, he's in a lot of pain. I
understand. Yeah, I'm gonna put my head on his chest and go three
two ty Tyrrell, Tyrell, Tyrell Tyrrell. Fuck, this is not worth
it? What and I'm gonna snap his neck. I'm going to now go
towards Natalie my god. Okay, okay, I just wanted some confirmations.
How bad is it? Mm hmmmm. I'm gonna remove the I assume that
she's been gag yes, yeah, yeah, yeah, okay, I'm going
to remove the gag. Who are you? Okay? I feel like I
recognize you from somewhere you might do. How bad is it? It's pretty
bad. I think I need a doctor. Were you shot? Yes,
right, dear ah? And I lift up and I show you a kind
of above my gut area, right below my lungs and ribs, so it's
like in between that sweet spot and the stomach, but on my side,
and I'm bleeding pretty profusely. They didn't pack it or anything. I see.
If you want to live right here, you're not from the You're not
from there. I'm asking the questions here. Okay, I'm sorry. If
you want to live, okay, you are going to be truthful with me?
Okay, all right, okay, well who are you with? How
do I know? I want to be truthful? Okay? Right, I
get that. I get that I'm truthful. You don't have much time,
You're right, I don't. You're gonna kill me anyway, just like that
guy that you just said, right h and that either way, I'm not
so sure about that just yet. Okay, are you uh well, do
you want to be an answer my question? Okay? Okay, okay,
what are your questions? They said they were from Tyrell. I believe that.
Why is it? Do you think they were looking for you? Oh?
H well, I I was if I maybe maybe found something I probably
shouldn't have. Mm hmm. I work. I work for the L A
p D. And not just so you know, and what exactly might that
be? I'm sorry recognize here at this point, I'm going to reach into
my jacket and I have It's not a weapon. I don't need one of
those, not for this. It's a sachet that she might recognize. It's
a medie gel. Oh oh ah. I'm going to make my hand oscillate
from left or right like a pendulum. TikTok? How do I know that
you're also not from Tyrella? And you know this is all just a rust
to get me to talk. You know, I didn't tell them and they
were torturing me. I don't know why I should tell you. What's more
valuable? Your life or your knowledge? My knowledge? Clearly, what's more
valuable to you? Oh? I got a roll? Who's got the closest?
I didn't make a sheep for Natalie. I definitely should have done that.
Okay, hold on, let's do Actually, I'm gonna have you roll
empathy for me? Curious uh huh or inside advantage disadvantage? What do you
want me to do? You also have to choose in. Yeah, so
we're going to say inside and we're going to do uh, disadvantage. Okay,
because you're not inside disadvantage. Okay, I start crying, but I
don't say anything. It's clearly too important. Clearly, I'm sorry. No,
it's only human. Fine. You can ask me one question and then
I'll ask you one question and I'll give you more time. And I opened
the sachet and I apply it to the wound to pack it. Thank you.
Oh, I can ask you a question, Yes, do you work
for Tyrrell? No? I should have asked two you've worked for? Not
a yes or no? Maybe I can't think clearly here. What is your
question? What is it that you think they wanted from you? They wanted
to know what I had accessed. But it was nothing, truly, it
was nothing. The files were being deleted as I was accessing them. What
were you trying to access? I was just looking at projects from like fifty
years ago? Which projects? There was a list of projects. I can
give you the I'll give you the server that I was in go on V
eight to zero two V eight two zero two. That's correct. Okay,
Now you have one for me, Yes, another one. Yes, who
do you work for myself? That's not fair? Why do you know the
answer? No, I just think that you know what I'm asking you.
You're I'm asking you if I can trust you, I need to know what
you're doing here. If you don't work for Tyrrell, then how did you
even know that they grabbed me. The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Yes? Do you agree? Yes, those men on the ground clearly
you're the your friends. Mm hmm. Yes, it's a project called Vanya.
That's right there. As far as I could tell, I told you
the truth. The files were being deleted as I was accessing them. But
it's a project about children, children replicants. That's all I could gather.
And why is it that you were looking into this? I can't tell you
that, not even for one more question. I just shake my head.
Please don't kill me. Just an analyst and analyze the situation. Yeah,
I think why should I not kill you? You probably should? Why I've
seen you when you when I knew what you were, I gave you more
information than I needed to give you. So that implies that maybe I am
a sympathizer, so you could take that risk. But you also know I
work for the L A p. D. And I've seen you. So
if you let me go, there's a chance I will tell them what has
happened here? Okay? And would you would I? Would you tell them
about me? No? Would you if you were me? I'm not you.
No, But you feel the same things I feel if you were sitting
in this chair analyzing this situation. I reach for my weapon. We're in
a fade right there. Before you do anything else, we're gonna switch back
to the other crew for just a few moments. If my memory of the
timer is correct. Yep, all right. You approach the warehouse with the
spinner. What is your you see it? It's got the little Neon sign.
Warehouse number seven in a row of warehouse houses. This one's not really
owned by anybody in particular. There's no huge corporate logo other than maybe a
logo for like somebody who owns obviously all the warehouses, and then the corporations
or whatever can rent these warehouses out. So you pull up to warehouse number
seven. The lights are on inside, narrator. Am I able to put
on my armor at this point? If you have armor in the car,
I think I would have brought it, especially considering that this is more of
a hostage situation before I left my apartment. Okay, but I don't know
if I would have time to put it on right now. Oh yeah,
you had a whole car right over. Okay, So why everybody can roll
a one D two actually, just to make this fair, because you are
officers of the LAPD, it makes sense to me that you're like going into
host this iss where you may have grabbed your armor. So, unless you
think one way or the other, for sure, roll a one D two.
One means you have armor, two means you do not. Okay,
does that include the normal shirt or is this over this? This is over
that everybody's got your normal shirt at all times. This would be any extra
armor that might be in the in the spinner. I'm not going to roll,
Okay, Yeah, I don't think I would either. Selma, you
don't have to roll either, because you were the one that was like I
would have done this and had it in the car, So you've got it,
okay, Okay, just making sure if anybody else wants to have some.
Okay, and I'm driving, so yeah, you're driving. I also
think you were pretty flustered getting out of the apartment, so I don't know
unless you had some in the car that Yeah, we have an autopilot.
They do have an autopilot in these, so you should put that on in
put. I think if anybody I wouldn't, I wouldn't have thought to do
that. I would have grabbed my necessities, my my gun, my badge.
I guess. Yeah. I'm not used to wearing armors, so I
didn't even think about it. All right, do we do we pull up?
Are we at the if you're here, you're at the warehouse. I
need to know what you are going to do for your method of approach before
we get out. Yes, that's what in the backup. Yet, backup
is at the location. Uh, waiting for your order? Okay. I
look around to see, like where the backup is. I don't think it
would be entirely visible, but it's probably parked up around because you gave them
an exact location, so they're probably on the back end of the warehouse.
Yes, they're they're ready for you. Yeah, all right, this,
lademar allis well to back up in the area. We're gonna go in the
front. Make sure they don't come on the back and if they do,
you are to take them alive if possible. We have some question m hm
oh shure. Okay, all right, now, am I gonna I'm should
we move in? I'm I'm gonna let you guys take lead because I'm too
close to this, So okay, would be all right with you? Galen
Bob Cella, Yeah, absolutely, yeah, I'll post point. Okay,
I'll move towards. So what am I looking at in front of me?
At this building? You're looking at one entrance box car kind of warehouse.
Uh situation? All right? Uh? The door is closed? Yes,
that's correct. Can I can I make a roll for because my my specialty
is kind of reading people and manipulating them. Yep. I am very curious
based on the profile that we have seen of these kidnappers. And this is
because me, as Wax Stephen, does not know what to do in this
situation. Is why I'm asking if would would it be better based on what
we know about these kidnappers if we announced our presence or if we didn't?
Probably not? Okay, Yeah, So I will relay that to the group
then and I'll just say we need to go in quiet. If they kidnapped
Natalie like we think that they did. They are very possibly going to execute
if they know that we're here. Yes, I don't think we have much
time. I think we should probably do it sooner rather than later. Skiff,
can you signal a dispatch. We'll be going We're going in through the
front. I believe you know. Okay, we should cover all the exits.
Okay, I have dispatch cover the back, yeah, yep, yep,
Yeah, I'll cover your windows. Okay, I'm right behind Bob.
All right, go ahead and roll stealth. I don't suppose you have a
little mapping map of this where else do you? No? I do not.
But it's basically a box with one entrance and in the front and one
in the back. There's probably like windy stuff that you guys are going to
circle through, but we're doing the stealth role. Everybody got we got two
ones. I'm gonna need one from yep, perfect one more. I'm gonna
say that you're Chris. I'm gonna push okay, yep. However, Skiff
did mention that they are saying further back, you're the last one in yep,
yep. Nope. Okay, So as you are coming into this warehouse,
it is the three of you moving steadily. Skiff is making a little
bit of noise, or maybe he's just not going in fully focused at this
moment. Maybe he's walking. What are you doing, Skiff? So that
it's not quite an information like the rest of these three, you're in the
back. You're the last one. I'm probably like veering around to look at
the sides yep, okay, to make sure there's no like other egress windows
anything like that. All right, You, as you are moving through this
warehouse, you begin to see three bodies on the ground, one after the
other. It is the people that were identified in your footage. These are
the men who kidnapped Natalie, and your eyes lift up to see Natalie in
a chair. She is appears she's bleeding, she's very wounded. She's talking
to somebody that you don't recognize, Bob, you recognize your partner, Sam.
No. I look to Galen, and I look at Selma, and
I look to Galen to see if there's any recognition on his face. I'm
very aware of Galen's skill set. I expected him to look into myself once
I got to know him, So I'm wondering if he recognizes Sam mh what
what why are you tell me? I know that man just didn't expect him
here. What do you want to hang back? Hang back? I was
never gonna kill you in the shadows. I'm pushing forward. Thank you,
I appreciate it. I've been looking at your carrotter this entire time. He's
Sam. I pushed the turn around. Sam. What the fuck are you
doing here? Bob? I presume what Sam? What the fuck? Nice
ring? I go behind Natalie and I grabbed the chair and I drag it
towards the window. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa whoa. He didn't take me. He didn't take me. I
was just scared. I stand up with my arms up. He just took
the chair from out from under me. He doesn't have me. I'm going
as fast as possible towards that window. Okay, Sam, stop, I
will attempt to try and dive through the window. I I'm covering the windows,
by the way. That was what I said I was doing before this.
So there's only there's only that one window by the back exit, So
you would have to have crossed the floor to get to that window. Unless
you mean by covering your aiming at it. Well, I was just trying
to make sure we cover all the exits, so I would have tried to
go around the building or something to cover the window. Oh you're not in
here with them, so you're not in the building. Okay. Yeah,
so the window, I think I'm going to need you to roll because the
window is actually really small and not really like an exit entrance thing. He
like squirmed his way through there. Otherwise you'd be at the back door.
Because there's nobody at the back door. You just have you have dispatch backup
that is back there with their car waiting for somebody to come out. But
they're not at the back door. So go ahead and roll. Either observation
or insight maybe is probably better. I'm assuming you'll pass, but just to
make it fair, yeah, okay for success. So yeah, so I
think you maybe start to head towards the door, and then for some reason
you look at the window and you go, that's a bit small to crawl
through, but it looks like it's been opened recently. And you wait here
at the window. I got news for you. If you're trying to trying
to slip out that way, we got back up waiting for you. Just
stop, mom, Sam, come on, what are you doing here?
He ran for the window and he's gonna attempt to dive out the window.
So unless you shoot him, I think he's gonna do that. I am
not shooting, Okay now, all right, I'm just yelling behind him.
Okay, Sam, I run to Natalie detective. Are you okay? I'm
hurt, but I'll be Okay, I'll be okay. Okay. I put
my arm around her and start guiding her towards the front exit. Okay,
thank you. Okay. So I need you to roll for me? Yes,
Sam? Is it? Okay? If I call you that for now,
you can kill me whatever you want. Okay, it doesn't matter,
all right, Sam. It is so. I will need a roll from
you, and I think it's going to be some sort of agility role because
you're running. But we're not engaging the chase mechanics yet. Okay, let
me pull this out. I believe there's just a basic agility role. Let
me just double check firearms, mobility, stealth. I think, yeah,
let's do. I want you to do a base agility role, but I
don't know if we can do that from the sheets, So let me just
check really, I yep, I'm looking here. Oh mobility, Yep,
that's what we want to do. So go ahead and roll that for me.
Okay, okay, and I'm going to need you to roll Galen your
block role. Oh okay, let me take a look here. I believe
it's also mobility. Mobility, Yeah, you can also, Oh, you
don't want to push that because you've got a one as you tie, so
that means that you will engage in combat before the next round of pursuit,
so you both get a chance to hurt each other. So the glass shatters,
Yeah, somebody comes flying, he comes diving out the window. Yep.
It is not any of the three that you recognize as having kidnapped Natalie.
I'll tell you that, right. But I just heard some yelling and
I imagine I didn't hear any specifics, and uh i uh, I imagine
if the glass just shatters and somebody dives through window, I will probably take
a shot. Okay. I have a subcompact and I think you do too,
don't you, Sam? Uh? I mean sure, I've got a
PK D five two two three blaster, Is that right? That's right?
That is not a close range weapon. It is not. It's medium,
all right, which means you roll at disadvantage. It says short ranged on
my sheet. Oh it does. Oh yeah, yeah it is. Yes.
Is it both short or is it engaged in short? It's short and
medium. Yeah, so short is the closest as the second closest. Yep,
I see there's engaged in short. Yeah, so you're still going to
need to do this. Well, you're still within the short range band,
right, because it's if you're to you. I don't know how how close
we are. Well, I mean I'm assuming you're fairly close. He dove
out the window. I'll say, still roll at that disadvantage, just because
I coulduld consider it engaged. You're in one range band, all right,
just roll it. Yep. You may push that three if you would like
to. So what has happened here is he's fucking what the fuck? So
you both roll the two, which means nobody does any damage? I think,
or do you both hit each other? I think it negates it?
Uh no, it negates it. Yeah, yeah, it negates it.
So you guys fire and miss. I'm not sure on the on the ranged
weapons situation, but I know that's what it is. In close range combat.
Okay, perfect, Umm, okay, So I imagine what would happen
is if this person comes flying through the window. It's almost like a panic
shot that happens. And uh, probably since this person I don't know this,
but since this person is a replicant that they that dives through the window,
they react so fast as I take a panic shot, they also shoot
at the at like the same time. And I just probably we managed to
like hit some of the shrapnel or something that's coming out and deflex the shots
stays far. I'll take that. I think. I look at him in
the eye. I'm not sure if you can see mine in the darkness,
and at the sound of ceasefire, and I am going to try and still
have a weapon pointed at you. I know I have one pointed right back
at you too. Who are you identify yourself immediately? Why don't you ask
Bob? I'm gonna try and run if that's something I can do to disengage
I'm trying to make. I want to see what Bob and Selma are doing
at the moment. Yeah, I rap her essentially and say with me,
okay, and then pull her through the door and start going around the building
to where I'm assuming that window is. So I do have a warehouse thing
just so we can have range bands. But I'm going to assume that you
two are three range bands away unless you're well, say we're two range bands
away because you're exiting through the warehouse through the back door. Galen and Sam
are sharing the same range band. And now we're going to do chase mechanics.
So that means that Sam you get to roll first, and you get
to choose from the list on page sixty seven. But I'm going to assume
that you're running. You can run, you can do an unarmed attack.
You can grapple, you can do careful am, you can throw weapon,
you can do first aid, that kind of stuff. But I'm assuming you
want to flee. But I don't know. I don't want to speak for
you. I'm trying to flee. Yeah, yeah, okay, So you
just go ahead and make a mobility role, all right, one? Okay,
So that means you move one range band, Alan, do you pursue
I'm assuming that, yes, Okay, go ahead and make your role.
I'm getting my cards one second fun before before you do this, because we
already know what you guys are doing. Oh that's all right, Okay,
I'm just going one for me as well. Yeah, so you're gonna move
one range band. Okay, this is an old man on the street.
We're not going to use any of these then, because this doesn't really work.
Okay, so you move one range band. You're keeping up with him.
I'm a assuming you too. Selma and Bob want to pursue as well.
Yeah, okay, go ahead, and maybe your mobility one. You
move one range band, so that means he's still two away from you.
Can you may pushed, you may both push. Yeah, all right,
okay, I'll push. Nice. You move two range bands, so you
are closing in. So you were two range bands away, he was one.
So now he's only one range band away from you because he also still
moved one. Okay, come on, Sam, stop and Selma, you
don't move a range band forward? Why not? Are you staying with the
bodies or is there some other I'm not sure. I think I'm probably staying
behind just to see how, maybe maybe how they died. I'm not sure.
Yeah, if you want, you can still go with Bob. But
something stops you from going, like maybe you trip where something falls and gets
in your way. I think this is this is starting to become a little
bit more stressful for Selma as we're dealing with another, uh what looks like
a replicant. So yeah, she just kind of stays behind. Mm hmmm
hm. Okay, start of a new round. Oh, I hadn't rule
Sam for your agility. Yeah. Two, Dylan's hot on your tail man.
Okay, Bob, I said, freeze, I'm pushing both of those.
Okay, God bless it. That's one. Okay, so you're falling
a little bit behind, but you're still kind of keeping up. He's still
in sight unless you push, Selma, They're kind of they're flying. They're
fucking fast, and it's alarming how fast they are. All Right, I'll
push as well. Okay, come on, gotta feel like I keep getting
an ankle cramping. Come on, Bob, you could get him. Oh
god, my weak angles. All right, last round, Sam, roll
on, you may push if you'd like. Still a one, okay,
Allen, Yeah that's it too. Okay, that's the one. Bay,
I'm gonna roll that three again. Go for it. Yeah, there's still
a come on, come on, Selma, come on, Yeah, right,
I think I took some stress. Okay, Galen has rolled a two,
which means he gets the chance to engage with Sam here. So we're
gonna switch over to just the two of you as you have a moment.
Uh, and then let me know throughout the role play if you're gonna attack
or what I'm trying to tackle. Okay, So you rolled to uh like
catch up, not to grapple, so you would have to do it.
Yeah, yeah, Okay, you're gonna try to Okay, I'm the idea
is to slow him down for everybody else. Yeah, okay, Okay,
so I'm gonna let you guys, well, then I guess we're gonna have
to roll for it because you're not going to talk to him at all.
Okay, So grapple is hand to hand combat. You both roll. If
he succeeds, he grapples you to the ground, I'll go ahead, and
uh, why don't you guys, I'll pretend like I didn't see what what
he just rolled, because I'll just react like I would if I saw what
I rolled. H and I will I will push h Okay, ye go
ahead, still not going to cut. It's still not going to cut it,
So why don't you to describe. Yeah, why don't you to describe
what we see here? Uh? And I'll give you a moment to rp
out the tackle he can he can either tackle you and miss, or you
guys roll or whatever it is. I'm going to give you guys a moment.
But Sam does get away in the end, so I'll just let you
guys have that scene here. You use something like to throw at me or
something like, no, how do you try and tackle me? I probably
rush up and try and go grab for your waist, since that's the biggest
thing that I can. I just kind of dive for you and try and
grab you by the waist. Okay, I think I either hear the exertion
of you trying to spear tackle me, or maybe perhaps it might even just
be like the brief disturbance in the air between us as you are about to
reach me. But I feel that moment and I turn around, I spin
as you are trying to tackle me, and I grab the back of your
cuff, your collar, and your belt and I shove you down into the
ground. I don't intend to hurt you. I don't know what a necessarily
means in this kind of thing. Maybe you skin your chin on the ground.
Maybe you hurt yourself somehow. But I'm using this momentum and I roll
forwards and not just running fun uh, just trying to push myself up.
And probably by the time I get up, I see Bob making his way.
Are you all right? A knocked me down? I almost got him.
It's anything broken, just my pride, all right? All right,
come on, get up, start running in the direction, and I'm behind
him. I'm there. I'm kind of dragging my ankle a little bit.
Bobo, go ahead, this is a big bird. Edwards. We have
a suspect on foot making your way north from the warehouse. Please let back
up, no immediately, yep, okay, we'll do heading south. You
said. They're wearing green, green hooded coat jacket and they look like their
long black hair, dark skin. They are making your way north again north?
Got it? Got it? Get in. I'll start hopping in,
sort of hobbling. O. God, thanks killing me. All right,
you're gonna have to lap up here. Yeah, okay, do you land
next to her, but we're still running, just to make sure I know
what he has with you, guys, I think right or yeah, I
was trying to. I was attempting to predict where he would run and cut
him off with a with a spinner. Oh shit, Okay, I assumed
you were doing like a medical for Natalie. Okay, so no, no,
no, no, no. I put Natalie in. She said she
was fine. She's injured, but she's okay. Yeah, so back to
trying to get this guy. I saw him run towards the back of the
warehouse and that was the last time I saw him. Yeah, I'm just
gonna try and cruise and yeah, let's try and find him. Let's do
a driving at disadvantage simply because you were carrying Natalie. She couldn't move very
quickly. I still want to give you a chance to succeed if you roll
critically, but I feel like it's probably glad you said that because I actually
put points in driving. Yeah yeah, yeah, okay, so you're going
to need to roll a three year higher okay, disadvantage maneuverability. I'm gonna
need to roll a three or higher with disadvantage. Yeah, just because he
rolled the two just now, I'm not making up a number, but he'd
roll day every time you push by the way you take a resolve, Yeah,
lost huge time. Yeah, do you get Do you get two successes
for ten and D ten or is it still just one? You get too?
Yep, you do get too? Okay, all right? Ten is
the double okay? Oh right, because it's five for a success or is
it six? I'm sorry? The success six? That's why, because a
double six would be yep, would be twelve. So I didn't know if
ten a D ten would be a credit or not. Whatever. That doesn't
seem right. No, it only also doesn't seem right. Oh wait,
this was that disadvantage? Are you on the card one day? Oh?
Okay, wait, how is it? Is it even possible for him to
succeed? Then? No? Okay, then we don't want to do that.
Then do a normal role for me. I want it to be possible
but difficult. Oh if he's if he has a D twelve, it is
possible. Technically you can get a I think it's all you have to roll
a ten on on a D ten or D twelve. Okay, yeah,
after all max and success on the other I think. Okay. So then
as long as it's you know, possible, then I think we'll go with
that. Uh yeah, okay, So you could technically push that six if
you wanted to. But the six is the success, but the one would
have to stay. The one has to stay. Yeah, because it's a
fail. It's a critical fail. They don't let you rerule ones. Oh
okay, yep, well then then the most I it would be a two
anyway, So okay, So then I say you're yeah, you're prioritizing Natalie.
You get there. But let's say that you arrive, you managed to
pick up Selma, and you get to these guys right as Bob is approaching
Galen, and Galen is standing up, coughing and wheezing. And I'll give
you guys a scene. Where do you go? Get in? Get in?
Where do you go? I already held the did you call it in
the dispatch? Yes? All right, factors. Natalie, thank you for
coming to get to me. Did you get to my message? I did?
Thank you. I can't tell you. Oh sorry, And I didn't
see this coming. Oh it's I should have just pie you all right.
Yeah, I'm just very tired. Just let me. I'm going to inspect
her wound to see how bad it is. It's it's pretty bad. You
can roll medical somebody in the car can roll actually, yeah, I'm looking
around for a med kid or some kind of I think we've got some in
the glove compartment here. I can roll medical glad. She needs to go
to the hospital. Okay, right now, all right, I've lights and
sirens. I'm on my way to the nearest hospital. I think it match
part of the nearest hospital from from my location. Okay, i'llhead there right
now. And as as we turn, I'm I'm looking out of the window
back in the direction that Sam was running. Who the hell was that my
old partner? I don't know, I don't know. Surprise the hell out
of it. I don't know. I don't know why I was there.
Natalie sleeping. Fuck, I mean, you can wake her if you want,
but i'll do that. I'm going to look over towards Selma and Skiff.
Uh. I get my k I a out uh, And I actually
start pulling up information about my partner, whatever might exist on there. I'm
not sure what I would have at this point. What why don't you ve
for me? Oh? Yesie, hospital, This this is a blade wear
stificate Cowsball batch number B five to eight seven eight. I've got an injured
person. She is bleeding, out. She is in need of immediate medical
attention. If you can meet us at the door, we're coming in hot
with your tech two. You pull up your k you're pulling up any information
on your old partner Sam, And yeah, there is absolutely nothing in the
database for Sam, your old partner. Oh, come on, it's I
am White. I am putting in my own call. We're going to need
a surveillance area of Alhambra around the warehouse district. We've got two units have
lost the suspect. Green hoodie, long dark hair, dark skin. Okay,
I'm gonna move to you, Bob for a second. I want to
know what's going on in here in your mind. I h with the KI
in front of me, Am, I'm continuing to search over and over and
over again anything that would be tied to them, old case files, different
things like that. You are knowing, Yeah, you're in search mode.
And I think as you continue to go through every single case that you've ever
done together, he's not there. He has been removed from the database.
Ah. I think that everyone in the car would hear me mumbling to myself
that doesn't make any fucking sense. And I'm again sense uh And I look
up from the KA and look around at everybody else. In my mind,
Uh, I'm panicked because it's just so out there. I'm not expecting to
see my old partner, who isn't with the force anymore anyway. I haven't
talked to him in a while, but the last time I did talk to
him, it was it wasn't a good conversation. And I think that even
though that this Sam uh said, presume, I don't even think it registered
at least not yet. So I'm I am so stressed out to figure out,
like why my ex partner was in this location, the idea that that
he could be a replicant or anything like that. It's not processing at all.
Uh, I don't understand that. And I look over at Galen.
I was like that that was Sam, did you know? Sam? No?
Fuck? When I looked Sam up, I couldn't MoInd anything. Why
why wouldn't there be we work cases? I mean, it wasn't at this
precinct, but I mean, wow, I don't understand. And I look
over at Natalie again and I reached my hand out and then I pull it
back. It's like fuck, And then I just I think I look at
so Skiff you're driving right, Yeah, yeah, I just look over Galen
and Selma and there's I am so lost for words. Look at me,
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