a gen meme comm

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 thread partner, or you can even leave your comment blank and let respondents pick.


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Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered, I have fought my way here to the castle, beyond the goblin city, to take back that which you have stolen. For my will is as strong as yours, and my kingdom is as great...



You have no power over me.

LABYRINTH MEME


Are you a Denizen of the Labyrinth, familiar with the ins and outs of this world of chaos? Have you plotted the location of the Oubliettes and tended to the strange fauna and flora, or perhaps you have your own very special job to take care of--fairy extermination, guardian, or reserve member of the army. Your citizenship is a strange one, but your home is dear, but you get such weirdos wandering around these days...

Have you come as a Challenger to the winding corridors of the Underground, to recover what has been stolen by one of the inhabitants of this strange land? Whether a child, a treasure, a memory, or an idea, what you seek lies at the center and you will need all your wits to get through, and maybe a little help from a new friend. Beware the peaches, and remember--nothing is what it seems in this place. Don’t take anything for granted.

Or perhaps you are a Tourist, finding your way to this strange land for no particular reason than it’s there, and so now are you. Perhaps you were sent there by someone with a particularly vindictive sense of humor to enjoy the Bog of Eternal Stench, or you found yourself in a Crystal Ball as you were making your way from one place to the next. It is a fascinating world with utterly unique creatures. Perhaps just a short look around...

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