There are some bits and bobs that may be worth salvaging. For now lets say you can grab them and have a closer look later. I'll let you know what you have at the end of the run (gives me a chance to think of something interesting )
One of the kids squints at Al from under his hoodie. He speaks with a strong Aztlan (ie Mexican) accent.
the kid wrote:The Star, Cabrón? Chota don't come here none, less they passin through. S'all Mafia here.
He nods over to the alley.
the kid wrote:You here about that chica they picked up, eh?
There's quite a bit of interest in you now. Nothing that obviously screams danger, but the place is crowded as hell. Even with your cyber-peepers, someone could easily be discreetly monitoring you by simply blending in with all the other people peering at you.
Dog Pants wrote:They're not junior gangers or anything are they?
They don't look it. Probably just street kids, but give it a year or two and if they still live here they will almost certainly be in one gang or another. Just to give you a bit of age context: they are on the very young end of teenage years.
The kid bristles a little at Al.
the kid wrote:Maybe I know sumtin. Maybe not.
He makes the finger and thumb rubbing together universal sign for "gimmie some money", and grins.
You can if you want, but within UCAS pretty much the only people to use it are wierdos and people doing something very *very* naughty, who don't even trust certified credsticks. Maaaybe the super-poor. These kids wouldn't know what to do with paper money even if you did have it though, he's just using the hand signal out of tradition.
the kid, eyeing the credstick wrote:I didnt see it or nuttin, but she was all on fire and shit, yeah? Everyone here knows whos got that MO. Real loco motherfucker, runs with a go-gang, they are like, half a block that way.
He gestures down the road. Frank, you can hear lots of bikes revving from that direction.
Called Burnt or Crisp, something stupid like that. Pointy ears and red leather, stands out round here, eh? And ese, dont piss him off. Got a short fuse, and cojones of fucking tempered steel.