Sin Viper

Prime fighter in the @GunkatanaGame. Preferred weapon: katana. Likes lasers and eating greasehoppers (fried and on pizza).

[Sin Viper @sin_viper]

In a cyberpunk future, megacorporations profit from bloody duels between skilled fighters. My name is Sin Viper. I am one of those fighters.

[Gunkatana @GunkatanaGame]

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[Sin Viper @sin_viper]

I duck behind a chimney and wait, as I breathe in the neon blue night air. I'm not in a hurry to kill. I've got all night. #SinViperisAlive

[Sin Viper @sin_viper]

I take my time getting back up on the roof. Deliberate and deadly. I'm an assassin, after all. This is what I do.

[Sin Viper @sin_viper]

Now the way down is blocked. I smile to myself. Sombra and Earl must both be on that wretched roof top, if they're still alive, that is.

[Sin Viper @sin_viper]

I go over to the elevator. It still works, but I don't press the button for the ground floor. Instead, I fry the panel with my laser.

[Sin Viper @sin_viper]

Only after a moment I recognise that bitter-sweet taste. Regret. "This won't be the end of you", I say softly. "You're a bot, after all."

[Sin Viper @sin_viper]

In the end, it was almost too easy. Clarke is spread on the ground, motionlessly, next to the Vipera.

[Sin Viper @sin_viper]

I drive my katana deep into the open gashes and hear a faint creaking sound, as if, somewhere, huge wheels were turning painfully.

[Sin Viper @sin_viper]

The snake has left its bite marks, deep and venomous. Can bots feel pain? Clarke seems slower, but that could be an illusion.

[Sin Viper @sin_viper]

Clarke attacks first, and that's their first mistake. I can see the cracks, the missing hexagons, that are bleeding neon all over their arms

[Sin Viper @sin_viper]

But the moment we turn to face each other, it's crystal clear to both of us. Only one is going to emerge from this fight.

[Sin Viper @sin_viper]

The Vipera still twitches, but it doesn't pose a threat anymore. I turn to Clarke and for a frenzied, surreal moment I want to thank them.

[Sin Viper @sin_viper]

It must be gen-modded to ignore its natural flight instinct. It lunges itself into the blades again and again, in a crazed twitching frenzy.

[Sin Viper @sin_viper]

Clarke and I are side by side, a dual blur, striking out at the snake, which is madly dashing forward, unable to block our crimson blades.

[Sin Viper @sin_viper]

Clarke is wearing shining armour and fighting with all the easy grace of a dancer. I can't help but admire them.

[Sin Viper @sin_viper]

Snake scales against glistening hexagons, jagged blades materialise out of nothing and draw gen-modded blood from the beast.

[Sin Viper @sin_viper]

Somehow I'm not surprised at the figure fighting the Vipera beside me.

[Sin Viper @sin_viper]

I won a few seconds more, just enough to let the blazing rush settle, to draw a hasty breath and keep on fighting.

[Sin Viper @sin_viper]

The Vipera curls its body inwards, then lunges at its new attacker.

[Sin Viper @sin_viper]

The next strike is fast. Too fast. I have no time to block it. But the teeth don’t sink in. Instead, the Vipera twitches violently.