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Welcome to Glitch City Voices '''This page is a work in progress! Everything may be moved, deleted, or modified at any time.''' =A Primer= /cyb/ is a text board on the "parody of a parody" dangeru.us, which itself is based on a board of the same name and design that players can read through, in the cyberpunk visual novel/waifu bartending simulator, VA-11 Hall-a. It is a predominantly roleplaying board which is set in the "City That Shouldn't Exist" of Glitch City, a dystopian hell where megacorporations reign supreme, citizens are guinea pigs, and technology advances within weeks, not years. It's referred to in-game as "the world's guinea pig."

Originally conceived as a board to discuss cyberpunk media in all its forms, the board eventually grew into a heavily cyberpunk inspired long and shortform roleplaying board, with the majority of threads discussing events in-universe. Because of Va-11, Hall-a's vague cyberpunk background and constant references to other series (including, but not limited to, Deus Ex, Ghost in the Shell, 206X: Read Only Memories, Blade Runner, and Neuromancer), the roleplay universe of /cyb/ also grew to include other franchises, from the Metal Gear series to Invisible Inc, to especially Shadowrun. Much of the terminology, slang, and references come from Shadowrun in particular, along with its grandfather, William S. Gibson's Neuromancer.

ARGs
Instead of one overarching story that is presided over by a single GM, multiple GM's have come and gone from the active playerbase, operating their own threads, NPC's, and events. These groups came to be loosely associated with alternate reality games since their GM's often took advantage of danger/u/'s anonymity to post riddles, clues, cyphers, and encrypted messages to move their stories forward, occasionally with universe-altering results.

To prevent drama, a generally unspoken rule holds that GM's tend to avoid having their plotlines interfere with one another, but this happens anyway, sometimes resulting in a previously dangerous situation suddenly moving Up to Eleven. GM's also oftentimes reference each other's works, legitimizing each other as each player adds to the history of the universe.

=A History of /cyb/ (Circa February 2017)=

The Rise of the Phoenix Corps
Shortly after the dissolution of the tyrannical White Knights that originally reported under QUINCY (and some say Zaibatsu), a former White Knight officer by the name of Asagiri Sei, through a combination of crowdfunding and assistance from a small corporation, "Norn Inc," won a contract to retake control of the White Knights and to systematically replace Glitch City's standing law enforcement. The contract was embraced open armed, although some within the ranks of the former organization were less than thrilled. https://augmented.dangeru.us/article/1178

The Phone Booth Murders
A series of disturbing videos made their way through social media and were uploaded to the danger/u/ boards. Though grainy, the videos appear to be shot from a security camera, and depict a young woman hiding inside a phone booth from a man chasing her.

- Shortly thereafter, the phone booth bursts open, and the man is dragged inside, clearly struggling as a fountain of blood bursts from the phone booth. The girl, or at least a silhouette of her, is seen approaching the camera, which soon cuts out.

- Reports surface of random killings throughout Glitch City, but are mostly forgotten or ignored. A short investigation is launched into the demise of the man at the phone booth, who is discovered to be an off duty White Knight- the coroner of the case vanishes, and the investigation is soon dropped.

- A decker new to Glitch City decides to look into the murder, but goes missing herself, leaving behind a winding trail of cryptic messages with fearful descriptions. A certain purple haired lilim and a foxy hacker follow the trail to an old bank, which is soon destroyed by a small shadowrunner group.

-The string of murders end at last.

Universe Changing Events
Occasionally, a few events in /cyb/ which were part of an ARG have resulted in city-wide changes to the universe, affecting other roleplayers and args in the process.

District Chapel-3
One of several residential districts, Chapel-3 has some of the cheapest rates in the city, and it shows. Connected to the Slums, the majority of the district's citizens reside in the middle to lower classes, reflected in very few personal homes in favor massive, decaying apartments, micro-condominiums, and "coffin" hotels.

G.C. Airport (Destroyed)
Glitch City Airport was originally the main way to enter and exit the city proper, whether from space or from somewhere planetside. It was also the epicenter of a techno-zombie infestation that White Knight forces were unable to quell for months. Due to a combination of stigma and lack of finances, the airport, now a collapsed rubble, has yet to be rebuilt.

The Midnight District (heavily damaged)
Like its sister district Glitz, the Midnight District was reknown as a somewhat lower end nightspot and middle class residential/commercial zone, as well as housing a number of up and coming major corporations, including Ameritrade Robotics Corp. It was also the base of operations for several factions within Glitch City, but during a biological disaster, the entire district was cordoned off and flatly referred to as "The Zone" for a short time.

After the district fell victim to an orbital weapon discharge, the district was evacuated of what survivors and stragglers remained, and has not been repopulated since. An enormous, mutant tree husk remains at ground zero of the blast, occasionally visited by scavengers or curious scientists.

Westport
=ARGS=

The Asagiri Conspiracy
A crackjob conspiracy theorist winds up dead after looking into ex-White Knight Sei Asagiri and cat boomer Stella Hoshi's possible connection to a manhunting group The Reapers. Are Sei and Stella Cobalt Lily and Crimson Rose respectfully?

Megatower 1
A long abandoned tower full of strange technology seems to consume all who enter it. Literally. And it's trying to get out.

Tears in the Rain
What begins with an investigation into mysterious videos and missing persons escalates into a game of cat and mouse with deadly megacorps, diabolical businessmen, corrupt law enforcement, and technological nightmares that threaten to eviscerate the line between organic and inorganic. All memories will be lost in time... like tears in rain.

ARC Assault
Incomplete/GM Ragequit/

EDEN
Completed/GM Retired/Plot-centered NPCS deceased. Completed

MIRAGE
Discontinued, intrusion by different ARG.

My Goldfish Has Lazer Eyes
Completed/GM Retired

RGTF
Discontinued

STAND BY
Completed/GM Ragequit

Star Crossing Online
On Hold/GM Busy

White Fang's Vengeance
Completed

=Factions Within Glitch City=

EDEN
A splinter group of the original White Knights, EDEN was a paramilitary force lead by a disgruntled former White Knights officer, "Eve," who sought to return to Glitch City and liberate it from QUINCY's control. Following a devastating civil war, the majority of EDEN's standing forces were annihilated, with their leader choosing to be executed rather than captured. There are unconfirmed reports of surviving EDEN members living in Glitch City.

Ameritrade Robotics Corporation
Status: Headquarters destroyed by giant space laser, CEO and head researcher missing, presumed deceased.

Cyberdyne Corporation
Status: Inactive? Possibly defunct, leadership reported missing.

Geno Corporation
Status: Active, but several council directors victims of assassination.

Voice Corp
"Voice the Future"