Applejack, wondering about their mission, asks a question.

Applejack: "If I remember right, one of the side missions for this mission was to collect ear tips? How would we know which ones to grab if they're cosmetic replacements?"

Strange Fellow: "I think they want entire ears. Just cut it off with a knife."

*Krieger grabs his sword*

Krieger: "I can't think of any way to take them off! If any of them have elf ears, we'll just take them"

Strange Fellow: "I like this plan."

*Applejack, an elf, shrinks away and grabs her ears protectively*

In planning for a mission, Krieger wants to keep his friends safe.

Krieger: "As hard as it may be believe, I DO want to keep you out of the line of fire."
Applejack: "Wait, does this mean that you... CARE about me?"
Krieger: "I DO work with you, so as much as I have to."

Twinkletoes has made a new friend through his Grandmaster, an ork calling himself "Lead-Belt", and invited Smokes to join them for a bite. Upon gathering information on each other, a certain memory is brought to surface, causing Smokes some distress.

Lead-Belt: "So how exactly did the to of you meet, Miss Wolf Shaman and Mister Twinkly of Toes?"
*Smokes immediately snaps her head towards Twinkletoes, her eyes wide and her face red*
Smokes: "Twinkletoes, please don't-"
Twinkletoes: "Smokes needed help, I answered the call. Not much more to it."
Smokes (OC): "Smokes visibly relaxes, she did not want to relive that!"
GM (OC): "Thank God Decrypt wasn't here!"

After finding out that their target is being hunted, Applejack and Co need to figure out what to do.

GM (As Lea): "They're gonna kill me!"
Applejack: "hmm... Should we just mercy kill him?"
Aim-bot: "Should we? I think it's the morally right thing to do right now."
Krieger: "No... let's not."


*The guy looks on in horror at their conversation*

Aim-bot: "No? Are you sure? I kinda want to now...."

Aim-Bot, Applejack, and Krieger have been tasked with recovering someone's thumb drive. They found the guys cook and asked him about it.

Krieger: "Do you happen to know anything about his flash drive?"

GM (OC): "He chuckles."

GM (As Winston): "Oh yeah... he's got a cyber hand. His thumb is a data jack that connects to some internal memory on the hand. He loves it. Likes to give data to people and call it a hand-off."

Krieger (OC): "That's it! I'm out! Do you SPEND your time coming up with these horrible puns or something??"

Krieger (OC): "I storm out to the van."

Zerk decided to make some purchases during a run because he needed to store things securely. He went for the best.

Storage unit cost: 350¥
A rating 10 maglock: 6250 + 400¥
Total cost: 7000¥

Mission reward: 2000¥

The groan when the player realizes he spent more on a lock than he got paid for the mission: Priceless

During the run to find a missing cat shaman (literally an awakened cat following the cat totem that was catnapped), the runners are talking to the fixer. He's a bit confused.

GM (as Shaun): "Wait... you're telling me the missing person isn't a person?"
Applejack: "It's a cat. We're looking for a cat. A big cat, but it's a cat."

GM (as Shaun): "So you're telling me that she hired professional criminals to find a cat?"
Applejack: "I mean, it IS a nice cat. It's also magical"

GM (as Shaun): "Ah, that explains it then.

Applejack is explaining why she's not taking her attack truck on the mission this time.

Applejack: "There might have been an article a few weeks back about a lone-star attack... but I swear it was unintentional!"
GM (OC): "Spoken like a true rigger."
Krieger (OC): "I'm getting Wheels flashbacks."

Sleaze, ever an animated novacoke addict, has been contacted to find them an address. He brings up the payment details.

GM (as Sleaze): "Ye, ye... let's do biz! 100 nuyen! Ye! Ye! Ye!"
Applejact: "I shoot him over the money."
GM (OC): "Sleaze shoots some more novacoke while you do."

Applejack is taking Krieger to Sleaze to get an address. As they walk into the taxidermy shop masquerading as as a bar, Applejack has the following advice.

Applejack: "Alright, don't make eye contact with anyone!"
GM (OC): "The troll behind the counter top immediately makes eye contact"

After finding out that the trees around the Arbor Day Foundation are awakened, Krieger has the following advice.

Applejack: "Aww... this is a really pretty place!"
Krieger: "Whatever happens, do try your best not to anger the trees."
GM (OC): "Thankfully Wheels isn't around..."

After finding out that Applejack has cut a deal with a mysterious person, Zerk is a bit annoyed.

Zerk: "Applejack double dealed on us"
GM (As Shaun): "Boy, that was fast. Second run even. What happened?"
Applejack (OC): "Wait, THAT'S his reaction??"
GM (OC): "Well, yeah... he knows you're new to this."

Aim-bot comes jogging down to the middle of a stand off. Applejack has panicked, pulled a shotgun on Zerk and is shouting hysterically.

Applejack: "Don't make me! I don't want to hurt you!"
Zerk: "You know, pulling a shotgun on me kinda makes it seem like you want to"
Aim-Bot (OC): "I take in the situation and look a bit concerned."

Applejack, bored waiting in the car, checks in with the team who, unbeknownst to her, is ferrying a cyberzombie out of a building.

Applejack: "What's the status?"
Zerk: "Oh god, oh god!"
Applejack: "Are you hurt? Injured?"
Zerk: "No... it's just... the thing."

Zerk has just come face to face with his first cyberzombie and, understandably, is been a bit shaken. While he tries to calm down, it hisses out some words at Zerk and Aim-Bot.

Applejack (OC): "Did it say 'kill' or 'kill me'?"
Zerk (OC): "I don't know... I heard 'kill' and at that point, my brain shut off."

Zerk opens up the large vault labeled Project Cyzoi. The GM goes into narration mode.

GM (expressively): "The vault doors open slowly with a drawn out hiss, steam billowing out from inside. As the steam clears, you see a hulking form spotlighted in the center. All of it's limbs appear to be cybered, and odd bits of tech protrude from underneath the flesh of it's torso. As you look up into it's twisted face, you give a little jump. It's watching you."

Zerk (IC and OC): "Eep!"

Zerk and Aim-Bot have just taken down a guard (nicely).

GM (OC): "You don't know this, but you assume the guard knew he was hosed. You know, he realized that he just stepped into an elevator with two unknown people, that neither of them have any form of ID, and that he needs to go through the motions of security in order to keep himself in a job."
Zerk (OC): "And he did wonderfully! If I could leave a review...."

Zerk (OC): "10/10 run. Went great. The run went magnificent. The guards were magnificent. Friendly, personable, and very efficient at their job. Shoutout to the guard on floor 3. Took that punch like a champ!"

Upon meeting the newest member of the team, Aim-bot, a Japanese assassin who is still learning the intricacies of the English language

Zerk: "Oh, a long range specialist? Dammit, I suppose I still have to be the meat-shield?"
Aim-Bot: "Yes. Thank you for shielding us with your meat"
Applejack: Laughing her ass off
Zerk: "Yeah.... no!"

After finding out his partners abandoned the scene after getting into a firefight with Lonestar, Zerk calls up the fixer to complain about his current partners.

GM:"McCoy here, whats going on Zerk?"
Zerk: "I HATE WORKING WITH AMATEURS!"
GM:"Why?... What's going on?"
Zerk:"I hear gunshots outside and I hear that Lonestar's in a shootout, one is down, and the suspects are at large... you wanna guess what happened?"

Zerk, left behind in a corp, calls Applejack, who is on the run from Lonestar.

Zerk: "Where are you?"

Applejack: "I don't know, I'm driving too fast to read the street signs!"