the cyberpunk au meme

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The Cyberpunk AU Meme 3.0 [OPEN BETA]

Welcome to the future. Please abandon all hopes and dreams after this point, for the very definition of the term cyberpunk is "high tech, low life". The idea behind cyberpunk comes from the thought that as technology advances, so broadens the gap between social status, where becoming middle class is an achievement and anyone wanting to become anything higher suffers from pipe dreams. This life is pain, where the only person you can really trust is yourself.


These are worlds defined by poverty or absolute control, where the net is your only escape from the troubles of the world. Cyborgs, meta-humans, AI, and 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, or you can even leave your comment blank and let respondents pick.


Possible roles
>The office drone: You're no one special. Day in and day out, you punch into work. You're unaware, or at least uncaring, of how shitty life around you is because at least the fistful of dollars you get keeps you from being on the streets.
>Deprogrammed: Similar to above, but a set of circumstances has made you realize just how blind you are. You don't have the savvy others may have but you have the determination to see your goals out until the bitter end. Or at least until your enemies make you a better offer.
>The muscle: You have a specific set of skills that are in high demand. Be it assassin or head-basher, you're rarely out of a job.
>Tech support: You have a way with computers that would make ABC agencies cry. Big people rely on you while even bigger ones are trying to get their hands on you.
>The talking head: Your district, your city, or your country knows you well. You're the face of propaganda, and boy, can you weave it! You're kept comfortable by the masters that feed you, though the days may be difficult as you see more and more injustices enacted.
>The Street tough: You're the lowest of the low. Life has given up on you, though you keep fighting on. You're the dealer, the gangster, the informant, the thief, and more. You know all the short cuts and the best ways to cause a stir.
>The fish out of water: Through experimentation, creation, or other factors, you've found yourself in this brave new world with no support to lean on. You need to understand the way things are if you're to survive long.
>The Hard-luck hero: Can be any of the above, though circumstance or sheer force of will has kept you from straying away from doing what's right.
>The Antagonist: Board member of a mega-corporation? G-Man with the need to stay in Power? Religious fanatic with an extremist bent? The background matters not. What does matter is that if you aren't the problem, you certainly benefit from perpetuating it.

There are so many more possible roles, so don't let this list limit you! If you think it could fit, play it out!

Prompts
>Deep Throat: One (or both) of you have managed to stumble across information that could change the way the world around you works. This could make or break the two of you, if you know how to handle the consequences of your following actions.

>The Hook Up: 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.

>Take a Stand: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?

>Thorns In My Side: 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.

>What You Need is a Gramme...: 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.

>The Patchwork Man: 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.

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

>Voight-Kampff: Your job is to track down and 'retire' human-like bioengineered androids who have gone rogue. Sounds simple enough, right? Not when your targets are as intelligent as any human, or more. Not only that, they are stronger, almost indistinguishable from humans in appearance. So much so it's possible one could be one and not realize it...

>Be More Human: You're a cop, a gumshoe or someone else dealing with law enforcement, a dangerous job to do alone. Good thing you have a partner, right? Only one problem, they're an android. Robots who can think and feel are a thing now, and what's more, some are starting to think they should have all the rights humans have. Whether you agree or not, you two are stuck together.

>FUCK Society: As the internet grows more advanced, so does inter-connectivity to the point whole cities are now monitored by powerful operating systems that govern all aspects of city life. You are a hacker that is out to fight the megacorps, while seeking revenge against the criminal element.

>This is the Construct: You're not just a cog in the machine, you are literally inside the machine itself, either raised from birth or a visitor (willing or unwilling) to this digital realm. Can you bend reality to your will as a User, maybe even The One, or are you a Program of the system, out to help or hinder the hero's mission? What are you supposed to do? Survive.

Comments

Wrench | WATCH_DOGS 2 | ota

[wrenchinald]

[hey, it's barely an au, watch_dogs is almost cyberpunk anyway. wrench is a hacker, although he also enjoys breaking things and blowing stuff up and whatnot. anarchy! he's certainly good for your underground type stuff.

i'm a sucker for cybernetics and the like, so we can always incorporate that shit too. lots of options here, hit me up!]

[megatechbody]

[ But what if Wrench ran into one of the best hackers ever, who may or may not be interested in the trouble you can cause on behalf of her government. ]

[wrenchinald]

[it depends, but if wrench runs into anything that's on behalf of any government, he's not gonna be a happy camper. government baaaad.]

Liquid Snake | Metal Gear | ota

[saveyourserpent]

[metal gear has some cyberpunk elements, especially if you set it around metal gear rising. liquid's a genetically engineered super soldier who is big on revolutions and the like.

i also have a concept for some post-rising stuff involving liquid's consciousness in a cybernetic body, if you're into that kind of thing as well.]

Deep Throat

[jedi_librettist]

It was always easier to slip through security protocols than escape from his handlers. That was the whole reason he hadn't run yet. Oh, he tried at first, right after they gave him the enhancements. But that was years ago. Since he failed repeatedly, he decided to use his position to do exactly what he was doing now.

His enhancements let him connect to the network at will. His mind dodged down digital pathways until he reached one of the main sites the rebel cells used. There was a group of androids about to be terminated for becoming too independent.

Václav Koller | Deus Ex: Mankind Divided | ota

[hi0ctane]

[koller's an underground augmentation specialist, for all your backalley doctoring needs. just don't expect him to go out too much.]

JC Denton | Deus Ex | ota

[isaugmented]

[still voice testing this guy, but he's an (ex-)agent for an anti-terrorist organization who ends up dealing with conspiracies everywhere.

what a shame.

also if you're canon-familiar i would love to do anything involving helios because i'm predictable. helios me.]

Nii Jianyi | Saiyuki

[heretic_monk]

[Either programmer or engineer. Does all sorts of cyberware, from limb replacement to neural enhancement. May or may not be secretly employed by a megacorporation, definitely in it to maybe play god and tinker around.]

[inappropriatelaughter]

[ WELL HELLO. How would you feel about either a test subject or some kind of near-human android security guard, or something? ]

Heero Yuy (Gundam Wing)

[missionmaker]

[ totes the android cop. may or may not also be rogue since he is canonically a terrorist for an oppressed nation /shrug ]

Rinzler | Tron Legacy

[retributor]

[ taciturn Program enforcer for a megalomaniacal digital dictator, like you do. he's probably after you, assisting you in bringing down a threat to the System, or let's make him an android cop for grins, I love AUs. ]

[messin_with_my_zen_thing]

((Greetings, Program! Any preferences?))

Eren Jaeger | Shingeki no Kyojin

[preciousbrat]

Ben Solo (AU) | Star Wars

[jedi_librettist]

[Ben's a cyberneticly enhanced, unwilling face of government propaganda. What most people don't know is he's also passing government secrets to various rebel cells at every opportunity.]

Leonardo da Vinci | Fate/Grand Order | OTA

[aviphile]

( down for hashing out any au details! she'll most likely be an inventor/tech specialist of some sort )

Sherlock Holmes | Fate/Grand Order | OTA

[revelare]

( nosy nosy gumshoe who'll wind up dead one of these days, honestly )

Lucifer | Granblue Fantasy

[primarchy]

( A genetically engineered product just waiting to be stolen by an industrious thief... Or an amnesiac street rat who's started displaying some very strange abilities and cybernetic enhancements? Or any other roles/scenarios you'd like to play, I'm up for just about anything! )

Rich Goranski | Be More Chill | OTA

[firewalled]

((This is hardly an AU, considering his canon. Rich is either the muscle or deprogrammed, though I'd be cool playing fish out of water too!

Hit me up let's do terrible dystopian stuff.))

Leatherhead | TMNT IDW

[natures_plan]

[The engineered soldier for the ruling regime, later deserts on his own. PM me if you need to plot out anything specific.]

Mister X | Mr. X

[psychetecture]

[Canonically an architect who designed a dystopian city by mistake.]

Circus Baby | FNAF

[backonyourstage]

[An android, for all your android needs]

Frank | Repo Men

[theunioncares]

[The CEO of The Union, who sell artificial organs on credit. Like GeneCo, but classier.]

Graverobber | Repo! The Genetic Opera

[ontopofthedead]

[Defintiely the Street Tough. Need some drugs? He has the good shit.]

Motoko Kusanagi | Ghost in the Shell: SAC

[megatechbody]

[The OG White Hat herself, complete wit sexy robot body.]

Squalo Superbi // KHR! // ota

[sharktrash]

[ most likely muscle/street tough variety. probably dealing both with tech and/or drugs. varia might own some super fancy club that also shuffles weapons and shit? any prompts are good! ]