COSMIKO: Neon Night

[I2DCB - 25-07-2145 | 03:52 LT] I knew this was gonna happen. It’s all my fault. Sorry. [If I Don’t Come Back: Me gustabas. Por eso me mantuve alejado. Adiós.]   COSMIKO: Neon Night is a neonpunk/cyberpunk audio fiction program straight from the underground. Dive into a cyberpunk future stitched together with neon lights, shotgun miracles, and dreamers too stubborn to quit. Bright lights. Dirt und...

[I2DCB - 25-07-2145 | 02:41 LT] My little boombox is basically done. Thanks for the parts, Marcano. See you in hell. Ironbird Stadium’s gonna be a smoking crater in a few hours. I’ll bring it there. But Zheyuan. LISTEN. This job’s hell. You’ve put up with me for too long, and I never said it, but I liked that about you. Maybe in another life, I’d be learning Cantonese. Yeah. Got your attention now...

[I2DCB - 24-07-2145 | 23:37 LT] Dealing with that sleazy, host-club-looking powder dealer was the least of my worries. Stuff like this never happened when I had my shocker bat on me. Just my luck. What happened to only going up? Oh, that's right. I happened. Yeah. A little dark humor for you. You used to be a triad. Laugh in the face of death, right? Alright, this is getting messy. I’m not suppose...

[I2DCB - 24-07-2145 | 23:15 LT] Dreamt about him last night. Jackie. He was coughing on TV… and Mama never let me watch the games. But I could see a corner of the screen from behind the door. I was eight years old again. My head’s spinning. I’m starting to hurt again. Bad. Probably a bad time to mention I ran out of factor shots. Since I’m not getting paid, I’m basically a girl made of glass. Ever...

[I2DCB - 24-07-2145 | 21:07 LT] Forget the bounty license. Ironbird Stadium. It’s time. I think I finally get why Luna Mare Cognitum’s been screwing me up. Joaquín. You know. Jackie. The whole city screams his name. Even when it’s quiet, it’s like an earworm scraping against my skull. That deadbeat. The only runaway dad who made more money than probably you, me, and your former boss combined. Luna...

[I2DCB - 24-07-2145 | 19:14 LT] Luna Mare Cognitum. City of dreamers and achievers, yeah? I used to call this slice of steel home. We all make mistakes. Even a punk like me. Oh, for any squares reading this, an I2DCB is a thing we do around here. “If I Don’t Come Back.” Basically, a last will and a middle finger to whoever’s listening. I’ve got it on auto-send to Zheyuan. So if you’re reading this...

You wanted a boom, so you're getting a boom. Maria's back. Broke, furious, and ready to torch her past. One last gig at Ironbird Stadium, the place her old deadbeat used to swing for the fences before he vanished. She’s here to blow it sky-high… but family matters are the least of her worries. The times are changing, and blood’s about to hit the steel in the cyberpunk city of Luna Mare Cognitum.  ...

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// ENTRY ID: TW-00944.g // // Look outside, Cyrus. Chaos on the streets, smoke in the vents. They’ll call it collapse. I'll look back on this night and call it... an awakening. I'm alive again. // Let the soft ones weep. Here and now, the future ripping off its mask. Come and see. I’ve never looked better. // ENTRY END //   COSMIKO: Neon Night is a neonpunk audio fiction program straight from the...

// ENTRY ID: TW-00944.f // // I’ll admit it. I misjudged a few things. Makarios, for one. Turns out he’s exactly as blunt and predictable as they say. Firing on Dr. Carter? Pathetically transparent. That freak doesn't look before he leaps. // But now I see it. That rift between us? Maybe it’s always been there. Maybe I’m just finally brave enough to look it in the eyes. What to do... What to do......

// ENTRY ID: TW-00944.e // // Your friend Eisley’s growing on me. She has the cutest freckles. That lean little frame. Those fishnets under her shorts too? Oh, it's a bold look. Distinct. Memorable. That’s how we’ll ID her body. // And then it’ll be you. If I can’t find you, I’ll make sure you find me. And with a fireside chat, I know how to do it. // ENTRY END //   *** INITIATING FEED ALTERATION...

// ENTRY ID: TW-00944.d // // Hiding now? What do we call that again? Oh, that's right... Cornered. A sentinel and a hophead, holed up in a furniture store. Sounds like the start of a joke. Guess that makes me the punchline. // Makarios says no guns. That’s fine. I’ve got plans tucked inside other plans, and not even he knows what I have in store. You think Paradisum is just chrome and neon? It’s...

// ENTRY ID: TW-00944.c // // So, you picked up a little piece of roadkill, huh? Eisley Anwar. She’s cute for a junkie. I thought you had better taste. Then again, you turned me down. Maybe your brain was rotten long before I fired a round through it. // I see what you’re building. I see the plan taking shape, and it disgusts me. But for now, I’ll keep the white gloves on. When they come off, the...

// ENTRY ID: TW-00944.b // // You were never the type to go down quietly. I don’t know what’s worse... Being dead, or hearing every tick of that biological clock in your skull. Let me give it to you straight, partner. It only gets worse from here. The poison eats slowly. Pretty soon, you won’t know neon from midnight, floor from ceiling. // And still, you’re playing cop. Makarios says you’re a stu...

// ENTRY ID: TW-00944.a // // It never ends with us, does it, Cyrus? Even after the precinct firebombed the Cloaca Black Market, they still drag us back into the rot. Guess we’re just built different. Keep your chin up. Even if this “big score” turns out to be another fairytale, there’s an overtime bonus in it for us. Maybe even a little something extra… if you’re sweet enough. // Word of advice b...

Good Evening, Paradisum.   Iced with a nerve-killer, Cyrus has seven hours before his body shuts down. The powers that be want him dead, but the city’s on the verge of a total collapse. Every player’s rotten to the core. And he’s the last one standing who gives a damn. The clock’s ticking. And everyone’s running out of time.   What You Can Expect:    // Corrupted Bodies: Everyone’s got a past, but...

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