The Found Arcana - Chapter 13 [IC], Urban Exploration - 13 is the luckiest number... Options

[Jack_Spade]

<<Tuesday Morning - 08:30 - June 20, 2079 - SIS, Redmond>>

Tamarind's greatest fear finally had manifested: Three weeks had gone by and no new business had appeared - none - nada - zilch. Not even the usual cheatees and neighborhood lawsuits that usually kept the team running had found their way to SIS HQ.

Bobby had gone off for the fourth time in half a year to improve his astral form or whatever he called it. This time he hadn't taken anything with him not even an emergency commlink. Only a small vial of blood in the freezer with a note to Rachel: For emergency contact only!
His intended target was looking once again for Bonita, picking up the trail from three months ago. Not much of a chance, but potentially a payday - or an unmarked grave.


Boredom and a touch of anxiety were palpable in the office. With Bobby gone, it was Rachel's turn to (wo)man the front desk.

The ringing of the doorbell automatically opened a camera feed on the holo display. There stood a young, Hispanic looking woman with long black hair, wound in a complicated braid, wearing a kind of jumpsuit or motorbike protection gear. Rachel's trained eye immediately identified it as a cheap knockoff of an Urban Explorer body armor, pink and mint green, missing only the helmet that likely wouldn't fit over the braid.

The girl had an obvious datajack on the side of her skull and sported a very decorative tattoo along her jawline - looking at first glance like a very fine lined line of roses, but in the magnification revealed itself to be a collection of tiny skulls.

Her posture revealed urgency and fear. She looked over her shoulder, revealing a large XIII tattoo across the back of her neck, and ringed the bell once again, even though not more than a few seconds had passed since her first ring.

The second ring send an immediate alert to the rest of the team's commlinks, showing them the same feed.