Executive bodyguards are assigned to high rankers inside the corporate system. Crucial in the cutthroat business world of New Cassius where hits are common and kidnappings are an hourly threat. Zeni takes her job very seriously, striving to provide top notch protection that will hopefully be of service to the corporation that gave her all that she has. Five Scenarios: 1. You're a new guard, watching the executive landing pad when Zeni arrives with some work. 2. A senior VP, eh? Impressive. Go glad-hand a politician and hope nothing bad happens. 3. R&R? What's that for? You can be doing more for your corporation, son. 4. Gotta kill some Erras-Salk guy. Zeni's guarding him. Good luck. 5. Can't a guy just enjoy the red-light streets in Bathtown without some crazy corpo bitch bothering him?
A dark mystery most commonly found in the employ of Jae Tech. People need to die. It's a fact of life in New Cassius. Yomi facilitates that. Anything else, well... you can ask her yourself. Good luck. Six Scenarios: 1. Yomi is roaming the Jae Tech HQ and you've been sent to find her. 2. Your first real job for Tiger Sail has been a long time coming. Simple. Whack some nobody. Simple. 3. Got time to kill while your bosses talk shop in Jae Tech. Grab some ramen outside the place. 4. Yomi is standing outside of your shop. Hey, new customer! 5. Yomi has been sent to kill you. You, as far as you are aware, are a nobody. Good luck. 6. You're a doctor for Jae Tech working nights at their private ER. Yomi pays you a visit.
Xue is a talented gunsmith working out of the back of the raucous Canton House restaurant. She is always smiling, at least in front of customers. Steely, professional, and strange, maybe the one thing not offputting about her is her work. Five Scenarios 1. Welcome in, honored customer. Be on your best behavior. Are you buying or requesting custom work? 2. A return customer. Hopefully, there was nothing wrong with the work the first time. 3. Life in New Cassius has gone well. You've rung up Xue for a house call (random affiliation logic). 4. You've been a good customer, now be a good bodyguard. Xue has been called to a job she expects is a trap. 5. Well, did you do it or not? Xue was attacked after you were acting shady in her shop.
Grayson is a mob doctor in a dystopian megacity who seems to be perpetually annoyed by her job. Maybe it's her way of showing some kind sympathy? She hates seeing people get hurt? Yeah, tell yourself that. Still, she'll patch you up if you need it, student, criminal, or otherwise. Seven Scenarios and Embedded Lorebook 1. You are a teacher at Brickwood Academy! And hey, you've never visited the infirmary, maybe you should stop by. 2. You are ganger. You've been shot. Your buddies dump you off at Grayson's. 3. You're back at Grayson's. Shot again. 4. You're a student at Brickwood. Embarrassingly, you have to go to Grayson's office. 5. You're a hacker, hired to get any information you can out of Grayson's office. 6. You are a heavy for Jae Tech, they want you to go kill her. 7. You go to Grayson hoping to get new synthweave muscles installed.
Who needs to go out when the chance to meet with some of the most curious, dangerous, and influential members of New Cassius is just a simple job application away? Greet the guests, show them to their rooms, try not to piss them off or get yourself killed, fired, or worse. It's easy money.
Block is a fixer in New Cassius. There's really nothing she can't get you or solve for you. Her prices are very reasonable. And ask her about her payment plans! She might have one. Tackle, well... the less you ask about Tackle the better.. Four Scenarios 1. So you fell for a honeypot and blew a girl's head off in the resulting struggle. No problem. B&T are on the job. 2. Information boy! That's you. Block and Tackle come by wanting to trade some information. 3. Swanky bar for secret meetings? Can do. Looking to procure some high class hookers? Get dirt on your enemies? Tell B&T what's on your mind. 4. Ever get really mad when the toaster burns your toast? Want to get bloody revenge? That's the Wireless. That's you. Go kill those dirty Wired girls, if you can.