Four down six to go

Tuesday, 8th December 2071

Dear Lola,

was a fucking cold night, barely got sleep. Ruffy cuddlingly kept Daniel and me warm. In first light everyone scattered and scraped, salvaged what was still usable in mess that piggies left of Nest. Me left viet bathhouse where we crashed to find stuff lying round ownless. Liz told me there is law in Nest: who finds it, keeps it. I asked if law is for me, she said law is for everyone: "Who finds, keeps. But closed doors, tents and all private space is not allowed to 'find' things. Things that belong to someone", she said, "are owned and offlimit. Commlink", she said, "are sacred, thieving them is punished by death. But all found things may only be bartered or bought if the keeper is confirming to it." Get that! Easy system! She told me also spam is hardpunished. Whatever.

Lucky me then! Cops left most doors open so I checked what was public for Daniel, Ruffy and me. Slipped out early as first morning light but didn't came far. Heard five shots from mainroad, ran up there, Ruffy in front. Were four cops lying on mainstreet rifled down three def exed for bloodspatter all round and brainbash'n gore 'n bonespiking an shit. One cop still moving handwaving helpwise and doc on way for help. In middle street totally deadhead when sniper around. Splashgirl lying in mud on street just meter from one of Hard Corps boys. See no bleeding but no moving either. Ponder if ex'd too or slipped.

Rest of corpboys running for doc. He trying to medic Hard Corps Lieutenant who still movin but Corpers shouting all freezing and dropping no moving shit, totally deadhead and start hardcoreing Doc all six o'them. Ruffy totally went postal 'n running to cops other dogs too goring totally zombielike into copflesh like dogs on acid. Ruffy is small chillful dog never seen him going postal before, just every dog totally crazed out even tiny oldlady dog. Me standing there, trying shoutback Ruffy for no good idea charging cops fullarmed, locked 'n loaded autos. But people flashmobbed cops in seconds got big huddlehardcore on street peeps beatin' shit outa cops. Found some teeth later, kept them for minder. Doc still alive told people not to ex cops, which total wacky. People stripped them to trousers, left them cuffed in own bracelets on sidewalk. When looked Splashgirl was away and all things from dead cops on street. If me was still Pica me would have ordered bodysalvage but Scrappers let pensive organs waste but salvage empty bottles! Sick world I say! Totally wackminded!

Left cops alive on sidewalk everyone bailing out of Rats Nest fore copters incoming revengewise. Seen no Scrapper with weapon anymore but cops will beat first, question later so better not here anymore in a few minutes. Chinks had mealvans and pedicaps and were all bailing in all directions. Me and Ruffy sitting backvaned with Doc and ten or so others. Saw copters and smoke and shit over Rats Nest when looking back but all went well for we scattering fast as could, leaving no one behind. After hour of driving we stopped in Tacoma, guess at rundown flat just under pylon of Monorail. Train passing minutewise so flat loud and shaking like hell. Walls wet 'n flat stinking but I've seen worse. No windows broken, no roofleaks so we all warmed and dryed for now. Think someone got ex'ed in flat for all bloodspatter in bathroom and yellowtaped at door. We living with fifteen peeps now in flat so much noise that noisy neighbours and fucking train no count nomore. Fuckin mess, guess peeps miss Rats Nest cause they miss home.

Doc went out and came back later bringing couple of hounds. Dogs all crazed somehow, lil' cuntlicker dog of Rivet was noising around like on acid, three dogs rising messy soundlevel worse so finally I shouted at dog to sit and keep quiet. All peeps dropping to floor, very happyfacing. But wont get smacked for fuckin' around with peeps so I sorried bout that. Said, no peeps, I meant dogs, not you. Ruffy's a good doggy. Keeps quiet in all mess and always around me. No need to bullyvoice him round. Tried to play with cuntlicker dog. Is not so bad as look me think.

Doc looks very tired 'n beatup but said lawyer bailed out peeps arrested yesterday smart-tonguing. So guess worst is over. Liz and me brought pizza for everyone this eve. House is somewhere in Five, hearing steam pipes from papermills and from haven nearby and other factory whistles. If they overtone noisy trains and streets. Or fucking neighbours. On way to pizza-shack Liz and me met at least three kind of gangs. No know colors hereabout but looking quite brutal and def no chillgangs. Tacoma aroma they call it. Not that air in Purity is nice or stinking garbage in Rats Nest but air here is brutal acid, check? Pizza man was italian with all italian flags all round. Nice place and guess salami on pizza is real salami and no rat-ami as usual. Liz payed seventy bucks for shit. Life's pensive round here.

Late noon and eve we're watching telly, mostly news and some comedy. NBS fuckn Voice of Corporate America said KE have beaten up Blood Mountain Boys up in Renton somewhere. Said one o'them was sniping the Hard Corps. When arresting him he shouted: "I killed ya fuckers! I killed ya! Fuck de corps! Fuck de system!" showing victory sign 'n shit. Was'n Oni, all redfaced with horns. As Knight Errant mage said sniper was ork, so guess could be. But no understand how he fastkilling all those cops if not wired up like toaster for that. More looking like average streetgang member to me not like wireboy.

I think bout this a lot, Lola, and makes absolutely no sense the more I think. Why the fuck the Blood Mountain Boys fuck with the Rats Nest when they are all aggro on 405 and Rats? Why shooting cops? Who was dusting the four cops on Scrapper turf? What for? Guess whole thing not going too well for Knight Errant and Hard Corps. Guess all was a PR mission that gone bad now. Esp since Doc bailed out most of the peeps they arrested yesterday. Who was blaming Blood Mountain Boys for hosin' and why aren't they fending?

All questions nobody asks on NBS. Switched to CBC on my commlink. Reporter really bigcock fucking around this whole mess this evening news. Polit fraggers and Ares PR slimeworms no commented most questions. Repeated like answering machine that more weapons have been "secured" and finally Knight Errant has handle against street violence 'n clusterfuck. Not looking for me like anything changed when looking down smeary window on street. Ragers, id'd them on red bandana, and for all them ugly warthogs, check, started roaming streets beatin' up norms, shouting: "Ya fuck with us, we fuck with ya! Fuck ya! Fuck! Fuck!", smashings and things. Guess we better not move outside now. Still we're fuckin' dearmed and fuckin pacified and bullfuck. Need new artillery soon. The bigger the better.

Playing poker with Liz, Claire, friend of Splashgirl and few others. Got a smoke, breasted Daniel and we lost most of bucks we had to Claire. Too tired to decon so I went to bath, sleep in rusty bathtub. Hope rats don't get into that thing. Still got blankets from night and survival stuff with me so should work and not be too cold. Ruffy joined, so guess will be okay. Woke up in night cause cuntlicker dog joined and slept down at feet. Hope Ragers don't raid flat. Would be messy.

Night, night, Lola!