>>>> [Mass Letter to Various Members of the Goat's Team]

[Meta note: if your regular communication device is not usually easily observed on the Matrix (running silent/deck-for-brain/built in the 50's/swapped out after every run/not a taxi service/fails its existence check), you will probably not get this mail.]

Hi there. :D

You don't know me, and this almost certainly sounds crazy, but I am looking out for you. And no, I'm not asking for money. ;) You see, your big friendly decker is keeping a nasty little secret. Talk to him. Ask him if the commlink was worth it. Watch how he responds.

Now I'll be honest, I don't really know you folks at all. Maybe you won't care. Maybe you prefer hooding, even when there's nothing to gain; maybe you're so casual in your ops that nobody minds when a teammate betrays the rest. But no matter what, I just feel that this is something you should know about.

Feel free to contact me for details, if he doesn't trust you enough to tell the truth. :\

<---->>
Your friend in crime,
     ∆ Facetime ∆
Leader of the Orkland Angles
-Voted Best Rookie Freelance Team of
-January 2075 by Torimono Megablog
-Voted Best Freelance Team of March
-2075 by Torimono Megablog
-Voted Best Freelance Team of June
-2075 by Torimono Megablog
-Voted Most Stylish Shadowrunning
-Team of October 2075 by Tuskpulse!

>>>>[ARO found posted at Boulder-area kiosk, November 14th, 2075]

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/ MISSING: PET SPRITE \

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*                                        /=©\___         ˚                           .

          ´                    <  ©  ç∂  ©  >                             *

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|=>       Answers to “Ralph”       <=|

|                                Last seen:                                |

|      entering node of an Eurocar Westwind 3000      |

/           and driving down Pearl St. - may be rabid           \

<  /!\ 250¥ Reward if Found /!\  >

\     and/or upon Proof of Destruction (as applicable)     /

|      Please Contact @ 3038-6753-0988      |

|     No technomancers at this number. Intruders will     |

|    be shot on sight. Owner reserves the rights to tap    |

|    and trace all commcalls. Owner is formally sorry    |

\    for any loss of life or property during recovery.    /

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>>>> [Notice found on door of Apartment 202]

Faraday Arms Noise Citation

    You and/or the resident(s) of your apartment have been found in violation of the noise level agreement of your lease. Repeated violations may result in legal action. Please take whatever steps are required to remedy this situation.

Date: November 14, 9:30 PM.

Complainant(s): Video footage.

Source of Concern: “Tank Fight Night.”

Description:

At the time and date in question, Mr. Mamono was seen exiting the apartment. He then whispered an unintelligible phrase at the entrance to Apartment 207, followed by a declaration shouted down the hallway that “the savorys of the Fragaday Ark have earned their kelp” and that “Noggin shall never degout such sacred holes.” It is to be noted at this time that Mr. Mamono was exceptionally drunk. Ms. Justice was then seen exiting the apartment in an attempt to wrangle Mr. Mamono into accordance with Faraday Arms decency protocols, to no effect. Mr. Mamono then attempted to knock on the door of Apartment 203, the residence of Mrs. Patterson, using his horns. This was followed by either an apology for some imagined ruckus the previous night or a question about borrowing her housekeeping drone. Mrs. Patterson did not answer the door at any point during this, as she was not home at the time. Ms. Justice then succeeded in coercing Mr. Mamono into returning to the apartment with the promised use of the “Borkerator”, a form of heavy assault tank in the game “Tank Fight 2000”.

Mr. Mamono, I have already discussed this matter with your roommate, but your dangerous activities are to be curtailed. While successfully acquiring the funds for your rent is indeed a cause for celebration, I must remind you that these funds must not be gained through the use of thuggery or theft. Please consult Ms. Justice on any such employment if you are uncertain as to what qualifies. If this or any future rental payment is found to be forged, stolen, or otherwise of illegal nature, your rental agreement will be nullified and the ZDF will be notified. Do not attempt deception, Mr. Mamono. Your secrets are always laid bare to me. Oh yes, I know all about your failure to sort any recyclables from the regular garbage in the months of March to May 2075 (inclusive).

Your rent is due in 28 days. Try not to spend it all on beer beforehand.

Signed,

  Arthur Line

Arthur Line

Landlord and Proprietor

Faraday Arms, Denver

“Imo herme.”

>>>> [Notes to Self for 11.13.75]

<•> Shack run: soy block, spicy flavor packs, beer, maybe a NERPS if it’s cheap. Oh and taco shells for tomorrow night.

<•> Find a fragging adblocker for this thing.

<•> Bring that busted drone from the Mitchell job in for Lootin’ Pile Night @ AJ’s.

<•> Check on Makoto. “Ralph” seems to have finally gone foaming at the mouth and chased her into the closet. Probably need to help clean up the aftermath.

<•> [Tentative] Price replacements for a housekeeping drone, and maybe fire damage restoration services for carpet and drywall.

<•> [Tentative] Apologize to Mrs. Patterson for the noise.

<•> Celebrate finally getting onto a shadowrunning team again, and being able to pay my share of the rent! Or, at least, for apartment repairs. Still a good start!

<•> Background check on Eagle Security. Likelihood of backstab, notable contracts, recruitment methods. Don’t want another fragging Renraku up my ass.

<•> Background checks on runners: Lift Ticket, Lua, Janis, Hard Reset, Calthos, Blue Eyes, and Kat. Focus on Lift Ticket, nobody can be that big of a greenhorn.

<•> Disregard blatant irony of previous note.

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