Top Level Player, page 32
“Get ready to start running,” Didi whispered.
“I notice the Jazz Band is still the active Party for all four of its members. You haven’t ‘broken up the band,’ so to speak.”
“No. I’d say we work pretty well together.”
“Then I propose the following. If you remain in a party with Miss McG and the others, and you ensure that the party is on the public roster list, thus rendering you all traceable, then you are free to return to The After-Image and play as you see fit—pending full clearance by our tech teams when their full analysis is complete. But if at any point the two of you choose to disband, you will be assigned a caseworker in the Mod Squad to whom you will report regularly, again, until the tech team finishes their clearance. Probation, as it were. Is that acceptable to you?”
Jazz looked at Didi.
“What do you say? Can you bear to stick with me and the boys until they give us a clean bill of health?”
“I think I can stomach it for a few more months.”
Aeon74 clapped.
“Excellent. LP and Leet’s loot will be waiting in the lobby, and you are both free to go. The transport will drop you wherever you like,” he said. “Where should I have them send you?”
Didi hefted her duffel bag. She turned to Jazz.
“Have you been to a Real Estate Hub yet?” she asked.
“No.”
“Well, call LP and Leet and tell them to meet us there. If we’re making this a formal team, I think it’s time to invest in a headquarters…”
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