The shadowrunners got what they were looking for, and are now trying to get out of an office tower after the alarms have gone off. Instead of going out the front door, where most of the security is (but also a protest turning into a riot that could cover their escape), they instead decided to take the stairs from the 10th floor all the way back up to the 55th floor to access the roof where where the stealthy ultralight Nightwings they used for insertion, are still waiting for them.

Security teams tried to intercept them, with little success, until a couple of security teams band together and wait for them on the top floor, joined by 4 spirits from the corporate security mages. Generous use of grenades and monowire whips clear the way to the roof, where their Nightwings are indeed waiting for them. But as they prepare to take to the sky again, they spot a dragon in the distance, approaching the building.

At this point, I could discern roughly 3 options: leave by Nightwing and hope to outrun the dragon; get back inside and find a different exit, because any amount of security is preferable to a dragon; or hack the building's air defense turret and actually try to defeat it (no idea what the odds are, but it's not a Great Dragon, so it's not impossible).

They opt for the first choice: fly, dive down, and hope to land as quickly as possible in a street before the dragon catches up, and hide. The decker rolls very well and dives down to street level in a smooth maneuver. The first street samurai carrying the mage as passenger doesn't roll so well, but the mage has an air spirit that helps them descend more quickly.

The other street samurai is not so lucky. Terrible roll, lags behind. The dragon, looking to toy with its prey, doesn't kill him outright but casts Confusion, crippling his questionable control over the Nightwing even further. The mage's air spirit tries to help him descend, but the dragon quickly banishes the spirit. The mage tells the street sam to just jump out. The dragon turns to roast the ultralight and its occupant, who in desperation jumps out. The dragon crumples the plane and then dives after the falling street samurai.

The mage tries to catch the street sam with the Levitation spell, but wants to time it so the dragon flies past the falling runner. I make this an opposed roll. The mage uses Edge to push the limit, the dragon uses Edge to reroll his failures. The mage wins, and snatches the falling street samurai away in levitation just as the dragon was about to catch her. The dragon has to steer hard to avoid crashing into the street below, and that's where we're ending today's session.

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