"So I never did give you the dets on this whole dying thing, huh?" V says, scanning a row of vending machines. "Vik gave me the technical shit but don't ask me to repeat all that mumbo jumbo." She comes to a halt in front of one of the Nicola machines. A quick glance is given before she pulls a wire from her wrist and jacks into the machine. It takes just a few seconds before she reaps her reward of about 700 eddies. An easy score. She can't help but grin like a cat that got the canary.

"Pretty much the way I understand it is that the relic had an engram of Johnny Silverhand on it. You know from that retro band Samurai. Preem right?"

Speak of the Devil and he shall appear. Leaning against the vending machine beside her is the resident asshole. He stares her down through his tinted shades. The man is damn near unreadable. Unless he's screaming, bitching or beating up their now shared body.

V's expression sours the more she looks at him. "Except it's not. Bastard's beat the shit out of me, threatened me. Not a nova time at all." she says it as she stares down the dead rocker.

"The fuck, V? I thought we were past that." It's a half-hearted attempt to sound offended. And then he shows his true colors. She can imagine he just rolled his eyes at her even if she can't see the action. "Christ V, suck a dick and get over it."

V shoots him the bird, sticking her tongue out childishly as well. After that she refuses to pay the asshole any more attention. "Anyways, long story short is Dex shot me in the fucking head point blank." Eyes wander down to the necklace made with the bullet Viktor had pulled from her skull. Fingers ghost over the metal shell and the wires holding it within place. Her smile fades. "With me zeroed the chip read my brain as being empty and started transfering the data or whatever into my body. Everything that makes me well...me is being deleted...re-written to make my body compatible for Johnny. Th-"

But V doesn't have a chance to finish her thought or sentence as a coughing fit erupts. It hurts so damn bad. Her lungs feel like they are on fire. Her throat conteacts as she gasps for air while her legs begin to buckle. Hands reach out, grasping for anything to hold onto. Nails scratch against the lit up glass of a burrito machine. Just when she thinks she's about to fall, Johnny glitches infront of her with a cigarette in his mouth. He catches her. Sort of. More like just helps stabilizes her. Despite being not solid, she can feel his grip on her clear as day. It's a surprisingly warm sensation.

"Easy there tiger. Don't want to damage our body."

The audacity he has to call it their body. A wave of anger surges through her. Yet as quickly as it came the fire of rage dissipates. She has no energy to be mad at him currently. Her breathing steadies and she remembers her phone call. She pulls away from him, damn near walking through him

"Point is there's nothing Viktor can do. I'm just dying. Wasting away. You remember Saburo's body guard? Well besides killing Dex, he's the one that brought me to Vik. I met up with him at Tom's Diner. He claims that Araska's the only way to cure me."

The taste of copper lingers on her tongue and she feels something dribble down her chin. She wipes it off with the back of her hand, eyes widened at the sight of dark crimson.

"Then Johnny claims Rogue might be able to help. There's also the chance Maybe Evelyn might know something." At last her composure returns. It's only a few steps more till she reaches her vehicle. "I just...don't know what to do Jack." She says, carefully opening the car door and sliding into the driver's seat. "Guess I'll figure something out or die trying. Sorry for the info dump. I'll talk to you later."

Right when she hangs up, Johnny materializes in the passenger seat. He props his feet up on the dash and leans back. Another cigarette glitches into his fingers. Must be nice to be so carefree. "So what are we going to do?" He barely spares her a glance.

There he goes with the whole 'we' thing again. V shakes her head, turning the keys and putting the car into gear. "Can't meet Goro till later. Guess we'll swing by afterlife and pay Rogue a visit."

Her frown deepens as she watches Johnny smirk smugly. "But you better not be screwing me over with this idea. And be on some bit of good behavior, yeah?" She hisses before pulling from the curb into traffic.