Little Fish in the Koi Pond
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Summary
In which Ca1yps0 gets a line on some parts for a deck and takes a well-deserved vacation
Background
Flash in his capacity as a mentor to Ca1yps0 in the art of hardware, contacts the mermaid with an opportunity, telling her that the he has a lead on some deck parts that could be used to create a Kitbashed Sleeper, due to some of the part's connections with the Resonance. The fellow otaku says that he's got a line on a plane from SeaTac to Neo-Tokyo for her and that it's going to be at the airport at 8 AM the next day. Ca1yps0 thanks Flash and signs off, summoning a Level 9 Companion sprite to watch the White-Eye that is trapped in her cave. Before resting for the night, the technomancer asks if the White-Eye wants anything and she requests a BTL chip. Ca1yps0 gives her a simple chip and rests. The next morning she takes her food truck out towards the airport, before realizing that she has forgotten to ask where Flash got this information. Calling up her mentor once more and asking about where he got access to the plane, Flash tells her that he got a call offering the plane and the info about the parts that Ca1yps0 is looking for. Realizing that this is obviously a plot by Cecelia Cross to get her on board. Arriving at the airport, Ca1yps0 is brought onto a luxury sub-orbital aircraft and they head towards the Japanese Imperial State.
The Meet
On the flight, Cecelia explains that they are going to a meeting with Mitsuhama Computer Technologies about the parts that have been stolen from a research facility recently. The parts are only going to be in the JIS for another 48 hours. Ca1yps0 is appalled to be working with MCT, but agrees to the meeting at the very least. After spending the flight enjoying the luxurious lifestyle that Cecelia Cross enjoys all the time. As they arrive, Ca1yps0 is wheeled out and brought into an MCT car and brought to a rose garden in a beautiful MCT-owned park where they meet with four of the oyabun that own shares of MCT. It is explained to Ca1yps0 that there is a young man, Yoshisune Ato, who has stolen the deck parts that Ca1yps0 is looking for, and killed his uncle besides. The oyabun want this person, a recently emerged technomancer, to have his brain scorched such that he cannot handle being on the Matrix at all. While Ca1yps0 is obviously disgusted at this idea and doesn't want to do it, she doesn't have an outburst right away. Cecelia agrees to the job on the runner's behalf and the two guests leave the garden.
In the car heading to the hotel, Ca1yps0 explains that she won't do the job that was asked because the technomancer probably didn't do anything wrong. Cecelia asks how many people the mermaid has to save before her bleeding heart will be satisfied and drops her off at a fancy hotel where a large suite has been paid for. Ca1yps0 moves to the suite, ignoring the glances from the