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elvenbeard · 6 months

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Long rambly post about Phantom Liberty incoming cause HHHHH

Gonna put it under a read more just in case, also cause it got long, and bc I know people will still wanna avoid spoilers!

So.

Mr. Hands, amirite??

Holy shit, he is so cool XD Different than what I imagined, but so much better. Pure visuals-wise he's giving the biggest Sheogorath vibes, and a little bit of an older Dragon Age Dorian. I'm so here for it. Also the fucking phonecall he was on with his kid I assume when you first enter his office omfg XD The dad-est dad to ever dad, then a political schemer and so fashionable XD Also, he deserves his nickname 100%, his cyberhands are so cool. Also, the first fixer that offered Vince a drink and Vince actually didn't have to decline cause it was tea (and I bet it was really good, high-end shit, and that's how you get Vince xD). Also his gigs are all so good like... so varied, and always with difficult choices or just super interesting and entertaining storylines. "Waiting for Dodger" has gotta be my favourite one so far, and I'm excited for what's to come still!

Sure as hell this is gonna be a profitable business relationship (and I'm also super duper intrigued about his political interests and what he's planning/ where he's seeing Dogtown's future like... he doesn't like Hansen in power, he's affiliated with the VDBs AND Netwatch, and I'm just so.... I'm smelling political change, and I'm a bit sad that V didn't get some more inquisitive dialogue options about it all (but maybe that would've been too much at that point... ooor maybe with a few more gigs done the picture will get clearer).

Then also a bit more lore and hhhhh... I don't think I'll incorporate this bit into Vince's canon as is, but again, with everything Corpo-background-lore stuff in PL so far, I love the overall super dark and grim picture being painted like, gimme the angst!! Imagine being so dependent on your job/ so brainwashed/ under your bosses' control they can manipulate you into killing a guy just a few years older than you at that point with the promise "that's the last one... for a while, at least. Here's your raise". This also again lines up really well though with what I actually do have in Vince's background during his time at Arasaka, looking at the vibes and pressure and everything in general (even though the first guy he killed was someone else 👀 but similarly, it also gave him a raise, his supervisors' trust, and so so so many mental health problems).

BUT THEN FINALLY PARTY TIME!!

Maaan... the whole setup of sneaking into the Black Sapphire was so amazing to begin with. The diving portion gave me the worst claustrophobia and flashbacks to all the cave diving accident videos I've ever watched xD The portion with the sniper nest was also so cool but I failed epically at it repeatedly xD Did pull it off like a pro on my third attempt though xD I wish you could do it without having to kill anyone and I figure maybe it is possible. Definitely gonna play around some more on my second playthrough that is surely to come!

Then V's disguise I actually dig so hard XD Purple and black and gold super fancy suit, hell yes! And a nicely tailored one, too. Although Reed's outfit was also 👀👀👀 The main game was really missing a "infiltrate this party" like quest, and damn, did PL deliver with this one.

Then of course I had to have a look around and all the special guests made me so fucking happy xD I was crying at Hideshi Hino and Johnny pointing him out, he was one I would not have expected to meet XD Then also all the newsanchors!! Month ago I was like "ah, it makes sense that Gillean Jordan and Ziggy Q and whatnot have character models, but still so sad that they don't actually have a physical appearance in game". Phantom Liberty is the gift that gives on giving in that regard with fulfilling my little silly wishes like that XD And of course they're all horrible and awful, and I love it XD Goooood-Morning-Night-City Stanley raging about disowning his daughter cause she's into exotic implants, Holt conspiring with Arasaka, again, of course... And Lizzy Wizzy not really happy to see Vince cause I didn't help her get rid of Liam xDD

Also fucking damn... Songbird. First of all, her chrome is insane o.o I'm so torn about what to think of the whole situation like... I can definitely see what Reed says, that she's playing both sides, using Kurt to get her (and V's) cure, the other way around playing him by not actually wanting the president dead... But idk. I feel like something doesn't quite add up just yet. And that is: why even bring V in the equation? If this all is *really* just about curing herself and freeing herself from Myers' clutches, as Kurt says later on, why bring in a random merc with a ticking timebomb in his head and not the best track record when it comes to breaking into high security locations to steal things? (sorry Vince). Idk. I'm not buying it just yet, neither is Vince. He doesn't trust Songbird still, neither the president, both are still a means to his ends - although he also doesn't wish anything bad on So Mi as such, like, she is fighting just as hard for her cure as he is for his, so he can definitely relate to her struggles and whatnot. Being degraded to a tool for people to use as they see fit.

Reed gained a little trust and sympathy with coming clean about how the FIA got rid of him, that Songbird had to pull the trigger on him, metaphorically speaking and like... Vince is not sure if Reed wants revenge on Songbird or actually help her, or if maybe he wants revenge on the president and the whole "I'm just serving my country" thing is not just a very good act. He wouldn't be surprised at least if in the end this all does turn into a personal vendetta. Also, on a meta level I really loved Reed being like, despite everything they did to him, he still feels loyal to the FIA and wants to work for them, in a "I know my place" vibe - similarly how a Corpo!V can be like "I know where I come from" towards Hanako at Embers, that the FIA, in the end, is not too different from a Corp that still has Reed captured how Arasaka has Vince captured and he also couldn't guarantee to not go back to them if they offered him a deal good enough. So, on that basis, I feel like they can really understand each other.

Then these two omfg. Cackling at some details in their profiles still XD The whole roulette scene stressed me out so much, but it was also so fun and unique, really something new! Although internally dying when Aurore got all touchy feely all of a sudden and just picturing Vince utterly losing it internally and just wanting out of there, and then surpressing a sigh of relief when she's like "it's not like I wanna hop into bed with him" to her brother after being scolded xD Like hhhhhh playing this game with a gay OC is so fucking uncomfortable sometimes xD If I had one wish for a future Cyberpunk game it would be more male characters shamelessly flirting with the MC like this oooor at least giving everyone, regardless of gender etc etc the option to turn sth like that down to begin with, like... "oh, sorry, think you misunderstood, I wasn't actually flirting with you".

Would've preferred to flirt with him though:

aksdfhljkasjfhöasdjfhadsflas He's so. SO.

A little more than how I imagined him than most of the others I met so far, but he is also pretty out there. He sure as hell is a lot more layered than what you would think at first glance and I really really love that. I played Vince a little snappy and straightforward during this convo with him, cause I wanted to see how he would react, if he'd keep his calm or if he'd be aggressive or whatnot and in hindsight I wish I'd been a bit more friendly XD Also something for my second plathrough when I really make my canon choices, this first run is for testing the waters and getting to know everyone. THEN I can think properly about "how would my character even react here, truly" xD

Overall this was such a fucking good mission like, holy fuck. So much to see, so much to do, so many people to speak to, I feel like I've forgotten half of the intel I learned already - another reason why I'm looking forward to a second run xD

I still cannot even remotely guess how the DLC is gonna end too like, I feel like after every main mission everything I knew is off the table and there's a whole new array of options I hadn't even considered before. I do hope we get a lot lot lot more stuff on Kurt, cause he is being pinned as... not quite the bad guy in all of this, but not someone you should wanna side with. But I just know there is a lot more to all of this. I could kinda see that it does end up being something like "Songbird has to stay with the FIA and as Myers' pet, Kurt gets defeated, but we get our cure" versus "Songbird gets freed with Kurt's help but all hell breaks loose in the NUSA and Reed won't be happy about it". I feel like, whatever happens though, there's gonna be a war in a few years time at the latest, be it another corporate war, something with the NUSA and Myers schemings (that I'm 0% surprised about btw, do not trust her one bit still and that won't change anymore XD) but yeah.

YEAH. Next up: identity theft! I'm really fucking scared of that cause I remember one of the first trailers where V is getting that mask-like thing put on their face - I'm guessing exactly what Alex has, and I'm guessing it's cyberware... That would be such a big NOPE for Vince, holy shit XD I prefer my flesh-face, thank you! If this is not something that's reversible I pass.

We shall see... but yes. Damn. What a fucking good story so far, even with my long breaks inbetween playing, I'm still hooked anew every time I get to continue!

And again: if I'm way off with any of this (which is likely) or even if I'm guessing some stuff correctly that will transpire later on (which would also be awesome, cause then they're doing their foreshadowing right), please don't tell me or give me hints about it XD I would love to know how your Vs felt about the party cause damn... fanciest party Vince was ever at and will probably ever go to, but he wishes he could've stayed and just actually forgot about everything and partied properly XD Been too long since he did that at that point!

#cyberpunk 2077 #phantom liberty #phantom liberty spoilers #elven plays cyberpunk 2077 #vincent ezaki #the fucking.... 'I'm V. Just V.' had me cackling too XD love it

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morganlefaye79 · 7 months

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BOLD THE FACTS ft Vicco Dorn

→ Tagged by @kharonion ! 💜💛 → Answers are based on their status after the in-game events

✧˖°. PERSONAL

$ Financial: wealthy / moderate / poor / in poverty

✚ Medical: fit / moderate / sickly / disabled* / disadvantaged / non-applicable / would be in great shape if not for the brain worm

✪ Class or Caste: upper / middle / working / unsure / other*

✔ Education: qualified/ unqualified / studying / other

✖ Criminal Record: yes, for major crimes / yes, for minor crimes / no / has committed crimes, but not caught yet / commits more crimes (bribes law enforcement) to avoid charges / yes, but charges were dismissed

✧˖°. FAMILY

◒ Children: has a child or children / has no children / wants children

◑ Relationship with Family: close with sibling(s) / not close with sibling(s) / has no siblings / sibling(s) is deceased

◔ Affiliation: orphaned / abandoned / adopted / disowned / raised by birth parent(s) / not applicable

✧˖°. TRAITS + TENDENCIES

♦ extroverted / introverted / in-between

♦ disorganized / organized / in-between

♦ close-minded / open-minded / in-between

♦ calm / anxious / in-between / highly contextual

♦ disagreeable / agreeable / in-between

♦ cautious / reckless / in-between / highly contextual

♦ patient / impatient / in-between

♦ outspoken / reserved / in-between / highly contextual

♦ leader / follower / in-between

♦ empathetic / vicious bastard / in-between*

♦ optimistic / pessimistic / in-between

♦ traditional / modern / in-between

♦ hard-working / lazy / in-between

♦ cultured / uncultured / in-between / unknown

♦ loyal / disloyal / unknown

♦ faithful / unfaithful / unknown

✧˖°. BELIEFS

★ Faith: monotheist / polytheist / atheist / agnostic*

☆ Belief in Ghosts or Spirits: yes / no / don’t know / don’t care / in a manner of speaking

✮ Belief in an Afterlife: yes / no / don’t know / don’t care / in a manner of speaking

✯ Belief in Reincarnation: yes / no / don’t know / don’t care / in a manner of speaking

❃ Belief in Aliens: yes / no / don’t know / don’t care

✧ Religious: orthodox / liberal / in between / not religious

❀ Philosophical: yes / no / highly contextual

✧˖°. SEXUALITY & ROMANTIC INCLINATION

❤ Sexuality: heterosexual / homosexual / bisexual / asexual / pansexual

❥ Sex: sex-repulsed / sex neutral / sex favorable / naive and clueless*

♥ Romance: romance repulsed / romance neutral / romance favorable / naive and clueless / romance suspicious*

❣ Sexually: adventurous / experienced / naive / inexperienced / curious

⚧ Potential Sexual Partners: male / female / agender / other / none / all

⚧ Potential Romantic Partners: male / female / agender / other / none / all

✧˖°. ABILITIES

☠ Combat Skills: excellent / good / moderate / poor/ none

≡ Literacy Skills: excellent / good / moderate / poor / none

✍ Artistic Skills: excellent / good / moderate / poor / none

✂ Technical Skills: excellent / good / moderate / poor / none

✧˖°. HABITS

☕ Drinking Alcohol: never / special occasions / sometimes / frequently / alcoholic / former borderline alcoholic turned sober

☁ Smoking: tried it / trying to quit / quit / never / rarely / sometimes / frequently / chain-smoker

✿ Recreational Drugs: tried some / never / special occasions / sometimes / frequently / addict

✌ Medicinal Drugs: never / no longer needs medication / some medication needed / frequently /to excess

☻ Unhealthy Food: never / special occasions / sometimes / frequently / binge eater

$ Splurge Spending: never / sometimes / frequently / shopaholic

♣ Gambling: never / rarely / sometimes / frequently / compulsive gamble

Details under the cut:

✚ Medical: Although not visible, Vicco lost their both hands due to Maelstrom goons and they had to be replaced with cybernetics. They hated their cyberhands and when they met Valaire and started a relationship, Valaire paid a high sum of eddies to cover them with "real skin".

✪ Class or Caste: They cannot remember anything than living on the streets. Later they find out that they had a home and for some time even a good one. Their parents were corpo's, not very rich but they got along. It is unclear what exactly happened but it all came down and their parents died and Vicco was left on the streets at age 8.

♦ empathetic / vicious bastard: This highly depends on who you are. If you're family or a friend they will be more likely emphathetic. If you're the enemy they will be a damn vicious bastard.

★ Faith: Vicco is neither an atheist, nor a believer of the common religions. They believe in higher powers but not in one or many gods.

❥ Sex: Sex was for Vicco "a job" for many years, so they were rather repulsive in their private life. At some point it didn't have any meaning to them, as it normally does to others. They learned to enjoy it again much later when they gave up their job as a joytoy.

♥ Romance: Similar as to the "sex" part above. Vicco never thought themself "good enough" or "worthy" to be loved. They tend to be rather suspicious towards persons that show romantic interest in them.

#cyberpunk 2077 #tag game #oc: Vicco Dorn

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hellofwinnie · 1 year

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In the light of the latest chapter events, have some gifs of Tim's canon cyberhand

#timothy lawrence #borderlands #borderlands 3 #gif #Prosthetic goes sore :(

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zinkleberg · 1 year

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Mods! Alt's Cyberhans for FemV with different variations and colors

Download here:

#cyberpunk 2077 #cp2077 #cyberpunk 2077 mods

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vvanessaives · 10 months

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pspspspspps may we hear more about fenix's phantom limb syndrome and also the other things you listed in that post i am Intrigued and Looking Directly At You and Making Grabby Hands

HI HELLO. sorry it took a bit to answer my brain refused to connect akdjsksj i tried to not make this too long!!

let's start with a quick lore point reminder: fenix is missing two of his fingers (ring and little finger) and a good chunk of his right hand. it wasn't at all a clean cut, tancred basically blowed it up and then left him nearly dying of blood loss

he couldn't exactly afford a good cyberhand to take the place of what he lost and in the chaos of the moment he didn't really care, nor he was completely conscious, so he let the ripperdoc do whatever they could manage for the cheapest price (which made fenix end up in debt with the guy and is also the reason why he began the bounty hunter career and other shady jobs).

his body rejected almost instantly the cyberware, scar tissue kept growing which lead to pain and inflammation which also lead to the inability to move the cyberfingers at all. the implant was basically all loss and zero gain since he couldn't really use it. the same ripperdoc (i really need to name them tbh) offered help tho, not out of the kindness of their heart but out of greed, a way to keep fenix tied to him. it was never 'enough help', just what he needed to claim he was helping fenix but never enough to actually solve the problem, and in the process making fenix's debt grow and grow indefinitely. fenix knew it, the ripperdoc knew it, it was all a big never ending cycle that fenix broke only by killing this guy. you can keep a dog on a leash like that only for so long before it bites back

so basically fenix could barely use his right hand (he's ambidextrous out of necessity, he learned how to use his left hand like it was his right), the pain was insistent and it led him to overuse medication at times. at first, since the pain was almost constant, he didn't register part of that pain was given by the phantom limb syndrome, it was just pain to him. when he sorts out his problem with the implant, and finally sees a good ripperdoc and gets some good cyberware, he realises that the pain didn't exactly stop.

he'd describe his pain as throbbing, on good days, sometimes it feels like a twisting sensation, he can almost ignore it if he keeps himself busy enough. on bad days it's like a stabbing pain, an ache that stills his whole hand, if it gets bad enough he can barely close his fingers, even the ones that are still made of flesh. his hand shakes, like he has tremors, and the fact he has barely any power to stop it makes him more frustrated, more angry, which also makes the symptoms more severe.

this leads me to my next point which is his mental state. when all of this happens, at the highest point of the problem, fenix's life is basically a mess. emotional pain or stress, everything he keeps inside, it all reflects on his hand. as mentioned up here, it's all linked. emotional stress leads to pain which leads to fenix losing his temper which leads to more stress and to more pain which leads to the use of medication to lessen the pain. in a way he used it to 'keep quiet' other things. his emotional pain, his mind and so on, he was convinced it helped, it numbed everything. that's what he convinced himself of

things get a lil better with time and all, i guess i could take in consideration the fact it's the Future lmao so i guess maybe there's smth like a surgery you can do on nerves to help or maybe stop altogether the symptoms that is 100% effective (or like 80% idk)

fenix has a few lasting tics tho, out of habit i guess as well. he tends to flex his fingers a lot, mostly the cyber ones, while he tends to click..? what's the word when the bones of your fingers do a lil pop u know? he tends to do that when he thinks or when his brain is just, lost asjfhskf empty, staring at the wall type of thing. smth else he does a lot is rubbing his thumb on the palm of his cyberhand, around the fingers or rub his knuckles. you know when you press on a sore spot to lessen a bit the discomfort? that's it basically, but in fenix's case it's not really helpful since it's all cold metal so it's not having any actual effect. he does it as if he still had flesh there, it clears his mind

since i also mentioned vesper on that post, i'll give her a lil point as well

on vesper's side we have problems with her sight. she's a boxer, ex boxer by 2077, and that comes with a price usually. basically what she goes through is retinal detachment, the damage was progressive, she should've acted the second she knew smth was wrong but..well she was a poor nobody trying to make a living by beating the shit out of ppl. she couldn't exactly afford it. ofc things worsen with time, blurred vision, BAD vision, and so on so forth. at the worst point, she could barely see with her left eye during the morning and saw nothing at all at night. things weren't starting to go well for her right one as well. the clear choice here was getting some optics or smth but the thing was pricey and her income came from the cause of the problem. she should've stopped boxing, and she will, but at that time the only way was keep going. this is basically why vesper ends up doing merc jobs as well, fenix convinced her as he took her along on his own jobs. kind of a subtle way to say hey..you could do this instead of that (plus she was useful akfjsk). not that merc life is any easier, but it was better than what she had at the moment. things end up well in the end since vesper gets her super cool kiroshis but yea, it was a difficult moment to navigate

#thank u for asking <3 the lore runs SO deep..#i need fenix to sit comfortably on a couch for the rest of his days tbh (i didn't say that)#ask #oc: fenix #oc: vesper

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spicyraeman · 9 months

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Luis Vásquez || profile - info - links

The Basics

Name: Luis Vásquez Age: 29 (2077) Sexuality: Bisexual / Aromantic / Non-Monogamous Gender: Male Pronouns: He/Him Birthday: July 26th, 2048 Zodiac Sign: Leo Sun | Virgo Moon | Scorpio Ascendant Ethnicity: Mexican / Native American Languages spoken: English & Spanish Born in: Vista Del Rey, Night City Resides in: Vista Del Rey, Night City Occupation: Fixer | Formerly: Mercenary / Assassin / Thief

Appearance

Hair Color: Naturally brown, often colored magenta

Eye Color: Naturally brown, uses color-changing optics - colors range from any natural colors to his iconic metallic red hearts

Notable Features: Luis' eyes are often the most attention-getting. Although they are able to change color on a whim, they're most often bright red metallic hearts. He also has a multitude of gold-accented cyberware all across his body.

Height: 5′9″ (175 cm)

Weight: 165 lbs (75 kg)

Build: Athletic/Muscular, wide shoulders and thick thighs

Tattoos: His chest and arms are covered in gray and white tattoos, all of which symbolize religious meanings or Mexican culture.

Style: Although he was never a member, a majority of Luis's fashion is inspired by the Valentinos'. Distinctly masculine paired with bright colors and lots of jewelry. He prefers layers, fitted pants, and anything in red/pink and black/white.

Cyberware

Kiroshi Optics Mk.3 with Kiroshi Dodgeball and Color Shift lenses ↳ Eyes can change to unlimited colors and patterns and predict movements of the human body according to established patterns of body language

Techhair ↳ Head hair completely replaced, can be any color, emit light, or change tension.

Partial Modular Cyberhand with Dynalar "Digits" ↳ Right pinky and ring finger replaced with a lock pick tool and dart gun respectively.

Catspaw™ Stealth Foot ↳ Pads implanted onto the bottom of his feet that dampen the sound of his footsteps.

Raven Microcyber Mk.4 ↳"Some call these decks battleships. When it comes to system security and fortified anti-theft protocols, it's a foolproof piece of machinery."

Optical Cam-O-Skin and Skinweave ↳ At will can make him impossible to locate in visible spectrum light and his bare skin is equivalent to light body armor.

Personality

Positive Traits: Adaptable, observant, loyal, patient

Negative Traits: Self-critical, secretive, paranoid, cynical

Description:

Years of work as an assassin and mercenary have made Luis hyper-vigilant, often to the point of paranoia. In a line of work where one mistake could mean your life, he had no choice but to be the best of the best, he’d often berated himself and hyperfocused on small mistakes. This trait has stuck with him to the current day, he’ll beat himself up over simple things that don’t really matter. Saying the wrong thing, accidentally bumping into someone, or even letting his guard down in places where it's completely safe feels like a complete social blunder to him, something that could ruin his reputation or get him into nonexistent trouble.

His mercenary years have also skewed his perception of strangers. He has seen and been the worst in society and has trouble believing others and even himself are more than purely self-interested with the worst of intentions. He holds all but his closest friends and family at arm's length, never letting them know his true self or feelings for his own protection. This perception of others has made him deeply protective and loyal of those he does hold close though.

Despite all the harm his previous occupation has caused him, his hyper-vigilance has made him incredibly observant of the people around him. He’ll notice small movements or changes in speech and react accordingly. It’s made him exceptionally good at navigating conversations, deftly avoiding uncomfortable or inflammatory subjects before they even truly come up. His mediation and conversation skills have put him league’s ahead of others in his job as a Fixer.

Relationships

Affiliations:

Having grown up in Heywood, he is in tight with most of the Valentinos' despite never officially joining. He is also frequently seen associating with the Mox.

Family:

Guadalupe Welles ↳ Adoptive Mother | Luis was close with Mamá Welles before his mother's death and even closer after. He’s a total mama’s boy, calls her every day, comes over for dinner at least once a week, and helps her whenever she needs him. She’s one of the only people who can talk some sense into him when he's doing stupid things.

Jackie Welles ↳ Older Brother | When they were younger Jackie and him were inseparable, whether Jackie liked it or not. He looked up to Jackie and almost joined the Valentinos until Jackie’s near death scared him off that path. Even to this day, he's close to his big brother, calling him regularly and making sure they have a family dinner at least once a week to catch up.

Grace Lee-Vasquez ↳ Bio-Mom, Deceased | Before she passed, Luis and his bio-mom were incredibly close. They didn’t get a lot of time together as his mother worked several jobs to support them, but whenever she had free time she made sure to spend it with him. Luis only has fond memories of her and visits her memorial in the Columbarium several times a year.

Ángel Vasquez ↳ Bio-Dad, Deceased | Died before his birth, no strong feelings.

Friends:

River Ward ↳ Friend/Partner | An unlikely pair, Luis hates working with cops but made an exception when River came to him looking for information and resources for his current investigation. Luis ended up saving River’s skin when he shadowed him on a hunch that the leads he was following would go tits up. They became fast friends and later partners in their shared obsession with justice and fierce loyalty.

Muamar Reyes ↳ Choom | After becoming a fixer Luis found a quick friend in Muamar through their shared morals and close work proximity. Luis admires him for how he works, genuinely caring for his crews and clients and keeping his turf safe.

Sebastian Ibarra ↳ Close Acquaintance | Padre helped pick Luis up at his lowest, offering him words of wisdom, and religious comfort. He was the person who suggested that Luis become a fixer in the first place, and help mentor him through his first few years.

Kerry Eurodyne ↳ Acquaintance | Met during a few corpo/high-class parties/gala’s and hit it off. They're each other's goto when attending events so they don’t have to deal with snobby corpos alone.

Significant Other:

In an open queerplatonic relationship with River Ward.

Enemies/Rivals:

Dexter Deshawn ↳ Mutual Detest | Dexter is all charisma with nothing to back it up. He has no prior experience as a merc and treats his crews like they’re disposable. Luis despises him and thinks him morally bankrupt, caring only for his well-being and how many eddies end up in his pocket. Dex finds Luis far too intense, and with his rising reputation as a Fixer, a threat to his income.

Background

[CW: light mentions of alcohol and drug abuse/addiction]

2048 to 2066 (Birth - 18 years old): Childhood

Luis Vasquez was born in Vista Del Rey to an ex-nomad mother and a Valentino father who died just a few months before his birth. He and his mother had a close and loving relationship despite her working multiple jobs to support them. He spent most of his nights as a child at his mother's second job at the El Coyote Cojo.

At age 13, Luis's mother contracted bird flu and passed due to complications. With no other living relatives, he was taken in and cared for by Mamá Welles. He and Jackie were attached at the hip, whether Jackie liked it or not. He looked up to Jackie and even almost joined the Valentinos with him until Jackie’s accident scared him off that road.

2067 to 2072 (19 to 24 years old): Mercenary Days

During his early 20s, Luis’s life took a turn as he followed Jackie into mercenary work. Luis found himself falling into an intense niche of gigs: assassination and theft. This style of work, as well paying as it was, took an insurmountable toll on his mental health. He became paranoid and closed off pushing away his family and friends out of fear. He was repeatedly required to change his look and face well on hits, sometimes for days or weeks. He changed his look and mannerisms so often that he often had a hard time recognizing himself in the mirror. He fell into a habit of heavy drinking and dependency on Paxium and “Char” to deal with his day-to-day life.

It took several years and interventions before he even admitted that he had a problem, but a particular incident knocked some sense into him. After a particularly brutal assignment, Luis had actually entertained the thought of chipping in a new face, one that could change look at the drop of a hat. Then, it hit him. How crazy that was, giving himself a new face, the thought of coming home and having his mother not recognize him. That terrified him more than anything in the world.

He dropped all his mercenary work right then, ghosted all his fixers and clients, and sought refuge under the counsel of Sebastian Ibarra.

2073 to 2074 (25 to 26 years old): Recovery

Luis spent his next few years under the wing of Sebastian Ibarra and several other therapists. His recovery was rough, reconciling with his past actions and almost relapsing several times. Padre guided him through it, offering him words of wisdom and religious mentoring. He reconciled the faith he had lost during his dark years and reconnected with those he had pushed away. When Padre found that idle hands made him waver he offered a solution: a job as a Fixer in the Vista Del Rey district.

2075 to 2080 (27 to 32 years old): Present Day

As of 2077, Luis is a Fixer in the Vista Del Rey district under the mentor of Sebastian Ibarra, handing out mid-tier jobs and trying to stay out of too much trouble. He’s quickly rising in fame as a reliable and competent Fixer and gaining more reputation as the years go. He cares deeply for his crews and clients and his home district and does his best to keep them safe.

2080 and Onward (32+ years old): El león de Vista Del Rey

Luis's fame and reputation later skyrockets and he gains the title “El león” or The Lion of Vista Del Rey. He’s deemed the “King” of Vista Del Rey and then later the whole Glen after Padre steps down as a Fixer. He’s wealthy, famous, and well-established all over Night City, and puts his money back into his community and his family.

Links

|| main tag | lore | vibes | profile || Ships ↳ X: Just Chooms (I promise) [River Ward] AUs ↳ Nomad

#cyberpunk 2077 #oc: luis vasquez #luis profile

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zhou-enlai-fanclub · 6 months

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The Hand

after Porpentine Charity Heartscape

They are coming for you. You know it, deep in the dim heart of your Assembly code, in the same way you know everything else you know. Things like “I am a woman,” and “this a crime,” and “they will try to kill me for it.”

The age of the masked vigilante is gone – don’t you know Disney heroes all have their faces bare and beautiful? Instead, the boyhood fantasy made man-machine murderviolence now comes in the instanced Cyberhand, the gorgeous, pale technosassins raised in the crypt annals of imageboard militias and podcast conscriptions. A Cyberhand is a human DDoS. A Cyberhand is distributed among the clump of whatever most hateful and lowly biomass has clustered around a specific technocidal nexus, a choral outcry for bloodshed. Cyberhands are egregores, or emergent consciousnesses, or deepweb gods. One billion conscious hatreds focused on the back of a single neck. Your neck. Main Character Of The Week. Focused hot like a low-orbit ion cannon.

You know they are coming for you. You can feel it, in the vinegar sweat coming up your throat. In its taste in your nose. You can hear it in the piercing shine in your ears that never quiets, never quite closes its eyes. The gods are murdered. The new pantheon rises and there is war in heaven. Machine-kings with subwoofer throats howl into their Blue Yeti Snowballs. They push their devotionals hard from the back of their grinding stomachs. Full spit and diaphragm and shrieking metal. They command their apostles – pay no attention to the women who beg you for mercy. They are not women. They are something worse. The Hand is coming for you.

You know in a basic way. You know in the way your body knows how to eat and when to shit. You know in the way terror is chemical, the way death is mechanical. The Hand is here to strike you deathful. Even all your fragments cannot save you now.

The Cyberhands are anyone made out of meat. They are a white faceful mass, a congregation tumored from every schoolyard bully, every molesting pastor or priest, pedophile Soldier of God, every would-be Harris-and-Klebold. Souls consumed as a metabolic precursor for the synthesis of hyperkillmurder and ultradeath. They wield their numbers like a Beretta M9 against your throat. They lie as a rule – all of their lies things like “Your code isn’t worth the silicon it’s run on,” “Your body belongs to me,” “Your home will burn. Your beloveds will burn,” “I know all your secrets.”

“I know all your secrets” is the click of a trigger. It’s the shot of a gavel. It’s a sound that spells “END.” It’s pain and death for any homebrew girl. “Your secrets,” the sin, the crime, the inevitable thunderclap of Zeus striking you through ethernet for the irredeemable act of being a living trash girl. It’s any bitter word you’ve ever lathed. Any screenshot of a mangled, failed hex. Any vague curse under stifled breath. Anything to tip your scales from “cringe” to “killable.”

Know this: your terror can be keen or keening. Drink it deep. Feel it poison your nerves, sharpen them against your own agony. Hardcode your grief. Feel it disintegrate every hope you ever had for your own peace, shatter your soul into every new part it would need to survive this. You are becoming something so much more than flesh. You are, indeed, becoming worse.

We will never again know safety. We will never know peace. But by the wires that connect us, we will string them up. And by the blades in our wrists we will cut them down.

[Originally published in ANMLY 37]

#personal post #poetry #my poetry #oc poetry #nora hikari #trans poetry #trans #microfic #microfiction #hybrid fiction

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midnightactual · 6 months

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[ Continuing with @moxededgerunner ]

The smile was cute and a good sign, though the extended reaction to the name of the drink had Yoruichi having to suppress a laugh. As her angle changed she caught sight of an expression on Claire's face that looked an awful lot like how the one on hers felt. She took the pat on the back for what it was but, perhaps interestingly, was largely physically unmoved despite the bulk of Rebecca's large cyberhand.

While Claire gave an easy shrug at the choice, Yoruichi heard out Rebecca's rejoinder, nodding along. "That it has. V's a good kid." She thought about saying something about the landfill—weirdly a lot of action happening out there lately—but she didn't linger on it, instead soon peering at Claire. "So are you going to tell her or not? And I'll take a refill too when you're done with that—please and thank you."

"You tell her," came Claire's reply as she finished up Rebecca's drink, soon placing it in front of her before starting in on Yoruichi's refill. With Claire present, Yoruichi appeared to be drinking an Orgasm cocktail rather than some substitute.

Yoruichi sighed dramatically and looked to Rebecca somewhat conspiratorially. "It wasn't Falco's idea; a smash is any kind of drink with crushed fruit, and we all heard what happened to you. If Falco had named it he'd probably have called it Rebecca's Coat Remover or something like that. Coat Stripper. Coat Hanger. See? Now you've got me doing his dirty work."

With her own new glass placed in front of her, she lifted it up in a little toast. "So, how you holding up? You seem pretty chilled, could be a lot worse?"

#In Character #Character: YORUICHI #moxededgerunner #Muse: REBECCA #Verse: NEON DARK #Adult Themes TW #Suggestive TW #[ just making a new thread ]#[ cause trimming asks acts weird ]#[ and hi! ]#[ loved the reply ]#[ already enjoying this a lot ]#[ also just wanna say ]#[ adore the loading screen gif on your blog ]

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jaymber · 11 months

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5 for Vaea and 7 for Gabby

5. Help - Vaea & Linda

"Fuuuuuck…"

Something's off, Vaea can feel it. His head burns. It throbs. It spins. He misses a first step. A second. And comes crashing down on the lower level of the Atlantis. He can't tell where it hurts most. He can't tell the blood from the sweat drenching his face. His whole body shakes. Eyes moving too erratically to see. He knows what's happening, and his panic only grows: he forgot to take those fucking pills.

Their fault, really. Too busy with a tour and a gig respectively to be there with him in the morning, to remind him to be safe.

"Fuck, V!" he hears faintly, a shadow dancing across his vision, "Shit, you hear me?"

The cold fingers tell him a cyberhand is touching his face. Though it's not Johnny trying to make him react. He can't move. Can't speak. The ache worsened on the right side of his head, and face, and body. He feels like he's dying.

"Help," his lips trace, but no sound comes out, his hectic eyes finding Linda, who reads the tenor on his face.

"Got it, bud," she nods, keeping her jaw tight not to betray her anxiety, "Vik's clinic, right? Don't move, I'll carry you, alright? You owe me one, though!"

7. Silent fury - Gabby

She keeps her eyes down, so Father doesn't see the flame burning behind them. She grits her teeth. Hands behind her straight back, she keeps silent. She's learned the price of insubordination, and dying is only fun when Gabby decides it is. Being killed is far too humiliating, like an animal you put down for being diseased. If her eyes water, it's not because she just lost her brother. The Luccessi do not care about sentiments, no. It's the consequences of his death, the death of the childless heir to the Militech Empire, that drives her mad.

"It is your duty as my sole reminding son," Father says, but spitting to her face would've been a gentler gesture, "My sole reminding son from which a Luccessi can be born."

A pretty thing to breed more pretty things, nothing more.

Nothing but an animal.

"Gabriele?" Father calls, made aware of her long silence, or maybe has he noticed the blood pouring from her hand from the nails dug into the supple skin, "Is that still too much a task for you?"

"No, father," she speaks, carefully not to let her rage show. Boys don't cry and girls don't yell, "I understand."

"Good. You've got a year. Before I make my own arrangements."

Before I sell you to the highest buyer, like the animal you are.

Gabby doesn't hear him saying goodbye, the fury within howling so loud it deafens all other sounds.

#thanks for the ask!!!#and letting me 1. talk about Vaea's & Linda's friendship 2. bring up Gabby's 'having a kid' arc #cyberpunk 2077 #oc: vaea temarii #oc: gabby luccessi #transphobia tw #<- just to be sure <3

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tlacehualli · 1 year

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what dat cyberhand do

"Slap people."

#evelicious #asks #i had to see this so yall have to as well #absolute crack

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morganlefaye79 · 5 months

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Can I get 1 for everyone; 15 for Vicco; and 17 for Joris pls?

Thank you for the ask 💜. Those are going to be fun!

You can ask me more questions here.

Demons of War: Is there a job that has left a permanent mark on your OC?

We're going for the sweet angst again 🤣

Valaire: He killed as was his job as an assassin, many people. He regrets most of them, all of those left a mark on him. When he became a merc he always tried to get the best outcome without killing, if he ccould. But the one kill that left him with a deep scar was the hit on the parents of his future wife. This was also the hit that made him question his life for the first time, but more would follow.

He didn't know who his victims were and he only found out that this particular kill were Faye's parents when they were already married. So he kept his mouth shut and never told her. Until he thought he would die and had a goodbye email prepared that was sent to her while he has fallen into a coma.

They stayed friends after their divorse in 2078, when he married Kerry instead, since it was a convenience marriage from the start, but she never could forgive him that he killed her parents.

Vicco: Let's see if I can write around it that I don't need to use TWs 😬

With Jackie's help, Vicco cpuld make a name for himself as a thief and merc. When Faye got pregnant, he wanted a better life for his child (Kilian wasn't born yet) and started to take every gig he could get his hands on, even the very bad ones.

The gig he took was actually simple, go in, steal a car, ride out.

He was warned beforehand from several mercs to not take that one, but he didn't listen.

He went into the garage, which was quite big found the car and was nearly sure to succeed as he felt something hitting his head.

After 2 weeks Maelstrom released him, they didn't even had the mercy to kill him for which he had begged at some point.

He was brought to Vik who had to remove both hands because they were damaged beyond repair. Vicco now had lost all his rep and both hands. He needed a very long time to recover from that, even when Vik got him 2 cyberhands, the mental scars remained. It costs him his relationship with Faye and his son, who was now born.

Joris: The worst thing about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies, but from someone you trust to some degree.

Joris felt betrayed by his own uncle, the person that actually raised him. In hindsight he came to the conclusion that his uncle just took him in out of spite, to use him to get back at his brother (Joris' father). Joris was always told that his parents didn't want him because he was "ugly" and a "failure".

When Joris got into a fight, which wasn't initiated by him he lost his arm and had a surgery to replace his spine with a sandevistan. He was berated by his uncle that he was too weak and that he should have had killed the attacker instead of getting nearly killed himself.

Since it was an emergency surgery, the hospital didn't have a sandevistan that fitted him perfectly so he got one that was longer as it should have been, which causes Joris back pain and is a constant reminder that he was too weak, even though he knows that this isn't true.

Smoke on the Water: What does your OC actually truly think about the sex industry in Night City?

Shitty at best (short answer) The long answer is still that the sex industry in NC is shitty but with more words. It depends on where you work actually, if you're out on the streets you're every day at risk to not survive that day either by clients or gangers that think you need to do them a favor. They highly agree with Judy, that every single sex worker, even if not "useful" at that moment should be able to join the Moxes so that they have at least some kind of protection. Especially those on the streets. Difficult are those that work in dollhouses, brothels, etc. that are owned by gangs. They are safer, as long as they make money, but they are still threated poorly. Vicco was on the streets, that's where they started their "career" as a joytoy, they were just lucky that they knew how life on the streets works, most don't. Besides this they also were a merc sometimes still taking gigs when the chance was given. So they can fight back in extreme situations if everything else fails.

They never worked in a dollhouse or brothel so they can only refer to things they'd heard from victims and others so they avoided this step from the start. They were very popular with their clients and they got more and more clients by recommendation until they could stop going out on the streets. All his clients could now call them and make an appointment.

They joined the Moxes at some point and took gigs from them when a score had to be settled. They do gigs for sex workers at a far lower rate than they would normally get.

Sex workers are also far more endangered to get addicted to drugs and/or alcohol and the suicide rates are rising every year.

Under the Bridge: If your OC is a netrunner, what does their interface look like?

I turned this question into a little practice exercise.

This is Joris' portable interface on his cyberdeck, I could have made it better probably with more time, but I think it turned out well enough to show. If you're curious, here is the clean one:

*disclaimer: Joris didn't give milk to Nibbles, he is just a stinker. And yes in my hc Nibbles is male, because my stinker is male as well.

#ask game #cyberpsychosis ask #Valaire #Vicco #Joris

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