Qiaolian Prelude

6:50 PM] Theo: @Qiaolian Ke

[6:52 PM] Qiaolian Ke: ((Hello))

[6:54 PM] Theo: Okay, so first I like to establish your backgrounds. What is your Backing?

[6:59 PM] Qiaolian Ke: (( the group that helped get her out of China))

[7:00 PM] Theo: Okay. Do you have any idea as to what end this was, or was it purely philanthropic?

[7:01 PM] Qiaolian Ke: No they send jobs for her to do and she doesn’t know  what their end goal is

[7:01 PM] Theo: How much does she know about them?

[7:02 PM] Theo: And what kind of missions do they have her on?

[7:07 PM] Qiaolian Ke: Courier moving small items or information, in some cases moving illegal goods or more sensitive information and she doesn’t know much except they seem to operate more in Europe generally.

[7:10 PM] Theo: Okay. That works. I will say that she thinks it's probably some religious group or a group with connections to missionary efforts in Asia, as there's usually bible verses or 'Go With Gods' at the end of the messages she gets from them.

[7:11 PM] Qiaolian Ke: Ok

[7:11 PM] Theo: So resources is her job in the circus, yeah? Have a name for the surface?

[7:11 PM] Theo: Circus.

[7:15 PM] Qiaolian Ke: ((I hadn’t I can try and come up with one))

[7:16 PM] Theo: I would appreciate that mostly because I'm super bad at names. So what does her Contacts represent? This means she has 2 major contacts in 2 different fields, and 3-5 minor contacts.

[7:17 PM] Qiaolian Ke: (( Edward young’s traveling spectacular))

[7:19 PM] Qiaolian Ke: People she got to know while traveling and doing the various jobs I hadn’t thought of what fields

[7:20 PM] Theo: Okay, we can make that up as we go, but try to have a good idea what fields.

[7:21 PM] Qiaolian Ke: ((Like what would a field be?))

[7:22 PM] Qiaolian Ke: ((Sorry for dragging this on))

[7:23 PM] Theo: Like... you might have a guy who can get you weapons, that would be a major field. You might have a guy who can get you information.

[7:24 PM] Qiaolian Ke: ((Those both sound good can hammer out details later))

[7:25 PM] Theo: Okay.

[7:26 PM] Theo: So this mystery group, they have her steal things and whatnot. From her point of view, why does she do this? Like, a sense of obligation? A threat?

[7:27 PM] Qiaolian Ke: Obligation and a the threat that they are still helping hide her from those looking for her

[7:30 PM] Theo: Okay.

[7:30 PM] Theo: So there's probably no direct communication, just a series of dead drops.

[7:31 PM] Qiaolian Ke: ((Ok))

[7:35 PM] Theo: So you are out on a job one night. It's November 3rd, 1935 in Boston. Kind of the off season for your day job. The current task is breaking into a Beacon Hill estate and stealing a display piece from the library.

[7:38 PM] Qiaolian Ke: will observe the estate to see how best to approach

[7:39 PM] Theo: It is not a hard job, and there's no security that you can see. Give me a Stealth roll.

[7:41 PM] Qiaolian Ke: (( 2,4,4,7,8,10))

[7:42 PM] Theo: And give me a Perception+Awareness check.

[7:43 PM] Theo: Which in your case would just be Perception.

[7:43 PM] Qiaolian Ke: ((2,3,7))

[7:48 PM] Theo: No one seems to be home, so this should be a simple one. You make your way in -- going in on the second story. You find the object in question in the library -- it's a small statue, under a glass case on a table. You don't know it's origin, but it's reminscent of a western dragon.

[7:50 PM] Qiaolian Ke: checks if the case is locked

[7:51 PM] Theo: It is locked!

[7:52 PM] Qiaolian Ke: ((Is lockpicking a thing in this system?))

[7:53 PM] Qiaolian Ke: (Actually no)

[7:53 PM] Qiaolian Ke: smashes the case grabs the statue and makes for the exit

[7:55 PM] Theo: Okay!

[7:56 PM] Theo: ((For the record, legerdermain would cover lockpicking.

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[7:56 PM] Qiaolian Ke: ((I assume lockpickeing would be legerdemain though))

[7:57 PM] Theo: Anyway, you smash the case. You think you hear a cry of alarm downstairs, though, and you hear footsteps.

[7:57 PM] Qiaolian Ke: makes for the second floor entrance she used to get in.

[7:58 PM] Theo: Okay! You go out the window. Give me a willpower roll. Do you recall what it was before your Transformation points were spent?

[8:01 PM] Qiaolian Ke: ((5))

[8:02 PM] Qiaolian Ke: No 6 I think one of those maybe

[8:02 PM] Theo: Mae a WP roll, then. 6 is fine.

[8:03 PM] Qiaolian Ke: ((1,2,5,6,7,7))

[8:07 PM] Theo: Okay. You almost fall a story when you look up and see an overcast grey night sky replaced with a clear sky and a planet hanging there, blue with clouds and golden land masses peeking through. There's a sensation of freefall for a moment as you steady yourself.

[8:10 PM] Qiaolian Ke: steadies herself and looks at the planet then shakes her head and keeps getting away from the house.

[8:22 PM] Qiaolian Ke: @Theo you still here?

[8:36 PM] Theo: Okay, as you look away, and look back, the sky is back to normal and you escape from the scene of the crime.

[8:36 PM] Theo: ((Would you mind if I cut it short so I can get the main event started? Sorry, there was a minor emergency I had to help deal with. It's fine now, but it's yet another thing cutting into my time.))

[8:37 PM] Qiaolian Ke: ((No problem I want to get the main thing started sorry about the emergency))

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