Valeriya wrinkled her nose at the rough treatment. Who did the pig think he was? More importantly, who did he think she was? How dare he treat her as street scum? Her heels clicked furiously as she walked to the wall of the building and stood there, waiting and fuming.

"That's enough, Stefan, knock it off," she said cuttingly, swatting the GoldenBoy's hand away from her waist. But something else was slowly making inroads into her brain, something different and colder than the mere fury at being treated like that.

What were they doing? What they were looking for there? It wasn't exactly going smoothly, judging by the obviously nervous cops, or the sound of screams coming from inside the Obelisk. It felt improvised, botched...

She had to find out.

Discreetly, Val felt inside her purse, looking for her v-term. It was a sleek APPLE® MAc520, the size of a credit card. She pressed her thumb against the little window in a corner of the "card", and it came alive. It didn't light up in any perceptible way, it emitted no sound, but the v-trodes on Val's right temple synced with the v-term and projected a transparent virtual screen in the center of her field of vision, options and menus scrolling before her eyes, superimposed against the darker background of the street scene. She crossed her arms, and the fingers of her right hand tapped agaist her left elbow, as if just keeping some impatient tempo - but actually typing on a virtual keyboard, haptic feedback sending little vibrations to her fingertips so she didn't have to look down at the virtual keys.

OK, time to find out what was going on. She run a search through the news sites, seeing if there were any "breaking news/developing stories" about the Obelisk raid.
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Tailgate tried not to get distracted, but it wasn't easy. There was a chaotic brawl going on and part of him wanted to jump right in to it. But with only slight hesitation, he shook it off. The brawl wasn't going to last long - the cops would see to that. And he didn't want to get arrested.

So he kept going, following Kat through the kitchens, bobbing and weaving as he went, tamping down the urge to get involved, to just throw one punch, strike out with one elbow. He followed Kat to the door leading outside. She hesitated. He did not. He gave a quick glance and headed directly away from where he saw Andy.

Jai stood frozen. He stared towards the window for a moment, wondering if he should even bother, given the state of the boy.

"C-Can you move, man? We gotta get the hell out of here..."

He started backing up to where the window was. If the kid could respond, he'd stop and try to help out, but there was no use getting arrested just to watch someone throw up for a few more seconds.

Despite the aching pain Nikola was able to make it outside and just like kat and the guy that was drinking with valeriya did,(she thinks he was called tailgate) she saw that girl, Andy, they call her, with her hands up.. she decided to look to her escape partners, that tailgate dude and the singer and ask them . "Psst, guys! what do you think? should we try to help her before runnning to the other side?" She did like boardpunks a little, mainly because of their means of transportations. Much less contaminant that those rich guys moving around in their cars, Hopefully her new companions feel something similar, Nikola can become a brave troublemaker, but not completely on her own, not at leas with so many feds all aroundt
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"Oh... Shit..." Andy said to herself, muttering. Glancing down the alleyway. She moves to the side. Shuffling toward her board slowly. This was not great. In fact, this was bad. Really, really bad.

OOC: Is it possible to get a message to Jai? I forget what VTrods can do.

The sick boy in the bathroom shakes his head and heaves, then looks at the boys around him and says, weakly, "I'm... I'm sorry.  Go... run... or you're... next," and he passes out.  Hunter, half way out the window, calls to Jai and the others.  "Time to bolt, let's go!" and then he is out after Peter.

Outside, Valeriya can't get a connection, it seems the cell net is down or jammed in the neighborhood.  The spinning circle just keeps spinning waiting for a data connection that isn't going to happen.  Stefan leans in to whisper to her, "I think we need to go honey, this is very bad."

In the alley Kat follows Tailgate after his tug on her, looking over her shoulder at Nikola and Andy as well.  "Where do we go?" she asks and there is rising panic in her voice.  At the end of the alley there is an avenue with a dataterm on the corner, across the street another alley beckons in the dark night.  The streetlights are on and to the left/south Tailgate can see the emergency doors of the Obelisk and they appear to be locked, as they are not open yet.

For Andy, the cop covering her with his weapon keeps looking back and forth between her and his partner trying to hold back a press of kids at the restaurant doors.  After some hesitation he orders her to "stay right there and don't move!" and then turns his attention to the door to help his partner.

Valeriya cursed and logged off. The fracking net was offline, either because a lot of kids where panickedly accessing it at the same time or as part of the raid or who knew. And to make things worse, Stefan was panicking now, the idiot.

"Fine, but calm the frack down," she said softly, remaining quite still and in the same pose as she eyed the cops at the door. There weren't that many, meaning maybe they had a chance.

Meaning she had a chance.

The closest and obvious direction of escape was to the west, round the corner and making a dash for it. But whatever lead they would have on the cops will mean nothing when they went round the corner and get a clear shot at them. Besides, in her high heels she wasn't going to keep that initial lead for long.

She needed a way to move faster - for instance, her CityScooter - she could almost see it from there, so close and so far away, in the parking lot... For all those reasons, she needed a distraction.

She turned towards Stefan as if flirting with him, whispering into his ear.

"OK goboy, we go. When I say go, we run to the west as fast as we can. I'll follow you. At the count of three. Ready? One, two... three! Go!"

Naturally she didn't run after him. She just stood there, looking innocently shocked by her boyfriend's crazy stunt - and waited until the cop went after Stefan to run in the opposite direction, to the parking lot to retrieve her bike...

Vamp growled and grabbed the nearest member of her crew. "Enough!" She hissed. "We have our distraction so get the others and let's get the hell out of here before there are too many pigs to avoid."

She pushed him in the direction of another one of the gang and looked for someone else to grab. Say what you would about her but she was loyal and would never countenance leaving her people behind.

Tailgate flashed Kat a wide smile and hissed quietly, "keep chill, don't panic. don't fight the fear, use it an' ride it!"

Not that he was really chill himself. He was filled with fear. But...there was also the RUSH! Just like when he was burning rubber with the wind flying through his air on his bike. Different thrills for different situations, but the adrenaline gave him speed and clarity like always.

He dipped his head out to see if it was clear and then booked for the alley across the way if it was clear. "let's shake it!"

"Well if we are running we better do it in that direction", ready to dash after Tailgate, she took a look at Andy, Hopefully she will be able to see them and join the escape run
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"Bad break..."

Jai quickly moved to the window to clamber out of the bathroom and head outside.

Andy did not wait. And she especially didn't stay right there. The moment the cop's attention turned, she bolted. Landing hard on her board, the traction on the wheels set low. Shooting away from the police officers with a few quick pumps of her foot. Down the sidewalk and around the corner as quickly as she can go.

Stefan makes a run for it just as Hunter and Jai are coming out of the window on that side of the club.  The nearest cops yell "hey!" at Stefan, then they see the other boys, and they raise their weapons to shoot.  Valeriya meanwhile makes a break for her scooter in the parking lot, getting to it just as the BuReLoc and CorpSec vehicles stop, and begin deploying a lot more cops.  She hears gunfire.

Andy makes a break for it also high-tailing it down the alley to the sound of gunfire behind her.  She doesn't feel anything, but at this point there is no stopping to check.  At the speed of a good thrash she clears the street crossing and practically rams into Tailgate, Nikola and Kat, who just ran across the street into the alley West of the club.

Inside, Vamp tries to get her posse together but it is impossible in the chaos.  Suddenly shots are fired and the panic goes up to eleven as kids start pushing against the locked emergency doors.  There is screaming, more gunfire, kids falling and getting trampled...

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Need a Thrash skill for Andy, to see if she actually hits one of the three or stops herself in time.  Need a Jock Stuff for Jai and Vamp.

What is everyone doing next?  Nikola, Tailgate, Andy and Kat are in the alley in the block of four low-rise buildings just West of the Obelisk on the map.  Valeriya is on Effinger Ave surrounded by cops, though for the moment they aren't paying her any attention.  Jai, Hunter and Peter are running down Effinger (South), Peter in the lead turns right at the corner, Hunter follows.
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Val laughed to herself as she made it to the parking lot. Perhaps the night wasn't going to be a total write-off - that had been such a fun move! She had just given the pigs the slip, that was way, way more rim than anything anyone in Theo's clique had ever done. And she would have given anything to see Stefan's face when he got busted. Adrenaline was coursing through her veins, better than vodka, better than any other drug she had tried or meant to.

She made a beeline for her CityScooper. The electrical moped came alive with the slightest whirr of electronic life - then she shot out of the parking lot, heading north.

And then she heard the gunshots.

What the frack? They were shooting the yogangers?

And fracking Effinger Avenue was teeming with pigs, more than Val had ever seen in her life.

For a panicked moment Val didn't know what to do - her parent's apartment was to the north, in the posher part of Japan Town... but they were fracking shooting kids on sight!

Without a second thought, she swerved abruptly left, her electric moped letting go an electric groan as it mounted the curb and shot into the alley, heading west...
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OOC:
17:14, Today: Andy rolled 21 using 1d10+16, rerolling max with rolls of 5.  Ref+Thrash.

"Clear!" Andy cried out to the kids pouring out in front of her. Twisting her weight to a side, dodging through the little pack making a break for it- though not nearly at the same rate that she was. She barely sent a glance back over her shoulder as she breaks toward the alley where she had hoped to meet up with Jai.

Tailgate started a bit, and bodily flinched, stopping his run, at the sound of gunfire. That along with Andy's quick reflexes were the only things that saved him being plowed in to by the boardpunk. He wanted to yell out something angry and coarse, but he was honestly too frightened to make much noise - he didn't want to attract any unwanted attention from those making the gunfire sounds.

He checked to make sure that he wouldn't be visible to the police from the alley before he let out a small shaky breath. "Are they SHOOTIN' people??" He shook his head and ran a hand through his hair. Mostly to himself he then muttered, "Man. Okay. Okay. I gotta get to my ride."

He started to make his way towards the other end of the alley to see if he saw anymore police out the other end.

Was that gunfire?

The sounds of increasingly frantic activity without and within the club all but confirmed it, and Jai clambered up and out of the window as fast as he could. The other guys had dashed off down Effinger, but he broke towards the alley Andy had swerved into.

00:37, Today: Jai rolled 14 using 1d10+8, rerolling max with rolls of 6.  Jai Jock Stuff.

"Holy crap! Those sound like actual gunshots, those bastards are not kidding!crap crap crap! what should we do?" Nikola's usual determination vanished while she considered all options, she had no ride. Although running away alone would decrease her chances to be spotted, To do this with the other ones would bring some other advantages and disadvantages, she looked at Kat and then to tailgate. She guessed that if there was some room left in tailgate's ride , kat should be the one using it. She might want to sneak in the dark corridors of the alley or help someone else.."So can you get to your ride dude?"

Jai climbs out of the men's room window, hits the pavement and Stefan runs right into him.  The Golden Boy was looking back over his shoulder with a mix of shock, anger and betrayal when he runs into Jai.  Hunter grabs Jai by the arm and hauls him back up to his feet.  "Let's move, move!" he yells as he leads the way to the corner to try and get around and out of line of sight of the cops.  Those cops are running after Stefan and the poor boy, trying to get up, is tackled.  But he accidentally slowed them down enough for Hunter and Jai to get around the corner.

Jai sees Valeriya zipping on her scooter out of the alley behind Obelisk ahead and across the street into the next alley...

Andy, Tailgate, Nikola and Kat see Valeriya racing towards them after turning sharply from Effinger and racing through the alley behind Obelisk towards them.  "We need to find some place to hide, or lay low, or whatever," kat says just before the Glitter Girl swerves into the alley.

Valeriya can see down the streets the NCPD is responding from multiple directions, they seem to be closing off the roads in a wide cordon, trying to seal off the neighborhood.

At this point the darkness of night and the general confusion are the only things keeping her - and really all of you - from being swept up in the net.

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Valeriya should roll Go-Go to make a safe, fast stop.  Speed will not longer get her out of this, the NCPD can outrun the scooter.  Stealth, and perhaps some help, is needed now.  With some effort (Jock stuff) Jai and Hunter can make it to the alley with the others for a moment of respite.  Anyone can roll Streetsmarts.
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Jai nodded to Hunter in thanks before taking off in a sprint behind him. A quick look around didn't inspire confidence that tonight was going to end very well - for anyone involved.

12:58, Today: Jai rolled 17 using 1d10+8, rerolling max with rolls of 9.  Jai Jock Stuff.
12:59, Today: Jai rolled 26 using 1d10+12, rerolling max with rolls of (10+4)14.  Jai Street Smarts.

Tailgate nodded at Kat, hearing her words even as he kept his eyes peeled for any sign of the police. "You're not wrong, Kat. Know any place around here? Anyone?" Even as he asked them he racked his brain for any thing he could think of as well.

He saw Val coming and wondered if she was going to join up with them or run them over.

16:14, Thu 18 Mar: Tailgate rolled 11 using 1d10+9, rerolling max with rolls of 2.  Streetsmarts + COOL.

"Yeah lets do that", she touches her chin while checking if anyone comes up with any idea, she takes a look at her surroundings as well to see if she comes up with anything

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19:00, Today: Nikola Net rolled 15 using 1d10+10, rerolling max with rolls of 5.  1d10 + 2 for cool and 8 streetsmarts.
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Val's electric moped careened into the alley. She cursed as the CityScooter slipped on an oil slick and fought to keep control of it...

And then she saw them, just ten or twelve paces ahead - Tailgate, and a bunch of other kids; she didn't have the time to recognize their faces, but instinct told her they were probably also fugitives from the Obelisk. What an absurd thing to think, 'fugitives from the Obelisk', she thought in a split second. As if that was the most important thing right now...

She slammed on the brakes, regretting it instantly as the Aerovector threatened to go completly out of control...

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12:12, Thu 18 Mar: Valeriya rolled 12 using 1d10+9, rerolling max with rolls of 3.  Gogo+REF to to make a safe, fast stop with the moped.
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Vamp cursed and looked around for her crew. It was utterly against her nature to leave them behind but their blood was up and they were on a rampage. Some of them were going to get shot and the rest arrested if they didn't snap out of it. Well, time to introduce a little more chaos into the equation.

She ran for the gents as she had seen some of the other kids go in and not come out and she doubted they were hiding. As she ran she looked for a fire pull and, if she found one, broke the glass and hit the alarm before running into the loo and making straight for the window. Up, over, out and looking for an escape route.

Vaamp jumps out of the men's room window into a skuffle; the boys who preceded her but came after Jai are in a fist fight with several cops, and losing.  Stefan is on his face hands cuffed behind his back, bloody and bruised and cursing about how much his parents are going to get out of these pigs.  In the confusion she can bolt if she doesn't hesitate, get around the corner and out of line of sight.

In the alley, Andy, Nikola, Tailgate, and Kat jump in every direction as the careening Valeriya skids into the alley, the scooter on its side for the last 10 meters.  It comes to noisy halt at a dumpster and then all is quiet.

Jai remembers a phone number, a number passed to him on the low by another Mallbrat, for a network of juvies that help juvies in need.  The cell net is off or jammed, but a dataterm would have a hard line, could risk a call.

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Valeriya takes 1 point of damage; it goes to Body.