#arasakas bodyguard

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Last Caress

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2072 - Arasaka Family Compound

The daughter of the Emperor and her Hellhound. What would it take to break them apart?

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I need more fag on fag crime from Johnny and V yesterday

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💡BG3 Companions in Cyberpunk 2077 //AU

just a fun lil personal HC i did at 3 am. Read each's quick stories below cut!

Aight here goes, sorry for the mess

💡Gale being a netrunner on a borrowed time since his cyberware is eating himself alive. His fixer (while also being his ex-lover) offered only one solution to his demise; sacrificing his corrupted virtu to temporarily cripple the Blackwall

💡Astarion, once was a big-hit lawyer and disappeared for a decade, re-emerges as one of the left hand for a big name in politic circles. Rumor is this politician used a few trusted of his people to 'house' an important experimental cyberwear to later be taken back and improved…

💡Wyll, son of Mayor Ravengard. While father wishes for him to continue down the politics, Wyll thinks it's more of a direct help to jump down on the streets directly, thus becoming an Edgerunner. Rumor has it he had dealings with people within Militech that granted him techs

💡Shadowheart, One of Arasaka's top agent. Her, being under Arasaka's teachings and guidance has little to none care for her selfish needs--that is until she was disconnected from their mainframe. Tasting the freedom and truth of her past, SH wanted to uncover all of it

💡Laezel was trained, Sponsored and backed by the Militech, she aimed to be the strongest living weapon of all times. Though, things didn't go smoothly once her implant was caught malfunctioned. She aim to regain control of her might, and refrains from being thrown away by the megacorp

💡Karla was a bodyguard of an NC political figure, then was betrayed and sold to a megacorp as a subject of experiment, and eventually broke out from there. The tech she gained DID enhance her abilities, but at the cost of it overheating and eventually gave her health problems

and a little bonus, my own Tav

💡Mira's family had been loyal to Arasaka for decades, she had also fell into the corporation hole. Until everything fell apart, Arasaka revoked everything and her family ruined by the megacorp, she sought other ways of survival and making her own name in Night City.

And of course, my durge Ian who's probably far mor familiar to some of you in cyberpunk than in BG3..

💡Ian, an Ex-Netwatch Netrunner. Retired from NW due to a lifethreatening incident involving a megacorp and now he only netrun for his small group (with Zil & Fiona) to quietly plan revenge

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arasaka bodyguards (ง︡'-'︠)ง

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[lotties-ashwagandha]

the sun

hanako arasaka x bodyguard!reader, word count 2.3k

it’s always been a rule in your profession never to get too close to the arasakas, to stay silent in the pursuit of duty over sentiment — but after your promotion to being assigned the personal bodyguard to hanako, love takes priority over your safety.

written for @elaci , whose stench of pickles is unrivaled. tourney also made the written by vita borders I’ve been using and i love them

The unspoken rule of working for the Arasakas had always been to never get too close. Even those working in the family’s most private affairs understood it as the most important guideline – never become a source of intel, never acquire more knowledge of the family’s dealings than necessary to pick up a check. The Arasaka enterprise was run on money, and the sole way to survive close contact was to feed only on what was provided. 

After the death of Saburo Arasaka, armed security presence surrounding Yorinobu and Hanako Arasaka had increased dramatically, as well as on their sites of business. Tensions had been growing politically in Night City’s response to the death, the cause of the event becoming the newest subject of popular debate. 

You had used the chaos to your advantage – you had been working in security for the Arasakas before the assassination of Saburo, whose death had provided you with innumerable promotion opportunities that you welcomed eagerly as new recruits flooded common security jobs. 

Your loyalty to the company and your reputation throughout it as the best in your field had landed you in the dwelling of Hanako Arasaka. You’d been given the assignment of being her personal bodyguard. You would be responsible in the company of a rotating shift of guards to keep watch over her estate when Hanako was home, and if she left to venture into Night City, it was your responsibility to go with her and ensure her safety. It was a job that seemed relatively easy in your eyes, and the payout would be enough to motivate you to take as many bullets as you could for her and still live to see your money. 

Yet things became more complicated after a few months when you began staying with her after your shift — for dinner, cooked for you by Hanako’s chef, or when she confided in you her need for someone to talk to and you were unable to deny her the luxury of simple conversation. You were witness to Hanako’s most confidential business meetings, and you were the only person she could trust for council. You would share a drink together, and then too many to count, and you would get too drunk to remember most of what you confided in one another the next morning. Sometimes you made it home before then — sometimes you ended up in her bed, either from the consequence of mutual desire, or purely out of leisure and the more favorable prospect of staying with her than making the trip back to your shitty apartment while too drunk to hardly walk straight. Hanako didn’t expect anything from you, only your happiness in whatever way she could provide. 

In her bed is where you lay now, watching Hanako sort through messages on her phone beside you. Your guns and knives have been scattered strategically around the room, in the drawers of the bedside tables and on the dresser, but she doesn’t mind. She enjoys the protection you give and rewards it with luxury. She’s sober, and so are you. Through the months the two of you have grown out of the chaos of needing alcohol in order to find the courage to proclaim your love. This night is one of domesticity. 

A chill runs through you, and you pull the blankets up close. No matter the temperature outside in Night City, it always runs cold in the mansion. Sometimes it’s refreshing — now, it feels isolating. Hanako sits against the headboard unconcerned in her white silk robe. 

In a quick motion you sit up and snatch the phone from Hanako’s gold hands. She gives you a look of confusion, and prepares to speak in protest, but you silence her with a kiss. She lets you pull her down to lay with you — you can feel the tension releasing from her body as she’s given a moment to rest. She lays her head on your chest and snakes an arm around you. 

“You’re always working,” you say quietly. You reach over and set her phone on the bedside table. 

“You’re not,” she responds. Her tone is calm, tranquil, but you can tell she thinks she’s endlessly clever for the remark. 

You shake your head. “My shift is over, it’s late.” You can feel her skepticism, so you continue. “How do you know this isn’t me working? You’re safe, and I’m in close proximity. That’s all I’ve been assigned with.” 

She hums in response, accepting your answer in spite of its lack of credibility. Any other time she would have given you another testy quip, and her silence is evidence of her exhaustion. Her responsibility in the Arasaka enterprise has been overwhelming since the change in power. 

Hanako shifts to be able to look at you. Her expression is one of love, it’s reflected in her eyes as she takes you in. She moves to kiss you gently, her motions unhurried. She’ll use this against you later — she’s right, you aren’t working, but repercussions are off the table as long as you’re alone. 

Her phone chimes from the table, but the two of you are quick to ignore it. You feel pride in leaving Hanako’s phone unanswered, that she’s choosing you over her work. In a relationship with anyone else, it would be expected that work is set aside, but Hanako’s situation is painfully unique. It seems an inexplicably large win that you’ve conquered the necessity of the Arasaka companies, until Hanako’s phone starts ringing relentlessly and you know you’re doomed to spend the night in bed alone. 

Hanako sits up. She gives you a look of remorse before reaching over you for her phone. At once her expression changes as she checks the caller, becoming solemn. She moves off of you. 

“I have to take this,” she says softly. When she meets your eyes, you can see her regret. “I’m sorry.” 

You nod in understanding. You can’t help but feel neglect burrowing within you as you watch her hurry out of the bedroom to take the call. You wish she was still there beside you, within reach. The cold of the room catches your attention again, stronger than before.  

You sigh, letting your head sink into the pillows and your body deeper into the mattress. Hanako will be in her office taking the call for at least the next hour. Nothing can harm her as long as the night shift guards are stationed at the perimeter of the property. It bores you and dampens your mood to be without her, so you allow yourself to rest, drifting into sleep in the expensive luxury of the mansion. 

. . . .

Embers has never been your favorite excursion to make with Hanako. It’s where she hosts her most important meetings, the place is praised for the credibility of its security, but it’s also where you must be the most careful in hiding the nature of your relationship with Hanako. 

There are very few people who know of your relationship — the chef at her house, he’s known since the beginning, but after you threatened his life all concern you had about his reliability disappeared. You suspect some of the guards at Hanako’s house are aware as well. There have been too many nights of you staying over for them to suspect nothing. But outside of what’s necessary, you and Hanako take every measure to ensure that no one else working for the Arasakas finds out about the two of you — if they found out, the rest of Night City would find out. Hanako would be berated by the media, and you would be targeted by those who wish to eliminate her. 

Embers accentuates all of your concerns. Security cameras are at every corner, and guards are stationed around the building’s entrances. The exclusivity of the club is shoved in your face every time you arrive, it rings in your ears that only the richest and most prosperous of Night City are allowed here. You have no room for error. 

Hanako meets with a client at the bar. You watch from the entrance of the room. The client is a man, one you don’t particularly care for. He’s been involved in experimental tech for the Arasakas for years, but the knowledge doesn’t grant him any of your trust. 

You watch as he becomes looser with a few drinks. He’s still discussing business with Hanako, but more enthusiastically now, and subtle touches and looks imply that not all which occupies his mind is related to finance. Hanako doesn’t seem to notice. 

You’re unable and unauthorized to move as the man keeps flirting with her. Though you’d give anything to pull a gun on him, he poses no threat to Hanako’s safety. You have no move to make. 

You glance at the clock beside the bar. You watch as the seconds tick by, wishing at every turn of a minute that the meeting would finish and you would be able to go home. A sigh escapes you that you’re unable to keep in. Hanako spares you a glance from the bar that you’re unable to read, and when the meeting with the client is finished, she gives you no recognition before leaving and expecting you to follow her as ordered. 

The car ride home is quiet. You ride with Hanako for security. Every so often she gives you a look of expectation. You know she’s aware that you’re upset, but doesn’t know how to ask for what’s wrong. 

“He was a little touchy, wasn’t he?” You ask. The words are bitter on your tongue. “Useless.” 

“He’s giving me a lot of money,” she says simply. Even though you know much of her business workings, Hanako still attempts to keep them private unless asking for your advice. 

“You could get the money elsewhere,” you say. “All of these rich fucks are lining up to be associated with the Arasakas.” 

She shakes her head. “If you think you can do a better job at running my company—”

“No, you seem to do it better than anyone could. You hardly spend a second away from it.” 

Your tone leads her into a brief silence. She’s level headed, but she can’t hide the frustration growing within her. It makes her tense, and part of you wants to reach for her hand, apologize and praise her for her dedication to her work, but you stay firm in your resolve. 

“You know why it has to be this way,” Hanako says. “You know this can never go public. It shouldn’t even be happening.” 

You don’t respond. You know. You know, and it’s the worst part of it all. 

. . . .

When you wake up the next morning, it’s in your own apartment. Exhaustion plagues you, makes you feel sick. 

After your shift yesterday, you had hardly spoken to Hanako. The two of you had parted on terms less than ideal. You’re still disappointed, and you suspect she is too busy to be concerned with you. The thought makes anger swell in your chest. 

You wish you could take days off. Any breaks from your profession are few and far between due to your necessity. As you drive to work you think about how nice it would be, to be able to sleep in for once or go out to dinner on your own. You would have an excuse to be away from Hanako until your anger subsides. 

When you pull into the driveway, Hanako is already waiting for you outside of her estate. She stands with her arms crossed as she leans against the door of the backseat of her car, her driver already in the front. 

“You’re late,” she says as you step out of the car. You check the time. 

“I’m not.” 

Hanako smiles. Without another word she gets in the backseat of the car with the expectation that you get in on the other side. You oblige, though not without dread. You’d been wishing for a quiet morning. 

“Where are we going?” You ask. Hanako doesn’t respond. Annoyance comes over you in a rush. If she’s still pissed at you, you want her to voice it. 

You notice during the drive that Hanako is without her phone. If she has it, she isn’t on it at all. Her gaze is fixed out the window as you venture closer to the edge of Night City. 

After half an hour of driving, the car is parked before a giant glass dome — adrenaline runs through you as you realize where you are. 

“The botanical garden?” You ask. Hanako nods. You get out of the car and take a moment to examine it — the only botanical garden in Night City, and only for the rich. It’s an indoor botanical garden, there are hardly any natural ones anymore. It’s rare to be so close to this much innocent life collected in one place. 

You step into the botanical garden with Hanako. It's empty of people, she’s bought the place out for the day. Trees, vines, flowers, plants you could never have dreamed the appearance of crowd you and pull you deeper into the abyss. The sun shines in through the glass ceiling, and you close your eyes as you lift your face to it, letting yourself be touched by its warmth. 

You open your eyes at the feeling of Hanako taking your hands in her own. She stands before you, the same love in her eyes that makes you feel whole, adored completely and unendingly. 

“I want to spend more time with you,” she tells you. “I know it’s hard on you, that I can’t be there more. That this has to stay private.” 

You nod. You can’t find words in your amazement. 

“I love you,” Hanako says quietly. She gazes down at your hands together. 

You pull her into a kiss — a wordless confirmation of your love, yet it’s there all the same, in every breath you take and in every moment you spend in the joy of her embrace. The life around you breathes into you, promises you her time, her love, the prospect of a future. For once, you are able to let your guard down in her embrace — the sun is your guardian, and burns away shadows of harm in its wrath. 

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Cyberpunk Characters

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(X) = Smut

Yandere @poisonousroxstar Summary: Someone likes you a little to much. Warnings: Kidnaping Special Tag: Headcon Meredith Stout

Jealousy @smuttyfang Summary: Judy is pissed/jealous when a client hires reader just to seduce her Warnings: Jealousy Special Tag: None Judy Alvarez

Day In @judgementdaysunshine Summary: You and Judy have a lazy morning and day together Warnings: None Special Tag: None Judy Alvarez

Last Voice Mail @smuttyfang Summary: Reader chooses suicide in the end and leaves a really heartbreaking voicemail for Judy Warnings: Suicide Special Tag: Angst Judy Alvarez

Idol Worship @yns-world Summary: You’re a hyper feminine idol with a cutesy, girlie concept. As a Night City celebrity, these are some headcanons of your life with the men. Warnings: None Special Tag: Head con Cyber Punk Men

NSFW @ma1dmer (X) Summary: You find out what it like to be with a power couple Warnings: None Special Tag: Head con Elizabeth and Jefferson Peralez

you're not a ghost, you're in my head @vampireloverz (X) Summary: The voice in your head helps you get off. Warnings: None Special Tag: None Johnny Silverhand

THE EROS CLUB @buryustogether (X) Summary: You and Jackie receive a job to infiltrate a popular new club and retrieve a sample of a drug making its rounds through customers. unfortunately, it takes being dosed to realize the drug is an aphrodisiac.Warnings: drinking alcohol, drugs, being drugged unknowingly Special Tag: None Jackie Welles

Happier Endings @tfone4one (X) Summary: You’ve been cured of your terminal disease. Johnny Silverhand no longer lives in your brain. It’s left you in a coma for two years, and when you wake up, everyone you’ve ever cared for has either moved on or no longer wants to see you, even your boyfriend, River Ward. Warnings: None Special Tag: None River Ward

the sun @lotties-ashwagandha (X) Summary: it’s always been a rule in your profession never to get too close to the arasakas, to stay silent in the pursuit of duty over sentiment — but after your promotion to being assigned the personal bodyguard to hanako, love takes priority over your safety. Warnings: None Special Tag: None Hanako Arasaka

Short Imagine @poisonousroxstar Summary: Rita Wheeler headcanons Warnings: None Special Tag: headcanons Rita Wheeler

<333 @kaeuhhh Summary: Judy headcanons Warnings: None Special Tag: headcanons Judy Alvarez

Judy Alvarez Headcanons @2kverrr Summary: Life with Judy Warnings: None Special Tag: Headcanons

Neon Lights and Neon Dreams @vampiresbloodx Summary: A young lawman who just got his badge. A mysterious merc with a blackout past. A rocker with everything to prove. All of you, trying to survive in Night City. City of Dreams. A City where there are no happy endings. Warnings: None Special Tag: None Leon, Ada

Beneath the Iron Veil @vampiresbloodx Summary: None Warnings: None Special Tag: None Rosaline

silver heart; clouded judgement—. @zevrra Summary: after the heist mission, upon hearing the bad news about how their life is going to go; V is comforted by Vik who wishes he could do more. Warnings: None Special Tag: None viktor

FORTUNE @lotties-ashwagandha Summary: None Warnings: None Specials Tags: Head canon Rogue Amendiares

Jealous @hanako-arasakas-twink Summary: None Warnings: None Specials Tags: Head canons Panam Palmer

PRIVACY @lotties-ashwagandha (X) Summary: None Warnings: None Specials Tags: None Panam Palmer

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shot up arasaka and all i got was this bodyguard of theirs

[lucky38-2077]

Arasaka top bodyguards✊

Oda's outfit and Goro's shirt by smallsandayu🖤

[elvenbeard]

Maybe the biggest gift is the friends we made along the way 🎂

Happy Birthday, V!

Was staying up way too late and getting way too emotional over these fictional gonks last night, but yes... I've wanted to do a bigger scene like this for so long, and what better occasion than male V's canon birthday today!

These aren't all my favourites from the game (the sofa wouldn't be big enough for it xD), but the people Vince would like to invite over for the occasion for sure, let it be a year or two down the line when they all actually are in the same area at the right time and come together like this (and uuuhhh... obvious problems with one certain ex-bodyguard set aside and solved because I said so!). It would really be a special thing to have everyone there that's been with him during one of the worst times of his life. Thanks to them (amongst many others) he even gets the chance to celebrate another birthday.

Some more ramblings about some of the interactions I'm picturing here and why I placed everyone the way I did under the cut xD And some more pics to come in a separate post later :3

Front and center obviously Vince and Kerry and Judy, my faves, my loves <3 I think this would probably be one of only a handful of times Kerry ever meets Judy in person. He only ever hears her over the holo and knows her from what V told him, because she left Night City before they got a chance to meet prior to the game's endings. I think they would go along so well though, and besides Kerry, Judy is the person Vince feels closest to out of the group pictured here, and he'd be so excited to know Kerry and her get along as well.

Then Judy and Panam... I lowkey ship it so hard, and I mean, they would make one power couple, but at the very least I think they'd become good friends, maybe Judy even travels with the Aldecaldos for a while or joins them, like in the Star ending when she's romanced.

I put River in the back and center cause he's the biggest of the bunch and I think he'd love being there, watching over everyone in a way (and keeping an eye on Takemura, cause he doesn't trust him xD). I'd like to think him and Viktor get talking about boxing, workouts, maybe make plans for a friendly sparring match. Maybe they've even met before on some occasion, only just realizing it now. Viktor is btw out of the whole bunch the person Vince has know the longest, almost as long as he knew Jackie in my background story for him.

Goro keeps himself in the back because he definitely is the odd one out of the bunch (probably didn't wanna come in the first place), but maybe he's starting to realize this moment that a life without Arasaka is not the end of the world after all. That there's always room for new beginnings, no matter how unlikely it seems (but he's still gonna give V shit, and V is gonna give him shit, obviously XD they're bickering like an old couple probably, much to Judy's and Panam's amusement who previously were rather wary of Goro).

Then a pair I only really got thinking about when I set this up were Misty and Kerry because... It does kinda make sense, and I think they'd get along really well? Like, Vince and Misty have known each other for a few years, and he likes her a lot, but he's not as close to her as he was to Jackie for example. She was definitely a positive guidance throughout the whole mess in 2077, and he really appreciates her for always seeing the good in everything. And I think Kerry would be a bit confused about her in the beginning, but since he also has spiritual leanings I think they'd find a lot of common ground. I also think Misty would just treat him as Vince's partner, some guy, not be all in awe about him being famous - aware of it, but ignoring it, because it does not matter in the grand scheme of things how rich and famous you are but whether or not you're a decent human being.

And Nibbles is there because she lives there, obviously, this is her penthouse, her sofa xD Needs to make sure everyone behaves!

I had been thinking about including Rogue in the scene, but then I also thought... she probably wouldn't come xD Be like "nah kid, thanks, but you do you", and she's not that close with Vince on a personal level. Same goes for Claire, I love her so much, and while I think she and Vince get along very well, they're not as close (or maybe she just didn't have time).

I was pondering also if I wanted to include Jackie and Johnny in some way, because they can't be there physically for known reasons (and even though Vince wouldn't have invited Johnny just to annoy him, Johny would have come anyway to annoy him back, so there's that XD). Decided against it in the end because the ideas I had would have meant more editing than what I was ready to do just now, but I have some more ideas with Vince and Jackie and Johnny that work better in a different setting anyway.

if you've read this far, here's a piece of birthday cake 🍰

[foxs0x]

I've been trying to roleplay Vicentije better now that I've fleshed him out more during my fanfic. It’s been interesting to explore how his choices differ from my last playthrough and how his character has evolved.

More thoughts below the cut 👇

For example, he killed Oda. It wasn’t something he relished, but Vicentije operates on a “kill or be killed” mentality. In Night City, there’s no room for mercy or idealism. In V's words, "that's some gonk-ass shit!". It’s purely about survival. He told Takemura as much - that Oda was a loose end. It was a ruthless and cold decision, and while he didn’t feel good about it, he also felt it was necessary.

When Arasaka soldiers and Adam Smasher stormed the abandoned apartment to take Hanako back, Vicentije didn’t try to save Takemura. The truth is, he never fully trusted him. He liked Takemura, but in the end, Takemura’s loyalty to Arasaka was a red flag he couldn’t ignore. After all, Takemura was Saburo’s bodyguard! Vicentije couldn’t bring himself to risk everything for someone still devoted to Arasaka, when they're ruining his life and the lives of many others.

Vicentije feels terrible about Takemura’s death, though. The growing body count around him is a weight he carries every day.

One question lingers in his mind, though. Was he always this capable of being so ruthless? Or is it the result of Johnny’s influence infecting his personality?

At this point, he realises the line between who he is, and who Johnny is, feels increasingly blurred.

As for his appearance, Vicentije was always flashy, before the Tower ending. He took pride in his cyberware and loved being noticed for his looks. Handsome and confident, he dyed his hair often, wore makeup, showed off his tattoos, and had more clothes than what he knew what to do with. But everything changed after the coma. His hair is back to its natural brown, his Kiroshi optics are replaced with synth-ganic hazel eyes — the same color he was born with — and he traded his style for a much simpler look, deliberately avoiding anything that might make him stand out.

His story in End Transmission is about rediscovering his confidence without cyberware or being a mercenary.

In this roleplay, it's obviously set before all that, but it's leading into it. V is desperate, cunning and ruthless to his enemies. To his friends, he will drop everything to help them, however.