Faction Bad Santa - Darkwire lifeday thread

[Daiya]

For a second moment, Daiya lingered on the edge of her friend's lips. She couldn't tell if anything had changed when they parted, only that she felt as warm and alive as she had the first time. The mirth bubbled up in her throat, giggling out with the teen's giddy thoughts. Her hand laid flat on Hex's collarbone, feeling the pulse of her friend's body beneath it. If there was anything that Daiya wanted more in this moment, it was to continue basking in the glow of their embrace for another minute and another hour.

"What?!" Her voice lowered to a hiss, alarmed by the wide eyes in the face in her view. Water rushed between them when Hex stepped back, and Daiya's foot moved forward to follow. Nothing made sense in her mind beyond stopping their fleeting, vulnerable moment from ending too soon. To go back to before, to whatever reality existed outside the pool, seemed cruel now. It haunted her like a specter until that reality dawned on the teen standing in the middle of the pool.

Caught!

The young shadowrunner's mind scrambled in a flurry of thoughts, whirling in the water back toward their clothes and equipment. Her shirt and pants stuck to wet skin as she yanked and tugged them on quickly, the fabric demanding a moment for her to dry off first. It was something she couldn't give, or listen to, pushing against straining fabric to find the blaster wedged deep in her jacket pocket. She had it out by the time Hex was asking for an opinion.

"How 'bout what? Run?" Daiya's reply came quickly, though she stood with her blaster at the ready. If a Corpo burst through the door, or any Seccers were there to arrest them, she was going to make it hurt. "Feth it, I knew that alarm system was too easy to kill."

Hex laughed then, and Daiya felt herself relax. She was surprised at how easy it was, not wanting to question that any further. If she did, the teen might ignore the danger awaiting them completely. She could feel a desire lurking at the edges of her consciousness, ready to dive heedlessly back into the pool and back into the arms of a warm, comfortable blue girl again.

It took everything Daiya had to kill that desire, as completely as the moment had ended.

Daiya stepped on bare feet, her unshorn boots coupled under one arm, leading with her other toward the door. She motioned to Hex with her blaster, peering out into the room beyond. It was dark now, reversed from when they came in, and it added a dose of caution into her words. "When I open the door, get to your hoverboard and be ready for me."

Raising her eyebrows in an unspoken question, the young shadowrunner waited until the blue girl was ready. Then, sensing her moment, she pulled open the door and let Hex rush through first.

Whatever was out there, she was sure they could beat the odds.

Hex​

 

[Hex]

Tag: Daiya
Location: Mansion of Doctor Renaulta, cosmetic surgeon to the stars
Objective: Bad Santa

Spoiler: Equipment

• Guarderma HE suit metallic pink hex pattern with mag boots
• Swimwear under clothes
• ap-25i SIMP pistol
• 'Candles' Heavy particle blaster
• 'confetti' Rocket launcher
• Party Poppers (3 explosive, 1 gas)
• Dancer repulsor board
• Jade Void Amulet
• Dervish Knife
• Cheap data pad and communicator

Spoiler: Hex dialogue colors

Poor Hex hears voices in her head

Hex speech to others
Hex speech to herself

Hexes inner voices
'...Neutral...'
'...Doubt...'
'...Anger...'
Coloured '.....' are also words that Hex can hear , but I decided not to write them to reduce clutter

It was a whirlwind tonight, high speed board rides, breaking and entering, a romantic swim and now fleeing for their lives, "Don't let anyone ever tell you we don't know how to have fun" Hex laughed to her friend, the teen's eyes had begun to change from blue to pink as the emotions all coursed through her body.

"When I open the door, get to your hoverboard and be ready for me."

Hex nodded and grabbed her board, she threw her jacket on very quickly and stuffed the rest of her gear into her back, in no time at all she was ready to go and in position with the pretty pink haired girl. Her blaster pistol was in her hand, ready to defend them if she had too, but Hex was ready to run, not start murdering the home owners. "Did we even get much from this heist" she asked Daiya .

'...Hardly anything, you suck at robbery...'
'...but way more than we had imagined...'

Hex blushed slightly at the words but looked at her friend with a warmth she hadnt shared with anyone before.

"We good to go? I think they are coming?" Hex started fiddling with her blaster nervously and looking over her shoulder. As soon as Diaya gave the work, she would grab her hand onto the board and they would be away. Once out in the open they could use her amulet to escape, five hundren metres was plenty, its didnt ultimately even matter what direction. They just needed to escape.

It probably only took a few seconds, but it was achingly long, with security at their backs and freedom so close, but Daiya gave the word and they were gone. Hex yanked the other teenage by the arm aa she accelerated quickly and spun her onto the back of her board with her arm looped around Hex's waist. They were now on the run.... again and quickly crossing the manicured lawn of the huge garden. "Hold on!"

Hex concentrated and opened a portal using her amulet, it wasnt in front of them, so she needed to climb and bank slightly, but as the pop! pop! pop! Of small arms began to track them, any deviation from course was probably a good idea. They entered the portal and for a second everything tasted a funny shade of purple, before they reappeared somewhere else, slashing down a service road somewhere nearly half a kilometre from their pursuers. At least they were put of danger.

Hex put her hand down to her waist where she could find her friend's digits and laced her fingers into Daiya's affectionately. She wouldn't say much for the journey home, but they probably had a lot to talk about.

 

[Daiya]

Daiya forced herself to breathe, every time fearing the chance of discovery. Her fingers gripped the blaster, her gritted teeth keeping her pleas silent that Hex would just hurry up! Whoever this Corpo was, their security was too fething good to let even a pair of hapless teenagers go free, and the teen didn't think she could sell that story with their gear either.

"They're definitely coming..." Daiya was sure of it, she could feel it in her core. One last, longing glance to the pool put a grin back on her face. The teen tossed it to Hex, radiating her confidence, before uttering a single, "Go!"

The young shadowrunner pulled on the door, wrenching it open so the blue girl could rush through. Daiya was three seconds behind her, damp hair clinging to her neck and clothes, while trying desperately to fly back behind her. It chilled her head, and her fingers threatened to go numb in the cooler, arid air in the rest of the Corpo's home. She tightened her grip in response, stepping quickly behind Hex as her eyes searched for the intruders.

And while they searched for her as well.

Daiya caught sight of them before they did, goons dressed in mismatched armor segments all painted to match. Private security, not CorpSec. A giggle escaped her before the teen could restrain it, and she put her hand up. The empty one, making her gesture as harmless as they were about to be. "Thanks for the swim, we'll be going now!"

Hex was ready and waiting for her now, reaching out a hand for her. Daiya gave it, finding herself quickly foisted up as the security goons replied to her. The blaster bolts fizzled into walls and consoles as they whizzed past, making the teen giggle even more. She turned back, her damp curls really flying now, and taunted them with all her teenage cleverness. "Try the pool, the water's still warm!"

Daiya giggled until she tasted purple and the sound of the blasters cut out, drifting far away in the busy, corporate metropolis of the city-world. The teen beamed with adrenaline fueled by relief, then affection, as she gripped her blue friend's waist tight for the whole ride home.

Very tight.

Hex
—FIN—​