Shadowrun by Olivier Gagnon

Author:Olivier Gagnon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Catalyst Game Labs
Published: 2017-11-20T08:00:00+00:00

Yuri woke with a start, banging his head on the roof of the pod. His face contorted in pain. He had a hollow ache in the middle of his brain and nausea from having too much bile in his stomach. He looked at his commlink. He swore again. It was almost noon. He climbed out of his pod. He passed by a fat troll in suspenders in the vending machine hall. They exchanged nods. Yuri punched the machine for some soykaf.

“You look like you feel the way I look!” growled the troll, erupting into a throaty laugh. Yuri didn’t think that was especially clever and did not want to talk. He smiled and nodded at the pleasantry. He took his soykaf and headed out, raising a hand at the troll. “Have a better one!” said the troll in parting.

By the time Yuri reached the Halloweener hideout, he felt better physically but was in a foul mood. The main hall seemed to have been cleaned. Yuri shot a dark look at the front of the room. Two large black soot circles were visible where the tied prisoners had been, but nothing else remained. Many Halloweeners were sleeping in bedrolls arranged on top of mattresses in various state of decomposition. A few Halloweeners were seated around large cafeteria-style tables, chatting silently. The room smelled like burnt bacon and sweat. Yuri grimaced.

Church walked up to him. His facepaint had been recently reapplied, the lines and colors clean and fresh.

“Hey,” Church greeted Yuri in a low tone. Yuri nodded.

He turned his head in time to see Soren exit from a side room. Her eyes were puffy and red, and her hair was a tussled mess. She walked up to him. Yuri looked at her questionably. Her face suddenly caved into a violent frown.

“Did you fuck her? Huh?” She slapped him across the face. Yuri’s eyes bulged at the sudden pain and he open his mouth to stretch his jaw. He was about to reply calmly when she slapped him again. The smack was clearly heard in the room.

“You fucking pig,” she spit at him. “How fucking dare you. You think I need you? Huh?” she said, rising into a scream. Other Halloweeners had started to gather at the commotion, but most now were backing away amidst mutters of “Holy shit…” They’d happily watch someone getting burned alive, but the wrath of an angry girlfriend was too much for them. Church had also raised his hands and taken a few steps back, disengaging himself from any affiliation with the doomed man.

“I didn’t…” began Yuri, trying to get a word in as Soren continued spewing strings of rage at him. “Will you listen!?” he yelled, grabbing her hands so she’d stop beating at him. “I didn’t fuck her. I didn’t fuck anyone. Are you listening? Calm down!” he yelled at her.

She yelled back at him, “Fucking liar!”

“He didn’t fuck me,” came Lucinda’s gravelly voice. Soren and Yuri whipped around to see the lithe brunette standing in the doorway.

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