I Hate You, I Love You

## Loot/Exp

* Tea // 6 games (November) // 250eb // 30ip
* Sanaa // 5 games (November) // 250eb // 30ip
* Flatline // 5 games (November) // 250eb // 30ip
* E-gore // 5 games (November) // 250eb // 30ip

## Summary

The Edgerunners were staying in various rooms on the sixth floor of Hotel Yamagumi in Little Europe. They heard a disturbance and went out into the hall to investigate. There they sawy a woman smoking a cigarette. She had a black eye and a split lip. Several edgerunners recognized her as Atomic Blonde. They began to ask her if everything was okay. She told them that her girlfriend had kicked her out and pointed at a locked hotel room door. Otto gave her some reasonable advice about not being in an abusive relationship but when Atomic didn't seem to listen he grew aggressive. Atomic pulled a gun on him, mistakenly believing he was there to kill her girlfriend. She immediately offered everyone present 450 eddies to help body him. Otto wisely raised his hands and said he wasn't there to kill anyone, and Atomic let him leave.

Atomic then told everyone she had left something "important" in the room and needed to get back in to recover it. The edgerunners agreed to help and knocked on the door. Atomic's lover, Delphine, knew some of the edgerunners so she opened the door and let them in. She began to complain to them about the terrible thing Atomic had done. "You know what she asked me?" Delphine said. "She asked if she could make me immortal. How fucked up is that?!" Atomic, meanwhile, tried to defend her position, claiming she only wanted to make Delphine immortal out of love. She claimed that everyone she has ever loved has been killed, and Delphine would be no exception. But if Delphine were immortal Atomic could never lose her. Delphine was offended by the suggestion that she couldn't protect herself.

The edgerunners tried to mitigate between the two women. Tea largely took Atomic's side and Sanaa largely took Delphine's side. Through some good advice and gentle coaxing they convinced Atomic to apologize and convinced Delphine to accept the apology. Atomic went back into the room, kissed Delphine, and Delphine kicked the door closed behind them.

The edgerunners were about to return to their rooms when Tea and Flatline heard footsteps running down both stairwells. Tea used her tactile boost to identify seven individuals approaching. The edgerunners had a moment to prepare themselves as nine assassins emerged from the stairwells. Based on what they were saying to each other, they were clearly there to assassinate Delphine. Several of the edgerunners recognized the assassin "Lieutenants." The first was Mad Dog, a former Triad lieutenant whose boss, Tracy Tzu, had been killed by edgerunners. The second was Ruby, a former Bodyguard whose boss, a Mafioso, had been killed by edgerunners. Both had been forced into wet work and edgerunner work since they had lost their regular employment.

The edgerunners fought off the assassins, but the assassins managed to shoot down the door to Delphine's hotel room. Delphine and Atomic were making out on the bed completely oblivious to the attack. They only reacted after Mad Dog sprayed them both with a Crusher blast. At that point, still making out with Delphine, Atomic started shooting and fighting back.

Tea, recognizing that the assassins were at least potentially honorable mercenaries, offered Ruby a deal: 300 eddies to leave. Ruby countered with 400 and Tea accepted. Ruby signalled to the others that the were done here and the assassins began to withdraw. Mad Dog even jury rigged the hotel room door so Atomic and Delphine could continue to make out in private. They returned to a helicopter on the roof and flew away. The next morning, Atomic thanked the edgerunners via text and deposited 350 eddies into their accounts (100 of which they subsequently paid to Ruby).