Attention Renraku Shoppers
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| Introducing | Hyalmánúra Melehtë, SANKAI Ikito, Sharp, URUSAI Mimi, YASUDA Keirin |
| Previous Episode | S01E02 – Observe Safety Precautions |
| Next Episode | S01E04 – Happy Holiday, Citizen |
Stymied by the quarantine on the levels above them and chased away by blue-eyed security officers, the team retreats to the plinth levels to regroup.
Session 1 - 2023/03/09
Walking in the Garden
| Who | Error! Template:PC has 1 mandatory parameters!, SANKAI Ikito, URUSAI Mimi, YASUDA Keirin |
| When | Sunday, December 21, 2059 (Day 3) |
| Where | SCIRE, Level 21, Hydroponic Garden |
Fräulein Ärtzin stays with KANZAKI Kazuki and the other rescued survivors in an office unit on Level 24, while Garbo, Liam, and Shirayuri surveyed the hydroponics level. Based on the presumed vision capabilities of the drones and the temperature anticipated in and around the greenhouses, they decide golden hour is around dusk — there will still be enough light for them to see normally, and the drones should have no particular advantage.
At one of the climate-controlled entrances, Shirayuri attempts to remove the maglock's access panel and discovers it has already been removed once before: the screws are in place, but they've been cut short on the inside and the whole thing was fit back in place with stickytack. Inside the panel, the wires that she would typically sever to release the lock have been retrofitted with a snaplock fitting, allowing them to be easily disconnected. They realize somebody has already been here.
As they round the corner of a greenhouse, somebody projects a laser-pointer like image on Garbo's chest — a stop sign. The team takes a few moments to decide what to do, and eventually decides to obey. A few minutes later, it blinks three times then shuts off.
The team is able to figure out which direction the symbol likely came from, and sneak in that direction. After passing another green house, they hear somebody moving in the hydroponic orchard in the center and spot some in one of the utility sheds further ahead. A voice from the shed demands they identify themselves, and Garbo claims they group is "Survivors, like you." The voice orders them to gather around a home security camera perched on top of a nearby greenhouse and says "Glasses off, say Cheese." The laser pointer reappears, this time with an arrow pointing upwards and the word "Here".
Deciding the team is clean, the other group invites them into the utility shed for introductions and to talk:
- SANKAI Ikito is the person who was attempting to counter-stalk them in the trees; he's a heavily cybered man (both arms, torso, and one leg) in a tattered suit with clear mid-level Renraku executive markings. Throughout the conversation, he speaks nothing but Japanese, much to Liam's chagrin.
- URUSAI Mimi is a Japanese teenager, with a hearing impairment offset by custom-built cat-ear headphones. She's the one who built and operated the laser projector, a scratch built device built into and around the housing of a large[1] flashlight.
- YASUDA Keirin is the third member of their group, a tall half-Japanese teenager (from her build, Liam suspects she's a human-looking ork) who the team recognizes as the barista who worked the snack booth near thier photography setup.
Despite seeming uncomfortable with it, Keirin does almost all of her group's talking. They were all near the team's photobooth when the attacks started — Keirin was working, Mimi was at the arcade, and Ikito had been shopping nearby and was in the bathroom. On encountering the Dervishes, they ended up escaping down and further into the arcology instead of towards the exit as the team did. They holed up the first night inside a store in the mall.
When they ventured out the next day, they found the mall exits heavily guarded by drones but the interior spaces more lightly covered. They decided to head down to the garage and on-ramps on Level B2 and possibly escape that way. That's where they had their first encounter with the blue-eyed security guards patrolling near the between-level ramp they used. They were able to take out the two guards (it's where Keirin got her armor and Mimi got her machine pistols) before reinforcements arrived. They were able to spot the highway ramp, with the crash barriers deployed and guarded by more drones.
Session 2 - 2023/03/16
Closed to Trauma
The group initially plans to hit the hospital on Level 10, only to discover the containment doors are in place above Level 11. Unlike the earlier biohazard situation, these doors have no power, which means the integrated displays don't indicate why they're shut. Furthermore, they appear to be spot-welded as well.
They move to check out the elevators and find the cross-shaft doors open. They open the exterior doors on Level 11 and Level 10, only to be greeted by sheets of flat steel welded over the entryway.
They head down to Level 9 and move laterally, finding the paths back up to Level 10 have been blocked off in the same way.
Batteries Are Included
They head down the ground floor, figuring they'll start their search for a few Work Spiders to harvest power cells from there. They spot a likely target near one of the skating rinks, though without power on the lower levels to keep it frozen it has become a shallow pool. Most of the glass tables in the surrounding food court are smashed pieces, and there are plenty of blood smears on the floor and on the walls of the snack shacks. Shirayuri and Fräulein briefly notice a manta-ray-like shadow on floor, but lose track of it in the darkness.
They easily find a group of four worker drones in standby mode, ripe for the taking. Shirayuri rushes up and drops the first one, while Liam and Fräulein drop a second. As Error! Template:PC has 1 mandatory parameters! and Garbo are repositioning to follow the much faster teammates, they realize that Shirayuri and Error! Template:PC has 1 mandatory parameters! werne't seeing things — a flight of four stealthy vectored thrust drones begin dropping concussion grenades on them.
Shirayuri finishes off the two worker drones, while the others turn to engage the Mantas. Liam and Garbo don't have much luck, but Fräulein bags one before Shirayuri is able to rejoin them. She takes out one Super Mario style — she leaps onto it's back, runs it through, then jumps off onto a higher balcony level — and Fräulein finishes off the last one.
They scavange power cells from two of the workers, then beat feet and find someplace to rest for a few hours.
Survival Shopping Spree
The team hits an outdoor/survivalist store. It's mostly been ransacked, though it's tough to tell if it was before the attack or after. They're able to aquire a small amount of gear — three sets of Xiao Technologies Night Hunter goggles, two Ares Armored Survivalist jumpsuits (one chemical resistant, one fire resistant), three Flare Guns, and a noisemaker drone. They strike out on survival food and camp cooking gear.
Session 3 - 2023/03/23
Swimmers, Sasquatches, & Spells, Oh My!
| Who | Error! Template:PC has 1 mandatory parameters!, Hyalmánúra Melehtë, Sharp |
| When | Sunday, December 21, 2059 (Day 3) |
| Where | SCIRE, Level 3, Ferrarius Pharmacy |
In lieu of the aborted attempt to access the Level 10 hospital, they try to make due with a pharmacy in the mall.
The door is open when the arrive, but doesn't look heavily ransacked from what they can see. Shirayuri and Liam enter first; she heads towards the prescription counter while he sneaks up behind the checkouts. Shirayuri realizes somebody is in the drug lockup when she spots a low light flashlight moving around. From the sound, she thinks the person may be barefoot.
Liam notices that the stockroom door has been forced open. He then hears glass breaking underfoot, but looks down and can't see what he stepped on.
Garbo pretends to be an old Japanese man looking for his meds to get a conversation started while Shirayuri sneaks closer to the prescription counter. A female voice replies that this is all his fault.
There are sounds of a Dervish nearby. Fräulein checks the hallways and finds nothing, but repositions someplace with better cover just in case. While Garbo continues to protest his innocence, Shirayuri sneaks past the counter towards the stockroom; she's greeted at the threshold by a very large, very furry fist.
When Shirayuri pauses to take a hit of jazz, her attacker — a sasquatch — charges out of the back room, shoving her halfway to the checkout counter then backing off. Liam has some familiarity with them, and realizes he's not trying to hurt her. He leaps over the counter and tries to hold her back. He can't get a grab on her so has to interpose himself.
While Liam and Shirayuri argue over the fighting, Fräulein casts barrier spell to trap the sasquatch. He is immediately cowed, and starts whimpering. The woman — an elf wearing a swimsuit, a jacket, and little else — steps out of cover and begs Fräulein to stop. When she does, the girl goes straight to the sasquatch and calms him down.
She explains how they got up here. She's introduces herself as Hyalmánúra Melehtë, from Portland[2], but they can call her Núra[3]. She was here for a swim meet, and was in the pool when everything went crazy. She held her breath and stayed under until she couldn't any longer.
When she couldn't find any other member of her swim club, she left the swim stadium and tried to find her way out. She found Sharp locked up inside a truck in the garage. She was able to bust him out, and he's following her out of gratitude. He seems to be able to understand her Sperethiel, and
As she's telling her story and the team is gathering supplies, Fräulein assenses her — her blue eyes don't glow, but it doesn't hurt to be careful.
The team grabs what supplies they can, plus a collapsible stretcher. They don't have shoes that will fit, but they give Núra one of the survival jumpsuits to wear.
Loose Wiring
| Who | Error! Template:PC has 1 mandatory parameters!, Hyalmánúra Melehtë, Sharp |
| When | Sunday, December 21, 2059 (Day 3) |
| Where | SCIRE, Level 4, Electronics Boutique |
As we head back with out friends and tow and we approach an electronics store. Shirayuri goes and takes a look at the light in the store on.
The light appears to be a TV on. There is a girl watching the tv, though she has bandages around her eyes so she can't see. But she has food and and wrap she is using as a blanket.
The girl has headwear, apparently bored and lonely, and a high essence. Why does the TV have power.
Session 4 - 2023/03/30
Missed Connection
We are going back to the electronic store to see if the child is still there.
We come down mid afternoon. The room is cleared out complete with carpets gone. Shirayuri checks out the locked door in back. It is completely cleaned out.
Welcome to Weapons World
We decide to go to the gun store: the Ares's Weapons World. Shirayuri spots the anti-tamper rated lock. Shirayuri bypasses the lock and we head in. It looks like a firefight in here. None of the Panic doors are effect. The doors suddenly slam shut and a bunch spotlights turn on. Gun port appear and a voice demands to drop our gear and take off our shoes and we can leave with our life.
We disagree and prefer to talk it out, and they decide to shoot.
Vendor shoots Liam but misses.
Two begin suppressing with machine guns, Garbo is hit but uninjured.
One shoots at Shirayuri and wounds her.
One shoots Fraulein she dodges
One shoots at Garbo, Garbo dodged.
Fraulein barriers the medium machinegun. It drops immediately, but ends the suppression fire tempoarily. She then lightning balls through the gun port.
Liam punches door apart. Shirayuri slices one door apart.
Garbo demands the vendors to cease fire.
The supression fire stops. Somebody asks "Agent Smith, is that you?"
Liam and Fraulein hold their action. Shirayuri cuts down the door some more to destroy it.
The guy behind leading the Ares vendor was once an armorer clerk for the FBI. Garbo likes and says he still with the buearu. Other than Garbo fills in the clerk on what he has seen. They work out a deal to take the cameras from spare external smart links. Also the group can get some guns and armor, though we will need to work out a deal for ammo.
Session 5 - 2023/04/06
Loose Lips
Like other stores it has been ransacked. Not as bloody like outer mall areas we passed through.
Shirayuri is sent to scout ahead to store, doors locked and no locks on the outside. If Alarm has power breaking it would cause it to go off.
Shirayuri goes to other sets of doors, she touches the door and it opens. Group moves up to wall close to building. Inside Shirayuri sees light and tells us company with one light at back of store.
The group hears, on the Comms, the sound when you just click Microphone button.
It goes dark as we are going into the store, Shirayuri pointed out to Liam one person to left.
The Group continues to move up even upon hearing something said in Japanese. (Shirayuri has not reacted to the security guard yet.) To left side of map movement is heard.
Security guard has Shirayuri get down and crawl out of the aisle.
Close guy says "Stop where you are, hands extended infront of you." And to go behind him "Go hands on."
Garbo goes loud, letting the guards know we are survivors and working to de-escalate the situation. Liam and Fräulein continue to hold. Garbo puts guns down and joins the guards and Shirayuri.
Garbo fills the group of people in store in on how we got away and what has gone on since this event started, skipping info about us being Shadowrunners.
Fräulein goes into room Astral Projection, finds Garbo and Shirayuri in backroom, look to be having a good time and talking.
Mundane, Emotional state as expected. Has some headware. All the same, but he has Bioware, 5.3 Essence. Last guy do not see any cyberware.
Liam hears sound outside store metal on floor. Fräulein eventually gets back to her body noticing that it is moved. Eventually she notices that the "head guard" has a familiar cyberware package.
The guards do not want to let Shirayuri and Garbo go.
Plan to free them is drop a barrier in front of Elevator with Dervishes, casted Deflection with 4 Hits on Liam, Fräulein is sustaining it. Liam has Guns and Swords to give to Shirayuri and Garbo.
Session 6 - 2023/04/13
| Who | Error! Template:PC has 1 mandatory parameters! |
| When | Monday, December 22, 2059 (Day 4) |
| Where |
Inside the Hardware store the plan to get Shirayuri and Garbo starts with Physical Barrier being cast in front of the elevator doors.
Liam goes in, punches one of the Guards who fails to block, Head guard shoots up and runs at Liam throwing a punch.
Shirayuri then runs up trying to hit him but he is able to dodge. Garbo uses Rally.
Guard shoots down the barrier, Dervish run out and spray down Liam
Fräulein misses an Icebolt
Traitor Guard throws two punches and runs off, to west.
After Fight- Liam and Shirayuri get dropped, Fräulein and Garbo finish the fight and stim them awake.
Brought group to Pharmacy, rested there two hours, then Fräulein lets Hydroponics and the Home Group know about possible compromise. Template:EpsidodeBar
- ↑ D-cell Maglite style
- ↑ In Tir Tairngire.
- ↑ "neu-RAH", like "neural" without the "l".