Moxyland - Lauren Beukes [52]
Your mission is to infiltrate and take over the corporate coaches on the M-line underway at Adderley Street station, subdue all passengers, prevent the train from departing the station, identify and subdue the terrorist/s, and find and disarm the suitcase bomb. (Scorpions Elite Bomb Squad operatives only.) Because of the scale of the operation, mass action is required. You will be required to co-ordinate your action with one or more teams. Mission control can assign you to a team should you not already have one.
ADVISORY: This mission will take you into civilian territory. Discretion is advised.* All operatives must tag their SIMs with PlayNet FallenCity™ chips to identify them as players.
DISCLAIMER: FallenCity™ is not real. FallenCity™ does not have any real-world affiliations with the Scorpions or the criminal underworld or terrorist organisations. InGame agents are actors employed by Inkubate Inc. to validate and enhance the player's experience in realworld play and advance the game.
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*All passengers in the corporate coaches on M-line are InGame agents. Please do not interfere with other passengers on any other lines or in the station.
>> Do you wish to accept the mission, BUZZKILL?
--Yes
>> You are registered temporary affiliate with Scorpions Elite CLAN STINGER. Would you like to maintain this affiliation?
--Yes
>> Operative status confirmed. T-minus three days to execution. Further details will be uploaded to your FallenCity™ chip. Proceed with caution, BUZZKILL.
--Log out
Tendeka
Zuko rattles the can of spray-paint far longer than he needs to, but he's working the crowd, both the kids he's teaching and the passers-by, which makes for a considerable crowd on a Wednesday morning on the Parade. It strikes me that this must be one of the only occasions that the kids are drawing positive attention from the public. Zuko takes to the showman role brilliantly, demonstrating how to hold the nozzle so you get a smooth flow without collateral spillage on your clothes, and why you have to wear the fumemask.
The kids who live on the street make their own agenda, and if you try to force them into yours, you're just going to lose them. We're not overly worried if they don't rock up first thing or if they leave before four p.m. They can come and go as they please, the only rule is they can't be fucked up or get fucked up while they're working with us. If we catch anyone huffing paint, it's an instant red card.
I've got no illusions. I know exactly where they go when they peel off at two or three, after lunch, because that's the deal, four hours' work and you earn a decent meal; and I