"I believe Micheal may be on to something."

Robert eyes Melissa up and down briefly...

"Hell...she may even be able to draw him out.  Every man has the same weakness."

"He's married," Jack said with some small amount of jealousy showing in his tone.
"To this woman."

"Ahh yes, clearly a married man involved in risky behavior would have no interest in something on the side.", he states with an obvious smirk.  "Regardless, Michaels' idea is still sound."

In reply to Robert MacIntyre (msg # 38):

Melissa took a look at the woman in the picture.

"Yes, that's something I don't get about men in general. You get free sex with a hottie that many guys would give their eye teeth for and you still cheat..."

She thought for a second.

"I'll do the jog, but I am not going to be seen dead in yoga pants, thank you. Seriously, if I die, you are to bury me in a suit".

"I'll go along for the ride but I will stay in the car and keep contact with Melissa.  Do you have a cell?  I'm sure we can grab a few burners at a 7-11 or something."

OOC: Only Palmer and Jack have phones listed on their sheets.
Karl and Melissa have tactical headset radios.

Karl adopted his command voice.
"Here's the plan. We go to the shop Jack suggested and grab some running gear, then head to the location. We'll stop a block or two short, Antonio, Melissa, and I will do the run past the target while Michael and Robert move to the pick up point."
"Melissa, you pass your radio to Robert and I'll have mine on me."
"Jack and Eric will stay here. Jack to dig up anything more you can online, Eric to provide security."
"Are we agreed?"

"Do you want me to start sorting out some other gear while you're gone?" Eric indicated his agreement to the plan.
"Lockpicks, sledge hammer, weapons, masks and so forth?"

"Already done."
"Antonio and I were busy while you were sunning yourselves down in Cuba. There's a bag in the back of the SUV which should have most of what's needed. You want to grab it Antonio?"

Antonio heads outside and comes back a few minutes later with a large and presumably heavy duffel bag. He then unpacks it, laying the items out on a bed.

1x Grappling hook
50 metres rope
4x Steel helmets
7 pairs light gloves
Several ski masks and balaclavas
Fishing/hunting vests (for use as makeshift combat webbing)
Flashlights
1x Bolt cutters
1x crowbar
1x sledge hammer
Duct tape
Glass cutter with suction cup
Lockpick set
Binoculars
3x Colt M-1911A1 .45 pistols with 2 spare mags each
1x .38 Smith and Wesson revolver
1x Mossberg M-500 pump shotgun
1x Remington 700 bolt action rifle
1x Folding Stock Uzi with two spare 32 round mags
100 rounds .45 ACP
20 rounds .38 special
5 rounds 12 gauge slug
25 rounds 12 gauge buckshot
20 rounds 7.62N
100 rounds 9mmP
Numerous other small miscellaneous items

"We got most of it second hand at an army disposal store and a pawn broker. The weapons are all from one of Jacks contacts back in Boston."

Melissa listened to all of this.

"I'll get the radio and pass it to you when we're done here. May I suggest that the three of us run past the target at a random separation of time, so we see the place at different times and don't arouse suspicion by going at identical time intervals?"

She saw Antonio bringing all of his equipment and placing it on the bed.

"We have anything in the way of cameras, especially the concealable sort?"

Antonio shook his head.
"No, we didn't expect we'd be surveilling a target."
"I was thinking if we went as a group and one had to stop to tie their shoelace or something, the other two would be free to look around for a few moments without attracting too much suspicion."

"Lets leave all that here for now and get going," Karl directed, standing up from the table and clearing away what was left of his dinner.
"We leave in ten."

Ten minutes later and all but Jack and Eric were in the vehicle, Michael behind the wheel and Karl navigating.
Twenty minutes later and the group where at the store Jack had suggested, heading inside with a purpose...

Who wants what?
https://www.ems.com/store-details?StoreID=029
Note they sell cameras too according to their website. Don't worry about getting too specific (I don't want to know how many pairs of socks for example).
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Michael walked into the store, well chilled and underdressed. He grabbed a basket and quickly filled it with warmer clothes.

He laid the following items in the checkout counter.

Brown fleece jacket
Dark gray softshell jacket with hood
Fleece hat
Fleece gloves, leather palm.
7x monocular
Kershaw folding knife, 3" blade
5 asst Cliff bars
3 Gatorades.

Melissa did some shopping herself, looking for some workout gear that both kept her warm and didn't show off her backside.

She wasn't sure she'd find any.

It didn't take long for the five of you to grab what you needed and head back out the door again. Price tags were removed, shoes scuffed as well as possible to simulate at least a little wear, and clothing changed as Michael drove to the drop point.

"Ok, we all know what we're doing. A quick run past the target, maybe stopping for a better look if it's safe, then pick up a few more blocks on."
"Questions?"
Karl's newly purchased clothes and shoes looked a bit new really, but given the sun had set a couple of hours earlier it probably wouldn't be a problem.

"Not from me", Melissa replied, "Who wants to go first?"

She'd managed to find some winter running gear including a red thermal vest and warm leggings, as well as a black woollen. She admitted she looked slightly ridiculous, which is why she normally did her exercise indoors on a treadmill.

You didn't get rained on that way.

Michael shook his head.   He just slipped on his new jacket and grabbed his day pack.

"I'm good.  Jack?  You have the car keys? "
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"Can I have a quick com check?"

Melissa spoke into her radio.

"Yes, you can", she said.

Karl, Melissa and Antonio jogged past the target house, stopping outside to tie a shoelace and take a drink or two while they quickly observed the property. Not much had changed since the house had last been advertised for sale - no obvious work had been carried out besides a few different plants in the garden, all currently denuded of leaves as they prepared for their winter dormancy. An expensive late model BMW sat in the driveway alongside an even more expensive Aston Martin. Several lights glowed through closed curtains with the occasional shadow passing by inside indicating there was at least one person home.
On the street a battered minivan drove slowly past and around the corner, and across the street a man shrouded in a heavy coat was walking his dog. Otherwise, the neighbourhood was quiet, most smart people staying inside out of the cold.

"Nice cars," commented Karl.
"Must be about a quarter of a million just sitting in the driveway."
Shoe "re-tied" he slowly jogged on, turning the corner and heading towards their pick up point at Fort Allen Park a few hundred metres away.
"You get any video as you drove past?" he spoke into his radio to Robert as they moved on. He hoped Michael had the forethought to pass his phone to Robert for the task.
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The three runners moved on to the pick up point, noting the battered minivan had stopped about halfway between the target house and pick up point in the park. A quick glance showed at least two people, a man and woman, were still sitting in the front. A shadow seemed to indicate a third in the back but the light was too poor to confirm.
Several other vehicles were parked at the pick up point. The park seemed a popular location to look out over the harbour, or leave your car when running along the waterside trail below. One of the cars started up as the runners approached Robert and Michael, driving slowly past before rapidly accelerating with a squeal of rubber once they reached the street.