Massacre in the West Texas Town of El Paso
| Massacre in the West Texas Town of El Paso | |||||||||
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| Part of Blood in the Machine | |||||||||
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ShadowHaven Charity Horace Mistah Jay | Aztechnology | ||||||||
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Farsight Itztli KBC Rabbit Relay |
Andres Gutierrez Orsen Cordova Leopard Guard | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| One of Relay's drones! | Six leopard guard. One blood spirit. | ||||||||
Summary
Charity Horace hired the runners to try to learn more about the past of a man recently captured by another team. Orsen Cordova. Charity knew that he had spent time in El Paso, and a ceremonial obsidian knife found by the other team had suggested - on psychic reading by Doris that it had been used to kill at least one person in El Paso.
The runners accepted the job, and discovered a great deal of Cordova's history, primarily by rescuing a reporter with key research, and getting evidence from the place where Cordova had stayed in El Paso, where he committed a terrible massacre at a church. However, they were left with as many questions as answers. There is certainly more yet to explore!
Background
Itztli had been on two related runs; see this report and this report. In summary, there were a series of kidnappings in Redmond traced back to two men. Both were infected with CFD. The first one found, XX, was also a blood magician, and Stuffer Shack regional manager. The second one found, Orsen Cordova, was a decker. Andres expected Orsen to help him, when he was captured. Orsen appeared to be trying to complete the blood ritual when caught, despite being a decker. The ritual involved body parts and a cave with Aztech relics in the wall.
Anders had come to Seattle from Los Angeles. This appeared to be a decision made by the AI riding him, while he was in blackout. Orsen had come to Seattle from El Paso. Again, this seemed to be a decision by the nanites over-writing his personality.
It is unusual for a mage (like Anders) to have CFD, as it is contracted from infected cyber, but he was a type 1 diabetic and had an insulin pump. This device had infected him. It was unclear what had infected Orsen.
The Meet
Itztli and Charity helped explain the background during the meet.