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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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Sam(antha) Flynn (Rule 63'd - Tron: Legacy) - 2

wasmarvsidea
2012-02-18 03:24 pm UTC (link)

Sam wasn't a chip-head herself, she was just a programmer, but she was a good one, which meant she could afford to be picky about her clientele, who she sold to and what she sold them.

She'd learned the hard way not to deal with the addicts, the Lost Ones. Those people who could no longer differentiate reality from virtual reality. Sometimes she wondered about them, what it was they saw when they didn't have a crystalline VR plug in the socket at the base of their skull, if the world seemed empty or flat. She wondered, but she knew not to sell to them all the same, no matter how much they offered.

She'd been working on a new project herself, something she called Nostalgia. A chip that tweaked the senses, giving everything an 8-bit overlay. She had the visuals done, and was working on how to translate live feed sound into Midi format without distorting it too badly when she realized she'd been working for four hours straight. She shook her head, stretching and rolling her chair away from her desk to check her messages.

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