Written by Peter Weilnböck
Published on: 2025-12-09
Session 5: Licking their wounds. Or other stuff.
Damn this was a mess. If I hadn’t checked that the feed was secure myself I would not have believed what the FlySpy transmitted.
But they DID look hella smooth when they walked out of that building, blood dripping of them. Discord with this strange weapon of his casually rested on his meaty shoulder, Jace with his long sword back on his back and the SMG peaking through his open coat the definition of cool. Romeo, seemingly completely elsewhere with his mind already. Could have been the end sequence of an episode, no of a whole season of “Resurrection Breach”. They were only missing the cute girl who is actually the most badass of them all with the grenade launcher. Dang, I should send Seri0zBizznezz some of the footage, that would shut him up about that Anime being “over the top” and “seri0zly unrealistic”. Pah! Just the walking out part would be enough, no need to spill about the job to civilians. Nah. But I will definitely keep it as inspiration.
And now they are sitting in my nice car and staining everything with the blood they are covered in. Jace and Discord really do seem quite worse for wear. And Romeo is lighting another joint. Because of what they have just been through, I let it slide. Because of the blood my lovely van will need a deep clean anyways. I new why I use smooth faux leather on all seats other than my on…
On a brighter note: Payday! While I found it a bit strange to bring the Johnson to the run, it did mean a rather quick payment. After some back and forth about what the Johnson plans with the book, they handed it over. And of course this Andrea deSantis did not give a clear answer. But “he will make sure it is safe”. Sure. But hey, the money was good. And fast. The run also was quite tame and safe - well for me. Next I will bring the Johnson to the Airport and then we are off to get some medical support for Jace and Discord. Looking forward to meeting the pretty nurse Jace keeps yapping about.
Johnson delivered to the airport. Off to see the pretty nurse. No waiting in the car for me this time, I want to see what all the fuzz is about. Should be a fairly safe part of the sprawl, so no problems there.
Hehe, cute!
Jace seemed not only surprised that I wanted to come along, but also a bit annoyed. And up in the flat I quickly found out why. Our chum Jace clearly has the hots for his pretty nurse. The nurse was all business, so I could not tell if he was not interested or if he was just better at hiding it. Jace clearly wanted to hide it, but failed miserably. Oh, and that was the other thing. I had thought that Jace was quite the ladies man. With his pretty face and chiseled jaw and all. And with his “hot mafia chick” being true to the description as well. But I guess this Omae is playing both fields.
In any case, the nurse wanted to keep an eye on Discord over the night, and also on Romeo for when his drugs wore off. Jace of course also wanted to stay. But since I had seen what I came here for, and since I was clearly just the fifth wheel on the bicycle I decided to scram once the most serious patching up was done. Off to the garage and to get the Steel Lynx into a faraday cage. Turned off it should transmit jack shit anything anyways, but better safe than sorry.
The Steel Lynx is safely in its cage. Looking forward to tinkering with it. Guess I should wait for Romeo though, he seems to be a bit of a wizz with electronics. At least he is always opening the doors for the team. Now: burgers, baby!
I can’t believe it! I think I need to stick with this team. Those Omaes are off the charts! I mean the stuff thats happening to them. “Resurrection Breach” all over again.
Shortly after getting Romeo home, he called again - the whole team. Something was wrong in his apartment. Stuff got moved about. How he noticed that in that mess, no idea, but he turned out to be right. He pinpointed also a strange signal inside his flat, and when he physically closed in, he was attacked by a freaking weasel! I mean, drek, a honest to god mustelid jumping at him, and he dodging. And, as if that was not crazy enough, that freaking weasel shows up in the matrix as well and also attacks him there. He, being distracted by that gets a bite in his leg, before the thing scampers off under the bed. Next that cracy Omae wants to give it some chips as a peace offering. Someone chimes in, that those things are carnivores, which is why it is not interested in the old potato chip offered.
However, Romeo finds some food - that he apparently had not ordered - that then turned out to be weasel approved. Which… I mean the weasel had a matrix icon and seemed to have eaten a decorative icon of Romeo’s persona. So had that creature not only broken in, but also ordered itself some food? In any case, Romeo decides to just chill out on his bed, watch some trid and befriend that weasel. As I said, that chummer is off the charts.
Not a weasel. Weasels are apparently quite a bit smaller and have a lighter colour. Maybe a stoat or a marten?
I think stoats are also smaller. Might be an american marten or a pacific marten though. I need to look at the colour of his throat and chest bib in more detail when I get the chance. Interesting creatures!
The Steel Lynx is now officially ours. Me and Romeo did the ownership change over the week. And of course Romeo did bring is frikkin marten every day as well. Luckily it was not too much trouble. As long as one is careful enough so that it can not nab any shiny icons or chew through any important wires, it is quite cute.
That reminds me. We now have an animal mascot. If we are not the archetypical shadowrunner team that you can see in trids like “Resurrection Breach”…
We only need a whizz team name. What about frikken “Killer Mustelids”? Need to broach it to the rest of the team at the next chance.
This session was quite short, since I return later from work then expected. And since there was a longer break after the last run, it also took some time to get back into the game.
I also decided to switch the voice from a neutral observer to Hunt0rKill0r69, since it does not terribly matter and it simply is more fun to write. It however misses details such as the paranoia that Romeo developed about the rats from the balck site. Even though he never encountered them - and they played no role in this session at all, he was quite convinced that the happenings in his apartment were done by the rats.