TEXT: Rin Kamura
  Rin Kamura
  22
  Female
  Bosozoku Biker
  2
  Bosozoku Biker
  You are part of one of Shin-Edo’s notorious 
  girl biker gangs. You joined after high 
  school and it’s the only place you’ve ever 
  felt you belonged. Your gang isn’t as violent 
  as some of its rivals, but you have more 
  connections to the Yakuza. This has allowed 
  you to find employment as drug runners. 
  The money you make couriering small 
  packages across the city for the Yakuza is 
  pretty good, so, none of you need to find 
  a day job to pay the rent. You’d rather not 
  be beholden to the Yakuza, and you never 
  imagined yourself as a drug dealer, but it 
  lets you live your life, and it’s not as if you’re 
  actually selling anything.
  Tonight, you were due to meet up 
  with one of the Yakuza. It wasn’t a very 
  important meeting, just a weekly update 
  on how the deliveries were going. But your 
  gang leader is thinking of increasing your 
  gang’s cut, and she wanted you to test out 
  the water at the meeting. The meet was to 
  be simple: he gets off a bus at a particular 
  stop, where you’d be waiting. However, 
  while you recognised your contact on one 
  of the buses, he failed to get off at the right 
  stop. So, you overtook the bus on your 
  bike and got on the bus at the next stop. 
  The Yakuza is who you think he is, but you 
  decide to hang back, hoping that he’ll reveal 
  the reason for the change of plans soon. 
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  3
  2
  35
  12
  –12
  2
  12
  4
  1
  Combat Skills
  Hand-to-Hand
  –Brawling
  3
  8
  Boost
  Melee Weapons
  3
  Academic Skills
  Physical Sciences
  3
  General Skills
  Athletics
  3
  Communication
  –Intimidation
  3
  5
  Boost
  Drive
  –Bikes
  3
  8
  Mastery
  –MagnetoDynamic
  4
  Deception
  3
  Technical Skills
  Mechanics
  –Car Mechanics
  3
  5
  Mastery
  Contacts
  –Organised Crime
  –Street
  2
  2
  1
  Pod
  Knife (REA +1)
  Melee
  1D6+1
  NA
  NA
  
  Kazuki MORI
  Yakuza
  You have been a criminal from the age 
  of twelve. School didn’t really agree with 
  you so you decided to start a career early. 
  You got to know the local ‘uncles’ in your 
  district, who ruffled your hair while your 
  frightened parents handed them protection 
  money. You saw the wealth and power 
  these men commanded, and realised no 
  other job offered such benefits. After a few 
  jobs taking messages or small packages, 
  you got old enough to join the gang as a full 
  member. You have served well, collecting 
  protection money, teaching a few lessons to 
  rival gangs and taking care of the ‘uncles’. 
  You killed for the first time when you were 
  nineteen. It haunts you a little, but you tell 
  yourself this sign of weakness will pass.
  You now run the drug delivery 
  operation for a few districts in the city. This 
  means keeping the various gangs you use 
  as couriers under control. You were due 
  to meet one tonight, and discuss territory 
  and the delivery operations. You’d arranged 
  to get off at a particular bus stop to keep 
  a low profile, although you don’t know 
  which biker girl would be there to meet 
  you. However, you believe you’ve picked 
  up a tail so you decided to stay on the bus. 
  There is a guy in a suit that’s been taking an 
  interest in you. He looks like a cop but he 
  might be a rival Yakuza.
  Kazuki Mori
  28
  Male
  Yakuza
  4
  2
  2
  2
  3
  2
  2
  2
  2
  30
  10
  –10
  3
  14
  3
  1
  Combat Skills
  Hand-to-Hand
  –Brawling
  4
  6
  Mastery
  –Improvised Weapons 6
  General Skills
  Athletics
  –Dodge
  3
  5
  Boost
  Investigation
  –Shadowing
  3
  4
  Contacts
  –Organised Crime
  –Street
  4
  4
  3
  2 spare clips of ammo,
  Pod and Gantai (shades)
  Handgun (Large Calibre Pistol)
  6
  3D6+2
  12
  5 / 20 / 40 / 60
  Mastery
  Firearms
  –Handguns
  4
  6
  –Shotguns
  6
  Boost
  Boost
  Communication
  –Intimidation
  3
  6
  Mastery
  Deception
  –Gambling
  5
  6
  –Lock picking
  7
  Mastery
  Accuracy
  –Sneaking
  6
  Boost
  
  HIROSHI TANAKA
  Hiroshi Tanaka
  25
  Male
  Detective
  3
  Detective
  You were born in one of the less affluent 
  areas of Shin-Edo. You saw plenty of your 
  friends turn to crime and what it did 
  to them. Even the ones who didn’t get 
  caught changed somehow. You wanted to 
  do something for your community, and 
  quickly realised that while crime brought 
  money, it wasn’t really helping anyone. So 
  you joined the police when you left school 
  and decided to be part of the solution. After 
  working as a beat cop for a few years you 
  moved into the detective department, but 
  you’ve never forgotten where you came 
  from, and who you joined the police to 
  help. You have a special interest in the sort 
  of Yakuza and gangs that prey on the poor 
  and desperate and destroy communities for 
  their own gain.
  You’ve been following a known Yakuza 
  called Kazuki Mori, a hunch just told 
  you he was up to something. When he 
  got on a bus you began to suspect he was 
  meeting someone. You wanted to see who 
  the contact was before you made a move, 
  but no one has made any contact with him 
  since you got on. You are beginning to 
  suspect he may have spotted you. 
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  3
  2
  2
  30
  10
  –10
  2
  14
  3
  1
  Combat Skills
  Hand-to-Hand
  –Martial Arts
  4
  8
  Boost
  Firearms
  4
  Academic Skills
  Social Sciences
  3
  General Skills
  Deception
  3
  Drive
  –Sneaking
  2
  4
  Boost
  Investigation
  –Awareness
  5
  8
  Mastery
  –Data Retrieval
  6
  Contacts
  –Law Enforcement
  –Street
  5
  5
  4
  Police radio
  Shockgun
  8
  4D6 Stun
  NA
  5 / 20 / 30 / 40
  Expertise
  Expertise
  –Magnetic Guns
  8
  Boost
  –Law
  4
  –Interrogation
  6
  –Searching
  8
  Mastery
  Mastery
  
  Sho Yoshida
  Model
  You have always been beautiful; perfect 
  hair, perfect teeth, a born star. Before you 
  had even left high school you were doing 
  adverts and catalogues. This was especially 
  lucky for you as your school grades were 
  not very promising. Your agency now 
  manages everything: where you work, who 
  you meet, what you wear. It is rare you 
  have to make any choices any more, but the 
  wealth that surrounds you is beginning to 
  feel like a cage.
  You are on the bus because your 
  driver didn’t turn up after a photo shoot. 
  Usually you’d wait, but you fancied making 
  your own decisions for a change and the 
  adventure of taking a bus for the first time 
  was very appealing. It is getting a little 
  tedious now though, and seems to be taking 
  longer than it should. This is because you 
  are still waiting for the bus driver to stop 
  outside your house and tell you that you’ve 
  arrived.
  Sho Yoshida
  24
  Male
  Model
  5
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  3
  30
  10
  –10
  2
  12
  3
  1
  Academic Skills
  Physical Sciences
  3
  General Skills
  Athletics
  4
  Communication
  –Seduction
  4
  6
  Boost
  Popular Culture
  –Celebrity
  6
  7
  Mastery
  –High Society
  7
  Technical Skills
  Microphotonics
  –Squids
  3
  4
  Contacts
  –Media
  –Politics
  6
  6
  5
  Pod with Gantai,
  hair products,
  mirror
  Mastery
  Mastery
  –Running
  8
  Boost
  –Acting
  6
  Accuracy
  –Empathy
  7
  Accuracy
  –Persuasion
  8
  Mastery
  Boost
  
  Kohei Hayashi
  Kohei Hayashi
  34
  Male
  Salaryman
  3
  Salaryman
  Some days your life feels like a groove in a 
  record that you have been following since 
  you were born. As a boy you considered 
  joining the priesthood, you found peace in 
  the spiritual. But your family pushed you 
  to get a ‘proper job’ so you dutifully pushed 
  your dreams aside. You studied at school, 
  got the grades you needed to join a large 
  corporation and began your career the day 
  after you left school. To be fair, you have 
  a good job, and you’re grateful, but even 
  after doing it for over ten years you don’t 
  really know why you do it. Reports are 
  filed, parts ordered and forms are filled in 
  and you aren’t entirely sure you know what 
  gets produced. You live outside the city 
  and suffer the daily commute. Often you 
  don’t return to your wife (Kimiko) and five 
  year-old daughter (Aiko) until past Aiko’s 
  bedtime. You feel tired all the time, but you 
  must provide for your family.
  Once more it’s been a bad travel day. 
  You missed the right train home and had 
  to catch a bus. Exhausted from the long 
  hours this week you fell asleep and when 
  you wake up you seem to have missed your 
  stop. 
  2
  3
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  40
  14
  –14
  2
  12
  3
  1
  Academic Skills
  Physical Sciences
  4
  General Skills
  Athletics
  3
  Communication
  –Persuasion
  3
  5
  Boost
  Investigation
  –Data Retrieval
  4
  6
  –Legal Expertise
  6
  Spiritual
  4
  Contacts
  –Banking & Business
  3
  2
  Briefcase,
  laptop computer,
  cigarettes
  –Mathematics
  6
  Mastery
  –Economics
  8
  Accuracy
  –Bureaucracy
  7
  Boost
  –Accounting
  9
  Mastery
  Social Sciences
  5
  –Shinto
  6
  Mastery
  Accuracy
  Accuracy
  
  Shiori AokI
  Schoolgirl
  School is a drag, but it’s got better since you 
  hit 17 and people stopped treating you like 
  a baby. You don’t know what you want to 
  do with your life, and while everyone keeps 
  asking you, it still seems like there is plenty 
  of time left to decide. You are a dutiful 
  daughter, and get your homework done, 
  but it is so much more fun to hang out with 
  friends and talk about fashion, celebrities 
  and boys.
  This is your bus home from school, and 
  nothing unusual happens on it. However, 
  today you noticed this really cute guy 
  got on that you thought you recognised. 
  Upon checking the teen magazine you 
  were reading you notice he is actually the 
  famous model ‘Sho’. OMG he is so CUTE!!! 
  You managed to text one of your friends 
  but your phone signal keeps cutting out. 
  You should have got off the bus ages ago, 
  having stayed on long past your stop. But 
  you are still hoping to pluck up the courage 
  to talk to Sho. If you can get a photo with 
  him you will be the envy of every girl at 
  school.
  Shiori Aoki
  17
  Female
  Schoolgirl
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  3
  2
  2
  2
  30
  10
  –10
  2
  12
  4
  1
  Combat Skills
  Hand-to-Hand
  –Martial Arts
  1
  3
  Academic Skills
  Humanities
  2
  General Skills
  Athletics
  3
  Communication
  –Fast Talk
  4
  6
  Mastery
  Popular Culture
  –Celebrity
  5
  8
  Mastery
  –Gaming
  7
  Deception
  3
  Contacts
  –Academic
  4
  2
  Schoolbag, notebooks,
  Pod loaded with music
  –Literature
  6
  Boost
  –Media
  6
  Boost
  Boost
  –Dodge
  5
  Boost
  –Running
  5
  Mastery
  Natural Sciences
  2
  Physical Sciences
  3
  
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