#our Cyberpunk Red campaign really is a mess...

[kimarisgundam]

My friend really adopted the NPC Wraith omg 😂

That's our new Nomad I guess, a butthole Wraith that have 0 moral values 😂. As my Netrunner, I don't really like him cos he tried to grab me while I was separated from Solo. Like how dare he try to touch my expensive jacket ಠ_ಠ

Like bisch, I know judo. My Body stat is low, but you can't avoid my Counter Throw so don't try me ಠ_ಠ

We were supposed to interrogate him, but we ended up having an emotional meltdown and arguing with each other cos of Nomad's death

And I guess my Netrunner and Rockerboy were making a scene cos he's trying to justify why he chose my Netrunner over Nomad, but my Netrunner is saying she can't forgive him for making her leave Nomad's body behind...

He basically laughed at us, called us sentimental losers, then asked if we are hiring ಠ_ಠ

According to him, reasons why we should hire him:

He doesn't care that we killed some of his pack members cos "F them", they stuck together cos of convenience

His pack is dead. As the only surviving member, he "inherits" all gang vehicles belonging to his pack (it's damaged though, he needs money to fix them)

The Wraiths have reputation, so driving with his vehicles deters other Raffen Shiv from attacking us. And he can negotiate with his gang to help us out on jobs (for a cut)

Our nomad just died. He doubts her family will stick around the city, so unless we find a replacement we won't have an armoured vehicle anymore

He doesn't mind working in the city and he said Exec looks like he needs a driver/bodyguard

He and Nomad go waaay back. He was exiled together with Nomad's sister. He's sure she would vouch for his vehicle combat skills if she was "not full of bullet holes right now" (wow rude ಠ_ಠ)

Exec asked him if he would hesitate if asked to shoot a civilian. He asked "do you want me to be discreet, or make it flashy as a warning to others?"...

Exec was immediately like "Hired." and I'm like wtf do we need to have a team meeting about this ಠ_ಠ?? This Wraith is unhinged, but my Netrunner is too emotionally unstable to protest now... I just want Nomad back ;_;

(Rockerboy doesn't want Wraith on our team. He wants to beat him up for joking about Nomad's death and for indirectly causing this mess)

[kyberled]

SENTENCE STARTERS: LET’S PLAY CYBERPUNK RED, EPISODE 1 PART 1

A collection of prompts and starters taken from the first episode of Polygon’s Cyberpunk Red campaign series: [x] 

Content warnings for death, strong language, and mentions of violence and drug use. 

Feel free to change names and pronouns as needed!

“We’re recovering from several man-made disasters, and kites are popular again.”

“Oops, that’s too much armpit.” 

“I don’t know who you know.” 

“You will be remembered.” 

“You’re not allowed to say that word on here, my dude!” 

“Boop, banned!” 

“Headshot! ... Sorry.” 

“There is maybe a job down there for us, and I could use a lift.” 

“Do you want me to come up and meet you up there, or  do you wanna come down here?”

“Doc, these guys gonna be okay?” 

“He was sliced and diced and blown apart.” 

“Saw a really sad thing today.” 

“I’m not sure how we’re going to get paid for this, actually.”

“Sometimes, you get paid in other things, like trust or friendship.” 

“Exposure!!!” 

“Let’s mop up these two dipshits and figure out who did it, then hit their head several times.”

“I just realized I called these dead people dipshits.” 

“I know all of this because he was saying it in Alf roleplay.” 

“They’re very fast, but they’re faster the wealthier you are.” 

“And they’re all like, armed, right?”

“Yeah. They’re super armed.”

“Work up a gentle demeanor, if I can.”

“This one? This one? That one? This one?”

“I’ve got a lot of cool.” 

“I promise you... You will not die.” 

“I mean, everyone dies, [NAME]. You shouldn’t promise that to someone.”

“But what I’m saying is it won’t be my fault.”

“I am so sorry for this situation.” 

“Just gonna pretend that didn’t happen.” 

“I don’t think they were looking for [NAME].”

“I think they were looking for SOMEBODY.” 

“You guys are really fuckin’ bad at this.” 

“I’ll admit, I can be a little bit bad bad at comforting folks who need it. But I’ll tell ya’, I’m really good at pounding peoples’ skulls into concrete over and over again, until they tell me exactly what I would like to know.” 

“Did you mean to threaten this guy?” 

“All I wanna know is what happened here, so we don’t have another mess to mop up. And that mess I’m talking about is potentially... You.” 

“I mean, steal from the rich, no harm done!”

“And snort what you get.” 

“It is what you said, it’s what you implied. Are you going back on your word?” 

“If I knew, I’d have blackmail, and I wouldn’t be here.” 

“Reach out if you ever need anything.”

“Reach out if you ever need anything, and I was mostly kidding about the head bouncing stuff. But I will do it! But I was mostly kidding.” 

“Call me if you need to know anyone.” 

“We’re not best friends, but I just thought it would give that parasocial relationship to people.” 

“Guys, don’t say other things.” 

“You’re making it sound like there’s more than one person-- There’s only one person in the bathroom, and it’s me, [NAME]!”

“I just needed a little bit of help in here. It’s nothing to worry about.” 

“And we WILL wash our hands.” 

“Can you wait until we’re out of the bathroom to talk about this?”

“It wasn’t even weird!”

“It was very weird.”

“And wash your hands!”

“This one’s zooted.” 

“Leaving it a little open-ended, there, [NAME].”

“Soft touch.” 

“Your eyes are so gentle.” 

“... That’s a good argument.” 

“I got some papers, don’t worry how I got ‘em.” 

“I’m sorry, that was really defensive. I came at you with all that defensive energy.” 

“I can get one, if ya’ need!” 

“I’d like you to remember that I helped you, and someday, maybe, when I need you...” 

“That’s not what I’m gonna need you for, but, thank you.” 

“What’s up everyone, I just walked into a locked room.” 

“Wow, special treat for you guys today!”

“Wow, special treat for you guys today: It’s two locked doors.”

“I guess it’s a bust for today.” 

“Your... Co-dependent.... Thing, is very strange.” 

“Is this like a riddle?” 

“Do you like to pick your own lock?”

“I sometimes pick my own lock, like, to practice.”

“Your lock’s been picked.” 

“My door’s been picked?!”

“I’m old school, what can I say.”

“If they just wanted to destroy it, why wouldn’t they just destroy it?”

“You’re blowing my mind, here.”

“We can stop it.”

“You don’t need to hate [NAME], you just need to love money.”

“I was already in the van-- I wasn’t in the van, but I got in the van because I wanted to come see you.” 

“I think you got, maybe one of those three is right.” 

“I ain’t never heard of him, no.” 

“Shit. I could’ve done this my fuckin’ self.” 

“I’ll look it up for you, you’ll owe me a favor.” 

“[NAME], this guy’s dead.”

“[NAME]’s dead, he died six years ago.” 

“You’re asking the important questions, [NAME].”

“Privacy is nonexistent.” 

“I don’t wanna meet a ghost.” 

“Forsooth! We’re here.” 

“I don’t see any problems with the plan.” 

“It is striking me as very strange, now that I’m thinking about it.” 

“We both drive. ... I also drive. It’s a-- Two-person... Driving... Car.” 

“I have trouble with the break and the gas at the same time.” 

“He just sits on my lap.” 

“And you shouldn’t! And you don’t.” 

“It was like on the news.”

“It’s really hot out in the van, can I get a CapriSun?”

“I already peed.” 

“Put your smart thoughts in my dumb head.” 

“It’s a very strange slogan.” 

“I’m so glad we’re sitting down for this drink.” 

“This was, like, a decade ago, which is like 100 years ago.” 

“You guys aren’t cops, right?” 

“We’re not cops.” 

“We split a paycheque.” 

“The ol’ waitin’ game.” 

“Let’s use our two braincells.” 

“If honesty if cool, let’s be honest.”

“Fuck yeah, come on! Shoot it into my fuckin’ veins, baby!”

“Thanks a lot, buddy. Thanks a fucking lot.”

“Welcome to this most righteous cafe.” 

“Garcon! First, I would like you to tell me what an egg cream is, and then, I would like an egg cream.” 

“I brought a juice box from the car.” 

“This fuckin’ rules!” 

“Is he super hot?”

“We did it! We heisted! We killed some people! Could we be any cooler?”

“I hope it’s the fucking cast of Friends!” 

“I’m not gonna stop you from doing that.” 

“Who the fuck is this jabroni?” 

“Name’s [NAME]. Just passing through, looking for a bit of information.” 

“I don’t wanna be too forward here, but unless you’re willing to talk with me on this particular topic, your love life ain’t gonna be the only thing that’s D.O.A.”

“That’s really good shit talk.”

“You’re gonna badmouth me and my besties?”

“You gonna come in here and sass us?”

“Well, you can bully [NAME]. He’ll just fuckin’ sit there and take it.”

“I will toss your salad and scramble your eggs.”

“You’re gonna talk right now, or you’re cancelled.” 

“This is our town!” 

“How you doin’?”

“Fuck you! Thank you.” 

“No, not that - why did you shoot people?” 

“Sorry, didn’t mean to escalate.” 

“I don’t live on the streets, I have a perfectly adequate apartment.”

“I’m sorry, that’s on me.” 

“You guys know the person you’re trying to blackmail is dead?”

“I guess it isn’t your day, your month, or your year? ... Or your week?” 

“Hey, okay! I mean, where the fuck did you come from, but yeah, this guy gets us!” 

“I did just say that your blackmail’s useless.” 

“And that’s where you should stop that sentence!” 

“In the shipping business, that’s what we call... I don’t know what we call it.”

“It’s a goof-’em-up.” 

“The problem with trucks, is, uh... Have you ever seen a bird?”

“Have you ever seen a bird that just really scared you?” 

“I’ve seen a video of a bird.” 

“If you have to steal, I don’t give a shit. Steal from somewhere else.” 

“So fuck you, I guess, fuck you.”

“I’m so sweaty, it’s so hot in here.”

“I’ll delete your accounts!” 

“You think you’re a big man.” 

“You mother fucker! I can’t believe you’d do this, to ME!”

“You just killed a man! In cold blood!” 

“I wish somebody had told you it was gonna be this way.” 

“Well, I hate to see people leave the forum.”

“I’m a moderator, this is just physical moderating.” 

“I did do that.” 

“And now we’re fighting back to back!”

“Aw, we’re the real besties.” 

“I’m very proud of all of you.”

“I’m very proud of all of you, and I’m certain that will last this whole time.” 

“I feel like I shouldn’t have a shotgun.” 

“Ba-bum bum ba-da-ba-da--” (gunshot)

“I can’t fucking follow that up!” 

“So I don’t fuckin’ care.” 

“What now?! WHAT NOW?!” 

“You guys need to leave!” 

“Way ahead of ya’, mac!”

“Way ahead of ya’, mac!” (smashes through the window)

“You did a great job of just destroying this woman.” 

“I hope these people never see me again, I don’t want to come back here.” 

“Make sure to like and subscribe!” 

“We haven’t killed anybody, have we?” 

“Let’s wrap this up right now, or I’ve got a feeling there won’t be a reunion show.” 

“Okay, okay, you guys are not cool.”

“We being chill about this?”

“I don’t know what we’re gonna do with this thing, it’s useless.”

“You keep saying that, and I keep not believing you.”

“Find somebody else to rob.”

“Find somebody else to rob. Rob somebody with money.”

“Did any of you see the thing that I did where I put the guy’s head on the counter and I hit him with a stool two or three times?” 

“[NAME], if you can promise to fight that well, I can get a lot more jobs for you.” 

“I’d also love to just hang out, if that’s a thing you would be interested in.” 

“You guys had to be there.”

“[NAME] jumped through a window.” 

“Avast! Above, I see... [NAME]!”

“Let’s just say we had to wine and dine ‘em.”

“I hit a guy in the head with a stool.”

“Let’s just say we had to wine and dine ‘em. ... I hit a guy in the head with a stool.” 

“That sounds about right, yeah.” 

“The only reason you’ve been surviving this long is because of the philanthropy of others.”

“I’m too smart for this.” 

“I think we took care of them.”

“If I were them, I wouldn’t come back around here.”

“But they are still alive.”

“If you decide that you do want them dead, you know who to call.” 

“And thanks again for everything you do. ... Oh, by the way, [NAME] died.” 

[kimarisgundam]

Rockerboy hates my Netrunner's dad cos dad tortured him, flatlined his chooms, and is currently threatening to call a hit on more of his friends

Exec doesn't hate dad, but is really salty over having his pride wounded. He has to occasionally work for dad now as a corp backed fixer cos dad let him walk from Arasaka

My Netrunner is super frigging pissed at her family cos

^ pissed at myself for being a coward and helping dad zero Rockerboy's friends + following orders and backstabbing my party

Big bro found out years ago that our sponsor helped facilitate the internal hit on our mom and his dad but didn't tell me

Big bro knew I was our sponsor's bio kid but chose not to tell me anything. No wonder he never called dad "dad" >:U

Dad is threatening tell MaxTac Solo has cyber psychosis if I reveal his affair to Arasaka (I retaliated cos he threatened Rockerboy)

And wtf dad! You told me the code I wrote was being used for therapeutic/medical purposes. Medical my butt! You used it to torture people >:U

The 3 of us are basically seething right now. And for the first time in this entire campaign...

My/my Netrunner's salt > my sense of honour/duty towards serving Arasaka/dad

Salt > my respect and fear of dad

Salt > not wanting to be a disappointment to my big bro

I basically just want to tell my family to go frig themselves now cos I've had enough of being lied to and manipulated >:T

Dad wants to take everything back from me cos I'm disobedient?

FINE. I'll borrow clothing from Solo2. I'll go from dressing in Jinguji to looking like Hatsune Miku with a gun >:T

I get why dad wanted to hide my Netrunner's existence cos it's not a good look having an affair with a traitor. But like, why didn't he tell the truth to my Netrunner? Is he that ashamed that she's his kid? Am I such a disappointment?

My current plan is to become dad's worst nightmare as a metaphorical middle finger to him. Like literally be a total disgrace as his bio kid. I'll even lie and say Rockerboy is my input

Exec is fully on board with this cos he wants to see my Netrunner's dad freak out, plus he gets to suck up to dad and play the good guy by saying he'll "look out" for me cos I'm with Rockerboy

Rockerboy just wants to stir crap so he's eager to do this

But our DM and Nomad are giving us the ಠ_ಠ look now cos we're hitting a hornet's nest

[kimarisgundam]

Can we please have a break..? Can something positive PLEASE happen in our Cyberpunk Red campaign 😭

We took a break for 2+ weeks just to come back to a mess (a mess that we made... but that's not the point) 😭

Exec is still knocked out, and my Netrunner's NPC elder brother just arrived in California... and he's NOT okay 😭. I swear, the pills aren't suppressing his psychosis anymore 😭

Like wtf dad?! He's my brother. He isn't your bio son, but he's my brother, doesn't that mean something to you??

Even if my Netrunner's dad/ex-sponsor doesn't care about him being her brother... he served Arasaka loyally for years! He modified himself to the point of no return to be a better "asset" to Arasaka and dad. Why is he being treated so badly?!

And my big bro isn't stable... cos Exec is down, the Wraiths who aren't directly employed by him double crossed us

We're in such a bad position that I wanted to negotiate with them to keep the peace. But the negotiation my Netrunner's bro lost his temper and crushed the skulls of 2 Wraith NPCs 😰

Our DM described him as having no emotions when killing them. He only snapped back to reality when our party's Rockerboy (there to emotionally support my Netrunner) shouted and punched him

He tried to turn on Rockerboy too, but I held him back with a quick hack 😰. Her big bro then started swallowing a handful of pills and said he needs to "get fresh air" 😰

Ok... firstly, what air?! The air in California is messed up. Secondly, he isn't supposed to eat so many pills?? Our Solo is on dad's pills too. I know the dose is just 1 pill twice a day???

Someone needs to do something 😰. I'm don't know what's going on cos Exec lied to me. But the fact that dad sent his bodyguard here (big bro)... it means this isn't a simple delivery job 😰

Where is dad?! My Netrunner's half bro is his bodyguard. Does he know big bro is losing control???

At the start of our campaign months ago, I remember really liking her big bro NPC cos our DM really characterised him as such a caring big bro to her... it was always us against the whole of Night City...

He would never harm my Netrunner... but last night he pushed her so hard that she took damage when she tried to stop him from snapping Rockerboy's neck 🥲

Maybe it's my fault 🥲... is he mad that my Netrunner chose Rockerboy's life over him, dad, and Arasaka..? He's definitely mad... I turned my back on my bio family and duty for the sake of "street trash" I met...

He isn't himself anymore. I literally don't recognise this NPC... his behavior is off... he prides himself on discipline and rationality, he wouldn't snap and kill people in such a sloppy way 🥲. He's a professional assassin for dad... no way he would kill so messily 🥲

[kimarisgundam]

It's been a few days since that Cyberpunk Red session and it's really dawning on me that I messed up ;_;

I know I messed up bad cos our DM gave me the ಠ_ಠ look (she does that when the party makes bad decisions...) and has to adjust the plot cos of me ;_;

I know I acted ooc based on my own irl sense of morality... but my Netrunner was at her breaking point too ok 😭

I know I'm a bad person, I did things I'm not proud of for Arasaka... that's why I defected... but no matter what, I'm still grateful to Arasaka and dad for raising me (as my Netrunner) 😭

For me to headbutt dad and destroy Arasaka property means he's really gone too far this time 😭

My friend/our Exec is pissed at me too cos dad went after him to "shake him down" for info on where I ran to 😭 (he's injured now unfortunately)

And I feel bad for Solo1 and Rockerboy cos I dragged them into my Netrunner's mess 😭

I guess our campaign has to shift to being in Dogtown now cos my friend's/our Exec's current plan is to hide my Netrunner + the NPC kid I helped escape from Arasaka in Dogtown while he figures out what to do ;_;

It's not like I'm defenceless... my Netrunner is an in-game prodigy cos of feats I pulled... but can't bring myself to fully go against my only blood relative... plus I'm terrified of Arasaka ;_;

I'm also not sure what to do with the NPC kid... I wasn't thinking ahead when I helped him run ;_;

Am I responsible for him now???

I just didn't want him to become like my Netrunner or Songbird ;_;... As my Netrunner, I replaced so much of myself and went by so many different names that I don't even know who I am anymore... I don't want this kid to go down that same path ;_;