Scene 4

The district they approach is called Ion-Trix, an artificial, nature grown district that is known for being not receiving state protection from enforcement parties, which turns it extremely dangerous… and recognized due to its psychedelic Ionic-Trees (hence the name).

Delbiot and Zed approach Lucia’s shop (🎲 Describe shop → Strongly Empty. 🎲 Describe immediate surroundings → Knowingly Empty), which is located on an incredibly silent back alley, approachable only by foot. The car is parked around the corner.

Lucia’s shop, “Directrix”, seems too quiet. (🎲 Is it closed? → Don’t know, unless…)
Delbiot: “Hello…?”

🎲 GM Action (Chill) → Places a thread element behind a challenge
🎲 Interaction → Strength or good stamina can help

The door appears closed, the datapad is shutdown.
🎲 Is it broken or forced? → No.
Simply turned off.

Zed wants to evaluate if it’s hacked
🎲 Notice → :1d6x: [3] or 1d4x: [3]
🎲 Delbiot’s Notice to hear anything → 1d8x: [8, 4] = 12 or 1d4x: [1] SUCCESS
🎲 Any noises or sounds from the inside? → Yes. 🎲 Is it voices? → Don’t know.

Zed: “Maybe she’s just not working tonight” (🎲 can that be? → Yes.)
Delbiot triggers his TAP and reaches out to Lucia (🎲 She picks up? → Yes, obviously.)
Lucia: “Yes?”
Delbiot: “Hey, you in the shop?” (🎲 Is she? (unlikely? → Yes.))
Lucia: “Yeah, why? What’s up?”
Delbiot: “Well… I’m knocking at the door. I’m here with a Friend. Everything looks closed”
Lucia: “is it important?”
Delbiot: “Yeah…”
Lucia: “K, hold on. Opening now… Don’t mind the mess…”

🎲 Time for GM Action (+10) → Further explains sensorial elements to characters
🎲 Inspiration 1 → Known, familiar, renowned, predictable, stable
🎲 Inspiration 2 → Open, airy, flowed, accessible, reachable, elevated

The characters feel the silence of the location, and the hot air coming from the shop’s airflow, which is familiar to Delbiot already, as he’s been here already a few times.

The shop is empty, and dark.
🎲 Delbiot wants to associate the noise, is there an explanation? → Yes, at first.
🎲 What was making the noise that he heard before? (describe object) → Legally Broken

After a while Lucia shows up (🎲 Describe → Specially Rich 🎲 Inspiration → Essential, important, key, relevant, strategic)

Lucia: “Hey, what’s up, Droid”

Delbiot: “Don’t call me like that. Hey, Lucia here’s Zed, Zed, Lucia”
Zed: “Nice to meet you”
Lucia: “Sure… you don’t look weird”
Zed: “Hm?”
Lucia: “Never mind. So, what are you looking for, boys?”
Delbiot: “We need premium equipment, the time has come. I guess Helbrok made some arrangements with you”
Lucia: “Well… he just made sure the stocks arrive safely. The price is yours to pay for…”
Delbiot: “K, show us what have you got…”

Delbiot: “The armor is out of our pay grade for now, maybe later. The rest, we take everything with us”
Lucia: “Sure thing, let me know when you’ve got the bucks for the armor. I can get it delivered to you. Wherever you are.”
Zed: “Hey, got any programs?”
Lucia: “Sure babe” (1d4: [1] = 1) “But just one’s left for now”
Zed: “Sure, I’ll take it.”

Delbiot: “Alright, thanks, Lucia. We’ll stay in touch”
🎲 Will she be a helpful contact during missions? → Hard to say, obviously.
Lucia: “Sure, take care. Let me know if you need anything. And hey, you owe me one for waking me up”

To be continued…

JeansenVaars