I am working on a detective run, where a player has to try and locate a missing Musician.
I am looking for ideas, plot twists and other elements to help make the story/mystery better.
Scenario
Krava Proge is a musician who's music creates intense emotional responses without the assistance of Sim or BTL emotive tracks. (He's just that good)
He is releasing an album under a persona (Velosa - a grey alien with a big head)
Krava went missing 2 days ago, and missed a meeting with his agent Maryna Janaesson.
Realizing that Krava is going to be a huge success, and that the majority of her money will be from booking his performances, (virtual and physical) she doesn't want to lose her ticket to success.
Krava's release is 20 days. He has a physical appearance scheduled on his release date.
Finders fee for Krava is 25K with, 10K up front
XXXXXXXXX, got wind of the Rave Riot, incited a few years ago, and are looking to use this to their cause.
Krava -
- no one knows he is the person behind the stage persona Velosa, wants to keep it that way
- Best friend - Kevin Garsal
- works for his best friend's landscaping company
- Med lifestyle in auburn
- has a girlfriend - Katy Bivona
- Lives in the same building as parents
- Search apt
- no signs of struggle
- can hack into entry system to get logs
- Data Collection
- popular in the underground music scene
- played at raves
- music incited a riot at a rave a few years ago
- could be dangerous if a company used his music to pitch their products
- Hack telecom -
- Call from Kevin at 11 pm night missing
- Call from mom each day
- Call from Maryna day after, and when missed meeting
- Call from news channel 457 with a job offer
- Call from another agent
- buried in back files - brain scan imaging. Modelling shows the shrinking of the brain
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Kevin Garsal
- Landscaper
- Went to the black orchid with Krava 2 nights ago
- Left in a limo with business people
- hangs out at the black orchid (last seen there with Kevin)
- knows Krava's plan to try and virtualize his conciousness, has a will that leaves everything to his girlfriend.
- girlfriend left after a huge fight when she begged him not to do it
Ask parents:
- Live in the same building
- Mother just cries all the time, father is morose
- Krava was a unique and difficult child, had lots of headaches as a teen ager
- Music helped him cope, and he was able to relieve his pain and others with his music.
- filed missing person's report with LS after manager called looking for him
At black orchid:
- video footage of Krava and business people leaving the place will cost 10K or requires a hack (or can get video from stuffer across the street for 1K / easier hack)
- Krava is a regular, no one knows about his alter ego
- bartenders recognize him by face/name, didn't pay any attention to the people he was with/left with Maybe something on video.
- video from orchid has licence plate and faces
- video from stuffer has faces but no plate
Has an untreatable brain wasting disease.
Is going to have brain downloaded
Business suits are from YYYYYY corp
- They a going to download is brain into a cyberbrain. (keep a copy for themselves of course so they can capilalize on his musical talent without him knowing)
- It costs Krava the entire advance from the album company
Plot ideas I would like to maybe work in:
Part way, a hit team of two from XXXXXXXXX is out to capture the detective so that they can grab his intel. If that doesn't work, they will wait and follow the detective till Krava is found.
The hit team both have "cyberbrains" (electronic matrixes, no actual bio in cyberbrain) jacked into either biodrones, or human looking droids.
The hit team is 1 persona that has been copied into two bodies. They are independantly two people, but have all of the knowledge and instincts of each other.
Team will get to Krava, in the middle of the download.
It is irreversable as it puts such a strain on the neurons that it burns out major pathways. He has to complete or dies.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.