Shadowrun : Prosperity
A Roleplay in Second Life
Life in the Sixth World
It would be nice if you had all the time in the world to get your bearings in the Sixth World. If you could walk around, see the sights, and get adjusted to what life as a shadowrunner is. But you don’t have that much time. There are squatters looking for whatever space you’re taking up, organ harvesters interested in your still-pumping heart, and more than enough hazards to fill a handful of Daily Things That Will Kill You calendars. Plus, you have to eat, which means you need to make some money, fast. So let’s talk for a bit about what you need to know, then you can get up and running to see how much more you can learn. Try to stay alive.
Everything has a Price...
Read the sentence in the header there. Read it again. Got it? Good. Because if that’s the only thing you take away from this, if that’s the only thing you learn, then you’ll still be getting something valuable about the world you live in. You walk around this world, you’ll see a lot of heaps, and each one of them’s got someone perched on top of it. Every megacorporation has its CEO, governments have their chief executive, gangs have their lieutenant or head man or chief head basher or whatever they hell they decide to call them. Even that one block in the barrens that has nothing more than a rusty dumpster, an abandoned car, and a shed whose roof has caved in has a scary-eyed guy named Rastool who has scared off all the other scary-eyed guys so he can claim that spot as his own. Each of them figured out what they would have to pay to get to the top of that particular heap, and each of them ponied up when the time came and paid it.
So this is what you need to know. Sure, it’s nice to know history and important dates and current events and who among the glitterati is schtupping who, but let’s focus on what matters: What will keep you alive, what will help you get ahead, and what you might have to pay to get what you want.
If we’re going to talk about payments, we need to talk about currency. What I mean is, we need to look at the things you might need to give up in order to get ahead.