Bloody Mess

A Talismonger contacts the runners, as they are in need of a team to perform a heist. The mysterious figure goes by the name Cato and is out for blood. Literally. See, they need a specific blood bag for a ritual involving some magical doohickey. To unlock the item's potential, the creator's bloodline has to provide freely-given blood. And well, the only descendant has recently donated blood to a blood bank.
There is, of course, a complication. Said blood bank, located in South Amsterdam, targets a rich clientele, providing them with blood that fits their genetics perfectly. Needless to say, they take security very serious. Which means the runners have to approach this as an actual proper heist, not just a random snatch-and-grab.

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Cato the Censor

Metatype

Dalakitnon

Gender

Enby

Birth Year

2013

Awakened/Ware

Magician

Type

Talismonger

Personality

Secretive

Cato is a Talismonger with a good reputation for assessing the value of countless magical reagents and objects. This is why they were nicknamed 'the Censor', which means 'the Assesser', as many of their associates are horrible nerds. And now they assessed a historical artefact as requiring the freely-given blood of a relative to function. Fortunately for Cato, they managed to track down a descendant.
Of course, given understandable suspicion of any kind of magic involving blood, convincing someone of freely donating blood for a ritual is a hard sell. And the books are clear, it has to be freely given. That said, there might be a loophole. See, the karma is in the blood once it is provided, so obtaining it afterwards through nefarious means in theory shouldn't spoil the goods.

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The Run

The blood bank in question is private enough it carries no name, just an address. Despite its secrecy, it has a good rep on offering good money to those that pass its screening process. Meanwhile, the rich, bloodsuckers as they are, are quite eager to reserve blood bags fitting them just in case they ever need them. Reservations come with a subscription fee and whatnot. Expired bags are quietly disposed of.
The runners know the name and donor number of their target. Now they have to get into the systems, figure out which vault to go after, then get past security patrols and systems to get into the vault. And preferably out again, if they want to get paid.

Johnson

Cato the Censor

Job Type

Theft

Opposition

Security, traps, vampires

Base Rewards

¥10,000
5 Karma

Word on the street

"I am out for blood, and I mean that literally. See, I have this item, which the creator bound to their bloodline. Thus, I need specific blood to unlock its true potential."

"Oh, that elitist blood bank? I hear they pay well. Good way to earn cash, if you clear their selection."

"You are fools for daring to resist us. We will have your blood before we have the blood you guard!"

"Of all the blood banks in the world, you chose to steal from mine. So you thought you could take my property, hurt my staff, damage my reputation, without consequences?"

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The Complications

Yeah, turns out the runners aren't the only ones baying for blood. A group of vampires has chosen tonight of all nights to break into the bank and abscond with the goods. They intend to offer up the blood to Natana, a vampire that is pretty much the boogeywoman of all Amsterdam vampires, as they recently pissed her off and want to make amends.
The vampires strike while the runners are deep inside, getting into a fight with security. Now the runners will have to either sneak past, or break into the armoury, obtain anti-vampire weaponry, and give security a hand. Preferably without getting arrested themselves.

The Aftermath

The vampires made one extremely critical mistake in targeting this specific blood bank. See, in reality Natana owns the bank. She provides the expired blood bags to friends and foes as some social bargaining chip thingy. And she is extremely not pleased with the disruption of her operations.
Any surviving vampires are never heard of again, except in careful whispers. As for the runners, if they handled things nicely, Natana offers them gratitude and says she might help them in their time of need one day. If they made a bloody mess instead, they will have to count the shadows around them for a good while to come.