Human watching was inspirational. People had been coming and going all day. The exposure had to be great for this Thirsty’s bar. It was amazing to see how many people had to be near the reporter. Most spectators, others witnesses, some with wildly different stories lining up for their turn.
Scarlet cloaked by the hard light projecto [...]
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Light And Reflection, A Team Origin P...
Human watching was inspirational. People had been coming and going all day. The exposure had to be great for this Thirsty’s bar. It was amazing to see how many people had to be near the reporter. Most spectators, others witnesses, some with wildly different stories lining up for their turn.
Scarlet cloaked by the hard light projecto [...]
Light And Reflection, A Team Origin P...
P-Q woke up on the couch. Pulling himself up, he stretched looking at Breakthrough’s, lair might be the best way to describe it. Technically, they were back at the docks, at the loading yard. For whatever reason, he lived inside a collection of shipping containers that had been hollowed out into a four floor manor. From the outside, everythi [...]
Light And Reflection, A Team Origin P...
The Humans Now mob grows with every street corner Amber and P-Q cross. Shock troops marching down the streets. They moved deliberately, just fast enough to keep the pair running, but not so fast that they would tire themselves out too quickly.
“What are they doing, bussing in club members?” Turning into an older part of the city, the deca [...]
Light And Reflection, A Team Origin P...
The smell of sweat mingled with the stench of the docks as two gang members, one from the Union, a “bricklayer”, the other a Master went at it. The Master was fitter, better trained, and had the confidence of youth. The bricklayer had practical experience, and an understanding that the rules of combat are very different in an illegal warehou [...]
Character Narrative 8: A Virtual Meet...
The virtual conference room was built within a private server deep in the Datasea. Vinzent’s virtual body rezzed into being, standing near a plush leather executive chair at the end of the long table. The room was posh, sleek, with contoured mirrored walls. The soft corners appeared seamless and lacked any door. The black marble of the confer [...]
Character Narrative 7: A New Body for...
Opening her new eyes, Akiko stared at the stock white ceiling of the Body Farm’s upload room. The techs had left her to adjust in peace. Before dumping her retirement Kit, she had signed off on the waivers. Standard protections in case they couldn’t get back into the room in case of emergency. Stark white tile, as bland as the t [...]
Character Narrative 6: Vinzent
Music rocked through the crowded club, washing over the tightly packed bodies surging like thumping waves. Vinzent flowed through the crowd, his figure twisting between the dancers as he made his way across the dance floor. He was on fire tonight, working his particular brand on digital magic on everyone within range, controlling what they sa [...]
Character Narrative 5: Akiko Hotaru
The alarm on her internal clock went off; a nerve-jangle that only ceased when she opened her eyes and sat up. The retinal display kicked in immediately as her Angel displayed a list of reminders and appointments for the day before politely asking if she wanted media streams based on her sleep-cycle or news. She reached up, her hand moving [...]
Character Narrative 4: Cyril and Dani...
The Senator’s suite was in the penthouse of the Royal Corinthian, deep inside the secure zone of the Manhattan Arcology. Cyril had lost track of how many times he’d been stopped to verify his ID on the way from the landing pad, where he left his aeroframe, to the reinforced wooden door of the suite. Even though he was assigned to Eight’ [...]
Under The Hood 2: The Network
Before we talk about the Player Network lets look at the idea of contacts for a moment.
The idea of trusted allies and contacts is nothing new to role playing or fiction in general. In fiction, contacts don’t sit around just waiting to be called. They have their own lives and stories. These peripheral characters often play much larger [...]