Exposed to Impulse [Mission] [Kyle]

[CJ Jackson (TechChris)]

To endlessly quote myself... I guess this is the place.

The shrine was not a hard place to find. All CJ had to do was look for the point where he could get the best view of Mosaic City, and he found it. He breathed in the crisp, clean mountain air. It reminded him of all the weekend mountain trips he would take with his parents and sister (always for lunch rather than camping) back before his father was... He didn't like thinking about his father, so he focused back on the shrine.

It was a picturesque location. As disheveled as it was, the shrine did maintain a lot of its charm. And the view of the city was breathtaking indeed, just like the tourist brochures said it would be. He felt genuinely heartbroken that he was not here for sightseeing. He had a job to do. It was distasteful job, but it wasn't worse than what he did as a tabloid journalist. Besides, he needed the money, and it's not like he was still getting paychecks from work.

Soon as Kyle gets here, we'll talk about the plan.

[Kyle Shibata]

"So, this is the place we're going peeping tom at?" Kyle said lowly from right behind CJ.

He'd crept up to him after making his way to the shrine. They had to keep quiet for this and quiet he'd kept.

Frankly? Kyle sort of liked the dude, since Phoebe introduced them. Straight up sane, and that was good enough for Kyle. When the opportunity to do a job with him came up, he took it. He just never expected it to be essentially breaking and entering and peeping. It was like a plot from a silly, ero doujin or something. Though, he suspected that should they get caught, they wouldn't be so much 'steamy' as 'totally fucked'.

Anyway, this was a paying job. They might as well do it.

"C'mon, get a move on. Let's get this peeping shit done with and get outta here."

[CJ Jackson (TechChris)]

"Whoa! Jesus, Kyle, don't scare me like that!"

Phoebe had warned CJ about Kyle's temper, but so far he hadn't shown it towards him at all. Perhaps it was the fact that Phoebe had introduced the two of them, or possibly it was CJ's way with words and sanity. Nonetheless, he was growing more and more fond of the hot-tempered barista with issues, and would be happy to have him as a friend. This mission wasn't the ideal bonding exercise, though...

"Take it easy, mate! Let me go over the plan!"

CJ checked to see that nobody was looking at them. When he was satisfied with their privacy, he produced what would have passed for a hard drive enclosure, given the power LED and micro-USB port on the side. With a flick of the switch on top, though, the square case split at the middle and extended to reveal a camera lens.

"This is for you," he said, "From the wonderful spy gadget shop that is eBay. Been using this for a long while. All you have to do is push it in like this," he demonstrated, pushing the part that extended back in and pulling it back out quickly, like he was manually operating a camera shutter, "and it takes a pic!"

He took out his tablet and a USB cable. He quickly plugged in the camera, and a second later he could see the photo the camera just took of Kyle's face on the screen.

"The moment I plug in the camera, the pics are downloaded on my tablet and the camera's memory is wiped. Normally I'd say 'feel free to break it, as long as the USB port is intact' but I don't have access to eBay here, so be careful with it."

He plugged it out, closed and secured it, and handed it over to Kyle.

"And this is what I'll be using."

He pointed to the stylus in his jacket's outer pocket.

"I'm sure you noticed this is a bit fatter than a regular tablet stylus. That's 'cause this button-like bit here," he pointed to a button-shaped segment at the top of the clip, "is a camera lens. It records when I start it from the tablet, and all the footage goes there. It's not the best quality, but it's pretty good for a cheap Chinese Bluetooth camera."

He took out his tablet again and took a picture of the marvelous view.

"If the Shrine Maiden asks, we're just sightseeing. We play it right, and she won't even know we were peeping."

[Kyle Shibata]

Kyle stared at the little gadget CJ handed him. He turned it over a few times and got a good look at it. Seriously, a micro-camera disguised as a USB stick? And another disguised as a stylus? He had no idea you could get stuff like that on Ebay. Then again... you could get practically everything on Ebay these days.

"...Dude, your job makes you do pretty sick stuff," he blurted, looking at the thing in amazement. It was easy to work, sure, but... still.

"I dunno man, I kinda think it's better off if she doesn't see us at all. That girl freaks me out a bit," Kyle muttered, eyeballing the shrine nervously.

[ChromaticTruthsayer]

As you reach the location of the shrine, you recall your objective here. The blonde woman seemed to want some pictures of the entrances, exits, and spots to peek from. Questionable motives aside, you believe that you can get some pictures of the entrances and exits without too much difficulty. That should be a good start.

You don't seem to see any sign of the Shrine Maiden. Yet. Get those pictures done while you can so you can move on to the others!

[ ] Take pictures of the entrances around the shrine. (Roll D10)

[Kyle Shibata]

Kyle shrugged. "Oh well. No time like the present. Let's get this over with."

He took the gadget that CJ handed him and stealthily he approached the front entrance of the Shrine. It looked like a pretty old building but still it had that rustic charm all Asian holy places did. Kyle wasn't big on the religion stuff but he could see the appeal.

Right... spots to peek from. That blonde lady's freakin' weird... he thought.

He selected a spot near some bushes that he could duck into if he needed some cover and brought up CJ's little USB cam. He wasn't totally sure how to work it so he just brought it up to eye level and snapped a couple of random pictures, mostly estimating what shots he was getting of the place. Every now and then he'd stop and glance about to make sure nobody saw him.

Yeah... totally not suspicious here.

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[CJ Jackson (TechChris)]

Alright. Let's do this.

CJ strolled around the shrine, acting as if he was doing nothing out of the ordinary. This is something he had done before on numerous occasions, and had only been caught once, when he was acting overly suspicious. Since then he perfected the art of acting casual.

This wasn't something he was particularly fond of mastering, but it had become necessary, what with celebrities becoming more aggressive towards paparazzi. He really hated being considered on par with a paparazzi, but such were the hazards of a tabloid journalist.

Soon as I leave Mosaic, I'm getting a different job.

The only thing that would be considered suspicious about his actions was that CJ was holding his tablet up. He was pretending to play a game all about enraged ball-shaped avian creatures going on a rampage against greedy porcine jerks that stole their eggs... by flinging themselves at the pigs using a giant slingshot. What he was really doing was tapping the stylus-camera feed screen, taking screenshots from his feed as he went along. The game was only a finger swipe away, should the Shrine Maiden arrive or become curious in any manner. And nobody would suspect an inconspicuous fat stylus, would they?

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[ChromaticTruthsayer]

As you walk around the residence of the shrine maiden, you manage to get a number of pictures of the outside. In fact, in a little under a few minutes you believe that you should have a sufficient amount of pictures for that part! Unfortunately, you still need to get a few more pictures on the insides of the house.

It also seemed that your snooping did not go unnoticed. Hello? The shrine maiden stepped out to the front of the shrine, likely looking for visitors and/or donators. She seems to have extremely good senses. That might be a problem. Luckily, she didn't notice either of you so you have room to continue unnoticed.

This also leaves you an opportunity to enter the residence and take a few more pictures. Just don't get caught or else you're going off to jail!

[ ] Take more pictures of the inside without being caught. (Roll D10)

[Kyle Shibata]

Okay... so far so good... Kyle thought, after his first batch of pictures.

With him covering one side of the structure and CJ the other, they should get done pretty soon. Kyle dived into a bush when he heard a door open and surely enough, he heard the voice of the shrine maiden. Damn, that girl had sharp antennae. He peeked slightly over the bush and saw her step out. Now was his chance! As stealthily as a tall-ass guy like him could manage, he slid out of the bush and scurried towards the door to the shrine, intending to sneak in, snap a few pictures and then get out before she wandered back.

...He could probably think of some marginally plausible excuse should she come back and find him. Like... like looking for the bathroom. Or something.

He actually heard Sitri groan in his head.

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[ChromaticTruthsayer]

And then you got the pictures! Good job!

Mission accomplished!

You received your reward: 1000 FP