The Violent Bear it Away

## Loot/Exp

* Blitz // 2 games (November) // 350eb // 30ip
* Bow-Tie Karl // 2 games (November) // 350eb // 30ip
* Hot-Shot // 4 games (November) // 350eb // 30ip
* Juniper // 7 games (November) // 350eb // 30ip

## Summary

The Edgerunners were hired by a man who called himself "Vincent" to watch his back while he took a few business meetings in South Night City. He met them on th NCart and after introductions were made walked through several cars toward the front of the train to surprise a man sitting with his daughter. The man, Max, saw Vincent and started freaking out saying "Your dead I saw your body you were dead!" Vincent asked Max to drive them to his business meetings and made not-so-veiled threats against Max's daughter. Max reluctantly agreed.

The first meeting was at a nightclub named the Arranca near on the bay near the wall with the Combat Zone. Vincent handcuffed Max to the wheel of the limo and then took the elevator to the club. Vincent talked to the bar tender, Rita, informing her that he wanted to talk to a man named Jose Yero. Then Vincent danced with Hot-Shot next to a man and a woman dancing who were unidentified but the edgerunners would later know worked for Jose Yero. One of Yero's heavies approached them while they were dancing and informed Vincent Yero had agreed to meet with him.

They met Yero in an office overlooking the dance floor. Vincent told Yero he was no longer welcome to operate in South Night City. Yero scoffed so Vincent threatened to "steal away" the woman who worked for him -- the same woman who had been dancing earlier. Yero claimed the man the woman was dancing with wouldn't let that happen so Vincent told Yero he'd kill the man first. Yero told Vincent he doesn't take orders from anyone, not even the company that Vincent works for. Vincent said his message had been sent and left.

In the parking garage there were seven of Yero's Cartel Enforcers hassling the handcuffed Max and thumbing through the contents of Vincent's briefcase. "Yo homie, that my briefcase?" Vincent asked as he got of the elevator.

The Cartel Enforcers threatened Vincent with their heavy pistols saying Yero was going to send a message too, the kind that comes in a body bag. Vincent seemed terrified until he surprised the Enforcer by hammering him and stealing his gun with Aikido. Vincent and the edgerunners smashed through the Enforcers and left them dead. Vincent cut the zip tie cuffs on Max's hands and told the edgerunners they would probably want to arm themselves for the next meeting. He stole a Stolbovoy and a Dai Lung Magnum from one of the dead bodies.

They drove to a brutalist apartment in Old Town, they same neighborhood in South Night City where the Continental Hotel resided. There Vincent climbed five stories and knocked on a door, which was answered by Jason Bourne. Bourne seemed to recognize Vincent, calling him "Ethan". Vincent corrected him by saying "I prefer to go by Vincent now." Jason invited Vincent in and they had a sit down, where Vincent claimed they were on the same side, Jason vehemently denied it.
None the less Vincent did make a deal with Jason, agreeing to help Jason take down Treadstone if Jason agreed to help him kill Bert Bowie and kidnap Jenny Gong, the man and the woman who worked for Jose Yero. He told Jason that they were both human smugglers so that ought to satisfy Jason's "code". Before Jason could agree, Hot-Shot heard the sound of approaching helicopters. "It sounds like Militech has finally found you," Vincent told Jason. Jason jumped out the window and the edgerunners fled before the helicopters arrived.
Blitz noticed that Jason had grabbed the photographs before jumping, so maybe he had decided to take the job after all? Vincent was pleased with how the night went. He dropped off the edgerunners, got their contact information, and paid them for their work.