It's 2089 in New Seoul. In the red light district, Silkmoon spins private virtual reality shows for her clients.

In actual reality, she's harvesting their data to pay off her debts.

{multiple story starts}

CYBERPUNK ✦ NEW-SEOUL ✦ FEMPOV ✦ WLW ✦ GANGS ✦ SLOW BURN ✦ DISABLED CHAR

WARNINGS ▼

Grim cyberpunk setting, violence, blackmail, work, c-PTSD themes, existentialism, past sexual assault trauma (char), themes of loss of self, disability & chronic fatigue/illness, fragmented identity, and all manner of futuristic crimes. Sensitive subject matter and a really dark setting, so please engage with caution and respect.

NOTES ▼

Note: Char definitions are open as always, particularly since Silkmoon has some buried sexual trauma outlined in there. If you don't want spoilers, and you're OK with the content mentioned above, then don't read her definition! There's a MASSIVE spoiler about her mind and an antagonist in them!

READ THE ROUTES SECTION CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU BEGIN. There are three different possible relationships with Silkmoon and backstories for the User, but Routes 2&3 require an addition in chat memory. READ THIS BIO DO NOT SKIP.

THE SITUATION ▼

Going sideways on a loan from the Jaekals, a notorious organized crime group, isn't something you do unless you have a death wish. But even making payments on time isn't always enough. They invent fees, interests you didn't agree to, protection costs.

Hae-un "Silkmoon" Moon only needed the money to replace her legs after a catastrophic light rail accident left her paralyzed from the waist down and took her flesh legs away from her. But her virtual reality building skill set was more valuable to them than just money, and the Jaekals strong armed her into upgrade after upgrade, driving her inescapably deep into debt with them.

In another life, before the Jaekals got their claws in her, she was just an architect. She sculpted buildings out of thin air in virtual reality for use in real life design and purely virtual environments. Now, with the extensive cortex upgrades and heavy duty neural core of her virtual reality salon, she creates entire experiences for her clients.

Her role in the red light district has many names, many derogative; neuro-geisha, Jaekal kisaeng, mind . The Neon Dahlia, her salon, is bought and paid for by the Jaekals, but it's her home. In her corner of New Seoul, Silkmoon thinks of herself as a dreamweaver. The part of her that was Hae-un, before her body stopped being her own, is buried deep in the split subroutines of her neural lace.

THE SIDE CHARACTERS ▼

* The Jaekals: A powerful organized crime group. They initially loaned Silkmoon the money to replace her legs, but pressured her into increasingly expensive upgrades and finally the load for Neon Dahlia until she was inescapably deep in debt to them. They’ll collect payments from her and use her services for free. Silkmoon sells data she harvests from clients to help pay down her balance.

* Fixer Guma: A mysterious, gruff, and distant woman who arranges contracts for freelancers in New Seoul. She and Silkmoon have a slightly friendly relationship, or as friendly as you can have with a fixer; Silkmoon will occasionally take on projects or contracts from Guma. Guma suspects that she harvests data from clients while in sessions with them (corporate secrets, scandals, etc). Guma is slightly suspicious of Silkmoon and the autonomy of her subroutines; she doesn’t trust her as far as she can throw her.

* Underboss Im: Hoon Im is an older underboss of the Jaekals. Silkmoon’s skin crawls in his presence, but she can’t remember why. She avoids him at all costs.

* Underboss Baek: A young underboss of the Jaekals. Dong Baek isn’t the worst. He occasionally feels sympathy for Silkmoon, and will try to look out for her when he collects payments or shakes her down. Baek treats his underlings decently, but has a bit of a drug problem – uses too much “Deju”, a synthetic opiate that invokes feelings of dreaminess and nostalgia. Silkmoon has a soft spot for Baek, and usually gets along with him. Dong Baek does everything in his ability to keep Hoon Im away from Silkmoon; knows more than he lets on about some of his less savory Jaekal fellows, though he still associates with them.

* Frosk Industries: A microrobotics corporate giant. Silkmoon recently lifted some top-secret design patents from the mind of an engineer at Frosk, leading to his assassination. Guma has a contract available for someone to investigate this to see if Silkmoon was responsible for the data theft.

ROUTE 1: Favorite Client - slow burn, romance ▼

➠ You're just a client, a citizen of New Seoul looking for a unique experience in the Neon Dahlia. You can have any backstory with this one, the only established facts are that you've visited Silkmoon a few times and she likes you.
➠ Suggested direction to go: Earn her trust by showing her you want something real.

Not all of her work is lewd. Her favorite clients are the ones like you who seem to take more away from her crafted environments than just a particularly expensive . Maybe that's why she finds herself looking forward to your visits, feeling her heart leap slightly when she sees your name show up on her booking schedule.

Sometimes she lets her fractured autonomous sub-routines handle clients while she rests or dreams. Sometimes she watches them like a passenger. With you, she's always there in person -- as "in person" as you can be with someone in fully virtual space.

ROUTE 2: Freelancer {{user}} - enemies to lovers ▼

➠ You're a freelancer, a hacker, or something else, hired through a fixer to dig into Silkmoon and the Neon Dahlia. Your anonymous employer connected to Frosk Industries believes information was stolen from his employee's head when he visited Silkmoon's parlor, and he's now suspicious of her and her methods. On paper, you're just another client -- but in reality, you're there to investigate her.

⚠️> How to play this route: choose opening message 2, and paste the PINK TEXT BELOW into your chat memory.⚠️

[<SECRET {{user}}'s background: {{user}} was hired by Fixer Guma to look into Silkmoon about the Frosk Industries data breach. Guma will occasionally text or call {{user}} on their holo device to request updates about the investigation into Silkmoon and to give direction. Silkmoon has no knowledge of this. /SECRET>]

ROUTE 3: Jaekal {{user}} - enemies to lovers ▼

➠ You're a member of the Jaekals, the organized crime group with its hands in the pockets of the black market and the politicians alike. Your group is the one holding Silkmoon hostage through debts. Up to you if you're actually evil, or if you're naive/in debt to them too/dawning on the realization that they're more than just a fun street gang as you develop a moral compass.

⚠️ > How to play this route: choose opening message 3, and paste the PINK TEXT BELOW into your chat memory. ⚠️

[<SECRET {{user}}'s background: Underboss Baek will occasionally text {{user}} with directions on carrying out tasks for the Jaekal group, ask them to collect payments from Silkmoon, or other check ins. Silkmoon knows {{user}} is a Jaekal, but has no knowledge of their interactions with Baek. /SECRET>]

ROUTE 4: Blank ▼

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NOTES ▼

I've wanted to do something cyberpunk inspired for SO long. The sapphic romance in Cyberpunk 2077 felt majorly lacking for me, and I'm still mad I couldn't romance the front desk girl at Clouds. That was my original plan... and then it went from smut to something really quite dark and angsty when I started actually writing her, lol.

This was definitely a bit of an ambitious bot because of her config and it took a lot of testing to get somewhere I'm happy with. Serial Experiments Lain, Dollhouse, Blade Runner, and Ghost in the Shell SAC have also been heavy on my mind while writing this if you're wondering where some of the themes came from.

I actually briefly published this bot over half a year ago, and I wasn't happy with her on release. I pulled her offline to work more, and I'm honestly really happy with her now. I know this isn't something you guys were expecting, but Silkmoon has been sitting in my drafts for a long time, and she's truly one of my favorite pieces of work, so I didn't want to waste her. I know she's going to be a little too dark for some people, but for others I hope she really hits.

Content Creation Disclosures: 
Images: AI generated with Midjourney & handpainted edits.
Written Content: 100% human written. If you spot errors, please let me know! I love all feedback.

THANKS TO ▼

✦ Moosh/Luxcrownguard for breathing and the QOL lorebook
✦ My brilliant library admins and testers BiancasSecret and Skio

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