The call wasn't interrupting anything important, just the paranoid re-examination of all three datajacks. Of course, coming from one of the paranoia didn't make the call any better, but when showing up as Nadia Night or Marie (she wasn't sure how much the pseudo-J had shared) there was a certain degree of professionalism to project. It would have definitely been ruined if they saw her putting on the (unarmored) outfit she was wearing to the run or telling her 'ware to go and put her tattoos on.<br/><br/>And popping in two more chips of herself? Well, that was one secret she'd love to have buried forever. Actually, that'd be a good goal for after the run. Buy some longer lasting chip types BTLs and record herself to them a few times. Perhaps one day, she'd be desperate enough to mod one of the chips for unlimited playback; that wasn't today, tomorrow, this week, or next week, or any of the near weeks after that. It'd be too tempting to fry her own brain hopped up on being herself.<br/><br/>So in her best shabby-chic imitation clothes, and with as much tiredness as she can must, "Nadia Night reporting." Not entirely feigned, but Stone's calls were already about as much fun as getting accidentally back-jacked by your omae, and this was only the first job. Plus she was pretty sure that the Ommadon tattoo was a non-starter, but fuck showing up with actual Sons of Sauron marks to a meet with him. Plus she also had to set up the other two chips to auto-run in series if the first one cut out, and possibly even try a quick export from the chrome in her head to make sure that the chips had something to run if things started to run too long or the BTLs just conked out too soon.<br/><br/>Other than that, she'd probably be trying and failing to look like the face of professional calm. Perhaps messing with the nano-tatts? Certainly A Thought. Oh, and she should probably make a self note and store it on the ol' Shack to try and find out how much Stone might have spilled to the other girls. Marie was operating on a worst case scenario, but wouldn't confirm right now.<br/><br/>The meeting itself doesn't test either her cheap-ass clothes or her patience - the short deadline on the other hand, did. With more time she could do a thorough search of their Flow 2.0 profiles (or whatever their preferred network was), tailor a sprite based ad to shill herself and a teammate, and be guaranteed to rest up and contribute at her best. So once she got names to search for (and while she was at it seeing if the J had their networks of choice as a long shot question) Marie was going to check out of meatspace and go full hotsim with about as bare-bones an explanation as she can push through the matrix to her new chummers. And Butterfly. It would be a distraction, look semi-pro for going into the time crunch running, and be a chance to test out her earbuds and contacts. Plus it was about as far as she'd be willing to push a possible snub at the moment. If she ever both figured out what was going to be running (and possibly if that threat was a real one), then she'd be a good bit more ... nah. Not worth thinking about now.<br/><br/><br/>Marie was definitely going to be owing Fist a few minor favors for getting moved around because this was definitely going to take a bit. Even if Stone somehow had all that info she wanted and more, Nadia was going to check out to commune with Delphi under the pretense of setting up the fake message and just trying to get a few moments of relax in the electron sea as distraction and snub.<br/><br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC List</div><div class="spoiler_body">It's probably going to be two Matrix Searches if Stone doesn't have their favored social or social adjacent profiles, a Matrix Hop, Hopefully Just A Few more Matrix Searches, and then we see about possibly working out a pre-plan before the Plan. If it's more than two post-hop searches (or more than one attempted/needed Grid Hopping), then threading Static Veil so I don't get GOD on me. Just give me if it's Public or or Not Publicized as far as the two sets of searches go, so I know the needed targets and times.<br/><br/>And with luck, I can give a Sprite Borrowed IP to give it the look of a 'legit' program or persona from an escort service, recommending Nadia and Butterfly to get a good in. One thing I will roll now is starting nuyen, since that won't be affected by anything. Once I have ideas for the target numbers, I'll start rolling those and seeing how much time is spent. Or Nadia gets convinced or 'convinced' otherwise.<br/><br/>https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=151457<br/>Wootz Steel. That's enough for plenty of Long Haul and ... other stuff if needed.<br/></div></div>