Tokyo in the Shadows, The story of Kambei Options

[Fuchs]

Neo-Tokyo, Rathole - 04/25/2008 – 0245

[ Spoiler ]

Unarmed Attack to catch a rat (13d6.hits(5)=2)
Perception Check (13d6.hits(5)=7)

Kambei is fast, but rats are not his usual targets. Faster than he had thought possible the animals whirls around, dodges, and starts to run. He is sure the rat did not see him - but then he spots another rat watching him from a beneath the remains of a take-out food carton.

[Tabula Rasa]

Neo-Tokyo, Rathole - 04/25/2008 – 0245

"Stupid rats," Kambei mutters. It's not worth my trouble and I'm gonna pass out pretty soon. "It's probably nothing, lets get out of these tunnels." Kambei hangs back a bit behind the girls so he can watch their backs just to be on the safe side.

[Fuchs]

Neo-Tokyo, Rathole - 04/25/2008 – 0255

Kambei can almost feel the "undercover" rat watching him until he and the duo reach the exit to the regular subway station again. From thre it's just a short trip to Kambei's apartment - not that much traffic at that time of the day - or night.

[Tabula Rasa]

Neo-Tokyo, Rathole - 04/25/2008 – 0255

Kambei wonders about the rats on the way home. Maybe later when I’m better at hacking I can go back there and see if they are still around…

Once back home he puts on some music and sends a message to the front desk to be as helpful to Aoi and Ayaka in the morning as they can since he’ll be passing out for the next dozen hours.

Once their night is over Kambei lies in bed, smiling at his good fortune as he watches the minutes tick away towards six o’clock, as the Long Haul’s effects slowly drip away and he falls into a deep sleep.

[Fuchs]

Neo-Tokyo, Kambei's home - 04/25/2008 – 2155

Kambei is woken from his indirectly drug-induced slumber by a call from Rattler. The hacker sounds as cheerful as ever - he must be in a good mood.

"Good Morning, Kambei! Remember that favor I spoke of?"

The icon looks around in Kambei's flat, or appears to do so, as the hacker asks, poking his snout in various AR-places, changing the AROs to visually react to that on some occasions.

[Tabula Rasa]

Neo-Tokyo, Kambei's home - 04/25/2008 – 2155

Kambei looks around him drowsily, vaguely disappointed that he is alone. He yawns loudly before answering, "hey, for once it's you that's waking me up. What do you need?"

[Fuchs]

Neo-Tokyo, Kambei's home - 04/25/2008 – 2155

"It's a simple job."

Rattler grins. "I always wanted to say that."

"Jokes aside, I need something transported from one point to another. Discretely, and safely. Tonight. There's some risk, from what I gather, or I'd not ask you, and it involves some infiltration, but no stealing. The package is small, so no car is needed, a bike will do fine. Opposition may include a kuri or two of the Yakuza. Oh, and can you swim?"

[Tabula Rasa]

Neo-Tokyo, Kambei's home - 04/25/2008 – 2155

"Of course I can swim," Kambei exclaims, "what do you take me for?"

He sits up in bed and swings his feet onto the floor, "so how hot is this package exactly? Not that I won't do it, but just need to know."

[Fuchs]

Neo-Tokyo, Kambei's home - 04/25/2008 – 2155

Rattler twirls around.

"It's hot enough to require a dedicated courier, and a couple of decoy drop offs to throw off pursuit. But it's not hot enough to really bother the big guys - you won't see Red Samurai going after it. But for a kuri or two, it's a matter of saving face - they lost the bidding war, so to speak, and I hear one oyabun was promised the item in advance by one of his underlings..."

Rattler gives Kambei not much chance to let that sink in, continuing.

"The other party are russians. Not the Vory, or if they are they have buried their connections very deep. Probably renegade EVO. Due to the nature of the package, a physical delivery is needed, so we've set up a meeting on the "Petrograd", a russian freighter currently in Tokyo harbor. They are expecting a courier, several in fact, but the real one will be you. Here's the code to transmit during the meeting. You can say any strange haiku if you want while transmitting it - the other couriers all got haikus as "codewords". Just in case anyone observes you, as slim as the chance is."

Rattler transmits a data file containing the code to Kambei as he speaks.

"Now, how you get on board, and off the ship, I leave up to you, you're the expert there. The package has to be dropped at "Hiro's Yatai", using this code."

Rattler transmits another piece of code.

"Oh, and try the ramen special there while you drop the package of, divine taste, I tell you!"