Carth's magical adventure, ROUND TWO, MOTHERFUCKERS!

[Anastasia]

You find on them -

Walkie talkies and earpiece, one each.

The one on the left has a silenced .37 pistol and a sawed off shotgun underneath his clothing. Both are fully loaded.  Also, a pocketknife is in his left pants pocket, along with a spare clip for the handgun.

A simple key is in his right pocket.

The one on the left has a Magnum and a long switchblade and nothing else.

[Carthrat]

Carthrat grabs it all (along with any cash they've got) and tries the key on the door.

[Anastasia]

The key works and the door, heavier than you would have expected, opens.  A small room is here, with a stray, old box and a door on the other side. It's quiet inside.

[Carthrat]

Carthrat scans through the door, checking the box as he does so.

[Anastasia]

Inside the box is a heavy handgun, a wicked modified Uzi. Set up to spray loads of ammo, it looks like a good crowd control weapon.

The door is normal, although it is soundproofed. Beyond it, there is a hallway with several rooms. A normal apartment setup, in other words. Several of the rooms have life readings, usually 2 or 3.

[Carthrat]

Carthrat grabs the Uzi, and quietly opens the door and closes it behind him.

He then starts peeking through the keyholes of the apartment rooms..

[Anastasia]

You enter...Inside, it is plesantly decorated, with tasteful, deep carpeting and painted walls. A few scattered plants complete the look of a nice apartment hallway. No one is in the halls at the moment.

The doors to the rooms are keycard only.

[Carthrat]

Carthrat starts searching through the hallway for an entrance which isn't keycard guarded, or until someone comes out.

[Anastasia]

Every single door is keycarded. The system looks modern enough by Earth standards...

[Carthrat]

Carthrat hangs around, waiting for something to happen. While he does so, he does a more detailed scan on a random, occupied room.

[Anastasia]

The room you choose to scan has two people in it. It looks to be a bedroom of some sort, with a large bed and several electronic devices - a TV, a vibrating bed option, security cameras, ect.

[Carthrat]

Carthrat pulls out his stolen .37 and shoots the keycard lock a couple of times, then kicks open the door and looks inside to see..

[Anastasia]

As you do so, the amulet begins to pulse even stronger...

As the shots echo out, the door moves away. Inside is a man and a child. The man is about fourty five and distingushed looking. He is wearing a pair of formal pants and putting on a white dress shirt as you barge in. The face looks familiar, kinda.

On the bed, almost entirely under the blankets, is a girl no older than ten. Her head is the only thing visible, with large, dark, empty eyes. She looks at you in a way that is sad, and deeply depressing.

The man gapes, but is not able to say anything while the child looks on dully. She does not react beyond feebly looking in your direction.

[Carthrat]

Carthrat's lips twitch in disgust.

This sort of thing happened all too often, in his book. It was the same pathetic story in all occasions; some kids parents got mixed up with the wrong crowd and killed, then they basically got sold into this sort of slavery..

Carthrat walks straight up to the man and pistol-whips his face, regretting that he can't do anything for the girl just yet.

And he tries to place where he's seen this punk before..

[Anastasia]

He doesn't even manage to dodge before going down in a heap.  Looking down on him, it hits you.

His name is Hiyuki Miashi, a famous stock trader. It's a name that pops up business circles fairly often.  

The child is staring at you still with those empty eyes afterwards.