Hi Jenny and Shikki! As a note, there is some potential body horror and limb removal mentioned in the paragraphs below. Please take this as a content warning.
So first off, Kate's investigation! She'd have to dig into the guy a bit to find out more about him. While he was once on Maeda's payroll, the arrangement was temporary, and it seems that he was only bought as a hand for Maeda's schemes. Of course, she would get this information through asking about Maeda and asking his associates. You'll have to consider: would Kate (being a punching bag Hawkeye) go right after him, or would she ask his associates? The former would lead him to wanting to retaliate right away, with him trying to attack her on the spot; the latter would lead to her being able to dig up information in time. Either way, he was reassured by Maeda that no one would come after him and cause him problems, so he would be eventually looking into who's coming to get him. Once he captures Kate, he'd let Maeda know that someone was coming for him, someone trying to make a thing out of him—just a hired hand, someone who was supposed to be protected. Maeda wouldn't give a single crap about him, but would be clued in that Kate and Damian were starting up animosities again. (Jason's so far been subtle about what he's been looking into with Maeda.)
This would spin things into motion. Maeda would alert the guy that she's taking over his "operation," and would order him to be killed. One of her paid hands would carry out the assassination. She'd then have those hands take custody of Kate. She'd probably hear the scuffle, the body hitting the floor, and then she'd be hauled off again.
From here, it's going to be a matter of Maeda deliberately laying clues for Damian (and potentially Jason!) to follow to find out where Kate is being kept. Once he (or they, including Jason) gets there, a fight would undoubtedly break out. Maeda's security team has been buffed up in the interim as a result of the fallout and instability around her household because of the dreamscape (even if she obviously doesn't know that this was caused by the Displaced). She would want to make a big statement that Damian was an arrogant fool to kick up dirt again. Kate will be kept at a warehouse in the underground cave system, held by hired armed guards with illegal weapons. They'll be enough to secure both Jason and Damian (depending on who arrives) with tranquilizers (the method of administration is up to you). Maeda won't want to to kill them. They'll still be conscious and able to both see and hear as the next bit goes down.
It would be through this that Damian would lose his arm: and Maeda would know which is his dominant arm and would take it off. She would be the one to do it herself, forcing his potential partners to watch as she weakens him. She'll have a hand saw that resembles a hot plasma saw to remove it. The wound would be cauterized, but not clean. There would probably still be some small amount of blood loss. The tranquilizers would be in place here, so the amount of anaesthetic that he gets from it is really up to Shikki! Of course, she'd have a mask on the entire time, so that surveillance or neural implant footage would be useless. Her dialogue would be very telling, too. Telling as in "careful" to not reveal any information, making it seem like she's the "average" well-connected thug. There would be more, too, like how Damian needs to be better at "keeping his business to himself."
As far as his arm goes, she'll be keeping it. Don't expect to find it anywhere in her house, as that would be quite the shock for poor Hideki. (That's not to say they can't look for it there using the blueprints that Cain and Prompto got months ago, but it won't be there.)
Afterward, Damian would need to go to the doctor to get a new arm as those are covered for free under health care (and Gaby and Morningstar can't get him one off the Black Market since it's actually more secure to get one legally). No one's going to stop him from doing this, but Maeda will be tracking his movements.
They're free to take out some of the hired hands, as long as there's enough to make sure that this goes down and Maeda heads out afterwards. Otherwise, please feel free to play around as you see fit. If you need to change some details, just let us know. Otherwise we'll wait for you all to come to us for the next step!
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So first off, Kate's investigation! She'd have to dig into the guy a bit to find out more about him. While he was once on Maeda's payroll, the arrangement was temporary, and it seems that he was only bought as a hand for Maeda's schemes. Of course, she would get this information through asking about Maeda and asking his associates. You'll have to consider: would Kate (being a punching bag Hawkeye) go right after him, or would she ask his associates? The former would lead him to wanting to retaliate right away, with him trying to attack her on the spot; the latter would lead to her being able to dig up information in time. Either way, he was reassured by Maeda that no one would come after him and cause him problems, so he would be eventually looking into who's coming to get him. Once he captures Kate, he'd let Maeda know that someone was coming for him, someone trying to make a thing out of him—just a hired hand, someone who was supposed to be protected. Maeda wouldn't give a single crap about him, but would be clued in that Kate and Damian were starting up animosities again. (Jason's so far been subtle about what he's been looking into with Maeda.)
This would spin things into motion. Maeda would alert the guy that she's taking over his "operation," and would order him to be killed. One of her paid hands would carry out the assassination. She'd then have those hands take custody of Kate. She'd probably hear the scuffle, the body hitting the floor, and then she'd be hauled off again.
From here, it's going to be a matter of Maeda deliberately laying clues for Damian (and potentially Jason!) to follow to find out where Kate is being kept. Once he (or they, including Jason) gets there, a fight would undoubtedly break out. Maeda's security team has been buffed up in the interim as a result of the fallout and instability around her household because of the dreamscape (even if she obviously doesn't know that this was caused by the Displaced). She would want to make a big statement that Damian was an arrogant fool to kick up dirt again. Kate will be kept at a warehouse in the underground cave system, held by hired armed guards with illegal weapons. They'll be enough to secure both Jason and Damian (depending on who arrives) with tranquilizers (the method of administration is up to you). Maeda won't want to to kill them. They'll still be conscious and able to both see and hear as the next bit goes down.
It would be through this that Damian would lose his arm: and Maeda would know which is his dominant arm and would take it off. She would be the one to do it herself, forcing his potential partners to watch as she weakens him. She'll have a hand saw that resembles a hot plasma saw to remove it. The wound would be cauterized, but not clean. There would probably still be some small amount of blood loss. The tranquilizers would be in place here, so the amount of anaesthetic that he gets from it is really up to Shikki! Of course, she'd have a mask on the entire time, so that surveillance or neural implant footage would be useless. Her dialogue would be very telling, too. Telling as in "careful" to not reveal any information, making it seem like she's the "average" well-connected thug. There would be more, too, like how Damian needs to be better at "keeping his business to himself."
As far as his arm goes, she'll be keeping it. Don't expect to find it anywhere in her house, as that would be quite the shock for poor Hideki. (That's not to say they can't look for it there using the blueprints that Cain and Prompto got months ago, but it won't be there.)
Afterward, Damian would need to go to the doctor to get a new arm as those are covered for free under health care (and Gaby and Morningstar can't get him one off the Black Market since it's actually more secure to get one legally). No one's going to stop him from doing this, but Maeda will be tracking his movements.
They're free to take out some of the hired hands, as long as there's enough to make sure that this goes down and Maeda heads out afterwards. Otherwise, please feel free to play around as you see fit. If you need to change some details, just let us know. Otherwise we'll wait for you all to come to us for the next step!