"Yeah, Dakota knew exactly who it was." She replied, her eyes flashing, as she sent me a text. The information Dakota had sent reached my eyes and I looked it over.

Dakota hadn't considered Isaac to be a potential target for the raid. Although reading through the information she had on him, I instantly suspected she had purposefully chosen not to share that information with us so we might actually take out some of the troublesome Wraiths in the area.

Motoko leaned against the wall with a small scowl. She grumpily kicked at a nearby can with a huff. Hiromi noticed and put away her laptop so she could comfort her choom.

Hiromi: "You okay Toko?"

Motoko: "...Hmm? Yeah I'm fine. Just a little upset I guess."

Hiromi: "Yeah, I know what you mean. I'm also upset. That self-serving fixer tried to screw us over by staying hush hush about Issac! I mean, I get why she did it, but I'm still ticked off!"

Motoko: "Huh? No, I'm upset that we found out already who the culprit was! Imagine if Dakota managed to keep it a secret a little longer. We could have spent weeks wiping out dozens of Wraith camps by the time she finally gave us intel!"

Hiromi: "Yeah, she's a shrew, but now we can plan a strike against Issac's camp and then we can go hom…what?"

Motoko: "...what?"

Hiromi: "..."

Motoko: "...Based on your expression, I'm guessing I said something that you don't approve off…"

Hiromi: "Motoko! We can't just stay in the Badlands killing Wraiths for that long! We have lives we have to get back too!"

Motoko: *Suddenly deranged look on her face* "But think of all the loot we're missing out on Hiromi! And other stuff like eddies and valuable intel…and the XP…oh the sweet delicious XP…"

Hiromi: "...what's 'ex pee'?"

Motoko: "Never you mind! I'm not alone in this!"

Motoko turned desperately to Malcolm nearby who was cleaning a rifle.

Motoko: "Malcolm, what do you think of staying in the Badlands for an entire month and earning an absolute shitload of loot for your troubles?"

Malcolm blinked at the two girls, calmly stood up and walked away to a nearby closet. Some seconds passed. The young man then walked out dressed in heavy body armor and with enough firepower to make a Militech direct assault trooper blush.

Malcolm: *Serious tone* "I would happily nuke Arasaka Tower for a klondike bar. Bring it on."

Motoko: *Stoic expression* "You see Hiromi, this is why Malcolm is best boy. You gotta get with the program and follow the path of the loot goblin."

Malcolm: *Trying to hide a smirk* "The path of the booty gremlin…"

Motoko: *Refuses to let the joke die* "Adam Smasher pulling a smash and grab..er…"

Malcolm: "Treasure gnoll going on a stealing stroll…"

Motoko: "You heard of Elf on a shelf, now get ready for Skaven with a cravin'..."

Hiromi: *Screaming in irritation* "You're all crazy!"

I didn't come up with the Skaven joke - I stole it from a youtube comment here.

I have no idea if Vicky is into Warhammer Fantasy or not, but I'm guessing she's enough of a geek to at least know what the Skaven are.