First, Catarina sets the windows to opaque setting. Then she starts a thorough search of the apartment, paying special attention to the kitchen cabinets, the coat closet, the bedroom and the closet.
Aleksander easily overrides the servitor bot. Accessing its records, Aleksander doesn't find much in the way of 'recordings.' Most of the data is involved with programming, the only real changes in the data are personal adjustments the bot has made to better serve David.
[ooc]Use Investigation to draw conclusions from assorted details. For example, Investigation could be used to determine the likely sequence of events at a crime scene, determine a possible social connection between two people, or deduce how an enemy made their escape. Investigation is a great way to provide clues to players, especially when the subject matter is something their character might know well but the player does not.
Catarina finds an empty shoebox in the shoe closet.
She also finds a single red synthetic hair that had escaped the servitors bot's vacuuming.
Pilgrim's eyes alight on the shoe box at the same moment as Cat.
"Huh."
"Is there anything in particular I should keep an eye out for?
"Anything outta place, mostly. I'm starting to think our pal David here just... isn't 'David' anymore? Like he pulled on a wig and a new outfit and she's out there under a different name and that's why he's 'disappeared'."
The ego hunter taps his chin, clearly enjoying himself.
"That's my theory so far at least... though I don't know why the spimes wouldn't have her leaving, so that's that first big hole."
Pivo scrounges the fridge and medicine cabinet, and any nightstands next to the bed. He is looking primarily for medications, strange foods, and strange hygiene products or toiletries.
"Interesting. Even if David used a disguise, you haven't seen anyone leaving this apartment when you checked the security footage, right? Then where is David?"
Aleks continues looking through the apartment after dealing with the bot and getting no new information. Immediately he thinks to check another possible exit to the apartment. "The trash shoot!" he exclaims running across the apartment.
"No good," Aleks sighs as he plops on the couch to think for a couple minutes. As he is thinking, his eyes come to rest on the holo projector. Hmm..I wonder who Davis has contacted or what he has watched in the last 48 hours..?
Hey Lexi, can you get the video spimes from the hallway and the room environment spimes over the last 48 hours as well? Let's see if we can't see if someone else has been in here while our friend has.
Right away Aleks.
"Eh, probably hacked the feeds to edit himself or herself out."
The shoebox is for a set of shoes that's large size does not match any present. Also from the smell and the condition, it seems the shoes would be brand new, also something that doesn't match any shoes present.
Pivo looks through the area's he bleives would hide drugs are other such materials that may be incriminating. But it all looks completely normal. Headaches, stomach, nausea, etc. It looked like a perfectly normal medicine cabinient. Perfectly normal. Maybe too normal. Like a perfect excuse to show security or anyone looking for some kind of....contraband. Contraband someone would have taken great pains to hide.
Aleksander, there are no video spimes available in the hallways, two many complaints from the students. But the environmentals all look normal, no changes that would draw attention.
From everything you've learned, you're pretty certain no one came in and did something to David. Rather, he left though possibly not looking the same as he entered. With aenough details, you could probably figure out exactly when he left by finding his new "persona" in the video spimes.
Pilgrim reviews the security footage, looking for a redhead with brand new large shoes.
"Alright, working theory is that David is someone else and left on their own. Hm. Wonder if our friends suspect that they've got something to do with the other scientists..."
Aleks muses for a moment and then speaks, "There seems to be two most likely possibilities given that David snuck himself out. One, he has something to do with the scientists disappearances. And/or two, he knows that he's likely the next target.."
"Hmm, hiding something i think. No drugs around, everything seems too normal."
Pivo continues searching, looking specifically for hiding places and secret buttons/latches, and using his advanced optical abilities to scan for hidden hollow spaces.
Pivo, adept at searching and examining scenes, eventually discovers that the legs of the living room table are actually hollow. A quick disassembly later and he produces a small orange pill bottle that contains two green pills.
Aleksander finds the exact time David left the building, a little after 17:00 on Simha 19. What he finds however is not the morph he expected. With all the evidence in place, David is definitely now an attractive female morph in tight clothing wearing a pair specs built as cyberpunk goggles.
To find out where he's gone, that might take lengthier research or some other lead.
"Any of you know anything about drugs? I've found some."
As he asks, he runs a quick search in the background for common uses of these drugs, if the bottle has a name.
Catarina glances at the bottle and the pills.
"David hid them, so I doubt they are legal. Maybe something recreational?"
Kate, can you check if there's any public record of when and where David bought this morph?
Catarina, you here back from Kate after a couple moments.
There is no public record of a formal purchase with this morph. This may explain how David was able to enter and exit without his identity being applied.
Pivo, you realize that the two pills left in the bottle are a mix of Drive and Juice, commonly called Happy thoughts. They are not infected and have effects which give it its street name.
Piglrim, with your training and expereince in these types of missions, you feel as if locating the source of these pills is the best way to go. Someone from David's social circle may know the answer, but extrapolating through knowing dealers in the area and finding the optimal choice David would make could lead you to him. To pursue this route, you would need at least a level 2 g-rep favor.
"Anyone knows where you can buy a morph without a public record?"
Aleks pauses and thinks for a few seconds while pinching the bridge of his nose. "I may know a person to ask."
"Ooh, let me see what I can dig up."
"If you can find their dealer, I'd be much obliged. I'll try to look up Marie Danielson, the friend of theirs you found earlier. Maybe she can tell us what he was up to the last couple of weeks."
"As for the morph- there could well be criminal resleeving facilities in town but you'd have to be desperate, a criminal yourself or a fool to use them; great way to end up with several forks enslaved by Nine Lives."
"This formula is called Happy Thoughts. A mixture of Drive and Juice."
Aleksander, not being able to track down those with the info already, but the bastards aren't giving it up with his less than stellar networking skills. Technology is where it's at, technology won't tell you to bugger off when you're asking it for info. And with that, Aleksander hunches over and begins to work on parsing through information.
Pilgrim is able to find Marie Danielson easily enough, most of the public forums she frequents are also those of the missing David. She even lives within the complex. You have her room number for a physical visit or can contact her through the mesh (like a video chat).
"What do you say we have a face-to-face chat with Ms. Danielson- just so she doesn't realize that we've broken into David's place. Maybe she knows his dealer or has a description of them... But what's our angle when we interview her? We stick with our student alibis, say one of David's professors is looking for him? Or we're ego hunters and he may have run off with Cognite intellectual property?"
"That is a good question. I am not one for deception. I am not against it, I just find that I am not good at it. I defer to the others in this decision."
"I'm not sure. The ego-hunters angle might be better. But, as Pivo, I'm not a good liar. SO, if the questions start, I'd probably shouldn't be the one talking."
"Let's get this interview started, then. Keep an eye on her body language while we're talking, that may be more helpful than anything she says."
Pilgrim will lead the way down to Marie's apartment and buzz her.
"Ms. Danielson- sorry to interrupt, but may we ask you a few questions?", he says by way of introduction.
Pilgrim will lead the way down to Marie's apartment and buzz her.
Pilgrim will lead the way down to Marie's apartment and buzz her.
Weakness to having all the games you need to update pulled up as tabs all at once is its super easy to get sniped X.X
Any results from my research?
Aleksander, a good time later, cracks into the social accounts of David. There's not much here though. It seems like any regular college student, he had a public 'face' account and probably several proxy accounts where he did anything illicit if he did anything like that. You do see he has several conversations with Marie, on several message boards. Since this is the face account, it says a lot about their friendship.
Marie answers the door, you see a short pixie cut slicer morph looking very stressed. Behind her, you see a school project of sorts.
"Uh, can I help you? And who the hell are you?"
Pivo looks at the project as others talk.
Aleksander, a good time later, cracks into the social accounts of David. There's not much here though. It seems like any regular college student, he had a public 'face' account and probably several proxy accounts where he did anything illicit if he did anything like that. You do see he has several conversations with Marie, on several message boards. Since this is the face account, it says a lot about their friendship.
Marie answers the door, you see a short pixie cut slicer morph looking very stressed. Behind her, you see a school project of sorts."Uh, can I help you? And who the hell are you?"
"Ms. Danielson, I'm Woo Lim Park and these are my associates. We've been hired to look into your friend David Williams' recent disappearance. We'd like to ask you a few questions.", Pilgrim says in his most no-nonsense professional voice.
Catarina will quietly observe Marie's reactions to the questions.
Pivo, glancing through the door you can see what appears to be a malfunctioning Doc Bot, who appears to be apply bandages to a shell of a morph sitting in a chair. by the looks of it, it's nearing twenty bandages applied.
Marie frowns, but the look of belief and concern is in her eyes.
"David, have you found him? Is he alright?"
From your kinesics test, you can tell she's holding something back.
She spots Pivo looking intently at her project.
"Oh that? Just working out a few kinks in the programming. A new triage system that automatically detect the worst injuries and treat those first depending on severity. It's.....well, it's a work in progress."
Pilgrim shakes his head, keeping his posture straight and "official".
"Haven't found him, but we will soon. Now, we'll catch him up a lot faster the more information we know- can you describe his morph? Has he been acting strangely of late? Running with a new crowd? Anything that you think even *might* be useful could make a difference."
Pivo, just glancing at the project you can tell that it only needs a few minor tweaks to fix as its stuck in an action loop. With your rolls, you could probably fix it or maybe just give a few pointers.
"If you were willing to cooperate with the man here, I could fix that machine of yours, or at least give you some very detailed pointers. The axionic magnetic modulator, among the very first."
A short message arrives through the mesh to each of the group members.
Hey all,
I didn't find much on my end except that Marie and him were close. I couldn't say how close though. Chances are she knows something. I'll keep digging.
After sending the message Aleks gets an idea. He begins searching through the social mesh for this morph alias of David. Recent events, happenings, contact.