I we go that route what if we all get PM'd a piece of the briefing separately? Like a little snippit of it that pertains specifically to each character's talents? It could be included at the beginning of their posts sort of how complex heists in movies get that little voice-over letting the audience know the important stuff. A bare-bones example:

Security will be tighter than a noose during [target name]'s shin-dig, these high society types like to feel safe while they mingle...
Cut to Cath doing what she does best, talking her way in, subtly crashing the party and sneaking away into restricted areas

Something about how he wouldn't have what we're looking to swipe if anyone could just snag it on there way to the bathroom, talk about a foolproof automated security measure of some sort...
Something like that would be the perfect opener for Traction to describe taking care of these measures in real-time as she watches Cath run through the cameras...

I don't know? A mention that even if someone could get that far they've got human redundancy in place--you'd need a pretty big distraction:
Kali 'knocks'

Etc.

I'm not opposed to the idea of starting near the end of a run so we could get some action for one or two rounds, but after that I'd want to kick back into the main gear. BB I'm not sure how I'd implement your idea, but I'll give it a bit more thought.

Just spitball'n ideas. This is your rodeo at the end of the day. Just do what feels right

My vote, personally. Meet at the room and get info for the run. It'll give us a chance to casually meet.

I ALSO think we should all have a post or something of our char doing whatever our char would be doing after arriving down south. Sitting in the room sulking, doing drugs, buying more guns (Kyuzo!), or whatever.

Just a thought. However, I don't care. I'll do whatever!

Az

Alright, made an executive decision. The story will start getting the call for the initial run, which was more or less my initial plan. Everyone will be in the common area doing whatever, and if your character was doing something before the arranged meeting time, you're free to write that in your first post or whatever you like. Since it took a bit for me to decide, IC won't be up until tomorrow.

NOW IS THE TIME FOR A PREEMPTIVE STRIKE!

Alright fellas, first IC post is up. It's also a Recluse post, so to speak, though not much of one. He's not the most eventful guy to write when he's sober and been asleep for days.

The short and sweet is that you've got your new assignment from a Johnson named Zelda. There'll be a section of warehouses with no markings by the docks, bust into the right one, steal a palette of CDs, and if possible, change their books around a bit so that it looks like they never received the shipment at all. Force is authorized, but she doesn't think it'll be necessary. We'll do a round of responses/questions and you can fit your "What have I been doing for a couple of days" into that, since I know just a response without a full conversation backing it might lead to a shorter post. No worries if so, this is just the hors d'oeuvres. After everybody's done a round, we'll time skip to night and just kickstart the warehouse job so we can get into the action.

Edit: Also, sorry Terminal if anything I said or did in my post directly contradicts anything you said or did. I had the IC post 3/4 written before I went to sleep lastnight, and I just woke up, so I wasn't the sharpest when I skimmed through and changed things around to try and fit. We'll just sweep it under the rug for now if so, just know that I tried :p

Some basic queries about the mission.

1. Do any of the warehouses have their own Matrix Hosts, or else a WAN for all the devices therein?
2. If they do, would these hosts or WANs contain any shipping or inventory manifests?
3. Contingent upon #2 being true, do the ships/vessels recorded in the manifests have hosts/WANS of their own, with their own manifests?

These would be inappropriate questions for Traction to ask aloud IC, since all of that is something she should be able to figure just by looking in the Matrix. Hosts can be seen from anywhere the planet, and while WANs are less overtly visible they would still pop up directly if you were looking for them.

EDIT: Also, continuing to assume these Warehouses are not throwback structures with no Matrix devices in them whatsoever, what Grid is everything running on?

The warehouses themselves wouldn't have any machinery wired up or anything, but you can bank on there being some computers for storing and transferring inventory information. They'd probably be wireless and, in the possibility that all of the warehouses are owned by the same company (who's to say,) they might even be in a WAN together with the other warehouse computers.

Short answer: WANs yes, Hosts no. You'll probably have to leave the house for this one (though I won't tell you how to play your character.) These will be older computers (probably from the dawn of wireless) and only used for business reasons, so there's no reason to assume they would be connected to anything other than each other.

If there's anything connected to the Matrix proper in the buildings, it's probably something like a commlink or something else brought in by a worker (thus public grid.) Nothing business-related would be open access.

So just a quick question on Big Bob's Stuffer Shack. This would be the one-stop-shop for NERPS right? The typical Aztechnology chain store staffed by miserably paid and unmotivated employees and looking like the hideous lovechild of a Walmart and a vending machine? Or is it a little different in 'Nawlins'? I was sort of leaning on the notion of it being the usual fair with a bit of the local 'flavor'--by way of discount soul food bought in portions best described as 'bulk'.

While we're at it--are we going by the 'soy is king' rule of thumb and assuming everything (Right down to the container it comes in) is processed out of the same 'soy' material? If so does the Garden of Eden cater to the richer crowd and sell honest to goodness whole foods? Not just soy dopplegangers?

Bobs is every fast food joint you've ever been to, just with bigger portions. Complete with plastic-smiled employees who are underpaid to all hell and only put up with your bullshit because they've lost the amount of soul needed to fight back. Big ork-sized slabs of "Meat" (likely soy) on a loaf of "bread" that they try to pass off as a bun.

And yeah. Most anything you'll come across is gonna be the same soy/tofu/??? hybrid as everything else in the world. That said, you're liable to find actual food in the area if you're willing to pay for it. There's real ocean and real farming land not that far away, so there's access to real ingredients. The Garden would deal mostly in actual food, though again you get what you pay for. The Down Home would have some real meat if that's your thing.

Posted! A bit short but I'm pressed for time with work lately

How's everyone else's post coming along?

Have a little patience, BB, it's July 4th weekend. I'm not American and even I was busy.

Cannot yet post at this time. Traction is waiting for their Johnson to hang up and the planning session to start. She does not have any questions at this time that she cannot infer answers to, such as:

Who else knows about the CDs and how long do we have before they launch their own Run?

I'll post just as soon as Traction has something to say or contribute. Chances are the second the Johnson hangs up she'll point out the inquiry above, say they need to get the job done fast and that everyone can talk in Damien's ride: also, she has a plan and seven backup plans.

She then leaves the building while everyone else remains sitting where they are asking what her deal is. >.>

I've been around, just busy with the holiday and just got bronchitis. The more immediate point is that two others, no 3 others, haven't posted, and I feel like I'm hogging the IC.

I'm here though.

Hope you all had a great holiday or weekend, depending on where you are.

Az

Get well soon Az

*Leans nonchalantly on the thread*

So hey, I realize the spelling is vaguely similar, but you people do realize that Traction =/= Terminal, correct? :P

I'll see about getting a post up, though I'd prefer to give @Engel a chance to post first.

Liking everybody's contributions thus far, looking forward to the rest of everybody's intro posts.

Don't worry too much about 'hogging' the IC, Az. I'm sticking to a loose round system, but the official 'start' of the IC was a clean slate, so you can post whenever you feel comfortable, and healthy. Bronchitis is a bitch.

Terminal, don't feel like you've gotta force yourself. You've been pretty clear OOC about Traction's MO, so if you feel better waiting for Johnson to end the call, then you're free to do so. But if you've got something, then that's great too.

There's a couple more days left in this 'round' and then I'll put up another IC post answering any lingering questions and continuing on. Or sooner, if everybody's accounted for. If folks can't post IC for whatever reason, I'd appreciate an OOC check-in at least. If I don't hear from you IC or OOC in some time, I basically assume the worst, and there are folks who are interested in filling any holes that get left. I don't want to come off like this is some exclusive club or anything, but I have to think of the health of the thread, too. I lean towards trusting that people will stick around, but I've been around the block and I know that's just not always the case. Hopefully y'all don't think I'm just paranoid.

@Terminal That's a hilarious typo!