PRIVATE Grab and Tag

[Remi]

@Angel

Little China, Watson

"Simple job," Remi muttered.

He pressed himself back into his seat. He had parked up in a dark corner.

The job sounded single, but it was a touch outside of his usual scope. People brought vehicles to his autoshop or they engaged in minor scuffles for darkwire.

He was without his usual group. A bunch of low level enforcers from Darkwire that called themselves 32nd Mex. Today he had outside help.

"There," he whispered.

The armoured car didn't look out of place, but the fact that it stopped was. Two men in crisp black and white stepped out, accompanied by one with an oversized jacket.

"Standard affair," he muttered. There would be a compact machine gun in that jacket. Two corpos and their guard.

"That isn't."

The next figure out of the car was more mod than woman. A serious combat platform with a human brain.

"Merde. That is one nasty lookin Borg."

They were supposed to drive the car around the corner and quickly jack it with a tracker. The jon suddenly seemed less simple.

 

[Angel]

Location: Little China, Watson
Objective: steal car
Tags: @Remi

Angel sat next to Remi putting rounds into her Overture pistol and readying herself for the contact, it had been worded as a simple mission but she couldn't help but wonder. "Damn, that's some bad looking chica. Think we can take her? And the other two cabróns?" she pursed her lips and flipped her eyes into infrared imaging mode. She could see the heat of the bodies, the borg looking like a strange patchwork of hot flesh and cold steel, the engine of the armoured car was glowing but there was no exhaust plume so it wasn't running any more.

She made a ticking noise with her mouth. "Which one do you think has the keys on them?" she asked wondering. She flicked back to visual light and looked at Remi. "We need to put down the guy with the machine gun pronto and then I can take the borg... maybe... she might kill me." the young woman laughed.

"Or we could wait for them to fuck off and just waltz up to their car. What are you up to esse?" she whispered the last bit to herself as one of the guards walked over and started chatting to a joytoy on the street, were they waiting for someone something.

 

[Remi]

"Borg is outta my league. If she rips you in two I will be very sad as I sell your parts," Remi mused.

He slid something from underneath his seat. A green circuit board with some badly soldered wires and a programmed board. One of the chips was an RF transmitter.

"Let's go with wait for them to fuck off," he said.

His gaze followed hers. A few creds were exchanged and the last guard headed inside.

"You think he paid the joytoy to watch the car or something else eh?" Remi asked.

He placed the device on the dashboard. He had long arms, his entire body slightly too long and thin from his upbringing on the moon.

 

[Angel]

Location: Little China, Watson
Objective: steal car
Tags: @Remi

She laughed at her associate, "Nice to know you'd shed a tear when you flog my parts. Make sure you get a good price for my arms eh Esé.". She picked up the device and cast her eyes over it, it was a rough build but she'd seen worse.

She rolled her shoulders and shrugged, it made sense to pay a joytoy to watch the car, noone was going to question why ther were hanging around on a street corner doing nothing and it was low a low energy job they didn't have to lie down for.

She pondered there options, waiting for them to leave was certainly more appealing for this sort of job, she liked to fight but if she didnt have to it might reduce her medical costs this month. "You think we can get her eyes off the car long enough to plant that thing?

Have you ever been with a joytoy amigo?" she asked Remi curiously. He knew her enough to know she was just being nosey. It had gone quiet outside, now seemed as good as time as ever to make their move.

 

[Remi]

@Angel

"You askin' cos you wanna know or cos you want me to distract that one?" Remi asked.

He shrugged. His arms looked too long for his frame.

"Couple times. Creds gone for someone didn't seem like they wan'ed to be there?"

He glanced down the street. The corporate thug was done talking. The joy toy stayed where they were. There was a chance she would leave with them, but if that was the case he imagine she would wait in the back of the car.

"Going for a walk."

He stepped out of the car, walking down their side of the street. He crossed over and came back the other way. He slowed as he approached the car.

"Nice!" he declared. The joytoy lifted her chin and watched him carefully.

Remi continued down the street, crossed again and circled back to the car.

"Yeah, she's watching it," he told Angel. "We go for it anyway? Snatch her? Jam her implant?"

 

[Angel]

Location: Little China, Watson
Objective: steal car
Tags: @Remi

"Curiosity, never done it myself, but hey, guess it's easier for us to find a quick hook-up that doesn't want to give it all that the next morning." She made a chatting gesture with her hand.

Adelaide watched as Remi left the vehicle and went for his walk. It was a good shout to check out exactly how attentive the joytoy was feeling. When he returned she nodded then rolled her head back and forth a little mulling over an idea. Then she grinned as she had one. She opened her jacket and pulled out a red bandana, quickly wrapping it around her head. She rolled up her tank so her toned midriff was showing and stuck her knife in her boots.

"I'm gonna buy you a window. It's not gonna be pretty Esé, but hey, enjoy the show."

She laughed and stepped out of the car, walking away from the mark, crossing the road and then heading back over with a trail of smoke drifting from a cigarette in her hand. Ada cracked her neck as she saw the joytoy again and tossed her chin at her as she the woman noticed her approaching.

"YO! What you up to! gringo bitch! Carlo said you'd be here peddling that broken down coño on my turf but I had to see it with mis propios ojos."

The joytoy perked up quickly.

"You're talking shit girl, this is my street tonight, find your own."

"You ain't listening perra, you better clear off if you know what's good for you."

The joytoy was getting riled up now and walked over squaring off against the shorter Angel.

"Take your dirty beaner ass back to Mexico or Jones will have you ripped up for the scavs."

Angel cracked her neck again, "You better have the cajones to back up them big words or I'm gonna make you eat then.

"Oh, oh, you try it, you've got nothing on this."

This was working, Ada could break her jaw with a single punch but it needed to look like a couple of hookers fighting over business so no one would suspect anything.

Angel was closer now and sniffed the air about her with a disgusted look on her face. "Smell that? Smells like someone's dog died, or maybe it's just mangey gringo pussy."

The joytoy lashed out punching Ada squarely in the face to which the shorter girl lunged and grabbed her causing them both to go to the floor. She hoped Remi was paying attention.

 

[Remi]

"Curiosity, never done it myself, but hey, guess it's easier for us to find a quick hook-up that doesn't want to give it all that the next morning." She made a chatting gesture with her hand.

Remi couldn't decide - before she left - if he could get away with laughing at that one. He supposed it was easier to find a one night stand. Particularly in the gang hangouts, the parties could be very male dominated.

"I'm gonna buy you a window. It's not gonna be pretty Esé, but hey, enjoy the show."

He tilted his head to one side. Remi didn't question her, but he was curious as to what she was going to do.

Remi pressed himself back into his chair and watched.

The joytoy lashed out punching Ada squarely in the face to which the shorter girl lunged and grabbed her causing them both to go to the floor. She hoped Remi was paying attention.

He was paying attention. It still took him a few seconds to realise what was going on and to reach for the board on his dash.

Remi flicked a switch and the side lights on the car flashed. He hoped the joytoy didn't notice whilst she was being wrestled.

The car was unlocked.

Remi darted across the street. He opened the door just enough to slip inside. He was going to have to do the work here.

Leaning across onto the passenger seat he ducked beneath the dashboard. If he hid a basic, battery powered tracker than they could follow the vehicle to somewhere. Then he could wire in a more permanent tracking device.

 

[Angel]

Location: Little China, Watson
Objective: steal car
Tags: @Remi

The fight was on, she felt the woman grabbed a handful of her hair and yank her head back so she could try and punch her but Angel intercepted her fist with her own more metallic one and the woman yelped in pain. Ada punched her back and a tooth went flying into the air causing a trickle of blood to decorate her opponent's chin. "You had enough chica?" ada goaded.

The other woman just growled and Ada saw the flash of light off of a knife come toward her. She grabbed the woman's hand and bashed it hard repeatedly against the floor until she dropped it. "Oh big mistake, didn't they ever tell you, only carry a knife if your willing to die?" adelaide raised her eyebrow and grabbed the knife herself. This was enough for the joytoy, she stared shouting "stop stop stop, i've got a kid."

Ada wasn't here to kill her of course, but it was nice to have won. "You gonna fuck off then?" the joytoy just nodded and curled into a ball to protect herself. It seemed like they had gathered a bit of an audience including one of the party that owned the car they were after. Remi must be done, so Angel reached down, grabbed the joytoy's wallet off the floor and turned to head back to their car. The mugging just added to the theatre, but it also meant she could have Xasha dump a few eddies in her account later, she was an innocent bystander after all.

Moments later she was back in the car next to Remi with a grin on her face. "Please tell me you planted the bug Esé." she laughed to her accomplice.

 

[Remi]

Remi was beneath the dash of the armored penis extension. He didn't get to see the fight but he heard every word.

He chuckled as he made certain the simple tracker was fixed in place. She certainly played her part with some conviction.

He glanced across the dash. The coast was clear.

He opened the door carefully and set off down the street at a walk before looping back around to their car.

"Please tell me you planted the bug Esé." she laughed to her accomplice.

Remi waited until the audience was back inside the club. He flicked the switch on the cobbled together circuit board. The car across the street locked itself.

"Yeah it's in place. Now we just wait and see where they go."

He pulled the car out into the road and started to drive them a couple of blocks away.

"You play a convincing joy toy," he laughed.

 

[Angel]

Location: Little China, Watson
Objective: steal car
Tags: @Remi

The car starting moving after the target, they didn't need to stay close, that was the point of tracker, so they could relax a moment.

She laughed at her friend while lighting a cigarette in her mouth and then passing it to him. "Well that's good to hear, if Darkwire goes tit's up, I guess I can too." she placed a second one in her mouth and lit that too. She looked in the vanity mirror and started adjusting her hair. "Bitch had a hell of a grip on her, thought she was going to rip my scalp off." she slumped back and allowed her aching nerves to relax, placing her hand on Remi's shoulder as they drove.

"What's the craziest thing you've ever done on a gig?" she asked as she absent mindedly fiddled with her hair with her metallic finger. That had to be right up there, fighting a random joytoy to the ground after calling her out for her personal hygiene. She would let him answer but she wondered if his focus was on driving as they continued until the tracker led them into a parking garage. There were rows of various cars owned by patrons of the nightclub above. This then transitioned into shuttered bays for the more wealthy patrons, their target was somewhere in here.

"Pull in here, Esé" she gestured to an open spot in an unassuming corner of the dimly lit garage. They could stop here and try to work out their next move.

 

[Remi]

"Tits up, hah! Just cos you got the insults down it doesn't..."

Remi paused. He had wound the window down to smoke, driving with one hand. Calling into question her ability to actually be a street worker could have come across as praise or a terrible insult. Would patrons be afraid she could accidentally tear it off at the root with those arms?

He decided to skim past it without finishing the observation.

"Yeah, look like she was ready to fight dirty. Best take a shot if she scratched you," Remi mused. He had just a hint of a French accent left from the community he had grown up with.

He pulled the car into the free space. Rather than work on the problem on his own deck, he pulled out a tablet.

"Craziest thing..." he murmured as he used fingertips to load the map of the parking garage. The vehicle was one floor down.

"Oh! One time we has a heavy aug dropped off in the trunk of a car. We were ten minutes into jacking parts when something booted them back up. Oh they screamed."

 

[Angel]

Location: Little China, Watson
Objective: steal car
Tags: @Remi

She winced as little at the scav story "Nasty... promise you'll make sure I'm fully zeroed before you start ripping parts out que?" she let out another little shudder before relaxing and leaning in again to see him working on the tracker. Ada ran her fingers over at a route she liked the look of.

She made a thoughtful noise then pointed her finger up as she had a brainwave. "How about we go out the side of the lot and drop into the lower floor that way. It'll raise less suspicions than going wandering down car ramps, and I bet the stairs have cctv." she was probably right and she gave a big smile to her partner as she proudly considered her idea.

She began bagging up her stuff. She checked her gun, just in case and checked her self in the mirror. She was still smarting from where the joy toy yanked at her hair "Definitely going to check my shots next time I'm at the doctors. Which, I can go to if we pull off this job. Check me out for the big spending plans." she gave a morbid laugh and opened the door a crack ready to go.

 

[Remi]

She winced as little at the scav story "Nasty... promise you'll make sure I'm fully zeroed before you start ripping parts out que?"

Remi grimaced. He felt that he should have made some bold statement, but he knew the truth: they would respect a digitally signed will, but if a colleague went down on a Gig they would sell their cyber ware if they could.

No one from his part of town was swimming in spare eddies. They went hand to mouth.

"How about we go out the side of the lot and drop into the lower floor that way. It'll raise less suspicions than going wandering down car ramps, and I bet the stairs have cctv." she

She seemed truly enamoured with her plan. It was a good idea. Remi wasn't built for acrobatics. He was tall and a touch gangly. He took part in quite simply gigs most of the time.

Definitely going to check my shots next time I'm at the doctors. Which, I can go to if we pull off this job. Check me out for the big spending plans." she gave a morbid laugh and opened the door a crack ready to go.

"I, er, don't do great with heights by the way," he admitted as they made their way past the few vehicles left in the parking garage overnight.

"What would you do..." he asked as they approached the end of the lot.

"...if you got such a good payout you could really spend some eddies?"

He was expecting an answer of 'more chrome'.

 

[Angel]

Location: Little China, Watson
Objective: steal car
Tags: @Remi

She stopped by the edge and looked thoughtful at his question. "How good a payout are we talking?" she joked. "If we are talking properly big, I'd pay for a cure for my DNS, they say it's terminal but I bet I was rich enough they'd cure it. But failing that I'd put it away so when my spine goes i can do a full body replacement." that was the only way she was living into her thirties but the chance of her getting enough credits together, she had worked out that if she saved every free Eddie she had it would take six years. Except in a couple of years her legs might go and that would set her back to square one. And she didn't want to save every eddie, she needed to live before she died.

She tried to snap out of her existentialism by peering over the edge at the multistory drop and she slid a robe down before anchoring it off at this end. "I get that, not everyone likes heights but think of it this way. Heights can't hurt you, it's the ground that does that, so what you are really scared of is the ground.... and that's jodidamente estúpido (fucking stupid)" she laughed and winked at him before grabbing the rope and abseiling down. With her cybernetic arms there was no chance of her slipping falling so she had little to fear and considering the thing that would kill her was already inside her she was very calm about these things.

Remi would see her dissappear a couple of floors down and then her head popped out to beckon him to follow. The moonlight caught on her large artificial eyes as she tried to look reassuring to him.