> Cyberpsychosis < -- Aww shit... Bastard's probably flatlined me... can see my frackin' arm and it ain't hooked up to me no more... He's gone completely... told him not to have the sneckin' hand replaced, but would he listen to me? Not on your frackin' life... now the stupid bastard's gone completely over... complete and utter sneckin' cyberpsychosis... to much metal an' not enough man... the sneckin' cops'll just go an' blow the snecker away... but they'll have to catch him first... heh... gonna turn the town red tonight baby bro... Shit... he punched a hole in me chest... mebe they won't catch him... all he did was push me and he left me guts in me face... Frack it's cold... -- The eye's of the city looked out at the creature. The street kids knew to stay away. This one was completely out of it. One didn't move fast enough. Creature had him, but who wants to stay and look? -- I come down here ever night around this time. Why? The kids need it. Unless someone's there to feed them, help them - give them shelter, they'll just go the same way the last generation did. Can't have more people in the gangs. No one here tonight. Strange. Something must have happened. This place's normally packed by now. They know that I come. Jeeesus. Something's happened all right. Floor's as good as painted in blood. Oh christ... oh christ... what did this? -- "Central, this is Car 23 - radiocheck." "Car 23, this is Central - coming through smooth'n clear. Whassup Strawberry?" "That you Frank? We've gotta murder. Got the aid worker that found it here." "That all? You can handle that." "Yeah - but this one looks like a cyberpsychosis case. Better let the 'Psycho squad know." "Cyberpsychosis? Christo... that's all we need - there's a Blood Razor initiation happening down Sterling. Smashing everything in their way. We're trying to keep people out of the way at the moment. No hope of stopping them." "Sterling? That's only about a block from here... if we don't look out, my psycho's gonna bump into your boostergang." "Well if he does, it'll save the 'Psycho squad a job." "Don't be too sure of that. He's left one streetkid in the ground already. Literally. Drove him all the way down into the drains. Can't find the rest of the body." -- What do you think of when you imagine a Blood Razor initiation? If you're just another normal cit, you'd probably just imagine a bunch of streetpunks with claws in their fists smashin' everything in between them and the ripperdoc to hell. That's what you see. Me? I see ratings. The viewers always have liked a bit of blood. No one had EVER managed to get this close on an initiation before. For you outa townies, the Blood Razor's are Nightcity's biggest gang. Buncha psyched up punks, with claw implants in their hands. The fact they got 12 inch claws in in their fists tends to give them a bit of an advantage over most other gangs round here. As for an initiation... that's where a new member gets his claws. They start off by hacking him up a bit so he's bleedin' down in the dock area. Then they bring him uptown where they get a ripperdoc - one of those illegal surgeons - they get him to stick in the kid's claws. And anything between them and the 'doc better look out. Even the cops tend to stay away. Last time they tried to stop it the gang took out half a precidinct of coppers. Man.. wish I'd got that on tape. -- "Central, this is Skyeye 1 - we've got an event at the initiation." "Skyeye, this is Central - whats happening out there?" "There's a member of another gang just standing there in the way of the entire Blood Razor gang." "Bugger. That'll be Strawberry's cyberpsycho. Keep me informed." "Will do Central. This is Skyeye 1 out." -- When he first appeared I couldn't believe it. Some fool was just standing in the middle of the road. Right in the way of the entire Blood Razor gang. Then I got a good look at the fool and decided maybe he wasn't. He was all chrome. Had grenade launcher hooked into his shoulder, and his wolvers were out. He almost looked like a Blood Razor. Only difference was that this guy had definately gone outa control. The Blood Razor's didn't care. They just kept on going straight through the guy. Then he opened up with the grenade launcher. Dropped a frag grenade right into the middle of the bunch holding the new member on their shoulders. When the smoke cleared there was just a mess of flesh'n metal covering the street. That's when the Razor's really got pissed. One hauled out one of those new Arasaka shotguns and emptied the half the clip into the 'psycho. The 'psycho just shrugged it off, and cut the guy in half with his wolver's. Two more jumped at him. Their wolvers were just scratched his metal. He sent another grenade straight through one guys face and put his fist through the others guts. The Blood Razor's had never met anything like this before. He'd already blown away about 7 of them, and they'd barely scratched his chrome. Most of the gang started to back away, leaving the guy standing there in the middle of the road, surrounded by his kills. Then Hack Man arrived. Hack Man's the leader of the Blood Razors, and not without a reason. The day Arasaka tried to recruit the Blood Razors, Hack Man had sent their courier back - still alive, but with his hands nail gunned to his back. Arasaka never even retaliated. Maybe they didn't figure it was cost effective or something... Hack Man was packin' an FN-RAL. Standard NATO assault rifle for all the top companies. Not the sort of thing you normally find on the street. Those babies can put a bullet through a tank if you're close enough. The 'psycho got within about 5 metres of Hack Man before he opened up. He'd switched the rifle onto fully automatic, and pumped the entire clip into the 'psycho's chest. The 'psycho felt that. Blew both his legs off. Didn't stop him though. Sitting there on the pavement, surrounded by blood and oil, he leveled the grenade launcher and dropped a hi-explosive right between Hack Man's feet. -- "Central, this is Skyeye 1" "Skyeye 1, this is Central. Go ahead." "I think Hack Man just killed your 'psycho" "Waddaya mean think?" "I can't see a thing down there. Hack Man emptied a clip from an FN-RAL into the guy." "I'd call that killed - so what's the problem?" "The 'psycho just hi-ex'd both of them" "What? Say again - I don't think I got that right." "I told you - the 'psycho just blew himself and Hack Man to hell and back. All I can see down there now is smoke and blood. I count 7 Blood Razor stiffs. Oh, there's some media type down there too. Got to close the explosion. Got ripped to shreads by the grenade. The surviving Razor's just came in. They're taking away Hack Man and the 'psycho. Dunno if either of them are alive." "Understood Skyeye 1. Return to base." "Roger - better get the cleaners over here first thing in the morning. They painted the street red." -- Blue Apache [AV Snr/TUi] -- Well i guess its ok if you like that sorta thing... greets to the people out there i know... you know who you are };-)