Ghost in the City Cyberpunk Gamer SI

[Seras]

(Since not everyone who hangs out here reads the SB thread, I wanted to cross post this.)

"Motoko! What do we do!? There's an entire Arasaka Kill Squad out there!"

"Yeah I see that. The one good thing about this is that the law of inverse Ninja's means I'm definitely going to kill them all..."

"What? Motoko, please stop being a spaz what do we do? We don't have long before they find us!"

"I got it! But Hiromi you can't ever tell anyone about this secret technique... it's too powerful to ever let anyone know about okay?"

"Wha... Really? That sounds amazing. I promise!" Hiromi offered with stars in her eyes.

As she should! I took a moment to quick swap all of my Programs on my Cyberdeck with a very special Program. Then I sighed and loosened myself up. I had to be perfectly ready for this.

"SURPRISE MOTHERFUCKERS!" I screamed as I kicked in the door instantly causing the Nightmare of Ninja to spaz out.

As I suspected! There were too many ninjas here so obviously me being a lone Ninja means my skills were superior!

Then I activated my secret forbidden Kinjutsu technique. Yes I know I just said it's a Forbidden technique Technique. The repetition is part of the technique!

My Cyberdeck Made a noise similar to a cow giving birth as my head felt like it exploded and suddenly everything went black.

When I startled awake Hiromi was looking down on me with a truly worried face.

"Is that pork? No wait don't answer that I already know." I muttered wincing as I could feel the burning in my brain.

"Motoko... What did you do? You kicked down the door screamed... And then you just passed out while standing up full on snoring, and every one of the Arasaka agents just kinda... Died. In a fire... It's nasty."

"Well you see Hiromi. I call it the Sleepy Awesome. I activate 6 iterations of my own personal Overheat Quick Hack. Which causes everyone around me to get hit with multiple Overheats at the same time. Due to Cyberpunk ninja magic, it usually causes the users Cyberware to explode in big fire. Ninjas hate fire Hiromi. It's their biggest weakness you see? They can't get you if you are on fire."

"None of that makes any sense... But why did you pass out?"

"Well doing that causes my own Cyberdeck to overheat. Do you have any idea how much Ram my Super Overheat uses? Whew! Anyway to protect my brain meat. My Cyberware floods my Cyberdeck with extra blood... It makes me pass out from low blood pressure, but let's be honest. The Kinjutsu Technique doesn't exactly leave threats on the field. So I get to nap a bit on the job! That's the reason it's forbidden you see? Wakako found out and she got super mad. Told me never to do it again."

"I don't... Motoko I don't think Wakako was angry that you took a nap, I think she was angry that you put yourself in a position where you can't defend yourself!"

"Nah. She told me if I got myself killed that was okay, but no way would she accept me napping while on her dime... Wakako is a dragon lady Hiromi."

Hiromi just nodded slowly.

(LOOK AT WHAT YOU MADE ME WRITE! THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT Carrnage!(An SB user who mentioned the Sleepy Awesome.) I love the Sleepy awesome! You forced my hand!)

 

[Guardian Box]

"It's not your business, It's a TC thing. You don't need to get involved" Jun said

"Yeah but you are my bro-" Motoko started but paused mid-sentence, tracks shifting to the imaginary sound of rusted gears inside of her brain moving and grinding painfully against each other "-why don't you make it my business?" she asked instead

"Huh?" Jun said with the exact expected comprehension of an older sibling who stole all of the muscles and none of the brains God allotted to their generation in the family.

"I'm a merc, beans-for-brains" his younger sister, who obviously inherited all the smarts and beauty in the family replied "Just hire me and I'll do all the difficult stuff for you"

"I don't think it's a good idea." Jun replied "Fujimura-sama wouldn't be happy by involving outsiders in this matter-"

"He's trying to get me roped in anyways, the old fart will love it" Motoko interrupted "Besides, if you worry about him, I'll tell you exactly what to say to get him to back off if he raises a stink"

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"-judging that continuing the investigation by ourselves alone would not yield satisfactory results in the allotted time frame" Jun continued his report to Fujimura-sama on the successful destruction of the thieves who dared to assault a TC operation, following the conversation flowchart his sister made for him "I have decided to employ a trusted subcontractor of substantial skill to take over the tedious bulk of the investigation. The move has clearly produced viable and actionable results quickly, and so-" he stopped when his boss raised his hand, his face twisted in a grimace between mental anguish and amusement.

"In other words" the older man began "You were stuck, your sister barged in and saved your ass, did all the hard work, and told you what to say to stubbornly imply that she's distanced from the Claws when the truth is obvious."

"That-" Jun replied, checking the flowchart again "-is not an inaccurate assessment"

"Well, since she's pretending to be so mercenary, what's the price she demanded for her services?"

"It-" Jun choked on his words "I'd rather not say, sir. But... but it was quite high"

"She demanded that much money from her own brother?" Fujimura-sama asked, brows twisted in a frown "Perhaps I had misjudged her..."

"It's not money, sir. God I wish it was just money" Jun replied, a haunted look on his face

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Jun stared at the unholy thing laying down before him. There were things there, things he didn't even have a name for, in colors he never thought food should have.

"Come on, eat up Jun" his sister cajoled him as he played with his meal, fork moving the weird green things all around his plate

"A month. Just a month of this." Jun psyched himself up as he finally took a bite of the salad.