We went ho to the apartnt after and the whole ti Jun was being insufferable.
I told you you would like it! he teased, smiling like the stupid gonk he is.
My desire to punch him was rising. Just because I had accepted that moving was what Jun wanted, and I shouldnt hold him back didnt an I really wanted it.
But he was acting like I was super happy with it all.
Jun shut up. I told him simply as I walked around my room cleaning things up. Gathering up everything so we could start moving stuff.
When do you want to call Ichi with his truck? Wait, when does the lease and stuff actually go through? How did leasing even work in Night City?
What do you an, its already ours. Jun said as he popped his head around the corner from his room to look at .
I narrowed my eyes.
Fujimura already gave you the apartnt before you ever tried to convince to move didnt he? I accused him, eyes narrowed as I prepared for the answer I already knew.
Jun blinked realizing he was suddenly standing in the middle of a minefield.
Nooo? He said and I chucked an old shoe at him that I had found in a corner. Unfortunately he was pretty quick and dodged it.
Jerk. I grumbled as I continued to dig things out of corners. And finding bags and boxes to put them in.
I picked up another cardboard box that Jun had grabbed to stuff shit into.
Well it wasnt actually cardboard. It looked like it, sorta felt like it, but it wasnt. And I had long ago decided not to ask questions about what stuff in Night City was actually made of.
I should be killing Scavs right now.
Not dealing with moving.
I pulled out my little dresser, noticing a bunch of stuff that I had never seen before back behind it.
Motoko was kind of a slob
Okay I was still kind of a slob, but I had a lot less knick knacks and junk
Okay I still had a lot of junk, but it was all tech supplies!
Huh. I muttered pulling out an actual digital photo display. I switched it on and blinked.
So thats what I looked like before. It was a picture of Motoko Well older Motoko sitting on Juns Kusanagi. She was dressed up fully in Tyger Claw swag, hair done up in mohawk
I guess HIromi and I used to share hairstyles? Although mine had been a shorter faux hawk.
I looked at it for a while. I had no real connection to it. Jun was younger. Probably fifteen? He looked hilarious with his tough guy wannabe looks
No wait. That ans he would be around Ichi and Malcolm's age! He was a wannabe too! Oh man!
Hey Jun, look what I found! I called out smirking as I walked out of my bedroom to see Jun carefully disassembling the family shrine.
Whatd you find? He asked solemnly as he slowly took down the picture of our parents.
Nothing that interesting. Need so help? I asked as I threw the picture fra onto the couch and moved to help Jun pack up our family shrine.
Id tease him about the picture later.
--
So youre really moving? Ichi asked as I led him inside.
Yeah. It was important to Jun. I admitted as I pushed a box to the side to clear up so room on the couch. Take a seat.
No I can help! He offered doing the usual childish act of flexing an arm.
If you want? But the guy who brings the truck can put his feet up if he wants. I inford him which earned a chuckle.
Crazy to think last night was the last ti well ever et up here. He muttered, and I did my best to keep cool, to not let that thought strike my heart.
For Jun.
Yeah, but starting tonight, Youll be able to et up and party at our new place. Jun said as he appeared from around the corner, holding a box in one under and a long bag that I realized was acting as his gun bag.
Huh, I didnt know Jun had a gun bag
Wait fuck I dont have a gun bag! All my guns were stolen from gonks! Its cool. Just pretend I dont notice and it wont matter.
Yeah thats true. Well have a new etup. Motokos fancy new place.
It is kinda fancy. I whispered to Ichi as I walked by arms full of boxes. Grab that one?
Yeah sure. He hefted up another box and all three of us headed down towards his truck.
It was parked just out front of the apartnt, and the guards were keeping an eye on it, so we wouldnt have to worry about anything going missing while loading it up.
Pushing my box in, I stopped and headed over to the at stick guy. Gonna miss my usual. I told him and he chuckled and passed an extra large stick.
Thanks, at stick guy. Youre the best.
I paid extra though. I definitely had more eddies than the poor old man.
As I took a break and ate my last at stick skewer I looked around. Mostly because I was still on edge and expecting to see a Scav hunter group or sothing barreling down the road.
But there was nothing.
Just a quiet day on the streets.
In the end, despite my fears there hadnt been a second Scav attack. No bomb, or trick. It made nervous because I thought there would have been and yet.
Nothing.
I didnt know why though. Then again what I had done could have been completely covered by the acts of the Tygers.
Considering how Scavs act. We could have killed the Scavs that knew about where I lived. Or killed all the Scavs that cared.
The whole thing was a massive ss, and unlike in a video ga that would always have a helpful conversation shard sitting on the side of a table or sothing, there wasnt anything that helpful for to figure this out.
I still really wanted to kill them. Just to make sure, but the whole thing was weird.
In the end the real world wasnt a ga, or an ani. I wasnt the main character of Night City.
Well
Not yet.
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Well. This is it. Jun said as he dropped the last box of stuff into the middle of the living room.
We were completely moved out.
Our entire apartnt, our entire life, had fit in the back of Ichis truck. It had only taken one load to move everything over.
Our vehicles were now parked in a garage under the building.
Our stuff was there on the floor. Malcolm and Ichi were watching the truck to make sure nothing went missing while Jun and I unloaded.
Yeah. I muttered before sighing and walking into my room. It had an actual bed. One of the weird future beds that were everywhere in Night city. Gently I pulled out a special object out of my jacket. Sothing I hadnt trusted letting anyone else ss with. The bed had little drawers along the side of it, and for now that was good enough. I slipped it in.
Whats that? Jun asked, not quite startling .
A cyberdeck. I explained. I just didnt explain that it was Rache fucking Bartmosses deck.
Okay?
Its rare, one of a kind, so I kept it on . I told him and then shrugged heading back out to the apartnt. Ill go get the boys.
Yeah, sounds good. Jun said looking at the pile of junk that we had stacked up on the floor. He sighed and grabbed the first box.
Thats right Jun! Suffer at the knowledge that moving sucked!
I headed out. The hallway as usual was so fancy it almost made uncomfortable. I kept checking my boots to make sure I wasnt tracking mud on the carpets.
But as I walked past the apartnt right next to ours, I heard sothing that halted in my place.
Music.
Not recorded sound, but soone actually playing an instrunt. I stopped to listen for a mont as the tune ca through the walls.
Huh. They were good! I humd along for a mont as I let the song play through. I liked it. The musician had a recorded track they were playing with, a lot of recorded sounds, and a definite Japanese electronica groove.
Honestly I was just thankful it wasnt Us Cracks.
I shook it off, and decided I would say hello to my new neighbor soti soon.
Until then I needed to head back down and let the boys know we had finished and they were now free.
I headed down taking the elevator that took forever to get down to the garage basent floor.
I walked out and had to frown.
A few Tygers were ssing with the boys.
Around the front of Ichis truck were a group of teenagers. They were obviously unwelco as they were resting against the truck, one even sitting on the front of Ichis hood, her legs swinging as they obviously were causing trouble.
Hey! I called out as I walked over catching the eyes of the group. What are you guys bothering my chooms for?
Eh? Bothering? We are just checking out these weird gonks idling in our garage. Who the hell are you? The one that had been hanging his elbow in Ichis window called out, but didnt move away, instead a couple of his chooms were focusing on .
They were helping us move in. Twenty-Seventh floor. I called out, emphasizing the floor. Fujimura owned the entire floor? Then anyone in the area would know not to ss with anyone from that floor.
Their leader slowly pulled away from the window as he looked over.
You dont look like the type to live on that floor.
Fujimura and I have an understanding And my Nii-chan is one of his n. Now stop harassing my chooms. I demanded.
I had learned from my lesson with Hiromi. Be blunt and direct with gangsters because they might not have the brain cells to rub together to understand a less blunt threat.
It still grated at . To rely on Fujimuras rep. The stupid Do you know who I am? Statents always annoyed .
I walked past the group, noticing the girl on the hood had slipped off, and tried to make it look like she hadnt just been sitting on Ichis truck.
Thanks for the help guys. Jun and I have it from here. Why dont you head out of here, We are just going to be unpacking for a while Here, dinners on , okay? I quickly sent a bunch of eddies to Malcolm and Ichi, despite Ichis glare.
He had refused any paynt for helping out today, but I wasnt going to let them help Jun and I move for free.
Hey! Thats the boss for you! Malcolm called out more than happy for the paynt.
You dont have to Motoko! Ichi yelled behind but I was already hurrying away, passing through the gangster gonks who were all watching , their faces all showing their curiosity in who I was.
If I was important.
If I was lying.
If I was telling the truth.
But I wasnt here to satisfy their curiosity. I rushed back to the elevator and headed back up.
Ti to unpack.
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Jun and I both flopped onto the big round couch.
That was tiring.
Yeah. I agreed with Jun. Everything was unpacked, or at least the boxes were put away in our rooms for later. Our family shrine was up. Our weapons were stored away, which had taken a bit longer than expected.
My armory had to my absolute delight put Juns to sha, and we might have gotten into a wrestling match when he made a move towards my HMG.
Mine!
But now we were basically done.
All moved out.
All moved in.
Its gonna be great Motoko. Youll see. He said and I didnt respond. He had been saying stuff like this to all day, trying to hype up for the new move.
Arent you the least bit excited? A new place? Bigger! Better! I could try to explain to him that I knew what moving to a new apartnt was like. It usually just ended with a month of getting used to it, before realizing all the new problems you had to live with that might not be the horrible ones from the last place, but were still shit.
But I couldnt exactly tell him that. As far as Jun was aware this was my first new place ever.
Im gonna play the entire Samurai Catalog at full blast right outside your room all night Fair warning. I inford him and received a retaliatory pillow in exchange.
Youll like it. Its better in every way from our old place. Jun inford with a dreamy voice.
You realize of course there isnt an XXL burrito machine outside the apartnt door anymore. Then I let that tidbit settle in. A mont later Jun was at the door and then rushing down the hall.
I had checked as we walked in. No XXL burritos in the area that I had seen.
Good luck Jun-nii!
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Okay. We were moved in. Now back to work.
*Yes really. Why are you so confused? You sent the shard with the code over, and I just spent the last couple hours debugging it. Its done.*
*I expected you to take at least a week checking it over Motoko Please make sure you are thorough.*
I sighed audibly and rubbed my face.
*Ive already gone through it all Yoko. Ill add a file into the shard showing everything I fixed just so you can be sure, but Im done. There isnt anything else that needs to be fixed unless you want to start rewriting the code from scratch.*
The line was quiet for a while. *Very well. Ill have a runner co by your new place for a pickup. Ill confirm the work, and ssage you when Ive found an issue, or written off the favor.*
*Perfect. Talk to you later then.*
I hung up. Wakako was right. Hanging up on people that were annoying you was great.
I groaned as I flopped on the couch. Between coding work and moving in. I was done for now. Jun was still bustling about his room setting things up looking happier than I had seen him in a while.
Stupid Jun. Being happy about this crummy apartnt.
I wanted to go kill Scavs.
I rolled up and rushed to my room. Grabbing my ammo and MaxDoc pouches, I suited up. If I went fast enough Jun wouldnt catch leaving and bother again.
I geared up quickly, grabbing my Kang Tao armor and doing a full suit up.
Techgogs equipped I was ready for war.
Sliding the goggles over my eyes I slipped over to my door and peaked out.
No Jun in sight. Operation was a go.
I rushed out bare feet utterly silent on the carpet. Honestly it was a weird feeling since I was so used to the tiled floors that filled NIght City and the fact I usually just wore my boots around so I would be safe from any trash on the floor.
But this apartnt was too clean, so I had to leave my boots at the front door. I quickly grabbed them and left through the door once the door was closed I slipped them on. Taking a minute to secure everything and then I was heading down the hall. Passing by music neighbor and reaching the elevator without anyone noticing beside the caras.
I quickly sent Jun a Text.
*Motoko: Heading out for a while.*
Just as the door shut.
Didnt want Jun to try and stop . I whistled fakely as I pretended to ignore the text he sent back in response wanting to know what I was doing.
Then I was back in the garage, and the city was mine.
I walked out stalking towards where Jun and Is parking spot was located. Ignoring the attention that the Tyger teens gave as I walked around.
Dont call a Dough Girl. Dont call a Dough Girl!
I ignored them. I didnt even want to know what they were saying as I walked up to the Quadra and popped the trunk.
Inside my armory was ready. I grabbed the Copperhead from the roof of the trunk. I had spent so ti adding additional weapon slots to the trunk over ti. Honestly I had a few cutouts that I didnt even own yet, but more as future desires.
I patted my Nekomata a bit as I left it behind. I needed to work with Jackie and V and stuff more. I would get more sniper work with them I felt.
But I ignored that as I walked to the driver seat and laid my Copperhead in the passenger footwell. So I could grab it quickly if needed.
I had a few more places to hit tonight.
Ti to get to work.
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