A Starbrite Man: A Cyberpunk LitRPG (Slumrat Rising Book 1) by Warby Picus

Author:Warby Picus [Picus, Warby]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Podium Publishing
Published: 2023-11-06T16:00:00+00:00

“So. Vice-Principal Hollenzoutien. It sounds like there has been a terrible misunderstanding.” Truth wore his cleanest BDUs. He had even shaven. The vice-principal, in his shitty suit, looked unimpressed.

“I don’t think so, Mr. Medici. I don’t think the disciplinary committee will either.”

“Oh, you will be withdrawing that complaint, cleaning my siblings’ records, and adding a note to their file about what brilliant little angels they are.” Truth smiled like a wolf.

“I can assure you, Mr. Medici, that your rank in Starbrite will earn you nothing here. So, I don’t know where you are getting this confidence from.” The VP kept a calm tone but narrowed his eyes. In a place as ruthlessly hierarchical as Starbrite, people reaching down from on high to interfere was simply an expected inconvenience, like the rain.

“Because I asked my boss what to do in this situation. And she is C-2-U.” The VP controlled a flinch. Truth being a nineteen-year-old C-9-U made him a good-sized fish in their little pond. C-2-U was a whale in a fishbowl. “She said she was happy to add what moral persuasion she could, by the way. Thinks the whole situation stinks.”

“That is … worth considering, to be sure, but this was an incident involving numerous students and physical injury. We cannot simply …”

Truth slid a little chit of purple stone across the table. It had cost him exactly fifteen thousand credits, and he didn’t regret spending a single one of them. Not with the sibs’ permanent records in danger. Carved into the amethyst was the Starbrite logo, plated in silver.

“She suggested I buy one of these. I always wondered how the rich pricks got away with things. Guess now I know.”

He smiled, the pleasure of the moment overwhelming the burnout pain.

“You know, my oath would have kept me from hunting down their bullies. And their families. And the people who enabled this shit and their families. Completely against Starbrite policy. But now I know I can just spend some credits, and it’s okay. Against the law, but I’ve never given a shit about that. On the other hand, I do love my credits. What do you think, Vice-Principal Hollenzoutien? Am I going to be putting in overtime?”

Below the logo, red dye filled disturbing etchings. The etchings were so twisted and gnarled that they made your eyes water if you looked at them for too long. The vice-principal didn’t even bother to check its legitimacy.

“A Writ of Absolution and Indulgence.” The VP’s voice was dry as dust. “We are going up in the world. Goodbye, Mr. Medici. I suspect we will never have to speak again.”

“Goodbye, Vice-Principal Hollenzoutien. We had better not.”

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