It Is Wednesday My Dudes
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ShadowHaven City Watch | |||||||||
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Captain Freefall Trash Panda Hybrid Moth |
Land Lobster Ziz | ||||||||
Summary
The runners were invited by would-be super hero Brick Frog and his sidekick Rock Ghost to help solve a theft of a truck of Dr. Pibb from a local soda factory. The two established superheroes - Captain Freefall and Raccoon Girl (Trash Panda) were joined by newcomers Signorina Falena (Moth) and Hybrid.
The runner heroes investigated the theft and discovered Land Lobster's accomplice at the soda factory. They then tracked down Land Lobster at a bar in the orc underground, where he was on a K-10 induced rampage of violence. They were able to apprehend him, and turn him over to the City Watch.
Background
Brick Frog and Rock Ghost wanted to become part of City Watch and were in the process of being evaluated for reserve membership.
A truck of Mr. Pibb had been stolen from a soda factory by a costumed criminal, dressed in a crawfish-like mascot costume, called Land Lobster.
The Meet
The heroes met with the johnson Brick Frog and his sidekick Rock Ghost in his secret lair south of Puyallup. It was a large warehouse. The furniture was made from bricks. He shared the video footage of Land Lobster stealing the truck full of Dr. Pibb. The two of them were going to investigate a lead on the possible location of the missing Dr. Pibb, while the runners tried to track down Land Lobster.
The heroes were happy to take on this job, knowing the payment would be justice.
The costumes for Raccoon Girl, Captain Freefall, and Signorina Falena - her face and the back of her cloak - are displayed to the right.
Hybrid was in a japanese-styled white short kimino dress with blue tiger patterns across it, with a long white coat, and 2 small glowing blue LED tattoos in the form of tiger stripes below her eyes. When her smartskin (nanotech) is active, it forms a silvery sheen of dermal plating across her form with glowing blue lines of energy across her figure, magnified further in brightness and potency when it's on overdrive. Nanites form impact plates (or blades) along her fists and feet (whatever type of attack she's using).
The Plan
It was time to investigate. Captain Freefall and Raccoon Girl did a matrix search and confirmed that a lobster uniform had been stolen from South Auburn High School about a week before the Dr. Pibb theft.
Once they arrived at the soda factory, they were met by a young man in a security outfit, named Carl, and often called Junior. His little brother was a huge fan of Captain Freefall. He recognized him, and was glad to take the heroes to meet his supervisor. The supervisor was an older orc. He took them to the spot where the truck had been filled with Dr. Pibb and then stolen. As they studied the crime scene, Signorina Falena observed that Land Lobster had dropped a bit of drugs - a white powder. None of them could immediately identify what drug it was. She also noticed that it was impossible to fill the truck without the support of a second person over in the plant tower. There had to be an accomplice. They studied the cameras and realize there should be a chance to see who was in that position.
As it became clear that they were going to ask to see the cameras, the supervisor reluctantly agreed to take them to the security spider, but his suspicious ways - looking like he was trying to run ahead of them - had Signorina Falena and Hybrid suspicious. They alerted the others that the man was trying to hide something, and possibly planning to sabotage the camera feed. Captain Freefall and Raccoon Girl guarded the suspicious supervisor, while Signorina Falena and Hybrid - who had more keen eyes to detect suspicious intentions - continued on to meet with the Security Spider, with Junior in two as witness. The footage showed an ork who was extremely familiar with space and camera layouts, so much so that he was able to stay in blind spots, with only his hands visible as he worked the levers. But his hands had a rather distinctive gang tattoo. Signorina Falena was able to recognize it as belonging to a small gang working for Ziz. They obtained a copy of the footage for evidence. Hybrid confirmed it was not doctored.
They returned, explained what they'd found to the other heroes, and confronted the suspicious supervisor. With Signorina Falena and Captain Freefall working together to convince him to cooperate, he soon confessed all. His hands - with his gloves removed - matched the footage. He was paid by Ziz to help anyone who came by to steal from the company. He'd had trouble finding any work with his criminal history and prior gang association. He had no family. He didn't make much money. The extra money had been too tempting. Captain Freefall gave him a stern talking to, and he agreed to consider a more honest life, with a role as an information to KFAS (the newspaper where Freefall's alter ego works). He didn't know where Ziz or the guy in the lobster suit were.