Creating My Own Paradise

' I'm now safe from the onslaught or whatever that shit was, I didn't think mom would notice straight away that I had implants, but to be honest here you can't do practically nothing without at least the basics, before even these implants I felt like a monkey thrown in the middle of New York, well now I'm part of the society too'

Claire had a rough time with her mom, she was a ripper receptionist but definitely not dumb

Plus there was a thing that should have been noted, Claire is smart but for a 9 year old child, she was not selected for particular qualities of talents, as Tsukuyomi said to her, she was lucky and that's it, obviously right now she had other talents, but they were not super brain, megamind type smart or anything of that type

Claire knew that and that's why she delved in educating herself in any way she could, and so the next day she did go to the clinic

"Hi little Ganger come here and help in opening the place"

"Umu boss, ah now that I think about it boss I yesterday I left here my ripper equipment I hope you didn't thought that those were part of the deal right?" Claire asked clearly distressed, they were important to her

"Relax little Ganger, I deduced that, but you are lucky that I'm not that kind of person, few wouldn't have exploited the deal for you, bad deal and speech elaboration, anyway that crome is pretty old"

"Sorry boss, by the way the name is Claire, I didn't present myself before"

"Ok Claire now let's get to work I need to see your current capabilities, and only then I can create a *training plan* for you"

"Umu boss"

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And so Claire began to work as an assistant to Vik's clinic, the positive thing about her dad old equipment is that it didn't need a full on cyberpunk implant, you only need to connect with your Personal Link (think of something like a USBC cable that exit from your wrist basically) and that's it, than magic you with the help of the neural link you command every movement like it's your own limb,

Claire was focused on the work

'its different in real life in BDs it feels less natural and controlled the movement'

"Claire, it's because BDs create addiction in some form or another so I did blocked certain threats from reaching you and that was the result"

'thanks sage but in an unnecessary situation, not actual threats to my life, I'd like to be notified, if it's a real dangerous situation do what you deem necessary to protect us, we are in this together, plus I know you aren't a simple AI, to me you are like a person so we need mutal trust'

"...Yes Claire" said Sage in a strange tone almost moved by the words of Claire

--- 1 week later

The work was going well for Claire, Vik was sure about her capabilities, and so he did gave Claire her materials and time to study, also he personalized for her the study schedule, relax time, and work time

During this period she together with Vik and Sage were frequently watching during her relax time boxing matches, even some kickboxing at request from Claire to Vik,

Vik appreciated Claire company in watching matches so he gradually began to explain the errors that the athletes were doing during the rounds, albeit more in regards of boxing than kickboxing

During the end of the week Sage and Claire were talking between themselves at home

'sage why is so difficult gerate skills?'

"Claire, you have and abysmal quantity of mana that regenerate also slowly and we don't have any type of *supernatural energy* in this word that's why, when we will go in other planes hopefully with any type of supernatural energy your mana pool will explode like a dam bad constructed, so you don't need to worry, it's slow but you have an advantage no one have here"

'But can't I go to Elysium to absorb mana or something similar? Is my *planet* after all'

"No Claire from what I can analyze Elysium is connected in some way where you are so in this planet no magic meaning it transport no mana from this planet to yours, the good news is that any type of substance that enter Elysium trough you is purified by Elysium himself, and lastly I have finished synthetize the skills [boxe] [kickboxe]'"

'ok all clear Sage thank for the explanation, mmm I can't merge skills yet, they need to reach a certain threshold of proficiency to be able to that'

And so during this period Claire also began to work out at Vick Clinic, actually Vick found this entertaining so during boring moments trough the days he watched Claire traing occasionally throwing tips here and there to improve her form and improve her breathing rhythm

---a few months before the end of 2062

While Claire was working out and listening in the background Rammstein she stopped what she was doing focusing on the news channel that Vik was watching

"Hello there Night City! Stanley here with ya! Big news today!..... Reservoir project....

Haha yes yes....Laguna Bend..."

'shit, Judy story will start too, well nothing I can do realistically at this moment'

And so the year 2063 arrived Claire now 10 years of age, regarding Laguna Bend,well that was only another tragic story in the sands of time in this world, only another news, except for the people that were involved in that shit show,

In this year not much happened the only important event was the Avian Extermination Act that was promulgated from the higher ups of Night City, the eventual 4th pandemic wave was no more, the virus was dead together with the birds,

For Claire it was a good year she finished the medium grade study materials and was 1/4th trough the advanced grade, she developed the skill [ripperdoc] and merged [boxe] and [kickboxe] creating [Martial Proficiency]

Also during this year Vik began to pay Claire 200 Eddies a month, dedicated more passion in training her somehow, it was clear Vik seemed to see a vision in Claire and she was aware of that, and last but not least a little Misty was hired as a receptionist at the entrance of the clinic a little 12 years old in need of some poket money

Claire also became friends with misty, a sad realty was the fact that Misty initially thought Claire like a good friend, later discovered she was a work alcoholic

---- 2068 Night City

Claire now a 14 years old, she now couldn't be confused anymore with a boy her physique developing but this didn't stop her from wearing her mask,

During this period her mom bought the necessary objects for a girl in development, intimate clothes, and menstrual pads, she was lucky that female elves as a race do no suffer from this natural phenomena, only occasionally craps here and there but overall not a very traumatic experience

While sitting at home,

'fuck being a girl,fuck cramps, and fuck this world too...sage status'

[STATUS. ]

CLAIR GLOVER. HIGH ELF

HP 100. STR 18

DEX 23. CON 15

INT 25. WIS 21

CHA 20

PERKS:

PREDATOR: able to absorb targets and based on the subject able to get SKILLS or PERKS from it

GREAT SAGE: an advanced ai that can work both as a companion and an invaluable ally on whatever your goal may be

NATURAL MAGE: being a member of your race magic is as natural to you as breathing (deactivated in this realm since it doesn't have mana in the atmosphere)

PSEUDO IMMORTAL: aging doesn't matter to you, but blood loss...be careful

MUSIC GIRL: you have all the music from your old world until 2050 if you want you can be a master musician in other dimension if you decide to become a fraud

PHANTOM CONSTITUTION: your blood and DNA if it leaves the body will be transformed into human

SKILLS:

LVL- 2 -CAMOUFLAGE: able to hide certain certain characteristics of your body

LVL- 1 -CROME ADEPT: your body is made to accept crome -80% prone to cyberpsychosis

LVL- 4 -MARTIAL PROFIENCY: faster Martial adaptability, profiency and understanding of martial arts

LVL- 8 -POISON RESISTANCE : do you even need an explanation for this?

LVL- 7 - RIPPERDOC: an expert in crome operations, grants improved focus, faster hands dexterity and precision

[ ----- ]

'nice progression, not groundbreaking progress but fast for the average joe'

Claire in this period in fact improved fast for an average person,just for comparison, it should be noted that the average stat in cyberpunk for a human adult is around 10 to 13 and a talented one could without crome reach the 15 in one of the many stats

In the studies of ripper she reached the expert milestone, if she wanted she could open her study but, becoming a ripper wasn't her goal, she wanted to become a cyberpunk, in her town in the previous world there was a saying that was often used 'learn the craft and put it aside' meaning you never know when something you learn can become useful in any situation, plus she could train in Vik clinic, be tutored in the profession, and even earn eddies, as far as Claire was concerned they were all plus with no downsides

But for Claire it wasn't all flowers and rainbows, Night City... In the past 4 years was becoming increasingly tense

The major events were as follows

2064: nice marathon of Night City

flop of the film Bushido

2065: the NUSA elected a new president, Rosalind Mayers, this election also emphasized the foothold that Militech had in the country

2066: grinding year for Claire with no major events happening

2067:in Night City the gang of the Moxes was founded after a giant riot that happened after the brutal death of Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Borden, the riots were enormous an in this period Claire and Vik worked around the clock, they were flooded by clients and so the Tiger Claws gang suffered a major blow by being targeted by the riots (the tiger claws basically killed Lizzie a owner of a strip club, she was known as a fair boss that treated her workers with care, a rare person in Night City).

Also this year there was an assassination attempt on the emperor of japan, but failed by being saved by an arasaka bodyguard

And so now the year 2068 only began, and for Claire this was a game changer of a year

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