V is for Velocity
V was having a rather shit week, Jackie the gonk is down and out due to his injury from the heist, Motoko that demon child keeps glaring at her. Yeah jackie would be dead without her but she thought Motoko understood the need to get back at those who wronged you.
"Fucking Arasaka family drama" V growled, laying back on the roof top she was currently sitting on. "oh look at I am a prodigy, i could knock this gig out by myself, but dont you dare do it V" she mockingly imitated Motoko, though her heart just wasn't in it.
A cascade of digital tearing amd a rather annoying headache had her bolt up amd see Johnny on the edge of the roof, staring out into the skyline.
"You gonna stop your bitchin?" He asked as he patted the spot next to him
"Johnny" she stated as she tentatively sat next to him "you dont usally pop up when I vent"
"Cause right now you aint venting" he pulled out smoke and lit it, taking a drag he exhaled "and seein you sit on your ass and whine is fucking nauseating"
"Eat a dick Johnny" she took a swipe at him which of course went through the smug bastard.
"Cute" the way he said it caused her to get slightly more livid.
"Talking to you is sometimes like talking to that demon child" she stated
"The Major, good she makes alot of sense sometimes"
"What!?" Alot of the anger in V's sails vanished at that comment "how!?"
"She talks to us for one thing, doesn't try to skirt around the whole body snatching issue, and the Major also has good strategies for gigs, even they are uh..."
"Fucking nuts!"
Smiling johnny shot V some finger guns "yeah that cool shit"
Groaning she palmed her face, "why do you keep calling her the Major, sounds like you use the Big M when you say it?"
"Topic switch huh, well she keeps going on with misty about that ghost stuff, and she is pretty much a full converstion, it should be pretty obvious" he stated looking expectantly at V.
V simply blinked in confusion about what should be obvious.
"Fucking smasher would get it... Fuck! I cant belive I said that" he stood and held his hand out, "feeling better"
Taking the hand he pulled her up, "no talking to you just as frustrating as the kid" she looks out across the skyline, then towards some close buildings. "I am going to freerun a bit, maybe get some sushi later"
"heh, ggoodon ya V, before you hop around like a rabbit, you know that BD you like"
"That preem free running one from a about a year ago?"
"Yeah, that was the Major, think back about the arms and legs you briefly see"
A bit stunned V jogs her memeory and uses her still pretty preem counter intel skills, matching the scuffed crhome and types of shoes and general clothing choice, topped off with the type of ramen that was pointed at...
Johnny chuckles at the look on V's face.
"Oh that smug cu- argh! She told me to my face she didn't have the skill to run with me! That cheeky little-"
As here tirade continued she made a strangling motion with her hands., then she got a look in her eye, one Johnny knew to well at this point.
"Don't you fucking do it V" he warned.
"She can't out ninja me i was counter intel dammit!, i am a ninja!" She yelled
"V no!"
"I can be faster" she stated backed up a few paces then took off. She landed on an adjacent exposed ac unit, boinced from there to several shop signs toll she reached above street level, swinging from traffic pole to traffic pole, she built up enough speed swinging, that on her last set she grabbed the vertical part of the pull, tucked in then extended her legs forwards, her own chrome hands squeling against the metal pole as sparks rained on her, once her surroundings looked like a blur she straightened and let go.
She flew and realized that she was about to impact a car door window, as she got closer she realized the window was down, pulling in her arms she prayed to any diety as sailed into the car, smashed into the other window which broke and shattered doing surprisingly little damage, that she could notice in the moment, but it slowed her down enough to wear the ground was getting closer, angling her body she touched heel first curled and rolled to bleed off momentum, then continued into a run once she was om her feet again.
The fact she wasn't dead and that she probably just showed up Motoko had her estatic, to thebpoint she easnt paying attention, still at a run she stepped on something yellowish brown it's slick underside took her left foot out from under her and she face planted into the concrete, her gave way first with a little but painful crack.
"Ow fucking! FUCK!" she punched the ground causing it crack a bit, then she heard gut burstung laughing. Got her self up and held her nose to stop the bleeding, and looked at Johnny who was standing near the thing that caused her to bail.
"Vhats so ucking unny!" She demanded, pretty pissed.
"A god damn banana got you, holy shit!" He broke into more laughter "oh thats some loony toons shit"
Confused on what a loony toon was, she assumed it was an old show from pre-data crash, more importantly though.
"The fucks a banana!"