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<blockquote data-quote="LongGoneWriter" data-source="post: 7503877" data-attributes="member: 6857996"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">PETALS OF THE MIND FLOWER</span></strong>, by LongGoneWrier</p><p></p><p>Ignorant Bliss</p><p>Staged Takeover</p><p>Usual Suspects</p><p>Unfair Rap</p><p>Eldritch Wonder</p><p>Offensive Shibboleth</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">ADVENTURE BACKGROUND</span></strong></p><p>The Daijong-Elverez Group is turning heads with its meteoric rise through the corporate rankings. DEG started out unlisted only six months ago, and now it is well on its way to becoming one of the globally-dominant AAA megacorporations.</p><p></p><p>What is more, this success seems to come on the back of incredibly happy and productive wage-slaves. Everyone who works in their new main corporate tower in Bellevue seem to genuinely enjoy their jobs and love the company, which is baffling corporate lifestyle experts the world over. Even rumors of illegal and inhuman blood magic do not dampen the joy of the workers, or the interest of predatory corporations.</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">WHAT’S THE JOB?</span></strong></p><p>The Johnson meet itself serves as a test of the runners’ infiltration and magical ability. Dinner in Dante’s Inferno gives the Johnson a chance to assess how well the team blends in with the other high rollers. Secondly, the Johnson quizzes the Awakened runners on their knowledge of esoteric magical trivial. </p><p></p><p>If satisfied, the Johnson lays out the job. Mr. Johnson will pay the runners 50,000 nuyen each if they can infiltrate the Daijong-Elverez corporate tower and acquire the secret of the new company’s prosperity. If the runners cannot, they are to disrupt or destroy it as much as possible. </p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">GROUNDWORK</span></strong></p><p>Given the level of interest in DEG, Mr. Johnson recommends that the runners at least initially infiltrate under the pretense of corporate agents on a mission to buyout DEG. To that end, Mr. Johnson can provide the runners corporate SINs and records with Saeder-Krupp Heavy Industries, the largest AAA megacorporation in the world. Mr. Johnson assures any runners nervous by the powerful association that this level of interest is to be expected with such a disruptive company.</p><p></p><p>Mr. Johnson leaves the runners with two more pieces of information. If blood magic is the cause of DEG’s prosperity, they are to terminate it with extreme prejudice; and if anything gets out of control, their bug-out code is “suck Lofwyr’s hairy balls.”</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">GET IN</span></strong></p><p>Using the Saeder-Krupp identities provided by Mr. Johnson, the initial infiltration of DEG is relatively easy, but the executive giving the tour is slippery and coy when it comes to discussing specifics of DEG’s rise. He is adamant that DEG is not using blood magic, and will bend some security protocols to prove it. For other infiltrators, magical, matrix, and physical security are all tight, and the workers all know nothing. </p><p></p><p>Finding clues requires some digging. Abnormal amounts of power and water are diverted to central areas of the building and disappear. Workers walk in flowing, specific patterns, sometimes sideways, never deviating from an invisible course. Unusual magical talismans and symbols are incorporated into the architecture.</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">GET THE STUFF</span></strong></p><p>Putting the right kind of pressure on the executive giving the tour, or succeeding with the right kind of magical investigation, can bring the truth to light. At the heart of DEG is not the expected blood magic, but rather something potentially more beneficent: a <em>xin lian</em>, or “mind flower”. A creature that exists both in the Astral plane and the physical one, the <em>xin lian</em> is a symbiotic entity that integrates with and directs the minds of those in the corporate tower. Seeing the <em>xin lian</em> in physical space is breathtaking; viewing it in the Astral leaves many mages speechless for days.</p><p></p><p>Acquiring a <em>xin lian</em> is a complicated process. Not only do samples need to be taken from both Astral and physical space, but the components need to be arranged in a specific order to maintain a stable bridge between the two planes. An unstable connection can cause volatile surges of power to devastate entire city blocks. Of course, DEG security will also be on hand to prevent runners from taking samples of the <em>xin lian</em>. </p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">GET OUT</span></strong></p><p>Getting the <em>xin lian</em> is tricky, but careful runners can manage it. If the runners botch the extraction, things go poorly extremely quickly, and the <em>xin lian</em> directs security forces to defend itself. If its degradation is left unchecked, however, the <em>xin lian</em> drives the rest of the tower inhabitants murderously insane. </p><p></p><p>Using the bug-out phrase Mr. Johnson provided, “suck Lofwyr’s hairy balls”, is no relief; it only signals for an orbital bombardment. Dragons are not known for their senses of humor.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LongGoneWriter, post: 7503877, member: 6857996"] [B][SIZE=5]PETALS OF THE MIND FLOWER[/SIZE][/B], by LongGoneWrier Ignorant Bliss Staged Takeover Usual Suspects Unfair Rap Eldritch Wonder Offensive Shibboleth [B][SIZE=4]ADVENTURE BACKGROUND[/SIZE][/B] The Daijong-Elverez Group is turning heads with its meteoric rise through the corporate rankings. DEG started out unlisted only six months ago, and now it is well on its way to becoming one of the globally-dominant AAA megacorporations. What is more, this success seems to come on the back of incredibly happy and productive wage-slaves. Everyone who works in their new main corporate tower in Bellevue seem to genuinely enjoy their jobs and love the company, which is baffling corporate lifestyle experts the world over. Even rumors of illegal and inhuman blood magic do not dampen the joy of the workers, or the interest of predatory corporations. [B][SIZE=4]WHAT’S THE JOB?[/SIZE][/B] The Johnson meet itself serves as a test of the runners’ infiltration and magical ability. Dinner in Dante’s Inferno gives the Johnson a chance to assess how well the team blends in with the other high rollers. Secondly, the Johnson quizzes the Awakened runners on their knowledge of esoteric magical trivial. If satisfied, the Johnson lays out the job. Mr. Johnson will pay the runners 50,000 nuyen each if they can infiltrate the Daijong-Elverez corporate tower and acquire the secret of the new company’s prosperity. If the runners cannot, they are to disrupt or destroy it as much as possible. [B][SIZE=4]GROUNDWORK[/SIZE][/B] Given the level of interest in DEG, Mr. Johnson recommends that the runners at least initially infiltrate under the pretense of corporate agents on a mission to buyout DEG. To that end, Mr. Johnson can provide the runners corporate SINs and records with Saeder-Krupp Heavy Industries, the largest AAA megacorporation in the world. Mr. Johnson assures any runners nervous by the powerful association that this level of interest is to be expected with such a disruptive company. Mr. Johnson leaves the runners with two more pieces of information. If blood magic is the cause of DEG’s prosperity, they are to terminate it with extreme prejudice; and if anything gets out of control, their bug-out code is “suck Lofwyr’s hairy balls.” [B][SIZE=4]GET IN[/SIZE][/B] Using the Saeder-Krupp identities provided by Mr. Johnson, the initial infiltration of DEG is relatively easy, but the executive giving the tour is slippery and coy when it comes to discussing specifics of DEG’s rise. He is adamant that DEG is not using blood magic, and will bend some security protocols to prove it. For other infiltrators, magical, matrix, and physical security are all tight, and the workers all know nothing. Finding clues requires some digging. Abnormal amounts of power and water are diverted to central areas of the building and disappear. Workers walk in flowing, specific patterns, sometimes sideways, never deviating from an invisible course. Unusual magical talismans and symbols are incorporated into the architecture. [B][SIZE=4]GET THE STUFF[/SIZE][/B] Putting the right kind of pressure on the executive giving the tour, or succeeding with the right kind of magical investigation, can bring the truth to light. At the heart of DEG is not the expected blood magic, but rather something potentially more beneficent: a [I]xin lian[/I], or “mind flower”. A creature that exists both in the Astral plane and the physical one, the [I]xin lian[/I] is a symbiotic entity that integrates with and directs the minds of those in the corporate tower. Seeing the [I]xin lian[/I] in physical space is breathtaking; viewing it in the Astral leaves many mages speechless for days. Acquiring a [I]xin lian[/I] is a complicated process. Not only do samples need to be taken from both Astral and physical space, but the components need to be arranged in a specific order to maintain a stable bridge between the two planes. An unstable connection can cause volatile surges of power to devastate entire city blocks. Of course, DEG security will also be on hand to prevent runners from taking samples of the [I]xin lian[/I]. [B][SIZE=4]GET OUT[/SIZE][/B] Getting the [I]xin lian[/I] is tricky, but careful runners can manage it. If the runners botch the extraction, things go poorly extremely quickly, and the [I]xin lian[/I] directs security forces to defend itself. If its degradation is left unchecked, however, the [I]xin lian[/I] drives the rest of the tower inhabitants murderously insane. Using the bug-out phrase Mr. Johnson provided, “suck Lofwyr’s hairy balls”, is no relief; it only signals for an orbital bombardment. Dragons are not known for their senses of humor. [/QUOTE]
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