About a week after the Arasaka Gig, I was walking down the road thinking what to do next.
Really I've gotten quite a bit of money from all the gigs I have been working on and really nothing will happen for awhile as it's only just now April and we arrived it was late January so it's almost been three and a half months since our arrival here in this world.
It won't be until the middle of next year when we meet up with David though soon Lucy will show up and it will be after all that when the end of Edgerunners starts and 2077 begins as a result.
But without the Voodoo Boys around anymore looks like someone else will have to put in motion for that job to happen, but my guess is Shie will start it himself instead so we get the ball rolling on all of that.
"Havent been to the Coyote in a bit." I say walking down the streets of Heywood as I turn the corner and see the El Coyote Cojo bar as I head on over.
Now orginally when I came to this place I stocked out like a sore thumb, an Asian in a primarily Mexican filled bar, not only that being the only Asian that goes to the bar I had some looks come my way but not anymore.
Now I'm seen as at least a somewhat regular at the bar though obviously I'm not here on the daily for sure but the people know me especially the bartender Pepe and of course Mama Welles.
So going inside I got a nod and a wave from those who knew me as I waved back before heading over to the bar, "Pepe, how's biz?"
"Ehh, you know the same old same old here at the Coyote, well besides Mama Welles and her son Jackie getting into-" H Esau's before getting cut off by the sounds of an older Mexican woman yelling in Spanish as well as the sounds of Dishes breaking while I hear a males voice speaking in Mexican back but because it was muffled my auto translator didn't work for me because of that.
"Haaa…. An Argument over his girlfriend or should I say now Ex-girlfriend." He says before a rather burly guy with a ponytail comes on through the kitchen.
(N) anything you see that's bold and italic means it was translated back into English for you to understand, well technically it should be Japanese but Hifumi can fluently speak both so it's english for obvious reasons.
"Mama just lay off it already! She's not the one for me! The love has gone out so the relationship is over! So I'm done talking about this." He says before leaving the bar before Mama Welles could argue with him more.
"Jackie Lorenzo Welles you come back here right now! I'm not done talking with you stupid boy!" She said running after him but he already took off on his motorcycle and was long gone as she stomped on the ground in anger before heading back towards her part of the bar in a huff.
"…. Yeesh, that's rough." I say while shaking my head while Pepe was grabbing at his.
"Haaa…. Their fights aren't good for business, while people will show up it will be a whole lot less over time, and I make a lot in tips…." He says while seeming despondent before looking at me for a moment.
"Pepe, I don't like getting involved in other families business, I'm a Merc sure but I stay the hell out of that." I say shaking my head.
"Please Hifumi, I'll pay you what little I have if you do this for me, please just go talk to him so they can make up sooner rather than later." He said before forwarding me 500 Eddie's to do this job.
"... Haaaaaa….. Alright fine, where could I find him? Does he have his own place or something?"
"He does, but his place is too close to here so he hasn't been there since the break up and fall out with his mother, usually he's been hanging out on the Pier in Wellsprings, I'd check there, if he ain't there then he's probably at the Cathedral, if he's not at either call me and I'll see if I can get him to tell me where he's at." He says as I stand up.
"Alright, but I'm also expecting free drinks for a month after I do this Pepe." Say as I get a nod of approval from him before calling up my car and hopping in to head over to the Wellsprings Pier.
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(3rd Person Pov)
"Haaa Camilla, why'd you have to go and break my heart like that, now I can't even tell Mama what really happened while she thinks it's all my fault." Jackie says to himself as he stands alone on the pier looking out towards the open water while deep in thought.
But as he was looking out at the water he heard a car coming up behind him as he stopped his thoughts and turned around.
Not familiar with the car he goes and reaches into his jacket for one of his guns as the door opens to see a unfamiliar face step out.
"Ahh, I see that your here." The young man in his eyes said as he shut his car door before coming out and sitting on the hood.
"Nice car."
"Nice bike, it's an Arch right?"
"Yep, worked on the baby myself, your looks like a custom job too I take it." He says as he lets go of his guns and looks at the ride closer.
"Yep, El Captain got it for me as a gift with helping him kelp several high end brand cars for his chop shop, Type-88 Quadra "Reaver" with built in front mounted machine gun turrets to help deal with assholes wanting to chase me down." He said as he knelt down and pressed a button on his car keys as two turrents popped out from his cars front bumper.
*Whistle* "Damn Holmes! That's a sick ass ride you got then too! El Capitan must really like you if he gifted it." He says as he walks all around it and nodding.
"Well I kept telling him all I wanted one as my ride but I didnt have enough street cred at the time to be willing to sell me one, but like I said, did enough personal jobs for him and now this beauty is all mine." He said before standing up and holding out his hand towards Jackie.
"Hifumi Yamada, up incoming Merc of the Afterlife." Hifumi says before Jackie grabs it in return.
"Jackie Welles, a Merc too, just haven't hit the major leagues just yet." He says while they both shake on it before pulling back as he crossed his arms.
"Now Hifumi here's the 30 Eurodollar question, why are you here exactly?"