Hopquest

Hopquest
Date 2085-08-07 GM LHOG Location Seattle (Various) Status Threat Level: Extreme
Factions Involved
ShadowHaven	Yellow Lotus Triad	Lone Star
Bunny Hop Caliban Oberon Red Ribbon	Hana Hot Hands Triad Mage Triad Traffickers	LS Warden LS Prison Guards
Casualties and losses
BHop may or may not visit the beach that makes you miss your mom. She definitely visited the beach that makes you owe two chips to the Knights Hospitaller.	Most of 'em, yeah. Hana Hot Hands also got dissonance'd, so that's cool.	They are now minus one Manny Fruasto, with no idea how he got away.

Summary

CW: Depictions of intense violence

"The tail lights burn red They were hotter than Hell And I've been long gone, couldn't you tell? "That Moon Song" - Gregory Alan Isakov

Background

On March 16th, 2071, Alexandra Robins dies.

She is a street level decker, and a wife by whatever bonds SINless tie themselves with, and a mother to Akiha Kurosawa, who holds her dearly as they cruise through Downtown streets, Dodge Scoot style. Akiha feels warmly that she is the only thing above the stars and the moon and the kami themselves. On their way back from a a planetarium, they are ambushed by Halloweeners, who draw a rope taut across the street to clothesline their Scoot. In the chaos, a half-dozen gangers stake claim to as many bodies as can be found before Knight Errant arrive, and drag them into the deep and hidden tunnels beneath Downtown. She becomes fodder for gore-soaked BTLs and simsense of the worst kind. She is burned alive, and with her dying thoughts, she wishes only she could see the rest of her sweet Akiha's life, her birthdays, her first dates, her graduations and wedding. She wishes bitterly she could have told her how much she wanted a daughter, and that she could protect that fragile girl from the nightmare her father would bring.

She wishes she could kiss her goodbye a final time.

In the moment, she can only scream.

Akiha falls bitterly into herself, projects into the Matrix, and dies alongside her, though her body yet lives on.

Fourteen years later, she is a competent and confident young woman, a world-class hacker, and deeply suspicious of one man's potential role in her death. She is ready to find out the truth.

Her research has led her to four names, no faces, and a complete lack of any further leads to chase. God help her, but if she wants to keep looking, she may have no other choice but to go outside.

The Meet

Akiha calls Holly, her girlfriend and confidante, for help driving down to Puyallup. Of her potential leads, the simplest to chase seems to be a Chulo garage down in Puyallup, where a former 'Weener, Manny Frausto, is rumored to have ended up. Red Ribbon is naturally interested in bhop's sudden secret project, but the young rabbit is more somber and tight lipped than usual. Even to the woman she trusts more than anyone else, she can't bring herself to tell the truth - that the self-styled World's Cutest Hacker is out for self-satisfying blood.

The hang up? Neither of them speak Aztlanner Spanish. Oops. Though Red Ribbon opens with some warming car-talk, the language barrier makes these gangers naturally suspicious of ulterior motives when the more elicit topic of their boss's dear brother comes up.

Though Oberon owes bhop a favor, she was hoping not to call on it so soon, and not for something so minor as this - but, he happens to speak the Spanish they need. A quick call, and Oberon is on site, ready to translate.

Game Quotes

Amusing quote from game.