Want to ask Requiem qus ooc, probably can't do back and forth... 
Well, already asked him and Silk the one question that matters - chance meeting, or did Silk send him? (If he's sent by, er, someone else...well, he wouldn't tell us anyway).
If he says chance meeting, Al will just make small talk about Silk and biz in Seattle, then try to find out why the circus was helping us and what he knows about our predicament. You know, from the weave and all.
If he says Silk sent him, then, again, we need to know what he knows about the opposition, Silk's resources in the area, and any next moves he or she might be recommending.
Yes, it's Requiem. Silk persuaded him to
join the circus when they asked him to, to
keep an eye on them. The meeting here wasn't planned but with seers, Patterns etc, chance is a mutable thing! He can't 'read the Pattern', got more cyber in him than is normally good for a person! Assuming the link works:
https://shaking-the-shadows.obsidianportal.com/characters/requiem will give some background info. Al met him at a party briefly towards the end of 2075... Hecate plays things close to her chest, the small group that you met were on a 'scout' into the Catacombs. He doesn't know if they were looking for you or for shedim...
Yeah I figured i was something liek that.. still.. there's a clinic and Nitro has cash.. the big question will be how Aria wants to handle new/upgrading ware.
New ware, yes, I would want to allow some downtime recovery... replacement/upgrade something 'easy' like ears could be done in a few hours...
Aria, is there a karmic conversion for Sum-to-14 for the building of prime and near-prime NPCs? Vicki should probably get her own sheet.
Nearest I can figure is sum10=800, So sum14 would be 1120, but I dont know if its a linear conversion, or if you'll even allow a karma build.
Depends what you want to 'do with her' really... if you see yourself ever wanting to play her as a PC then I'd suggest you build her either as Sumto10 or Sumto14/Prime depending on which game you'd be targeting (there will be a CoP sequel for example...). I honestly don't know enough about karmagen, stuff I've read has suggested that 800 karma isn't a match for Sumto10 so what 14 would be...I don't know! Someone on the forum will though...ask away! If you never intend to play her then perhaps use 1000 karma?
@All:
As ever I'm out of response time for the week but you are in a good spot to do some exploring, get yourselves in (and out) of trouble, and fight amongst yourselves!
