RB 2-4: The Night Market

Mission Report

Thursday, November 30, 2017 ((Nov 4, 2018))
Team: Jane Irwin (Cael), Edward Chase (Aunne), Ryu (ShadowRyuu), Zoraida Gurrande (quorgi)
"On a case", then joined: Lyndi Fletcher (Aslene)
On leave: Cyrus Riggs (Sielic)
Reassigned to new duty: Chuck Nielson (Ari)

Briefing

• Nails telepresent
• New gear available
  • [] Rubber bullets
  • [] Splat bullets (paralytic or soporific)
  • [] Smoke grenades
  • [] Shock batons
• Nail: Team updates
• Interviews proceeding, in consultation with Lyndi
• Chuck
  • Strengths and preferences
  • Steady guard duty at the Fort
  • Getting extra training
  • Diplomacy not his strongest suit
  • Some personal matters outside of R3M to which he wants to give some time and attention
• Quill
  • Quill, Lyndi, and I met
  • Agreed that Quill and Raptor Blue weren't a good fit
  • Grateful for his assistance
  • However, Quill recommended a replacement, someone he trusts
  • My contacts verified she can be trusted, bring her in on probationary basis
  • Need someone with her expertise, as you continue to backtrack the history of the Bella Santiana teens, Raph DeCosta and Colby Diseth
• Max introduces Zoraida to the team
  • Much discussion of snakes

Night Market Briefing

• Draco and Bron handle the briefing
• Open Thu, Fri, Sat nights, around 6 pm - after midnight
• Has existed on and off for decades, moved to different locations in the city a few times; been in current location for more than five years
• We believe origins was neutral ground for visitors, diplomats, and merchants from the Feywild, Shadowfell, and planes
• Gray market, some stolen goods
• CPD generally stays out of the heart of the market, and the crimelords prevent violent crimes from happening
• It's been a scene for alt (goths, queer pride, and masquerade), which may be a remnant from a time when marauders were present and could hide in plain sight
• Raph and Colby described their experiences in the Night Market, so we know where to look

Night Market

• Ed and Jane in seemings, Ryu in monk appearance
• Market is partly under the el tracks
• Runes embedded in the cement of the curb at the edge of the market
• Variety of smells and sounds
• Exterior: Stalls
• Interior: Converted cattle barn
• Some casual shopping
• Food; handmade goods; commercial goods (stolen?)
• Mix of tourist-y civilians, hardened locals, street criminals, and alt/fringe types
• Vendor with old crow with clipped wings, selling upcycled jewelry, including sea glass
• Lyndi following, incognito
• Vendor: Rixa's Natural Remedies
  • Tractor trailer parked (without semi), homemade stall/shop built off the back
  • Tall, male, gaunt man as bouncer
  • Rixa Galdan; a tall, gaunt woman with long black hair streaked with gray, braided into a ponytail; she wears a crop-top with David Bowie as Jareth, tight black jeans, and black leather boots with heels; she has many piercings on her ears, nose, eyebrow, and tongue
  • Some shopping and flirting
  • Ed looking for poison that paralyzes
  • Rixa trades info about the Raptors reasons for being in the market, to have paralytic or soporific contact poison messengered to Ed
  • Rixa has a plant of Angels's Blood (angel blood on unhallowed ground), good for abjuration; Jane wants it, Rixa will send along a suggested barter with Ed's delivery
  • Sells Ryu some herbs, shares website with Ryu and Jane
  • Ed asks for something to help a friend a control her dreams, Trixa will send some options, cautions that toying with dreams is risky
• Lyndi joins the Team
• Slippage: Colby eating noodles at Sam's Noodle Truck, being approached a figure in a longcoat, conversation, contract signed, runner (young boy) comes up, hands over brown paper bag to Colby
• Jane talks with rats, about the figure in a longcoat, has been to the market only once before, he smells of the blood, can whisper to control them, Jane also smells of the blood
• Scent of tabaxi
• Ed senses something on two young men from the University of Chicago
  • Grant Crosby, Peter Lane
• Tag on the parcel with the longcoat: A4GH8
• Slippage: Raph going into a shop
• The Wanderer's Friend
  • Ordric Brown: a short, heavy-set man with thinning brown hair and a pinched, disapproving face; he is clean shaven; he wears an off-white button down shirt with a silk tie in an burgundy arabesque print, a tan leather vest, off-white creased linen slacks, and brown leather hiking boots.
  • Antiques and curiosities
  • Consignment shelves: brown paper parcels
• Ordric explains a system for moving objects around in the Edge, from shop to shop
• Zora is charming with Ordric, seeking arcane lore
• He's suspicious, but ultimately shows her a gold, bejeweled book with alien hieroglyphs; he says that Comprehend Languages doesn't work on it
• Given to one of his partners, to get to Earth before Palisade went up
• Invites her to coffee
• He wants one of several possible books from Talarin
• Zora gives him contact info