Hiromi's Check In
Hiromi knew she should be investigating right now, but she was waiting on some leads to get back to her and lately her Mokoto time had been drastically insufficient. Besides, as the fixer it was her job to take care of the crew right? As long as she was carrying these takeout bags when she came in, all of her gonks in Section 9 would be too distracted to tease her.
Hiromi was lost in these thoughts as she approached the apartment block and was only dragged out of them when she heard a thud right ahead of her. She looked down at her feet and-
Hiromi couldn't believe her eyes. Mokoto, her Mokoto laying on the sidewalk, her chrome shattered, her shirt soaked in blood. Mentally playing back the last few seconds she realized Mokoto had just plummeted out of the Kimigari's 20th floor apartment onto the sidewalk with nothing to break her fall!
Hiromi flung the takeout bags away, fell to her knees and started sobbing. "Mokoto! Mokoto! I am so sorry Mokoto! Its all my fault. I never should have taken this gig. It was way too dangerous but me and my stupid mouth. I'm the biggest gonk to ever exist! I let my ego get in the way and now you're gone! And I never even got to tell you how I feel!"
"How you feel about what Hiromi?"
"That I love... Mokoto you're alive?!" I cry realizing who just spoke. I open my tear filled eyes and see her gonk grin as she meets my gaze.
"Still kicking, well not literally heh." She says as she nods towards the wreckage that used to be her cyber ankles. Her flesh was strangely intact for how ruined her chrome was.
I grabbed her torso and pulled her into a hug. "Oh Mokoto thank god you're alive! ...How are you alive?!"
Mokoto winced at my hug and it took her a little bit to answer my question. "Well... you see... I kinda... took two MaxDoc before I hit the ground?"
Mokoto thats not how that works. Mokoto thats not how any of that works. Mokoto that makes no freaking sense. Rather than say any of that outloud, I started dragging her towards my ride.
"Comon Mokoto, lets get you to Vik's."
"What about Ichi and Asuka?"
"Its probably fine. Ichi needs to learn to spread his wings, this will build character for him, now lets get you taken care of."