As it turned out, the Samurai System had nothing to say, which was somewhat strange. It hadn't even recognized her new cyberware yet, but Rei had a theory as to why this was.
Now alone — n...
2024-07-08 19:27:25 +0000 UTC View PostIt was the day after her call with River, also known as the first of July, meaning she'd just gotten her monthly UBI. It was another 500 credits into her SolBank cVault, but it didn't make the sta...
2024-06-26 06:26:47 +0000 UTC View PostEDIT: The delay has extended even further because I've been rewriting chapters in my backlog that I've not been especially pleased with after the fact.
I've been absolutely exhausted the past week, which is nothing strange to me overall, but...
2024-06-23 19:17:46 +0000 UTC View PostBefore Rei called Ichiro, there was one last thing she had to check. It was something she'd done before, but long ago when her [Ego] and [Mind] weren't as high as they now were. Rei hoped that she...
2024-06-20 17:55:20 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor note:
I've been taking a short break to consider the future arc, and I think I have it all figured out. There will be another note at the end of the chapter.
2024-06-17 21:58:09 +0000 UTC
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Falling through the gravel-like substance felt strange to Rei. She picked up speed as she dropped, never coming into contact with the material beneath, which swiftly closed back up above her.
<... 2024-06-14 19:07:27 +0000 UTC View PostRei walked out into the arena through the less-than-lukewarm cheering from the stands, where one hundred or so people of all ages sat, shielded by plexiglass. Camera drones circled above the twent...
2024-06-13 02:35:17 +0000 UTC View PostBullet after bullet flew down the range at holographic targets as Rei and others opened up fire with various weapons.
Rei reloaded her Garland before continuing, doing her best to aim for th...
2024-06-12 16:02:53 +0000 UTC View PostThe three siblings talked and laughed as the drinks were being delivered by drone, and they continued to order. They also had snacks -- some sort of crunchy and chewy stick in many colors and flav...
2024-06-11 00:52:54 +0000 UTC View PostNo matter what my frequent posting might suggest, I don't have a fixed update schedule. That isn't what this post is about, though.
Someone at Royal Road made a comment about it not making much sense that all cyberware had open nodes connect...
2024-06-09 02:12:44 +0000 UTC View PostRei took a circuitous route on her way back to Miyo and Ichiro, stopping at every vending machine not surrounded by too large crowds and out of view of any obvious cameras.
She also stopped ...
2024-06-08 22:22:24 +0000 UTC View PostEven though she was injured, Rei decided against using her single medical nanite injector or whatever mystery spray she'd nabbed from Ben.
[Self-Repair] will fix me up eventually, and I ...
2024-06-08 01:01:31 +0000 UTC View PostRei vaulted level after level of the fire escape placed in an alley on her way down from the roof of one of the shorter buildings around. It was exhilarating and excellent practice.
Midnight was approaching when Rei finally knocked on Miyo's apartment door, waiting to be let in. It barely took a few seconds before she was, and Rei did her best to answer the storm of questions...
2024-06-06 08:04:48 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor note:
I don't know if it's an error or something, but I can't attach a PDF. Patreon says it's an invalid format and only image files seem to be accepted. EDIT: It's working again, so an error, it seems.
Author note:
I changed the perk name to [Merciless] in this chapter, and it looks fine to me. What do you guys think? EDIT: I've updated it for C.7, C.8, C.10, C.14, C.16, C.19, C.20, C.21, C.22, C.23, C.24, C.26
Che...
I've asked around a bit for alternatives to [Cold-Blooded] as a perk name and Lazerus56 gave a suggestion that seems more accurate: [Merciless]
When I compared the definitions of the words, the most crucial difference was that cold-blooded i...
2024-06-05 01:23:20 +0000 UTC View Post"I don't know if I should be asking for more of those details you offered to share," Derek said apprehensively as he looked at Rei's new weapons and magazines strapped to her body.
"Nah, don...
2024-06-04 14:34:46 +0000 UTC View PostWell, Miyo isn't wrong to say that Sally is essential. I don't know if Miyo realized that our old apartment might be out of reach forever. There's just no way of knowing if whoever is after me...
2024-06-03 16:44:08 +0000 UTC View Post"Excessive biological fluids detected in the cabin. The cost of sanitation will be billed to your SolBank cVault. Should the passenger perish, yet another bill will be provided, and the corpse wil...
2024-06-02 14:38:38 +0000 UTC View PostKiernan stood sweating in front of a desk that used to be his. With his repeated failures, the possibility of reversing his current situation seemed less and less likely.
Kiernan's right han...
2024-06-01 17:07:46 +0000 UTC View PostChapter — 21
Three people were rushing her in her direction with speed that she couldn't hope to outmatch. They were one man and two women, all of them having industrial-looking cybernetic arms that made their a...
2024-05-31 21:50:26 +0000 UTC View PostRei kept running for her life, as she had no doubt getting caught would put her life in jeopardy. She didn't know who she was running from or why, but it seemed like whoever they were, WolfMosh ha...
2024-05-31 15:50:47 +0000 UTC View PostHaving finished her guided tour with Wilma, Rei chose an orange-coded job from the board and walked toward the portal arch, the only way to move securely into and from their level of the atrium. 2024-05-30 18:36:56 +0000 UTC View Post
WolfMosh let his mind glance briefly at the camera feeds that monitored the dive room as he walked toward the elevator going up from his underground facility. He watched as all four of his apprent...
2024-05-29 21:50:48 +0000 UTC View PostEight months into her confinement, Rei had shown enough competency to be given some real work on analyzing data and decrypting stuff. Her programming skills would have remained stationary if not f...
2024-05-29 04:50:46 +0000 UTC View PostRei had wondered how long it would take before WolfMosh thought her good enough to be given some actual work. The answer?
Several months.
She had worked herself to a near-burnout but n...
2024-05-28 17:45:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, that answers the question of whether I'm being monitored or not.
WolfMosh stood in the doorway to her sleeping quarters that had just opened, his gaze fixed on her.
She loo...
2024-05-28 00:39:48 +0000 UTC View PostThe target of her glare seemed utterly unimpressed. He just stared blankly back at her, his eyes chilly.
The look in those eyes made Rei's own shift away, but she couldn't keep a tiny scowl ...
2024-05-25 22:06:54 +0000 UTC View PostAt Rei's eager nod, he extended his hand once more, but this time, instead of manifesting a virtual weapon of mass destruction, a simple cube of gleaming silver metal appeared without ceremony. 2024-05-23 21:17:12 +0000 UTC View Post