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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Falling asleep on the couch in the middle of watching Bushido X with Kerry for what felt like the hundredth time was not on V's list of things to do. But life had been exhausting lately, so she supposed she deserved it. Both of them did, really. When V opened her eyes, the sky outside was still full of stars, and the moon still hung overhead. She could only reason it had to be some ungodly early hour of the morning, based on the fact that the movie had finished playing, probably quite a while ago. She fidgeted, trying to get comfortable once more, and didn't realize Kerry was awake too. "V?" "We did it again." She joked quietly, leaning farther back into her boyfriend's chest. "Yeah, we did. So what?" Kerry reasoned, tossing an arm around V's waist. "I think we deserved a little break."

my comments + ref image under the cut !

THIS TURNED OUT SO MUCH BETTER THAN I"D HOPED IT WOULD

Some parts look a little wonky, this was basically a redraw of this picture, the scene outside the window looks less like landscaping at a fancy mansion on the outskirts of a big city and more like a green pasture, the "city light glow" effect looks a lil weird, but I digress.

I still love this.

Kerry Snuggles :)

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Hello Mr Kerry, would you mind answering 9, 17, and 28 for me? :-D

"Course not, Cherry. Let's see here…" 9.Do you have any nicknames for each other? "Well, in her case, V is actually a nickname, it just happens to be what she's known by. However after learning her name I did take to calling her Ronnie. If you mean like… pet name stuff? All the usual ones. From both of us, really. Baby, honey, this that and every other cliche name in the book. And maybe there's a few I won't mention, for her sake." 17.I heard s/i’s birthday is coming up. Is there anything you’re going to do for that? "It is? Well, there's a few options I could resort to, depending on how she's feeling that morning. In a bit of a better mood? I'll take her out to any club she wants and we can spend the whole night partying. Less of a happy mood? I'll order a whole bunch of junk food and we can stay at home watching movies all day. It's all about adaptability." 28.If you had to associate s/i with an animal, what would it be? "Something cute, but deadly. Like a wolverine. Or… What's that thing the cartoon was supposed to be?" ( You mean Taz? The Tasmanian Devil? ) "Yeah! That little bastard. Just like the cartoon, the actual critters are cute, but pretty damn mean too, when provoked. Like her."

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Thank you so much Storm for your kind words on my butterfly wings art with Graves! I appreciate you for taking the time to write what you did; I'm so glad you like the wings and agree Spanish moths are lovely; what kind of butterfly or moth wings would you see for yourself and Kerry?

Clover @tex-treasures

I have a specific list of bugs I quite enjoy for various reasons, and all of these actually come from that list. For Kerry, i'm immediately drawn to Basilodes pepita, the gold moth. They're really pretty, and I made the rapid connection between all the gold in Kerry's accessories and cyberware and the coloring of the moth itself. Secondly, i'd say I could also see him with Graphium euphrates wings too, specifically this specimen with the gorgeous slight blue tint. They feel appropriate for such a showy guy.

For myself, I may be biased but I have to bring up one of my favorite moths, Dysphania percota, the blue tiger moth. As you can tell with a simple glance at my blog, i am very fond of the color blue. However to give my s/i V her own set of wings, perhaps Atrophaneura semperi. Simple enough to look good for a merc, but with a flash of color to look nice. Plus, they're exceptionally cool looking, and I think V would like them.

Thank you for the ask!! @tex-treasures

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so the lovely @tex-treasures tagged me to do one of those couples highlight / my ship in 60 seconds thingies ( thanks tex !! ). fun fact, i've actually already done a bunch of them before, you can find that here at the bottom of a rather long reblog chain. now. without further delay, i think we all know which ship i'm doing

don't take love off the table yet ( kerry x veronica ) height difference ( 5'6" vs 6'2" ) • mutual pining • first kiss • first love • wedding ( hopefully in the future ) • in-jokes • lgbt+ ( kerry's bi and i'm... complicated ) • family disapproves • friends disapproves • would kill for each other • fake relationship • arranged wedding • cuddlers • pda friendly • and they were roommates • secret relationship ( initially we keep things quiet ) • opposing world views • opposing personalities • opposing goals • getting a pet ( does v's cat count? ) • have kids • grow old together ( they deserve a happy ending ) • relationship failures • rest head on shoulder • share a bed ( v is welcome at the villa whenever she wants ) • token dummies • relationship doubts ( from him. kerry has some abandonment issues ) • they have a song ( suppose i can count their tag song here, death valley by fall out boy ) • first date • share a jacket • sharing a blanket • mutual interests ( music ) • study buddies • bathing together • crash into hello • accidental nudity • laundry • same hobbies ( music, taking down corrupt megacorps, the normal stuff ) • cooking for each other • big fancy gala • sibling rivalry • hair stroking • dancing • laying in the grass • watching stars together • watching the other sleep • shared values • friends to lovers • enemies to lovers • lovers to enemies • childhood friends • slow burn • love triangle • toxic relationship • sitting on each other’s lap • can’t be together • hugs • forehead touches • neck kisses • car/motorbike rides ( late nights, to talk ) • compliments • nicknames • falling asleep together ( when we can ) • late night talks • gifts

I'd like to tag @oc-x-cannon-on-main, @lovingborat, & anyone else who wishes to jump in on the action!

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Under the Neon Moon Does it ever get lonely, being someone you're not? In front of the crowds you put on a smile and a laugh, brandishing a guitar like a weapon - or a shield. Does it ever get lonely, living in the shadow of a long lost friend? I know you cared for him, even if it didn't always show. Does it ever get lonely in that big empty house? After all, a gilded cage is still a cage, just with an added shine. On the nights where the neon moon overhead grows cold and you simply need someone, know i'm just a call away, and I will be there for you. Your lowest moments, your highest moments, and all moments in between. I want to show you that I truly care. In times where you wonder who around you truly cares, know that I always will, and there is nothing that could take me away from you. You always live in fear of when the other shoe will drop, and I want you to know that with me, it never will. On mornings where that big house feels a little too empty, I want you to smile seeing me, bustling around already, in one of your shirts, balancing breakfast in my arms to bring to you. I want you to know that under the neon moon, the only star I see shining in Night City is you.

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Howdy Bear, I'm so sorry that things are stressful for you and hope that you're able the find peace soon ✨💙🥺 I wanted to ask these questions to try and help; feel free to answer whichever you feel inspired to!

• What are your top five favorite books and why?

• What is one of your favorite childhood comfort films and why?

• What flowers do you like the most? Feel free to send photo refs!

• Which element do you relate to the most: earth, wind, air, or fire? Why?

• What are some of your favorite colors? Feel free to send photo refs!

• Feel free to introduce me to Kerry!

Remember to breathe deep, to take time to be quiet, to reflect on the things in life that make you happy, to reach out to people you care / care about you in your IRL space, try and treat yourself with little things like your favorite sweet treats.

If it helps, this quote always gives me comfort when I'm going through extremely stressful times: "Even this too, shall pass". Try to think of future things you're looking forward to, and if you don't have any, try to make some.

I believe in you.

Clover @tex-treasures

Ergh, stressful times, but I hope that a new week sees calmer waters in my future. It's been a rough week, seas got choppy, but i'm still standing and the boat's still upright, so that counts for something. I've got a nice cup of hot apple cider and some donuts, I thought i'd snack while I answered these. Thank you for the inclusion of that lovely quote, I feel like I need to put it up somewhere in my day to day interactions until I get all this ironed out fully.  ( Hi, Bear from the future here! This got a bit long. Strap in for some reading. There are pictures and a song to look forward to, though. :) )

The question that immediately jumped out at me was one of my favorite comfort films from childhood. This has reminded me that I need to go back and watch this sometime soon. The Princess Bride. I unabashedly love that movie, and I more than likely always will. I saw it for the first time around age seven or eight, and it stuck with me for years. I can probably recite that entire movie word for word as it plays in front of me. It's a tale of love and loss and friendship and betrayal with a happy ending to close everything off. It was a nice movie, and I will still always laugh at the little bits with the grandfather and grandson telling this story as we see it play out. "As you wish" is one of those movie phrases that is going to be permanently stuck in my brain, no matter what. 

Books. The one topic that will always fall close to my heart. I was a child who's friend group was mostly books, only a few real live people. This became a bit of a nostalgia list opposed to favorites, as they're all books i discovered when i was younger, but i do still adore them all, even this long after discovering them. First on my list is Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman. Yeah, the one that Shopping Website Company turned into a movie i'm scared to watch, i'm that attached to this book. Catherine's personality as seen through her narration in the diary entry style of writing drew me in, I got a copy of the book from a garage sale in fifth grade for twenty five cents out of a bargain book bin. I fell in love with the tale. Second is Precious Bones by Mika Ashley-Hollinger. The book follows ten year old Bones in the Florida swamplands, circa the late 1940s. Her father, Nolay, is the prime suspect when Bones and her best friend Little Man find one of the real estate developers Nolay had scared off the family land dead at the edge of the swamp after a storm blows in, and foul play is suspected. Bones is determined to figure out the answers and help her father. In case you want to read it, I won't spoil the ending. Third place is taken by The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin. This was another chance find, I picked it up from a thrift store because the blurb about the book sounded interesting, and I gave it a read. I thought it was quite an interesting concept, and got rapidly attached to the characters. The story was a little complicated for me to follow the first time through, but once I read it again, I realized how a lot of the puzzle pieces fit. Again, since it's a mystery, I won't spoil the ending. All i'll say is that it follows the story of the inheritance of Sam Westing, the mysterious owner of the Westing Paper Plant. Whoever can solve the mystery of who killed him receives his millions. I can only think of these three at the moment, but they're three books I always come back to. 

Flowers! This is so blessed. So, most of my favorite flowers are simply wildflowers, or flowers you can find absolutely everywhere, because i'm simple. Firstly on the list, falls railroad lillies. I know that's not what they're called, but that's what I grew up calling them. I'm not sure of their actual name. They're these lovely orange lillies that tend to grow in abundance near railroad tracks, in ditches, or other out of the way places, hence their name. I'm also incredibly fond of larkspur ( particularly blue ), queen anne's lace, and black-eyed susans!

Now, for the Info Dump. You gave me an excuse to talk about Kerry ( and by extent, CP2.077. ) so I will most definitely be doing that. Also, i apologize in advance for the word dividing, I do not want to be perceived by the fandom if it's still living on this website. They're here to critique things and play the game as it's meant to be played and i'm here to run around and look at all the visuals while Johnny chirps in my ear like an off key canary because I do all the sidequests before continuing with the actual plot of the game.  Anyhow, imagine with me if you will. History proceeded a bit differently, and we are in a future where technological advancements have surged forward at an astounding rate. The year is 2077, and we're in the free city-state of Ni.ght City, located on the coast of what once would have been central California. However, technically we first meet Kerry in a flashback. 2023. A lot of things happened in 2023, including the end of Samurai and the attack on Ara.saka Tower. We first meet Kerry when he's trying ( albeit unsuccessfully ) to talk Johnny out of the attack.  ( A moment of interlude here, just to mention that I love that his design in the 2023 flashback stays true to his design in the original Cyb.erp.unk 2013/2020 ttrpg source material. That was a detail that could have easily been overlooked or ignored, but they stayed true to his original design, at least for the moments in the past. I appreciate that nod to the source material. ) Back to the future ( heh ) to meet Kerry for the second time, when Johnny insists we check up on his old bandmate and so we sneak into his mansion to sit and play guitar to make him trust us and realize it's actually Johnny. Of course, after Samurai broke up, Kerry made it big on his own, leading to his successes and the mansion on the good side of town. Johnny was worried about him after seeing some troubling headlines about Kerry's mental state, and wanted to make sure his friend was alright, that being the main reason Johnny eggs the player on to go check on Kerry.

Now. On to the man himself! Back in his Samurai days, Kerry filled the role of vocal and lead/rhythm guitar, and had the same dream Johnny did. Changing the world through music. However, he and Johnny didn't always agree on the methods, and this lead to some rough patches between the friends, Kerry even making a few grand tries at leaving the band, but his somewhat complex relationship with Johnny would always pull him back. Samurai officially ended with Johnny's departure, and left Kerry in a rough patch. That rough patch eventually lead him back to his roots, and he stayed on Masbate in the Philippines for two years to re-gather the pieces and see what he could pull out of it all. He returned and launched an exceptionally successful solo career, that after a little leg work, took off. An unexpected turn in his life was the marriage and the kids, but all that left him with was the now ex-wife getting a decent chunk of their shared possessions, and the kids, and promptly shutting him out of their lives. He tried to keep in contact, but the ex-wife was having none of it, and used most of Kerry's well meaning if misguided attempts at positive relations to prevent his kids from idolising him. As of the game's events he appears to be still a popular artist, although he's afraid of falling to the shadows, and he cares an immense amount about the public opinion, keeping tabs on articles relating to himself. He's started losing inspiration, however, rather understandably after almost half a century in the spotlight. His missions in the game are some of the most fun because you get to go around town with him and break things and cause chaos, and it all starts because a new girl group used one of his songs, and he's angry that he was never informed about it. However, if you play your cards right in the game, and this is how I choose to see my canon, there's a happy ending where Kerry partners with the girls on a new project and starts plotting his revenge against his manager who went behind his back, knowing that he can't just outright fire his manager thanks to the hold the manager has on his music.  And here in the timeline begins the romance options, and I change canon a BUNCH from here on out. Boy, oh boy, I sound like the wiki. /lh Kerry is a man with a very long rollercoaster of a past, that has left him with doubts around himself, his music, and the people he surrounds himself with. I just want to be able to be there for him, hype him up when he needs it and show him that, at the very least, i'm not going anywhere. <3 ( i will also be subjecting you to him singing, please enjoy :D )

And here is his face for you to look at ( some of my favorite pictures i've gathered ) :)

Thank you for the ask and for the lovely distraction.  @tex-treasures