Lost Rain

Outrun - Chapter 282

I pulled at my Blue Crusade plate carrier uncomfortably. The silver sheen of the thing’s ballistic weave was hidden under my poncho, though that hardly mattered since my poncho was set to its BC pattern. I was about as conspicuous as could be. I shifted on the seat of my bike once more, mind lost in thought.

Red veil… I didn’t even know where to begin with this one. They weren’t the small-time gangs that I’d been running into of late. They were coordinated, and all documents p...

Outrun - Chapter 281

Red Veil… they were a group I was already interested in even without the Scav leader pointing me toward them. They dealt in human trafficking and drugs specifically. If anyone might’ve heard something, it’d be them. I only had an area of operation for the group and nothing concrete, though.

I drove into an alley and flew up to the roof of a tall building. Freezing winter rain drizzling from the sky played a constant staccato against my poncho. I was feeling much more calm now. A m...

Outrun - Chapter 280

I took a deep breath and enjoyed the cool rain against my face. It was calming, in a way. Felt entirely different then the blood I’d been soaked in as of late. If only every night could be this calm and-

“Shiro, are you sure about this?” Saint’s voice came from my phone. 

“Should I not be?” I checked my coil-pistol. Still looked all good. I tossed in another mag of projectiles into the pistol. A spark flicked from my finger, channeling into the gun’s internal ba...

Outrun - Chapter 279

“Thanks for meeting me on such short notice.” I ran a hand through my hair, almost as if to physically push back my stress. It didn’t work. Hadn’t worked even after dozens of attempts.

”Careful, kiddo. Might lose some hair at that rate.” Saint shook his head. “Haven’t stopped fidgeting since I got here.”

”Don’t-“ I flopped both my hands onto the booth’s table and clasped them together. “Just- look, can you help? Or not?”

Saint sighed and stared ...

Outrun - Chapter 278

The building the slag pointed me toward was some kind of warehouse complex. I pulled up the schematic into my HUD while I walked through the place, easily memorizing it.

The guards blocking the way forward were easy enough to take care of. A flash of Fear the Reaper had most of them frothing at the mouth and collapsing. A few managed to stand against it, but low-level gangsters were low-level for a reason. They surrendered or fled almost immediately.

The guy I was looking for? Fou...

Outrun - Chapter 277

I dropped the hover bike onto its stand just outside of the FSA base’s gate. Five guards stood around, blocking the way forward alongside a barrier. I pulled up the ‘Special Investigator’ ID from Uncle Ezra on my phone. ”Here.”

”Ma’am.” The head guard scanned it, then popped a salute. The barrier lifted, letting me through. Just how high of a position did this thing put me in, anyway?

I moved into the base and parked. Shouldn’t have to worry about anyone coming t...

Outrun - Chapter 276

I stood out at my overlook, leaning against my dirt bike. Behind me, the Transporter slowly but steadily punched a hole in space. It was finally time to give my hover bike a test drive. I finished everything up earlier today. It looked like everything would work. Hopefully. There was always the unfortunate risk it’d blow up as soon as I got on it.

I pulled up my Skill list to check it all out now that I had everything spent.

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Myth//OS - Chapter 28

I tossed the crystal up into the air, snatching before it could hit the ground. What should I do with this fragment anyway? Selling it would be a bit of a waste. They weren’t exactly easy to find… although Guiding Moonlight might help with that in the future.

[Nighteye barely restrains herself from sending a strong reprimand at your careless treatment.]

Yep, yep… I tossed it even higher, this time letting it bounce on the couch. I reached to my side and sipped ...

Outrun - Chapter 275

First up to bat? Might as well start things off with a bang. I moved in front of the explosives shelf, casually perusing the scrolls laid out. I wasn’t really expecting much. It was a level four Perk, afterall. The good stuff wouldn’t come until much later down the line.

「Concussion Connoisseur」

「One More Boom」

「Big Boom」

「Old Hank’s Pocket Tricks」

「Old Hank’s Hot Shots」

No idea who Hank was, but he somehow managed to have not on...

Myth//OS - Chapter 27

”Bastion Association of Meteorology warns of Obsidian Rain later tonight. As a reminder, that’s rain mixed with shards of obsidian and ash from nearby super volcanoes, which can and will cause severe danger-“

I opened the door, and the TV abruptly went mute. Lucia sat at the dining table, head down as she watched something in her oculus. “Welcome back.”

“…!” I attempted to smile at her and lifted a stack of pizza boxes. I’d used most of my remai...

Outrun - Chapter 274

Inside of an interrogation room, Doctor Lance Brittlesmith sat cuffed to a metal table. He’d been here for hours already, and no matter how much he called, a lawyer never came. If he still had access to the Net, he’d find that not only had his calls gone unanswered, but that they’d also been erased. For all intents and purposes, Lance hadn’t done a single thing since entering the Crusade’s hands.

Lance groaned, rubbing at his eyes. Worse than anything, the man was bored. He co...

Myth//OS - Chapter 26

I rolled up to a stoplight. I’d managed to get a sleek sports bike without too many issues. The vendor I went to—one of Arc System’s again—looked the other way when I doubled the Nytes. Nothing should track back to me. My face was covered, I paid with a shard, and I left nothing that might point to me.

Unfortunately, I was well and truly wiped. Enough so that I only bought one coffee on my way out with Meal Chips. It was truly a disaster. That’d be changing soon though, one wa...

Outrun - Chapter 273

“It’s ready.” Saint’s voice called from my phone.

I wiped sweat from my face, leaning away from a klept motorcycle in the speakeasy. I’d gotten it all stripped down to its basic frame. Now it was just like putting a super complicated puzzle together, one that was three dimensional… progress was coming though.

”Chek. I’ll get ready… you have the deck?” I asked. The deck was the lynchpin in this whole set up. I’d spent nearly fifteen thousand Rayn on a fairly h...

Outrun - Chapter 272

Step two of the plan: Saint’s article. Yeah, that was it. Not only was it going to deep dive into the attempted Medtech monopolization, but also some of the other documents I klept from their file room. It was a massive expose he’d been working on since before I even met the guy. He had everything he needed now to bring it to life.

Until then? I had to wait. Once he got the article up, I’d have to move quick, but until then I was good to just hang around. It was fine. I had some o...

Outrun - Chapter 271

It’d been a day since we met up and talked about the plan, and honestly? It was all progressing much, much quicker than I expected it to. I thought it’d be a week more of casing and scheming before anything happened, which would be pushing it extremely close to Operation Milburn’s deadline. Like this, though?

Saint smirked at me when I pulled uncomfortably at my clothes. “You look good, kid.”

I shot him a glare. ”You look like you belong in a medical drama.”

We...

Myth//OS - Chapter 25

Lucia was passed out on the couch when I got back. She still had her Glass in hand… stock prices? Maybe? She looked so very peaceful. The stress and tension across her body had lifted significantly. Her brows were still furrowed though, as if seeing something unpleasant. 

I watched her for a moment, my mind inevitably drifting back to the rift. Although I didn’t want to admit it, it might’ve affected me more than I originally thought. Memories kept resurfacing, and haunting i...

Outrun - Chapter 270

I checked my location. Was this even right? I should be right on top of him. There shouldn’t be anything below either, at least not according to Eidetic Schematic. I paused for a moment to think things through.

Were new caves formed recently? It wouldn’t be surprising. The aftershocks from the AEZ could’ve caused the earth to settle better, creating all sorts of new pockets around the area. Unfortunately, while I did have a good idea of where he could be, my knowledge was rather l...

Myth//OS - Chapter 24

A barren wasteland met me on the other side of the rift. No- even that wasn’t quite right. It was nothingness. Pure darkness stretched out i

A barren wasteland met me on the other side of the rift. No- even that wasn’t quite right. It was nothingness. Pure darkness stretched out in all directions around the crackling rift. A world full of darkness, just waiting to be shaped.

Shapes stood from the bleak landscape. Walls lifted themselves and clouds spawned far above. The sky fi...

Myth//OS - Chapter 23

”A-are you leaving?” The teenager rubbed at her eyes tiredly and sat up. How’d she wake up? Ugh- my stealth skills really suck.

I uncomfortably looked away from her hazy silver eyes. ”Rift.”

Her expression fell and her head dipped. Her eyes shifted out toward the window. “Right…Right, what’s that like?”

“…?” I eyed the girl. I just assumed since she had a white SIGIL- had she never been in one before, though?

“The board cited safety concerns�...

Outrun - Chapter 269

“So…” Hope stopped right in front of me. “Thought we were supposed to be on vacation.”

”So did I.” I rubbed at the back of my neck and stood up from my seat in the BG lobby. “Sorry to call you in like this…” 

Hope laughed it off, rubbing at her eyes- or at least trying to. She smacked her silver helmet, shaking her head roughly. “Ugh- don’t be. The relaxation was really starting to get to me. Besides, we only have a week left anyway.” 

I, ...

Myth//OS - Chapter 22

Lucia looked around the apartment idly, a blank expression on her face. “This is… it?”

Something felt a bit off as we stepped into the apartment. I wasn’t quite sure what it was, but I could feel the ether in the air. Something activated when Lucia entered. It was extremely fine, to the point I wasn’t even really sure if I really even felt it.

The traitors of Cernobog? No way they knew where we were this quick… unless they somehow knew we got into the city? How though�...

Outrun - Chapter 268

I peered over the edge of the skylight down into the warehouse. A duo of guards passed just below me, rifles slung loosely from their shoulders. They were both silent with exhausted looks from the perspective of my Dragonfly.

Honestly? Not at all worried. Getting up to the roof was the hardest part, and even then, it wasn’t too bad. I straight up avoided the heavily guarded warehouse and came in the complete opposite side. My escape was already set in stone, too, thanks to Spectral Fl...

Myth//OS - Chapter 21

The kid awoke in my arms about half way back to Ashton. At first, I didn’t notice anything was wrong. It wasn’t until she started struggling that my mind snapped out of its daze.

She shoved against me, a cry ripping from her throat. “H-hey!”

”…” Her voice- damn, she could claim to be Elysia’s daughter and I wouldn't be able to refute her-

“L-let me go!” She lashed out at my arm, sliding off the Jackrabbit as she got out of my lax hold. She tipped toward ...

Outrun - Chapter 267

I left Saint behind in the food court for a moment and stalked up behind one of the gangers. At a glance? No telling what gang he belonged to. They had something to do with tie-dye though. I wasn't sure from afar, but this close? They all had on tie-dye shirts under lightweight ballistic armor. Except the guys with subdermal armor. They just had tie-dye on.

I slipped a Dragonfly into his back pocket, flicking it into tracking mode. Almost every function of the bot shut off to avoid dete...

Myth//OS - Chapter 20

I wasn’t expecting this. A downed Arc Systems HAT lay in a canyon, smoking and sputtering while its life slowly drained away. I recognized it from the list of transport options offered back at the place I rented my Jackrabbit. Turrets across the Hova tried to defend it, shooting up and down the canyon’s walls in a bid to ward off attackers. It wasn’t working.

The Heavy Aerial Transport itself had no hope of escaping. It looked like a missile had hit its side, tearing apart the ‘...

Myth//OS - Chapter 19

[Nighteye warns you might not like where Guiding Moonlight leads you.]

”…?” What do you mean? I thought it led me to what my heart desired most in the world, whatever that was? Was that not the case? I must’ve really misunderstood the description.

[Nighteye shakes her paws and firmly asserts that is what Guiding Moonlight does. The matters of the heart aren’t always the matter of the mind though.]

[Nighteye hesitantly points out that if what you want is unobtainabl...

Outrun - Chapter 266

Big Mikes was as it always looked… for the most part. A couple of his windows had been smashed and boarded up, glass still clinging to their frames. Likewise, there were bullet holes along the ceiling and back wall. The riots hadn’t been kind to the large man, it seemed. Thankfully, he didn’t look injured in the slightest.

My contact was already waiting for me when I arrived, sitting in the back corner as he typed away on a deck. I whitelisted him for Master of Disguise and approa...

Myth//OS - Chapter 18

On the way to the den, Stalwart dug deep into the physiology of rifts, things to look out for, and common plants. Ether Bloom was by far the most useful, but there were a few others he talked about. It was all very intriguing.

I mean, rifts lead to countless different worlds and planets, right? It was incredibly intriguing to me that these ‘common’ plants were spread across so many different places. Was it the ether itself that made them? Or were they an invasive species rapidly spr...

Myth//OS - Chapter 17

Yeah, not how I saw this going. I stared at my temporary fireteam, already feeling my confidence plummet. Thankfully, it was just an F-rank rift—I wasn’t ‘experienced’ enough to sign up for a higher one yet—so it shouldn’t be too bad.

The rift in question? An unknown. It popped up during last night’s storm. It was waiting for a team to get through and clear it first. Fairly common for low tier rifts to pop up like this. They appeared one moment and then vanished the next w...

Myth//OS - Chapter 16

Pursius's whiskers twitched erratically, his amber eyes twinkling in dissatisfaction. “Don’t just accept things.”

”Free.” I shrugged my shoulders and handed over my new Glass. He whisked the Throne Glass into the air with his telekinesis.

”Ugh- seriously, someone’s going to lure you away with candy one of these days.” He shook his fluffy head and inspected the Glass.

What was that supposed to mean? If anything, it’d be coffee. I wasn’t a little kid. “Gi...