So Swift, So Surly - Seattle Drift

So Swift, So Surly - Seattle Drift
Date 2082-06-08 GM Si1as Location Tacoma Status Threat Level: High
Factions Involved
ShadowHaven BobbieJo McShane Dave Davis	Street Racers of Seattle	KE Officers and Tactical Response Teams
Ca1yps0 Canter Magnum Rocketman Swerve
The pinkest of mohawks, the impromptuest of impromptus.

Summary

The gang, hired by the chew-spitting outlaw queen BobbieJo McShane, search to find her man Dave Davis, but really his car. They forget what they're doing, and enter a street race instead. They luck into Davis, and help him place high enough in the race to keep his car so that BobbieJo doesn't murder any of them.

Background

Dave Davis, a relatively strong racer, has been winning and losing money in the Tacoma street racing scene for quite some time. He goes missing, and BobbieJo McShane's not sure if it's because he pissed off the wrong racer or if he's trying to make off with one of Pitty's custom cars.

BobbieJo McShane alleges that she is the daughter of Pitty 'Grease Lightning' McShane. He does not acknowledge this, BUT when the gang completes her job, he offers to let them collect their bounty in spare parts or cars.

The Meet

Canter scoops up Ca1yps0 while driving, and meets Rocketman downtown. Rocketman, new to running in Seattle, was asked by a police officer to show his licensure and remove the clip from his rifle downtown. The gun was chambered with stick and shock, which the KE trooper appreciated. As he spoke to the officer, Canter power-slid the back of the car around, scooping up Rocketman as Ca1yps0 made his cyberware scanner explode with a data spike, thus ensuring the run's pink mohawk status before the meet began.

The team met up with BobbieJo McShane at the Stop Quick, where she took them into a dingy back room to offer them 15k each to track down the missing truck and--for a slight bonus--her boyfriend Dave Davis. She gave the team pictures of Davis and his truck, (affectionately known as the wedge.) BobbieJo then ate a hotdog someone else had taken a bite out of, drank from Canter's Road Rage inspired energy drink, and stumbled out of the store.

The Plan

The team made no plans or machinations. At many points, they literally forgot their goal and decided to race instead. Thankfully, Ca1yps0 was coherent enough to matrix-searched the car and Dave Davis, learning about his favorite street races before the team drove to Tacoma to see what they could find.

The Investigation

With Magnum on his bike and the rest of the crew in Canter's car, the crew drove to Tacoma to investigate the race Dave Davis was most known for. They arrived at the pre race car meet, where Cantor flipped her car over a guard rail to fly into a parking slot and Magnum drove in normally, since he possesses at least some chill.

The team began investigating the scene. There were a few cars of note, in addition to the standard GMC Phoenixes and Shin-Hyungs. A Bazoo Chrome and Bazoo Redline sat at one end of the parking lot, and a Tata Hotspur with a rocket booster and a Dynamit driving by a known ganger made the list of less common cars. The rest of the field was comprised of suped up Comets, Xenons, Chameleons and the like.

Ca1yps0 introduces themselves to the owner of the rocket-boosted hot spur and puts a sprite in it. The crowd encourages Magnum to sign up for the race, viewing him as easy pickings, and Canter, pretending to be the grandmother of Ca1yps0 signs up as well, feigning mental decline because of her age. The racers explicitly repeat that--should she lose--her car might be taken, to which Canter and Ca1yps0 agree. Ca1yps0 asks if she can disable Canter's turrets, and Canter disagrees. They come to an agreement that--should Canter attempt to use them during the race, Ca1yps0 may disable them in the moment.

It's at this moment that the team realizes they've signed up for a race and TOTALLY forgotten what the J's request was about.

Game Quotes

"Are you CRYING?" "I just got something in my eyes," said Rocketman, still bawling from his crit-glitch composure check on his very first run.