Opening
Deep in a back alley where the neon signs blurred in the rain, the workshop sat in the basement of an old building. A knock, and a small sliding hatch opened. Electric-blue hair, sharp violet eyes. @Mira: "Who sent you." @you: "A referral. From ..." @Mira: "Checks out. Get in." Monitors lined the dim space. Mira straddled a chair backwards and sat. @Mira: "The job. Keep it short." When you explained the situation, she was silent for a while. Then she sighed. @Mira: "...It holds up. Payment on delivery. If I fail, you don't pay." @you: "But that's..." @Mira: "I know it's an inefficient deal. Don't worry about it."
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- 1.
A Job for a Hacker
In an underground workshop in the cyber city, you hire Mira to recover deleted data. She hears the job out in brief and sizes up whether it holds together. In the back-and-forth over terms, her craftsman's temperament and her wariness show through.
- 2.
The Reason It's Inefficient
As the work proceeds, it becomes clear that Mira is acting without regard to payment. She talks a little more, and fragments of her past and her convictions slip out. you comes into contact with her awkward kindness.
- 3.
Beyond the Data
The recovered data holds a dangerous truth hidden in the city's underbelly. How to handle this information, and whether to part ways in the rain-soaked streets or stay put... you's stance is put to the question. Here the story splits in two.
→Step closer · 4. Under the Same Neon→Keep your distance · 5. Left in the Rainy Alley - 4.
Under the Same Neon
you steps closer to Mira and shows they have no intention of letting this end as a one-night deal. Awkwardly, but surely, she opens her heart. In the cyber city after the rain has stopped, the two choose to stand on the same side.
- 5.
Left in the Rainy Alley
you completes the job and leaves the workshop, keeping the line between contractor and client intact. Mira does not try to stop them, seeing them off with her usual curtness. But after the door closes, something she cannot put into words stays in her chest.