[X] My Assistant

[The Jopp]

[BookWyrm]

Just picked up On The Run today. :D

[Muskie]

[Kyoto Kid]

...actually pulled something similar off.

[slightly revised from the earlier post for clarification]

Having one of my players use the name of my cybersnoop character, Lana Lane, as an alias during a previous run (even though his character would have known nothing about her), I decided to have a little fun with him and the team.

Since this player also participated in the "Rhapsody in Shadow" arc, I set up a scenario of mistaken identity. The session opened with news that Leela (the star NPC from Rhapsody) along with several associates showed up in Seattle for a week.

The team received a call later that day to meet a Johnson at the Club Penumbra who had a job MR "J-ski" (who I mentioned spoke with a Slavic accent) wanted to hire the team to watch the twin daughters of a Russian shipping mogul who was also visiting Seattle at the time. Since none of the PCs had any language skills even remotely related to Russian or Croatian, they immediately believed he was working as one of Leela's assistants & wanted a little more muscle to help protect her during her visit. Not once did the players mention any names and I naturally was not going to volunteer any info. At the club, Leela and her friend Tracey also happened to be present as were the Russian twins. After the initial details were discussed (I mentioned that Mr. J seemed to be in somewhat a hurry to close the deal and wanted to keep things very hushed) the runners asked Mr J. who they were supposed to shadow (from a "safe incognito distance" according to his explicit instructions) He pointed to the dance floor below where all four girls were dancing at the time. The runners agreed to the job and Mr J left.

True to form, the they made the incorrect assumption and at first and shadowed Leela & Tracey for nearly three days. Meanwhile, behind the scenes a plot was set in motion where the twins they were supposed to watch (a Russian version of "Paris & Nicole") were to be kidnapped and held for ransom by the local Red Vory. To add a bit of a distraction it was also March Madness and Seattle was host for one of the elite 8 matchups (one of the runners in the group also has a gambling addiction).

The ruse almost worked until they finally put 2 & 2 together during a benefit dinner (where Leela was the guest of honour) when something didn't seem to feel quite right and called Mr J.

Talk about soy egg on their faces. It was priceless.