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Heisting 101
Chapter 1: A New Identity
Sophie Shepard sits in the passenger seat of the skycar that Kasumi had procured. The master thief looks toward her as she engages the auto pilot on the vehicle. The petite human woman is clad in an outfit that is just as mysterious as she is. It is sleek but protective with a hood that covers her head and would hide her face well if Sophie wasn't sat so close. The only distinctive thing Sophie can make out is the purple lipstick on the middle of her bottom lip. "You look good, Ms Alison Gunn. Hock won't be able to take his eyes off you."
"Alison Gunn?" asks Sophie, her eyebrow rising.
"You run a small but talented merc band in the Terminus Systems." Kasumi activates her omni-tool and pulls up several dossiers which project onto the car's windscreen, there's one for each member. "I also took the liberty of giving you a reputation. Papers, witnesses, and I wrote an article in Badass Weekly. You're exactly the kind of person Hock will respect."
"I take I'm wearing this getup for a reason?" Sophie looks over herself, she is dressed in a black dress that is rather low-cut and she also sports a pair of black high heels. She can understand the idea behind the outfit but she hates it nonetheless.
"You can't show up to a party in full armour now, can you?" The thief smirks. "Besides, you look good. You should wear stuff like that more often."
"Now's probably a good time to fill me in on the details." Sophie says as she ignores the remark. Kasumi pulls up a video feed of the party they're heading too. Many people are mingling around a large indoor fountain.
"Our friend Hock is throwing a party for his closest friends, a couple dozen of the worst liars, cheaters, and mass murderers you'll ever want to meet. They're all bringing gifts as a tribute." Kasumi replaces the video feed with a picture of a life sized statue of Saren Arterius made of gold. She taps it to enlarge it.
"Well, that's…disturbing." deadpans Sophie. "I thought I'd seen the last of him two years ago."
"Our gift is a life sized statue of your old friend Saren, crafted with loving detail and packed to the brim with our weapons and armour. You can keep your pistol, as long as it's concealed. They won't hassle you over a sidearm." The thief removes the picture. "Now, here's the plan: we've got to get to Hock's vault which is likely at the back of the ballroom. Once there we need to case the security and start peeling away at the layers. The statue will be waiting for us so you can arm up. Then we waltz in and take Keiji's greybox."
"You put an awful lot of thought into this, Keiji must've meant a lot to you." Sophie notices as she looks to Kasumi.
"Was I that obvious? Keiji's greybox holds a lot of priceless and personal memories. He discovered something and it's very dangerous. I wouldn't have brought you if it wasn't."
"So what's in the greybox that could make it so dangerous?" asks Sophie with genuine interest.
Kasumi sighs and replies "It holds a lot of his memories. Everything from the plans and codes he stole to…all the time we spent together. And wrapped up in all of that is this dangerous secret. Keiji never told me what it was, but that information got him killed."
"Well, this ought to be interesting." comments Sophie
"That's what I was going for." Kasumi says with a smile as she accelerates the skycar toward the mansion that's appearing in the distance.