Lost Rain

Myth//OS - Chapter 49

Outrun - Chapter 291

“Mira?” I dropped everything I was doing and turned to Mira. “How do you feel? Are you okay?”

Her eyes trembled slightly when they met mine, dropping to the bed. “I-I feel fine- my spine aches- my head throbs- am I really out- where are we?”

“We’re safe.” I set aside my deck and sketches, moving closer to her side. “In Absolom Clinic.”

She flinched at the word clinic, though quickly covered it up with a fragile smile. “I’m sorry I was taken- smile s...

Myth//OS - Chapter 48

Outrun - Chapter 290

Saint stepped into Absolom Clinic. The bell rang loudly overhead, announcing his presence. Nael, the old Medek, stood over a bald unconscious girl. Shiro was slumped over on the far side of the room on a chair, finally taking a nap. It was about time. He knew for a fact she lied to him earlier… at least she was out in one piece.

”Saint, right?” Nael called from the surgical chair. He pushed aside a set of scanners. “If you’ll give me a sec, I’ll be right with you.”

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Myth//OS - Chapter 47

A couple days passed. The discerning citizen throughout Bastion slowly but surely picked up on a story. At first, it was a one sided trickle of information. Something about a wild Warden that should be hit with legal restrictions for her brutality. It was small, not reaching further than a few hundred thousand people at first. Even that was thanks to how much Tzon spent to get the story out.

Then SeluNet’s Bastion Today, a leading news outlet, published a story about it. Really, ...

Outrun - Chapter 289

The Aether opened up in front of me. I carefully carried Mira through the portal and set her down. I didn’t have a bed in here yet, so I made do by stealing the cot she’d been laying on. It wasn’t great, but it was better than putting her on the cold floor of the Aether bunker. It was only temporary anyway.

I ensured she was as comfortable as possible one more time and then pulsed the chrome the Savants had put into her with Technical Expertise. The halo was an extremely complex p...

Myth//OS - Chapter 46

Outrun - Chapter 288

Experimental holding… They were prison cells, straight and simple. I didn’t get a good look when Corvid scouted the place out the first time around. I wished I never got a good look. I squeezed my eyes shut and took a deep breath. I had to look. Mira… Mira could be in any one of these cells.

I turned the camera of my phone on. Saint wanted footage of the inside of a Savant Lab for his article just to show how truly fucked the establishments were. I wasn’t really sure. I did know...

Myth//OS - Chapter 45

AN: Haven’t had much time lately. I’ll be back home Tuesday, maybe. I’ll try for an Outrun chapter Monday if I can find the time to write? That’s up in the air. I was an idiot and got super sun-burnt on my hands though, so I dunno.

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The fight itself was at an arena owned by the Bureau. It was the first time I went back to the Bureau since registering, and so not how I thought I’d come back. I always assumed promotion or getting caught doing something illegal w...

Outrun - Chapter 287

I stared at the place with tired eyes. Yellow Inc was right there, within reaching distance. I held myself back though. Rushing in wouldn’t help anyone. It’d just make the situation worse, especially if I was caught. How could I save Mira if I couldn’t save myself?

It was funny- my brain completely blanked on how to get into the Savant Lab now that I was actually here. It was like everything I’d done up to this point, all the places I broke into, just slipped my mind. The stress...

Myth//OS - Chapter 44

Myth//OS - Chapter 43

Myth//OS - Chapter 42

The silence stretched on. Each passing moment put some small pressure on me. It was only a matter of time until CDF or other Wardens came. I had an escape route planned with Miss Thariya—and a few of my own—but those would be closed off if this took too long.

Bombastic Bowman’s eyes drifted to the civilians slowly backing away. “Is it a duel you want?”

“…” I raised my sword, pointing it straight to him. I could see through his attempts… though I’d give him a fe...

Myth//OS - Chapter 41

The night came and went. I stayed up a bit late practicing a few things, including the new Ether String magic and Ivorshroud, which put me in a not so great state. It was fine though. Nothing a bit- okay, a lot of coffee couldn’t fix. 

Which is how I found myself here, standing in a coffee shop just down from Tlacauli. The Quetzl Brew coffee shop, capable of reviving even a myth if their slogan was to be trusted. “N!”

”…!” I headed to the counter and grab...

Outrun - Chapter 286

Surprisingly, Saint was able to sweep the entire server room without anyone stopping him. They even encouraged him, actually. Thirty minutes in, the door popped open. I thought it was over. A strike squad was finally summoned to come flatline the reporter digging into their servers.

Instead, a man walked in carrying a pot of coffee. “Want some?”

”Coffee? Oh! Sure.” Saint casually closed all the files he had pulled up. “Drink with me?”

“I wish… unfortunately, ...

Myth//OS - Chapter 40

I sprawled out on the wall, allowing the rain to drip past my hood onto my face. It was nice and cool, trickling down the side of my face down into hair. It was still day, and the sun peeked through the cloud in the distance, making the entire city glow with life. Bastion certainly had its moments.

As soon as I truly thought about spending my Red Evo point, the OS mechanically chimed into my head. I didn’t think I’d ever get used to the mechanical tone that it used to communicate. 2025-08-06 14:33:32 +0000 UTC View Post

Myth//OS - Chapter 39

Lucia looked around the room. “Now then, I just have one question. Were you involved in my assassination attempt?”

“You can’t seriously think that-“

“That wasn’t an option.” Lucia levered a glare at the sweaty man who tried to talk his way out of this. “Yes? Or no? Surely your peanut sized brain can figure that out.”

”No.” The man obviously denied the claim. “I’d never-“

”Next.” The CEO ignored whatever else he was going to say. “Alb...

Myth//OS - Chapter 38

I took a long drag of my coffee. I was definitely up way too late practicing Ether Strings. Oh- String Sorcery didn’t really make sense anymore if there was no weave to pull on. Hence Ether Strings… unless Lucia came up with a better name, I guess. She definitely had the naming rights.

I eyed the girl from the corner of my eye. She was all dressed up today. She wore a tight corpa suit, and her flowing golden hair was pulled back into a low ponytail. This was the day, afterall. The d...

Myth//OS - Chapter 37

”Whatcha’ doin’?” Lucia pulled her Oculus off and pulled her arms behind her back.

I looked up from the TV. My favorite show was on, so how could I not take over the living room? “Glitch Scouts.”

It’d been a day since I went prowling around the Darkzone with Clover. I spent most of that time scrolling through Warden-only articles and forums looking at various stuffs. Oh, and hanging out with Lucia. Couldn’t forget that.

“The kids show?” Lucia’s hea...

Myth//OS - Chapter 36

Rabbyte made the first move. She reached for her back and pulled the weird cylinder thing out. With a press of the button, the entire weapon expanded into a formidable looking gun. It slowly started to spin up like a steam crank. Several barrels of the minigun rotated, warming up for what was to come. “Initiate Combat Mode!”

Plates on her shoulders slid down, revealing rocket pods primed and ready. Her ears flopped low, and the red dots on her helmet turned to angry red slits. On ei...

Myth//OS - Chapter 35

A Grimlin lunged from the shadows to strike the unaware Rabbyte with its dagger-

I slammed the nasty creature with an Ether Reinforced kick. Its frail body flung back with the force of my blow, arcing toward the opposite end of the alley. Before it could hit the ground, I summoned Thorn’s Defiance and activated Brace.

Wumph!

My shot fired point blank, cutting the Grimlin in two with a surge of blood and gore. The thorn spray followed a second later, slamming all o...

Outrun - Chapter 285

Saint and I just hung out in the boss’s office and waited for the raid. Several times someone tried to break into the room and help the boss. Several times they were warded off by the reporter. It was usually some bullshit excuse or persuasion, though at the end he mentioned he was locked in with a psychopathic Crusader with a bomb vest.

As for me? I just sat back and tried to relax. My entire chest hurt. That guy didn’t just hit me with any revolver shot. It was a bullet specifical...

Myth//OS - Chapter 34

Leo ‘Aggronaut’ Princeton stared at the Grimlins slowly hedging in on his fireteam. Even with them keeping back, the sheer stench of the nasty little garden gnomes hit like a truck. Rotten pieces of flesh, ears, and gore clung to their bodies all over, pinned on like trophies. 

Aggronaut shifted, feeling his arm pull and tear at the wound. It hurt so freaking bad, and yet he kept his shield up. They would touch his fireteam over his flatlined body and not a moment sooner. He wa...

Myth//OS - Chapter 33

The Darkzone was a bit further than a few blocks away. It was immediately noticeable thanks to the high number of people idling around in tac-gear. Bastion’s CDF and Valkris PMCs surrounded the area in a defensive line. Anything that tried to escape? It’d be shot down before it could even get close.

Rabbyte approached a group of them to chat, and then came back to me. She casually picked up the mechanical bunny and dropped it on her shoulder, letting it have a wider view to film fro...

Myth//OS - Chapter 32

Shrrrp…

Shrrp…

Shrrrp…

The sound of gentle waters lapping against something caressed my ears. It was a soothing sound. The air felt cold and wet, and the distant hush of waves rolled in like the breath of the ocean itself. Each one lulled me, as if a gentle massage, to sleep.

The cries of birds came from the distance, still gentle and calming. At least, for others it might’ve been. The sense of something approaching me made my eyes sn...

Myth//OS - Chapter 31

The boss stood in another cavern just down from where we came from. The backside of the cavern was entirely caved in, leaving half of it buried in rubble. Lucia tugged on my hand, pulling me back. “Is that it?”

The boss itself looked human… kinda. Most of his face was blocked by a porcelain mask, like that of a doll. Bulbous flaps of flesh arced alongside the mask, as if slowly seeking to cover it. Tumorous growths of flesh grotesquely poked out of the eye and mouth holes.

N...

Myth//OS - Chapter 30

AN: Minor change from last chapter. The mk5 is now Lucia’s SMG, not the pistol. Somehow got that reversed a couple days ago.

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Lucia stumbled through the rift behind me, staggering around like a drunk. I held onto her shoulder and supported her. Unfortunately, she barely lasted a minute before the rift nausea got to her. I patted her back gently while she kneeled a few steps away from the rift.

We exited out into a small cave. From here, Ysron Caves spread out i...

Outrun - Chapter 284

While plummeting through the air, I adjusted myself to land at the back door. There were two goons on it, and another couple inside. Not to mention the cameras probably linked up to a security room. Unfortunately, I never did manage to find the security room with my Dragonflies. No matter. My Blinder would take care of any unfortunate cameras. 

The plan was relatively simple here. I just needed to get into the boss’s office, barricade the three of us inside, and wait for the Crus...

Outrun - Chapter 283

I watched Saint from a nearby building. Just to be safe, I sent several Dragonflies after him and even snuck one into his jacket. If he noticed the extra weight, he didn’t say anything about it across our comms. Everything he saw and heard would be sent right back to me. 

The guy casually walked across the Red Rocker’s parking lot. He waved to a few people and struck up short conversations like they were old friends. Even more insane, people talked back to him like he was just ...

Myth//OS - Chapter 29

“Wow! So pretty! Why don’t you wear crop tops more often? You’re really toned.” Lucia immedietly bombarded me when I stepped out of the changing room. She circled me like a vulture spotting carrion, approaching closer and closer.

“…” I uncomfortably crossed my arms over my bared stomach. We were supposed to be shopping for her… but when she looked up with puppy eyes and held up an item, I had a hard time telling her no.

Besides, I needed more white clothes for Moon...