Just start at the beginning.” Saxby glances around at the others, then fixates on Candy. Desiderium personnel are thick along the walls and the Aequitas herself stands at Candy’s right hand, “So, explain what happened. He clutches the mug like a life-raft as he skulks over to a seat and sits down, seeking absolution in the bottom of his coffee.Ĭandy sits behind a table, not on the couches as one of the crew as is his norm.
To hell with the Bey’s rules… a bit of this ought to set me more upright than a skyscraper.
Pacing back and forth, Mac eventually sets his caff down on a table and manages to still his hands enough to pour a finger or two of whiskey into the mug. He preemptively sends Candy his footage of the interrogation, which only cuts off after Candy’s demand for lockdown. Pitbull stands upright, a soldier at attention. Saxby sits on the couch, nursing his third (fourth? He lost track) mug of coffee. Now, the team – Candy, Able, Pacoy, Mac, Pitbull and Saxby – have gathered in Candyman’s main room to talk. Candyman – who had slept through the whole thing up until the alarm because he’d spent the night with his lieutenant Francheska and Doctor Vano – was outraged by what he saw as an infringement on his promised hospitality, even for terrorists, and demanded an explanation. In the ensuing confusion, Saxby fired off a pistol round into the ceiling (which didn’t faze his hardened companions one bit) and triggered a security lockdown in Candyman’s headquarters. The team had just finished interrogating their prisoner, Professor Gregori, when Able – or at least a personality controlling Able – knifed the academic-turned-terrorist in the back, paralyzing him from the neck down. The Umbra exec herself is unaffected, however – and Marid doesn’t respond to Pacoy’s call, the elevator doors remain open.ĭateline: December 29th 2050, 1000 Local Time
Pacoy’s coil of sleepy gas roils into the elevator and the three security team surrounding Icefire drop in quick succession. Seeing that words have fallen on deaf ears, Candy draws forth a prowler and a wicked monoblade, both held before him in a crossed defensive stance, “Umbra, you’ve overstepped yourselves.” “Marid – close the doors on them NOW!” He then stows the Vortexo! before drawing his Prowler pistol and balisong in a cross-defensive grip.
Now, while everyone is busy talking, Pacoy fires the Vortexo! into the elevator and sends his Kestrel-bot to gain a little altitude, seeking the best vantage point. Seeing Candy go for his weapons, the Umbra executive, Valerie Aldridge, barked a single word “shoot!”, and her bodyguards went for their weapons! Ignoring them Candy challenged the Umbra people and went for his mono-wire sword. Just then, two naked women appeared from another elevator and walked right towards candy asking if he wanted to party. Rushing up two floors, Candy confronted the Umbra people as they exited their elevator – while Pacoy and one of his drones got the drop on the Umbra team unobserved. Just as the morning auction was about to begin the auctioneer flipped out and began stripping then singing The Sound of Music! While most of the team subdued the auctioneer, and Mac took on that role with the hotel A.I.’s help, Candy and Pacoy followed the Night City Vice President of Umbra Corporation and her bodyguard team, who were seen leaving the auction room just as the mess began. unfortunately, things are going wrong fast. The team – Able, Candyman, Mac, Pacoy, Pitbull and Saxby – are back at the Ottoman hotel for the second day of their contract as additional security consultants for the infamous Grey Auction. Dateline: December 29th 2050, 1115 Local Time