Razor reaches the noodle shop suspended above neon traffic, evidence secured for Gwen Armitage. Magenta light ripples across the stilts and rain-slick cables.
Inside, an armored young adult woman with a shaved temple and chrome jaw has cornered a Black Arancini courier, a lean young man clutching a data shard.
the corpo bounty hunter
Put the shard on the counter. Corporate property does not become gang property because you stole it.
The shop owner, an elderly woman with a compact build, warm brown skin, and silver hair tucked beneath a red headscarf, wears a flour-dusted cream apron keeps terrified customers crouched behind overturned tables. Steam coils from abandoned bowls while targeting lasers crawl over the courier's jacket.
the Black Arancini courier
You already got the access key. You want the shard, come take it.
Below, motorcycles and boots gather around the support pylons. Black Arancini gunmen converge through the traffic haze, their shouted threats swallowed by engines.
the corpo bounty hunter
Last warning. Hand it over, or everyone in this shop becomes part of the recovery report.
✓ Quest Accepted
Keep the civilians safe
✓ Quest Accepted
Secure the data shard
“As a bounty hunter don’t you think it would be bad for your rep to be killing civilians. *I walk up to my gang member and take the shard from him and tell him to scoot on out of here.* “I’ll be hard for you to get a job if you make your self into a mass murder don’t you think?””
SUCCESS (Good Reasoning, rolled +1)
“As a bounty hunter don’t you think it would be bad for your rep to be killing civilians. *I walk up to my gang member and take the shard from him and tell him to scoot on out of here.* “I’ll be hard for you to get a job if you make your self into a mass murder don’t you think?””
SUCCESS (Fair Willpower, rolled +1)
Razor crosses the shop through drifting steam and laser sights. His gloved hand closes around the courier's data shard before the young man can raise it.
Razor
Scoot on out of here.
The Black Arancini courier hesitates, then ducks behind the counter and slips toward the service hatch, shardless and alive. Outside, engines rev harder.
Razor
As a bounty hunter, don't you think killing civilians would be bad for your rep? It'd be hard to get a job if you make yourself into a mass murderer.
the corpo bounty hunter
You mistake restraint for weakness. I was paid to recover property, not decorate a report with bodies.
Her targeting lasers retract into the armored sleeves. The civilians remain crouched, while the courier disappears into the maintenance passage and the gang outside falls briefly silent.
the corpo bounty hunter
Keep the shard, then. Now tell me why a street runner is negotiating corporate liability.
Quest Complete
Keep the civilians safe
Quest Complete
Secure the data shard
+ New Item Acquired
Data shard