Work Text:
Megabuilding H10 Disturbances Report: September 2077
September 18th: Conversation caught on CCTV
Block 76, Floor 9, Sector 12(Garage Elevator):
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REQUESTING ACCESS……
ACCESS APPROVED
REQUESTING DATA……
DATA RETURN: CCTV_9-18_1886401.txt
REMOTE ACCESS……
DATA RETURN: CCTV_9-18_1886401.txt*
Generated Transcript of CCTV_9-18_1886401.avi:
Tenant #********821: “Holy shit.”
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DATA RETURN: “Carolina Delgado”
Tenant #********734: “Bitch, what? Aren’t you supposed to be helping me?”
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DATA RETURN: “Juniper Latief”
[Carolina Delgado]: “Did you see him?”
[Juniper Latief]: “Fucking who? Trying to get this machine to give me my fucking Nicola!
[Carolina Delgado]: “[REDACTED] fucking [REDACTED], bitch!”
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DATA RETURN: DATA UNAVAILABLE
[Juniper Latief]: “See him where? Like, on TV? Isn’t he, like, going on tour with Us Cracks or something?”
[Carolina Delgado]: “No, right now! I just saw him go into that apartment!”
[Juniper Latief]: “Oh my fucking god, Carol, can you, like, actually help!?”
[Carolina Delgado]: “Juro por Dios, I just saw him. He’s got, like, the neck thing and the tattoos, I fucking know it was him.”
[Juniper Latief]: “Fuck this, just gonna get a SpunkyMonkey from Jake’s.”
[Carolina Delgado]: “You never believe me!”
[Juniper Latief]: “Yeah, bitch, ‘cause you’re fucking crazy. Said last week you saw Blue Moon going around in a fucking disguise in Kabuki. The fuck were you even doing in Kabuki?”
[Carolina Delgado]: “He’s got, like, the white hair or whatever? Gonna look up a pic, but I know it was—”
[Juniper Latief]: “Wait, which unit?”
[Carolina Delgado]: “That one, unit nineteen.”
[Juniper Latief]: “Oh, yeah. That guy has someone over, like, every night. Never seen the same person walk out of there twice. Fuck me, wish I got that much action.”
[Carolina Delgado]: “You think he’s fucking [REDACTED]!?”
[Juniper Latief]: “Bitch, no? Think he’s fucking a joytoy modeled after [REDACTED].”
[Carolina Delgado]: “No, no way. Celebs like that always have a copyright on their face.”
[Juniper Latief]: “Doesn’t stop some people. I mean, like, imagine the eddies you’d make from someone who’s obsessed with [REDACTED]. Calling every single night, willing to fork up thousands of eds per fuck.”
[Carolina Delgado]: “Would get sued, though.”
[Juniper Latief]: “Yeah, but with the fucking payday you’d be getting? Could afford to be sued once or twice. Then just switch to another faceplate until that bitch sues you, too.”
[Carolina Delgado]: “Enjuague y repita.”
[Juniper Latief]: “E-fucking-xactly. Honestly doesn’t sound like a bad gig. If I could even afford the faceplate to begin with, that is.”
September 18th: Noise Complaint
Affected tenant: Block 76, Unit 17, Tenant #********939
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DATA RETURN: “Ryan Coetzee”
[Ryan Coetzee] reports loud music and vocalizations from neighboring unit.
Infringing tenant: Block 76, Unit 19, Tenant #********037
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DATA RE—
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Attached Email:
Subject: “Music is ASS!!!”
Body: [sic] “Tell that fucker in apt 19 to turng thaht SHIT down!! holy fuck, culd deal with it when it was rapn and latin, but who the fuck listens to Eurodyne while their fukcin??? loud as hell when they screw, too. Thats not as bad, actually don’t mind hearin that. But SHUT THE MUSCI OFF!!! oh andsinks leaking again, send someone before I do it mshelf and fuck up the sewage lines for the whole buidling.”
INCIDENT STATUS: PROCESSED
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INCIDENT STATUS: RESOLVED
[note: Guys, you gotta at least send a message back before you tag something ‘Resolved’. Don’t care if you don’t do shit after you send the email, just tell the tenant you’re on top of it. Management checks for responses.]
INCIDENT STATUS: REOPEN—
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INCIDENT STATUS: RESOLVED
INCIDENT STATUS: RESOLVED
INCIDENT STATUS: RESOLVED
[note: Who’s denying my reopen request?? No one’s in trouble, just gotta reopen so I can send the email from Customer Relations’ account.]
INCIDENT STATUS: RE—
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INCIDENT STATUS: RESOLVED
INCIDENT STATUS: DELETED
[note: Can’t just deleted shit you don’t wanna deal with!? Whatever, not defending your asses during review next week.]
September 18th: NCPD Copyright Infringement Notification
Officer #****9256 attempts to inform client’s legal team of possible infringement by an unknown Night City resident.
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DATA RETURN: “Adrian Gomez”
Attached email exchange:
Subject: Notice of Copyright Infringement
Body: To whom it may concern:
This is an automated message to inform [REDACTED] (referred to going forward as “the affected party”) and accompanying legal council of a suspected violation of copyright regarding the visual replication of the affected party. Suspicious activity regarding visual replication of the affected party was caught on CCTV on [SEPTEMBER 18th] in [WATSON] at [MEGABUILDING H10]. The Night City Police Department (referred to going forward as “the NCPD”) has already opened an investigation into the identity of the infringing party. Expect further correspondence from the NCPD in the near future as the investigation is pursued.
Regards, Assigned Officer: Adrian Gomez
THIS IS AN AUTOMATED MESSAGE, PLEASE CONTACT THE ASSIGNED OFFICER FOR FURTHER DETAILS ABOUT THE CASE: [REDACTED]
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DATA RETURN: “/[email protected]gov.loc.net”
([REDACTED])
Subject: Re: Notice of Copyright Infringement
Body: Cease investigation.
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DATA RETURN: DATA UNAVAILABLE
(/[email protected]gov.loc.net)
Subject: Re: Notice of Copyright Infringement
Body: I’m sorry, but due to the nature of our contract with [REDACTED] we are not able to close an ongoing investigation into matters of faceplate replication. The contract also prohibits the hiring of a private investigator on your end, so the matter will remain with us until further details regarding the identity of the infringer come to light.
Regards: Assigned Officer: Adrian Gomez
([REDACTED])
Subject: Re: Notice of Copyright Infringement
Body: #redirect <netstream>
codespace ncNet;
remoteAccess
private:
{ Check(status): case6(0) { }
void operator ++(gomez9256)
{ ++case6; }
void Closure(status)
{ cout << “case6=” << case6(0) << endl; } };
main(********037)
{ Conclude obj;
obj.Display(status);
++obj;
return 0; };
Cease investigation.
Subject: Notice of Copyright Infringement
Body: To whom it may concern:
Your case has been closed. The NCPD prides itself on its ability to deliver accurate and damning evidence to our private clients in a timely fashion; the NCPD trusts your experience has provided the results you expected. Thank you for continuing your contract with the NCPD.
Regards, Assigned Officer: Adrian Gomez
THIS IS AN AUTOMATED MESSAGE, PLEASE CONTACT THE ASSIGNED OFFICER FOR FURTHER DETAILS ABOUT THE CASE: [/[email protected]gov.loc.net]
(/[email protected]gov.loc.net)
Subject: Re: Notice of Copyright Infringement
Body: It seems your case has been closed. You have 48 hours to submit a reopen request, otherwise the investigation will be considered complete. Thank you.
Regards: Assigned Officer: Adrian Gomez
Officer #****9256 [Adrian Gomez] notes the bizarre closer of the case in a work related chatroom at 6:03pm on September 18th. (All correspondence remains unaltered for accurate documentation)
[Adrian Gomez]: Fuckin off for the night. Anyone wanna follow up on case 6? Got closed like 20 mins after I was assigned.
[Officer #****9322]: See ya, tell Laura I said hey!
[Officer #****9602]: Shoulda fucked off an hour ago, no paid overtime since Rhyne slashed our fucking funding again.
[Captain #****6396]: Case 6?
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DATA RETURN: “Manjeet Verma”
[Officer #****0364]: Mighta signed off already, I’ll retrieve.
[Adrian Gomez]: Yeah, got pushed up to priority. Faceplate copyright on [REDACTED].
[Officer #****9322]: Mean case 06? Still open, far as I can see. Can’t see details tho, need clearance.
[Officer #****9602]: No, 06 is mine. Bitch and her brother found dead n naked in the same bed, gun in her hand. Thinkin murder-suicide after gettin caught.
[Officer #****9322]: Ewewew romeo and juliet w more incest.
[Officer #****0364]: Hot.
[Officer #****9602]: xD
[Adrian Gomez]: Why do you get all the fun ones?
[Manjeet Verma]: No case 6.
[Officer #****0364]: Yeah, can’t retrieve either.
[Adrian Gomez]: No case 6? Like at all? Was assigned to it at 2:18pm.
[Officer #****0364]: Retrieving assignment log…
[Manjeet Verma]: No need. Never assigned you a case 6, Gomez.
[Adrian Gomez]: Was auto assigned.
[Officer #****0364]: Nope, not in the logs. Auto or manual.
[Adrian Gomez]: Wtf? [REDACTED]’s team sent an email back, tho. See that?
[Officer #****0364]: siiiiiiigh retrievingggggg
[Manjeet Verma]: Nothing from his team.
[Officer #****9322]: Hendricks, cap’s got it. What are you even doing, got no clearance.
[Officer #****0364]: Fuck you, Coe. Don’t need clearance to retrieve files.
[Adrian Gomez]: Whatever, one less headache for me. Clockin out, scopbrains.
[Officer #****9602]: God speed. Delta before Hendricks retrieves a replacement case lol
[Officer #****0364]: Permission to use deadly force, Captain?
[Manjeet Verma]: Enough. Don’t make me close the channel.
September 26th: Cease and Desist
An article on independent celebrity gossip site “InTheirPantsNotTheirPockets” was removed after the author was sent a cease and desist by [REDACTED]’s legal team.
Attached article:
“Rockerboy FUCKS His Way Through Megabuiding!?
Welcome back freaks and cybersluts! Got some dirt under our nails this weekend, and we intend to share it. Gonna be throwing it back with a name we haven’t uttered in a nearly a decade: [REDACTED]! Bet you’ve heard news about him lately; screamsheets talking about his ‘Rock Revival’ with Us Cracks, a new album in the works, the possibility of a new tour. What they won’t mention is the reason why. We caught a juicy rumor or two out on the streets of Watson recently: sounds like [REDACTED]’s been spotted at a Megabuilding several times in the past month. Usually, we wouldn’t post bullshit hearsay, but one of our informants is an NCPD officer; claims he was assigned a case that just disappeared from the records. The case? A [REDACTED] lookalike wandering through a Megabuilding in Watson. Case was dismissed. Why? Maybe because it was no lookalike at all, that faceplate might just be the real thing! Which means [REDACTED] doesn’t want us little people knowing what he’s getting up to in that Block. And we propose that the reason, dear readers, has something to do with love. Or, more accurately, LUST!
A pair of nosy eavesdroppers claim to have seen [REDACTED] entering the same unit each time (twice, that they can recall). The unit—according to one of the women, who would like to remain anonymous—is owned by an occupant known for sleeping his way through the entire Block! Seems he grew tired of the common riffraff and managed to level up his game, attracting the attention of Night City 2069’s [sexiest man alive]*! One resident reportedly filed a noise complaint, but refused to elaborate when asked for an interview, simply stating, “Fuckin’ too loud!”
Alright, enough pretending like we’re real reporters; it’s time to speculate! Remember folks: we’ve NEVER been wrong about a celebrity love scandal, so listen up! We think [REDACTED]’s found a new fling, someone young and “hip”, who’s given him his spark back. Could be a dedicated fan, could be a groupie or roadie who tracked him down to NC from his last tour, or it could be an up and coming merc trying to make connections. Whoever they are, they’re one lucky son of a bitch. You already know how we feel about rock legend [REDACTED], dear reader, and you KNOW we want him bad!
Subscribe to our news letter, or text “who’s he fuckin?” to [REDACTED] to get live text updates on the [REDACTED] love life situation!
*Links to an article on InTheirPantsNotTheirPockets from 2069 titled: “[REDACTED], Sexiest Man Alive, or Washed Up Wannabe?”
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FILE FOUND: drop_it.txt
Attached text file:
“Before I drop you.”