POSTED BY: CELTICSFAN
I bet you’re looking at that name and wondering how it got on this list. It’s not a cool flashy street name or any- thing like that but it’s better, because the runner behind that name has scores of other handles and the skills to make each one distinct. I chose that one because it was the last name he used in Boston before the lockdown kicked in. He may be onto another one or stuck being Brandon Wilson for a while. Regardless, he’ll be using his talents to maintain the lifestyle he’s accustomed to, one filled with the trappings of wealth.
No matter the alias he always comes with money. Often not to such excess that suspicion arises about his financials, but always enough to seem comfortable but able to get almost anything. The truth of the matter is, though he may create the image of money, it is as fake as his latest disguise. He simply uses charm, wit, and an uncanny knack for knowing the right people to make himself appear well off. He works to make that big score, but always seems to find a way to miss it.
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He doesn’t miss the big scores. He retires his alias with each score. From what I understand, he’s left the shadows six times already. The money gets funneled back into his other IDs.>
DiamondbackMARZHIN
POSTED BY: CIARAN AERIEDRAENNAN English is not my native tongue so pardon any lin- guistic errors I may inflict upon this document. Mar- zhin and I go back many years. Boston is a city of rich international flavor but French is not one of the most dominant, so to find a countryman among the masses, and in particular the shadows, was a boon neither of us ever expected. Greater even than that is the mystical connection we developed through studying the deep- er mysteries together. Though our magical natures are
different, he is a physical adept and I am a hermetic follower of the Celtic traditions. We connected well as I follow the traditions of the Wise Warrior and he follows the Warriors Path.
Most of our shadow work has been quite specialized in the field of personal protection. When we team up we like to operate as a combat pair, combining his gun and close-combat skills with my protective spellwork and spiritual aid.
He was escorting a client from up in Maine to Dallas. Their flight was on a stopover in Boston when the flights became grounded. I had to contact a coyote friend to bring me down into the CAS as I had used up my last SIN earlier in our operation. I know he still lives thanks to our bond but I have only dared once to attempt to reach him in the astral.
I think between his own fitness, his arcane training, and his dwarven fortitude he has little to fear from a viral outbreak, but the ills of man are often far more danger- ous than any virus.
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How do we know this really is a viral outbreak and not a cover-up by the megas of something worse?>
TruthseekerPEREGRUZKA
POSTED BY: VODKA
As seems to be most common with Russian runners, Peregruzka got his start working alongside the Vory. Their hyper-violent tendencies and brutal tactics didn’t phase him in the slightest, which drew attention from his superiors. The only problem he had with them was the limits they put on themselves. There is no limit to the violence he will enact in order to accomplish his desires. Eventually, he became too violent even for his bosses.
The Vory pushed him out and he slipped into the shadows. He found a home doing wetwork, especially jobs intended to make a point and send a message. He isn’t the most subtle of killers but what he lacks in style he makes up for in zeal. His latest contract took him to Boston, and I’ve heard nothing from him since. As I’m the one who handled arranging that contract, I have to assume he is still within the QZ.
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Who was he after?>
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A mark.>
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Mayor O’Rylan. Seaver was behind the contract with some connection support from the Vory.>
Wait a minute. I had a fixer hit me up for names and tell me the Vory were looking to contract protection on O’Rylan. I gave him a few. Did I just send those guys against this psycho?>
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Looks like the Vory are ready to finally wipe that blemish from their record.>
VodkaSILKE
POSTED BY: DAMOCLES
Even the Lord’s chosen are not exempt from suffering from the foils of men. Silke, one of the few chosen by the Lord and granted the power to weave magic in his name, was gaining enlightenment working as a healer at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in the Chelsea region of Boston. With the viral outbreak I am sure she has had her hands full.
In truth, she does not restrict herself to callings of the church. She will enter the shadows to bring light and penance to the wayward souls and take work that forwards the thinkings of the church or lays low those who oppose the teachings of the Bible. Her skills at exorcising are often sought after by those in the know and though they may call the act by other names, Silke grants no quarter to the demons pulled into this world by those who practice the dark arts.