Cyberpunk 2077: Engine Troubles

Night City was unsettlingly quiet tonight. Whereas the city is usually alive with the hum and buzz of its many, many inhabitants, the distant echoes of gunfire or some cyber junkie getting into a fight - tonight it was near silence. It would be silent, if not for the occasional bang of metal on metal as Panam took her frustration out on her tools.

Once again, Panam’s journey into the city has resulted in something fucking up. This time it was her baby - a customised Thornton Mackinaw, or “Warhorse” as she called it. Out in the badlands a breakdown wouldn’t be so bad. There are usually other nomads around who could lend a hand. But in the city, Panam was short on friends and even shorter on patience.

Becky was on one of her usual late shifts at the food stall. Whereas most nights she would be busy serving soups and drinks to any and all gonks that passed by, tonight was oddly quiet. Aside from the group of women chatting away at the table and Panam fixing her car, there was hardly anyone around. It was as if the heavy fog that hung in the air had swallowed everyone up. Yet she wasn’t complaining. The quiet was kind of nice.

However the silence was soon broken by the grumbling roar of a Quadra Type-66 that had pulled up to a stop outside the tables. Stepped out a sleazy-looking man with slicked-back jet-black hair, red tracksuit and matching trainers. It was clear that this man was desperately trying to fight the signs of aging; and losing badly at it.

“Who does this jackass think he’s impressing with his car? Bet he’s compensating for something down below.” Becky muttered under her breath. But before she could finish her sentence, Becky spied the old-timer trying to get a peek up her skirt.

“Hey, my eyes are up here, Jackass.” The orange haired girl said to him shortly. The man failed to respond, only laughing when the silence grew too awkward. Pointing at the menu he asked for a bowl of noodles. Reluctantly, Becky agreed and passed him a bowl. Tossing it down on the counter, making her thoughts towards the slick man known.

“Fuck this!” Panam yelled, her head buried within the metal confines of her engine. “If this thing refuses to work I just give fucking up!” Panam’s outbursts grew the gazes of the few people around. She was too angry to notice their stares however. Closing the hood to her ‘Warhorse’, Panam headed over to the stall, hoping that a strong drink will calm her down and clear her head.

As Panam was offered a free drink by Becky, the two got to chatting. Panam finding it a nice change of pace to find someone actually normal in Night City. Although the man dressed all in red tried to get their attention at numerous times, both of the girls ignored his advances.

Irked by this, the man with the greased-back hair, who Panam would later find out was called Nick, had an idea that would mean there’s no way Panam could ignore him. If he could get her car fixed, she’d be indebted to him and he could finally see what’s under her hood.

Stepping away from the duo, Nick went over to her beloved Avenger to grab some tools. Although the tools were mostly for show as he was packing the latest Cyberware deck that would do all the heavy lifting. Still, he couldn’t make it look too easy, otherwise, where would be the fun in that?

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Overalll, this set came out way, way better than I had hoped. At first I was struggling with it as the build up story phase was taking seemingly forever and it was a real challange to try and tell the story I wanted to with just still images and no words. 

However I got it done and hopefully it makes some sense. But for the actual spicy stuff I feel came out really good, especially the final stage of images with Becky and Panam. Was really happy with how those ones came out. 

I was glad that I was able to use this enviroment. I wanted to use this one with my old 3070 but it proved to be too much. But the 4090 was able to work through it. But even the 4090 had some issues with this scene. 

Not sure if there's anything else left to add. Gonna start on the next set in the coming days, it'll be the second part to my Bathing Beauty set with Triss. 

As always, feel free to let me know any feedback or thoughts with this set. 

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