Life Death and Gambling
Life's not fair. That's what they always say. But I couldn't agree more if I wanted I took an arrow to the throat. You see there is this thing called the purge it happens once a year and all crime is legal for 12 hours. 6 pm to 6 am all crime including murder. Now I grew up with it I've survived 6 purges. I even have had to kill people which is how I found out I'm border line Sychopathic. You see anyone that I don't care about is more worthless then a bug to me. I don't have a desire to kill but I also don't feel anything when I step on an ant or put two in the chest of a person I've know for 12 years that just came in with a Machete. That was my first kill, I was 12 my dad was in the bathroom so i grabbed is colt 1911 from the coffee table and shot the man twice before going back to my ice cream. So of course my mom put me threw therapy till she was killed when I was 14 and my dad started training me with a few of his military buddies. Then he took a job on the purge when I was 16. He never came home. $850,000 showed up in my personal account the next day. Used that to stay alive the next year and took work guarding a darie farm in Bum Fuck no where Oklahoma.
It was dearing my second year working there that shit hit the fan. The purge is in about 20 minutes I've been awake about an hour. I'm sitting at the farm hand table cleaning my dads Colt 1911 that he was given from his dad. My Stoner 63 sitting pretty on the table with its belt of shiny 5.56 amoe hung inside with trasers and armor piercing rounds. As the slide if my hand gun clicks into place my employer comes in the bunk. "Okay Hicks Merce and Scum suckers Perge starts in 20 minutes! Hunter Edgar and Alin y'all are in south pasture." 3 mercy from Texas ex Marine Corps grunts grab there AR10 and two M14s of the table and head out. "Jackson and Ryan yall are on East and Sally your with the farm hands on the West pasture. That leaves you Harper and your lit belt fed monster."
With a sigh I stand up, "Boss this is a good gun. A gun trusted by special forces for a long time."
"It's expensive and old. It also chews threw your amoe. You fired more rounds than anyone else last year." Jared the Head rangler and the closest to the Hudson family you can get. Ex special forces with more records blacked out then not. He was an old shit he was pushing mid 60s and still out did most of the hired help.
"And besides you and that rifle I had the most confirmed threats neutralized." I sigh as I pull the Smoker off the table. I fallows Jared out into the evening air. The sun sets and rises with the purge. And the sun was setting.
"Yeah well I'll bet we have problems for eather the natives or one of the other ranches. Who knows maybe one of the rich people out here hired a private army again." Jarred said rubbing his should like he had some old wound their.
"You still need to tell me that story." I said with a chuckle as we walked down the path towards our posts. Him the main house roof and me the main gate a half mile down the way.
"Survive and I will."
"That's what you said last year." I said as he pats me on the back and head tawords his purch waving me off. I start the long jog as I start my music.
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Hours and Hours pass. Shifts are rotated and someone brought me food. I got cover to go to bathroom and like that most of the night passed. It was 2am and I smelled biscuits I take a look over my shoulder from my defensive position and see one of the maids coming up with a basket of biscuits.
As she got closer I could see her purple hair. "Shit." I sigh seeing the Hudson's youngest daughter coming up to me. "Julie! What the hell?"
She smiled as she plopped down back against my defensive fall of concrete and sand. "Oh don't be like that! I come all the way out here to see you and you don't want me?"
"Of corse I want to talk to you but your spose to be inside the house behind enough steal and Tungsten to stop a nuke." I growl as I scan the road and tree line.
"Don't be like that Harper. Or I won't tell you the good news."
"Sigh I what's the good news Julie?"
"Well you see dad agreed to let you stay on a more permanent bases to train under Jarred as head hand and head of security." She said with a smile turning tawords me only to see me tackle her before and arrow in bed its self right where her head use to be.
I roll so she's behind me as I pull my Colt and fire into the head of the man who had come from the barn's direction. Now it's definitely someone try to frame the natives as the wooden arrow was fires by an man in full black tactical gear with night vision and it was fired from a modified hunting cross bow.
The .45 punches threw his forehead and dumps what little brains he has on the grass. I pulled my radio. "Wolf to Over Watch targets spotted in side perimeter." Before I can even finish chaos erupted. I can hear the gun shots coming from east and west pastures.
The top of the concrete and sand explodes as something fast and heavy starts poring rounds into my wall. I hear my new gun my 280k gun get torn apart by continuous fire.
"Wolf Radios Dark in South pasture. The hounds are MIA. Get you and the maid back to the house will support! Over"
"Overwatch it's not a maid. The young lady snuck out. Repeat I have a VIP with me. Over." I said as I saw a glint and fired at it a second tactical dumb ass with green glowing eyes takes two the chest doing nothing but stunning him. Luckily Jarred is a great shot.
"Understood Wolf get the VIP inside. Overwatch has your back." The words came threw just as a red cloud exploded out the side of his head. "Over."
"Jarred is scary." Julie said into the back of my neck.
I wait for a few seconds before a crack is fallows by the chain gun going quiet. I scope up Julie and just start running. I hold her close and compact my chest as I run. I feel a few rounds land against the plates in my back. All of it small arms fire.
As we pass the barn I see one lying dead. Hole threw his chest plate MP5 at his side. So besides the chane gun they probably don't have anything heavier then the MP5 and cross bows.
Right as I think that I take a 9mm to my thigh and fall rolling with Julie. I growl as I unholster and fire the last 4 shots into the direction of a enemy. Said enemy was coming from East field and ate three rounds to the chest plate and one to the throat.
I grown as I reload and climb to my feet. "Julie run!" I yell as I start firing till I get to the man gun. I didn't have a direct except where I saw flashes and or green glowing eyes. I dive into a role coming up with the MP5. I firing in burst as I fumble getting his other two mags. My aim is less about killing and more about suppressing the enemy.
I can hear Julie crying getting further away as I stumble towards the house taking pot shots at the men coming up the drive. Every once in a while I'll feel something and turn only to dump a few rounds into someone getting too close to me or Julie. After the last round from the last mag clicks dry I turn and just bolt it I see Julie making it to the door. I make it up the stairs before I feel something pierce my throat I look down to see an arrow head. I look up falling threw the doors as a fucking arrow is going threw my throat and spine. I hear the doors close behind me. Clicking shut with a hiss.
Man just a few more steps from a failed job and another day on earth. But I got an arrow of all things to the throat. Shit with what they where using the arrow was basically there best thing for my rig but I took it to the throat.
And ass my vision faded and Julie's cries got further away. A blue screen appeared infront of my eyes.
After Life Gacha
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Bank Balance 530000
Karma Balance 100k
Total balance 630k
One Free Draw for postive Karma
One Free Draw for 1000 +
One Free Dra for +10000
One Free Draw for +100000
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I was now in the void just floating with the only light coming from the screen.
(Would you like to Spin?)
"Sure." I sighed without a mouth,
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Spinning!
(Rare Draw)
Congratulations your are no longer dead with the Isiekie experience! Welcome to Your New life in Cyberpunk! With the Rare Cyberpunk after life Reincarnation you are dropped with basic civilian grade Cyberware and the I'll wake up in Night City between the Time of Red and 2077. Spinning for time Now! You have 2075 one year from the environment of Edgerunners!
Rolling!!!
(Epic Cyberware)
Hardlight Shield Halo Reach. The hard Light armor upgrade has been turned into a piece of Cyberware installed in your left arm. Allows the user to summon a shield that can take damage over time or last 30 seconds and stops up to 3 anti material rifle rounds from Tsunami Rasetsu!
Rolling!!
(Uncommon Skill)
What does lock Picking and street magic have in common? They both use slide of hand. You are about as good as common street magician or criminal at using your hand for deception.
Rolling!!!
(Legendary Ability Tenker)
Ever Wonder How a gun Cyberware or military gadget works? Well now you know and you know how to build and upgrade any weapon cyberware and gadgets you can take apart you can build again from memory or find ways to improve it.
Rolling!!!
(Mythical Ability Tinker Trump)
Have you ever wanted to build a best friend! Well you sadly still can't but you can code one! You are now the best coder to ever live and can code a Evolving AI like those from Titan fall that grow along side you becoming more human. Do to these skills you are also a master hacker and Programmer! When you dive in the code you are all consuming.
Would you like to Buy a Role for 100k?
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What the fuck is Cyberpunk? And why do I now know an Aline language made of numbers? You know what yes role 6 time not like this is real.
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Rolling 6x
(Moderate Curse)
You are unnerving to civilians but Corps Solos Gangs and military members find you trustworthy.
(Major Curse)
Greed! What yours is mine and what's mine is mine. You will find it hard to spend money and will hunger for all that glitters the closer to 0 your bank is.
(Major Curse)
Lust! The longer you go with out sex the weaker you become in mind body and soul. If you go more then 30 days with out sex you will die! After 20 days you will become ill! And every day leading up to it your strength is decreased by 5% or that days Max.
(Major Curse)
Someone powerful somewhere high up in your new world has made it there goal in life to destroy you completely and won't stop till one of you isn't breathing!
(Moderate Curse)
The Yandere wants you boy! A yandere sees you and wants you!
(Minor Curse)
Stiffed! Most jobs will short pay your and most shop keeps will over charge you since your new! Maybe make a friend or a rep if you want to be treated normally.
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"Oh god life's not fair! I'm so far in the Black im drowning! How did I get straight curses!"
(Please enjoy your next life!)
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I woke up to cold water the sound of Gun fire and the smell of blood. I broke threw the surface of the water and bodies to see a man in a flickering Purge mask. My eyes scanned the area finding a scale near by I gab it as the man turns reloading and sees me charging at him but ass naked.
The blade snake in and slid across his throat easily. With a growl I push him to the side and grab his gun. It was strange with the word Liberty on the slide. It was a long pistol and for some reason it was blue and Orange in like a tidie pattern. I glanced out the door way to see blood and body parts flying from was looks like glowing blur with a bladed laser whip. The figure danced between the masked men.
Seeing as the same graffiti and designs on the masks was on the wall I rase the hand gun and squeeze off 4 shots as the blur slowed to a stop. My savior was a woman with long black and purple hair with some sort of glowing string coming out her arm. And for the amount of bullets flying she was in very little clothes. A pair of short shorts that show off a tattoo of DNA on her leg that showed off her long legs and ass, her up body was covered in a tight top that hid nothing with a shoulder holster with what looks like a revolver. And a purple hoodie.
I let out a staggered scream as I watch a 9mm slamm into her stomach before it fell to the floor. Several more ping of her hoodie. Her skin and hoodie where armored? What the hell is going on. I put around eight threw the man who shot her and while the bullets fell off her the other guys head snaps back as the wall turned pink.
"Holy shit! Your alive? I thought it would be a straight blood bath in here!" She laughed as the string seemed to zip into her arm.
"Wow what the fuck was that?" I said pointing at her arm.
"What you mean my mono Whire?"
"What's that? How where you moving so fast? Where am I?" I said as I tried to remember anything that wasn't my name. I remember the void the spins the curses but what happened where was I befor this what happened? It all escaped me.
"Oh shit you have brain damage? Well can't help that. What's your name if you can remember that?"
"Fuck I'm Harper, Harper O'Hara."
"Well I'm Spark just spark now last names no first names. My past died and I'm all that's left." She said with way to big of a smile. Her eyes glowed for a second. And her grin only got bigger. "Nice Gannic Cock Bro! Don't see many people rocking sub 10 inch ganic now a days! What are you like 8?"
"Awwww! Fuck where's my clothes!" I yell looking around and hid my junk behind a aluminum tray.
"Well there's plenty of Scaves you might be able to find something clean." She laughed as she began to grab guns and lose Cyberware.
I walked back into the bathroom and see the cargo pants the man i stabbed had on. I quickly began to strip him. As I was buckling the belt.
(Congratulations on surviving your Intro! One Free Role, $1000 and A background Street Kid Orphan gained! Would you like to roll?)
"Yes go head." I whisper.
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Rolling!!!
(Common Ability)
Strong Stomach! You anything that isn't poisoned you can keep it down! Still might get sick but you at least won't throw it up.
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That was basically worthless. I sigh as I grab the man's shoulder holster and a weird looking jacket off a table. It felt like leather but it was purple and Gold. It went down to my knees and had these weird leather bumps on the shoulders that looks like speakers. There also seemed to be ballistic grade Kevlar and some carbon fiber light weight plates in side.
"Oh my god you look horrible! Hopefully we can get you better clothes. I'll take you by Padre and make you his problem might even go tawords building that bridge." She laughed as she tossed me two magazines for the Liberty in the holster with the two I found it the pants pockets while putting them on that gives me four spare mags.
"Yeah maybe I'll get some answers." I said as I followed her out.