Night Shopping
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ShadowHaven Shadowhaven | Major Corp | ||||||||
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Shy Swerve Voltage |
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Summary
The team is tasked with stealthily retrieving a journal of Black Magic before a virtual auction.
Background
Mush's benefactor had a journal stolen from her in the past that detailed black magic notes and research. Of considerable value and rarity, the journal had been posted for a virtual auction, about to be sold to the highest bidder. Quite obviously not wanting to pay for the goods that had been stolen from them, a team of shadowrunners were hired to retrieve the item before the sale. In addition to returning the stolen journal, they were tasked to hide evidence of the theft
The Meet
The runners, each stressed with the importance of acting with discretion on the job, are tasked to meet the J in a public park. Told little more than that their contact was a fairly unorky looking ork, each of the three began to make their ways there. Swerve and Shy managed to move across town without incident, being able to show a modicum of ability to blend in. Voltage however, had issues. First doubling back to her apartment to grab Stick-N-Shock ammo, still dazed by the idea of a kill-free run, her clear Ancients affiliation and lack of concern for road rules soon drew the attention of Knight Errant. Voltage was soon caught in a high speed chase, pushing her bike to the limit to avoid the law. Unfortunately, passing through Renton has hazards, and she encountered a horde of middle school children leaving school. Voltage, the kindhearted person that she is, slowed down to avoid running over the mass of children. In typical Renton fashion, they returned the favor with shouted slurs. Voltage was not pleased. Eventually though, she managed to shake her tail and continue towards the meet.
In the mean time, Swerve and Shy threw food at pigeons and ducks, as a increasingly angry Mush glowered. Shy made awkward small talk, while Swerve silently roasted and enjoyed the weak sunshine. After about thirty minutes of this, Voltage finally arrived, unsubtly approaching the meeting point. With the team assembled, Mush slowly and deliberately explained the terms of the job. The book was to be returned, no signs of the theft should be left, and there absolutely should be no murders. After questioning, he reveals that the book is stored in a upper-middle class home and that it must be retrieved by the next day, but for more information, the job would need to be accepted. After getting verbal affirmation from each of the runners that they would abide by the rules of the job, with particular focus on Voltage, Mush elaborated and said that the Book was in the possession of DA Mark Donaghy and gave the address of his home. Leaving the rest of the job to the runners, he told them how to contact him after the job and left the park.
The Plan
Realizing that illict plans should perhaps not be discussed in a public park, the group traveled to a nearby bar, the Greasy Sprocket. While technically a biker bar, it catered mainly to posers, so the group faced no trouble once they took a quick look at Voltage, her clear affiliation and general demeanor scaring off the clientele. Knowing little about the DA or his residence, Voltage calls up a recently acquired contact of hers, Freya. While she was busy with her own work, she spares the time to conduct a matrix search on the DA. Soon, the team acquired a dossier of information on Donaghy,