"An Arm and a Leg" - Reboot.exe - S1 Chapter 3.

## An Arm and a Leg

Jenn

"An Arm and a Leg" is the third chapter of season 1 of Reboot.exe. It was released on 10 January 2021 and is narrated by Dave.

## Episode Synopsis

The group leaves Ugly’s Motors. One their way back to the hideout, they come across a man who has seems to have just been mugged, and Eve snaps his freshly broken nose back into position. His vending tray has been robbed, but he opens his coat to reveal a ganger-tier cybernetic brawler arm. Seb buys the arm for $5,000 and asks for information about the area. Bernie mentions that the two men that knocked on Pr0’s door (in the first episode) have been snooping around for a while, that Ugly’s place has been busier lately, and that there’s been a stronger corp presence than usual.

They return to Pr0’s hideout to drop off the arm. Eve glitches out for a moment, holding a pillow and muttering something about a baby. Seb sees this and is concerned. He tells Pr0, and Pr0 agrees to keep an eye out for more strange behavior.

They make their way into Jetlag Gang turf and are able to be discreet up until they reach the apartment block where Vinod Singh (their target) is being held. As they cross the street to approach, Pr0 bumps into a large robot guarding a city philanthropist. The philanthropist named Martin is loudly insisting on seeing his “sponsor kids”, despite the late hour, and proceeds to talk to them as if they are very, very stupid. The group does not interact with him.

Pr0 hacks his way in and disables some rudimentary security (cameras) encountering a bit more resistance than he expected as the entire apartment block seems to be under gang influence. He unlocks the main door without too much trouble. Seb goes in alone and tells a guard that he has a meeting with Vinod. When the guard tries to double check this claim, Pr0 jams her cellphone so she has to go check with her boss in person, giving Seb an opening.

Seb offers Vinod a (very fake) job working with his parent’s corporation, including full citizenship and protection, saying that he must accept in the next thirty seconds. Vinod hesitates for just half a second and then eagerly accepts. The two make a hasty exit and Pr0 switches off the power for a distraction. The guard makes chase, but they lose her after a few blocks.

They take Vinod back to Pr0’s hideout and call Ugly to try to get him transported back to Ugly’s Motors. Ugly answers the phones (as S-Effect, a good little gag), and then instructs them to bring Vinod to him, as he can’t be seen connected to the kidnapping. Unable to locate anything to sedate their charge with, Seb finds a hawker and buys some moonshine, insisting Vinod make a toast, but before the alcohol can work it’s magic, he decides to just bean Vinod on the back of the head with the cybernetic arm he bought from Bernie.

Much to everyone’s dismay, Vinod does not immediately fall unconscious, however he does have a nasty split on the back of his head. He freaks out and Eve takes the arm, letting him think she has malfunctioned, while Seb gently chokes him out. They carry him to Ugly’s with a bag over his head, encountering Bernie again but not interested in what he’s now selling- a dead pigeon. They deliver Vinod to Ugly, who has Johnny pin the (now conscious) man down to the bar while he cuts his leg off from the knee down, promising that if Vinod works for him *without pissing him off again*, in three months he’ll get him a cybernetic leg. If he continues to work for him, Ugly will continue to provide him with Fusion.

Speaking of Fusion, the group has upheld their half of the deal, and Ugly gives Pr0 a full canister (seven doses). He offers them more jobs now that they have a foot in the door, and the episode ends with him asking what he can do for them.

## TL;DR

* The party encounters Bernie who sells a Cybernetic Brawler Arm to Seb and gives the party some info on the gangers who were outside Pr0’s door
* The party proceeds to the Jetlag gang after dumping the arm in Pr0’s hideout where Eve seemingly glitches out for a moment whilst talking about a baby.
* After reaching Jetlag gang terf, Pr0 literally bumps into a robot protecting an asshole city philanthropist named Martin.
* Seb walks straight up to the apartment Vinod is staying in and quickly distracts the girl outside with the help of Pr0. Seb convinces Vinod to come with the party under the guise of a job offer before taking him back to Pr0’s hideout.
* At Pr0's hideout, the party struggles to incapacitate Vinod via Alcohol and blunt force trauma before successfully choking him out. Seb puts a bag over his head and takes him to Ugly’s motors.
* Ugly causes -1 leg to Vinod via knee punch and handsaw before giving Pr0 his fusion and sitting down to discuss working together.