Where's my lumpia? And other queries ...

[frdnwsm]

Many of the objects you can inspect and people you can talk to are just thrown in for the atmosphere, which is fine with me. I just love the Shadowlands BBS messages; some are outright hilarious. But some things leave me a bit confused.

At the main intersection outside of Club 88 there's a large X made up of two strips of tape. I have no clue what this is about. The best I can come up with is that this is a leftover mark from a traffic accident investigation ... except that the regular police don't go into that neighborhood, so who would be in charge of such an investigation? No clue.

A bit north of the Kraken (I changed the ship's name) you run into a glaring orc woman named Cherry something. Cherry Pink? Anyway, she has a whole conversation, including her favorite food, lumpia, telling me I had to earn it if I wanted some. I went into a big long chat about the Philippines and the HUK and her nanny business etc. etc. And I never got any lumpia! And then she had vanished by the next time I went by. What's up with her?

Handsome Lee and Steven Dynamite. Another tale that seems incomplete. OK, Steve's looking for a fix, and his dealer gives me some drugs for him. I browbeat Steve and scold him into trying to kick the habit, and to treat his guilt feelings by trying to make amends for his wrongdoings, instead of retreating into drug use. Handome Lee, far from being upset at this, is glad that he has lost a customer?? What the heck kind of drug dealer is that? Then he vanishes, never to be seen again. Steve hangs around for a bit, but has nothing further to say about his rehabilitation. Then he also fades off into the sunset, leaving no closure to his tale. Did he stay clean or not? Is there any point to this interlude, other than the fact that I scored a free hit of Bliss?

[OptoNick]

Originally posted by frdnwsm:

At the main intersection outside of Club 88 there's a large X made up of two strips of tape. I have no clue what this is about. The best I can come up with is that this is a leftover mark from a traffic accident investigation ... except that the regular police don't go into that neighborhood, so who would be in charge of such an investigation? No clue.

There's a conversation with troll bouncer about this mark: this is how far he can throw a trespasser

About that nurse, I think it's intended to be that way. She told an interesting story about how shadowrunners keeping their kids (I've read some SR fiction and rulebooks, and this question never occured to me before), and after that her part was finished. Just a random encounter on the streets.

For Steven Dynamite's story I completely agree, it should ends up at least with a thread on BBS about the explosion in case if you persuade him for making revenge. But on the other hand, it only adds points of desperation and futility in the narrative - even final of the main story and mini-campaign doesn't change much in Hong Kong sprawl. It would be better to expand this side-story, but I'm ok with uncertainty - I like that in HK main hero is not the savior of the world, and not even a pillar of Heoi community.

[Qualme]

Steven Dynamite: 1. you get a drug that you keep, 2. you can talk him out of nuyen, 3. if you choose revenge on corps, there is a newscast about explosions that you didn't cause