You wince slightly as you hear yet another needle fall into the sharps waste box. You’re not terribly fond of needles, but Dr. Parker was quite insistent that he drew your blood multiple times with various mutations active. Something about seeing if there were temporary changes to your blood chemistry and DNA.

Dr. Parker continues talking animatedly as he turns back from the waste box, shifting his glasses around, far too high on the thrill of scientific discovery to notice your rolling eyes. “Frankly it’s utterly astounding, what you’ve been able to accomplish in such a short period of time alongside your symbiote. I mean really, I would have never expected to see a pile-bunker of all things. It’s just like my japanese animes.”

Dr. Parker has been like this ever since you showed off the claw, and he’s only gotten worse since. You watch his back as he stands over a computer, leaning into the monitor. “Oh my, you should have a look at this.”

You stand up and walk over to the computer. There are two images on the screen, a pair of ghostly silhouettes. Dr. Parker zooms into the abdominal region of both and circles a slug-like shape in both. The shape is substantially larger in the second image. “These are some CT scans, one is right after implantation of the symbiote, and one is from the test we just ran. As you can see, the symbiote has grown quite large.”

“There’s no risk to me, right?”

“Oh no, it’s still only about as long as your pinky finger. But it’s certainly become much larger than any other specimens we’ve found in the wild.”

Dr. Parker glances up at you, over his glasses and through his jewfro. “Aside from the size, are there any other phenomena that have developed? We can’t be sure how a partially aetheric creature like this symbiote will react to exposure to human levels of aether. Aside from the impressive transformations that is.”

>Tell him about the symbiote’s ability to project emotions
>Tell him about the symbiote’s ability to speak
>Tell him you’ve named it Q
>Tell him you haven’t noticed a thing

>>41249050
>>Tell him about the symbiote’s ability to speak
>>Tell him you’ve named it Q

>>41249074
>>Tell him about the symbiote’s ability to speak!

Oy vey

>>41249074
>>Tell him about the symbiote’s ability to project emotions
>>Tell him about the symbiote’s ability to speak
>>Tell him you’ve named it Q

>>41249074
>Tell him about the symbiote’s ability to speak
>Tell him you’ve named it Q

>>41249050
>Tell him about the symbiote’s ability to project emotions
>Tell him about the symbiote’s ability to speak
>Tell him you’ve named it Q
it came up with the piledriver.

>>41249778
fuck I meant pile-bunker

>>41249803
Pretty sure it's bunker-driver

>>41249817
bunker-piler?

>>41249829
Driver-pile.

>>41249837
Piler-drive

>>41249853
punker-dunker

>>41249876
punker-splunker

>>41249964
cave-explorer

>>41249876
no but seriously why isn't it bunker buster?

>>41250042
Because it'd not bust a bunker

>>41250105
Will it pile a bunker?

>>41250221
I'll pile your bunker if you don't stop being a smartass :V

Although you’re not entirely sure that getting Dr. Parker any more excited would be a good idea, you figure that it’d probably be a pretty severe oversight on your part not to mention Q’s flourishing sentience. You decide to start off small. “Well, after implantation I was actually capable of limited communication with the symbiote. Mostly just these vague emotional sensations.”

Dr. Parker cocks an eyebrow, and begins scribbling down notes intently. “Interesting. We theorized that something like that might be possible, considering the fact that aether is a psychically reactive force, and the symbiote is very tightly bound to your own aetheric field.”

You nod. “Yeah sure. And over time, it’s gotten better at communicating. Like more complex emotions and ideas, and eventually visuals and other sensations. It kinda has it’s own personality I guess. I started calling it Q.”

“Oh my, that is exciting. The presence of such a large aetheric field hasn’t just caused your symbiote to grow not only physically but also mentally. Fascinating, although this isn’t too unexpected due to the nature of aether.”

“And one more thing, it kinda figured out how to talk about a week ago.”

Dr. Parker blinks at you. “You’re kidding.”

“Nope, seriously.”

“Well, I-I-I I mean that’s just simply beyond any-” Dr. Parker stammers, hands flapping around wildly. “Sure, it’s theoretically possible, aether is funny stuff, we can always be surprised by it but even our most expansive predictions didn’t account for any developments of this magnitude, it’s simply not possible.”

“Yeah well, it is ‘cause it just happened doc.”

“Oh, oh dear me,” mumbles Dr. Parker, hand covering his mouth.

You glance down at your phone, email icon pinned to the header. You open it up. Kolburne wants a meeting with all district agents. You pocket your phone and glance over at Dr. Parker. “Well, sorry doc, I’d love to stay and chat about parasitic intelligence and all that, but I’ve got a meeting to go to. Later.”

You hurry off before Dr. Parker can stop you, unwilling to see how many more blood tests he’ll want to do once the shock wears off. You head off to the Enforcement Agency’s offices, a bunch of generic looking office buildings, and head off to the meeting area. It’s one of the old rooms, dusty and largely unused, yet to be redecorated from the mid 70s, the walls mostly glass in wood frames. The blinders are down. You step inside to find most of the agents who participated in the TK15 raid present. You hurry over to sit next to Ritter, who grins at you as you walk over.

“Something exciting going on?”

Ritter leans over and mutters, “I think it’s something about the alliance we made with those LL guys a month back. Kolburne isn’t loving it.”

“I don’t fucking blame him,” you mutter back, “Bastards have been running us raw.”

Before Ritter can respond, Kolburne raises his hands and calls for order. “Alright everybody. You all know why we’re here. Ever since the TK15 bust the Lower East LL branch has been feeding us all sorts of cases to deal with. And while that looks real good for our department in the short term, long term people are gonna start asking some questions,” Kolburne glances over at agent Huang and nods.

Agent Huang stands, brushing back an iron grey hair. “I’ve been examining crime statistics for the last month in our district. While our arrest rate has shot up by nearly threefold, extranatural incidents have only fallen by about 10% compared to previous months. I think it highly likely that Limited Liability to foisting work onto us that they initially took care of.”

Agent Warrens speaks up, face pinched like he’s sucking on a lemon. “Are you saying that these LL assholes are using us to do their dirty work?”

Agent Huang nods grimly. “This is precisely what I feared when we first discussed cooperation with Limited Liability. That organization is known for coopting officials into their own agenda. We seem to have found ourselves in a similar situation.”

Agent Warrens scowls. “I knew it. We could have used this LL and TK15 shit to our advantage. But we didn’t and now LL is running all over us. We can’t let this shit slide. If the other departments find out, we’ll be a fucking laughingstock.”

You swallow and glance around the room, many of the agents are nodding along with Warrens and Huang.

>”Hang on, this has only gone on for a month now. There might be a drop in crime later.”
>”So what? We pull back and let LL do our jobs for us in the Lower East again? That’ll just tighten their stranglehold on the district.”
>”Yeah, this is bullshit. I had to clear a troll infestation solo, and you can bet your ass LL knew what was going on there when they sent in that tip. Fuck ‘em, we’re not their attack dogs.”
>”LL has to potential to feed us valuable intel, we can’t just terminate an incredibly useful potential source. We need to renegotiate with them, make sure they stop foisting all their bullshit on us.”
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>>41250330

>”So what? We pull back and let LL do our jobs for us in the Lower East again? That’ll just tighten their stranglehold on the district.”
And then
>>”LL has to potential to feed us valuable intel, we can’t just terminate an incredibly useful potential source. We need to renegotiate with them, make sure they stop foisting all their bullshit on us.”

>>41250042
Cause the anon who submitted the idea called it a pile-bunker

>>41250330
>>”Yeah, this is bullshit. I had to clear a troll infestation solo, and you can bet your ass LL knew what was going on there when they sent in that tip. Fuck ‘em, we’re not their attack dogs.”

>>41250330
>”So what? We pull back and let LL do our jobs for us in the Lower East again? That’ll just tighten their stranglehold on the district.”
>”LL has to potential to feed us valuable intel, we can’t just terminate an incredibly useful potential source. We need to renegotiate with them, make sure they stop foisting all their bullshit on us.”

>>41250330
>>”Yeah, this is bullshit. I had to clear a troll infestation solo, and you can bet your ass LL knew what was going on there when they sent in that tip. Fuck ‘em, we’re not their attack dogs.”

>>41250330
>”Yeah, this is bullshit. I had to clear a troll infestation solo, and you can bet your ass LL knew what was going on there when they sent in that tip. Fuck ‘em, we’re not their attack dogs.”

With a bit of


>”So what? We pull back and let LL do our jobs for us in the Lower East again? That’ll just tighten their stranglehold on the district.”

>>41250330
>Can we turn this against them? At the end of the day, the goal is to keep the peace WITHOUT LL, right? And when that happens, we WILL need to be running around this much doing the jobs they used to do.
>They're probably threatening their clients using our name, but maybe if we can put a stop to that and actually bring things under our control...

>>41250330
>>”Yeah, this is bullshit. I had to clear a troll infestation solo, and you can bet your ass LL knew what was going on there when they sent in that tip. Fuck ‘em, we’re not their attack dogs.”

"But we can't-"
>"Let LL do our jobs for us in the Lower East again? That’ll just tighten their stranglehold on the district.”

>>41250330
>”So what? We pull back and let LL do our jobs for us in the Lower East again? That’ll just tighten their stranglehold on the district.”

>>41250330
>”LL has to potential to feed us valuable intel, we can’t just terminate an incredibly useful potential source. We need to renegotiate with them, make sure they stop foisting all their bullshit on us.”
pls let's be reasonable

>>41250807
If I remember right Amber wasn't very keen on the whole deal so I am roleplaying that.

You cross your arms and lean back in your seat, scowling. ”Yeah, this is bullshit. I had to clear a troll infestation solo, and you can bet your ass LL knew what was going on there when they sent in that tip. Fuck ‘em, we’re not their attack dogs.”

Agent Warrens looks slightly surprised to see you agreeing with him, although that expression quickly warps into a sneer. “Seems like you’ve realized the error of your ways, Jensen.”

You glare at Warrens before continuing. “That said, I thought the goal was to keep the peace without LL? If we pull back now we’re just giving them even more power in the Lower East. If we want LL gone then this is the shit we’ll have to put up with anyway.”

Ritter nods, crossing his arms defiantly. “Yeah, we’ve got a duty to the extranaturals in the Lower East. We’re just now realizing how bad the situation was, with LL shoving their work our way. At the end of the day, all LL is doing is making us do OUR jobs.”

You probably wouldn’t have gone so far as Ritter, but some of the agents are nodding along with you and him. Others, including Warrens, are staring daggers at you. Huang merely nods, face unreadable.

Kolburne claps his hands together, bringing attention back to him. “Frankly, while I’d love it if we could serve Lower East singlehandedly like Ritter wants, the simple fact of the matter is we clearly can’t maintain this level of work in the long term. And we cannot request more resources at the moment because we do not need an internal affairs investigation rooting up our alliance with LL. As much as I hate it, we’re going to have to get LL to pick up some slack. In the short term at least.”

>>41250330
>”Yeah, this is bullshit. I had to clear a troll infestation solo, and you can bet your ass LL knew what was going on there when they sent in that tip. Fuck ‘em, we’re not their attack dogs.”

There are a mixture of muttering at the Captain’s words although it eventually dies down. Agent Huang stands up, her face grim. “Although I acknowledge that the current situation is unsustainable, we cannot go so far as to negotiate workloads with Limited Liability. That puts us far too close to their organization operationally and will certainly compromise department security. Might I remind you that although a necessity for now, our end goal remains the elimination of Limited Liability from our district.”

>”Agent Huang is right. We should just stop responding to all of their tips. Maybe a few, but not all of them, let them figure it out.”
>”No we need to negotiate. Lower East is clearly in far more dire straits than we thought. Any lapse in order, be it from us or LL would have serious repercussions on the civilians in Lower East.”
>"LL has better intel on criminal activity in their district than we could ever hope to. Unless we want to exist at their beck and call, we need a good working relationship with them and hopefully they'll slip up."
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>>41250897
>>"LL has better intel on criminal activity in their district than we could ever hope to. Unless we want to exist at their beck and call, we need a good working relationship with them and hopefully they'll slip up."

>>41250897
>>"LL has better intel on criminal activity in their district than we could ever hope to. Unless we want to exist at their beck and call, we need a good working relationship with them and hopefully they'll slip up."

>>41250897

>"LL has better intel on criminal activity in their district than we could ever hope to. Unless we want to exist at their beck and call, we need a good working relationship with them and hopefully they'll slip up."

>>41250897
>Write In
At this point I wouldn't mind just going to the brass with this one and take the fallout. Hell we might be able to convinvce them to allow us to continue officially just to find out who is running the show at LL.

>>41250897
>"LL has better intel on criminal activity in their district than we could ever hope to. Unless we want to exist at their beck and call, we need a good working relationship with them and hopefully they'll slip up."

>>41250897
>>”Agent Huang is right. We should just stop responding to all of their tips. Maybe a few, but not all of them, let them figure it out.”

>>41250897
>”Agent Huang is right. We should just stop responding to all of their tips. Maybe a few, but not all of them, let them figure it out.”

>>41250897
>>"LL has better intel on criminal activity in their district than we could ever hope to. Unless we want to exist at their beck and call, we need a good working relationship with them and hopefully they'll slip up."
Friends close, enemies closer and all that. Anything else would eventually hurt civilians.

It seems you guys enjoy police office politicking. Should I try to work that in more often?

>>41251358
Sure, gives Amber and the EnRA another aspect.

>>41251358
There's no way the other office politickers don't user this whole thing as 'evidence' that Amber is a LL plant.

>>41251358
eh I prefer applying massive force to the genital area with sports equipment but this works too.

>>41251397
I can see the train of thought, but you may be shadowrunning a little hard there.

>>41251425
The only reason they wouldn't is if FG wants to be merciful. Office politicking is nasty business.

>>41251454
I mean, why else would a snake like Agent Warrens be a notable side character?

But that won't be for a while anyway, assuming you make the right story decisions to make it happen

“It fuckin’ galls me to say this,” rumbles Ritter, “But we gotta negotiate. Any lapse in enforcement from either us or LL is gonna just end up hurting the civilians of Lower East.”

“And that aside, LL has better intel on criminal operations than we could ever hope to get. If we don’t make them rely on us to a certain degree then we’ll just end up as their ace in the hole. They’ll only ever clue us in on happenings when they need us, and we’ll exist solely for their benefit.”

“What,” grumbles Warrens, “like we aren’t already existing solely for their benefit already?”

You sneer at Warrens. “If we only come when they call us up we’ll never get closer into the organization. If we make them rely on us we’ll be in the perfect position to take them out simply by withdrawing our support.”

“But will we be compromised,” asks Agent Huang, frowning.

“LL can only compromise us if we start letting them off for illegal activities,” replies Kolburne. “We haven’t been able to pin any of their leadership for years now, working with them won’t change that. If anything we’ll be in a better position to bust them one day. Think of it as a department wide undercover operation. We’re all going undercover as gullible cops, lulling the Lower East into a false sense of security before we pounce. And this way we can keep tabs on their activities.”

Kolburne looks around the room. “I say we negotiate workloads a bit, but try to get closer to LL before we shut them down. Yay?”

Hands go up, including yours. It’s not as many as when the department opted to help LL take out TK15, but it’s still a majority.

“Nay?”

Huang and Warrens both raise their hands, along with a few other agents. Kolburne looks around before nodding again. “Very well. I’ve got a contact, I’ll set something up,” he looks over at you. “Jensen, stay a bit. Everyone else dismissed.”

Ritter claps you on the back as he leaves, and the rest of the agents file out silently. You look over at Kolburne, who is rubbing his Selleck-esque moustache contemplatively.

“Sir?”

“Two things. First thing, I want to take you along to negotiate with LL. Huang’s got a better analytic mind, but she’s far too straightlaced to agree to negotiate. This isn’t an order mind, considering this is all happening strictly off the clock.”

>”Sure I’ll come along.”
>”I’m not sure if I’m willing to get that close to LL boss.”
>”Are you sure Warrens or Ritter wouldn’t be better?”
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>>41251535
>”Are you sure Warrens or Ritter wouldn’t be better?”
but
>”Sure I’ll come along.”

I had this funny thought after we realized Amber is alex mercer and someone posing the question of who is her Heller.
This brought to my mind the image of Jason lazily whirling his bat and commenting on "another rookie who thinks she's hot shit".

>>41251535
>>”Sure I’ll come along.”
But
>”Are you sure Warrens or Ritter wouldn’t be better?”

>>41251535
>”Are you sure Warrens or Ritter wouldn’t be better?”

>>41251535
>”Sure I’ll come along.”

>>41251535
>>”Sure I’ll come along.”

Fuck it, I'm always up for a ride along.

>>41251535
>”Sure I’ll come along.”
Only because I enjoy the interaction.
But I also know that it'll make them think that we're undercover LL agent.

>>41251535
>”Are you sure Warrens or Ritter wouldn’t be better?”

“Sure, I’ll come along,” you reply, shrugging. “Frankly I don’t have much else to do.”

“I’ll be sure to adjust your workload shooter,” replies Kolburne, grinning.

“Ahhh, that might not be necessary sir,” you reply. “What was the other thing?”

Kolburne grin slips away. “Yeah, we sent a clean up crew to the troll infestation. Things were… messy. Very very messy.”

You swallow. This is probably going to be uncomfortable. Kolburne continues, “I mean, we do have a zero tolerance policy towards predatory extranaturals, which these trolls clearly were, but by god was it a mess there. Shooter, I’ve gotta ask, is that symbiote affecting you?”

>”Hell no sir. The trolls were too close, I had to engage them using some of the abilities the symbiote granted me.”
>”Well, I was with Danzig for a lot of that. Fucking wizards man.”
>”I won’t deny it was a mess, but most of that was from some very adverse reactions to cleaning fluid.”
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>>41252031
>>”Hell no sir. The trolls were too close, I had to engage them using some of the abilities the symbiote granted me.”
>>”Well, I was with Danzig for a lot of that. Fucking wizards man.”
>”I won’t deny it was a mess, but most of that was from some very adverse reactions to cleaning fluid.”

>>41252040
>>41252031
Yeah I guess all of the above. Cleaning fluid, mages, and CQC will make a mess.

>>41252031
>”I won’t deny it was a mess, but most of that was from some very adverse reactions to cleaning fluid.”
>And I wasn't about to pull any punches on that Queen....troll....thing

>>41252031
>”Aw come on, sir. The little guy's gonna sulk and worry over the implication for days now."
>”I won’t deny it was a mess, but most of that was from some very adverse reactions to cleaning fluid.”

>>41252031
>”Well, I was with Danzig for a lot of that. Fucking wizards man.”

>>41252031
>”I won’t deny it was a mess, but most of that was from some very adverse reactions to cleaning fluid.”

>>41252031
>”I won’t deny it was a mess, but most of that was from some very adverse reactions to cleaning fluid.”
>Write in
Have I started acting unusual? I haven't noticed anything off.

>>41252110
More vicious and brutal in how we apply deadly force (claws and pilebunker instead of bullets), but that's more down to capabilities than mental influence. Hell, if anything we're the one influencing the symbiote.

Actually, let's say so.

>>41252031
>Write in
"If anything, I'm the one affecting the symbiote. He/she/it acts almost like a younger sibling."

>>41252161
>claws and pilebunker instead of bullets
I was windering with why we didn't actually have our gun with us?

We still have a gun don't we?

>>41252216
You do, I just figured anons wold just use that instead of all the new powers so I conveniently had Amber forget it or something.

>>41252235
Great. Now people are going to shadowrun about how that's the symbiote being sinister. You coulda just said that she didn't want to get disarmed by trolls ambushing her or something.

>>41252235
Well you never listed it in our inventory or stat sheet during combat so I didn't know if we actually had it to use as you've previously done that.

>>41252272
>>41252266
Eh, can't shadowrun when the QM says it happened by fiat for no real story reasons.

>>41252266
No they won't. FG just said the reason right there.

>>41252301
>>41252296
I've seen players do exactly that. You guys must be pretty damn lucky with your questing.

>>41252352
We have an awesome QM, so we try to be awesome in turn.

”I won’t deny it was a mess, but most of that was from some very adverse reactions to cleaning fluid.”

“Cleaning fluid,” asks Kolburne, raising an eyebrow.

“Yeah. Damn things practically melted from a single spritz. Besides, I was with Danzig too. Fucking wizards.”

“I suppose so,” replies Kolburne nodding, “But I can’t help but be worried. Sure you don’t seem different just from talking shooter, but that was a real bad scene there.”

“Sir, I’m definitely not being affected by the symbiote. Besides, with the rapid regeneration powers the trolls had, bullets would’ve been largely in effective. It wasn’t neat, but it got the job done.”

Kolburne sighs and scratches the back of his head. “I suppose you’re right, but just be careful shooter. From what I heard from the eggheads, Aether is somehow connected to our brains. Damn parasite might affect you somehow.”

>”It’s not a damn parasite, Q’s like a little brother to me.”
>”Don’t worry, I’m still me.”
>”Hey, be nice Cap, you might hurt it’s feelings.”
>”Hey, you were the one who decided to put it in me in the first place. No second guessing.”
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>>41252404
>”Hey, be nice Cap, you might hurt it’s feelings.”

>>41252404
>>”Hey, be nice Cap, you might hurt it’s feelings.”
>”Don’t worry, I’m still me.”

>>41252404
>”Hey, be nice Cap, you might hurt it’s feelings.”

>>41252404
>”Don’t worry, I’m still me.”
>”Hey, be nice Cap, you might hurt it’s feelings.”

>>41252404
>Right now, Q's like a pet and a kid rolled into one.
>At least, he doesn't have any motivations that would steer me away from the job at hand, if you don't count "not wanting to die"

>>41252404
>”Hey, be nice Cap, you might hurt it’s feelings.”
>”Hey, you were the one who decided to put it in me in the first place. No second guessing.”
>”Don’t worry, I’m still me.”

“Hey be nice Cap, you might hurt it’s feelings.”

Kolburne snorts. “Yeah, I suppose I might or something. Gotta play nice with the magic slug thing I spose.”

He turns around and walks towards the door, pausing to turn back and address you. “Just be careful alright shooter? I don’t trust magic shit as a personal rule and it’s served me well.”

“Don’t worry, I’m still me,” you reply, grinning.

Kolburne nods and leaves the room, leaving you alone.

>Go to your desk and check open cases
>Talk to Q
>Find Agent Huang and try to get her on board with the LL alliance
>Shoot the shit with Ritter
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>>41252613
>>Find Agent Huang and try to get her on board with the LL alliance

>>41252613
>Shoot the shit with Ritter

>>41252613
>Shoot the shit with Ritter

>>41252613
>Shoot the shit with Ritter

>>41252613
>Talk to Q

>>41252613
>>Shoot the shit with Ritter
then
>Find Agent Huang and try to get her on board with the LL alliance

You decide to talk to your sometime partner Ritter, and head off for his desk. You find him there, buried in paperwork, rubbing his temples with an extremely pained expression plastered across his face.

You sit down on a small clear corner of his desk, sipping from a paper cup you grabbed from the water cooler. “Having fun?”

Ritter looks up at you and after a moment’s pause, grins. “Hell no. I’m buried up to my ass in forms. Made an arrest.”

You whistle. “First mistake. What for?”

“Oh, some gnome,” he replies, passing the paper up to you. You grab it and take a look. A gnome, probably around your age, is staring sullenly into the mugshot. Name of Gennings Golwynn.”

“Fucking gnomes and their weirdass names.”

“Right? But we’re not getting anything to stick, so I gotta let him go.”

You wince. Wrongful arrests generate almost as much paperwork in the short term as an actual conviction does.

>”So, you want us to side with LL? I have to say, that was a little surprising.”
>”What did you think this Golwynn guy was doing?”
>"God, Warrens is such a fucking snake."
>”You doing anything interesting this weekend?”
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>>41253126
>”What did you think this Golwynn guy was doing?”
>>”So, you want us to side with LL? I have to say, that was a little surprising.”

>>41253126
>>”What did you think this Golwynn guy was doing?”

iluvufallgey

>>41253126
>”What did you think this Golwynn guy was doing?”

>>41253126
>>”What did you think this Golwynn guy was doing?”

>>41253126
>"God, Warrens is such a fucking snake."

>>41253126
>”What did you think this Golwynn guy was doing?”
>"God, Warrens is such a fucking snake."
>”You doing anything interesting this weekend?”

“What did you book this Golwynn guy for anyway?”

“Oh, well he was loitering outside a building, some sort of tattoo place, that we’re pretty sure has LL connections. The vehicle plate itself is one we’ve recorded a few times at crimes we think are LL related, so I made a move. No contraband.”

You nod. Although EnRA agents are somewhat similar in function to magic cops, you guys are bound up by a lot less legal bullshit than mundane police officers. When your perp is a magic flying dragon mage sometimes you need to violate few constitutional rights. “Pity that. Couldn’t hold him then?”

“Nope,” sighs Ritter, shuffling around his forms again. “I mean I doubt he’s anything more than a simple flunkie, but still it kills me to see these guys walk.”

“Maybe he’s just someone in the wrong place at the wrong time?”

Ritter snorts. “Hardly. People rarely take gnomes for the criminal type, but there was definitely something shifty about that guy. It’d be great if we could get an LL arrest for once.”

You nod sympathetically. Your department hasn’t had a solid LL arrest in quite some time. Whoever the new lieutenant is, they’re clever and they play it safe. Unfortunately, the rest of the Enforcement Division doesn’t see it that way, and more as a reflection on your competence, or lack thereof. “Yeah. But who knows, things might be changing pretty soon.”

Ritter grunts.

“So speaking of LL,” you say, leaning in to speak more privately, “I’m surprised you backed the decision. I’d have thought you’re dislike for those sorts would override other concerns.”

Ritter frowns and shakes his head. “Frankly, I think I’d normally be with Huang on this one, but if the last month has taught me anything, it’s that LL was holding back a bunch of bullshit. We’ve completely failed the people in Lower East and gumming things up with some passive aggressive bullshit is exactly the wrong thing to do.”

“Besides,” you reply, smiling slightly, “maybe they’ll slip up.”

Ritter gives you a predatory grin. “Maybe.”

Just as he finishes talking your phone buzzes. Staring down at it you curse and begin to walk away. “Fuck, gotta report the troll nest. See you later Ritter.”

“Later Jensen.”

Alright guys, it's getting late here in Saintsburgh. Calling it for tonight. Thread on Sunday or Monday.

I'll lurk if there's any questions or comments.

>>41253737
Finish with that Cities Skylines project?

Also thanks for running.

This is just a bit of bullshit, but what D&D alignments do the characters have?

>>41253757
Not even close. I've made a terrain map I don't hate, but building the city hasn't even begun.

Roads are frustrating.

>>41253764
Oh jeez. Well Jensen's side is a bit easier to do.

Jensen; unsure
Q: Pure
Ritter: Lawful Good
Kolburne: Neutral Good
Danzig: Chaotic Good
Huang: Lawful Neutral
Warrens: Lawful Evil

Reinhardt is harder because he's not an overtly bad guy, but at the end of the day he and many of his compatriots are criminal murderers. I'm gonna proceed assuming that makes them traditionally evil. If you don't assume that then bump them up to neutral.

Reinhardt: unsure
Uncle Frank: True Neutral/Neutral Evil
Ma: Chaotic Evil
LT: Lawful Evil
Gennings: Chaotic Neutral/Chaotic Evil
Brutus: Lawful Evil
Dr. Cygne: True Neutral

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>>41253840
>Ma: Chaotic Evil
Pfft

>>41253737
Thanks for running SG/FG/MG/UG

>>41253840
I'd say Jason is chaotic neutral

>>41253840
Jason strikes me as very even-handed Lawful Evil veering into Chaotic Good due to player involvement a lot.

>>41255878
>due to player involvement
/tg/ wants nothing more than be the good guy and be applauded for it.

>>41258097
and for you to sage your posts anon