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¿? & Vehicles

V for Viper Vendetta

When you start taking photos of V but get more distracted with the Views of Night City 💙

Into The Shadows

*takes cat on a walk to the other side of the city at night in the rain just for a badass photoshoot*

Scan

¿?

The Forge

Me: the people wanna know more about your blorbo

My partner:

¿?

Alright, either being extra cryptic or just distracted! Anyway I'm loading a ¿? savefile (currently in a stolen ncpd vehicle, classic ¿?) & I'll grill for more info after food. If anyone's got any other questions lemme know & I'll try to put together some VP + oc writeup later cuz right now it's like:

name: ¿?

lifepath: streetkid

description: hehe :3

¿?

name: ¿? (pronounced "you think about all this way more than I do!") (pronounced "to pronounce it correctly, I'd have to cut out your tongue!") (pronounced "make a noise & see if I respond!") (no pronunciation) (super helpful pronunciation guide audio recording below!* <3)

alias: V

gender: probably not

lifepath: streetkid techie who later got into hacking

favorite ripper: Vik Vektor

favorite fixer: Muamar "El Capitán" Reyes

favorite weapons (no particular order): Bloody Maria, Hypercritical, Comrade's Hammer, Byakko, & Cottonmouth

favorite clothing style: crystaljock bombers & daemon-hunter ballcap

favorite colors: 💣💎😈🔮🧠 (& anything metallic neon synthwave/darkwave)

bonus fun facts:

fan of AssaultBots & MythSploders (2077 versions of BattleBots & MythBusters yes we just made them up but it's absolutely true anyway)

favorite MythSploders quotes include "When in doubt: C4" -Savage Adam & "Jaime wants big boom" -Jaime the CyberWalrus (yes these bonus fun facts were just an elaborate reason to include these quotes yet somehow still important characterization anyway)

*super helpful pronunciation guide audio recording:

(bonus pronunciation description explanation below the cut)

While asking questions about ¿?, I kept thinking of a joke that seemingly would only work in text:

"I'm ¿?"

"Wha- WTF was that?! How do you pronounce that again?!"

"¿?"

"You know what? Nevermind."

Because it's cyberpunk, I kept picturing it as "*opens mouth, tech glitch sound comes out*" until I finally realized I could create that sound!

So, if I may, let me take you on a journey of how my brain works:

First, I looked for a recording of V saying, "I'm V." Simple right? I came up empty. So I went through the character creator, waited for the music to calm the fuck down, & recorded both voices multiple times just in case. Then I took a sample of just "male voice" V & put it through a granular synthesizer where I was able to do this:

That's left (¿) & right (?) audio (dots omitted to minimize sonic overload) each tracing separate paths through the audio "I'm V" at the same time. I was like

"lulz let's hear this chaos!"

"..."

"oh no I love it"

So I hit record, only to realize they're slightly different length lines at slightly different speeds creating this shifting effect over multiple loops. I decided to record a full cycle loop & see if there's a "best" one. Except first, I was curious what it would sound like if I isolated each loop & layered them all on top of each other, like so:

"Oh No I LOVE It"

I panned each loop differently to really emphasize the movement of the sound so if you're listening through headphones, it really does end up sounding like something resembling "¿?"

But I don't want to make final decisions about my partner's character, ya know? Luckily it only took a single listen:

"Yeah, that's how it's officially pronounced. Good luck trying to pronounce that!"

So there you have it! "Good luck!"

(Personally, I just say "your streetkid V" outloud, WAY easier lol)

damn I am fucking OVER typing the words "pronounced" & "pronunciation" @_@

^ December 2020

v November 2023

CyberWolf

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CyberWolf

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Body Scan

Body Scan

I was tagged by @katsigian & @ghostoffuturespast to recreate my OCs with this picrew & since it took me a while, I added more! 💕

Nomads:

Venus / V.Conic / Vortex / Vultura*

* Vultura was made more recently & doesn't have a writeup or VP yet

Streetkids:

Vexplosive / Vista / Vivid / ¿?* / Violet / Vixen

* ¿? is my partner's main streetkid

Corpos:

Vicious / Valeria / Vienna / Viper Vendetta*

* Viper Vendetta is my partner's main corpo

Bonus:

¿? & Viper Vendetta hanging out & playing cards! (Who're you betting on?) ♠️♦️♣️♥️

Violet & Vixen in matching outfits getting ready to watch the sunset together 💞

I don't remember who all did this already so tagging without pressure or expectations or whatever! @juststayquiete @imaginarycyberpunk2023 @mynonsenseistingling @wanderingaldecaldo @aldecaldhos @dreamskug @luvwich @cyberholic77 @thegreatdivide @ellfiend @nananarc @pinkyjulien @jackiemychoom

[reboots your optics]