Take a bath in it for a while
Die results were as follows, success counts as 8+ with 10's exploding
Haze Stealth: 6d10 (6, 10, 1, 10, 7, 5) 2d10 (9, 7), whopping 3 successes
Alexander Perception:5d10 (3, 1, 3, 1, 6)
Alexander persuasion: 2d10 (9, 7)
You were lucky, He was going to leave without saying anything at all but now you have a line with him which is good
Concerning Haze, I was thinking this would be a good opportunity for you guys to meet up and group but nice thing about play by post is that it's not strictly necessary.
Concerning Rath, I'm using the Pastors character as a plot device right now and hopefully as a recruiter (not how I intended it to happem but since I'm NPCing it did. I was thinking it would be a good way to party together but again not necsesary.)
I also have not forgotten about your contact and he is dilligently doing research at the moment!