#receiptruin

[2077smerc]

"I've got a source who says you didn't just blow up the Arasaka tower—you burned it from the inside out.

UNPROMPTED ASKS | ACCEPTING

V LET OUT A DRY CHUCKLE, SHAKING HER HEAD .   "YOUR SOURCE ALSO TELL YOU I WRESTLED ADAM SMASHER BARE-HANDED AND WON ?"  SHE FOLDED HER ARMS, EXPRESSION SETTLING SOMEWHERE BETWEEN AMUSED AND UNIMPRESSED.  "BLOW UP ONE WAREHOUSE, SUDDENLY YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERY EXPLOSION WITHIN A FIFTY-MILE RADIUS..." A CROOKED GRIN TUGGED AT THE CORNER OF HER MOUTH.  "BESIDES... IF SOMEONE DID BURN ARASAKA FROM THE INSIDE OUT …"  SHE LEANED IN JUST ENOUGH TO LOWER HER VOICE.  "...DON'T YOU THINK THEY WOULD'VE DONE A BETTER JOB OF COVERING THEIR TRACKS ?  OR MAYBE THEY'D WANT PEOPLE TALKING."  V SHRUGGED.   "EITHER WAY, SOUNDS LIKE ONE HELL OF A STORY."   SHE TURNED TO LEAVE BEFORE GLANCING BACK OVER HER SHOULDER.   "JUST MAKE SURE, WHEN YOU PRINT IT, YOU SPELL MY NAME RIGHT."   A WINK.  "CAN'T BECOME A NIGHT CITY LEGEND IF THE BYLINE'S GOT A TYPO."

[2077smerc]

What does it feel like to be the most wanted woman in Night City and still walk around like you own the sidewalk?

UNPROMPTED  ASKS   |   ACCEPTING

V  LET  OUT  A  SHORT  LAUGH,  GLANCING  OVER  AT  THE  REPORTER  LIKE  SHE’D  JUST  ASKED  THE  STRANGEST  QUESTION  IN  THE  WORLD.      "MOST  WANTED  ?     DAMN.  DIDN’T  KNOW  I  WAS  GETTING  A  FANCY  TITLE  WITH  ALL  THE  BULLETS."   SHE  SHRUGGED,  LEANING  BACK  WITH  THAT  FAMILIAR  HALF-SMIRK. 

" TRUTH  ?   YOU  STOP  CARING  AFTER  A  WHILE.  WHEN  HALF  THE  CITY  WANTS  YOU  DEAD,  THE  OTHER  HALF  WANTS  TO  USE  YOU,  AND  EVERYONE’S  GOT  YOUR  FACE  SAVED  SOMEWHERE…  YOU  EITHER  START  HIDING  IN  A  HOLE  OR  YOU  LEARN  TO  WALK  LIKE  YOU  BELONG. "     HER  GRIN  SHARPENED.     "BESIDES,  SIDEWALKS  ARE  PUBLIC  PROPERTY.  NOT  MY  FAULT  EVERYONE  ELSE  GETS  NERVOUS  WHEN  I  USE  THEM."   V  TAPPED  HER  FINGERS  AGAINST  THE  TABLE,  EYES  NARROWING  WITH  AMUSEMENT.  " WRITE  THAT  DOWN  FOR  YOUR  LITTLE  GOSSIP  RAG.  'NIGHT  CITY'S  BIGGEST  PROBLEM:  WOMAN  HAS  CONFIDENCE  AND  REFUSES  TO  APOLOGIZE  FOR  EXISTING.'  REAL  SHOCKING  HEADLINE."

[iobartach]

@receiptruin asked; So, Mr. O'Hara… Half-spider. does that mean you have eight eyes somewhere I can't see or is it more of a 'vibes' situation?

"No, it means it's none of your jamn business." Cutting to the quick, where once upon a time such an ask would stoke feelings of anger and potential embarrassment, he's developed the skill and tact necessary to deflect such kinds of topics with relative ease. He's barely told another living soul the extent of the change that he underwent, so long ago, let alone a person whose name he doesn't even know.

"If you're looking for a story, try elsewhere."