# TP2 - S5 - Sequences
Leon is ripped from a dream about his mother and wakes to see Suunto pulling a needle from a port in his arm. He is disorientated, and the team are arguing, assuming he has lost his way, just like last time. Jemmy scans his body and reveals an enhanced neural pathway, limbic system and brain stem. Suunto is furious and insulted by Ms. Penumbra’s overreach of authority. Leon knows he should feel violated and angry, but Suunto’s stimulants have temporarily tampered his emotional capacity. He is more curious as to what the enhancements could do for his deep diving. He now understands the resources and reach of Ms. Penumbra. Despite this, he insists the job proceed. It is his only way to access The Abstract from within ImpCorp.
Sequence One
Leon wakes with Suunto pulling a needle from a new port, and stimulants flooding his system. The team think he has been deep diving again. He feels as though he has, although he is groggy. There is a new port in his arm. He has no recollection of getting one. Princess has her knife in her hand, muttering about collecting on her deal. Jemmy abuses Leon, assuming he has been deep diving. Leon realises how tenuous their trust of him is and is concerned he has no recollection of the port appearing in his arm. He must find out what has happened.
CDQ -
Will Leon be able to figure out what has happened to him?
Sequence Two
Suunto tries to calm everyone, although she appears to be angry. Hamelin suggests a ‘rat scan’, in his dry humour, and places rats on Leon’s port. He converses with them as rats roam Leon’s body, noting that Leon has a new biological alloy woven into his peripheral and central nervous system. Leon realises Ms. Penumbra has taken his lack of objection to her proposal of an upgrade as consent and feels a drug dampened sense of violation. He can see Suunto is livid, but trying to keep everyone calm. Leon realises the limitless potential for his deep diving and also dreads the possibility. How will he stop himself from diving too far?
Sequence Three
Jemmy is angry and insists she is not working with Leon again. His problem will be worse now. Princess is eager for him to dive, now. Suunto insists Ms. Penumbra is too dangerous. Despite feeling a numb sense of violation due to the stimulants, Leon asserts that if he is the victim and is dealing with it, so should they. Suunto shares the job details and the team discusses the impossibility, the risks Leon will take getting access and ideas on how to curb Ms. Penumbra’s influence. The payment buys the team’s compliance, but Leon knows that money does not buy trust. Suunto, although reluctant, agrees to seek more details from Ms. Penumbra. As the drugs retreat, Leon feels a deeper sense of disgust. He knows the upgrade was inevitable. His ‘choice’ was a self-delusion.
CDQ Answer
Yes, but they are concerned about Ms. Penumbra’s audacity.
Character Arc
Leon moves from slightly groggy and confused — to — disgust at his willingness to upgrade himself to feed his deep diving addiction.
Moral Dilemma
Leon needs to hide his desires to dive while convincing the team that it is not as big a problem as it is.
Ms. Penumbra Sequence One
Ms. Penumbra CDQ
Ms. Penumbra: Sequence Two.
Ms. Penumbra CDQ
Character Arc
Moral Dilemma
Telling Suunto the truth now that her dementia is exposed or trying to deflect and deny in order to conceal her weakness. She feels the remnants of her faith niggle at her when she making the decision to kill Variel.
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