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« @SILVERHAND » TEXT ✧ AUDIO ✧ VIDEO ✧ ACTION Johnny Silverhand ✦ Cyberpunk 2077
RESIDENCE ✦ Townhouse
GEMBOND ✦ Ruby "Not here. Leave a message."

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[engrams]

[Well, what timing. Johnny's just been released from the slammer no more than an hour ago, and he's already gone his separate ways from V for the time being. In fact, he's planted himself against a nearby building, leaning his back against the brick, just so he can finally indulge himself in a cigarette.

Cloud's message comes through just as he's lit it up, inhaling deep and checking his device. A few of his missed messages have already been tended to, but this one's particularly amusing.]

Been in jail.

Why? Miss me?

[coraza]

[it's been quiet?]

[cloud sighs in relief, but he'll never admit to that.]

i don't wanna know the details.

[in case johnny feels like retelling the tale.]

in the other world i was in, people would leave without warning.
i'm just making sure before i call dibs on your stuff.

[engrams]

Two things: you don’t get to touch any of my stuff, and why wouldn’t you want to read about a tale of adventure, intrigue, and betrayal?

[coraza]

if you leave without notice it's fair game.
was there any real betrayal?

[engrams]

That’s called stealing.

[lollll]

Think I’d lie?

[coraza]

you'd never know.
and maybe you would lie. make things a little more exciting than what they were.

[shut up cloud]

didn't even realize we could be thrown in jail. what's it like?

[engrams]

[Cloud is exactly right about that, actually. Because the truth is bland and not all that flattering, anyhow.]

Boring. Good place to spend your time if you want to catch up on sleep. I imagine if the crime was a little more serious, though, it might’ve been a different experience.

You really never been in jail before? Aren’t you a merc?

[coraza]

i sleep just fine at the house. it's your own fault if you don't.

the difference between you and i is that i didn't get caught.
the business is kinda new anyway. blown shit up, but i can still keep on the down low.

[who is... embellishing now..]

[engrams]

Didn’t say I had problems sleeping. Only that there isn’t much else to do behind bars.

How new is “new”?

[coraza]

sounds like a johnny silverhand problem.
about a week.

[damn... put that in perspective.]

2/2

[coraza]

[he comes back with a:]

a few months, outside of gaia.

[engrams]

You serious?

So you’re a greenhorn. The greenest kind. No wonder you haven’t seen the inside of a cell yet.

[coraza]

it's not like jail would be an option for me. what i'm involved in is life or death.

[engrams]

[He assumes he's talking about being back on his planet, or whatever. He still remembers talk of that corporation running the place, back on their bus ride. He chalks it up for the execs gunning for him, or something. Wouldn't be surprised.

But-]

Yeah? Here, too?

[coraza]

i'm keeping an eye on someone dangerous.

[engrams]

Imagine there's plenty of dangerous people here.

[Some might even label Johnny as much, given his past act of terrorism. All a matter of perspective.]

What's so special about this one?

[coraza]

[cloud considers himself dangerous...!]

he's the one who decimated my home.

[engrams]

[Well. That deserves a pause.]

The one you told me about?

So why are you just keeping an eye on him instead of gunning him down every chance you get?

[coraza]

i've tried that already. he hasn't lived through the experience. i'm five years into his future.
anyway, this isn't about me. [the reason for his texting johnny] how did you end up in jail?

[so, cloud is asking for the story after all.]

[engrams]

So? Then you nip the problem in the bud. Easy, right?

[Maybe Johnny's playing dumb at the complications; he's too smart to not know they exist, and that's the frustrating part: he's fishing.

But-]

Thught you didn't care about why I was in the slammer?

[coraza]

he's insanely strong. that's the problem.

[anyway— time to be huffy.]

don't tell me then.

Squints....*thought

[engrams]

Never stopped me before.

Can just imagine you getting all huffy right now. Fine, because I’m nice: me and V tried to steal a guitar.

[coraza]

if i did it your way i'd end up locked up, by the looks of it.
is this also why v hasn't been around?

[engrams]

Sometimes your luck is shit. That’s just the reality of being a merc.

[Maybe if you weren’t green, you’d know that, Cloud.]

Ran a lot more dangerous gigs with V before. Generally got a higher success rate than that, and a lot more lucrative, too.

[coraza]

you giving out free advice now? that's way too charitable coming from you.
so, what happened this time?