a test of street reputation, what would you do. Options

[Weredigo]

You come out of the bar and walk over towards your bike. There is a child upon it, about 7-9 years of age. They are kindly asking for 5 creds in exchange for watching your bike. What do you do.

[torzzzzz]

:D

tell em to hop it....... saying that child or not if they had sat in Atilluses bike she would have thumped them! theheheh but she aint a nice person.


torz x

[Kagetenshi]

Depends. What methods and resources do I have available? This varies heavily both on the personality and the archetype of the character in question.

It also involves the assumption that the bike didn't zap the kid with an anti-theft device the instant they touched it.

~J

[Sandoval Smith]

I wonder how he got past the electro-shock anti-theft system. :grinbig:

Or:

"Sorry kid, I don't play at kiddy arcades. Get your credits somewhere else."

Or:

"Here's five nuyen kid, now scram." Then I go get that electro-shock anti-theft system installed.

[DocMortand]

Heh...that situation is SO a trap. If you flip a coin to 'em, the shadows sprout gangers who decide "hey, he/she's got money!" and rob you blind.

Of course, if you don't, you later find out he/she was either a needy child found dead of hunger the next day or he/she is actually an free spirit manifested, and now it doesn't like you...

[Dawnshadow]

The Sam flips them a few creds (probably 10). He's a nice guy with an elf who's way to good for him, so he tries to be nice. Until someone hurts/annoys her.

The Adept-Shaman? Well, doesn't have a bike (car instead), but is liable to flip the creds if he's got some on him, if the kid doesn't bother him. Kid bothers him or he has a serious headache/sunburn/other thing annoying him, then he's more likely to ask his ally spirit to manifest in the 'huge black demon' shape and scare said kid away ;)

[Kagetenshi]

Ok, working with my characters and going down the list:

Alex: tell the kid to scram. She'd probably start the bike up with the kid still on it and send him on the ride of his life (potentially the last, depending on how well he or she hangs on) if the kid doesn't.

Lloyd: He'd laugh, toss the kid ten credits, tell him or her to beat it. Probably the nicest of the characters I've played recently.

Edit: he also has by far the highest income of any of the listed characters, and the only regular income. Coincidence?

Major: Tell the kid to get out. Maybe if she had enough for next month's rent she'd consider giving him a nuyen.

Juri: Probably organleg the kid.

[Mage I'm working on right now]: Wipe the kid's memory, leave him wondering how he got there, and drive off.

~J

[CanvasBack]

I'd tell the kid s/he can have 5 nuyen for washing and polishing the bike. That way, I can't be accused of being a total asshole to a starving kid and it can't be said I was ripped off necessarily.

[FrostyNSO]

"Here's 10, now get outta here."

[Nikoli]

Remotely trigger the electro-shock and as I drove away, place an anonymous call to child welfare services at lone-star.

[shadow_scholar]

Goodness, with the range of characters I've played it would go from:

"Hey, kid, here's 10, get yourself somethin' that'll stick to those ribs. Word of advice, though, not every biker is as nice as I am, so I'd chill on the sitting on a stranger's bike stuff."

and that advice brings me to the other end of the spectrum:

"How 'bout I give you 5 nuyen worth of bullets if you don't get the hell off my bike?"

[CoalHeart]

CoalHeart would have to do this if it's in his home turf area.

The burly ganger looking ork glares at the kid, looking him over from head to toe and back up again a few times. He'd then look down the street and around, keeping an aye out for a setup of some kind.

Assuming all is Jake(uncommon):

Coalheart walks up to the kid and sneers. "I'll give you 500, and let you keep this." he pulls the one of the many spare Ceska light pistol from some concealed holster. "If you get the frag off my bike, and smoke that punk right there." He gestures at some rival ganger or a Uptowner slumming it.

Assuming it's a bad situation (which is common):
Coalheart pulls a Pred-3 from an armpit holster, uses his datajack plugged radio to detonate the Bike's underseat kg of c-12 with the kid on it, while calling in his crew for back up and running for cover and laying down some fire.

Edit:
The joys of being a relatively rich ganger/shadowrunner. Money is good, and wasting money is fun.

[Tanka]

Kake (Troll "Street Sam" with a penchance for breaking down doors -- especially ones that are dikoted (and the walls aren't. :grinbig:)): "Get the frag off my bike before I club you one!"

Bob (Cyberzombie, full body replacement. Need I say more?): "...Off..."

Wolf (Based on Wolfwood from Trigun): "That's nice, kid. Have 10 and don't ever come back to me."

Slag (Troll psychopath): "Nobody touches my bike!" Shoots the kid.

[Kagetenshi]

If the kid had the guts to say that to Bob, it'd be worth the cred.

~J

[Tanka]

I think kids have the guts to say anything to anybody if they're paid enough.

[vapor]

[The Grifter]

*BLAM!* *BLAM!* *BLAM!*

*reloading noises*

*BLAM!*

[Tanka]

[Kagetenshi]

Maybe it's a tri-barrel shotgun?

~J

[Paul]

Too many variables to answer it properly. My answer would, like others have stated, would depend on what I was playing for a character, what was going down, etc...

[Fresno Bob]

Nick (Ganger): "Kid, get off my bike right the frag now, or I'm going to pitch you face first into the sidewalk."

Weasel: "You don't need money to be happy, kid. In fact...(launches into long speech about the joys of communism)

Ash: "Here's five. Scram."

[GrinderTheTroll]

[Catsnightmare]

Depends on the character.

Brick the human physad ex-pro combat biker: give him the 5 cred and an autograph too.
Ace of Spades, human aspected mage: give the kid a 10 and do a magic trick for him.
Gator, human merc weapons specialist: Look around for a trap and then not violently nor gently remove the kid from his bike.
Phreaker, dwarf trid pirate and decker: would remove the unconcious kid from his van (shock security system) and lean him up against a nearby building and call LS child services.
Commodore Jones: human rigger: would see the kid and whatever else is happening to his van from at least four different airial drones (not to mention the van itself) through his CRD and would tell the kid to get the hell off his van through the intercom.

[Arethusa]

So, uh, what the hell does this have to do with street rep? No one's around to see you kill the kid, and chances are the kid won't ever know who you are if you give him money. He's ostensibly picked your buke by random, unless you want to read too much into the example, so what, exactly, is the point of all this?

[Little Bill]

Little Bill: (If no one is watching) "Here's 10 :nuyen: now go get something to eat."
Little Bill: (If others are watching) "Scram!"
The Jester: levitates the kid five feet into the air and calmly climbs onto his bike and drives off, lowering the kid to the ground just before he's out of sight.
Red Cloud: "That's not my bike."