41 Regroup

When Eva got back to Helios, the first thing she did was head back to her pad and changed into a new set of clothes. Well, technically they were the same design as her set of black, except this one had some grey highlights.

It was plain, but stylish.

She realized that she had coughed up 1,000 credits for a simple "reskin" and balked for a moment at the cost. It felt as though she had been robbed via microtransaction. Then she vowed to make more interesting choices next time, to make the cost worth it.

Miko sent her a ping on her DI just as she had finished up, and they ended up meeting at a nearby arcade.

Both of them had frequented arcades back in their old lives, and were very fond of them.

Miko had gone to those Asian style arcades, where machines and people were packed next to each other. A cacophony of sounds from all of the machines, plus everyone talking made for an impenetrable wall of noise.