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[[Bunny Hop|Bun]], knowing the very-likely-Resonant nature of Heaven, turns to one of very few friends she might trust in a situation like this: noted technomancer and local Matrix fox goddess, [[Fennec]], who is, at the moment, not doing so well. After a... ''successful'' [[Thin Thread and Lines|operation]] for the DGSE, which is to say, French federal intelligence, they finally appear to have sent the [[Fennec|fox]] home - albeit, of course, too late to salvage her home, on which she is surely delinquent on rent. Or her stream and its tanking subscribership after her extended stay abroad. They sit joyless, lifeless, staring at the ceiling of a coffin motel when the [[Bunny Hop|red rabbit]] flashes into the view of their AR feed. | [[Bunny Hop|Bun]], knowing the very-likely-Resonant nature of Heaven, turns to one of very few friends she might trust in a situation like this: noted technomancer and local Matrix fox goddess, [[Fennec]], who is, at the moment, not doing so well. After a... ''successful'' [[Thin Thread and Lines|operation]] for the DGSE, which is to say, French federal intelligence, they finally appear to have sent the [[Fennec|fox]] home - albeit, of course, too late to salvage her home, on which she is surely delinquent on rent. Or her stream and its tanking subscribership after her extended stay abroad. They sit joyless, lifeless, staring at the ceiling of a coffin motel when the [[Bunny Hop|red rabbit]] flashes into the view of their AR feed. | ||
"''Moshi moshi''~," [[Bunny Hop]] asks. "How's your headache? Are you still stuck in Japan?" | "''Moshi moshi''~," [[Bunny Hop]] asks. "How's your 'headache'? Are you still stuck in Japan?" | ||
"Still hurts. Yeah." Fennec lies. She doesn't want [[Bunny Hop|Bhop]] to know the truth. | "Still hurts. Yeah." Fennec lies. She doesn't want [[Bunny Hop|Bhop]] to know the truth. | ||
Revision as of 02:52, 15 March 2024
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ShadowHaven The Girl in Many Colors | ??? | ||||||||
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Bunny Hop Fennec |
The Host Sculpting of the Tomb Dissonant Sprites Foundation Entities | ||||||||
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Summary
God is dead, and we tried to stop them.
Background
Bunny Hop and The Girl in Many Colors get along really great in their mutual pursuit of Heaven. So great, in fact, that when she has a hot tip on a host that might be a way there, she instantly cold calls Bun on a Saturday night, red hat firmly on, while fighting off other hackers and waving away Bhop's half-amused attempts at offering help. She gives Bun a host address, and instructions to check it out, if she's got the time. Trusted friends, of course, may also come - the more Heavenseekers, the better!
The Girl in Many Colors, unfortunately, is swiftly punched in the jaw, a nasty looking data spike, and turns to finish the job. Bunny Hop, simply, says to leave it to her.
The Meet
Bun, knowing the very-likely-Resonant nature of Heaven, turns to one of very few friends she might trust in a situation like this: noted technomancer and local Matrix fox goddess, Fennec, who is, at the moment, not doing so well. After a... successful operation for the DGSE, which is to say, French federal intelligence, they finally appear to have sent the fox home - albeit, of course, too late to salvage her home, on which she is surely delinquent on rent. Or her stream and its tanking subscribership after her extended stay abroad. They sit joyless, lifeless, staring at the ceiling of a coffin motel when the red rabbit flashes into the view of their AR feed.
"Moshi moshi~," Bunny Hop asks. "How's your 'headache'? Are you still stuck in Japan?"
"Still hurts. Yeah." Fennec lies. She doesn't want Bhop to know the truth.
"Sou ka," she hums genuinely. "Sorry."
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"... Do you want to go on a side-quest?"
Fennec, obviously, says yes. They are happy to be remembered. They are happy to be seen. They are happy to be anywhere but stuck in their own head, trapped in a crappy Seattle coffin motel.
The Plan
Bun explains the situation. Heaven might actually be a place on Earth, or on the Matrix at least, and she has a lead that might start them on the path to finding out the Truth. She shares the host data, and the two of them, experienced hackers as they are, fall into sim to do a standard, run of the mill, no frills attached, vanilla-flavored host dive as they both have a thousand times before.
The Run
Aftermath
Rewards
Game Quotes
Player After Action Reports (AARs)
Bunny Hop
<Thoughts Swarm Inside Her Mind, Barely Organized, Haphazardly Constructed and Built Upon and Connected>
Maybe it was some kind of heaven. It isn't now... I hope the Foundation heals. Maybe it'll heal the host too.
They're supposed to be my people, right? And they were gone in a second. Just a year ago, too - I was doing the Matrix Freeter shtick, research requests, tagging hosts when I was bored, trying and failing to keep my white hat on like that separates me from him, and the whole time they were fighting and dying for something sacred... I really fucked up, ne?
Man, I guess I really did go through a little white hat phase after that foundation dive way back when. What a little nerd, like she might've still believed in being a normal person, haha... Well, if dad did one thing right, it was raising a criminal just like he wanted... I'll never get out from under his thumb, it said... I won't believe that...
The dissonant flags on the hat girl... No, I shouldn't dwell on that. The dissonant sprites wouldn't have bothered her. She wouldn't have needed to send me at all if she were.
That thing looked like an AI. Xenosapient. Them? But dissonant too. A carrier for it? Dangerous... Fucking- ... Monster... I'm glad they didn't show up in force this time. I'm tired of hopping through burner comms... They feel gross to use, too...
Fennec... I don't know what I saw in you in the foundation. But...
I believe in you. Come home soon, 'kay?