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« @SILVERHAND » TEXT ✧ AUDIO ✧ VIDEO ✧ ACTION Johnny Silverhand ✦ Cyberpunk 2077
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[secondconflict]

Alright, so Xanadu's doin' alright. A gig a month, for the most part.

But not every place wants a rock band. What if I took all those contacts and started a record label for the kids here who wanna play but need guidance.

Could offer the space Connor got for recording and practice, hook 'em up with folks who wanna hear their sound, help with basic brandin' and all that.

You know, the shitty stuff no one but Nance wanted to do back in the day.

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[There’s a pause, then a scoff of almost-disbelief, skirting the edge of amusement.]

A record label. Brandin’. So a proper business for all the up-and-comers who don’t know much better.

[Gonna have to really sell this one past Johnny’s wall of cynicism.]

You know there’s a reason it was shitty stuff that no one but Nance wanted to do? You got enough energy to spin all those plates?

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You mean 'cause I'm old as fuckin' dirt? Yeah, been thinkin' I can't do it alone.

I'd need someone I trusted who I knew understood the business and who would be 'round to make sure we keep the right ideals.

Don't wanna turn this into some shitty corpo thing to make scratch. Wanna do it because I can and folks around need it.

So what you think? Wanna help?

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[He knew it was coming, but a part of him nearly laughs at the question. Nearly. It’s hard to wring that kind of sound out of Johnny these days.]

You know who the hell you’re askin’, right?

[He knows Kerry wouldn’t be going out of his way just to make money for an endeavor like this, but things have a way of twisting themselves up when business is involved. Just look at the history of everything.]

Business and ideals don’t go hand-in-hand, Ker, even if you got me breathin’ down your neck about every shred of red tape you get your feet tangled up in. ‘Least not if you wanna keep afloat. You want to do this? You know it’s gonna dig deep into yours and my pockets, too.

[Note: he hasn’t said no yet, not technically.]

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Gee, Johnny. Got no idea what it's like to work with ya. Totally blind in askin' thanks for bringing it up. [He can't help but be a smart ass over Johnny making sure he knows who he's asking.]

I know all o' that. Been in the business a long ass time. There's a reason corpos are corpos, but...

Who knows? Maybe we'll stumble our way over a better way to do it. Could do it together if you're interested.

I marked this as read in my email I’m sorry

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[If he could flip him off over a voice call, he’d do it. But Kerry knows him well enough by now to imagine that’s probably implied; smartass for smartass in return, nothing new there.

Johnny exhales a sigh. If he does this, there’s no way he’s not going to make it sound like he’s doing Ker a favor on his part — blessing him with his businessman know-how that, in reality, will probably be a pain in the ass to work with.

But in for a penny, as they say.]

Better way? Gonna be surprised if you manage to pull that much off — fuck, on an alien planet, might as well say that anything goes, though.

If I do this, don’t wanna hear you complaining about me bein’ up your ass when you make a stupid decision about something.