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sending one of these to little v—christ alive i didn't think this png was so big help?!!!!!???

he’s gonna need a bigger straw

#cyberpunk 2077 #lil guy v #i drew this tag #askingcactus

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OC INTERVIEW : Lil V :)

thanks for the tag @v-eats-bugs (and @elvenbeard's post that reminded me that I have yet to do this even though I was tagged!) get ready for your local little guy answering some of your q's (this pic was supposed to just be a cover but it does make him look like he's answering these before bed in his jammies, which could fit too)

🔸Name?🔸 "Contrary to popular belief, it's not a pasta brand, but I would neither confirm or deny any guesses."

There's been wild rumors that he's changed his name to Vitoli or Viagra (Jackie's fault for that one) but nope, his name's still Vincent. His last name's Woodman or some other boring generated name hospitals print out for babies with no parents claiming them, so he never went by it. Great decision on his end, cus "Vincent Woodman-or-similarly-boring-sounding-last-name" sounds more like an accountant than a cool merc.

🔸Nickname?🔸 "Just V."

Before Atlanta, some 'friends' burned him and used him as scapegoat for a gig and he landed in prison because of it. His efforts to erase the records and leave much earlier than his sentence bankrupted him; but he got out and decided to wipe his slate clean. What better way to start a new life than with a new (technically just chopped down) name?

🔸Gender?🔸 "🤨📸"

Cis male. But he thinks it's weird if people gotta ask that.

🔸Star sign?🔸 "Aw fuck, I gotta ask Misty for that, I keep forgetting which one I am. Hang on."

This is totally not a cop-out cus i haven't played phantom liberty and therefore am still unsure when is his canon birthday. Either way he doesn't care about it that much.

🔸Height?🔸 "5'8 which I've heard is 173cm."

173cm is NOT 5'8, he's lying or simply getting it wrong, and frankly for night city denizens, that's more amusing to ponder than his height.

🔸Orientation?🔸 "Oh ;) I'm not picky! ;) heheh wait i mean 🤨📸"

Sometimes his excitement at the prospect of getting laid by hot men and women makes him forget to act cool and nonchalant about being bi.

🔸Nationality/Ethnicity?🔸 "I mean I'm pretty sure I gotta be somewhat white, but never knew the detes. Not gonna pay a corpo for them to tell me about it either, cus what do they know?"

He has a paler complexion, but sometimes his features on the right lighting kinda play tricks on you. With him being from Heywood and no parents to speak of, he has no idea if he could actually be part Hispanic or Asian or any other ethnicity. Obviously, he could pay to get some 2077 "hyper-accurate" version of 23andMe but he thinks that's bull and way too easy to fake. Totally just that and not cus he gave up on the idea of biological families anyways, nope.

🔸Fave fruit?🔸 "I dunno, never really had anything 'ganic 'cept some grapes and they were really sour, so probably not those. Pears are okay, I guess."

🔸Fave season?🔸 "Winter. Atlanta sucked but they had better winters."

Atlanta's winter was colder than Night City's, so the idea of spending the holidays just cold and broke with crippling loneliness sounded too horrible. He attempted to avoid this by treating himself to a 'real' white christmas experience, tried ice skating and making snow bunnies when it did snow and got hot chocolate and even bought himself some overpriced present and all that. Atlanta didn't work out, but he did like winter coming out of it, and he gets nostalgic of it when the holiday season come around.

🔸Fave flower?🔸 "Sunflowers. Oh, but cherry blossoms are really pretty too, even when they're just holos."

He doesn't tell this story much, but when he got out of prison, the field next to the road was riddled with dying sunflowers. Nothing welcomed him out of the gutter but those shriveled plants right next to ones that were done blooming couple weeks ago. If he had been able to get out earlier, he could've seen at least some of them in bloom. It should be a bitter thought and memory, but he found walking next to them very comforting. He has a soft spot in his heart for them ever since.

🔸Coffee, tea, hot chocolate?🔸 "Well not coffee, and not tea, so I guess hot chocolate it is. Actually, you have that iced?"

He used to think he's a coffee guy but dating Kerry made him realize the canned coffee he drinks are just sugar with a hint of caffeine flavor. (he hated the black ganic stuff Kerry drinks but powered through that One Time) In general though, he likes cold drinks more than hot ones.

🔸Average hours of sleep🔸 "I'd like to say 8 but I know that'd be lying. Probably closer to 5 or 6."

Don't get him wrong, he gets on the bed. He just scrolls his phone for hours after and doesn't sleep immediately when he gets on it is the problem. He falls asleep closer to 2-3AM, then wakes up at 8 or 9. This is a real issue if he stays the night over with Panam at camp, since the Aldecaldos are mostly early birds.

🔸Dog or Cat person?🔸 "Oh cat, definitely. Have you seen my cat Nibbles?" *queues up 100+ picture slides of her directly to your holo*

🔸Dream trip?🔸 "Antarctica, maybe? Heard it's kinda peaceful over there, and it'd be even colder than Atlanta so hell yeah, could get all cozy, bundled up and waddle around there for a bit."

🔸Fave Fictional Character🔸

to reiterate this post , he found a copy of Toy Story 4 and made fun of how Duke Caboom sounded like a chipper, Canadian version of Johnny. Then the whole 'guy who failed a stunt and got thrown in the trash because of it, is actually deeply terrified about the entire experience but still continues to be a happy dude' hit too close to home.

🔸Number of blankets they sleep with🔸 "??? People sleep with multiple blankets??"

Just one. He gets too cold even with it when he gets even sicker from the relic, so he sleeps with fuzzy socks too now. The idea of two blankets for one person never occurred to him.

🔸Random fact🔸 "Okay, I'm only gonna tell you this 'cus I'm back in Night City, and enough time has passed that no way anyone can actually get anything to stick to me... but back in Atlanta, I used to crash weddings. Not even for gigs, was just trying to avoid spending eddies on meals. It's really easy to just sneak in, especially if you wear some black cardigan, or flash a digital lanyard, or just walk really fast and with purpose. They just assume I'm part of the event organizer or one of the catering team, and let me in. Then you just act like you've been invited, grab a plate and mingle with some guests who don't look important. Was better entertainment than BDs too, hearing all the stuff about the bride and groom from different tables. Sometimes I just let slip some gossip I heard from another group to the current one I'm mingling with, and shit would hit the fan real quick, which means I get to delta nice and quiet. I wish I could stay for more of 'em, Atlanta weddings end a lot more in fist-fights than Night City ones, that's for sure."

Yeah so he might not know or realize this detail, but he most definitely was the reason those fist-fights happen and was part of the reason for the spike in divorce rate in Atlanta for a bit.

phew that was a lot of words. no pressure tagging @mail-me-a-snail @glitchinginthegarden and anyone else who'd like to join but haven't been tagged! :)

#lil guy v #askingcactus #drops some elusive additional lil v lore and runs

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🖊️ + little v 🥺?

my favorite little v tidbit that canon technically supports is that he thought of Johnny's request to take Rogue for the movie date very thoroughly. and the thought of Johnny potentially using his body to fuck Rogue obviously came up and then he just went

the queen of the afterlife who's thrice my age and could kill me with a phone call??? >> the queen of the afterlife who's thrice my age... and could kill me with a phone call....

what can he say, he's particularly weak for grumpy women who can kill him. it's why he's so in love with night city ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

#he's not REALLY into rogue like that but he Understands and he is Supportive of johnny #cyberpunk 2077 #askingcactus #lil guy v

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BOLD the FACTS

RULES: BOLD what applies to your OC I was tagged by @elvenbeard tysm! here's some little v lore before i hide in the bushes again 🏃‍♀️💨 and him being so touched people want to know MORE about him

⭕❌⭕ PERSONAL ⭕❌⭕

Little V grew up dirt poor as a Heywood kid who never joined the Valentinos. But he was smart enough to get himself by (even if he cuts it close sometimes!) Technically he's pretty well off after becoming the go-to merc guy that fixers call, but old habits die hard and he often forgets he could afford the bigger treats. He was also sickly when he was a kid due to his ganic lungs being bad and Night City's air being dogshit. But then he got himself synth lungs and was fit as a fiddle all the way until Johnny happened and now he's back in square 1. I once wrote a fic about his history with his cybernetics that doubles as a little snippet of him throughout the years !

Financial: wealthy / moderate / poor / in poverty Medical: fit / moderate / sickly / disabled / disadvantaged / non-applicable 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 / yes, but charges were dismissed >> was arrested multiple times and actually went to prison for a bit for some crimes he couldn't wiggle out of and had to pull in party favors and bribe the guards to hotfix the system and get himself out faster than he's supposed to serve. the minor crimes record stuck though.

⭕❌⭕ FAMILY ⭕❌⭕

His nice "everyone helped each other in the streets" story he told River was code for leeching off the soft-hearted joytoys and two-bit thieves who plays hot potato with children just like him. He was either abandoned in the hospital once he was born, or his parents were dumb teens who got themselves killed, or he was dropped off in the middle of a crowded street--the detail's kinda fuzzy and he doesn't bother to try and clear it up. His birth certificate most likely just listed some random generated name the hospital got before handing him to the nearest person willing to have him, so he never bothered to identify himself with his surname.

Children: had 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 AND TENDENCIES ⭕❌⭕

Little V loves friendly quips, sometimes borderline into being a quick-tongued smartass (especially more so if he wants to annoy someone to death). he's always eager to listen to people's experiences and expand his horizons! that said, at the end of the day if it comes down to it, he'll always put himself first. he believes it's better off that he does things alone because of that, especially to minimize the chance of hurting others in the process.

♦ extroverted / introverted / in-between ♦ disorganized / organized / in-between ♦ close-minded / open-minded / in-between ♦ calm / anxious / in-between / highly contextual >> he tends to have a hard time sitting still but is otherwise calm in demeanor. ♦ disagreeable / agreeable / in-between ♦ cautious / reckless / in-between / highly contextual ♦ patient / impatient / in-between ♦ outspoken / reserved / in-between / highly contextual >> he tries to see other's POV and keeps his head down and mouth shut just to avoid prolonging time spent with people he disagree with. he won't sit still and take shit if it gets personal though. ♦ leader / follower / in-between >>he's not too happy that being the top dog means taking over the afterlife in the don't fear the reaper ending and would rather give the role back to Rogue, both because he knows she loves the place and treats it right; and because he can admit he sucks on making choices when they involve other people. ♦ 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 / in-between / unknown ♦ faithful / unfaithful / in-between / unknown >> i headcanon that the whole dating both kerry and panam thing is consensual from all parties in a "this is my boyfriend v, and this is v's boyfriend kerry" thing; but he knows it isn't the real exclusive experience.

⭕❌⭕ BELIEFS ⭕❌⭕

I actually wrote a fic about his 'faith' so yes this works as ANOTHER fic plug. tl;dr-- he believes there's a higher power, somewhat, but just chalks it up to Death incarnate... and death's pretty fucking final. He also thinks ghost/spirits only exist in a manner of living on as memories/legacies. He loves aliens and thinks werewolves are totally real though, just to balance it out. Also used to like T-Bug's fun shakespeare-esque philosophies, makes for good convo starters.

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 AND ROMANCE ⭕❌⭕

little v's relationship with sex is pretty grim. He used to think he'll have more time to find actual love and something more than quick fucks when he's made it to the big leagues... but then the whole relic business started and now he can't waste time to fuck much less to properly find love. still, if presented with the chance, he's never going to say no. AND he likes to think he managed a little slice of real romance here and there, with his big feelings with Panam and his mutual crush with Kerry... even if both won't last and he eventually broke it off. his actual one true love is Night City, which really, nobody can compete with :/

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 ⭕❌⭕

he quickly learned that his smaller stature gets him in tight places and if he could hack cameras and klep things without alerting any system in said places, people would pay him, and pay him well. sometimes his MO doesn't work out in his favor and he has to fight his way out; which sucks since he's HORRIBLE at aiming with a gun and would have to resort to close-ranged stabs with a knife or his mantis blades... but more often than not his stealth and quickhacks saves the day. he can read but he's not a reader. and he has no idea what could be considered art, much to Johnny's chagrin.

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 ⭕❌⭕

it's not that he doesn't like drinking or partying, it's just that he thinks you should do a job sober, and you never know when the next job's gonna pop out. getting a snack doesn't count though. actually it should be encouraged. he needs the energy and all, right? and besides, quickhacks make him hungry! two fishball sticks please.

Drinking Alcohol: never / special occasions / rarely / sometimes / frequently / alcoholic / former borderline alcoholic turned sober >> he'll always order a drink at a bar, but he likes the taste of ice cold NiCola after a hard day at work more than he does a beer, sue him. Smoking: tried it / trying to quit / quit / never / rarely / sometimes / frequently / chain-smoker >> only smokes for Johnny. he had a bad experience with his ganic lungs to ever condone smoking Recreational Drugs: tried some / never / special occasions / sometimes / frequently / addict Medicinal Drugs: never / no longer needs medication / some medication needed / frequently / to excess >> uses stims and other combat drugs if shit hits the fan; and is generous with his use of Bounce Back and MaxDoc instead of visiting the nearest ripper. he tries not to think about the possibility he might be too reliant on them Unhealthy Food: never / special occasions / rarely / sometimes / frequently / binge eater >> street food enthusiast ganggg Splurge Spending: never / sometimes / frequently / shopaholic >> he hustles to buy the pricy things he want/needs and then it's "why do I need more stuff, I like the things I have now." Gambling: never / rarely / sometimes / frequently / compulsive gamble

PHEW that was a long one. thank you for reading about him if you managed to get all the way here! no pressure tagging @bunwithantlers @killyourrdarlingss @glitchinginthegarden @mail-me-a-snail and anyone who'd like to!

#lil guy v #cyberpunk 2077 #askingcactus

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5 songs, 3 outfits 🔥

Rules: post 5 songs associated with your OC, followed by 3 outfits they would wear.

thank you for tagging me @mail-me-a-snail! lil v incoming choo choo~ (im gonna post 5 songs i haven't yelled about in the master playlist essay i made for him last time)

🔥5 songs🔥

Aztec Death Whistle - MISSIO

You destroyed me just to leave me And I felt like I was dead Stop fuckin' with my head Cast out by 16 when I was just lookin' for a home I felt fucked and abandoned and abandoned Gave up by 20 and thought God had saved my dark soul

2. Me and My Brain - Airways

And I'm sure I heard him say "You can't get in the backseat 'Cause you'll drive me insane You and your brain"

3. DRIVE OFF A BRIDGE - Jakey

Tell my friends that it's okay know I'm with you everyday Nothing's ever gonna change even if we separate Tell my lover that I'm sorry for these days I couldn't save Know I love you from the morning to the night I drive away I wanna go 85, drive off a bridge and die

4. It's Called: Freefall - Rainbow Kitten Surprise

Anyway, you say you're too busy saving everybody else to save yourself And you don't want no help, oh well That's the story to tell

5. Demons - Joji

You're taking my heart, now They're taking my heart, now And I don't know why [...] We don't gotta die so soon So I just behave for you, for you, for you

as for 🔥outfits🔥, little V doesn't wear a lot of bright colors, and prefers a jacket or a hoodie with him. he also usually doesn't wear anything fancy (since he's not used to dressing up nice) because he wants to keep a low profile, and slip in and out of windows and whatnot easily.

(the cardigan fit is one he especially used a lot when he was in Atlanta when he crashed weddings pretending to be a guest!)

No pressure tagging @elvenbeard @v-eats-bugs @toastysol @killyourrdarlingss @z-lagorio @chessalein and anyone who'd like to join, feel free to feel tagged by me!

#i realize the songs make him sounds super depressed but he's stopped trying to actively jump to death now!! #he's behaving. for johnny :'} #lil guy v #askingcactus #ofc there's it's called freefall in his playlist 😔🤚

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I can perfectly see your lil guy v just excitedly showing street kid stuff to Panam while her nomad ass is absolutely flabbergasted

Like, at some point there's a random fight happening in the street next to them, Panam is worried, and he's like "you don't have cyberpsychos randomly popping in like that?" "V. No."

(i love all of your art but the panam and v ones are just njsbgjsdbgjsbjgkdsbgsbgjksdbgsd)

i think you'd be happy to know i had written something exactly like this once with Panam and Little V in my fix-it-that-doesn't-fix-anything-fic:

#thanks for the love! #panam/v def needs more love <3 #askingcactus #the fic also has some panam/v stuff if you're up for reading my bullshit

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what does your heart look like?

was tagged to do this quiz for an OC by @killyourrdarlingss (thank you for tagging me!) im gonna follow the same route of using my little guy V and post a widdle analysis of the result

no pressure tagging @toshkakoshka @glitchinginthegarden @civilization-illstayrighthere @elvenbeard also feel free to use any OC as usual :)

an open door, a burning hearth Your chest is wide open, and your heart is a home. Others are welcomed in readily and asked to stay. You are comfort and love, everything you were never given but so desperately want to provide for others. You have built this welcoming hearth with your own two hands and won’t see anyone else left out in the cold. Be careful to not burn yourself out trying to keep everyone else warm.

My V's a streetkid and one of the canon things from streetkid backstory is that he was raised by the neighborhood; which i feel was just code for him never knowing who his parents were and probably never even knowing if his surname's his actual name hence his reluctance to go by his full name. I also think he got burned by people he trusted who'd call him Vincent, so he chopped the name down even more in anger.

despite his "i got high walls nobody even KNOWS my real name >:)" shtick, i think by Night City standards V is inherently very friendly and kind. He checks up on his neighbor! He lets kids beat him at games! He talks to everyone even in market stalls! My V's a little guy with equally little self-preservation, but he makes up for it with a big heart :) (well at least to people who aren't actively shooting at him)

also i doodled and made a fic about johnny complaining about v being too nice to people once, which explored this aspect of his character a little bit

#cyberpunk 2077 #lil guy v #askingcactus #johnny calling v smol bc he's sick of the relic malfunction and also to piss off v like #*johnny voice* i see this as an absolute win #doodle was an old wip but it sorta fits the vibe #also fic plug but like I WROTE THIS DOWN ALREADY OK I COULD JUST SCREENSHOT IT INSTEAD OF RETYPING

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i was tagged by @glitchinginthegarden to make an OC from this piccrew (thank you for tagging me! always love getting tagged :)) i made little v because of course i would.

POV: you're a cyberpunk 2077 enemy NPC who messed with the wrong little guy. i thought of giving him his real hair color but decided he should stick with his dye job, just imagine if he actually retouched his sides back to silver.

no pressure tagging: @toshkakoshka @bunwithantlers @killyourrdarlingss @genocidalfetus and anyone else who'd like to make their OC!

#askingcactus #lil guy v

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pleeeeease tell us more about jamie i already love him soso much

oagh anon you've done it now. jamie started as a joke in the distant yell discord server when we (okay, mostly me) were talking about wacky far cry 7 possibilities:

the idea was that he's another jay-name from America (like Jason and Ajay), and Jamie could also work as a girl name so if they pulled another Dani Rojas-esque protag it'd still work. here's a few doodles I've done of him when I was figuring out how he'd look: ranging from crypto bro, to your average American backpacker, to bbno$:

eventually I thought it'd be cool to just lean into the whole "you're not the hero you think you are" formula of Far Cry and finally have a protag that is treated as a villain of sorts. (hence why he's wearing red! which i talked about here as a theory that ubisoft sticks with the red is for villains, blue is for friends dresscode) a 'protag' who's so engrossed in having fun and causing chaos for any revolutionary local group that asks him for help, and for the real-life players to enjoy... and remains oblivious that his actions wouldn't hold up in the long run. It'd be somewhat hilariously tragic that within 20-30 years, an American called Huntley came in a failing state, wreaked havoc with his actions, and left. Truly his daddy's son.

The snake charmer nickname/inspired look is just something from a Saint Motel song. I figured he'd be a little snake-like as a character, inherently cunning and slips through cracks by nature. Also, the 'snake eyed' thing is funny because snakes (and Jamie) have poor eyesight, and my idea of FC7 would include a mission where he loses his rose-tinted glasses and the game makes it 240p mode for the duration of the mission.

some other trivia facts i dreamed up about him includes: his mom (Willis's ex-wife he mentioned in Far Cry 3) remarried, and he has twin step-sisters. He is also Down Bad, and is even hornier than Jason but that's neither here nor there, because you don't really need to manipulate him to get him to do your dirty work.

Also I made a playlist for him because of course I did. 🐍

#jamie huntley #far cry #thank you for asking anon mwah mwah #askingcactus

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I just wanted to say that i love your V and your art so much 😭❤️ Genuinely he’s adorable and the way you draw him makes my heart soso giddy whenever i see your art ‼️‼️

waa thank you anon!! i hope this wip of him i had meant for an animatic which i completely forgot about brightens your day \(￣︶￣*\))

#not a thought behind those eyes #arasaka is punching the air that this guy is causing sooo many of their problems #i drew this tag #askingcactus #lil guy v

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I LOVE UR V SO MUCHHH the lil hcs and scenario doodles are SO CUTE

thank you! always a treat to know my little guy’s blorbo beam somehow hit yet another person (*¯︶¯*)

#lil guy v #i drew this tag #askingcactus

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17 and 13 for the littlest guy ever v 🫶❓

13. What's their relationship to their body? Self esteem? Self image?

Little V actually hates being called little (im sorry buddy!!), growing up on Heywood and being on the smaller, shorter side had a lot of drawbacks. He's come to terms with it as he grew up, especially since he figured how to make it a perk instead-- being small gets you in tight spaces and that's great for sneaking in and out--but his defensiveness and annoyance when he gets called 'small' or 'cute' stuck. He used to be pricklier about it pre-heist, privately wishing that people would think he's cool and how it'd be better if he physically looked more intimidating and how that'd help him get respect. After the heist he worries more about not being the one to wake up in his own skin to not be comfortable in it.

17. What little regrets do they have? If we're talking about a BIG regret he has, it's sending Jackie's body to Vik's, which caused Mama Welles to not have anything to even bury. He had sent Jackie to Vik because he didn't want Mama Welles to see Jackie's body that way, hoping Vik would manage to clean him up before calling both Misty and Mama Welles. Sure, nobody knew Arasaka would've scooped Jackie's body up, but it still eats at him that he's the one that made that call.

If we're talking about a smaller regret, it's a friend of his back when he was growing up in Heywood. She was pretty but not particularly smart, so she got roped into the wrong kind of company and joytoy work. He occasionally gave friendly advices such as 'uh, you really shouldn't just lend strangers money just because they said you'd be evil if you don't.' but otherwise he steered clear, worried he'd get roped into trouble and thought he'd be better off worrying about his own back. when she got a particularly nasty client who was on the Valentino's bad side, he didn't give her a heads up because he wasn't about to try and get killed for being a hero or something equally stupid.

She died not long after, clearly caught in the crossfire with her client behind her back. It had been a pretty obvious ending for her story but when he heard the news and stopped seeing her on her usual spots, he can't help but think it would've been less about trying to be a hero and more about trying to be human. Afterwards, he's a bit more open to risking a limb out to help people.

[Make your OCs suffer]

#lil guy v #woo wee this got kinda sad #ty for asking i never got a chance to talk about his heywood friends before #tbh they're all p nameless to me #i used to think her name's lily-anne or something equally southern but that's so not cyberpunk-y #askingcactus

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NIBBLES NOOOO pls, I'm intrigued xDD

once again i'd like to put a disclaimer this one's a sad one despite having nibbles on the title :'D i answered with a previous snippet of it here, but here's another snippet of it! (also written before the whole date update happened, so kerry's never been to V's place in this one for now)

His holo rang, and V jumped, cringing again at the spike of pain in his abdomen as he did. He glanced at the holo image, and swallowed uneasily when he saw it was Kerry. He swipes to answer.  “Fucking vo–wait. Wait, V! You answered!” Kerry cried out, going from annoyance to surprise. He sits up properly on a sofa, V takes a minute to recognize it’s the one in his villa. “Holy fuck, I’ve been trying to get to you for days!”  V suppressed a wince, “Been busy.”  “Yeah, I, uh. Heard.” Kerry says, suddenly looking like he hadn’t expected the awkwardness of the situation. “You heard?” V asked, frowning. “Yeah, from Rogue.” Ah. V had called Rogue first thing in the clinic, once he was sort of lucid, to tell her Johnny was gone. He thought he kinda owed it to her, though it was probably leftover regrets from Johnny who always felt like he owed something to Rogue. Figures she’d tell Kerry. Or Kerry had called her up to get to the bottom of things. You never really quite know with those two. “Not like I couldn’t figure it out if she didn’t tell me, media blasted your footage once they got their hands on it.” Kerry added.  “Really, my face?” V asked, rather surprised. If it had, he doubted he could be walking around pretty idly so far.  “Nah, blurred face. But who else wears that prehistoric looking jacket around?” V felt a smile tried to tug at his lips, and was surprised that it didn’t manage to bloom on his face.  “How, uh, how’s it going?” Kerry asked, in a way that made it clear he doesn’t really enjoy being on this end of the conversation.  “Well,” V says, using his knees to support himself standing up, decided to just buy both tuna cans “It’s going.”  Kerry looked dismayed at his lackluster answer but tried another route stubbornly, “Right, uh. You look like you could use some drinks and a night out. What say you–” “Not allowed to drink right now.” V cuts in, not really having any energy to explain further, he rings up his items, forking eddies to the cashier who doesn’t seem to care, popping a bubblegum lazily at him. “Oh. Dang. Well, we could spend the night in instead. Ooh, hey, have you watched the final season of Little Big Corporat? I swear, this shit depletes brain cells but it’s actually addicting, I’m–” “Kerry,” V cuts him off again, “I gotta go, I have to feed Nibbles.” Kerry blinked at him, “Who?” “Nibbles. You know, Nibbles, my cat? I sent you a pic of her once?” “You have a cat…? What– oh, wait, yeah, I remember now, the one that looks like a rat.” “She doesn’t look like a rat,” V says, for the first time tone rising defensively. “Look, V. I know, it’s… Look, I’ve been there, okay, with the whole Johnny being dead…thing.” Kerry says, and glancing at Kerry’s face at the holo, it looked like he’s chewing sawdust to say it, “Anyway, I just don’t think you should be alone right about now–” V couldn’t stand to hear him anymore, “I’m not alone, I got Nibbles, and I gotta go. I’ll call you wh–” When I feel better? When I’m not dying? When what? “I’ll call you.” V corrects himself sharply, and he hung up.

despite my disdain of lil v's one way ticket to being alone, i always like making kerry as bad therapist and lil v as an even worse therapy avoider. ty for asking!!

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Music Tag Game

i was tagged by @glitchinginthegarden for this, tysm for tagging me! always a sucker for music tags <3

S - Someway, Somehow - DREAMERS W - When He Died - Lemon Demon E - Evil Eye - Franz Ferdinand A - Arrowhead Man - Reality Club R - Ruby Off The Rails - Sarah and the Safe Word I - I Created a Monster - Hello Operator N - Never Take It - Twenty One Pilots G - Grow Back - The Happy Fits C - Clusterhug - I DON'T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME A - Arm Candy - Record Heat C - (The) Cult of Dionysus - The Orion Experience T - That Unwanted Animal - The Amazing Devil U - Used to be My Girl - The Last Shadow Puppets S - Swim Naked - Betcha

the cult of dionysus followed promptly with that unwanted animal must be some major whiplash but we're not about neck safety in this household. no pressure tagging: @bitchofedensgate @toshkakoshka @killyourrdarlingss @chris-sya @bunwithantlers and anyone who'd like to join :)

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I hope this isn't too parasocial but I just wanted to say that I really like your shitposty Cyberpunk2077 comics. I like your V a lot. He's such a little blorbo T-T also I find your characterisation of the other characters to be really on point. I just really like them. Sometimes if I'm feeling down, I go to your blog and read some of your comics because they always managed to get a laugh out of me even if it's not my first time looking at them. Keep up the good work :]

anon thank you for sending this to me!! still astounds me that my blorbo could also fit himself into other people's blorbo-meter. and to hear my silly wiggly lines is simply enjoyable is already a win but to hear it could make your bad day better i-- 😭 honestly 'thank you' doesn't cut it to actually say how much this means to me but thank you!!!! i hope you'll enjoy the shenanigans i make in the future! :'^)

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WET WIP WEDNESDAY!!!1!!!!!1!!

Kerry tells him ghost stories, he doesn’t do it often, but he does do it. It happens on suspiciously quiet nights, when they lock themselves up in the villa, after one too many drinks. The same kind of nights where Kerry feels more like an old friend than a lover, when V doesn’t want to think about how that works and neither does Kerry so he’ll take a swig of something and do his best impressions of the stories his grandparents told him. Or something he’d read in old school shitty blogs on the net. Kerry’d lie and say he doesn’t bother to remember instead of saying his memory’s already playing tricks on him.

“Ya superstitious, V?” He’ll ask every time, and every time V answers, “A little.” 

And Kerry never 100% gets why V will chuckle at that– because it’s an inside joke between V and Johnny: that he’s haunted and sometimes possessed by a ghost in his body and the exorcism is taking a little too long. But by then Kerry will continue anyway: “Lemme tell you something.” 

And then he’ll go on a spiel about some nightmarish story straight from hell. Chromes housing souls that disobey new owners they’re implanted on. A cursed katana with an insatiable lust for blood, destined to kill anyone who wields them. The three eyed crows that squawked like a prequel to death, mutated as a result from nuclear radiation, how Arasaka blasted them all to extinction and how if you go to Arasaka Tower at night, you could still hear that god awful squawk!

Tonight, Kerry starts differently, “Death Dips,” He says, the name like a whisper to waiting devils eager to start the night properly, “The coaster to hell. Seems like something up yours and Johnny’s alley.” 

“Is this the rollercoaster up in Pacifica? ‘Cus that is up our alley, we got that fixed.”

“No it’s not– you fixed the Pacifica rollercoaster?” 

“Yeah.”

“Like, fix fixed it? It’s safe?”

“Yep, took it for a spin with Johnny right after.” 

“What, why didn’t you take me for a spin?” 

He feels Johnny’s smug preening like a vice in his chest, next to his guilt towards Kerry. Kerry must’ve guessed the answer, the blatant didn’t even think about it, and he scrunches his face unhappily. Rockerboys don’t like to share anything, including and not limited to practically dead mercs. 

“Death Dips?” V fished, trying to segway back into the story.

thanks for tagging me @civilization-illstayrighthere! i haven't been writing much since i've been busy lately but im planning to post a fic soon, dunno which one since i have a couple of wips. This is one of em that originally started as a short series of horror stories that kerry tells v that now became its own thing. also inspired by the song Death Dips by Kid Kapichi no pressure tagging @killyourrdarlingss @glitchinginthegarden and anybody else who'd like to <3

#askingcactus #i think i actually posted this once before! #but i'll do it again cus my other wips are either romantic garbage or super angsty messes rn #cyberpunk 2077