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WHEN: November 24th, 2021.

WHERE: The Louvre, Paris, France. 

It’s the first official day of scouting and reconnaissance. With the team officially back together, the heist is in motion. But there is a lot of preparation to be done before they can be ready to take the art as their own. THE MASTERMIND has split the group up into pairs to have separately assigned missions. These tasks are simple, but imperative to the success of the heist. 

First off, THE DISTRACTION & THE ROPER will enter the museum acting as typical tourists. The two of them will talk to as many members of staff as possible to gain insight to potential weak points. Any staff member who is easily distracted, swayed, or gullible is to be noted. They may be used later to steal from or use for intel, or maybe even rope into the mission if they seem willing. 

THE MASTERMIND has requested that THE PICKPOCKET help reacquaint him with the tricks of the trade. So they will be working together to pickpocket wealthy tourists. Not only is it practice should a situation arise where THE MASTERMIND needs sleight of hand, but it’s also a good way for the team to make a bit of money on the side to pay for whatever supplies they may need. It’s just imperative that they are not caught since law enforcement can’t catch on this soon. 

Meanwhile, at the warehouse that the team has rented in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. It’s rundown, yet still ridiculously expensive, but it’ll get them perfectly close yet perfectly far from their target.  THE RIGHT HAND and THE HACKER are in the process of setting up the warehouse and getting their first read on the security and surveillance systems at the Louvre. THE HACKER is attempting to hack into the security cameras to watch the team out if the field, all while THE RIGHT HAND lingers and advises. THE HACKER is attempting to hack into the security cameras to watch the team out in the field, all while THE RIGHT HAND hovers.

THE BURGLAR and THE GADGETEER have, for the most part, been left to their won devices. They’ve been told to unpack and set up the work stations for each of the team members. But whether or not they actually intend to do the less-than-exciting grunt work for the team remains to be seen. After all, it’s a beautiful day in Paris.  

While the rest of the team is at the louvre and the warehouse, THE SAFE-CRACKER & THE CONMAN have been sent to visit one of THE CONMAN’S local connections. It’s the person who designed the safe that the louvre is currently using. They’re a person of great pride and a brilliant craftsman, but the only thing they respect more than money is someone of equal brilliance. THE CONMAN and THE SAFE-CRACKER must charm the engineer and coerce as much information out of them as possible. 

THE OBJECTIVE: Scout the Louvre.

WHEN: November 2nd-November 23rd, 2021.

WHERE: Multiple locations around the globe.

It began with THE RIGHT HAND picking up THE MASTERMIND from prison. They weren’t asked to do so, nor were they invited by THE MASTERMIND, but they still showed up. It was during that drive, with a captive audience, that THE RIGHT HAND presented the possibility of a new heist. While THE MASTERMIND protested, it didn’t take that much convincing to get them on board with the idea. But both of them knew that what they needed in order to proceed was a team. The team needed to be trustworthy, talented, and effective together. Neither THE RIGHT HAND nor THE MASTERMIND could fathom trying to dig up new recruits and train them to work in sync. So there was only one plausible option: get the old crew back together.

It started with a few phonecalls. First, the people that THE RIGHT HAND kept in contact with over the years. Those phonecalls went as expected, the same cycle: a warm hello, a disgruntled reaction to the proposal, a bit of arguing, a sigh, and the words ‘only if everyone else is in’. Most of the time, they’d be answered with the lie “Almost everyone already is.”. But a few people, upon hearing the proposal, or upon hearing who was on the other end of the line, simply hung up. So an in-person visit was due.

The two started in NEW YORK where THE DISTRACTION and THE BURGLAR were having their weekly movie night, only to be rudely interrupted by their former crew leaders knocking on the door. Then the group traveled westward picking up more and more of their team along the way before arriving in LOS ANGELES, to convince THE ROPER to close down business for a little while and join them for the job. Once that conversation found it’s resolution, it was time to head out of the country. All while keeping up with THE MASTERMIND’s parole dates, the team booked their flights to LONDON and then PARIS. Now, all on the same plane, but with very different seating arrangements, the team journeys to Europe to recruit the last few members who still are hesitant to join back in.

THE OBJECTIVE: Re-recruit the former team from 25 years ago.