Where's Your Head At

## Summary

The edgerunners were hired to investigate the disappearance of Mickey Sixpack, a record executive who was last seen at a research clinic in the University District, where he was checking out the "next big thing" in pop music.

The edgerunners gathered at the research clinic and felt a sense of foreboding coming from the building. They entered into a very uncool reception area decorated with stuffed monkeys, photographed monkeys, and monkey art. A woman greeted them, told them she was a musician, and asked if they would like her to perform for them. They said yes and found themselves apparently magically transported to a studio. The woman was in a soundbooth playing a synthesizer while three monkeys played a Wyld Stallyn tune. When the song ended the woman claimed that the lead singer was the actual real life Wyld Stallyn. He had decided he wanted to become a monkey and hadn't really died. Would anyone else like to be a monkey?

Flash forced her teammate, Dr. Funk, to become a Monkey. He agreed somewhat reluctantly and an orangutan in a nurses costume led him away. More music followed, this time a Mayami cover song, and Mayami sang along. The woman loved it and tried to convince Mayami that the only thing that would make it better would be if Mayami, too, became a monkey. Monkeys are far superior and more beautiful than human beings. Mayami disagreed and refused.

Dr. Funk returned and he was indeed a monkey. Everyone lost humanity at the sight of the horror. The woman continued to try and convince the edgerunners that they should become monkeys. Her arguments certainly convinced Flash, who agreed to become a monkey. She was led by the orangutan nurse to an operating room, where there was a man in a record company t-shirt reading spin magazine. The orangutan hooked Flash up to several machines and Flash felt the bliss of being turned into a monkey before passing out.

Back in the studio Hornet, feeling extremely uncomfortable, called in backup. She told them that there was a kidnapping in progress. When the backup appeared they were all monkeys wearing armor and carrying guns. What was the problem? Where is the kidnapping? At this point Hornet and Mayami felt they had had enough and got ready to leave. But Dr. Acula convinced them to stay -- they still had to find and save Micky Sixpack! Hornet allowed her sense of duty to prevail and she and Dr. Acula decided to go into the operating room. There they discovered the man reading spin magazine and Flash halfway transformed into a monkey. Dr. Acula recognized it as body sculpting, but Hornet took more humanity loss from the shock. They decided to allow the body sculpting to finish rather than take Flash away halfway done. The man turned out to be Mickey Sixpack, who had wanted to become a monkey but tests had revealed the operation would work on him. He was depressed and hanging around the monkey clinic because he was sad about having to be human his whole life. The edgerunners "rescued" him and received their reward.

Flash exited the clinic in her new monkey form and she and Dr. Funk danced back to their conapt. The Dance Police conceded that there was nothing cooler than two monkeys dancing and so didn't just allow them to dance in their territory, but also conceded that territory to Flash and Dr. Funk.

## Loot/EXP

* Hornet // 300 eb // 20 IP // 2d3 humanity loss
* Flash // 300 eb // 40 IP // Turned into a Monkey // Teammate Turned into a Monkey
* Dr. Acula // 300 eb // 20 IP // 1d3 humanity loss
* Russel Black // 300 eb // 20 IP // 1d3 humanity loss
* Noel Noir // 300 eb // 20 IP // 1d3 humanity loss
* Mayami // 300 eb // 20 IP // 1d3 humanity loss