Morning After...

Ori wakes up the next day to the pleasant beep of a text shot by his favourite psycho-merc...

[Hope u made use of those pics i sent ;););)] - Rebecca

Apparently, she'd felt bad sending him home with his cock in his hands like some male slut-walk. So she compensated via some rather risque photos. Not that he was complaining... Wasn't like she was wrong either...

He was about to reply when someone else messaged him...

[Heey Ori, u busy today cuz I could use your help!] - Sasha

Huh, he hadn't heard from her in a while, not since the hit on Marv. Strange that she'd ask him though, he wasn't exactly the best guy around, nor the most well-known merc. Sure, he had a small bounty on his head courtesy of Maelstrom, but that wasn't much compared to other more established crews and solos.

[Not complaining or anything but, why ask me?] - Ori

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[The guys I hired for a job delta'd last night. been looking for a replacement but no one else wants to accept last minute, specially not this gig. i heard about what happened to that marv guy, so you must be good enough to not die] - Sasha

[What a vote of confidence :/ ] - Ori

[u no what i mean! besides id rather trust my back to u than some other no name solo. at least we know each other some] - Sasha

['Some other' meaning im also a no name... whatever, whats the gig and how much it worth?] - Ori

[Ill tell u but u gotta promise not to tell anyone else, this is life and death kinda biz, get it?] - Sasha

[isnt that already obvious? Yeah, I promise] -Ori

[kk just wanted to confirm... im gonna hit the biotechnica office in the Corpo Plaza, been working with our mutual 'friend' to get an idea on their security. they dont use people for night shift, but security bots instead. that's a problem since u cant really distract them, or hack them without alarming the whole place.] - Sasha

[Biotechnica? what would u want from them?] Ori texts, knowing the Corp was one of the less 'handsy' ones in Night City. They didn't do much other than sell their products, most of the time made an effort to keep their nose outta shit.

[its personal and doesn't matter. what i need u to do is a distraction, draw the bots away from the upper levels so i can get what i need. shouldn't need more than ten minutes in their systems but that's too long for me to do alone.] - Sasha

[how the fuck am i gonna distract a whole building's worth of security bots without attracting the NCPD in the middle of the plaza and get out alive? this sounds like a total suicide mission!] - Ori

[dont care how u do it, i just need it done. im willing to blow my savings on this ori. 10 k eddies up front, and 50k more if everything goes off without a hitch.] - Sasha

Sixty thousand fucking eddies!? Holy shit! She definitely meant business if she was willing to foot that kinda cash, especially for a no-name merc like him... Still, he was wary of accepting it, he had no idea where he'd start... Other than maybe committing a 'terrorist attack' to draw the bots, an explosion maybe?

But then the whole NCPD would come down on his ass, it was on the corpo turf so the guys in blue wouldn't take their time like they do in Watson or Pacifica... That wasn't all however, there were a shit ton of automatic security systems ready in the city center, all waiting to blow a criminal to pieces with machinegun fire.

He'd seen one on the news once, a cyberpsycho had rampaged through Heywood and got a bit too close to the Corpo Plaza, needless to say, he didn't last long under four turrets bombarding him.

[u can refuse. i wont think any less of u ori. its a big ask from me. i will go alone if i have to.] Sasha texts as he ruminates over his options.

She'll go alone? That's more than suicide, that's like stepping into the gates of hell willingly! He knew how good she was with how easily she'd dealt with the auction house, but some undercover operation in Japantown isn't anywhere near as dangerous as a full corpo building.

Problem is, was he willing to put his life on the line to help her? While the Eddies were a nice encouragement, for a job like this he needed more motivation than just that... Plus, he wouldn't do it alone, he'd need to bring Six and Rebecca on it... He knew they'd accept in a heartbeat, Six because of Charlie, and Rebecca because she seemed to have no fear whatsoever concerning this kind of thing.

Could he risk his and their life for someone he barely knew? No.

Could he do it for a friend...?

...

Yeah, yes he could.

[Whens this need to be done?] - Ori

[By midnight, that's when ill be entering the building.] - Sasha

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[alright, ill meet up with my crew to hash a plan out. u good to meet?] - Ori

[In two hours yeah, got some things i need to wrap up.] - Sasha

[Kk, ill send u the detes soon, catch u then] - Ori

[Thanks, Ori.] - Sasha

Ori turns his interface off and lets out a sigh while flopping in his bed. Looks like he'd stupid busy again today...

[Group Chat Created: Six, Rebecca, Ori]

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[Yo, just got word on a job worth 60k eds. we'll split 20k each way but its gonna be a rough one. u guys up for it?] - Ori

[Hell yeah, nice one! Thought we'd be doin the grunt work for susie before we got another big one!] - Rebecca

[I can do it but will need to hear more detes.] - Six

[I'll tell u two all about it, first we need to meet up and prep. ur place still good Six?] - Ori

[Yea, just dont bring any food or sticky drinks unless u want to clean it up.] - Six

[Fair enough, client will meet us there too if that's k?] - Ori

[As long as they aren't Corpo.] - Six

[Cool.] - Rebecca