#crystalnovaart

“All right, then. My loyalties lie with my friends and those who need an act of selflessness, regardless of whether or not they have anything to give back in return. I'm soft like that." “Very altruistic. That’s a fine goal. My only concern is that it’s very very broad, do you plan on undoing all of the world’s woes yourself? And don’t get me wrong, giving without receiving is a great thing, but it may also exhaust you, we all have only so much to give. But I applaud you for wanting to crusade. So tell me why the mask of all things? Or is it more pragmatic than symbolic?” “Undoing all of the world's woes? No, my delusions of grandeur don't extend that far. But I'm hardly going to sit back and let the woes be. From the corporate world to the streets, this city dictates there is no place for simple decency. It sneers at even the smallest acts of kindness and locks onto them as weaknesses. I reject that. As for the mask... Pragmatic, yes. Symbolic... Hm, I'm not sure.”

Look who it is again! Glad to finally show off what Fiver looks like in full :D

A lot has happened with my very first Cyberpunk RED character since I first introduced him many months back. Mostly him trying his damndest to help out the other members of his crew who have been going through a lot of shit... Though to be fair a good 70% of that shit is just the consequences of our own actions.

Now that things have been mostly smoothed over though, Fiver's next order of business is to accrue enough money to build a traveling theatre and hopefully get some of his crew the hell out of the city, because those smoothed over things are only gonna stay smoothed over for so long.

What's that? Fiver's background and personal matters have yet to have bitten the entire crew in the ass? I'm sure he'll be fine :]

This is yet another wonderful art piece by @crystalnovaart. Words cannot express how much I love that all the little details I asked for are there - the three cyberfingers, the velveteen rabbit tattoo, the untied shoelaces. I received this art piece many months back, and it is still gorgeous <3

“Doctor… Are you certain this is what you want? I can’t deny there is a childish amount of excitement - which I believe I am still entitled to for one more segment - to be felt at the prospect of becoming a starship captain. But… Well, to be frank, I’m far younger than most would expect a captain to be. And I can’t promise I will make nearly as many profitable judgements as our dearly departed Captain Oshali. Not to mention… are you sure you want a Zenithian noble brat in any sort of position of power? I am deeply, deeply flattered of course, Doctor. I just… I want to be certain that you are offering this to me because you do believe this to be best, and not because, well, we are currently a crew of two with no other options.”

“I would much rather have someone who acknowledges his shortcomings to be in charge, rather than someone who’s sure they’re always smarter than everybody else. You’re also consistent, like Oshali, just consistent in different ways. I could count on her to put profits first, and I can count on you to put people’s lives first. I don’t have to guess with you as captain. You might be a Zenithian noble brat… but, you’re my friend. I haven’t had a real friend in a long time. Yeah, I’m sure. Even if there’s a dozen of us on a ship, I want you as my captain.”

My son is growing up. Not only is his birthday coming up in game - he’s finally gonna actually be eighteen years old, as he’s been claiming for the past couple years of his life - but he has gone from vent goblin for hire and person with barely enough technical expertise to be of any sort of practical use on a ship, to the bloody captain of a ship. So, to commemorate that, I decided to update his look a bit.

Meet Captain Tomorrow von Tahsin. He doesn’t cover his eyes nearly as much as he used to (though there is a lore reason for why he does that at all), and he’s tied the top of his jumpsuit around his waist now, Portal 2 style, showing off them noodle ass arms more clearly.

Also, he’s now wearing a leather bangle around his wrist and, more importantly, a bullet around his neck. That last little accessory is in memory of a former crew member who outright declared that Tomorrow might as well be his little brother. For many, many backstory reasons, that meant and means the absolute universe to Tomorrow. Said crew member ended up leaving for a better paying career, but Tomorrow kept one of the guy’s bullets to remember him by.

Turning eighteen years old is actually going to come with a world of problems for Tomorrow, but hopefully he can survive them. He’s survived the almost utter annihilation of the House Tahsin, he’s survived traipsing about the Third Horizon as a child parading as an adult, and he’s survived all the havoc that his latest crew has been getting into. Surely he can survive adulthood and the responsibilities of being a captain as well :3