As you all file in and stand or sit the man gets up and inspects the body, lifting the head by the hair.
"Hello, Corland.""I had said relatively unharmed, near enough." He drops a certified credstick on the floor.
"There's your 38k, good evening."He walks to the door and opens it to leave. Standing there is Creepy Joe.
"Leaving so soon, Carter?" Joe steps forward, the Johnson steps back.
"J-Joe but you got called out to... Wait... N-no, that was...""Your real name, yeah, I did some digging." He forces Carter to move back further.
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"Like how you majored in politics, along with Corland, till you flunked out.""I-I-..."
"I knew you were up to something but tipping him off and devising some crazy scheme with him? Good thing I hired better runners than you expected."
"No... He...." Carter's back hits the wall.
"Shut up, no lies. Now.""W-What's....happen... " Carter falls to the ground.
"Ritual Mind Probe by a friend of mine. I think you can guess who....." For a few seconds Carter writhes on the floor, trying to fight...
"Got it all? Good.""N-Now what... get one of your runners to kill me?" He struggles to his knees.
A hidden-arm slide places an Pred IV into Joe's hand.
"Higher-ups want you put down but you aren't worth these guys time or Ammo. Also unlike you, I'm not afraid to get my hands dirty." He places the gun against the older man's forehead, then stops. The gun slides back up his arm.
"Wh-Whu? Why?""My friend asked to do it." Joe steps back.
Carter's eyes fill with fear.
"No! No!" He tries to scramble forward,
"Shoot me, pleas- -BRPLEUGH"
Water erupts from his mouth as a materialising water elemental pulls it's translucent arm from his back, then returns to the Astral.
A few seconds later a man has drowned, in agony, on dry land.
"There's another 7000 in it for you if you take his body over to my friend. 45,000 and some answers sounds more reasonable for tonight, right? I'll give you the address if you agree, to get in say "Early Delivery"."