Dustin Vance

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Look up the word sleazy in the dictionary, and you'll find a picture of Dustin Vance. Even though his family was from money, Vance is as crass and as grasping as any nouveau riche. Vance was a junior executive by 25 and has managed to double his inheritance while dragging his family's good name through the mud with his shady dealings and blow-fueled parties. A certain young Brenda Murphy was a key tool in his arsenal of charms, dazzling his prospective partners and clients at nightclubs or on his yacht. Honestly, Brenda was the best - she even helped him clean up after that wild night when Jimmy got too drunk and shot his friend with a harpoon gun. He might have even married her, if she hadn't suddenly flaked out and run off.

Dustin started buying up shares in Apex Vector after an inside tip that they were about to launch a sleek new portable phone that would weigh just three and a half pounds. He became a frequent visitor at Apex Vector program sites, learning more about the company's inner workings and swaying policy in the direction he saw as most profitable. Yet, the head honcho himself, Raleigh Kane, remained out of his reach. Dustin had tried to ingratiate himself with Raleigh, but it was never successful and Raleigh remained aloof. When he found out Brenda Murphy had been made head of PR, he thought she might help him, but no luck there.

When Raleigh withdrew from public life Dustin only redoubled his efforts and was rebuffed. Over the last 2 years Raleigh's in attention to the business begin to result in dropping stock prices as a result of which Dustin Vance adopted a fallback strategy and began to plan a coup from within the boardroom of Apex Vector Incorporated. While maintaining an outwardly friendly facade towards Raleigh, Dustin has been secretly recruiting other major stockholders including Heather Hart and next week is poised to move for a vote of no confidence that would unseat Raleigh Kane from the leadership of his own company.

What Dustin could really use is an inside scoop on how Raleigh's losing his marbles, and he just might have the leverage to get it. Dustin has been wining and dining the roboticist Dr. Gelman, who gave him a behind the scenes tour of the lab and even showed him a working android, "Kris." This impressed Dustin, but what really blew his mind happened later at a club called Innuendos, when he saw Brenda Murphy canoodling with that very same android. The next time he had the chance, Dustin made it clear that unless Brenda could find him some dirt on Raleigh, he would spill the beans about her robot romance.

Beside wooing stockholders to his cause, Dustin has also been trying to woo Lisa Flag. Beautiful, confident, and fierce, Lisa's indifference to Dustin thus far has only steeled his determination to win her affections. Raleigh actually makes time to meet with her, which means she has real clout. Normally he wouldn't go for someone so buttoned-up, but there's just something about her that gives him butterflies. Dustin picked up a couple of tickets to the Sixers game next weekend, thinking she might like sports. He even flipped through the karaoke machine earlier, wondering what the sexiest song in there would be, before getting embarrassed and chickening out. Somebody out to clean that thing more often - after brushing up against it, he realized he had some kind of mineral dust on his shoulder and in his hair.

## Goals

- Find some dirt on Raleigh

- Get a Heart Token from Lisa Flag.

- Look out for #1

## Starting Cards

Heart Token (2)

Item: Reinforced Briefcase

[Conspicuous - represented by an envelope clipped to name tag]

This briefcase is locked. Only the owner knows the combination.

Item: Vial of Cocaine

The stopper even has a tiny little spoon attached. Convenient!

Item: $500

Item: Rolex Watch

Item: Tickets

Courtside for the Sixers game next week

Item: Cell Phone

This sturdy brick of a cell phone can be used once as a bludgeoning weapon, knocking out the target for 5 minutes. Once it has been used in this fashion, the cell phone is broken both as a bludgeon and as a phone.