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Character: V
Canon: Cyberpunk 2077
Canon point: Post-game
OU or AU?: OU - malleable protag! Nomad lifepath.
Age: 28 both physically and mentally
Species: Human

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Disposition:

• Easy-going & Warm
To say that V is so laidback he's horizontal isn't entirely accurate, but it's not far off the truth. He doesn't lack direction, but he's so committed to being able to choose his own path that he'll get to his goals in a timeline of his choosing. He's not stubborn about it, just knows that he wants to live his life that way, respects that kind of attitude in others too. He doesn't sweat the small stuff, and he's taken a lot of big, complicated and life-threatening moments in his stride as best as he can.

He's also warm-hearted, quick to laugh and easy to socialize with. His warmth extends past people he thinks of as friends to people he may come across who are perhaps not having the best day. The care he shows, especially when dealing with vulnerable people he might have freed or rescued, shows his capacity for empathy and compassion.

He's a relatively good judge of character, but there's no guarantee that he's immune to manipulation, especially if it's subtle manipulation. He doesn't make a secret of the things that are important to him and, to that effect, it's more than possible to use them against him.

• Resourceful & Hard-Working
Coming from a nomad family, V's been brought up seeing the value in scavenging and recycling things. Repurposing and restoring. He's not wasteful, preferring instead to use what he has to hand in order to make something out of it. He's just as resourceful with information, gathering and ordering it into something that will aid whatever it is he wants to achieve. He's particularly skilled in crafting items.

On the flipside, this hard-working attitude sometimes means that he skips out on rest, working himself into the ground to exhaustion. He's not good at listening to people telling him to take a break and sometimes he needs a strong hand to guide him to rest and allowing himself time to restore his energy levels.

• Respectful & Trusting
Nomad clans are built on basic principles of honoring and respecting the nomad way of life. Though he left his clan and headed for Night City, V's more than familiar with the idea of respecting people's backgrounds and beliefs because he can understand how they shape a person and make them into who they are. He respects people's wish for freedom, and can remain open-minded even with ideas or opinions that he doesn't particularly agree with.

He can extend his trust relatively easily, given the opportunity. Even in the most dire of circumstances, he's shown he can build trust with even the most prickly of personalities. However, once that trust is broken, it's almost impossible to earn it back.

• Independent
With a streak of independence a mile wide, V enjoys nothing more than the feeling of the open road. His independence is of the utmost importance to him, and feeling like he's being harried or pressured into doing anything he doesn't want to is likely to be met with resistance. The idea of being under anybody's thumb is likely to make him feel caged and deeply unhappy, something which he'll actively struggle against, especially without the presence of trust.

• Ruthless
Searching for the best possible outcome to any given situation is something V strives for, but his easy-going attitude and warmth shouldn't be relied upon when it comes to things he really believes as evil or wrong. He can be ruthless when he needs to be, something that serves him well in his career of choice; a mercenary. When faced with a situation he feels strongly about, or somebody who has, in his opinion, done unspeakably cruel things, he's got no problem putting them down.

He doesn't think of himself as judge, jury and executioner, but rather if he can prevent bad things from happening to anybody else, he'll make that decision. It's hard to talk him around if he knows the full extent of somebody's wrong-doings, and while he isn't completely opposed to listening to the other side of a story, once he's made his mind up it's highly likely to be changed by anybody but the closest to him.

• Adaptable
His life has been constantly changing for a long time thanks to the constant movement with his clan, but V does an admirable job of rolling with it. His strength of character and his hardwired need to survive is part of the driving force for his adaption to new ways of life, shown as he integrates into Night City life. But further to that, he shows real grit and determination even forced into a position where there doesn't seem to be much, if any, light at the end of the tunnel.


Under pressure:
V comes from a family of nomads; a collection of people known for moving around from place to place, seeking out new opportunity and subscribing to the idea of movement in whichever direction they please equates to freedom. Nomad clans tend to come up against a lot of preconceptions; about their way of life, their less than savory modes of living, and likely a lot of tall tales about their wild and raw temperaments. V's more than used to being seen that way, with less worth than a street rat and perceived with suspicion, hostility and as vermin. It's something he's dealt with time and time again, and it makes him wary enough that he'd be waiting for the other shoe to drop for a while.

Upon arrival, V's likely to be highly confused about how he got here - and how he's alive - but has shown in his past that he's more than capable of working alongside a variety of different personality types to seek out the best possible outcome. His survival instinct is strong, though he's not the kind of man to step on others to get where he needs to be. He takes particular pleasure in helping people without the need of financial reward in return. If he could, he'd turn down the money people seem insistent on throwing at him outside of jobs for his help because ultimately he does want to be a good person.

Having been used to a ride along in his brain (the well-known dead rockerboy Johnny Silverhand) of late, V will struggle being alone in his own head again. His relationship with Johnny, while not easy at times, was one of the most important and precious that he had before going through the separation in Mikoshi. Their personalities entwined so much that without Johnny in his head, he feels like there's a part of his soul missing. He has some complicated but deep feelings for Johnny which he isn't fully sure of the shape of yet but will be trying to work through as time progresses.

Should he be faced with people that he already knows and trusts, he's likely to be bolstered by their presence as his need to feel part of a family is huge. To anybody he doesn't know, he'd be keen to find out more about them and would like to learn more about where they're from and who they are. He's a sociable creature more than willing and enthusiastic about learning about other places, especially places he's never been before. In particular, he'd be interested in other cultures and customs, and comparing them to his own. He's been surrounded by family from birth, and the theme of family is one that's most important to him. He likes having people he knows he can trust and rely on around him. He likes having people that he can be unwaveringly loyal to, and can easily slide into a position where what's important to them is important to him too.

His attitude towards affection and sex is liberal, and he's more than able to separate the differences between physical enjoyment and emotional closeness. He knows how much he enjoys the physical act and while it's not a deal breaker for him to have one without the other, he knows that his preference is to have both at the same time. In his experience, having a deep emotional connection with another person heightens the entire physical act. On finding out about the important of Manna and Synchrony, he'll be both willing and able to get on board.


Condition upon arrival:
Dying; he's been living with a terminal condition (basically that his body has been changed on a molecular level to no longer recognize him as the native personality) that's been managed so far semi-successfully by medication. If possible, I'd like him to slowly be brought back to wellness through a combination of NPC and other PC input.

Abilities:
- Highly proficient with weapons including all manner of guns, blades and blunt weapons such as baseball bats
- Excellent hand-to-hand combat skills
- Highly proficient in crafting items
- Quickhacks loaded into his cyberdeck that are essentially remote hacks that he can use to target other electronically powered people with cyberware/devices; usually these are: breach protocol, memory wipe, ping, cyberware malfunction, weapon glitch, reboot optics & cripple movement - for the purpose of the game these have been nerfed so while he might try to use them, they won't work!

V has a considerable amount of cyberware installed to aid his body's performance in a myriad of things. For maximum spice, sometimes these may glitch or malfunction at the most inopportune moments.

Kinetic/armor-related upgrades:
Subdermal Armor
Increases armor against attacks on a subdermal level.

Fireproof Coating
A coating that protects the body against fire.

Grounding Plating
Uses a smart-transmitter system to protect the user by diffusing and dispersing shocks from electrical hazards.

Titanium Bones
Metal-infused bones capable of withstanding heavy loads.

Synaptic Signal Optimizer
Enhances the body's natural resistance and performance.

Gorilla Arms
Classic and reliable replacements for natural limbs, suited for all kings of hard labor. Allows user to force open locked doors and rip turrets from their bases. V has this cyberware installed on his right arm.

Reinforced Tendons
Biomechanical connective tissue supporting leg muscles. Allows for superhuman jump height on a vertical of around 5 meters.

Improved internal processes/body function:


Stephenson Tech Mk.4 Operating System
A cyberdeck that, according to some, can prolong orgasms. Thanks to its optimized protocols, this preem-tier machine will squeeze the effectiveness out of your abilities to the very last drop.

Mechatronic core
Provides information about the weak points of both mass-produced and some lesser-known machines.

RAM upgrade
An upgrade to your system's random-access memory to support processing speed.

Ex-disk
An implant that increases the brain's capacity to store and process information.

Kiroshi Optics Mk.3
This advanced Kiroshi optical system is designed for the most demanding users. It incorporates the latest breakthroughs in neural-link technology, unprecendented support of optic function, and the most powerful scanning algorithms on the market. Allows the user to scan the environment for threats.

Bioplastic blood vessels
Facilitates the body's distribution of blood and blood-borne substances.

Microgenerator
A small, high-voltage generator that packs a shocking punch - emits an electrical blast when health drops below 15%.

Biomonitor
An implant designed to coordinate regenerative processes.

Metabolic Editor
An implant designed to assist liver and pancreas function against poisons.

Synaptic Accelerator
A neuroprocessor that regulates hormonal balance during threatening situations.

Kerenzikov
A classic reflex booster.



Inventory:
Bullet pendant
Carnage shotgun
Archangel pistol
Baseball bat
Clothes
A packet of Morley cigarettes

Gembond: Sapphire
Gem Location: Top of his spine

AC Rewards:
Horn of Summoning [ x ]
Thief tools [ x ]