Drug runner cant

Drug runner Cant
Prompt: A form of silent communication
Drug runner cant is a silent language expressed through hand signals. An illicit language, it is used to communicate “under the counter” with others about illegal activity - specifically drug running - in full view of police or other law enforcers.
There are 26 different hand forms which are used to spell out the letters of the alphabet. In addition, a few common words or phrases have their own signs to represent them, such as “product”, “run”, “look out”, and “cut me a better deal”.
Experienced practitioners of Drug Runner Cant can hold a complete conversation verbally, whilst conversing on a complete different topic, to avoid detection.
Drug runner Cant originated from a few simple hand gestures, and it’s invention is attributed to the Hailing Demons crew, who were taken down (in theory) 75 years ago in a major bust. From those few signs, the crew gradually developed a few key letters to spell acronyms, like GTFO (get the Frack out) and AOK (all ok). Gradually, more and more letters were created until a full language was born.

Geographical Distribution

Drug runner Cant is particularly well known in Twilight City  and especially the Twilight Badlands . A lot of the Twilight City Police  are trained to recognise the language, but particularly the department of Vice, Drugs and Rico. However, it’s most frequently “spoken” by drug runners and dealers, for whom it’s a primary form of business Communication. Other forms of Deug Runner Cant exist with regional variations in other dome cities across the world.

Common Family Names

Names in Drug Runner Cant usually refer to the client, the boss, the runner, the seller, etc. it’s not a highly personalised language and the role on the