Pennies In My Pocket

## Loot/Exp

* Arvid // 1 game (November) // 350eb // 30ip
* Theo // 7 games (November) // 350eb // 30ip
* Tea // 13 games (November) // 350eb // 30ip
* Sanaa // 13 games (November) // 350eb // 30ip

## Summary

The edgerunners were hired to protect a Night City Vice confidential informant named Bert Bowie. They were instructed not to blow Bert Bowie's cover, but to prevent him from being assassinated. Night City Vice lent the edgerunners a Ferrari Testarossa and a Ferrari Daytona Spyder, warning the edgerunners that Bert Bowie liked to "live fast" and that they would need the Ferraris to "keep up".

Bert was staying at the Yamagumi Hotel in Little Japan Town. The edgerunners staked it out and saw Bowie leave, get into his own silver Ferrari F430, and drive east. The edgerunners followed, tailing Bowie at a distance of about forty meters. Bowie hit the 16 highway and pushed his car flat out. The edgerunners were able to keep up with him at 300 miles an hour, weaving in and out of the much slower traffic. Bowie triggered a speed trap and two NCPD Sheriffs tried to jump him with their high performance groundcars. They got one good shot off and hit him with their rifles, but the edgerunners ran interference, and the NCPD V8's were no match for the Ferrari supercars, who eventually outran them.

Bert Bowie pulled up to Calderone's estate on the coast north of the military base and was let through the front gage. Theo had heard rumors that the estate was patrolled by wild, carniverous apex predators. The edgerunners circled around to the hills above the estate and watched over the wall down on it. They saw Bert Bowie leave with a woman they identified as Jenny Gong, Jose Yero's consiglieri. Bowie and Gong got into a speedboat and began driving south.

Sanaa raced down and hotwired a lamborghini speedboat. The Edgerunners followed Bowie and Gong all the way back down to Little Japan Town, where they were picked up by a limousine. The edgerunners hired a combat cab and followed close enough to see that Bowie and Gong were making out in the back of the limo. They arrived at the Highcourt Plaza Hotel and went inside.

The edgerunners hired the cab to wait for them so they could leave their weapons. Then Theo rushed in, drawing no attention to himself due to his incredible sense of fashion, while Tea purchased clothes from one of the Highcourt boutiques to gussy up Sanaa and Arvid, successfully getting them inside. They proceeded to the rooftop pool and bar.

A 1920's theme party was in full swing. The theme was "fire and water". Hot-Shot was fire dancing on a platform/cage suspended over the pool, where a dozen mermaids were performing water ballet. A series of tent-like cabanas surrounded the pool, into which Bert and Bowie disappeared. Sanaa circled around to peer into the cabana and see that they were making out again. She was spotted and Bert closed the cabana door/flap for privacy.

Suddenly an AV upgraded car that looked like an elongated Dodge Viper raced onto the rooftop and three paramilitary agents jumped out: Fox, Weseley and John Preston. Some of the edgerunners recognized the agents as marksmen who could "bend bullets". Sanaa recognized the driver of Viper as "Baby Driver", an operator who was quickly becoming her arch enemy alongside Franco Bullett. The agents raced directly for the cabana in which Bowie and Jenny were making out.
The edgerunners intercepted the agents, disarming or martial artsing them. Bert grabbed Jenny and tried to run her to safety. The agents attempted to prevent him and break his grapple with Jenny but ultimately failed. Bert and Jenny escaped down the elevator while the operators, realizing their mission had failed, jumped back into the AV and escaped. Tea managed to capture Wesley in a choke hold.

Highcourt Plaza hotel security arrived and demanded everyone get on the ground. The edgerunners surrendered and Tea surrendered her prisoner to them. Security quickly ascertained that the edgerunners were innocent of wrong doing and let them go. The edgerunners saw that Bert and Jenny were in the lobby getting a hotel room together. They spent the rest of the night making sure no one disturbed the love birds. Night City Vice rewarded the edgerunners for a job well done.