>>29913013
>Call Andy. See where he's at.

awww yes, SEQ
I've been waiting, system

>>29913013
>Found him! Good work. Go home.

Remember, we don't have handsome mercenary husbando to protect us. (Yet.)

I've been waiting, as well!

>>29913013
>Call Andy. See where he's at.

>>29913013
>Call Andy. See where he's at.
Be careful to watch around you, muggers like people on their phones I've heard. I don't know if that's true, but just to be safe..

>>29913132
>>29913202
>>29913216
Right, calling Andy. Writing. And sorry for keeping you waiting, 132.

Well. That looks like a lovely place to get gently used needles half off, but right now you don't feel like having a brush with syphilis. Where's Andy? You sigh, adjust your bag over your shoulder keeping it in a death grip, and dial Andy. Rings once, twice...

Somebody's grabbing your laptop bag. Short fellow, as short as you, but a lot stronger. Unibrow, dark inset eyes, shaved head, and ears like cauliflower. He does it very casually too, just walking at a brisk pace, grabbing the loop of you bag, and yanking hard enough to nearly pull you off your feet. Good thing you had your hand on it.

You stumble, and of course, just then, Andy picks up.

"Hey Miranda, kinda busy-"
"Let go," The man gives another vicious yank, turning towards you. Wearing a wife beater. Needle tracks down both arms. You're in a bit of a panic.

"Andy! I'm being robbed!"
"What?" Andy is baffled. Well, to be fair, what could he do about it? You start screaming bloody murder.

Really, in retrospect, keeping your phone glued to your ear was probably not the best idea. Shorty narrows his eyes, gives another yank with a snarl. Bold, doing it in broad daylight. You can see a few people are gathering, but keeping a distance. The mugger sees the same thing, little beady eyes glancing around. He returns his attention to you, eyes narrowed in annoyance.
"You deaf? Let go."
"Police! Polizei! Gendarme!"

"Sod this," He keeps one hand on your laptop strap- you realize he's trying not to break it, belatedly, that's why you're not sprawled on the pavement- and the other dives in to his baggy pants to pull out a kitchen knife. A god damn kitchen knife. Not even one of those watermelon knives, big and nasty, just a little steak knife, "Give me the fucking bag!"

Great. Great place Catford. Still, you've got a crowd watching. The police have to be on their way. London's not that big.

>Hang on to it. He's bluffing.
>Let's not get stabbed! Give up.
>Hit him back.
>Bargain with him.
>Other.

>>29913955
>>Hit him back.

>>29913955
>Hit him back.

In the soft parts. Hitting in the soft parts works better than the hard parts.

>>29913955
Go for the eyes. He can't shank you if he's blind.

>>29913955
>>Hit him back.
KICK HIM RIGHT IN THE DICK

>>29913955
kick him, then swing the bag at his mid section.

>>29914058
>>29914056
>>29914031
>>29914013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NOdkMRniig

Channel Bobby.

Rolled 5 + 5

>>29914150
>>29914058
>>29914056
>>29914031
>>29914013
Miranda does not go gentle.

Eh, give me three 1d20 rolls. Best of three. For giggles.

Rolled 17

>>29914199
IN THE DIIIIIICK

Rolled 3

>>29914199

Rolled 3

>>29914199

Rolled 20

>>29914199
get rekt

Rolled 9

>>29914199
Inna dick

>>29914218
In the dick. Writing.

Rolled 5

>>29914199
ere we go

>>29914284
oh come on, 4th

>>29914199
Please based System don't count one of those 3s because it was a duplicate

>>29914295
oh boy!

Rolled 5

>>29914309
nah bro, don't worry, we should have this with a 17

Damn, these heels suck. He yanks again, and this time it falls out of your grasp. And the god damn strap tears. Fuck! You end up eating concrete, but he stumbles back in to the fence just as well. There's a small ditch of what might have once been grass but is mostly mud now, which proves unsteady ground for him. Aaaand your phone ended up in there. Crap. He tries to get himself righted, and turns to run off. Past you.

Your shoes suck. But the toe is perfectly pointed. You swing your foot in his path perfectly. Judging from the strangled gasp cry he made, your aim was true.

He curls in on himself, and suddenly where there once was a tough thug there's a crumpled snarling mess sprawling across the sidewalk. Someone gives an appreciative 'You go girl' from the sidelines. Prick. You stand up. God, your nylon on the left is torn. Skinhead starts scrambling up, trying to simultaneously cover his aching genitals and getting all limbs under him. You give him a kick to the ribs and shove him out of the way of your precious laptop.

Great. Your bag's strap has been broken. Your mugger climbs the fence one armed, one hand still on his family jewels. Guess you kicked him real hard there. No matter. With his feet under him, he gets a knife pointed at you.

"You, you fucking, I'll-" He looks up, makes a face. You hear people shouting down the street, a block away. He starts turning, spitting curses, "Lucky. Fucking bitch- you watch your-"

Clearly he's going to run off. You still have adrenaline pumping in you. You really going to let this guy off that easy? Who knows if the cops will catch him?

And who knows if you'll get stabbed either.

>Don't let him get away. Stop him! 1d20. 3 rolls.
>Leave this for the cops.
>Other.

>>29914739
>Leave this for the cops.

I told you we shouldn't have gone to Catford.

Let's go back to the hotel and find some ice cream.

>>29914739
>>Leave this for the cops.

>>29914739
>>Leave this for the cops.
We've done enough hero work for the day

>>29914739
>Leave this for the cops.
Retrieve our cell and call Andy. At least to tell him we're fucking done with Catford.

>>29914739
>>Leave this for the cops.
cradle our precious laptop like the baby it is

Miranda's vigilante career ends as soon as it begins. Writing.

>>29914739
>Leave this for the cops.
Just gather up your belongings, head for somewhere indoors that's relatively safe.

>>29914908
she'll leave that to her army of irish mercs

>>29914939
KOOJImans does not sound like an irish name

>>29914939
>her mercenaries are made up of former Irish Rangers, SAS, and South African commandos

Please God yes think of all that accent lady boner she'd have.

>>29915015
we would need some RLI in there as well to balance out the rougish baddassery and good looks

but they can leave the short shorts behind

>>29915014
yea
But she can always get some Irishmen in there

...where are our guys from again? I have honestly forgotten (or perhaps never paid attention in the first place)

>>29915049
Down on his luck SAS operative with his glory days behind him. He spends all evening boozing, all morning cursing sunlight and his boozing. He gets a call from a friend still in the service. His friend has a friend looking for former operators to operate operationally on some more operations.

Our middling aged SAS operative joins whatever it was before we decided to rename it, and he's among friends.

>>29915102
KOOJImans sounds South African something, fitting my previous statement of >>29915015.

Cpt. Kooji is Dutch

>>29915049
>RLI
oh fuck yes, we need to get some rooikats at some point

You ignore his boasts. You hear his footsteps retreating, know there isn't much more point to paying attention to him. You grab your phone, shake off the mud- still works. Hooray for cases. Your laptop! Is it safe? well, it wasn't on- you open the laptop bag, and take a look at it. Looks fine from here, but opening the laptop and that's a crack in the screen. Fuck. Hope the components are working. Solid state drive should have the info and that-
"Ma'am?"

You probably should have noticed the flashing lights earlier. A cop car, and an officer had manifested recently. A policeman with a chin that seems to have been misplaced is standing over you, a look of concern on his face.
"Are you alright?"
"Alright? I nearly got mugged in broad daylight!" You wave your hands at the crowd, "And they just stood and watched!"
"Seemed like you handled it pretty well," Someone out there says. Same prick from before.

"Look, I'm sorry you're upset ma'am, and I can entirely sympa-"
"Oh shut up," You murmur darkly, shutting your laptop with a bit of irritation, "I'm fine. Description, right? Short as I am, neanderthal brow, skin head, baggy pants, wife beater, white, can't remember much beyond that. Can I go know?"

"Wait, wait," The officer starts digging in his pocket for a notepad, "Sorry, I gotta write this down-"

You cast an eye out around the street. No familiar faces. A few people step out of the tenement. None of them look like Low. Dark faced men dressed in sweaters and parkas. They look suspicious, hands in pockets. No sign of Andy either.

"Right, right, thank you ma'am, uh, do you need to go to hosp-" It's a skinned knee, you explain in irritation. In truth, on the inside you're rather shocked at your cool that you're handling this. You're sure back at home you'll collapse. For now, you feel...Disassociated. Remarkably specific plan that the mugger had, actually.

Plan.

>Fuck Catford. Andy can find Low.
>Where is Andy? You have to find Low.
>Other.

>Also, gotta give a ride to a drunk. Sorry. Slight delay time. I'm actually running late right now. Oi vey.

>>29915452
>>Fuck Catford. Andy can find Low.
We can come back when we have mercenary bodyguards.

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>>29915452
>Fuck Catford. Andy can find Low.

>>29915216
Fuck yeah Rooikats

>>29915452
Call Andy and tell him we're bouncing. Fuck this place.

>>29915518
has a good point

I'll modify my vote in >>29915507
to
>>Fuck Catford. Call Andy back and tell him about the mugging, he can find Low.

>>29915452
>>29915518
Seconding this. How much longer until the meet with KOOJImans?

>>29915452
I wonder if it would be better to ask for the owner of this car in the presence of a policeman or not.

>>29915564
IIRC the meeting is on tuesday, and its only sunday, and we're picking up our suit in a few hours

>>29915518
thirded

>>29915621
Thank you!

>>29913013
Haha
Finally!

Graaah, I have to turn in. I hope you can run earlier next time System, I've been looking forward to the thread for a while! See you whenever OP

sage for politeness' sake

I'm sitting here for an hour waiting for update and only now do I notice this >>29915473

"Miranda? Hey, what was that about-"
"Fuck Catford. You can find Low," You wave away the worried police officer at your elbow, "Survived a mugging, no thanks to you."
"Wait, what-"
"Find Low, call me when you do, okay?" You dismiss the call with a hard jerk of your thumb. Okay, you're a little rattled.

The chinless wonder continues to worry about you, but eventually you manage to extricate yourself from his field of view and the crowd of gawkers and call a cab. You didn't like being outside, and there was a good reason for this. You do perform a minor detour to pick up some cookie dough flavored ice cream.

Back at the hotel, your model awaits. You boot up your laptop. Screen's practically unreadable, but at least it seems to be working. It boots up to a fractured view of your barren desktop. You've got a few hours until you have to pick up dresses that will probably not fit on you anyway and will look ridiculous and god your knee hurts like shit, fuck.

Another shower, a cup of coffee, and a few moments of frustration with the plastic ring on the carton of ice cream, and you're back to your normal self. Hiding from the world and doodling equations. Food prices, stability, arms purchases- you try your best to find variables that don't rely upon historical facts since that seemed too inflexible, but the problem is is that the theory crafting in your head isn't explaining Algeria, the Singapore Crisis, or the recent Mongolian spats. At least with your recent look in to things. The human factors were all too nebulous. Not a fan. That's what Dr. Cardwell was in charge of.

Just when you're getting in the groove though, phone call. Fuck's sake. Andy. And your phone is still dirty. Forgot to clean it. Oh well, you answer it.

"You find him?"
"Well, no. He actually called me."
Oh, "He give a reason for disappearing?"
"He didn't say. He's more concerned about meeting RBS, tells me he wants me to play point. Wants me to meet up with him. Apparently I impressed him-" Stupid Andy.
"Do you know where he is?"
"Well, yeah, he said he was over at the Shard right now, he was meeting some-"

>"Are you sure it was him?"
>"Great. Meet you there."
>"That's all? Christ. Well, chew his ass out for me, I've got dresses to pick up."
>"Something's not right. Keep an eye out Andy."
>"What about his car, Andy? Why was it in Catford?"
>Forget Andy. You've got Low's number. Call that jerk directly.
>Other.

>>29917164
>"What about his car, Andy? Why was it in Catford?"
>"Something's not right. Keep an eye out Andy."

after we finish talking to Andy we can call Low

>>29917164
>>"What about his car, Andy? Why was it in Catford?"

And then

>>Forget Andy. You've got Low's number. Call that jerk directly.

>>29917164
>"What about his car, Andy? Why was it in Catford?"

>"Are you sure it was him?"

"Anyone could have his phone. Was there anything odd about what he said, or how he talked?"

We'll call him ourself in a bit. And we need a new laptop screen. We could scavenge it from Andy's if we have a screwdriver on us.

>>29917164
>>Forget Andy. You've got Low's number. Call that jerk directly.

We're trying to find out what's going on in relation to the company being under investigation or some such, correct?

Also,

>Other
Trawl through jobsites for now ex-military gentlemen we can add to our mercenaries.

>>29917164
Tell him to keep an eye out

So anyway, playing DD shenanigans. Sorry I'm so late. Car and caution. Writing FASTER.

>>29917274
we don't know whats happening with the company, first the CFO(? i think it was) got arrested and Low bailed on us right before a meeting, then he never returned and wouldnt answer his phone, then we found that his hotel room was broken into and trashed and ours was broken into and Andy's laptop taken, but we somehow suspiciously got it back and then Andy found his very expensive car in a very shady part of town

we've no idea whats going on and its making us paranoid and concerned about the company

>>29917326
I think maybe we should consider abandoning ship and switching all our efforts to the mercenary biz. But not for sure until we know more. Maybe turn on the hotel TV to CNN or Sky's business channel? They live to break shit like "Chief Financial Officer arrested!"

We should totally sell our shares while they are worth something

>>29917372
we have considered it, but we're bidding out time, hoping the company can recover and we want to keep the merc business as a hobby, with Miranda's skills, she could very likely get another job at another financial company, it would only take time

>>29917424
IIRC we set up a series of trades that would get us some more money, but its sunday, and the markets are closed until monday

"And the car?"
"He said it was stolen."
"Right," Weird no mention of that. You check the news on your laptop again, wait for it to load, "And it WAS him, right?"
"Trust me it sounded like him."
"Okay. Keep me posted. Things are weird at Frontier right now, and I don't want to be blindsided."
"Sure, sure, whatever Miranda. I wouldn't worry so much."
"I would."

The call ends. No, still no news about Deacon being arrested. In fact, Frontier was picked as 'top buy' on a trades site. Something was going.

Shit, no time to worry about that though. Dresses needed picking up. After properly cleaning and looking a somewhat better class of vagrant, you head out. A great big suite of white awaits you. And yes, the dresses fit- a little tight in some areas, but you look professional. Sleek. Predatorial. You're a little taken aback by it. A lot of hard lines, sharp shoulders, buttoned down fronts fortified like a castle's gates, the closest thing to soft was a rare bit of fur lining. And a lot of it white.

You're in a vest, shirt, pencil skirt combo all pale white looking at yourself in the mirror. Makes your blotches and blemishes on your skin really stand out. Wish you had pure black hair. Crap, you've got some split ends. You turn around, looking at yourself from all angles. You begrudgingly admit you look good. Like the cover of a fashion magazine. But you can't help but worry.

"This will stain so god damn easily," You murmur aloud carelessly.
"Good," The tailor appears at your shoulder, making you jump, "Be restrained. Careful. Upright. Steady with your hands. A careful woman draws respect."

Some well calculated bullshit she said there. You roll your eyes. Still. You look good.

The cost makes you cringe somewhat, but fuck, you're rich, right? What's a few thousand dollars between wardrobes?

>>29917450
>IIRC we set up a series of trades that would get us some more money, but its sunday, and the markets are closed until monday

Didn't we do that with just the money we have or were the shares also used?

After that, you're home with a taxi stuffed full of dress bags. Luggage. Another thing you've gotta get. Crap. Always something-

Speaking of something- your phone rings. It's Low.

"Hello, Mr. Low," You answer. Cool as a cucumber buried under a pile of plastic wrapped silk.
"Miranda, hi," Oily tone of voice matches, "Sorry. Sorry about that. Had a bit of a panic attack- don't worry, everything's fine."
"Yeah. Heard you had your car stolen? What happened there?"
"Oh, yeah. Left it unattended in the wrong part of town," He chuckles, "But don't worry about it! Got it taken care of."
"And your place was broken in to."
"I heard. Don't worry, I've been talking to the police a ton already."
"Yeah. So- Deacon, the CFO, is he arrested or not?"
"Apparently it was a mistake. I wouldn't worry about it."

Mr. Low seems a touch recalcitrant.

"Mr. Low-"
"Yeah, yeah, I know. I fucked up back there Miranda. I panicked, and ran out on you," He sounds exhausted now, "And for that, I'm real sorry. For making you, and Andy, and the rest worry. But don't worry about it. I wanted to make sure when you left London, you'd know things were fine. Everything is just fine."
"You don't think a break in and a car being stolen are something wrong?"
"It's London," He chuckles at that, "These kinds of things happen if you leave your keys in the ignition."

How do you forget your keys in the ignition?

>Press him. Find out the details, no matter the social cost.
>Try to play at being sympathetic to wheedle out information.
>Let sleeping dogs lie. You've got your exit plans already made, no reason to stir the hornet's nest on the way out.
>Other.

>>29917702
>>Try to play at being sympathetic to wheedle out information.

Lets not push too hard.

>>29917702
>>Try to play at being sympathetic to wheedle out information.

>>29917702
>>Try to play at being sympathetic to wheedle out information.

if that fails, we can introduce him to KOOjimans

>>29917767
Why are you capitalizing the first part of his name? KOOJimans and what not?

>>29917702
>Try to play at being sympathetic to wheedle out information.

Oh god, social stuff. This isn't math, what do we do?

Don't push too hard, ask if he's okay, it'll make it sound like we care. Then ask what had him in such a hurry that he forgot his keys in the ignition. It's an innocent sounding question.

Ask if he's going to need to get a new laptop from the IT department, commiserate with him about how dealing with them is annoying.

>>29917776
because thats how it sounds in my head

>>29917777
we can also relate to shit not going well for him, we could maybe tell him how we got mugged looking for him

This is just my shadowruns getting the better of me, but I'm starting to think that whats going on with Low and Deacon is an outside party is hustling them to perform a takeover of the company, the "Frontier was picked as 'top buy' on a trades site. Something was going." bit has me paranoid.

And I don't care, because hopefully we'll have our hunky mercs by then and can visit whoever fucks with us in the night with several burly well scarred mercs

Right. Empathy. You can do this, right? You're not a robot or anything. Writing.

>>29917839
>You're not a robot or anything.
We're only 'mostly' robot stuck in a stupid fleshy body with really bad programming

>>29917834
Could be.

>>29917834
indeed

>>29917839
YOU GOT THIS

"I'm really sorry about that."
"Yeah, me too."
"That must really suck. Especially because that car was so expensive."
"It...Was?"
"Yeah. And, and you probably don't feel as safe since the door was broken down. Probably thinking people can do that whenever, right?"
"Yeah, uh, Miranda, thanks, anyway, just wanted to let you know that I'm okay, and I'm sorry for worrying you."
"No, no, I mean. It's entirely reasonable. Wow. Y'know, I was nearly mugged when trying to find you."
"Really? No kidding?" He doesn't sound very interested.
"Yeah. Was really bad. Y'know, we have something in common with that. Except I managed to not get my things stolen. But we're both victims of a crime! Oh, and my place was broken in to too. Whacky coincidences!"
"Did you already talk to the police?"
"No, no, hotel security handled it. Got me the laptop back right away. And I got bumped up to a better room!"
"Really."
"Hey, why don't we talk to the hotel together? You can get a better room, I'm pretty sure-"
"No, thank you. Have a good night Miranda."

And he's disconnected. Crap. You've never been good at this sort of thing. Handling conversations. Especially if you knew them like this. Fuuuck, that's going to make it awkward when you see him next. Oh well.

Back to math. You spend the next few hours until you fall unconscious working out the possibilities of a model.

Come Monday, you check the trades. No new messages from Deacon. Frontier is fine, stock wise. A slight bump back up in price. It's not climbing sky high like it used to, but it's not in a free fall. Which is nice. Your trades were advantageous. Things went well.

>New budget
>$463,500.

Anything you want to do Monday? You're basically prepared for the purchase of Peregrine Immediate as it is. And nobody's making you do business shit, which is just great.

Anything else need doing?
>Nope. Prepare for buying the PMC, work on the model, and pass the time.
>Actually...[Suggestions?]

>>29918204
>>Nope. Prepare for buying the PMC, work on the model, and pass the time.

Not preparing the model but also studying about PMC and related info in general. Just in case.
Oh, and lets call Andy and see if he learned anything new.

>>29918204
Excellent, we'll have $113k spare after buying PI

>Actually...[Suggestions?]
>Call up Andy and apologize for freaking out, tell him we talked to Low and things seem fine, although we've no idea whats going on with Deacon.
then we can do
>Prepare for buying the PMC, work on the model, and pass the time.

>>29918204
Call Andy, tell him that Low seemed fine.

I'm not entirely sure about the Low and Deacon situation, I agree with the earlier supposition that the company might be getting bought out or taken over.

Pull up a list of companies that would be in a clear position to gain from absorbing Frontier. Most likely a larger company. Probably a financial company, I can't see a company not somehow related to investments wanting it, one larger than Frontier and who stands to get a lot out of the model, or who would like to get control over the fields Frontier has investments in because they lack investments in that area themselves.

See how their stock prices are looking, if our model can get us anything interesting about them, that sort of thing.

>>29918204
Low, y u so suspicious

Anyway PREPARE FOR PMC

>>29918284
That seems like a fine idea. I doubt we would be able to make any meaningful models in time. I think just getting information so that we know what the PMC business is about is better time spent right now.

>>29918284
while such a takeover would be chaotic and unsettling, for a time at least, I don't think it would be terribly bad for us, our model makes Frontier money, and without us, the model would not exist, and it would likely not continue to be a print money button, so they'd probably keep us on.

also, I knew we forgot to say something to Low, it didn't seem like that phone call was the appropriate time, but he agreed to give us a raise when he ran out on us at the meeting

Right, quick rundown with Andy, investigate possibility of a takeover, prep for PMC meeting. Oh, and bringing up that raise. Writing.

>>29918323
System you are great

>>29918323
Will Raise be face to face?
Should we get into our new suit and do a better make up before that?

>>29918407
True, if we're going for a face to face meeting for that, we should look the part. The utter shock he'll feel from us being professional and not, well, us, ought to let us walk all over him.

Hopefully.

>>29918428
We should stop trying to be nice too. If past interactions are taken into consideration, Miranda seems the type who does very well when being aggressive in her social encounters (when dealing with Kooji on the phone several times, when being mugged, etc)

>>29918448
one word springs to mind; barracuda

that visit to the suit makers was hilarious and really well written

>>29918448
would also make the bedroom spaghetti that much more adorable

We should buy the black suit too just in case.

As tempting as it was to stay in bed all day working on your facts and figures, you couldn't very well do that. So, first thing's first. Call up Ady.

"Andy, how's things?"
"Hung over," He bleats.
"Christ, are you ever not drinking here?"
"I had professional reasons for it," He whimpers, "It's important. Lubrication of finance. Heh. Liquid assets. Wait, no, liquidity-"
"Thank you, thank you Andy. So. Last night you were out drinking with, who, Low?"
"No, no, Carl and Eric," He groans, "God, it's too early in the morning for this."
"So, haven't seen Low yet?"
"Yeah, yeah, I saw him at the bar. Bought us a round or two. Or four. God. Mixed drinks are the WORST, can hardly remember last night."
"Great, okay. So, he okay?"
"Fine," Andy snaps, "Though he wants to know where my laptop is."
"Oh yeah, in my room. Sorry. I'll drop it off tonight."
"LATE tonight, please. Meeting's Wednesday. I need to, uh, charge up for it."
"Whatever you say Andy. Thanks."

End call. Next, you scootch over to your laptop. Frown at the screen. Hm, maybe you could- you eye Andy's laptop, but decide against messing with it. You can fix the screen later. It's a pain in the ass to scroll around the cracks, but you do your research anyway.

Bernard and Callum Associates is what comes up here again and agai. Maybe that's all it was, you wonder mutely. Something to do with them taking over. It was no secret that your CEO, Matthew Herzl was fiercely proud of Frontier's independence. But, Frontier's model was very valuable. And who knows, maybe it was just a show. A company takeover. Hm. You could see that, wouldn't explain the Deacon and Low situation though. Low going missing was eerie. And Deacon-

Actually, wait. Bernard and Callum's stock prices were dropping hard. That's weird. In the news, it showed they were burned off a bad bet that oil prices would continue to rise- OPEC increasing production killed that hope. Still. Pretty hard drop.

Plenty of finance companies would be interested in Frontier, but aside from Bernard and Callum, and RBS, none really dealt with you at the moment. All way over your head. You just make the numbers dance, you don't handle the talking.

You grab the phone, text Deacon again. He needed to send some kind of reply, god damn it. After that, you go over what little you can of Peregrine Immediate and Koojimans's records. Peregrine Immediate had done good work across hot spots around the world. Lot of dynamic, fast work. They weren't fans of playing guards for convoys then, usually assisting in search and destroy missions, hostage rescues, pirate hunts, that kind of stuff. Koojiman preferred to be on the offense then, you gather.

For Koojiman though, aside from being involved in a Dutch/Italian brawl in Afghanistan, not much. Nothing really big mentioning his name. Served in Regiment Huzaren Prins van Oranje.

Probably not worth speculating too much. It might backfire on you otherwise. Oh. One other thing.

You give Mr. Low a call.

"Hey, how's my favorite quant doing?" His voice doesn't have the same enthusiasm. Picked up on the second ring.

"Hi, Mr. Low, just wanted to get something out of the way before we forget- you mentioned the other day about me getting a raise?"
"I, I did? Hah, oh, shit. I really can't recall."
"You did. Right before you bugged out."
"Oh," He sighs, "Miranda, I'm sorry, I wasn't really in the right state of mind that minute, I was scared witless- look, we can talk about it when we get home, alright? Soon as we get back, we can have a meet and greet over this, touch base with everyone, make sure this gets handled pronto, right?"

Well. He had a point. He'd need to send it up the chain. Still, something smells to you.

>"Let's meet in person."
>"I'll be generous, and assume you're rattled. Don't forget."
>"Really? Well, that's a shame. Hey, can I put you down as a reference, or will I just have to let my PHD and model speak for me?"
>Other

>>29918659
>>"Really? Well, that's a shame. Hey, can I put you down as a reference, or will I just have to let my PHD and model speak for me?"

Remember, Barracuda.

If not this, then meet in person.

>>29918659
>>"Really? Well, that's a shame. Hey, can I put you down as a reference, or will I just have to let my PHD and model speak for me?"

BARRACUDAAAAAAAA

>>29918659
>"Really? Well, that's a shame. Hey, can I put you down as a reference, or will I just have to let my PHD and model speak for me?"
Barracuda indeed

>>29918671
>If not this, then meet in person.
yeah, have the meet be our backup plan, we can explain that all this shit with Deacon getting arrested and Low vanishing and getting broken into and no one back at head office having any fucking idea, is not inspiring confidence in us.

>>29918671
>>29918679
>>29918685

If he starts backpedalling, lets press him to tell us what the fuck is going on. Tell him we know that something is wrong so he better talk already.

>all this BARRADUCAAAAAAAAA

so White Queen can be our callsign, and Barracuda can be our nickname

>>29918659
"Very funny Mr. Low. Hotel restaurant, 15 minutes. I'll see you there."

Don't even give him a chance to say no. Use our time to get in our white suit and looking professional and proper, arrive exactly on time.

If we'll need more than 15 minutes change the time, and give us some wriggle room. And if there's multiple places to eat in the hotel then choose one.

>>29918704
Oh, I like this.

Okay, press the advantage. Writing.

>>29918737
PRESS THE ASSAULT

>>29918737
haha, Like kooji, we are always on the offensive, just a different battleground

ohgodwhatarewedoingIhavenoidea

>>29918747
CALL IN THE FIRE SUPPORT

>>29918751
I don't know either, but it will be glorious

>>29918751
>>29918761

I think it will be easier than all the yelling we did at Kooji.

>>29918751
We're taking the offensive. Fortunately Low won't be at his best, it's reasonably early in the morning, he was at the hotel bar last night, and his kinda submissive quant is talking back to him and we're about to show up in a white suit instead of baggy and disheveled clothes.

We act as if we're in a position of power, and if we fake it hard enough Low will believe it.

If things wander around to what he's been up to then we say little, we imply that we know more than we do and honestly, he might believe it. He knows we're smart as fuck, but he doesn't really understand what we do and what we can do with it, so with our current behavior he might simply accept that we know more than we actually do.

If he brings up how they don't need us enough to bow to our demands and points out that they still have the model we laugh and say that the traders don't understand how it actually works and it'll fall apart on them.

If he tries to divert us by saying he'll bring it up with the higher-ups we tell him that we will not accept that, we are getting a raise.

Don't let him get his bearings or establish any measure of control. We're an untouchable queen and he will do what he wants.

This really is minomer quest.


I'm expecting random encounter 30 threads in to finally change that.
Which will then give us 'the end' because it's sexual encounter quest and not 'be awesome and own a PMC' quest
sadly

>>29918869
>because it's sexual encounter quest and not 'be awesome and own a PMC' quest
>sadly
who says we can't do both?

>>29918869
I'm hoping we get fiercely but tenderly taken by a rugged mercenary on top a giant pile of money, and then get back into refining our model for the business of death.

>>29918869
minomer?

OP decided not to change the title for irony

>>29918894
yea I know, I just find it amusing now.
Anybody that sees the name and rolls in is in for a surprise

A sexy, powerful, barracuda shaped surprise

...that line will do nothing to clear things up

>>29918823
Low's not an idiot; models go out of date without tweaking.
Low's not an idiot; once a model's made, you can get lots of folks to tweak models. As long as there's documentation. How much documentation did we provide on this model, anyway?

>>29918978
probably nothing that is decipherable

"Really? Well, that's a shame. Hey, can I put you down as a reference, or will I just have to let my PhD and model speak for itself?"
"That's real funny Miranda, y'know that? I think this trip has really helped you," Low's voice has taken on a lower register.
"It might have actually. I think that my contributions have helped cement this company in to its current position. And you cutting out and running isn't helping. So. I think it's high time that I receive some consideration for the absolutely ridiculous amount of money I've been making the company."

Okay, this is harder. You're currently yelling at your lead. Not your direct boss mind, but a guy above you in the company. Who could make you miserable. You look around, start shimmying out of your pajamas. Gotta get your nice suit on for this shit.

"So. What brought this on?"
"You leaving me to the wolves," You pull on the white blouse, start buttoning up, "If you're giving me more responsibilities, I think I deserve a bit more pay."
"Right. Right," Low makes a clicking noise, "You didn't use to be like this."
"Yeah, if only people would stay naive college graduates forever. I grew up Low," Fuck fuck fuck, you hate nylons, "My model is making the company a LOT of money."
"Yes. Your model is."
"Right, which means-"
"Your model. Not you at the moment."

You pause a moment. He's breaking up your momentum.
"I'm the quant that makes it work."
"You're the quant that's really pushing her luck."

Okay. Low's starting to rise against you.
"Low-"
"I get my room broken in to, my car stolen, have a near nervous breakdown, and this is the thanks I get?" He's trying to distract you, trying to take the moral high ground for keeping your salary frozen, "You're the one that hates doing anything aside from clamming up in a room and being an anti social bitch. I have to put a smile on my face, and deal with these fucking assholes day in and day out-"
"Low, I am sympatheti-"

"I'm not done talking, Rook! Do you realize how selfish you are right now? We're in a transformative moment here! We're god damn expanding, I have jet lag, have to deal with criminals, and now, thanks you, the fears of losing my best god damn analyst to a prima donna ego explosion! Christ, Miranda, I'm your friend here!"

You pull on your skirt. Things are going a little strange now.
"You told me I'd get a raise."
"You will! Soon as we get back! Fuck's sake, things take time y'know? I can't wave a magic wand. What, do you want me to withdraw money from my bank account and slip it under your door? Is that what you want, Miranda?"
"No, no, I-"
"Is it drugs Miranda? Are you hiding a crippling drug addiction? Is somebody blackmailing? What could possibly be so important right now?"
"Of course I'm not, who do you think I am?"
"I thought we were friends!"

Fuck. Low is a bastard. You sit on the bed, try to get your bearings.

"Just coworkers-"
"And haven't I stuck my neck out for you?"

Maybe? He did handle the talking parts. You hate the talking parts. You hate this horse shit. You liked talking to the mercenaries better. They didn't try to guilt you.

"I don't want a 'we'll talk about it in the future', I want a guarantee that you'll pull for a raise."
"And I want a guarantee that the price of gold will double tomorrow, you know how volatile this business is."
"Yes I do, I made a god damn model describing it!"
"Exactly. You think we'd want to let you go? Don't worry. Everything'll be all right."

Why's he trying to comfort you now? Fuck.
"Does that mean I'll get the raise?"
"It means we'll talk to Deacon together. First thing when we get back. It'd be a shame to have to hire somebody new."

A not so subtle threat there from him. Though, who could run it? Dr. Cardwell? Deacon hated him. But. He did say he would talk about it.

>Hold fast. "Promise now or I give my two week's."
>You've bared your teeth. He got the message. "First thing when we get back."
>Other.

>>29919004
oh nooooo
Barracuda failure

>>29919023
he wants us to back down
He's doing an excellent job of pushing it
Hrm

Well questions then.
Is the raise important enough to lose the job over?
Can we afford to not be working at the moment?
Do we want to leave the company anyway?
(can we live on this PMC business?)

>>29919023
>>You've bared your teeth. He got the message. "First thing when we get back."
lets not push too hard at this time, if we want, we can always bring one of Kooji's men along as our 'consultant' if we really want to be heavy handed, we've stated our position, pushed our case as hard as we reasonably can, so lets let things work from here, the raise wouldn't have been able to come into effect anyway.

And if all else fails we can give our two weeks and move on, we've got over $110k spare available to us after buying PI

>>29919023
>You've bared your teeth. He got the message. "First thing when we get back."
This is normal negotiations. A shorter term item is fine too.

>>29919023
"Downstairs, hotel restaurant, 10 minutes."

This is something we should hash out in person. After we say that hang up, don't wait for him to give a response. Arrive exactly on time.

We're on the back foot right now, we need to reset the conversation and retake the initiative, this does it in two ways, we make a demand and show we aren't taking his shit, and a short break for him to stew will worry him more than us. And then us showing up in the suit should give us enough of a window to take the offensive.

He's obviously up to something shady, if he doesn't back down we point out that of course he isn't all that interested in the future of the company after the model collapses since he's involved in 'that', give no more details about what we know. And sweetly ask what the public reaction would be if the quantitative analyst who made the model quit and made public that the model is held together by stopgap measures and will fall apart, and how that would affect what he's been busy with the past couple days.

>>29919053
actually, just came up with something so I'll change my vote to this:
>Other.
"Low, you want to know why I'm pushing for this now? I've finally found something to do with my life, and I'm looking damn forward to it, and having the CFO and my boss get arrested and go missing and all sorts of mysterious shit going on above my head is not making me confident in the company right now, you tell me whats really going on, with you and Deacon and the company, and I'll discuss it with you and Deacon when we get back home."

>>29919023
>You've bared your teeth. He got the message. "First thing when we get back."

We are still the blubbery pile of social anxieties after all, it would be a bit unrealistic if we turned into mastermind negotiator in 3 days. We can do with what we have, and what we have now is stability.

>>29919053
>>29919081
>>29919111
We're not even sure Deacon is still around right now. Hell, we have reason to believe he isn't, and he says he wants us to talk first thing when we get back.

I smell bullshit here, he probably wants to keep us out of the way for long enough to pull whatever he's been up to before bailing.

We need more than that.

>>29919123

Eh. We can afford to put this off. I suspect by the time we're back some serious shit will have gone down which'll put our salary in jeopardy ANYWAY.

We do want to dump our shares now, though. It's a hot buy. So good time to sell. The price'll be rising.

Okay. For now, Miranda will hold off on any ultimatums then.

It's 4:30AM here, sorry to say. I'm quite sleepy. Gotta work today too- so, call it here for now? Is that alright with everyone? I'll write a quick wrap up post here.

>>29919023
I think that was enough pressure FOR NOW. This seems to truly be a bad time, especially if what he said about having a breakdown is true.

Change the topic. You *are* glad he frees you from the tedious talking. And you know he has a lot of things on his mind right now. But both of us know that I have been working far under what I deserve, I just didn't bring it up because I didn't care about money.

"I know you cannot decide that stuff on your own, but I want you to promise me, you will support me in this. As we already determined, you are far better at talking to people and your help would be really appreciated."

>>29919134
I also vote for doing that as soon as we hang the phone down. Our shares will be selling like hot cakes.

>>29919148
night system

have a good rest

>>29919148
Sure, call it here for now, you go and get some sleep System and keep being awesome.

It has to do with the nkights templar, nasferatu posing as jesus, some shit like that. They take you to the mummy and if you raise a fit cause you think jesus is alive they take you to him.

Its also a front, though I'm not sure for what. There is no way that business model is sustainable, not sure what rabbit hole spider has climbed down this time, but I'm not sure I'll be able to pull him out again.

>>29919134
If it's going to collapse like that anyways we have little to lose by being aggressive and levering some information and concessions out of him.

We have a stronger hand than we're acting like, and letting him walk over us, he literally hasn't changed his offer.

>>29919164
wut

>>29919134
>>29919151
yeah, selling our shares is probably a good idea now, while we're riding high, if we do stay with the company, thats fine anyway, we can survive on our salary plus the raise (if the company survives, we're getting it, if it does not, then whats the point of the raise).

If someone from the company asks why we're selling our shares, say its simple, we just bought a PMC.

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>>29919164

>>29919164
What.

>>29919185
>If someone from the company asks why we're selling our shares
Would they know we are selling our shares ?

>>29919201
someone probably has access to those records

>>29919201

It's publicly traded, apparently.

But it's not like they can do anything about it, or are likely to care, even if they notice.

>>29919178
No, we don't tip our hand and demand an ultimatum because that *never* goes over well with too prideful people. Salary's worthless if the company goes under. Selling shares puts across a far more poignant message.

That's what a quant does, analyse risks; what we're saying by selling is that we're thinking of diversifying; ie bailing out of this place. It'd leave more of a mark and demonstrate we're really considering leaving.

>>29919123
>I smell bullshit here, he probably wants to keep us out of the way for long enough to pull whatever he's been up to before bailing.
>We need more than that.

I think so too.

We hire the mercs. Kidnap Low, put him in a dark warehouse and question him there.

>>29919352

Dude. No.

That is a total overreaction.

And far more illegal than anything we have done to date.

>>29919352
We can probably bring someone like Kooji to lunch and have them stand there and look scary, and imply we know more than we do in order to prompt him into letting the cat out of the bag.

>>29919364
Sigh

Okay. Lets just sell the shares then. There's definitely some shit going on.

Low wanted Andy's notebook, didn't he? What for, I wonder.... Maybe he has the same idea as we? Embezzlement?

>>29919352
flatout no, thats just stupid and going to fuck us over

>>29919385

There is shit going on. But I suspect like >>29919315 says, selling the shares will be a fairly poignant message on it's own.

So we concede to discuss it when we get back. And then sell our shares. That'll be enough to keep things polite.

We don't need to know what shit specifically is going down with the company, we're more than valuable enough to get ourselves sorted out elsewhere if need be. We just need to know that there IS shit going down. Which we do. And are reacting accordingly to, with the share sales.

And when we discuss this with Low once we get back, he will know that we are prepared to leave.

Just archived the thread.

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Sexual%20Encounter%20Quest

See you next time System.

...Thought we were getting one more post
perhaps I read it incorrectly

>>29919646
op takes a while to type
or maybe he passed out already

>>29919686
I'm thinking it's the second.
Can't blame him though

bump

>>29923044
Any reason we're keeping this alive? To see if OP will get that last post after he wakes up?

>>29923092
Yep.

bump

>>29925205
You don't need to bump it every hour.

>>29925335
Yeah, well ur a fgt

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Found this quest a few hours ago and read up on the archive, super fun stuff guys. Bumping with mercs.

>>29914031
>>29914058
>>29914218
>>29914288
>>29914295
WTF is wrong with you people?!

>>29927078
I got to say I didn't expect much when I saw the name but decided to check it out at a whim.

I love the twist in direction.

>>29927911
I think most who stuck around was pleasantly surprised, especially the later ones of us.

>>29927964
I just can't wait for our mercenary shenanigans, shit is going to be fun.

>>29928008
For real, I'm looking forward to our meeting.

>>29927719
Some people just need to be hit in the dick every once in awhile.

>>29928072
Think we're going to have to roll?

>>29928229
No, not really. Back in my days people used to have honor.

>>29928551
Or common fucking decency.

>>29928551
>>29928611
So what do you do if a guy tries to mug you in broad daylight? Stand there and let them take what they want?

>>29928801
If they have a fucking knife? Fuck yes
Never go against a weapon, unless you want to get horribly mutilated

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>>29928801
>>29928801
Face him like a man, what is he going to do, stab me?

>>29928841
He was white. Most chavs will NEVER use their weapon.

>>29928863
You've lived a very sheltered life, haven't you?

>>29928801
>>29928830
But we're playing a quest, anon! The QM would NEVER let us make a bad decision!

>>29928935
I live in slums of London, so no. White kids are mostly full of shit. Blacks and Asians will fuck you up with no remorse though. Well, white kids will do it if there are others with them.

>>29928952
Bad QM is bad, players should be punished for stupidity

>>29928957
>London
>First World
>Fucking Europe
Yeah, sheltered.

>>29929019
I imagine we'd have a stab wound with a bad roll. We rolled good though.

>>29929019
Not London guy, but I guess it's a good thing the quest takes in London.

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>>29915507
>Rooikat
fuck yeah, also, seeing as PI are good mechanized infantry, maybe we want to come up with something like pic related (which is sadly not in production anymore as far as I can tell)

>>29929019
see
>>29929279

>>29930608
Maybe we can buy something from the Russians, although if most of our guys are from NATO countries, we'll need to look into NATO or NATO allied weapons systems.

Well guess we'll see that post next thread guys, I think we can let this die out safely.

Hm. Still lives. I'll nag System.

Query: Is there any kind of schedule for this quest? I was in the first couple of threads but missed the last one, and most of this one.

>>29942703
Ehhh. Kind of? Not really settled on one. I probably should do that. Biggest thing is my work schedule- from 16:00 to 01:00 4chan time(roughly) I'm busy, give or take twenty minutes for traffic, except Tuesday and Wednesday which is my weekend.. But, today I should be able to cut out early if things go as planned.

I probably should settle a reliable schedule. I'm going to tenuously say Wednesdays at 23:00 4chan time from here on out, with exceptions other days if I have time/get in the mood. Hope that's okay with everyone.

>>29942735
You said something about running today on Twitter. Will you?

>>29944855
Where is this twitter?

>>29945130
On twitter.com, duh

https://twitter.com/SEQuestQM

How much leeway do we have in this thread, he mentioned continuing on in this one if it was still alive.

Anyone know how many posts 'till autosage?

>>29945449
109 posts till bump limit.
Are you on a phone?

>>29945485
Nah, just not sure how to check that shit since I never cared to learn. Easy way to tell?

>>29945580
>Easy way to tell?
Go to the [Settings] tab in the upper right corner of the page and enable [Advanced].
It's a pretty shitty way but it works.
Otherwise go: ((https://4chan - x . just - believe . in /)) and install the 4chan X extension (better, provides much more information).

>>29945694
Oh, I see it now. Actually forgot about that counter, my eyes glaze over it.

>>29946089
It is amazing what the brain can ignore when it doesn't deem it important.

>>29942735
>Wednesdays at 23:00 4chan time from here on out
Argh, stupid timezones, that's right when I'm working on the only day of the week I work.

Tuesday your time, which is Wednesday my time, works fine, but Wednesday 23:00, is Thursday my time right when I leave for work for 10 hours.

>>29947554
Seems like every QM loves to run Wednesday, my busiest day by far.

>>29947601
Cause only the big dogs run Saturday and Friday night causing crowding while Sunday/Monday is pretty much impossible if you want the college audience and Thursday has all the cool TV shows.