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"How'd you even end up working for Arasaka?" "Ha, well... That's a funny story actually."

I've been asked before how Vince, with his bold tattoos and all that he already had before the start of his short but intense copo-rat career, even ended up at Arasaka.

I always imagined that, despite being very traditional (and Vince has to tone down his appearance significantly when he takes the job eventually), Arasaka also is opportunistic enough to turn a blind eye to a person's appearance if they're only just useful and talented enough - and don't take on a position that is very representative or focused on customer contact. All that definitely applied in Vince's case. At that time he was wasting his skills in tech and netrunning at a car repair shop. He randomly encountered Jenkins there, did him a big favor almost by accident. Jenkins got curious, did some research, and uncovered who Vince was, that he had a prestigious education and his parents even had ties to Arasaka. He even knew Vince's father, not well, but in passing, and had respect for him, which was reason enough to try and get him to work for him. Vince though didn't really think Jenkins offering him a chance at a job was serious, that he was only being played with... so he decided to play a little with Jenkins as well. He showed up to the interview as loud and bold as he could, for fun, but also as a test to see how Jenkins would deal with the situation.

Long story short. He didn't even go to the meeting with any intention to take on a job - but in the end still did, to everyone's surprise, including his own xD

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