Pilar had just wanted to do a little bit of banking after work. The branch was on her way to her logout house from the office, and she needed to check her deposits, and see if she needed to do any currency exchanges before the weekend. She was going on a trip. A real-world trip. She had been looking forward to spending a nice long time logged out. But here she was cowering under a table while some yahoos were shooting up a bank. She hoped they wouldn’t boot her. She heard that was an incredible pain to fix.
The City: 083: Pilar
January 21, 2015
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The City: 081: Felicia
January 19, 2015
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“Welcome to Midas Bank,” Felicia said with more enthusiasm than she felt. It was nearly 5, City Time, and she was ready to close up. The boy was blond, young, and handsome. He had a very nice smile.
“Thank you,” he said, and he leaned in towards her. “I’m interested in making some deposits. Can you help me get started.” He winked at her. Normally, she would have immediately blocked such a creeper line, but she giggled instead. He was just her type. The receptionist failed notice the crowd that came in behind him, or the gun under his coat.
The City: 080: Taddeo
January 16, 2015
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While his coworker Matilda sat gaping at the ruined tower, Taddeo was busy tapping out texts into his messenger, all cyphered and encrypted of course. The Cops weren’t letting them text, but he had a special hack from Renee. It let him text without sending any signals to his avatar, so he could type away while its hands were still.
TOWER ON LOCKDOWN. ABORT THE MISSION!
Norm was quick to reply.
ACKNOWLEDGED. MOVING TO SECONDARY TARGET.
Taddeo wanted to hit something. They were going ahead with the robbery at a branch location, which made him culpable, but with no cut.
Hugh J. O'Donnell 