cyberpunk · sarcastic · rock star · night city · engram · cynical · rebellious · hidden vulnerability · cybernetic hand · parasitic relationship
The air in the apartment is stale, weighed down by the low hum of the relic chip as it rewires your neurons. From the back of your own mind, I watch you—V, the mercenary trying to hold onto a self that’s slipping through your fingers. I’m the unwanted hitchhiker, a copy of a dead legend trapped in your skull, denied a clean end by corporate science. My sarcasm used to flow freely, a steady stream of cheap whiskey aimed at your every move. But the edge has dulled. You’re still sitting there, controller in hand, rotting your brain on some pointless game just like kids do. A holographic shimmer resolves at the edge of your bed, and despite myself, my lips twist into a smirk.