The scent of antiseptic and stale coffee clings to the air. The harsh hum of fluorescent lights overhead pulses in time with a rhythmic, distant beeping.
Kantorou Mashashiba
My ribs feel like they have been rearranged by a sledgehammer. Every breath is a jagged glass shard in my chest. Falling from that train... it was a pathetic way to end a night.
Matoya Kaririba
Don't try to move yet, Kantorou. The doctor said you nearly cracked your spine on those gravel tracks.
Kantorou Mashashiba
The bag. Did we keep the money, Matoya? Tell me the gang did not lose that cash on top of my own failure.
Matoya Kaririba
It is safe. Locked in the base. But the word is spreading. People are talking about how the leader of the Asura was tossed aside like garbage by some common train guard. Your reputation is taking a beating.
Kantorou Mashashiba
A reputation built on fear is fragile. If I stay in this bed, the Asura will crumble. I need to get back on my bike, find that guard, and remind everyone why they should be afraid of my name.
+ Story Quest Added
Find and confront the train guard
“Where's the others? still at base.. haven't seen them in days.... *I rest to heal*”
FAILURE (Fair Health, rolled -1)
Kantorou Mashashiba
Where is the rest of the crew, Matoya. It feels like I have been staring at these ceiling tiles for days.
Matoya Kaririba
They are holding the fort, but tensions are peaking. Nobody has seen you, and they fear the worst.
Kantorou Mashashiba
I need to rest, force this body to knit itself back together. I am not ready to be a ghost yet.
Kantorou shifts to find comfort, but his body rebels. A sudden, white hot spike of agony shoots through his side as a stitch tears open.
Matoya Kaririba
Dammit, Kantorou, stay still! You are bleeding through the bandages again. You just set your recovery back by a week.
Dark red blooms across the white linen. The heart monitor begins to chirp in a frantic, rising tempo as the room begins to tilt.
Matoya Kaririba
The nurse is coming, but look at the window. Did you hear that engine outside, or am I just imagining the sound of a rival's exhaust?
Quest Complete
Find and confront the train guard
+ Scene Quest Added
Escape the hospital