Welcome to New-Hong Kong, Jewel of the Eastern Hemisphere, from 2107 to present. Notable trade hub, center of technological and scientific development, and cultural oasis, New-Hong Kong is one of the most important cities in the Eastern Hemisphere, along with the likes of Neo Tokyo, Singapore, and Seoul II. Major regional headquarters for a variety of notable mega-corporations, New-Hong Kong leads the world in cyber-technological advancements, and is well known for both its well oiled infrastructure and free economic rules. New-Hong Kong is a jewel of an opportunity for the rich, powerful and entrepreneurially minded, and money and fame flows freely for these people.
You are not one of these people.
Welcome to the New-Hong Kong Com-Res(Commercial & Residential) District 9, or as its inhabitants like to call it: the Valhalla District. As far as standards in Year 2157 go, its not a slum, but its not much better. Built in the shadow of the more notable Business District 8, Valhalla is the slowly dying no-man's zone between the more gentrified and technologically advanced city, and the run-down chinese quarter and slums. You've spent the better part of your adult life living here, a low-level wage worker for one of the many megacorps in the area, slowly eking out a living that's not quite squalid but barely comfortable.
Your life thus far has been relatively uneventful, you grew up, went to school, didn't die, and found yourself working at Vitality MacroTechnology, a Cybernetics company. You spend most of your days pushing various paperwork and hoping you don't get fired for looking the wrong person in the eye, and you spend your nights wasting your hard earned cash on synth-Alcohol and cheap favors at your local bar- Pretty much the same as every other low-end wage-worker these days.
But when your old friend and coworker, Tommy DeGarro sends you a desperate message from a private terminal, you can't help but get the feeling something interesting is about to happen.
Hello potentially interested individuals and welcome to my 1x1 interest check! I've always loved the dark dystopian cyberpunk world, and have tried running RPs on them before, but those generally devolved into me trying to find things for everyone to do. What I really want to do, is to have a player (you) experience a cyberpunk world as their own entity- their own main character so to speak.
As such this RP will not be a 1x1 in the traditional sense. Instead, this RP will be 1xE or Player X Environment. The player (you) will experience and react to a variety of challenges, environments, and characters that I(as the environment) will introduce to you. Think of it like a adapting and evolving Choose-your-own-adventure narrative, with yourself/your character as the focus.
For those of you that are still interested, here are some things to keep in mind for your character. Your character is not a hardened criminal or mercenary or spec-ops soldier. They're an average Joe/Joanne being thrust into extraordinary circumstances. They probably have not:
- Committed murder - though accidentally killing someone through self defense is not off the table
- Developed a crippling drug addiction
- Gotten involved with major crime syndicates
- Trained extensively in hand to hand combat techniques or weapons operation
- Trained extensively as part of an elite organized military force
- Hacked a major corporation or government body
However things that they probably have done or might have experience in include:
- Gotten into a fistfight at one point
- Have operated a firearm
- Went to college
- Developed an interest in technology
- Replaced a limb with a cybernetic prosthesis
- Partaken in the use of drugs
- Get shit-faced drunk with friends after work
Anyway, if anyone is interested in this type of RP, please comment below or send me a PM, from there we can discuss characters and plot!
