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Ghost in the City: Early Chapter 72

I drove by the corporate owned building. Microtech had been one of the big NUSA corporations for decades. They were like the Microsoft of the Cyberpunk world.

They weren’t quite as powerful now as they had been in their heyday, but they were still going strong.

Jackie’s gig was simple on the outside. Wakako wanted the schedule for incoming shipments. She was probably just a go-between in this case, getting the info for someone who wanted it rather than something she would use ...

Ghost in the City: Early Chapter 71

Ichinose

He wasn’t sure what he was expecting when he slotted the BD in the wreath.

So he settled in and put the wreath on his head and fell into the braindance.

As he opened his eyes to the sights within the BD, he noticed it instantly. The feel of his body following along in Motoko’s footsteps was certainly…

Different.

He had known the girl was off. He had known it since the first time he had met her again after the coma.

Normally he wouldn...

Poll for May 2023

Next poll! Remember this doesn't mean I will only focus on the story  chosen in the next month, as Ghost in the City is my current main story, but the winner will receive additional attention. The goal being an additional chapter of my other stories.

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Ghost in the City: Early Chapter 70

“Well well well. About time you wandered in here kid.” I turned at the sudden voice, and to my surprise it wasn’t who I thought it would be.

Or maybe it was?

The voice had been Yoko the owner of the Dewdrop Inn. Or at least the person that was always at the counter, but the avatar?

That wasn’t human.

Instead a massive woman stood before me, or I guess I should say a Kitsune. Nine tails fluttered in the windless air around her, and she wore a kimono that was onl...

Ghost in the City: Early Chapter 69 (Nice)

It took the entire day to finally break the server's system from within. Literally sneaking past all the ICE and security.

It was awesome.

And I am glad that I waited, because as I looked through the security, if I had tried to break through it definitely would have deleted everything.

Instead, since I had gone slow, careful, I had access to all of the files. His netrunning information. His programs!

He wasn’t a programmer himself, but he had bought plenty of stuff. ...

Ghost in the City: Early Chapter 68

Hiromi had taken over then, to my surprise as I was still processing the fact I now had a new place. A new home if I wanted.

I didn’t want a new place! I liked the old place! Just because it was a little small was no reason to get something new!

But Hiromi overrode my concerns entirely as she tugged me along and we went up to the first floor to get everyone.

To my surprise though, Nox was there hanging out around Ichi and Malcolm,

“Hey Motoko. Motoko’s choom.” ...

Ghost in the City: Early Chapter 67

The next night it was time. Preparations for everything were ready. The sun had gone down just a bit before, the kids would be actively partying, so I walked right into the apartment complex.

I had spent the morning getting everyone set for their roles, and coming up with a strategy. Hopefully it would be enough.

So I entered the apartment complex, noticing the many cameras hanging around the lobby. The lack of people hanging around like there tended to be in apartment buildings l...

Ghost in the City: Early Chapter 66

Deciding to go full in on netrunning for a bit to make myself feel better about getting my ass kicked, and failing a gig. I went full ham into grinding.

Breaching through the ICE with full intent, it did mean I wasn’t doing much besides thinking about the puzzle of code in front of me, and thanks to Ghost Touch, If I was having a lot of problems, I could slow down, and work my way around the ICE.

Acting as if it wasn’t even there.

The actual mechanic behind the perk was ...

Ghost in the City: Early Chapter 65

My left eyelid was twitching, as I listened to the…

Okay he looked like a shark man. So I’m just calling him Sharkman.

The Lions Den isn’t just any bar in Night City apparently.

It’s the Exotics bar.

Exotics was the description of a type of Biomod. I knew a little bit about it, although I hadn’t actually even seen someone with them yet.

But here they are. People that used Bioware to turn themselves into animals.

I had parked in the bars parking an...

Ghost in the City: Early Chapter 64

First thing I did once I said goodbye to Vik, and stopped in to chat with Misty was call Wakako.

*Wakako! My favorite fixer! How are you?*

*What do you want?* She demanded instantly, my attempt to flatter obviously revealing my intentions.

*You have a guy looking to work with you. Jackie Welles?*

*I’m aware, what about him?*

*So he’s not half bad. Got the skill, and the desire to push to the top. Bit of a gonk though. You’ll do best by matching him up with ...

Ghost in the City: Early Chapter 63

An hour later I was sitting in Viks chair getting checked over. I had absolutely refused to go see the TC Ripper even saying I would drive myself over to mine if I had to. In the end Fujimura of all people had driven me over to Viks. The massive Cyberpsycho borg had left only after Vik had started taking care of me, seemingly satisfied he knew what he was doing.

What a weird night.

“Motoko?”

“What?”

“I asked, if you were gonna be alright, with your sleep heal...

Ghost in the City: Early Chapter 62

I decided to spend the rest of the day playing around with my new quick hacks, but I still had my chooms messaging and chatting with me throughout the day.

Hiromi was mostly complaining about school, but she had put out some feelers to her new ‘contacts’ about any Scav info.

Ichi hadn’t found much from the old TC guys, but they had apparently liked his gumption to clean up the scavs, and Ichi told me that they would start asking around.

Malcolm was just enjoying having...

Poll for April 2023

Next poll! Remember this doesn't mean I will only focus on the story chosen in the next month, as Ghost in the City is my current main  story,  but the winner will receive additional attention. The goal being an additional chapter of my other stories.

Poll for March 2023

Next poll! Remember this doesn't mean I will only focus on the story  chosen in the next month, as Ghost in the City is my current main story,  but the winner will receive additional attention. The goal being an  additional chapter of my other stories.

Poll for February 2023

Next poll! Remember this doesn't mean I will only focus on the story chosen in the next month, as Ghost in the City is my current main story, but the winner will receive additional attention. The goal being an additional chapter of my other stories.

Poll for January 2023

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