— a forgotten memory in the underworld —

Artyom, code-named Python, used to be a bounty hunter who could hack his way into any system. He was infamous in the Rhapsody, the underworld of Iagoon Fisaris. It was to the point he was regarded as the best hacker in existence (as far as non-AI skills go). In comparison, his bounty hunting skills almost were forgotten about. Day in day out, Python had a ton of jobs to fulfill, which rewarded him with plenty of treasures to sustain himself. Due to his growing reputation, it caught the attention of Beowulf Hawthorne, a then-aspiring mob boss wanting to take over the black market entirely.

After agreeing to a contract, it was no more bounty hunting days for Python. He got a permanent job in secrecy at Hawthorne's facility as a hacker and coder, being tested non-stop at first to prove his abilities. Once Hawthorne felt he could put his trust into Python, he was given a mission once every week or so. That would soon increase to two a week, to three, to four.. To the point that Python had no issues doing multiples in just 24 hours, seven days a week. Throughout his time working for Hawthorne, his boss' reputation grew as well, to the point he became the biggest influence in the underworld. Python was treated with an unbelievable salary, receiving more professional equipment frequently as well to keep up-to-date with his job. He was regarded as one of the best among Hawthorne's employees, which was a fact that gave Python a huge confidence boost. Receiving 'employee of the month' or 'employee of the year' wasn't enough, Python wanted to strive to be the single best for Hawthorne.

In reality, Python had been manipulated to be fiercely loyal to Hawthorne, never questioning his motives and always doing the job whenever asked.. Just in case there was that tiny tidbit that was questioning his boss. Hawthorne didn't want to take any risks. It all seemed to work like this, until one fateful night, Python had a huge fuck up.

Python was sent to the capital on planet Aqialeus, where he had to break into the planet's servers to send through the code of its firewall and antivirus measures to Hawthorne. It was supposed to help Hawthorne in creating an AI that would be able to creep past these securities undetected, essentially being able to take over the entire server to no one's knowledge as well. Unfortunately for Python, his attempt at hacking into the system got noticed by its security. Before he was caught, Python had already disappeared, on command of Hawthorne, who'd seen all of it happening. The ex-bounty hunter had all his memories related to Hawthorne himself force deleted, in order for the boss to protect his own reputation. Python was kicked out and dumped into a random street, and 'tipped off' by one of Hawthorne's other employees. He was successfully caught in red hands, and sentenced to jail for 50 years.. Where he had to go through rehab as well.

After all those long years, Python was finally released. The years after his black market prime time to the point of being released, are all a blur to him. Python is now a goody two-shoes.. Or trying to. Finding a new job after his jail days was difficult, let alone keeping one. Python tended to blow up on customers who he found frankly annoying, which resulted in at least a handful of jobs Python was fired from. As a result of this, the chieftain of the police department assigned one of his colleagues to watch over Python occasionally, much to his chagrin.. Since this 'babysitter' of his, is a literal demon eyeball in a robotic suit named Vista Iso. Python doesn't speak often, no matter who's trying to talk some sense in him. Whenever he does, it's often sarcastic or snarky comments, giving Python quite literally 'a social dickwad' image, which he doesn't really care about. Python keeps mostly to himself and his own business anyway, and doesn't get tangled into personal relationships. The few folks Python does interact with though, at times, he does kind of care about. Even if he doesn't want to admit it.

Python's current job is being a cleaner at one of the casinos in Iagoon Fisaris. Sometimes, Python swears he is forgetting something important, whenever he happens to see Hawthorne playing rounds there. After a few seconds he shrugs it off though, and goes back to the complete joy of cleaning.