A/N: If you want to listen along to the songs, check out my Motoko's Music Box Playlist here on youtube. I think listening to the songs as the chapter plays will be fun! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUyguhsg3MtODEgukrET_XOx_GmDs-1dJ
I was just starting to relax when even more people I knew came inside the small bar. At least this time some of them were expect...
2024-04-17 17:01:24 +0000 UTC View PostI had finished the modifications on the holograms that night, before finally going to sleep and enjoying my eight hours of instant sleep. Waking up feeling refreshed, I knew I would need to get out of the apartment, or I would pick at the songs trying to fix them, when they were already great.
Feeling antsy, I knew that I needed something that would keep me moving.
Squats while holding dumbbells ended up being the exercise of choice. Hidden away in the TC gym...
2024-04-14 17:00:25 +0000 UTC View PostThe next morning I was attacked first thing in the morning.
“Motokoooo!” Hiromi whined as she launched herself at me as soon as I opened the door. Swinging the Motoko seeking ballistic missile around to bleed off the momentum, I closed the door with a kick and settled the Door Shotgun back in place as I hugged Hiromi tight.
“Fun day! I demand it!” She said while her face was buried in my shoulder.
“Okay. What do you want to do?” 2024-04-11 17:01:12 +0000 UTC View Post
The security on the hotel wasn’t impressive. Pressing myself against the rear door as the camera swiveled above me, I took a few seconds to breach the security pad, I knew the design, and I knew how to get through without problems.
They all had a factory default admin code from the producers.
I entered it and it popped the door open without even needing to breach it.
Sliding inside, I ducked down and hurried down the hall, the l...
2024-04-08 17:01:51 +0000 UTC View PostI can’t believe this was happening.
“The Caliburn is the best!” Malcolm argued with this random gonk at the diner pointing at him with a french fry like he was going to stab him,
“Bull shit. It’s overpriced, over hyped garbage. Also it’s digital acceleration is fucking broken!”
“The fuck it is! It drives perfectly!”
“It’s complete dogshit, and you would know if you weren’t some gonk fuck street kid Rayfield fuckboy that h...
Malcolm
“You’re actually going to take part?” He asked as he continued to look through Motoko’s eyes.
Yeah. I want to practice it a bit. They have an external connection here. So I’m going to disconnect and let you watch through their cameras. If you see me start dying or something you know what to do.
“I’ll watch your back.” He assured her as he threw a few more Shwabshwab back. Blue was the best flavor afte...
2024-04-02 17:00:54 +0000 UTC View Post“Okay, you had me at Netrunner Combat Zone.” Malcolm said after I had gone on a long explanation of what I would be doing.
“That was easy.” I muttered as I settled onto the net chair, idly grabbing the cooling cap I had hanging from the chair now. I had bought it before coming in, since this was my first time doing some real netrunning since I lost my Seacho Netdeck.
And maybe Hiromi’s remarks about it being like armor had hit their mark, but I woul...
2024-03-30 17:01:34 +0000 UTC View Post(A/N) Wow it's been a while! Sorry for all the delays. Ugh I just looked at the last update and it was March 4th! Yikes! I had promised I would get another chapter of PTV done today, so I've been working at that all day and I managed it. Thank you all for waiting, I know some of you only come here for PTV. So hopefully the wait won't be as long again.
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After getting back from a very important conversation I headed out in the afternoon sun to do some more training.
...
“Late.” Hayato snapped at me, her voice coming out too fast, in a rush. She was obviously getting antsy.
I nodded. “Traffic was slow.” I offered, as an explanation, although it didn’t satisfy her.
Hayato, like me, already had a layer of sweat on her forehead. A Shinai in one hand that she was still going through a slow, set of motions for.
“Sensei has you practicing super slow?”
“Yes.” She snapped out...
Hiromi the next day marched me down to City Center. Practically buzzing with excitement, as she guided me towards a specific building into its garage, using an access code she supplied, to enter into the building's garage.
“Must be exciting. To be doing like a real business deal.” I offered to her, as we slipped into the elevator.
“I’ve done business deals before.” She replied semi distracted, but I could see her cheeks flushing.
“Yeah but that was on the street,...
2024-03-18 17:01:15 +0000 UTC View Post“You handled that without killing anyone…” Wakako spoke the not quite question, as I was sitting across from her, not at our usual spot.
Wakako had sent me a drop off that ended up being an old apartment complex. A few men, obviously TC, or at least with their looks helped carry Susan out of my car and into an apartment that had two other people.
One was a ripper, and the other was Wakako.
“I thought about it honestly. I could have killed them all, almost did. But th...
2024-03-09 17:01:12 +0000 UTC View PostSusan Shinama. She was a contact for Wakako. The type that would slip into gangs and send her information. Quite literally a spy.
And right now she was in deep shit.
Someone had caught her, or at least she had sent a message saying someone had blown her cover, and then she had gone radio silent.
That meant Wakako needed her recovered, and the best part? I didn’t even need to go do netrunning crap to find her! Wakako had her location.
I had almost gone straight there,...
2024-03-06 17:01:18 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day I swapped things around. Morning training was with the little ones at the stable.
“Alright! Dragon Pulse!” I called out, and Dratini nodded. He shimmered for a moment, and then roared, a purple energy leapt from his mouth, arcing out and shifting around, a dragon-like figure seemingly leading the energy and then it smashed into the water.
The beam kept up for a few seconds before Dratini couldn’t keep it up anymore. Huffing tiredly he looked up to me and I gave ...
2024-03-05 03:22:46 +0000 UTC View PostI ended up hanging out with Misty and Hiromi for a couple of hours. The three of us just all hanging out.
Misty sometimes looked a little embarrassed about hanging out with a couple of girls much younger than her, but in the end Hiromi and I were cool, and Misty relaxed and enjoyed sending out her big sister energy.
Hiromi definitely liked it. I guess being an only child meant you didn’t normally get to experience some things.
Afterwards I dropped Hiromi off at home. She s...
2024-03-03 17:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostHiromi didn’t say anything, but her constant pacing was evidence of her irritation.
“It’s not that big a deal.” I whispered to her quietly, avoiding the glare of the door guard.
“I know. It’s just frustrating to be treated like a child! We have more rep than half of the people in that club I’d bet.”
“It’s the problem with still being a teenager. We’ll grow. Besides, it also means people underestimate us.” I added, with a smile. I really wish I had my...
Sasha
She paced. What else could she do? She had taken a total noob, one that had some serious talent, but was still just a kid and nearly got her killed.
“Chill whiskers, Motoko is fine.”
“I know more about netrunning and what a cyberdeck overheating does to someone than you do Becca. Motoko might be okay, but she isn’t okay.” She responded back, almost snapping as she continued to pace.
All because she had wanted to fight, to feel alive. Her arm...
“Riolu!” The little pup shouted out in shock at the sight of her mom. I had released everyone and Lucario basically flopped onto the grass bonelessly as soon as she appeared. We were back at the Ferrous compound. Morning heavy training was done. Even I felt some muscles ache from just walking around under the Gravity.
“Lu.” Lucario muttered, her voice muffled by the grass but eventually as Riolu was getting a little frantic she slowly sat up, her arms shaking just lifting up her...
2024-02-26 01:29:19 +0000 UTC View Post“Well kid, I can tell you right now, I’m surprised you’re still alive.” Vik explained almost a little harshly, and I winced as he had me on my stomach as he examined my Neural link and Cyberdeck.
“Yeah, I overdid it. Definitely pushed too hard… Is my Cyberdeck okay?”
“Honestly? No.” He answered back. “I’m seeing heat damage on the outer connections, some of the internals aren’t going to be doing well. This is either an expensive repair job, or…”
...
I was wincing internally as I was getting alerts from my netrunner chair about my temp.
My Cyberdeck wasn’t made for shit like this! It specialized in quick hacks, for breaking and entering! Not… Video games!
Fucking Sasha! My GPU was ten years out of date, and you threw me into a next gen max graphic game!
I almost burst into laughter at the thought, but the Balrog coming through the trash pile to our left, literally blasting through junk data, burning a hole through ev...
2024-02-20 17:03:30 +0000 UTC View PostIn the end after dinner I rode Arcanine back home. Gible on my belt while leaving Dragonite and Milotic at the Stable so they could be cute with Dratini some more.
We skidded to a halt as we finally made it home and I sighed in delight at the familiar sights. I could see the light in the kitchen through the window and so I hurried to the door and then through.
“I’m home!”
“Vicky! I didn’t think you were going to come home tonight.” Mama called out as she stuck he...
2024-02-20 07:12:01 +0000 UTC View PostI took one look at the object that Chansey was carrying out from the house above her head and realized I was in danger.
I quickly settled Gible slightly away from me and started laughing. Long and hard, and without restraint.
Because the missing two pokemon had been found, and it looks like Riolu had really pissed off Mimikyu.
The pup was bound in reams of cloth, constricting her into a burrito filling. Riolu’s fur was covered in markings and scribbles done with a black ma...
2024-02-19 06:20:34 +0000 UTC View Post“We go in, beat up some low rank rezzers, and make some fun eddies! It’s a good way to get your name out too!” Sasha offered practically bouncing despite being in cyberspace.
“What kind of battles? I don’t like the sound of Combat Zone, and Sasha, really I need some deets before I do something like this.”
She looked at me for a moment before sighing. “Okay come with me.” She demanded and faux grabbed my wrist to tug me along. I eventually relented and rose to follo...
2024-02-11 17:05:15 +0000 UTC View PostI woke up and slowly stretched out. I had decided to sleep after we got home last night, and now I was ready to start the day.
More importantly, I was ready to test out my new chrome!
Viks time limit was over.
I stood up and felt for the mental toggle for the Sandy.
I flipped it on, and winced as I felt my body react.
Nerves lit up on fire, adrenaline spiked. Biological, and mechanical responses activated and suddenly everything was slow.
I moved, running t...
2024-02-08 17:00:25 +0000 UTC View PostWhen they finally took a break, Alice came out of the sound stage and nearly bounced her way over to Jun.
She was sweating a bit, but looked amped up, energized and excited.
Oh my. Jun brother of mine, you might finally understand that Alice is interested in you tonight if you aren’t careful.
“How does it sound Simon?”
“Sounds smooth Carmen my boy. I’ll send this copy down Ni-Cola and see what they think ya?” The producer offered up pulling out a shard and ...
2024-02-05 17:04:26 +0000 UTC View PostAfter a second meal to recover from the workout, most of my team went back into their balls, and I rode Arcanine back home.
Despite working herself to a froth, she still wanted more, so I let her get a good cool down run back to Viridian City.
We stopped our charge outside the house and I smiled as I slipped off Arcanine who was puffing lightly ready for more, but also ready for a break.
“Take a rest Arcanine. We’ll have more blasting training this afternoon back at the ...
2024-02-03 19:24:22 +0000 UTC View Post“Nova! Absolutely qualitatively nova! I’ve been sooooo bored.” Sasha whined at me, with a laugh throwing her arm over my shoulders only to wince. It was her chrome arm she had used, and there were obviously some issues with it.
“Still getting used to it?”
“It’s nothing. I’m fine.” She said a little too fast as she slipped her arm away from my shoulder and instead pulled a shower curtain away from what I was definitely not expecting to see.
“An Ice Bath?...
2024-02-02 17:04:23 +0000 UTC View Post“Food time!” I called out, finally finishing the evening meal for all my pokemon.
Having more than twice what I had before made things more complicated, but thankfully most of my new tummies were small guys, so it actually wasn’t that much more food than before.
“Don’t you think that’s a little extravagant?” Elizabeth suddenly asked from behind me.
It was getting close to dinner time for humans too, and more and more people had been gathering on the porch at th...
2024-01-31 17:53:27 +0000 UTC View Post“I guess it’s okay.” I mumbled, Ichi had led me outside, into his little backyard. It had actually been a surprise that Ichi lived out in Arroyo, because I had always thought he had rented near the rest of us, but apparently this was his Grandmother's home.
It even had a little garage outback, with dirt cutting through the grass leading through a side gate.
He quickly opened it up, and showed his van.
His van that still had my Minotaur in it.
“Umm… So do you ...
2024-01-30 17:01:13 +0000 UTC View Post“Mama?” I asked, surprised at what I came across when I came back inside. I had just hit the bathroom to wash all the slime off, and use a bunch of soap. I had spoken with Chansey about what to do with the bacteria covering our Goomy, and after a quick discussion, Chansey had assured me she would get what was needed.
But I still needed to clean up, and entering the house I saw Mama sitting in a nice little sitting room with Elizabeth's mother right across from her.
The other w...
2024-01-28 17:13:00 +0000 UTC View Post“It’s not too bad.. Right?”
“I think it suits you.” Misty assured me. It was a full twenty hours after I went under the knife. Vik had done a lot of work, and after eight hours I felt… Perfect.
My neck was a little weird, but that was something adaptation would help with.
I looked in the little hand held mirror and what gazed back at me, was something more than human.
The Neural Link Vik had chipped into me was an Arasaka brand. So the chrome was the usual ...
2024-01-27 17:07:25 +0000 UTC View Post