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(setting) Stealing from the knights.
| >Suddenly a person wearing body armor and a mask appears next to the building, holding a cyberdeck and some kind of sheet
"Time to get to work"
>Kou says, with a smile
| >He jumps unto the roof, opening up an acess, and goes down to the appartement in question
"Yo, its me, Im your ticker outta here"
>He says, his voice amazingly feminine
| >Her hand shakingly approached the door, the knights could have read the post online literally anyone could have read it and they knew she had money, it was a bad idea.
>She opens the door and holds the knife above her head ready to slash, the armored figured is certainly not a white knight.
"Oh dear God, let's get out of here"
>steps are heard downstairs
| >Kou nods, and passes the sheet to the girl
"Nano Camo, put this over you"
>He then goes and busts open a light switch, putting his hand into it
"Let me, yeah got it"
>The fire alarms trigger and the lights start flickering on and off rapidly, Kou gets his hand out and then grabs the girl
"Come with me"
>He runs for the stairs, heading up
| >She barely had a moment to think, she had almost every essential thing, except her laptop. The information was still in there.
>She had to make a run for it, going back to the apartment she grabbed her purse and shoved everything she could inside of it before follow
>She managed to catch a glimpse of one of the armed knights.
>She repeated to herself trying to be calm
"They didn't see you, it's fine, fine, fine, you're fine, everything is going fine"
| >Kou grabs the girl
"No they certainly fucking did!"
>He starts running up, kicking a few thinga off the stairs alongside a few flashbangs and small fraggers
"C'mon lets move"
>He busts down the door to the roof and starts running towards the other rooftop
| >The knights didn't waste a moment to start chasing them, keeping up with all the adrenaline that could be on her body she followed the armored figure.
>Barely making the jump to the other roof she couldn't hold on to the nano camo cover, not that it was of much use anymore.
>She could hear how some of the knights just stayed back calling for backup, 3 still chased them.
| >Kou turned around, and just as he did, several drones jumped up and started shooting the knights as he got a few more grenades and threw them towards the Knights
"Have fun doggies!"
>He says as he kept running, aiming for a maintenance stairwell
| >She had never had any experience with that sort of violence being displayed live in front of her an not through a screen, for the moment she could only press on.
>Going down the service stair finally it appeared that the knights had taken care of the drones.
"Where do you even get that kind of guns..."
>The knights had lost them, but they were all around the area.
| >Kou moves a Man hole's cover
"Tools of the trade, I gotta keep myself safe, as any SINless do"
>He descends into the sewers along with the girl
| >Most people would have been grossed out by this, but she paid no attention to it, she was slightly still in shock after seeing the grenades explode.
"Let- me- catch my- breath-"
>It was pitch dark as soon as the entrance was closed, she was in the edge of having a panic attack.
"So you're actually a SINless! Oh god, it's real, I'm a criminal, I'm going to get eaten alive, this is so wrong, my parents, my brother, what have I done."
| >Kou looks at the girl and clicks his tongue
"Yeah, im a scawwy criminal, I've even killed people before"
>He says, before taking a serious voice
"And stop the bitching, that wont help you none. I'll save your ass, afterwards you can join the shadows or turn yourself in if your conscience is so heavy, thats up to you"
>He turns on a small lap, attached to his breast
"Lets move, I dont want to die in a fucking sewer of all things"
| >She follows the figure, scared that pissing him off could cause him to just murder her and steal the codes.
>She checks her phone, trying to catch any reception to no success.
"So you're Kou? Should I introduce myself or something?"
| >Kou sighs
"Yeah, I'm Kou, dont be so jumpy, I wont geek you"
>He says irritated
"And sure, if you wanna, go ahead"
| "Lily Poe, but yeah I guess it doesn't matter"
>She followed in silence, trying to get her shit together.
"Where are you taking me? Wherever it is we need to get soon there before they can update the information so I can pay you"
>She still seemed to be shaken up, but at least had control over her emotions.
>She kept eyeing the armor, now that she could look at it she was to say the least impressed.
| >Kou shrugs
"I'm not taking you anywhere special, just a small safehouse of mine"
>He looks at the armor, and then at the girl
"My armor is nothing special, you should see Bunker's or Legate's, I'm not even a pure fighter, I usually just hack stuff"
| "You say that after attacking three White Knights"
>She tried to stay focused but the periods of silence only allowed her mind to get anxious again, so talking was the best of choices.
"So if I decide to just say fuck to it all, and become SINless... Do you know anyone that could help me?"
| >>213541
"Sure, but be careful around people like that, they're going to try and fuck you over if you arent taking precautions"
>Kou says
"I'm talking criminals after-all, and not the heroic kind like Geekboy and his squad, whatever their name was"
| "Geekboy and the misfits?"
>You could almost see her smile, that brought back some memories.
"Woah, I have not heard of that in ages, that shit was my favorite show as a child..."
>She kept thinking, looking at how well prepared he was.
"Would you consider a bonus for helping me out with that? Hiring a trustworthy escort."
| >>213582
"I'd get fucked for money, if that tells you anything, sure I'll find an escort for you"
>Kou says with a wry grin
"Anyway, we're here"
>He opens a small service door and lets her go first
| >The long corridor lead to the safehouse, once there the phone got signal and Lily's phone started shaking with notifications and missed calls.
>She sighed and put it back on her pocket.
"Welp, we only got a couple of hours until they change all the passwords so what do I owe you?"
>She pulled the laptop out of her bag, taking out with it everything else that she managed to shove inside.
>She shrugged it off and left them on the floor, there were things to take care of.
| >Kou comes closer
"I just want the pay data and whatever you feel is okay for saving your ass"
| >She opens up the transferal system, trying to set up a proper way to get all the credits into her digital card she turned the screen to him.
"Well I can't transfer anything to myself, my card will be blocked by when they change the passwords and I will be without a cent. I would suppose that a guy like you has an untraceable e-card right? Let me put 900.000.000.00 credits on your card, keep 100.000.000 and you'll help me get my own card."
| >She took a deep breath, it was hard to trust that he wouldn't just take it all and run.
"And then we're done and act like this never happened."
| >>213621
>Kou trembles
"900'000'000'00- Eheheh, think of all the cool shit I can b- I mean *cough* yeah sounds about right, you can keep the rest, and I'll get you started, if you want me to take out that SIN of yours, I can too"
>He says, his feminine voice sounded excited
| >Having him show some emotion, with the already feminine sound of his voice made her relax slightly, it helped take some tension out of the air.
"Well I got my info on the floor so if it should be easy to delete my SIN"
>She started to pick up the mess, most of what was scrambled in the floor were just her belongings... Wallet, some clothes, and what appeared to be a crushed and half eaten donut.
"Where do we go after this?"
| >Kou takes off the mask and the armor, throwing it in a backpack and revealing a pretty girl(?) underneath, with an irritated look and long black hair
"We'll go seek a friend of mine, name's Ludendorf, he's got the muscle and connexions to find you a place and a little safe house, and you got enough nuyen or scrip for his services."
>He says before giving the donut a dubious glance
"Try not to stand out in public, and dont look around if you dont want to get into trouble"
| >She examined Kou for a couple seconds, the armor made him look masculine, he still could be for all she knew but her face was defenitely femenine. Trying to not show her surprise she added.
"Man, I was lucky to find someone who actually has connections... why someone with your 'job' be in /cyb/?"
>They headed out after getting the credit transfered, but thanks to the explosives used on their escape Lily's face had been reported.
>Armed and dangerous, the news said.
| >Another criminal more, so people didnt really cared about the report, but to say the least it was obvious the knights were not going to allow anything like this
| >Kou looked around and checked his phone
"I mean, most people on that board are more or less Shadowrunners, small fry, vigilentes or weirdos tp some extent, and plus, some Shukujins post some good jobs on there sometimes"
>Kou says, taking off the rest of the armor, revealing a hoodie, a skirt and striped stocking
"Plus, shadowthreads are usually filled with my kind"
| >She became aware of her clothing seeing her, all the shit this woman was involved and she looked still cute, while with the rags that she wore she looked more like a hobo.
"A g/u/rl is a g/u/rl I guess, no matter the job..."
>She paused to collect her thoughts.
"Well I suppose these clothes work better to hide from the Knights right? We should just head out."
| >>213844
>Kou sighs
"Yeah, come along, we need to reach the midnight district, that's where he hangs out lately, for some reason"
>He gets up and opens the door, leading outside
"C'mon"
| >She follows, keeping her eyes glued either to Kou or to the floor. It basically screams that she doesn't want to be seen.
"Well, this could be for the better, I can afford internet and a place to live for the rest of my days... Start fresh"
>She tried to make small talk to keep herself from going insane
"You could always ask for more, it is literally infinite money, wouldn't you like to start over?"
| >>213872
>Kou snorts
"I wish, but lives arent something you can buy, and plus I like my work, gives me something to think about and actually do. Maybe you should try it too, the thrill is the real deal, except if you prefer whores and BTL chips I guess."
>He says, shrugging, and heading towards the midnight district
| >Lily snickers
"Common buy a nice house get some fuck boys and enjoy the rest of your life without a care! What could go wrong?...
Yeah I guess you do have a point it would get pretty dull after a while, I need something to keep myself busy"
>They walk side by side, blending in the crowd
"Before I got hired I did got my chemistry diploma so I guess I could get be of use to some one"
| >>213932
"Why would I buy fuckboys, do I look gay to you..."
>Kou sighs
"And chemistry huh, that sure could be useful, Though the only chemist I know are drug lords and drug makers"
| >She smirks and looks at the skirt and stockings, certainly decieving.
"Well my thesis was on new especialized compounds to affect hormones in particular enhancements... It is still highly illegal to make them but I did study some prototypes recovered by the authorities"
"If a market for that exists I could have get a job"
>She looked at Kou, they seemed a different person than the one that rescued her.
"How long have you been doing this?"
| >>213961
"About ten years now, I was SINless since the start, born in the warrens of Seattle, I did some running and then my whole team bit the dust so I ran to GC, I wont say anything else"
>Kou says
"And about that thing you make, there's a market, I can assure you"
| "Well worst case scenario I end up making drugs just for fun"
>Night approaches, most people that stay out in this sector already have better stuff to do so no one pays mind as they get closer to Ludendorf's
"I'm glad of something, all my family isn't even in glitch city so at least I know no body will remember me... that makes this process easier."
>Business start turning on the lights, it's cloudy so night consumes the city in no time.
| >>213995
"Yeah, that helps"
>He switches over the side of the road, they arrived in the Midnight District and a lone condemned building lay in wait
"That's where he is, just dont talk about the money or offer anything you may regret and we should be good"
| >They get in, she takes the first steps and begins to speak. It's clear she's nervous but holds it well enough to make it irrelevant.
"Hi-i, I was told you could help me with my SIN, and to start fresh. Money isn't a problem so I believe I can afford most 'luxuries'... I will need a new e-card as well... to pay you."
>She was clenching her first, this was the point of no return.
| >The man, Ludendorf just stands there, watching TV wearing a t-shirt and scratching his side burns
"Uh? Who the fuck are you chu- oh, Kou, nice to see ya"
>He gets up, revealing a height of six feet and sizes the girl with a glare
"So she's the girl eh? Looks like a drekkimg suit to me. Sure I can help ya, and I owe Kou right here a little something so I'll be generous"
| "Appreciated... Just tell me what you need to et started"
>She gives the information needed and it doesnt take long in the process for him to see that she is beig hunted down by the White Knights.
| >Ludendorf goes up to her
"First, I'll need Kou here to erase some data in the matrix concerning you, after that, turning those nano-machines in your blood useless, lemme warn you it hurts as fuck chummer"
>He says, his smile is beaming
| >She sits down waiting for him to start doing whatever is necessary to adjust her enhancements... To say it was like if her blood boiled inside of her body burning her from the inside wouldn't make justice to the pain she was going through. Still, no screaming, just kicking around.
>She only wishes he didnt have such great pleasure in this.
| >Ludendorf grabs a small set of tool and a rag
"Here, you bite this to deal with the pain, im tired of fuckers screaming, got enough in the basement"
>He says and laughs before getting a large knife out of the kit
"Well, here I go"
>He cuts small incisions around her arms and neck, drawing out blood and then switching to other tools and devices, performing the operation
>The pain is unbearable and you feel like something inside you is breaking
| >Each passing second is barely endurable, if this was any worse she would just faint. Through the whole process you'd believe one could get used to it... Not really.
>This process goes on for hours until her head is on the verge of giving up.
"Are...
We...
Done...
Yet?"
>It was almost sad. Almost.
| >Ludendorf puts his tools down before taking a deep breath, his smile is still present, his eyes look almost sadistic
"Yeah, its done you can get up now"
>He says after applying bandages to her body
"Welcome to the world of the shadows chummer, and good job graduating from being one of the Faceless suits, this is the world QUINCY tries to sweep under the rug"
>He says laughing
| >She doesn't stand up, his laugh is slightly contagious but she can't do much. She's exhausted and after replacing all of her blood it won't take long for her to fall asleep.
"A bran new life... Heh... Heh..."
>She is in no condition of lookig out for herself, but at least the laptop is still at hand.
| >Kou looks at Ludendorf
"You sadist fuck, but I guess thats nothing new for you, I'll take the girl to my place for tonight"
>He grabs the laptop and connects a card and a device to it
"I sent you your payment"
| "Sure thing trappy boy, now get out and let me watch my shows in peace"
>Ludendorf waves them away, his smile quickly fading
"And keep her safe eh, dont wanna lose a potential target"
>He says, viciously
| >On the way there, having her stumbling around on the way back she appears only to be intoxicated, so no one really cares what Kou could do with a drunk girl.
>It was likely that by tomorrow noon the report would be completed and they would no longer have access to the account. She thanked Kou before passing out.
"You savvedddddddd...
Than.......k"
| >Kou snorts
"Dont sweat it, plus I got paid a hefty deal, I'm not a nice person if money isnt involved. Thanks are worthless, let your actions speak for themselves"
>He says as he grabs her and goes into the night, aiming for his safehouse
| >The night is followed by as usual the sounds of ocational patrols and ads that are heard in the distance. Lily wakes up, she drooled all night but at least now the worse part was over.
"I feel like shit..."
>She manages to stumble and see it on the table, the e-card containing the credits. This amount of money would let you live like a queen for the redt of your days but of course she now had to keep a low profile but it was a reasuring thought.
| >Kou looks at Lily, and gets up from his chair
>The appartement is covered in electronics, screens, live feeds and several shadowthreads with jobs and infos. As well as weapons, grenades and destroyed or dismantled decks and drones
"Yo, good morning"
| "Morning, good to see you dodn't drop me in an alley"
>She tried to joke, not to much actual comedic effect.
"So I suppose you got your paycheck already too correct? I can't recolect much about yesterday but I guess next thing on the list would be finding my own place."
>She was as lucid as someone who hasn't eaten in 24 hours and had a blood transfusion could be.
| >>214565
>Kou nods
"Correct, this here is your card, your notebook and all that other stuff you may need to get sorted out"
>He points to the table and the computer
"Now to get you a place to live... what district do you prefer?"
| "As far away as my old job is, to start, I can't let anyone from work recognize me."
>She thought about it more, if there was a good market for illegal enhancements it would be better for she to be near them.
"Do you know where the clinics for the *unathorized* enhancements are? It would be better to have the job nearby... and as long as there's a fast food place an internet I would be set"
>She sighed, it would be dificult to be on her own.
| >Kou seems to think for a second
"When talking unauthorized and runners, I guess flooded and the underside of Midnight are the best spots, but both of those are abandonned... As for internet and fastfood, even if you are SINless, I believe you could get a normal appartment, nobody in this town is dumb enough to ask too many questions, especially in Cat-3. And as long as you pay, well everything should be fine"
>He says, looking at some screens
| "We could go check anywhere decent at Midnight, this side of down is quite afar from the offices so it should work just fine. And in the upper hand I would know at least two people that are for hire in case things get complicated."
>She looked down at herself.
"Got any clothes I can borrow? I'll pay you in breakfast"
| >Her clothes were not what one could call clean, after everything that had happened and with the blood stains it was rather uncomfortable to carry that smell on her
| Digital Machine forever
| >>214933
>Kou looks around
"Clothes huh, all I got are my work clothes and this girly shit I wear to not stand out"
>He takes out a shirt and a set of black cargo pants
"This should be good enough, can't do much about underwear, and I recommend you get a haircut or something to make it harder to tell you apart, you ARE wanted after-all"
>Kou says, matter of factly
| >It would do for the moment, she just took the clothes and tried to find a place to be out of sight to change, same underwear but it was an improvement.
"This is a chance to try short hair I guess, and what do you mean by not standing out? Don't the girly clothes make you more memorable?"
>She looke tomboy-ish with them on but it worked just fine to get some of the smell to leave.
| >Kou sighs
"The pictures they got in the papers and their database of the person known as Kou is an armored guy with a mask, not a girl"
>He says
"I don't like it, but not using an asset is a waste in this buisness"
>He takes a look at Lily
"Looking alright, anything else you wanna ask before we get to finding a place?"
| >A clever tactic, Lily couldn't help but to snicker about it.
"Well one last thing, do you have a stun gun?"
>She had spent some time gathering courage for this, really the whole idea made her uncomfortable.
"If I get recognized while I change my image something to give me a head start would be useful"
| >>214977
>Kou pulls out a small device, a stungun, and throws it at Lily
"Stunguns huh, I usually go with lethal force but that's another option, just dont taze yourself"
>He says, before grabbing a coat and several phones, putting the latter in his pockets
"Think of it as after-care, let's get you settled somewhere"
| >They went out, Lily was still not completly recovered after yesterday's procedure, nothing food and some rest couldn't fix eventually.
"I might be the idiot that likes to ask too many questions, but is that your real name? I should probably figure a new one for myself now."
>About 10 am, it was a crowded place, knights patrols would expect her to be anywhere but here.
| >>214987
>Kou looks around, careful to not draw any attention, holding on to his bag
"No, it's not, My old name is dead and buried, not something I like to talk about"
>He says, curtly
"and you should be careful with questions, they can get you in a world of hurt"
| >She shrugs it off, worth a shot.
"I'll keep that in mind. Do you know if knights do patrols arpund here often? While they forget about me, like every other criminal that has ever appeared on the news, I should just avoid them at all costs."
>She paused, looked at her cellphone and started looking at all the pictures in it one last time.
"Man Quincy's forces are a joke"
| >>214997
>Kou shrugs
"The white knights are remnants at this point, sure they're still strong to some extent, but to be fair with Pcorp leaving town and all the unrest about Tungsten rods of gods I think you'll be fine. Rather I think you got impeccable timing"
>He says, with a smirk
"It's a different story if Runners get paid to kill you or if they hire mercs, those usually get the job done, and fast"
| "I haven't done anything to piss off anyone here yet, so for now it's good that I only have to worry about the knights"
>She finished checking what remained of her all life, deleted evrything and started to disassemble the phone
"So you got any place in mind or are we just wandering?"
| >Kou smiles
"I got contacts, and a place in mind, dont worry. We're close anyway"
| "Good to know, you must know of a good place to eat here when we're done, just as a courtesy for saving my ass"
>She threw the phone piece by piece in different trashcans
"Got any name ideas? What do I look like to you? I never like my name anyway."
| >>215012
"I dunno, something plain is usually the best, and having a full name to explain a nickname is also good, dont go full edgy and pick some 'cool name' , that just brings trouble."
>He says, doing airquotes
"Take me for exemple. I call myself Kou, but when I rent stuff and need a full name I write Koujiro Yagami, it explains the nickname and it sounds totally average, Suits gobble it all up like candy"
| "Fair enough, and honestly I can already imagine how a lot of people just try to make themselves look special out of pure edgyness."
>On the corner of her eye she could see some knights, it made chills run down her spine but theu weren't even looking in her direction. She just kept quiet until she finally got to sigh heavily.
"So, this is the place?"
| "Yeah,lets go in"
>The place looked normal, despite its location in the district, lots of the windows were simply condemned or barred off
>Kou opened the door, and let Lily come in, revealing a very spacious but also empty interior with several side rooms
"Its nice aint it"
| "You're kidding right? You saw my place this is an upgrade by far. And as soon as I can settle the better, that way I can get used to it faster"
>She examined the place, pretty standard stuff, in with basically no furniture things seemed off, but it was more than alluring.
"When can I move in?"
>Lily smiled, she was starting to get used to this idea.
| >Kou shrugs
"All you need is pay up and then you can move in, I got the bank info of the guy who takes care of this building. You're free to use the other floors too, sounds like this is some gray area in the law he managed to pull off with all the contract work he used to do"
>He goes over to the light switch and turns it on, it turns on a few lights
"Electricty works, dunno about water though"
| "My card is right here, just give me the number so it's oficial... I need that to be running, I smell like sewer"
>She checks, it's not, a shower will have to wait.
"Well, with that I'm almost done... You wouldn't happen to know where I could get a job right? It should be simple enough to get some furniture and get everything here fixed but I don't believe the position for illegal enhancement maker is available online"
>She holds her stomach.
"Man, I'm starving"
| >>215116
"For that you got /u/, someone will probably take you on, otherwise ask for Ludendorf on there, he knows a few around here for some nebulous reason"
>Kou says
"You're free, dont worry about the rest and try not to hide too much, thats just makes you suspicious. Also, I went and deleted files from some GCPD offices and Knight's office, so you should be safe for now"
>He puts his hands in his pocket
| "Fair enough"
>She let's out a sigh of relief, the money she has now open up her possibilities.
"I'll try to not get myself killed out there, and hey, at least I know a trusty guy if I need help, if I keep my money of course."
". . ."
"With a good sense of fashion"
>She covers her mouth to hide her laugh.
"Well, I believe I can only say you are good at what you do, thanks Kou."
| >>215133
>Kou ruffles his hair and looks away
"Dont think im doing this out of kindness okay, and if you do need my help, then you know how I work, no money no deal"
>He goes for the door
"And I never chose to look like a girl, I just use it"
| "It could kill you to be nice, I understand."
"Well, I'll see you in danger/u/ I guess I could just take my online alias on go with it. We'll see."
>She watches as he leaves.
"If you ever have a client that needs a chemist just call Lida"
>She smiled at him, for a criminal he was a fun person to talk to.
| >>215153
"I'll be sure to remember, you be careful, wouldn't want my work to get squandered"
>He leaves with a final wave, the place is yours, and your identity is no more...
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| >Standing by the apartmntdoor I hold a knife, shaking, eyes look around the room nervously waiting for them to burst through the door.
>looking like a meth addict suffering withdrawal and dressed with greasy clothes the woman stands terrified.