0 B 0 GAwnZ 1 BO 64 RVpjYmFzMV 9 Xc 0 EDetails before reply because I got carried away with the writingDiscreet driver , rigger , drone recon and a spot of fire support . 7 PK , 111416 last played , Ares Wonderland in his headGearslip looks out the cargo bay of the Ford repair faciliy , smiling despite the rain . ' Walking in an Ares Wonderland ' had come on his favorite corpsponsored music channel , a joyful little remake of a classic tune , touting the wonders of a safe and happy bunch of Christmas shoppers , all armed with Ares weapons . He hums along , looking at the Ares logo on his Crusader proudly , when an incomingmessage chirp breaks the melody . Schiesse , always at the worst times . His coworkers barely even blink , hard eyes and furrowed brows focused on their work . Unlike him , they put in all the hours that they report . Unlike him , their rents are paid . Unlike him , they ' ve never broken the law . Unlike them , he knows what feeling free is like . Even if it ' s an alien , and possibly uncomfortable feeling . He shakes his head , focuses his thermoptic cybereyes on the engine before him , and starts composing a reply in his head while he searches for heatemission anomalies while it runs . Seor Alejandro , if I were a spargeltarzan afraid of the difficult , you would not send me work , ja ? Thank you for the warning . My wagon and my drones are at your service . With a sigh , he sends off the message before jumping into a repair drone to guide its microwelder into a fissure in the engine block . His task for the moment done , he taps a wellused ARO . One that falsifies his work hours at the cost of turning in the rest of his paycheck to his supervisor . The man didn ' t care where Richard went , nor how much time he took off of work . Things got done enough that Ford wasn ' t breathing down his supervisor ' s neck , and the man got to pocket nearly all of Richard ' s paycheck . And Richard Strauss , also known as Marc Leonin , also known as Gearslip , was fine with that . More or less . He hated losing the money , but he needed the freedom to run the shadows . At least until he could find the runners responsible for his father ' s death as ' collateral ' during a hit on a Ford facility two years ago . His smile returned , as he trudged out to his Americar . Overworked he may be , and he is certainly placing himself in mortal danger with his ' extracurricular activities '. But for the first time in his life , he ' s found a spot of freedom . As well as drugs , bullets , and adrenaline . And , of course , nuyen .