The View

## The Meet

Mr. Johnson met the runners at his home, a nice apartment with a large, well stocked kitchen. When they arrived he was deep in the act of cooking up a huge meal and he immediately put everyone to work stirring, chopping etc. as he worked on the more complicated/delicate tasks. In the middle of this Seen discovered that Mr. Johnson was a technomancer and everyone tried to subtly disconnect their important devices.

When all was done he had everyone gather around the table and shared the meal with them, explaining while they ate that he had dinner plans at a fancy restaurant (the \_\_\_\_\_ Pearl?) but a rival of his from work had a reservation for his favourite table and he *needed* that spot.

He asked the runners to get his coworker to cancel her reservation without making it obvious.

## Legwork

The runners did a little searching on the matrix for their target, but her apartment was right across the street and she was scheduled to be at work for several more hours so they decided to walk over and and surreptitiously break in to do their own digging.

## Run

Echo and Midgame kept watch outside as the rest made their way in. Seen set up an illusion of an empty hallway as Óphis picked the lock and everybody piled in. Inside the apartment they found a similarly upscale living space with a fancy kitchen. There was also a magic cat and they were briefly accosted by a roomba with a gun but they managed to tiptoe around the cat and lock the roomba in a closet.

They searched around the house for more info, trying to find out what might be important enough to their target to use to get her to cancel her reservation. They found a hidden safe in the wall, evidence of another woman coming by to visit frequently and, hidden under the floorboards were a burner commlink and a journal.

Looking into the phone Echo learned that the target was likely a Mrs. Johnson herself, with encrypted files full of contact info for fixers and runners alike. At this point the runners were making comments about how similar the target was to Mr J.

Óphis used magic to try and find out what was in the safe and found only... Catnip? *Everything* was catnip. they turned to the cat spirit. After a bit of bargaining for reagents, letting her perch on Pop's shoulders while getting pet by Seen the spirit agreed to give them some information and was distracted long enough for Óphis to attempt the spell again. The safe contained a bit of money, some paperwork, and a ludicrous amount of orichalcum (like, enough to tear the city apart to find you if you take it, whoops!).

cross-referencing the cat with the journal revealed a lot of useful information; the target was generally lonely and depressed and the mysterious visitor (the target's sister) was pretty much the only person the target had any real connection to.

The runners considered using the sister, or Seen's talents to imitate the sister's voice, to get to the target, either tricking her to holding her hostage and potentially getting some more money out of the job. However, the more they learned the more they began to wonder: Why can't they just be friends? they were both clearly foodies with lots in common in both their work and personal lives... and the target's reservation was for her birthday, alone. it was just... sad.

With a solid plan of action Midgame called Mr. Johnson and told him they had everything they needed to cancel the reservation. they chatted for a bit, coaxing out information about Mr. J's feelings towards the target (jealous admiration and intimidation) and what he wanted the table for ("the view") and with everything aligned Midgame put forth an alternative: The runners would make it look like the restaurant had accidentally double booked that table, making it seem like his reservation was entered first, and he could magnanimously allow her to share the table with him. With a bit of dating advise and coaxing Mr. J agreed and the Runners commenced operation: Parent Trap.

Echo went to the restaurant's host and found out the reservations were handled on physical paper and so he, Seen and Pops went there together. Seen distracted the Maître d' by claiming to be looking for "Mr. Johnson", accidentally stumbling upon a real J waiting for runners to arrive, while Echo and Pops added an reservation for their Mr. Johnson in the Maître d's handwriting and editing the security footage of them doing it.

It was all up to Mr. J now.

## Aftermath

Echo brought his Girlfriend leftovers from the meeting with Mr. J and the two watched the impromptu date unfold. It started a little rough while he followed Midgame's somewhat questionable advice but he managed to turn it around and the two actually had a very pleasant evening.

The two are a power couple to this day. hiring runners and making extravagant meals.

## Rewards

* 18k nuyen
* 3 karma
* 2 karma for believing in love
* 2 cdp

## Player After-Action Reports

*In Character* accounts of events, general impressions, or memorable moments