<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/AV5cF.jpg)</div>Mr. Alduin smiled at the 'long con' comment, letting slip a soft chuckle.<strong>"Same story, but different perspective-feeds, as they say..."</strong>he slowly began stepping, pacing perhaps, back and forth as he spoke, as if every word was measured and drawn according to a script laid out in his head. He was no actor, clearly, but he had clearly thought of this moment...<br/><br/><strong>"Sukie, as you're all no doubt aware, is an elf, likely immortal, and was once precisely like many of you... she ran the shadows for many years until she and I met during a ill-fated run of hers. She was captivating, so full of energy and life, living for the thrill of every moment and embracing every heartbeat as if it was her last..."</strong>he paused a moment to turn to face the assembled team,<strong>"Tell me... do you think a woman like her would sit idly by and just leave the lifestyle?"</strong>he said with a slow shake of his head.<br/><br/><strong>"...for years I've helped Sukie continue to live her lifestyle in the Shadows while avoiding any unfortunate circumstances... but it would seem that over the years someone managed to piece it together... I don't know how, and I don't know who..."</strong>he stopped a moment to make a sweeping gesture with his hand and with the briefest of sliding-animations a large AR window appeared on the window infront of them, blocking the view of the Emerald City beyond. It was a simple commlink message containing a seven picture attachments and the words,<em>'I'm her biggest fan. I am her One. Last. Run.'</em><br/><br/>One by one the pictures enlarged and 'flipped' over to display their contents in sequence... each one showed a woman of lithe form and beauty, sometimes a human, others an elf, in various states of armored or other runner-attired dress, commiting some act of clear shadowrun-related crime. Rappelling down the side of an office building while clutching a person that seemed to clearly be an extraction target, slicing open an unsuspecting guard's neck who wore the Ares logo, and yet another hurling an intense fireball into a small army of corporate-labeled drones and so on, and so on...<br/><br/><strong>"Each of these pictures appears taken from building security in locations Sukie was operating. She's done many other missions but I'm sure our friend here is more than capable of obtaining those as well. Each time a great deal of effort was spent concealing her identity... even beyond her own magic and the standard methods of your profession. It should have been impossible... but here we are. Someone, somehow, has gathered these images from numerous corporations who, by all rights, should hate one another."</strong>he sighed and shook his head slowly.<br/><br/><strong>"A few minutes ago I said that your job was a matter of perception, and that's no small matter of wording. It hasn't been announced yet, and we've deliberately mislead the public, but this film isn't Sukie's last film... it's her Second-Last film. We've one more film in the Sukie Legacy Collection. The final film, 'Immortal's End' is starting filming in one week. We project a heavy schedule lasting 3 to 4 weeks, though Sukie will only be on set for 2-3 of them. For the other week, however, she wants to partake in what she's calling her Last Run before retiring. She's had a house built right into Mt. Rainer... supposed to be completed next month. One hell of a place..."</strong>he shakes his head and chuckles.<br/><br/><strong>"The issue here is that Sukie's normal team have all gone missing, down to the last. No signs of struggle at their homes, no notes, nothing out of place... it's as if they simply vanished. Sukie's team is credited as being 'Consultants' in each film. So not only am I down six consultants, but one team of runners to accompany Sukie of her last itch-scratch mission... and, I've a plot to either kill or expose her, possibly both, from this 'Greatest Fan'. Thus, what I'm asking... is for you to become my new consultants for Sukie Redflower: Immortal's End, for you to accompany Sukie on a shadowrun prior to shooting the film, and if possible investigate and stop this 'Greatest Fan' before he can ruin her and my company... all the while of course ensuring her safety."</strong>he took another deep breath, folding his hands atop one another infront of him...