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> Bouncing this off of the hivemind - Hairdressers?, I thought Kimchee Icream before sleep was a bad idea....
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post Jan 20 2016, 06:19 PM
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/Hoi Chummers - after some thieving toerag flogged our decks we've been putting our lives back together, but back again with a shadowrunning proposal....

How about setting up a Shadowrunning team operating out of a hairdressers (as cover)?

Different social walks, "regulars" that could be couriers, "hairdressing chemicals" that are delivered with satisfying regularity and the occasional guy in a suit that looks nervous - oh, he's just another rep trying to sell his company's products....?

No, I've not see "Dont mess with Zohan" or whatever it's called, it's just something the Wife and I (Wife mainly) came up with during a random walk around town.

Considering how implanted fiber-optic hair, neon tattoos, fur and chroming horns are cannon in SR, I thought it'd make sense to have a wide variety of "personal attendants" that "can cater to every *cough* hair-related *cough* need..?

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post Jan 20 2016, 07:29 PM
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So would this be a Pink Mohawk campaign or more a crewcut? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Admittedly this could make for a good Day Job for the team.

I shall have to comb the files to see what ideas might crop up.

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post Jan 20 2016, 07:47 PM
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Nothing wrong with it that I can see, beyond the usual issues of a bunch of runners owning a business in a game that has zero support for that outside the dayjob quality.
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post Jan 20 2016, 08:12 PM
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I've seen a thread in the past here that was all about "front companies" for Shadowrunners. Possibly the best one I saw involved them being a subsidiary of Ares (for weapons permits). I'll see if I can find that thread.

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Found it here.
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post Jan 20 2016, 08:16 PM
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I like the idea. Well-rounded characters make a well-rounded game. Good cover identities make for better runners.

And as you point out, it can be more than just hairdressing, and branch out to a broader beauty salon, or even a day spa.

I now have the mental image of the physical adept leading a qi gong and tai chi chuan session.
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post Jan 20 2016, 09:05 PM
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Plus don't forget in settings like this, staff are either overlooked as furniture so may hear interesting conversations between two clients or may be treated as a confidante, like a sympathetic barber who listens to the exec vent in general...
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post Jan 21 2016, 02:09 AM
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Ahem...Mr Butcher beat you to it.

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