A few days later, "Muamar…. Are you fucking serious?" I couldn't help but ask at what I saw before me.
And what it was is the Parking Garage that my last job revolved around but now was completely deserted with no 6th Street gang members in sight.
"I'm not kidding Hayden, what you did absolutely scared the shit out of 6th Street, they've never had an entire group of their guys killed so cleanly and so silently, so much so it spooked their leader and decided to just take all their shit and leave it, so it was dirt cheap to buy it off their hands, and don't worry I bought it under my name so they think I own it but the deed is yours, and since it was so cheap I gave it furnishings to make the place feel more livable at that." He said pulling open the gate as we walked on in to the lot.
My car that was newly painted with a sleek black and red finish for my Quadra making me nod at the sight while we walked into the Parking Garage.
"I gave this place all the works so it doesn't suck ass to live in like a full building with no AC so I got that put in, got the server room up and running again so your cameras around the place are working, turned that upstairs office into a bedroom, made the basement into a proper armory, got you a living room and kitchen off to the side, the main area to act as a garage and a large open area for you to do whatever the hell you want." Muamar said after showing me all around my new home.
After seeing everything I nodded, "I'm guessing you were only able to get all this stuff because of how cheap those 6th Street sold it off to you huh?" I said which he just grinned.
"Of course, I mean if it was expensive I'd leave it to you to figure out how to furnish the place, but since 6th Street wanted to dump it and fast I had plenty of creds left over from that gig to get you all this shit, though I didn't fill up your fridge with food so your gonna have to get that shit yourself, but anyway that's it, here's your new home choom." He said as he finished up explaining everything of my new base.
I held out my hand to which Muamar shook, "Thanks Cap, you did more than I would have asked for in getting this place set up, just let me know if you got any gigs going on that you need me to handle and I got your back." I said to which he grinned.
"Heh, who knew a Borg would be so reasonable, only one I know who is so kitted up is the boogeyman Adam Smasher, but your just as chromed up and not even insane at that, you really must be Built Different mi amigo." He said while I just shook my head at hearing that but I didn't feel like telling him the truth, at least not yet.
So after he said his goodbyes he headed on out leaving me all on my lonesome before I sighed and looked at my interface.
[Do you wish to designate this place as your base of Operations?] [Y/N?]
I finally said yes as the Warhouse began to change slightly as the open area of the garage suddenly had a weapons foundry, modification bench and of course the location of the Warframe Arsenal, not only that but my Transference Pod was placed in the basement opposite to the location of where I could keep all my guns from here in this world as well as any of the Warframe weapons I decide to make.
I even had an pet stand area, however it seems I can only make Robot Hounds, Moas, and the various robot companions but I have no access to any real animal companions as a result.
"Companions huh…. You know I think I should get myself a team of my own." One of the things is that playing Warframe, for the most part, is a multiplayer game so me being the only guy as a Warframe user in this world.
"Also do they got an app for the holo just to have someone do your groceries for you?" I muttered as I headed up to the server room to look up an app to download directly to my holo in order to make food delivery's to my base.
But as I was getting that out of the way I suddenly got a call from a number that I didn't know but I had a feeling it had to be a fixer so I picked it up, "Yo, who's callin?"
"I take it you must be Hayden right? Muamar handed out your number to all us fixers after doing such a perfect job for one of his clients, I've got a job for you if your interested." He said but the man on the other end of the Holo was a face I didn't recognize as he didn't appear in either 2077 or Edgerunners.
"Sure, but I know most Fixers in each part of Night City, however your an unfamiliar face." I said looking at the short crewcut haired guy where what appeared to be a zebra striped suit at that.
"Not surprising, the names Arthur Cormac and I don't stick to just one area in Night City like all the others, I'm the fixer who works with the gangs in particular, Maelstrom, Tyger Claw, Valentinos, Animals, 6th Street, Voodoo Boys, Wraiths, even the Barghest in Dogtown, I'm the guy who gets the Mercs that the gangs themselves either don't think they can handle it themselves, or don't want to have themselves implicated in whatever Gig they offer up to me." He went onto explain which was interesting to hear as this was a completely unknown guy to me based upon the knowledge I have of the Cyberpunk universe.
(This is an actual fixer in the time of Cyberpunk 2077, he is specifically from the comic miniseries Cyberpunk: You Have My Word, he does make a cameo appearance in Edgerunners in the episode where the Arasaka guys were looking at the selection of many different fixers, but he was dead by the events of 2077, at least after the beginning of the second part of 2077 as he is killed off during the time V was dumped off at the Garbage Dump in particular.)
"Oh really? So which gang is looking for a job to be done? But I will say I do have jobs that no matter the amount of money you could pay me will I do, after all professionals have standards in this biz." I didn't really mind doing jobs for the gangs, but their were something's I would never do.
"Nah, nah, even I wouldn't take a job that goes past my bottom line, and your right professionals have standards, so if I can't keep to the base level of standards and be willing to do the most vilest of jobs that would just give me a bad reputation, and reputation is everything in this biz." He said as he lit a Cigar on the other side of the holo.
"I'm not too privy to the specifics yet, but Maelstrom wants to put out a job but they only want a merc who is as borged up as they are to take this job, they think only someone of a 'kindred spirit' or some shit can deal with this job." He said giving what little he knew about the job.
'Well, not like I have much going on at the moment.' "Alright I'll bite, where's the meeting at?" I say as he breathes out smoke from his mouth.
"Tonight, the Totentan's club up in Watson, I'll meet you outside it before heading in." He said making me tilt my head.
"Your coming to the meeting?" I said to which he chuckled.
"Heh, if I don't I will feel like those Gonks are gonna try and fuck me over, so I like to meet the client in person with my Mercs, he'll sometimes I join in on gigs as extra muscle if needed." He said surprising me a bit since most fixers now a days don't do the Merc work themselves unless they need to.
But looking at this guy I just got the feeling he just wanted to, "Alright, I'll be at the Totentan's tonight, text me the specific time when you find it out." I said to which he nodded.
"Till then." He said before cutting the call as I was left alone again with my thoughts.
Get my own crew together with the characters from the games and anime? Join up with Maines crew at some point? Or maybe make a completely new crew of my own?
Night city seemed to be full of surprises, and it had many more left in store for me.
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