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Project Vegas: Cyberfall

In a not-too-distant future, the city of Prime Vegas is, to many, the place where dreams come true. It is the golden era of video games—an age where people no longer work, nor burden themselves with the struggles of daily life. An age where one’s worth is determined by their ability to play, to win, and to conquer. All of this is made possible by revolutionary, hyper-realistic VR technology—so advanced, so immersive, that it takes the world by storm. Unfortunately, Prime Vegas is not a city of dreams for everyone. For a select few, it is a place of nightmares. Michael Stellar is no exception. After scraping together every last cent he could find to conquer the first level of a new, supposedly unbeatable game, he still ends up losing. Again. And again. And again. No matter how many times he tries, he never even comes close to clearing the first level. By the time it’s over, Michael has lost everything. No money. No home. No friends. Nothing. There was even a promised 100-million-dollar prize, and somehow, he lost that too. As if that weren’t enough, he watches his six-year relationship crumble in the blink of an eye. Broken and desperate, Michael wishes—if only once—that he could reverse time and get a do-over. Unexpectedly, fate answers. Michael is selected as a candidate for the game’s new experimental VR mode. “But wait… why does this VR feel far too real?!” he thinks. “Worse still—why am I playing as Milo Ashgrim, a forgotten side character doomed to die?” Michael stares at his reflection, his eyes widening in horror. “Is that… a bionic arm?!” Now armed with advanced technology from a dystopian cyberpunk era, Michael, reborn as Milo Ashgrim, sets out to reclaim everything he has lost, and change his grim fate!
Alalibo · 714 Views

Cyberpunk: Shiny And Chrome

Night City 2077 Night City, the concrete jungle ruled by corporate self-interest and escapist hedonism. Gang warfare is rampant and violence is the lingua franca, and all it takes for a person to be dragged behind a corner and be ripped apart for spare parts by those less willing to merely scrape by in life is a single misstep. Merely surviving in such a place is an achievement, and to thrive is nearly impossible. Pretty bad, no? Unfortunately for our protagonist, misery oh so adores company, and he is born into this world ravaged by genetic disorders and deformities, barely scraping by in his torturous existence through the stubborn efforts of his parents. But not all hope is lost, for for all the darkness of the late 21st century, humanity trudges ever onwards and there may yet exist an escape from his cursed existence. Will our unfortunate protagonist manage to survive long enough to actually live? Or will Night City claim yet another soul undeserving of its fate? Find out on the next episode of- Yeah no that is enough of that. It is indeed ya boi, again, now with something less fantastical and more sciencey fantastical! Where we replace the racist elf with a... slightly less racist? borg boi. ...I'll workshop it. Anyway! As you may have surmised this is going to be a fic set in the universe of Cyberpunk (and maybe something else if I feel like it later on, who knows?) where the main character is going to be a full cyborg (not instantly mind you but pretty quickly) with the progression being tied in with him making upgrades instead of the usual more natural path. I've been on something of a cyberpunk binge recently and found the number and length of fics to be lacking so I thought I might as well toss my own two eddies at it. As always there is no plan at all whatsoever and we are doing this live but I do not expect it to stretch itself anywhere near the length of the Sorcerer's Tale (at least not on its own) since the Cyberpunk universe is not all that extensive in what it offers, at least not when compared to Skyrim. That being said I probably just jinxed myself into another million words of writing so imma shut up and just let you find out on your own :P And of course, before I can get spammed by one bajillion questions and comments, I am not going to say a thing about the pairings. Could be one, could be two? Point is you all seem to focus way too much on this and frankly I am going to keep it vague for the spite alone.
Rastislav · 1.4m Views