even now, while he's in the shower, enjoying some hot water, it's still there, somehow pounding through the walls even though kovacs can't see a fucking speaker anywhere.
over the years, kovacs has gotten pretty good at tuning things out because everyone thinks they should get a chance to talk his ear off about what they want and what they need and what he should be doing for them and, since he can't just kill anyone, he shuts it out and goes on about his life.
but, there's something about this insidious music that just makes him want to scream. the sudden anger catches him off guard but it's steam rolls through him, lighting him up from the inside out and before he can stop himself, he's barreling out of the shower, throwing the door top his room open while naked and dripping water all over the floor to scream: ]
Turn off the fucking music!
[ he doesn't even bother going back inside because he thinks -- no, he know -- he hears someone laughing down the hall and when he turns, teeth bared and body tense, he sees quell.
no. he blinks and when he opens his eyes, it's rei with a burns covering the entirety of her body and blood slipping from her mouth to pool on the floor. ]
Turn it off!
[ the music keeps playing and, still naked, kovacs kicks his door hard enough to knock it off its hinges. ]
003. There's Something In the Water
[ quell is still laughing at him. it's all she's been doing since she showed up. laughing. a hollow, eerie, maniacal laughter that shouldn't be possible. she should have run out of breath and given him at least a moments quiet but considering she's fucking dead, there aren't any fucking rules.
he's just glad he hasn't seen reileen again, not since that first time.
naturally, the first place he wants to go is the bar but as soon as he steps foot inside, he remembers that the supplies are basically gone and that spikes something dark and red, has him reaching for empty bottles and chucking them at the wall near the door. he does this until there's a pile of glass at the entrance and then steps on the broken glass and walks out.
he has no destination in mind but there's a thrumming energy inside of him, something that's raging to come out and so he shoves people aside he comes into contact with in the corridors and ducks into the chapel of all places because he doubts anyone's going to be in there.
but if they are, well, he'll physically make them leave. ]
004. Aftermath
[ he wakes up in the observation deck. he's groggy, slow to move and there's a smear of blood on the window behind him. he's not sure if that's from him or someone else or if it was someone else's put there by him.
the backpack is open and in his lap but there's nothing in there but some paper. ]
kovacs + ota (cw: nudity, violence, violent images)
002. I Want Off This Ride
[ the music has been unrelenting.
even now, while he's in the shower, enjoying some hot water, it's still there, somehow pounding through the walls even though kovacs can't see a fucking speaker anywhere.
over the years, kovacs has gotten pretty good at tuning things out because everyone thinks they should get a chance to talk his ear off about what they want and what they need and what he should be doing for them and, since he can't just kill anyone, he shuts it out and goes on about his life.
but, there's something about this insidious music that just makes him want to scream. the sudden anger catches him off guard but it's steam rolls through him, lighting him up from the inside out and before he can stop himself, he's barreling out of the shower, throwing the door top his room open while naked and dripping water all over the floor to scream: ]
Turn off the fucking music!
[ he doesn't even bother going back inside because he thinks -- no, he know -- he hears someone laughing down the hall and when he turns, teeth bared and body tense, he sees quell.
no. he blinks and when he opens his eyes, it's rei with a burns covering the entirety of her body and blood slipping from her mouth to pool on the floor. ]
Turn it off!
[ the music keeps playing and, still naked, kovacs kicks his door hard enough to knock it off its hinges. ]
003. There's Something In the Water
[ quell is still laughing at him. it's all she's been doing since she showed up. laughing. a hollow, eerie, maniacal laughter that shouldn't be possible. she should have run out of breath and given him at least a moments quiet but considering she's fucking dead, there aren't any fucking rules.
he's just glad he hasn't seen reileen again, not since that first time.
naturally, the first place he wants to go is the bar but as soon as he steps foot inside, he remembers that the supplies are basically gone and that spikes something dark and red, has him reaching for empty bottles and chucking them at the wall near the door. he does this until there's a pile of glass at the entrance and then steps on the broken glass and walks out.
he has no destination in mind but there's a thrumming energy inside of him, something that's raging to come out and so he shoves people aside he comes into contact with in the corridors and ducks into the chapel of all places because he doubts anyone's going to be in there.
but if they are, well, he'll physically make them leave. ]
004. Aftermath
[ he wakes up in the observation deck. he's groggy, slow to move and there's a smear of blood on the window behind him. he's not sure if that's from him or someone else or if it was someone else's put there by him.
the backpack is open and in his lap but there's nothing in there but some paper. ]
Fuck.
[ he hates this station. ]