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Tweak says, "Will you take me to the ball?"

Krystle Harrison (omggirlonthenet) wrote in memecakes,
@ 2012-02-18 01:29:00

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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
The Cyberpunk Meme

Welcome to the future. Unfortunately, it's not all it's cracked up to be. The very definition of the term cyberpunk is "high tech, low life." These are worlds defined by poverty or absolute control, where the net is your only escape from the troubles of the world. Cyborgs, metahumans, AIs, corporations with undisputed power are what's being served out here. Do you have what it takes to survive?

To get started, you can create a scenario for yourself, or merely go to the Random Number Generator and choose a pre-made one for you and your partner.

1. You or your partner (or both) is a hacker who just stumbled across the biggest information leak of your lives. This could make or break the two of you, if you know how to handle the consequences of your following action.

2. In the real world, people wouldn't waste their spit on scum like you. But in the net? You're a god, peddling information and resources better than Wal-Mart. Just be careful who you talk to. Not everyone thinks what you do is a good thing.

3. The corporations, the government, the gangs, the machines. It doesn't matter who it is, but you're tired of their interference in your life. Are the two of you ready to take them on?

4. You're the king or queen of your private enterprise. You have it all: A private army, AIs capable of placating the masses, connections even better than the government, and a demeanor that could charm Satan himself. However, there's still that little nuisance known as the underdog, and they're knocking at your door.

5. You just got that newest drug shipment in, and it promises to be the biggest trip in your life. It promises to make you stronger, faster, smarter, and sexier, all in one hit. The only thing left is to try it.

6. People are disappearing, and no one seems to notice or care, except you and your partner. The only thing? They're also your worst enemy.

7. You've just been kidnapped, and unfortunately, your partner's the kidnapper. What's their motive? Can you escape?

Anything I forgot, go ahead and play it. Make your own world, your own personalities. Have fun!

[Snagged from AegisDetective on LJ]

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Boomer (Tron: Legacy OC) - 6

boomersecurity
2012-02-18 09:39 am UTC (link)

People had been going missing, he'd noticed that, it was his job as system security to notice things like that, so far everyone who'd turned up missing were Lo-Teks, people who'd been living off the grid, on the streets. Not everyone living on the streets was lowlife scum, some of them, most of them, were just good people with bad circumstances.

When he brought his concerns to his superiors was told that he was wrong, or worse: that it didn't concern him and he should leave it alone. That was the one that worried him, made him wonder how long this had been going on and how many other people had found out about it and been summarily vanished.

He knew who else might know, or at least have noticed, and that was what had driven him to the Under City today, seeking out the one known as Top Dollar.

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