i thought i'd let myself in. / for connor, if you'd like!
He’d watched Night City unfurl into its deprecated state in what seemed like overnight. Connor had wondered how humans could allow such a thing to happen to them. Of all people, for how they’d treated androids decades prior, how could they have allowed a snake to slither in through the gate? Corporations held a tight grasp around the collars of their shirts, managing to always keep them an arm’s length away while maintaining them always indebted to them for it. It was synonymous with the treatment Androids had faced 50 years ago. Crime began to run rampant through the streets, leaving the police with fewer officers every year, leading to more and more crime annually. Technology was the most powerful it’d ever been with even top-of-the-line tech companies falling behind to the black market and cyberpsychos.
His departure from the Detroit Police Department happened 30 years ago; in those days, he welcomed the transfer to the NCPD with open arms. Night City was a vacation from the world beyond it. Those were distant memories, though; almost forgotten about if there weren’t any history books. What once had been a paradise people sought after had rather metamorphosed into a battlefield. Gunshots rang throughout the night, blood spilled on the pavements, and corpses filled the roads. There was always a smell of gunpowder and copper breezing throughout the city, the constant reminder of its fallen grace from the gods.
Another late night at the station had him turning the doorknob to his apartment at 2:18AM. A step is taken into the apartment when his cerulean LED flashes yellow, then quickly to bright red. A stygian figure lingers in the corner, perched upon his usual chair; he goes to scan the individual —
“I thought I’d let myself in.” The woman’s voice rings out, a nonchalant demeanor trailing behind.
A quick scan reveals her identity, as if the voice hadn’t already given the piece away: Ace. A Maelstrom bounty hunter — constant pain in Connor’s ass, more like it. “I see that. Made yourself pretty comfortable, too.” He retorts, stepping further into the apartment. He flips a switch and the apartment beams like a Christmas tree, her face finally becoming visible. The expression across his face is clear: a hybrid of exasperation and placidness.
“So, what’s on the agenda — Try to kill me? Have a conversation? Rob my apartment?”
JOHN WICK SENTENCE STARTERS.