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 Hi! This is my first CYOA on SA, but I've made a few of them in the past. Usually I figure things out as I go, as I'm not really the best at pre-planning a whole, entire thing for my players to do. The way this one'll work is you all control one person, and whatever decision gets said the most (including ones that're similar, i.e "kick the guy in the nuts" and "kick the guy in the dick and call him a dweeb" would count as the same) is the decision we go for, sometimes with a combination of several decisions if I think it'd work and/or be entertaining. Should combat happen, I'll be using the Friday Night Firefight system from Cyberpunk 2020, because of course I am. If you die, it's not completely game over - This is the 22nd century! So, with all that out of the way, let's get started! Wirehead's a Cyberpunk CYOA set somewhere in the early 22nd century. You're someone just trying to make ends meet, be that as a gun-for-hire, ---- You wake up with quite possibly the worst headache of your life. At least, you think it is. You can't seem to remember. You manage to roll out of bed and stumble over to your studio apartment's bathroom, knocking over a few carefully discarded bottles of alcohol on your way. Wiping some of the steam off the mirror, you get a good look at yourse-- HEUUURGGCHKK-- you... uh, look back up at the mirror after spewing into the sink, and squint at your reflection. Who are you, again? You're not even sure what you look like. This mirror sucks. (Let's have some ideas for our character!) (More of these boxes might appear as things progress, keep that in mind!)   
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>Drink water.
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Mar 2, 2021 19:19
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I- I know who I am. The inventor of artificial stupidity. *turns on dumbbox*
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Mar 2, 2021 19:20
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We should have a cyborg eye that can pop out and walk around on little spider legs. That way it can crawl around and help us spy on stuff. Also it should be named "Li'l Eye Guy". Also we need to be grossly overweight and have multiple tubes attached to our internal organs to keep us alive.
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Mar 2, 2021 19:20
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A Fancy Hat posted:We should have a cyborg eye that can pop out and walk around on little spider legs. That way it can crawl around and help us spy on stuff. Also it should be named "Li'l Eye Guy". quote:Also we need to be grossly overweight and have multiple tubes attached to our internal organs to keep us alive.
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Mar 2, 2021 19:22
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We have an expensive cyberdeck because we are a nerd, but are still paying it off in installments because we are poor
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Mar 2, 2021 19:27
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*consider why you discarded empty bottles 'carefully' but not into the trash can* *call therapist* *book appointment to discuss hoarding and OCD issues*
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Mar 2, 2021 19:29
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We need a weed vape pen and a plastic water bottle filled with flat Coke in case we rip one too hard
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Mar 2, 2021 19:29
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So we've got a fat, poor, vaping nerd. This wasn't supposed to be self-insertion, guys! Could've had like, some badass merc with combat augments but nooOOOooo
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Mar 2, 2021 19:31
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I knew I shouldn't have bought all that crypto, you think to yourself out loud. I could probably afford a bathroom and gorilla arms if I wasn't so loving stupid sometimes. *looks around, desperately searching for that weed vape pen*
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Mar 2, 2021 19:47
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Need to eat something to help settle this stomach. *Check room for floor pizza*
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Mar 2, 2021 19:48
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I would very, very, very much like to be a vampire. Failing that I agree with giving us a weed pen and floor pizza. Do we have a phone? Is there a contact labeled "MOM"?
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Mar 2, 2021 19:52
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I also would like some floor pizza. And maybe finding whatever passes for my wallet in this century so i know if I can afford more booze.
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Mar 2, 2021 20:05
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Play posted:So we've got a fat, poor, vaping nerd. This wasn't supposed to be self-insertion, guys! You could always vote against the current consensus. Count this post as a vote for being a person of average build with a cyberarm where the hand can shift aside and we have a machine gun in our forearm. We should also have a weed pen.
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Mar 2, 2021 20:10
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> unceasingly poo poo pants while body deflates like old balloon
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Mar 2, 2021 20:11
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A Fancy Hat posted:Also we need to be grossly overweight and have multiple tubes attached to our internal organs to keep us alive. As a compromise let's have one (1) colostomy bag.
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Mar 2, 2021 20:22
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Heyyy wait a minute...that’s a funny looking mirror... *turns on monitor*
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Mar 2, 2021 20:25
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Run a comb through my volcanic red neon hair that I got implanted: It looks like poo poo because I bought the cheap plastic version.
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Mar 2, 2021 21:00
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rear end-penny posted:You could always vote against the current consensus. I thought about it but I kinda like the idea. Cyberpunk goonslob. He's still gotta be good at netrunning though, not a complete piece of poo poo loser. Floor pizza is a-okay
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Mar 2, 2021 21:09
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We attach our multi-tool hand. Vape pen, bidet, that flashlight you can freeze in an ice cube and it still works, pizza cutter, and a few "secret weapons" for later all whirr and click into place. Going to the bathroom is all done digitally now, so we also have a bluetooth device installed in our bowels that instantly transports all waste material to the nearest bluetooth-enabled toilet. No need to slow down on this adventure.
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Mar 2, 2021 21:19
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Play posted:I thought about it but I kinda like the idea. Cyberpunk goonslob. He's still gotta be good at netrunning though, not a complete piece of poo poo loser. Floor pizza is a-okay I mean, we can't really afford to buy tons of booze and pizza so we just use our nice deck to hack the most poorly secured pizza parlors for sustenance
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Mar 2, 2021 21:33
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>look around You can't see poo poo >look for spectacles You can't see poo poo >go south You hear a *crunch* >look down You can't see poo poo
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Mar 2, 2021 21:40
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> everything is either brittle or goopy, so dark.. something in front of you is solid though, rock hard, jutting into your fingers > GRAB > You have 2 rock hard nipples between your thumb and forefinger, you tug them onto solid ground and a light (your old zippo) illuminates the face of a beautiful woman, your grip tightens as she places a joint in your mouth > TOKE > now it’s dark again, but all the light is not lost.
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Mar 2, 2021 21:46
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lol ill sticky this when you are off your cspam probe
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Mar 2, 2021 21:59
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Are we able to experience joy or loss? is there a lead hanging from the light socket into a transformer, and from there into the inner workings of our brain? can anyone smell baking bread?
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Mar 2, 2021 23:27
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more like WEEDHEAD > Smoke two joints in the morning > Smoke smoke two joints at night > Smoke two joints in the afternoon > Feel all right > Smoke two joints in time of peace > Smoke two in time of war > Smoke two joints before smoking two joints > Smoke two more
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Mar 2, 2021 23:38
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Well, it's starting to come back to you. You almost wish it didn't. Overall, you seem fine, maybe a little pudgy. You grab your DopeStik from the sink and breathe a sigh of relief that you didn't get vomit on it. This thing wasn't cheap. It wasn't expensive, either, but you're broke. Weed's been legal since the Stoner Uprising of 2087, so there's no need to keep it hidden inside your mattress, or up your rear end, or wherever you sick freaks hide your drugs. You haven't gotten around to getting any chrome grafted on yet, aside from a mop of volcanic neon red PlastiHair that you regret more and more each day. You could probably find someone to help you out with your other wetware schemes, though. The official, sterile clinics are pretty expensive, but you've heard good things about tetanus-riddled alley surgeons. Of course, you'd still need to get the implants themselves... You make your way out of your bathroom, grabbing a slice of leftover pizza off the floor, along with your Obelisk - a smooth, black device that the citizens of the Inner System use to hold and transfer their money. Think of it like a debit card, but cooler. Yours seems to have $250 on it. A weirdly rounded number for someone who apparently uses vodka as a sleep medicine. Sat on your desk, on the other side of your apartment, is your terminal - A Pernell-Harris Cyberlance. Nothing too fancy, but a fairly decent mid-range term. Of course, that's bottlenecked by the fact you don't have a jack - you're stuck to running via the trode net dangling off the edge of the desk, for now. Electrodes, by nature, have much more input lag than plugging an interface cable directly into your nervous system.  
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Mar 3, 2021 03:04
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I would like to see what happens if we hook ourselves up to all those electrodes and download some extremely buggy upgrades to ourselves. Maybe like a Bonzi Buddy
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Mar 3, 2021 03:12
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Need to fix that hair - maybe we can melt it to a better shape using the oven?
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Mar 3, 2021 03:40
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Well, you can't download any updates to your body, not yet at least - You've got barely any cyberware. You can, however, install some programs on your terminal. You sit down at your desk and slip the hood of the trode net over your head, just about covering everything important. You smack the CONNECT button, and a sickening, falling sensation overcomes you as your perspective shifts inward, the retro-futurist clacking of hard disks spooling up just about audible. Once you're lucid again, your surroundings seem to have been replaced by a staticy, infinite void with a neon-green grid visible beneath your feet. You're in the MetaNet - A network of computer networks that's used for everything from grey-market wetware sales to planning corporate galas and video games. Of course, because you're completely detached from your real-world senses, you won't be able to tell what your physical body's carrying until you jack out. You quickly run ls ~/bin and see what software you're running with - just to make sure your hangover didn't gently caress your memory too badly. pre:NAME TYPE SIZE VERSION DESC metaav.ex UTIL 40SU 1.0 metanet avatar config zippo.ex ICEB 2.5KS 1.1 \/\/arezKlan ZIPPO icebreaker kevlar.ex PICE 1.5KS 1.1 kevlar personal ice - keeping you safe since 2054 Total disk space (this partition): 25GS Free: 24.9GS
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Mar 3, 2021 05:48
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Edit: Nvm that posted right as you did. What does the first one on the list do AshanaCratolus fucked around with this message at 05:51 on Mar 3, 2021 |
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Mar 3, 2021 05:48
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AshanaCratolus posted:Should hook up to the terminal so we can look up how to get a better hair job. ya just did doofus
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Mar 3, 2021 05:49
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hbag posted:ya just did doofus Yeah i posted right as you posted smh
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Mar 3, 2021 05:52
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Terminal, do you have any new dancers for me today?
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Mar 3, 2021 05:58
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eat dopestik
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Mar 3, 2021 06:01
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Hey, just so you guys know, there's also a CYOA happening in The 1000 Page Thread. Ours is run by AI. Here's a small sample:      
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Mar 3, 2021 07:07
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Tip posted:Hey, just so you guys know, there's also a CYOA happening in The 1000 Page Thread. thanks for trying to poach my players, i guess?
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Mar 3, 2021 07:11
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hbag posted:thanks for trying to poach my players, i guess? I don't think anyone is going to stop going to your thread just because there's a second game in another thread. Just figured people in here might enjoy what we're doing over there but not know about it.
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Mar 3, 2021 07:16
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Tip posted:I don't think anyone is going to stop going to your thread just because there's a second game in another thread. fair, i guess
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Mar 3, 2021 07:17
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Tip seems to me like the kinda guy who just gets really excited. So I don't doubt his motive, however imo it is somewhat bad form. Let's have fun it. Can we use our HACKER SOFTWARE to screw with the shuttle or otherwise play a prank?
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