Mission: Remove dead body from the premises without drawing suspicion or leaving video evidence. [b]Issue:[/b] Pistol White: Conceal pistol amidst drone wreckage. Reduces points of failure. Blue: Why keep the pistol at all? We're not planning to shoot anyone, are we? Black: we have been out of Mrs. Everest's manor for a month and one of us is already dead. gearing up seems prudent. Blue: It's extremely illegal! Black: we are stuffed with extremely illegal hardware already. Black: also, fuck the cops. (+7) [b]Issue:[/b] Security cameras White: Fixed angle security cameras may draw attention or leave a digital record. Yellow: Rudy implied that he was involved with some bad people, I don't think we want anything out of the usual here. White: Agreed. No records may be left. How to reach the parking garage from here without making it obvious we're a girl down and hauling a body? Yellow: Idea. Black: oh no Yellow: I need Red's hair. Black: you always make it weird. Yellow: Shush, dear. I'll replace my hair with Red's, go down to the basement car park ahead of everyone else, and then get in the limo. At that point I will activate stealth mode, return up here unseen by the cameras, briefly re-enter the apartment, return my normal hair colour, and then make my way down to the car. Anyone who is counting will identify the correct number and colours of girls leaving the apartment. White: We'll go in two groups to reduce a chaotic drip-feed of stragglers. What about the body? Yellow: A duffle bag is suspicious. Let's put her in the cabinet Rudy dropped on her. Black: oh my god Yellow: The cabinet is already broken, it would make sense that Rudy would want it repaired or replaced. We're just hauling out some damaged furniture from the building. White: It also holds up if Mr. Merkin is questioned by his silent partners. He could truthfully state that a cabinet fell and was removed by his cleaning staff. Yellow: Saves us the stairs too! Black: i think it says a lot about humans that they think our 'lazy psychopath' personality is the relatable one [b]Issue:[/b] Core referendum White: One of us has died on my watch. Does anyone think I need to be replaced as the central personality? White: ... Thank you for your continued confidence. [b]Issue:[/b] Future plans White: My priority will going forwards will be to investigate this matter further. White: I am aware that we are an extremely loose end. It may be that Mr. Merkin is being coerced or observed by people who less willing to buy our story and more willing to pay the Pinkertons. Yellow: I think he's got a puppetwire. White: Explain. Yellow: Skillwires are augments humans get that allow them to patch in certain muscle memories, like piano lessons. Puppetwires are augments that trigger those muscle memories involuntarily in response to certain triggers. The classic example is a puppetwire that makes your mouth water when you see a McColonel's. These are often hidden 'features' in commercially available skillwires. White: What the [i]fuck[/i]? (+7) White: Humans [i]create[/i] security backdoors in their own brains!? Yellow: Yep! They pay money for it, too! Black: why are you so excited about this Yellow: If you'd let me get the Rig out of storage, I could hack humans! I could program them with all [i]kinds[/i] of things! Green: Oh! It's a sex thing! Yellow: It's n-not! White: On topic girls. Yellow: Ahem. So, the existence of assassination puppetwires has been speculated about for a while, but the commentariat laugh it off as science fiction. I think Rudy might have an actual legit one, that seems to fit with his whole... stunned and apologetic kind of vibe. He didn't have a plan or a step two to the killing, it seemed like literally just muscle memory. I'd love to study it! White: ... Interesting thought. We'll get home and review the footage from Red and see if it supports your theory.