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Awaiting the return of [[Informer]], [[Black Samurai]] calls up [[Samsara]], asking her to drop off her Uncle's sword. [[Samsara]] asks to meet at a place called the Daisy Chain, an [[Ancients]] bar that [[Black Samurai|Akira]] has never heard of. [[Black Samurai]] orders drinks from [[Samsara]]'s sister, who he met at a burnt out husk of a pizza joint (see initiation when linked). | Awaiting the return of [[Informer]], [[Black Samurai]] calls up [[Samsara]], asking her to drop off her Uncle's sword. [[Samsara]] asks to meet at a place called the Daisy Chain, an [[Ancients]] bar that [[Black Samurai|Akira]] has never heard of. [[Black Samurai]] orders drinks from [[Samsara]]'s sister, who he met at a burnt out husk of a pizza joint (see initiation when linked). | ||
After a few failed attempts to talk to Juliet, [[Samsara]] arrives, and [[Black Samurai|Akira]] explains the situation in some detail, asking if [[Samsara]] knows [[Cecelia Cross]] and how they might have gotten information about him. Eventually, [[Black Samurai|Akira]] remembers his outburst at the funeral (see [[Family, Duty, Honor]].) | |||
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Revision as of 22:18, 17 April 2021
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ShadowHaven Cecelia Cross Informer | Renraku | Ancients | ||||||
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Black Samurai Samsara | Noriko Ito and Bodyguards | Ganger | ||||||
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| Black Samurai's 3rd Ordeal | ||||||||
Summary
Akira Mori is contacted by Cecelia Cross with an offer: coin in the form of ware and revenge in exchange for a hard drive carried upon the person of a middle manager at Renraku. Informer does some investigating while Akira checks in with Samsara about his uncle's sword. They talk about life, and they decide not to honor duel. After talking trash to Ancients at their bar, the pair part ways and Akira assassinates Noriko Ito, returning the hard drive--as promised--to Cecelia.
Background
Hayato Mori, Akira's uncle, was a Red Swordsman in training; he was stationed at one of Noriko Ito's facilities in the Seattle metroplex before the location was breached by Samsara and others (see A Blast from the Past). Because the facility was lost and his sword was taken, Hayato was forced to take his own life to preserve his family's honor and safety. Akira, who idolized his uncle growing up, vowed revenge on the people who forced this choice upon him.
The Meet
While eating with his sister, Finn, Akira receives a call from a sparkly avatar asking him to come down to E-Vue as soon as possible; he pays, apologizes, and heads out. After arriving, Black Samurai waits in line like a normal person before being admitted to the club. He finds Brody J crowd surfing while asleep, and--surprised to be working for another J--is requested to a private booth by one Cecelia Cross. He waits for her to finish working in AR, and is given a dossier on Noriko Ito, a Renraku employee who runs several facilities around Seattle. Cecelia lets Black Samurai know that she was involved with his uncle's death, and that she wants a hard drive the woman is carrying. In exchange, Akira could get his revenge.
Already having the dossier in hand, Akira was confused as to why he'd return the hard drive to the woman, as she had offered no compensation. Cecelia noted that she was looking for quiet, competent runners for a bigger upcoming job and--if he completed this task for her--she'd agree to subsidize some hardware improvements on his behalf.
The Stakeout
Having read the dossier and deciding not to track down the woman at work--which would be crawling with many, many Renraku agents--Black Samurai first looked over her downtown home. Leaning against a nearby building and "checking his commlink", he searched the matrix for nearby wireless devices and attempted to map the cameras, but the number of devices was extremely overwhelming. It quickly became clear that he would be unable to make a move on her near her apartment without immediate repercussions unless he executed perfectly.
While he had faith in himself, relying on perfection is a foolhardy plan, so Akira called in a chip from his free spirit buddy, Informer. After awkwardly trying to decide if he should mimic Informer's speech patterns or not, Akira asked Informer to perform a little discrete surveillance, and passed along any information he had about Noriko Ito. The spirit agreed, and the world resumed being in color.
Sprite Floats?
Awaiting the return of Informer, Black Samurai calls up Samsara, asking her to drop off her Uncle's sword. Samsara asks to meet at a place called the Daisy Chain, an Ancients bar that Akira has never heard of. Black Samurai orders drinks from Samsara's sister, who he met at a burnt out husk of a pizza joint (see initiation when linked).
After a few failed attempts to talk to Juliet, Samsara arrives, and Akira explains the situation in some detail, asking if Samsara knows Cecelia Cross and how they might have gotten information about him. Eventually, Akira remembers his outburst at the funeral (see Family, Duty, Honor.)
Assassination
Aftermath
Through honing his reflexes, Akira finds that the drugs don't really seem to help him anymore; he stops using them for a combat edge so that he can think more clearly in the moment. The primary target of his hatred is dead, but he doesn't feel a great rush of completion. He feels--well--nothing. It'd be super annoying if Samsara and Vip3r had actual points.
Rewards
- 40k Nuyen worth of 'ware at or below availability 19 (10 RVP)
- 2 karma (2 RVP)
- -5 Ancients Reputation
- IG3 Discount
- Can buy off Driven at chargen price, having achieved the goal.
- -5 Ancients Reputation
- Nasty Trog (5 RVP)
- 7 karma (7 RVP)