Ballroom Blitz

Ballroom Blitz
Date 2085-12-23 GM Robinton Location Downtown Seattle Status Threat Level: Milk
Factions Involved
ShadowHaven	Horizon	Other Runners Present (non-RVP)
Tsarina Reign Heart of the Tempest Gulliver Lanky Katherine Tyler Chameleon Obsidian Backseat Neijing Six of Hearts Professor Honeypie	Various Dancers Various Media Various High Society	Asura, Annette, Samael

Background

"Why do I get all the fraggin' weird ones.... right. Well. Client is putting their star talent in the upcoming "Winter in the Emerald City" Ballroom competition and is worried about extraction. Problem is, client got no idea where the extraction is coming from. Good news is, client's got deep pockets to go really wide with this one.

Long story short - client wants to flood the competition with runners who can handle being inside a place like this just in case something goes sideways. Low pay if it's nothing but boring guard duty, pay goes up if you gotta blow your cover and shoot someone.

Leave the FBA and longarms at home. Concealability is a must. Fellow trogs gonna have a hard time with this one, the pretty privilege is pretty fraggin' high on this one, but if you got good manners and a good suit, you can probably hang.

No need to meet. Have your fixers contact me, show up individually, dance or whatever I guess? Don't blow the place up unless someone tries to grab our VIP. Hope nothing goes wrong and we get to milk some rent subsidies outta a client with deep pockets and deeper paranoia."

-Silas

The Run

Session 1: Social Hour

A number of runners make their way into the Fairmont Olympic Hotel, passing through SIN Scanners as well as Cyberware and MAD Scanners. They mingle, chatting between the lobby and the bar, while Tsarina moves to the ballroom and manages to spot two people working set up who seem to have a much more 'aware of their surroundings' vibe than they should have. While other runners generally keep their eyes open, nothing on the surface seems to be amiss.

Session 2: Formal Ballroom Competition

As the dancers take the stage, there are a number of excellent performances, notably by the run's VIP, Ms. Tasha Persephone Juarez, who delivers a command performance (14 Hits) despite her lack of augmentations or magical assistance. Some of the stand out runners dancing as well are:

• Chameleon with his partner Naomi Fisk in a stunning tango (10 hits)
• Lanky dancing a slow waltz with a provided partner (8 Hits)
• Obsidian dancing a foxtrot with a provided partner (9 hits)
• Gulliver who makes a good first showing in a waltz (3 hits)
• Heart of the Tempest and Neijing making an absolute menace of themselves during a Viennese Waltz (14 Hits)
• Honeypie with a provided partner doing a quickstep (5 Hits)

Lanky spots someone suspicious by the pool who doesn't seem to be swimming and seems to be conducting some kind of information hive from poolside. Obsidian spots the two people Tsarina noticed in the ballroom, and assesses them to reveal they have some light bioware combat augmentations as well as a general mood of anxiety and vigilance. Tsaraina continues checking over parts of the hotel, and spots a hotel staff member coming out of one of the conference rooms which has been set up as a first aid station; she is positive he is guilty of something. Gulliver and Six of Hearts both spot one of the servers in the bar, seeming to play a sort of look-out as they keep an eye on the bar and on the lobby.

Persons of Interest:

• One Poolside Guy, not swimming (Lanky)
• One Conference room staff member, seemingly guilty of something (Tsarina)
• Two Ballroom Staff members, with combat bioware and seemingly to have done something to the stage (Tsarina, Obsidian)
• One bar server, who seems to be playing lookout (Gulliver, Six)

Session 4: Realness Pageant

No Bodysculpting adepts allowed

Rewards

Milk Run - 3 RVP

• 2 Karma (2 RVP)
• 4000 Nuyen in lifestyle subsidies (1 RVP)
• 2 CDP - Run Standard

Game Quotes

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