(Fresh Blood) Blood in a Bag

[Yumyumcrow]

The box was bulky but relatively light weight: a modified esky designed primarily to transport medical supplies. It looks a little worse for ware and has no distinguishing features of insignia. Inside, the box was lined with foam and contained what appeared to be blood packs. The packs were cool to the touch, pinked hued in the light from the frosted glaze of the plastic packaging. A mix of sigils were stencilled onto the packs: biohazard signs and what appeared to be a corporate logo.

One of the packs was ruptured but fortunately not leaking. Yet.

[Allison Black]

Allison's eyebrow raised as she drew in a breath. "Well..." Allison's cellphone dipped, while she fiddled with opening the camera, one-handed - mind you. "Okay...Hold still."

Allison zoomed in and snapped a quick photo. When the flash didn't go off, and the pic came out dark, she did a bit more fiddling. "One sec..." A moment later, the flash went off and she zoomed in once more to get a closer picture of the logo itself.

"Okay I got it." Allison said with a nod, as she drew the phone back closer. "This is gonna take a bit."

Allison figured more was better. Sure, she doubted Sacramento State knew anything, but who knew what the Medical Department would turn up; and on the other side of things, the American Red Cross held a bit more promise. If neither of those two worked, then she hit up the rumor mill....

Allison was going to be on the phone for a bit...

  Cacophony(5)/Cacophony(4)/Charities(3)/Academia(4)

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2015-01-20 10:09:30		Allison Black rolls 7 to Presence+Socialize(Allies • (Academia)) (10 Again)		2, 6, 6, 7, 8, 10, 8, 9		4 successes
2015-01-20 10:07:29		Allison Black rolls 7 to Presence+Socialize(Allies • (Charities)) (10 Again)		8, 4, 7, 9, 1, 8, 5		3 successes
2015-01-20 10:05:18		[02] Allison Black rolls 5 to Wits+Socialize(Cacophony Listener - Word on the Street/Talk About Town) (10 Again)		9, 8, 5, 10, 8, 6		4 successes
2015-01-20 10:05:18		[01] Allison Black rolls 5 to Wits+Socialize(Cacophony Listener - Word on the Street/Talk About Town) (10 Again)		8, 9, 1, 10, 9, 8		5 successes

[Yumyumcrow]

Allison casts her net wide... and waits.

The drizzle starts to thicken into rain as her web of contacts sets to work. The information comes to her as a drip, but it is a consistent feed nonetheless.

The manufacturer's logo is that Polygon Technologies: a minor manufacturer of medical equipment and supplies. Its a subsidiary of a larger European conglomerate known as the Cheiron Group and it services most Cheiron subsidiaries in the country. There are no known subsidiaries operating out of this part of California. However, an Academic source does note that there is one start-up medical firm receiving a massive cash injection from... somewhere... to pursue research into artificial blood applications. The cacophony has little to add, save perhaps some garbled rumour of an anti animal testing cell surfacing in San Francisco and a rumoured sighting on an anti-fascist radical buying sneaking across the border from Mexico.

[Allison Black]

Allison shifted the umbrella, drawing it lower to help stay as dry as possible. Still, by this time, she could feel her legs were wet and cold from the drizzle and rain. Between the trickle of information, she posted few status updates, saw an absolutely adorable kitten video on youtube, and got a few levels farther in Candy Crush. It all gave Allison the appearance that she was incredibly busy pulling up information.

As this or that popped up, she relayed it to Bobcat. Between Cherion and the startup, Allison asked, "Do you have Alessandra's number?"

After everything is laid out before Bobcat and her, she has the opportunity to look over everything together. Glancing to Bobcat, Allison says, "I think I am going to need to swing by my hotel."

[Allison Black]

Allison offered a helpless shrug. "I play with rumors and gossip, but I take it at just that." She glanced down to the container for a moment, before her eyes moved back to the biker. "There tends to be hints of truth, but that also means there is some bullshit."

"Anywho. I think I may still have some scrubs in one of my suitcases at my hotel."

[Allison Black]

"Not sure...I mostly just wing-it." Allison gave a shrug of her shoulders. "What else is there to do?"