Life in the Sixth World

by waywardshepherd

This is a series of short in-character responses to various aspects of life in the Sixth World that were discussed on our Shadowrun group's mailing list. The character doing all the talking here is Rake, a 50-year-old elf sharpshooter/face-man with a law degree and a checkered past. Standard disclaimer: Shadowrun ain't mine, Rake is.

2. Chapter 2 - Tamanous

Hey now, SysOp: don't go blaming me for reminding everybody about the nasty things going bump in the night that they'd rather ignore. It's harsh out there, folks; get used to it.

Tamanous is just another example of market forces at work, chummer, and is barely the tip of a very nasty organlegging iceberg. At least Tamanous tends toward business-like in its transactions. Seriously, though, let me share some advice about dealing with organleggers of any persuasion:

1. Don't get too uptight or squeamish about the trade; 'leggers can be an awfully convenient means of evidence disposal.

2, Only work with someone you already know or have been referred to through very trusted sources.

3. Don't meet them with "product" in person. You can easily become "product" yourself if you've got 'warez worth reselling.

Remind me sometime to tell you kiddos my story about delivering product to Tamamous using said products' own ride, driven remotely, of course.

What? It's not like those dead guys were using their van anymore!

-Rake