hello and thank you for taking enough interest in my story to click on it! I'm starting off with this introduction just to kind of explain a few things. don't worry keep scrolling and chapter one will be there. to begin with saying I'm an amateur writer is an understatement. English was probably my worst subject and I'm afraid I have dyslexia and ADHD. therefore all of this will be done on my phone through talk to text. so please bear with me.
now the most important part this story. it will begin a bit before the events of cyberpunk 2077 and Edge runners. I will be using mechanics both from the tabletop RPG as well as the video game but lean more heavily on the video game for a mechanics and the way the world works. some things within V's story and David story will be different but that is only some things. there will be some changes but there are some things that will be considered "Fate" and won't be changed. at least not drastically.
I know in the beginning you're going to foresee a character that will be "OP" but don't worry. he will be shot. he will be stabbed. despite saving some he will not be able to save them all. he will know loss Agony pain and despair. after all. this is still night City we're talking about.
now on to the story!
" I Dont... I don't understand?" I said to the faceless entity in front of me. " you have died. don't worry. reincarnation is what awaits you." I couldn't see the face of whoever was talking to me. even the shape of its body was alluding me as if I couldn't comprehend what I was saying in this Dark Void. something about its tone however just felt condescending. like... it was disappointed in me. " but how did I die?! i... I can't remember! wait...i... was. no I was arguing with someone! who... no please tell me what happened!" it was a blank. all I could remember was the emotion I felt. like there was a crushing weight on my heart. then I was here.
" what would be the point in telling you..." with those words I began to fall. it was like I was falling through space and stars were flying past me. such an infinite emptiness with the occasional light flying by me. made it impossible for me to tell how much time had gone by. had only a minute gone by? maybe an hour? for all they knew it could have been days... " there you are!" a new voice such a pleasant thing in this maddening void I was falling through. like the other being I couldn't discern any gender or age. still something about it was much more pleasant to hear. " im... I'm so sorry this is happening! the... the guardian has grown tired... it just took the easiest route of where to reincarnate you. I got a glimpse of the world you're going to and it's so much worse than the one you're leaving." I held on to every word wondering if this being was going to help me somehow. save me somehow.
" where am I going?! can you stop it?!" I pleaded with whatever was speaking to me now. " no... I'm sorry I can't change where you're going. you're already on course." despair began to fill my whole being again. it wasn't an unfamiliar feeling this Despair and hopelessness. " that doesn't mean I can't help you! I can give gifts to your soul! the guardian is sending you to a universe that almost matches completely something you were doing before you died. it was close by something called a video game! think about it and tell me what gifts I can give you that will help you survive that desolate world where there seems to be no hope!" for the first time I began to consider that I might be just having some sort of accidental Acid trip. being transported to a video game was the bread and butter practically of isekai manga. there was no way that crap was real. however when I started to think about it dread began to seep into me.
" ok tha-" I was quickly cut off. " there's no time yes there are a infinite amount of universes! reality goes on Beyond even my comprehension! anything you can think of exists somewhere. there is no limit no defined number of realities! quickly there's no time!" I still was not throwing away the notion that this was some sort of acid trip not that I remember being a heavy drug user of any kind. I was playing cyberpunk. that was the last game I was playing. no doubt a fun game that I had played several times going through different playthroughs. I play the game beat it afterwards a few weeks to a few months later I'd start a new character. do one playthrough as one gender and then the other. " i ... let me use the mechanics! like... uh make time slow down when I'm doing quick hacks!" it was the first thing that blurted out through me. " come on is that all?!" the voice was sounding desperate now making me believe I was really running out of time. " come on it'll take time for me to do this after you're reincarnated so the guardian doesn't notice! what else?!" there was only one other thing that could help.
" make me immune to cyberpsychosis! no matter what! I won't sub come to cyberpsychosis! " I couldn't understand it or see it but something in me felt warm and I swear someone was holding on to me embracing me in a hug. " it may take a few years and just try and go strong until then. " I quickly reached out wrapping my arms around for the comforting sensation. however either I couldn't see my arms or I didn't have any. could I even feel my body? " please whatever that was before it wouldn't tell me! how did I die! " whatever was holding on to me it was almost like it was trembling. " I'm so sorry... your heart just couldn't handle it anymore. but you shouldn't be punished for that... just do your best." just like that it was gone along with the Stars.