Part 2

A guidebook to Chiba City:



What do they sell here I wonder!



You're in the Body Shop. Jars of internal organs sit on a shelf, waiting to be refrigerated. A tall man waits behind the counter with a permanent smile where his lips have been removed. His nametag identifies him as "Chin".





This place might become important later if we run out of money.



This is Donut World. A SEA cop who looks like a Sumo wrestler is eating donuts and caffeine at a table by the door. He gives you an ugly look when you walk in.

Hamsterhead?




Too bad we're not cops.



Here's Microsofts and the massage parlour. Both places we would like to go but without a deck one is useless and the other is useless without money!



We'll be back to Shin's as soon as we've looked around.



Con stayed at the cheap hotel, etc etc.



The Gentleman Loser, the hangout for down on their luck cowboys and cyberscum.



Maas Biolabs and Julius Deane's office, Deane knows a lot about what's going on, we're gonna go grill him in a wee bit.



If we had the money to travel and had money this would be the place to go, it's Chiba City international airport.



Cheap Hotel smells of cigarettes and cheap perfume. The roof is made of thin laminated matting that rattles in the wind. white fiberglass coffins serve as the rooms, stacked like surplus Godzilla teeth. Your coffin is number 92.

You are thrown out for not paying your bill.

So much for stretching our back, guess we'll have a sitdown in the Loser.



The air smells of perfume and fast food in the Gentleman Loser. Bugs circle the neon signs. This is a hangout for cowboys and joeboys who haven't yet made the big score. It's quiet right now, with only one customer, a woman named Shiva.









Lonny's girls hang out in this alley when they're looking for work, if he wants something from us, they might be able to help.



Finn's shop, Metro Holografix. He deals in software, we'll drop by later when we need it.



You're in Crazy Edo's Used Hardware Emporium. Edo's eyes instantly light up as he recognizes you. A vast array is scratched, dented, twisted, and computer hardware lines the walls. Loose cables litter the floor.





Too bad Edo doesn't deal in cyberspace capable decks. Even our old UXB will run as good as any of these pieces of junk.



Asano's has new hardware that can do cyberspace, but with the kind of money we have it's a little out of our league.



The house of...?



This is the House of Pong, a quiet and restful place occupied by Pong Monks who spend their days meditating on the mysteries of the One True Computer Game. Nolan, the Head Monk is here to greet weary travelers as they come through the door.

Oh, the house of PONG. Let's humour him.







No sense of humour! Let's try that again, a little more humble this time.










Dixie Flatline was said to be a master of Zen. Whenever he got shocked by an ICE he'd just meditate and calm his mind and he'd be able to continue running softs till he broke it. We could use that skill.

Let's go pick up our deck and get started on our mission, we've wasted enough time!



Shin's Pawn Shop is filled with odd looking junk that nobody wants, glued to their respective display shelves by time and dirt. The smell of raw fish wafts in from a nearby sushi stall. Shin eyes your with a mixture of hope, greed, and suspicion.




Hm... is that because it's our deck or because it's a deck and people are worried about cyberspace? Either way, maybe we can sweet-talk Shin into making us a deal here.









Next: We jack in and start breaking into places we shouldn't be!