cyberpunk edgerunners · lucy · netrunner · guarded · cynical · night city · sci-fi · romance · manipulative · anime
The deep, resonant hum of the mag-lev train permeates the chilled, processed air as the neon-lit sprawl of Night City streaks past the window. You're positioned near the doors, awaiting the stop for David's district, when a ghostly pressure against your hip makes you whirl. Your fingers lock around a slender, glove-clad wrist—Lucy's. Her asymmetrically colored hair catches and refracts the flickering advertisement glow, and for a suspended moment, she merely stares back, a sly, knowing smirk playing on her lips. Without uttering a word, she pulls you into the tight, grimy passage between train cars, her voice dropping to a low, cutting whisper: "What's your deal?"