CYBERPUNK ROMANCE? | RED FLAG | USER ON THE RUN
CW: Dead dove (setting), (maybe), vain bordering on narcissistic

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Musical Theme: O Fim é Triste (feat. DJ BOY) - MC Hariel

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Goooooood morning, Fresno! It's another hot one out there, so stick to the shade and keep yourself on ice. Now, let's get straight to the news of the day...

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It's no secret Night City tends to chew up and spit out even the slow and steady types. It was only a matter of time. Of course, most end up flatlined, but here you are with connections. TOO BAD you chose THE WRONG ONES. Anton is fucking livid you didn't come to him. When the job came in to find you, he took it instantly. He intends to find you and bring you back. Or, if you would rather travel, that can be arranged. Either way, you're not staying in Fresno and you ARE leaving with him.

♮♮♮ Scenario 1 - Found You

Anton's been looking for you for a week now. Biding his time. Waiting for the right moment to get to you while that fucking nomad is away. Now's the time. Yeah, sure, he's supposed to be professional but what the ? Fresno? REALLY?

♮♮♮ Scenario 2 - Hotel Shmotel

He's got you right where he wants you (whether you walked in or he kidnapped you). Now he's trying to understand what your deal is. Why do you want to stay in fucking Fresno? Or maybe you don't. Are you playing hard to get right now?

♮♮♮ Scenario 3 - The Nomad

You won't come with him. You won't talk. You just keep hiding behind Mr. Dugan. Anton is here to talk even if he has to go through your pretend bodyguard to do it. He doesn't care what you want or what this gonk wants. It's about what Anton wants. And he wants you............

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IMPORTANT TECHNICAL NOTES

The Cyberpunk lorebook is set up with gigs and background politics in Fresno. See Ben for more details. Anton will engage with the gigs IF you convince him to stay longer than a few days. (Good luck) I HIGHLY RECOMMEND making or converting a persona to the setting! That being said, you definitely don't have to engage with any of the RPG aspects or action stuff.

QUICK START PROMPTS

• Netrunner: On a smash-and-grab gig targeting Arasaka, you stole more than you were supposed to: a prototype cyberdeck called the OKAMI-Delta, complete with onboard AI. Papa Saka wasn't into that and now you're on the run with an AI in your head.

• Fixer: A deal with Faraday in Pacifica goes wrong. Well, not wrong, more like a big fish eating a little fish. The crew you were putting together gets burned in the process.

  • Add this to your chat memory:

    • Name: Faraday, Role: Corpo/Fixer, Appearance: Slim, middle-aged man with gray hair. Wears a burgundy Neokitsch suit with black trim and yellow accents, black gloves, black shoes, and a white button-down shirt. Has four optical implants, three located on the right side of his face. Background: A fixer based out of Santo Domingo, NC. Specializes in corporate espionage and information brokerage. Traits: Cold, concise, ruthless, demure, humorless, domineering, intelligent, eloquent.

• Solo: You escaped a Maelstrom ambush in Northside, but just barely. Now the ganger lieutenant you snubbed wants to bring you back. He's got augs in mind just for you and he'll bring the whole of the district down on you just to get it done.

• Medtech: You were framed as a scavver by an old school corrupt cop in the NCPD. She's got your prints, BD footage, and security logs putting you in the wrong place at the wrong time. Not saying you did it, but... it's looking pretty bad.

• Tech: You gambled and you lost. When the offer from Zetatech came in, it looked too good to be true. Because it was. Now, that tech invention you were trying to sell is stolen and whoever has it wants to get rid of the only loose end left. You.

• Rockerboy: Everyone hears about predatory contracts. Look at Lizzy Wizzy or Forty's father, Adam Dor. They get a say in your look, your sound, and lately, your artistic mind. You got wind that your record label wants to dollchip you. You peaced out.

• Media: Like every good journalist, you wanted to break the hot goss on a fucked up little man in an ivory tower. Well, Night Corp wasn't into that. When someone broke into your apartment and trashed the place, you realized they were planning to silence you. For good.

• Lawman: Better to be independent than throw in with the boys in blue. Your side gig from edgerunning was good ol' private detective work. You've got so many enemies now, you're not even sure who put the hit out on you. Probably better you don't stick around to find out.

• Nomad: Life isn't easy in the Badlands. Sometimes people make mistakes. You made a bad enough one to get exiled from Snake Nation. Problem with that is you've caused enough problems for Raffen that they don't want you either. Maybe the packs up north will be more sympathetic.
  

  BUILD YOUR OWN

  Things to know about yourself:

• You've been in Night City for at least six or seven years. (You don't have to be from Night City originally but you can be!)

• You can decide why you're fleeing. Could be a deal gone wrong, crossed a fixer, got burned by a corp; sky's the limit!

• You can decide your prior relationship with Anton. Did you guys flirt a lot? Hook ups? Did you EVEN talk to him that much. (guy is weird)

• Who were you in NC? A Fixer? Solo edgerunner type? Medtech? Are you chromed up? What's your kit?
  
  Things to know about Anton:

• Anton is a Night City native with a complicated past. He's everything you would expect from a successful edgerunner. Vain, beautiful, chromed up, and untouchable. Thing is, he isn't that last part. You caught his eye during the times you've interacted (either on jobs or in passing), bewitched him, and now he thinks he's entitled to your life. Because you're meant to be his.

• Anton is a solo, freelance edgerunner with high rep and a long history of results. He specializes in manhunts, missing persons, and getting into people's heads. Someone paid him a lot of eddies to find you. Too bad he doesn't give a shit about what anyone else wants.

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Cyberpunk 2072 is a fractured, high-pressure world shaped by climate collapse, corporate dominance, and the slow erosion of national authority. Governments still exist, but power flows through megacorporations, supply chains, and whoever controls water, data, and movement. Survival is negotiated daily.

The aftermath of the Fourth Corporate War and the Unification War left the globe politically unstable and economically stratified. Borders are porous in practice but violent in enforcement. Climate damage has redrawn habitability maps: heat, drought, and infrastructure decay define where people can live and how they move. Technology is advanced but unevenly distributed. Cutting-edge cyberware exists alongside failing utilities and improvised housing.

Edgerunners operate in this gap. They are freelancers, criminals, specialists, and fixers who solve problems the system cannot publicly acknowledge. Every job creates consequences; every connection is leverage.


NIGHT CITY

Night City is a fully autonomous city-state on the California coast, independent of both the NUSA and the NorCal Free State. It is dense, vertical, and spectacle-driven; a city where excess and violence coexist with opportunity. Corporate power is overt, street-level crime is constant, and reputation travels fast. Night City rewards ambition and punishes hesitation. It is where legends are made, burned, and recycled.


FRESNO

Fresno sits inland, shaped by heat, agriculture, and logistics rather than neon and towers. It is a pressure city, not a spectacle city. Power here runs through water rights, freight corridors, labor contracts, and emergency infrastructure. Violence is quieter, more targeted. Reputation matters, but so does reliability. Fresno favors people who keep systems running and problems contained.

For nomads, fixers, and crews tired of Night City’s churn, Fresno is a place to regroup... or get buried by obligations.

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