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TURN 03 - Tyler, Kasumi & Corban

Stop talking to boring lady, look for blindspots in a different part of the store. Locate security, cameras, and tags/magnet strips on items.

Tyler's eyes are darting around the shop whilst Mrs. Sasaki talks at him in Japanese and touches his arm to affirm his reality.  He looks back at her and sees faint cataracts in her eyes.  He says, "Well, see ya old lady." and turns and walks.  She mumbles something and goes back to the shelf she's standing at but is confused and doesn't seem to remember what she intended to buy.

Tyler sees a couple of cameras, a few blindspots in aisles in the middle of the store and magnetic strips only on the most expensive of products, like hair renewal tonics.

Look for something that can help remove eyeballs in the drug store, and if it's something more suitable than a spoon then buy it, and also buy the box, anti-septic fluid and tape measure and then leave. On the way back to the hotel, see if I can buy a simple crowbar for cheap, and once I'm back, if there was nothing suitable for removing eyes in the drug store then steal 4 strong metal spoons from the hotel cutlery. Then put all my stuff in my room, pack my backpack with the big stuff and then go to sleep after setting my alarm for the morning.

Kasumi peruses the wares, and finds a nice pack of loose razorblades.  But they are straight and a spoon is curved, so she makes a mental note to steal spoons later, just in case, and she buys the other things.  Total cost is $20.

On her walk back to the hotel she doesn't pass any crowbar shops or things like that, but walking through an underpass next to the station she passes an old blind man with a sturdy looking cane, possibly made from metal alloy, it looks light and supports his decrepit weight easily enough.  ((Reaction point here))

Back at the Sapporo Aspen Hotel there is now single big guy in a suit behind the desk, leaning back in his chair and, from the sounds of it, watching porn on a screen below the desk.  The time is around 11pm now and it seems the hotel really doesn't want any guests.  He looks up as Kasumi shakes off some of the snow but otherwise doesn't acknowledge her.  She walks up to the second floor and into the dining hall where the meeting was.  There's nobody about, so she walks over to a side table with cutlery and crockery and pockets four stainless steel desert spoons.

Kasumi takes the elevator to the sixth floor and goes to her room, 605.  She never sees anyone else and there is no activity coming from any of the rooms, either the whole hotel has been cleared out just for them, or business is awful.  She packs and sets the alarm and goes to sleep.

((I'm so happy someone finished shopping    I'll make sure your char sheet is ready before the next stage))

Corban

Once he's figured out the blindspots, enters the aisle furthest from Makoto with the biggest one and, after making sure that no camera can see him, picks up something from the top shelf and fumbles it onto the floor. When he bends down to pick it up, make sure no-one is looking and slip something small into his pocket from the bottom shelf, using the skills he learned as a thief earlier in life. Replace what he dropped back onto the top shelf. Before leaving, picks up some beef jerky and some sedatives, and goes to pay for them.

Steal stuff, pay for stuff ($25). Smile at and thank Makoto. Leave quickly. Head back to the hotel.

Corban successfully pulls off his little charade, buys his things and leaves the store.  He walks down the street towards the station and then looks back towards the store.  The beautiful lady from behind the counter has walked out onto the street in just her uniform and is looking around at the people on the street.  Even from a distance, Corban can see in her face and body language that she looks panicked, surprised that the nice man she just served had betrayed her trust.  Somehow she seems to have caught on that something was stolen, albeit too late.  Corban pulls the item out of his pocket and inspects it...  hmm.  Athlete's foot medication.    Could come in handy.  There is a mess of Japanese characters he can't make out on the box, but he does recognise that one of its functions is antibacterial.  The lady was only looking for a few moments, and now returns to the store.  Corban also turns and walks calmly to the hotel.

The good doctor is still here to keep playing if things are starting up again.

Cool!  I'll get round to other actions tomorrow I hope. 

Erk, sorry.... I really didn't want to not even get past the freaking shopping trip.  That would be a pretty lame game. 
I really don't care for sharing personal stuff on forums, but my baby went from barely moving to being a mobile terror unit in the past couple of months and I have been busy and distracted to no end. 

Also, I did not foresee my erratic focus going onto other stuff, which it kind of did.
You know, I actually feel like I might be able to get back into the swing of this.  Let's see if people continue to play.  If they don't, that's totally cool.

Quote from: hector13 on October 07, 2013, 05:18:25 am

Perhaps Oblivion-esque necromancy, but presumably we dead?

...so I guess you're not accepting new players...

I think the Cook position is still open.  Or Muscle.  If someone doesn't come back you could take their char.  PM me if you're interested, Dwarmin.

I never get into magic in TES, so this necromancy might not work....

When you start the game there is the option to enable the extra stick if you have it, so it is supported... though I do not know whether you can use it for attacking.  Haven't played earlier versions either, but MH4 has big-monster locking so it is kinda-easy to point towards when attacking, without the second stick.  Kinda.  I still wave my weapon around in thin air 50% of the time though.   

I am greatly thankful to both Deon and Meph for their mods, which have greatly extended my enjoyment of DF.  I have sunk many enjoyable hours into Toady's wonderful game, thanks to his and their work.

I don't give a dwarf's sock what 'purists' think of what or how I play - and neither should you, OP.

Just for the record, my point about not playing MW has nothing to do with purism or whatever, and is mostly due to the "mod" being basically broken.  I find it ironic (because of the name), strange (because it has been in development for so long) and vaguely insulting (because of the professed love for the original game) that it should break DF in so many ways.  The error threads are full of reports of broken utilities, raws and features.

The amount of time and energy Meph puts into this is astonishing, and praiseworthy.   Because of its prominence/promotion, perhaps, MW also brings in some new players and gives them something fresh, which is great.  I also think the way it seems to push DF to its limits is interesting and probably of some technical use to Toady in showing what DF can and/or may do in the future.  But I feel that Meph should focus less on this...

I do have ample time, since I dont have a job. Never had one,  - snip -

... and more on feature locking and polishing.

Sweet, good job on the cleanup bp and good luck with the lockdown Cmega.