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Bozo Bomb Trap turned an unfinished Night City office into a lethal playground. The crew resumed the Real Estate Rumble job inside a flooded room crackling with electricity. Iris traced the current to a wired device hidden beneath cardboard. Bull crossed the room through exposed ceiling supports, landed beside the mechanism, and uncovered its components. Unfortunately, the crew’s thrown tech tool landed short, leaving Bull stranded above the energized water.
Nova solved the problem with construction debris and a remarkable display of basic tech. She built a stable walkway, retrieved her tool, and cut the power. Better still, she salvaged the electrical floor trap for later use. The group then entered an unfinished bathroom, where ChoJo found a vent leading into another office. Everyone followed him into a room covered with teal warnings and a cranking jack-in-the-box. The Bozo Bomb Trap had moved from electric shock therapy to theatrical demolition.
The toy announced another countdown, but Nova confirmed it held no explosive. Bull noticed disturbed drywall, and Nova spotted light leaking through a crack. Iris cut through the wall and exposed a timed C9 charge attached to a central support. Bull realized the blast could collapse the whole building. Then Nova’s failed disarm attempt accelerated the timer. Before the crew could recover, a construction robot carrying a red balloon rolled forward and released biotoxin. Most of the team took the hit. Iris spent every remaining point of Luck, disarmed the C9, and ended the immediate threat. The crew survived, identified the Bozos as the pranksters, collected hazard pay, and uncovered disturbing new evidence about Project Halcyon.
Key Characters Introduced
- Dr. Elias Rodas: Biotechnica’s chief executive officer authored the order terminating Project Halcyon. The recovered directive demanded that its research, samples, records, and operations be destroyed or shut down.
- Dr. L. Morrow: This name appeared in the recovered Halcyon records. Thiago identified Morrow as one possible lead for the crew’s next investigation.
- L. Ansel: A relationship manager connected to Kressler and Veil Private Financial Services. The name may offer another route into the money trail behind Halcyon.
Key Events
- Nova defeated the electrical floor trap: She built a walkway from construction materials, recovered her tech tool, cut the power, and salvaged the trap’s reusable components.
- The crew uncovered the real Bozo Bomb Trap: A jack-in-the-box distracted them while the actual C9 charge sat behind drywall. Bull noticed the disturbed wall, Nova found the hidden light, and Iris cut the bomb free.
- A biotoxin robot attacked the group: The construction drone approached with a balloon asking, “Have you seen my daddy?” It released biotoxin that injured Bull, Iris, Nova, and ChoJo before its battery died.
- Iris prevented the building’s collapse: Nova’s failed disarm attempt accelerated the timer. Iris committed all six remaining Luck, beat the demolition challenge, and safely disabled the C9.
- The Halcyon conspiracy expanded: Records showed that Biotechnica ordered the project terminated. However, Sabine Kessler moved personnel, samples, equipment, and money into Weber Strategic Logistics to continue the work off-book.
Standout Party Member Moments
- ChoJo: ChoJo climbed through the bathroom vent and found the unfinished executive office. He later scouted the hallway containing the construction robot and a possible exit.
- Thiago: Thiago reported the cleared building to Jack with very little patience for follow-up questions. His blunt demand helped close the contract before Jack doubled everyone’s payment to 1,000 eddies.
- Defect: Defect resisted the robot’s biotoxin while most of the crew took damage. Afterward, he claimed the disabled My First GRAF3 construction drone as extremely heavy loot.
- Bull: Bull crossed the electrified room using the exposed ceiling structure. Later, his tactical assessment revealed that the hidden C9 sat on a central support and could collapse the building.
- Nova: Nova built the walkway that neutralized the electrical floor trap and salvaged its components. Her later mistake accelerated the C9 timer, but her first solution got everyone safely through the opening hazard.
- Iris: Iris delivered the decisive moment of the Bozo Bomb Trap. She spent all six Luck, disarmed the building-destroying C9 under pressure, and added the recovered charge to her growing collection of questionable souvenirs.
Closing Statement
Bozo Bomb Trap completed the haunted-office job with a loud answer to every mystery. Ghosts never stalked Jack Skorkowski’s renovation. Instead, the Bozos filled it with bombs, electrical traps, staged warnings, toy imagery, and a biotoxin robot. Their logos appeared across the devices, confirming the supposed haunting was another dangerous circus prank. The exact Bozo responsible escaped identification, but Thiago now wants a name. Defect would prefer the whole circus.
The crew earned the victory the difficult way. Nova turned construction scraps into a safe bridge and recovered a useful electrical trap. Bull recognized where the C9 could cause maximum structural damage. Defect survived the toxin and left with a robot. Most importantly, Iris stopped the countdown after Nova accidentally advanced it. Jack rewarded the crew with 1,000 eddies each for clearing the site and saving his building. He also promised to continue searching for a new Forlorn Hope location.
However, the largest revelation arrived after the Bozo Bomb Trap ended. Project Halcyon records showed that Claudian Loman, Defect’s rejected birth name, appeared in batch H13. Biotechnica officially ordered Halcyon destroyed, yet Sabine Kessler continued it through Weber Strategic Logistics. She moved people, equipment, samples, and money outside the company. The documents also linked Kressler and Veil Private Financial Services to the trail. Iris recognized no family connection, but the shared surname raised an uncomfortable question.
Episode 6 closed one danger while opening several others. The roller derby wager still awaits its result. Nova has quietly started considering an engagement ring for Celine. Thiago plans to hunt the Bozo who wired the office, and the Halcyon trail now offers several names to investigate. The crew survived the Real Estate Rumble, but the next bomb may be information rather than C9.
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