Lost Rain

Outrun - Chapter 153

The door popped open, letting a beam of light into the dim server room. I breathed as calmly as I could, keeping myself from tensing up or shifting. Nothing drew the eye better than movement.

Two guards moved into the room, both flashing a flashlight around the area. They were both armed fo...

Outrun - Chapter 152

I looked around the place, checking for anything useful. Lots of Netrunning stuff, most of which I was scared to take. Definitely had some kind of tracking software in most of this. No point taking any of it without a Netrunner of my own to get through the ICE.

That being said, I did find s...

Outrun - Chapter 151

”Damnit!” Francis jacked out of his chair, his flesh senses partially returning as his perception of the Net faded away to a mere background buzz in the back of his mind. He idly watched the sublevels of Cold Moon Solutions on his chrome’s hud, inspecting for anything standing out.

As...

Outrun - Chapter 150

I looked out over the roof, carefully checking everything and ensuring there was nothing new. There wasn’t. Well, there wasn’t anything new in the way of security. A couple dozen new cigarette butts lay around soaked in the rain. Quite a few of them looked like Tosta, though surprisingly ther...

Outrun - Chapter 149

A cool breeze blew past my new poncho's hood, bringing with it a freezing cold rain. Thankfully, the poncho protected me from head to knee from the rain. ”I appreciate you doing this for me.” 

”Don’t mention it.” Shinobu blew a puff of smoke from a cigarette as he stood next ...

Outrun - Chapter 148

Thanks to the blueprint at the back of the black book I pulled from the speakeasy’s safe, I knew exactly where I needed to search. There were about a dozen of the stashes scattered about, so I decided to start from the entrance and work my way in. 

The first of the bunch was off to t...

Outrun - Chapter 147

I popped my back, rubbing at my sore body as I walked back into my apartment. I ended up fighting about a dozen more times before I left. After the first two fights, the arena’s systems placed my skill level a lot better so that I was fighting people slightly better than me, but not too much be...

Restless - Chapter 3

I awoke tied with bonds tied tightly around my wrists. Thankfully, the wound on my arm had at least been treated. Thick bandages wrapped around where the Shade got me, though they had the unfortunate effect of making my bonds slightly tighter.

I’d been moved to a room at some point, faint...

Outrun - Chapter 146

Although the strike was ferocious, it lacked any kind of finesse. The guy swung it with full might, and yet timidly backed away from the swing as if he was afraid of hitting himself.

I easily dodged out of the way, taking the opportunity to close the gap and slide up towards him. The sword ...

Outrun - Chapter 145

Putting Listeners out wasn’t as easy as it might seem. I had to be strategic with where I placed them to avoid BugHounds. It might’ve been a bit of excessive paranoia, but Cold Moon Solutions did triple down on security, so I didn’t want to get caught if they did a sweep

Outrun - Chapter 144

”Are you sure?” I asked. This was… well, it wasn’t exactly a failing point but I had hoped he would help out.

I put down my tools and pushed a button. A servo whirled into action, pushing the mechanism out and into motion. Just when I thought I had it working, the gears stuck on the...

Outrun - Chapter 143

Something was wrong. I’ve had the feeling for a while now ever since I first looked into the corp, but sitting across the street in a frankly disgusting restaurant pointed me in the right direction. Or- or it could be the mystery meat that I just ate. I'm ninety percent sure it was chopped up r...

Restless Cover and Description

The description is still a WIP.

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Haah... this isn't how it was supposed to happen. By the Pyre, I was supposed to be just a simple courier who lived and died back on Voth Prime, not- not this. Whatever happened to my promised safe life? Ah, but I should've known be...

Outrun - Chapter 142

I took a shower as soon as I got home as if to wash off the stupidity I ran into earlier. By the time I got out, I found a sparkling black gemstone on my bed. I sat up and reached for my pistol. That wasn’t there when I went to sleep. Someone broke into my apartment. Was it Feras?

Time sl...

Restless - Chapter 2

Melissa took a deep breath behind me before I heard the familiar crackle of electricity and the discharge of a light bolt from her Vi-rifle. I turned back, catching sight of her absolutely unloading on the Shades surrounding the Solas Lux. 

The ones behind us took the brunt of the sudd...

Outrun - Chapter 141

“Caw!” A cry roused me from my sleep, though it did little to help the pounding headache in the back of my head. It was a bit weird waking up with a headache for once. Usually, Quick Healing took care of it before I had to deal with it.

I groaned as my eyes popped open and I sat up in b...

Outrun - Chapter 140

I took my time driving back to the north side of Portside. There seemed to be some kind of ball game going on today, so the roads were packed. Not that it mattered too much. I had an appointment, but it was more of a suggestion than anything. It’s not like I sat down and told her I’d be over ...

Outrun - Chapter 139

For several heart-pounding moments, my brain was thrown into chaos. My stomach dropped faster than my body, sending me careening right onto dizzy street. My arm got caught by the wind as I flapped around flightlessly, slamming it into my helmet.

I flicked on Cold-Blooded, driving back the s...

Outrun - Chapter 138

Next was the camera in the corner of the living area. Simple enough to take care of. I hopped onto the back of a couch pressed into the wall, sneaking along the curved ledge up under it. Then I gave it the same treatment as the camera up on the second floor. I flicked three of the diamonds up, bl...

Restless - Chapter 1

”Jasper. Jasper! Can you hear me?!” A voice called out, drawing me from my aimless reverie as I shook my head. The rushing blood brought back some semblance of awareness. 

I had zoned out staring out the massive hole in the Voth Wall. This far down, the ocean had a ton of pressure,...

Outrun - Chapter 137

”Zuku Ichima, right?” Athena Alexandria asked, her voice seeming to boil with rage.

”Chek chek. What can I do for you?” Did I piss her off somehow- oh, she must’ve found out I took the box. Shit. Shit! Okay, okay… what do I do? Should I run-

The rage in her voice died down...

(Defunct)Restless - D

I pulled my mask off as soon as I exited the lift and began my journey back to the office. I trudged to Whitewater Courier, my eyes drifting from one ornate pillar hiding the entryway to the next. Or, at least, they had been ornate at some point. Deep grooves clawed into the ornate ...

Outrun - Chapter 136

It didn’t take too long before the teddy bear moved, only about six hours. I wasted time away in a tiny coffee shop on the seventy-ninth floor. It was a bit out of place considering it was entirely surrounded by flyer bays. The owner sure was smart though, at least based on the huge number of r...

Outrun - Chapter 135

But before I go out and spend a couple days prepping for the heist, there were a few other matters I wanted to attend to—namely my points. At the moment, I had two Perk points and one Skill point.

As soon as I returned home, tired as I was, I opened up the interface and entered the Perk p...

Outrun - Chapter 134

I cleaned up the inside of the vault, dusting off the tables and shoving them to the sides as I had planned. For now, I also tossed out the skeleton into the other stacked bones just outside the vault door. I still haven't decided what to do with all of them yet. Would anyone buy bones? Is that a...

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Outrun - Chapter 133

I had to clear quite a few piles of bones away before I could even think about unlocking the massive vault door. I couldn't help but feel giddy as I approached the dial lock, my klepto instincts tingling with excitement.

It took quite a while to crack the thing open. It was old, old enough ...

Outrun - Chapter 132

I looked back over my setup, feeling surprisingly confident in my plan. Rather, plans. I stood, hidden in the deepest shadow I could find, just inside of the cave leading back to the rest of the Underground.

I traced the blue and silver bracelet on my wrist, caressing the remaining fox char...

Outrun - Chapter 131

The large room cut off into several tunnels, practically creating a maze. At least, for a normal person. Most ended in dead ends or branched down into other tunnel systems, making this a hub of sorts. Or at least, that’s what the hundreds of prints moving through the area suggested. Only one pa...

Outrun - Chapter 130

The subway train lay on its side, tipped over from when it derailed and slammed through the subway’s wall. It was a bit tricky to get in, slightly reminding me of the mutant ghoul nest Mira and I found back when we were searching for Granny Smith’s grandson… speaking of Granny Smith, I wond...