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I'm PRETENDING I didn't just have to sit through the last hour and I've asked Agent Holiday to light the workstation I was using on fire then throw the ashes into the sea then *boil the sea*.
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Night Market Elated-Reprieve-From-Sorrows-Many-Chased-By-Dreams-of-Encroaching-Dawnlight, or, Night Market Reprieve Chaser is operates under a Hong8 business license. It's their turf.
Given how much favour the Boss of Bosses feels for us at the moment and our positive reputation, along with a few kind words from Slim Grace In Morning, Tener an, Jim and Last Man in Last Man on Last Street, we've got a few good *ins*.
Now, just because the Hong8 claim the night market as their turf doesn't really mean they rule it with an iron fist. They prefer a hands off approach, probably thinks it boosts entreprenurial spirit. The actual market is a hundred - a thousand? - bit shops, part places and weasely vendors in an evershifting conglomeration of commercial excess and a french kiss-with-a-compliment to the creativity capitalism can incentivise.
Lucky breakthrough on the last ... inquiries ... means I think I know what we're looking for, though this place is so sprawling that we're bound to find five other things as well.
While we're in the area, the Hong8 Master of Ceremonies for this teahouse we're crashing in has a small request. He's being prickly about the details, but I'll forward it to your systems once he's talking. I've let him know we'll at least look at it, since I figured that opened more doors than giving him the hard no. No pressure on actually *doing* whatever it is he wants, Agents. There's a fine line between working smoothly with powerful forces and accidentally ended up part of their posse, and although the Hong8 aren't the worst people around I get squirrely with the idea that someone out there thinks we're part of their knife-crews.
It's an open air market with a profusion of stalls, constant goings on and a hundred - thousand? - civilians flowing through at any moment. Lots of local mesh spam, lots of nooks and crannies, lots of everything.
Spec up for a quick, investigative, social, subtle time. No call for the biggest guns on this one, you'll be twiddling your thumbs in the van for hours if you come loaded for bear. MetroPlex,the Hong8, any local smalltimers, debt collectors, bully boys, mercs, marauders and maniacs are going to come down like a ton of bricks if anyone starts a massive shootout in the middle of a civilian space. That kinda thing gets your face thrown up all over the social feeds with labels like "Domestic terorrist" and "Manhunt" and "lifetime behind bars".
I'm not saying don't bring anything. We'll slide a few extra tools in the cars and go in lowkey. I'm just telling you that if you're bringing heat, try to bring something with a lower profile.