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[Koekepan]

Jaxx contacts Karmakaze with a reference to a name: VGI. He wants to know, as nearly as possible, what list of clients they have, especially in the Seattle enclave.

[pbangarth]

Blue messages Karmakaze, <<< Done setting things up, restocking and studying. Wanna get together for a beer and talk over what's next? >>>

[Bastard]

Karmakaze reached out to her contacts to see if they knew anything about MaChef's, their client list, or VGIs.

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Karma in-call with Bradshaw:

""".... that's a lotta legwork."""

No drek, that is what she was trying to do. """Okay. I am going to do some more digging. Later."""

She ended the call.

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Karma in-call with Lt. Booker:

"""Shit, I'm surprised they're still around. They've had a run of trouble. Started with the urban legends about their rice containing plastic (it didn't), carcinogens in their teriyaki sauce (kinda true, but it all kinda is), and then there were the vandals tossing grenades down their chimneys - and finally a bunch of people trying to get their automatic kitchens towed when they were fully approved. We gotta bunch of the vandals and tow truck artists arrested, and I never got to hear the real skinny behind it but the vandals were paid off, and given the explosives. I could try to look up where those cases went for you."""

"""Sounds like someone was trying to drive them out of business. Old business partner or competitive corp? How long ago were all these attacks?"""

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Karma in-call with Badger:

"""...I'd have snapped their necks for MaChef coupons and called it a public service."""

"""How long ago was this, and did you get any coupons?"""

"""Whoo boy, high finance, huh?..."""

"""To be honest, I don't even know what a VGI or investus is. Is it a type of stock?"""

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Karma in-call with Melinda:

"""... does the name 'Voltsev' mean anything to you?"""

"""No. Who or what is Voltsev?"""

. . .

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Karmakaze didn't really know her way around the matrix, but she knew enough to do a little investigating. She found that MaChef's appeared to be an automated food truck service that has faced a lot of accusations of contaminated food due to all kinds of reasons ranging from purposeful to negligence. She did some further digging to see if she could find any court dates. The social media personal reviews were all dated, but court dates and police reports would be better.

According to the matrix (and Badger), VGIs are some sort of investment, but not sure of the legality. What is a VGI?

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Karmakaze returns Blue's message <<< Meet you at the Stagger Inn in about an hour? >>>

[pbangarth]

<<<See you there.>>>

Blue gets a drive share ride to the inn. It feels a little weird to be so public. Mitsuhama still wears on his mind.