S01E05

This page is incomplete.

It was last edited Monday, September 25, 2023 by Arcology Expert Program.

Season 1, Episode 5
Employee Access Only

Staring	Fräulein Ärtzin, Garbo, Liam, Shirayuri
With	Saffron Cade, MIYASHITA Amethyst
And
Introducing	Eloise Brady, Langdon Brady, OGAWA Ryōta, Saoriko Süß
Previous Episode	S01E04 – Happy Holiday, Citizen
Next Episode	S01E06 – Peacekeeper

Session 1 - 2023/06/22

---

Scene 1
Out of Stock

Who	Fräulein Ärtzin, Garbo, Liam, Shirayuri, Eloise Brady, Langdon Brady, Saffron Cade, OGAWA Ryōta, MIYASHITA Amethyst
When	Friday, December 26, 2059 (Day 8)
Where	SCIRE, Level 59‌

Fleeing the experimental site below them, the team bivouacs in an abandoned grocery store on Level 59‌, to rest through daylight hours. The site was in relatively good shape, though it had been entirely stripped bare. They had sufficient supplies to share with their new companions, so the emptiness was a disappointment but not a problem. Further, they decided it would be a safe place to stay as it was unlikely any hostiles would return.

They spent the next day resting, recovering, and learning about their new companions. Eloise and Langdon were in the Mall holiday shopping when the shutdown began. They were knocked unconscious by the Dervishes, and woke up later "assigned" to a unit inside the experimental area. Ryōta is a Renraku citizen and employee, operating cargo loaders on the Level B1‌ loading socks. He told a familiar story, with the emergency barricades snapping shut and Dervish drones tranquilizing everybody present. Similarly, he woke up in a unit on Level 55‌.

When the team is attempting to redistribute weapons, Eloise is not shy about mentioning that she was recently released from prison for murdering her husband. She had plead self-defense, but was convicted anyway. Her punishment included psychotropic conditioning, rendering her unable to handle a firearm without suffering tremors and occasionally outright convulsions. Fräulein's astral senses picked up some tension between her and her (adult) son, but no outright hostility, surmising that he believed his mother's story even if the jury didn't.

After heading out that night, they jump a group of guards to secure body armor and extra ammunition for the new companions.

Session 2 - 2023/06/29

---

Scene 2
Medical Vacancy

Who	Fräulein Ärtzin, Garbo, Liam, Shirayuri, Eloise Brady, Langdon Brady, Saffron Cade, OGAWA Ryōta, MIYASHITA Amethyst
When	Friday, December 26, 2059 (Day 8)
Where	SCIRE, Level 60‌

On Level 60‌, they find the entire floor stripped down to bare metal — the carpet has been ripped up and all of the typical hallway furnishings are gone. They are surprised to find that the floor has full power and lighting, despite the damage they inflicted on Level 55‌. Liam asks Ami if this floor was inhabited, and she confirms it was. She is able to point them in the direction of the hospital (roughly three blocks away), one of the team's primary objectives for this excursion.

Fräulein uses that information as she astrally scouts the floor. She finds no signs of current inhabitation, but the area where the hospital is supposed to be is surrounded by relatively powerful ward. They decide the four 'runners will approach the hospital, while the rest of the group holes up in an empty unit nearby.

---

Scene 3
Medical Necessity

Who	Fräulein Ärtzin, Garbo, Liam, Shirayuri
When	Friday, December 26, 2059 (Day 8)
Where	SCIRE, Level 60‌

The lobby is vacant and Shirayuri has no problem popping the door open. They others hang back while she scouts ahead. In one of the exam rooms, she finds a nurse prepping a young woman for limb implants. Shirayuri quickly backs away, before the nurse has a chance to look at her. As a recipient of such surgery herself, Shirayuri is doubtful that the amputated regions have had enough time to recover — they're clearly rushing the implantation surgery.

As the group moves deeper into the hospital, they spot a Red Samurai on patrol and duck into a bathroom. Now that they're physically inside the ward, Fräulein decides she should do some more astral scouting.

While they're waiting for her report, a nurse enters bathroom. Unfortunately, they were all hiding in individual stalls, so the nurse had to wait for somebody to leave. Shirayuri passes her gear and Fräulein's unconcious body to Liam in an adjacent stall, and rushes out. The nurse comments on her outfit on the way out. Garbo tries to use using his adept powers to encourage her to leave, but fails and makes the nurse suspicious. Liam is forced to knock her out. They tie her up and dump her in the adjoining shower room, then switch to the men's bathroom and wait for the others to report.

Outside the bathroom, Shirayuri and Fräulein continues their recon while avoiding the Red Samurai. Two Red Samurai stop in front of Fräulein and say some things but she can not make it out.

Fräulein sees the people leaving the operating room and goes back to her body.

Shirayuri snuck into a room with some children to hide, after the Red Samurai passes a child says "Do they scare you too?" And Shirayuri has a conversation with the child, asking if she is okay. The child wants to come with and Shirayuri decides to take her with.

The group makes it all the way to operating room, Shirayuri first.

We escape the Hospital.

The girl Shirayuri rescued Assensing test Only has Data jack. traumatized by surgery.

The child is not worried about her parents, she does not want to answer what going on with them. She doesn't speak English.

"They give those to the ones with white eyes." When Garbo gives her a stuffed animal and she tossed it back to him.

The group plans to continue to go up.

References

Episodes:

• Previous: S01E04 – Happy Holiday, Citizen
• Next: S01E06 – Peacekeeper