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V’s got an unhealthy, self-destructive even obsession with a questionably sane MaxTac operative that he met after putting a stop to a cyberpsycho attack.
His infatuation could get him killed, and that’s even before he gets to have another conversation with her.Series
- Part 5 of Cyberpunk: Alternative Pairings
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Don’t Fear The Reaper by SuddenPainter
Fandoms: Cyberpunk 2077 (Video Game), Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (Anime)
20 Jun 2026
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V and Johnny contemplate their next move. She doesn’t have much time left. He doesn’t want any more dead friends on his consciousness.
Then the fixers start calling.
An alternative Edgerunners Ep. 10 where V enters the scene.
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- Part 5 of What If…?
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Stuck In This Stupid World - Volume II by SuddenPainter
Fandoms: Cyberpunk 2077 (Video Game), Castlevania (Cartoon 2017-2021), 盾の勇者の成り上がり - アネコユサギ | Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari | The Rising of the Shield Hero - Aneko Yusagi, 盾の勇者の成り上がり | Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari | The Rising of the Shield Hero (Anime)
22 Feb 2026
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After being dragged through the Wave portal, V finds herself in Trevor Belmont’s world. Luckily, it is Alucard that finds her, her powers reset and thus utterly helpless.
Continuation of the original Stuck In This World Cyberpunk 2077 / Rising Of The Shield Hero / Castlevania crossover that will only get more off the rails and more unhinged as it continues.
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- Part 3 of V & Trevor - An Unlikely Duo
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Having left Night City in hope of finding the cure for his Relic problem, V finds himself in a completely new city. The transition is far from painless, as the merc has to navigate the complex layers of London and its society while looking for one person who can save him.
In the meantime, Panam is leading Aldecaldos across Arizona in the hope of settling in a better place than Night City before she can join V across the ocean.
Will the legendary merc of Night City find what he is looking for, and how much will it cost him?
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As this picks up after the ending of the game, it can be read on its own, but I have changed a lot of stuff in the canon across the previous instalments, so some elements may come in as a surprise.Series
- Part 11 of Nightcall
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Elizabeth Peralez needs a new babysitter for her baby son, Hector. Agency sends Valerie, whose resume is almost too perfect.
There’s something about Valerie that just doesn’t add up…
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Jack Of Spades, Queen Of Clubs by SuddenPainter
Fandoms: Cyberpunk 2077 (Video Game), Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (Anime)
02 Jun 2025
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V is a born and bred son of Heywood, having spent most of his life in Night City, save for a short and rather unfortunate stint in Atlanta. So it’s really no surprise that he’d get involved with someone like Rita Wheeler, the prime bruiser at Lizzie’s.
Always on the lookout for the next job that could propel him into the Big Leagues, V’s ambitions need to be put on hold when his sister, Gloria gets into trouble and he suddenly ends up being a sort-of-mentor to his nephew, David.
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- Part 3 of Cyberpunk: Alternative Pairings
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With the battle against seemingly immortal Kethric Thorm on the horizon, you feel the desperation and uneasiness in the camp. A bard’s job is to inspire their comrades, but how can you do that when you feel exactly the same? Luckily, a muse comes along, bearing wine.
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“You can cage a songbird, but you can’t make her sing.” Words of some piano man from the early 2000s circled in V’s mind. It was one of those infuriating lines from a song that you remembered almost by accident, only to then spend the next thirty minutes agonizing as to where it came from.
Thankfully for V, any time it was a lyric from before she was born, she could always blame it on Johnny’s memory bleed.
This time was no different.
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- Part 4 of Cyberpunk: Alternative Pairings
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A Little Ambush by SuddenPainter
Fandoms: Cyberpunk 2077 (Video Game), Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (Anime)
19 Apr 2024
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David’s getting ready to head into the Badlands when he notices that he’s not alone. An ambush takes place.
This is a ‘years later’ fluffy one-shot following David and Lucy after the end of Second Chances.
Doesn’t require reading any previous works to enjoy, though. As long as you don’t mind spoilers, of course.Series
- Part 5 of The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
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Stuck In This Stupid World - Volume I by SuddenPainter
Fandoms: 盾の勇者の成り上がり - アネコユサギ | Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari | The Rising of the Shield Hero - Aneko Yusagi, Cyberpunk 2077 (Video Game), Castlevania (Cartoon 2017-2021), 盾の勇者の成り上がり | Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari | The Rising of the Shield Hero (Anime)
28 Jan 2024
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Trevor Belmont fully expected to die when he pulled his impossible stunt to kill Death. Much to his surprise, he found himself very much alive, and in the company of other people supposedly transported into another world to fight what the locals call ‘Waves Of Catastrophe’. Thankfully, there is another capable individual among the summoned ones - V, a mercenary from the world of the future with the incredible technological advancements.
V was certain she chose to have her consciousness absorbed by an AI. Waking up in a medieval world was a somewhat unpleasant surprise.
V and Trevor will have little choice but to buddy up to find a way back to their worlds. Except V fully intends to turn everything she sees into a profit opportunity and, naturally, avoid as much taxes on her profits as she possibly can. She doesn’t even need the money, thats just how she is. Saving the world in the process is just an accidental bonus at the end. Hopefully, the one that comes with a good paycheck, too.
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- Part 2 of V & Trevor - An Unlikely Duo
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Minor Crimes by SuddenPainter
Fandoms: Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (Anime), Cyberpunk 2077 (Video Game)
08 Oct 2023
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A collection of random (very) short vignettes about characters of the Edgerunners anime with guest appearances of V and some other game characters.
These are too short and too random to include into any particular chapter, or simply some ideas that were left on the cutting room floor for a bigger work, but were too good to throw out.
Updates will probably be rather sporadic (i.e. can do as many as a couple a day but then take a big gap after).
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- Part 3 of The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
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What If… Everything Was Different? by SuddenPainter
Fandoms: Cyberpunk 2077 (Video Game), Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (Anime)
13 Sep 2023
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A series of Alternative Universe one-shots (with potential follow-ups) that may or may not become bigger works in the future.
Cyberpunk 2077 and Edgerunners characters will be prevalent throughout, but we may/will get quite a few crossover characters and universes throughout.
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- Part 4 of What If…?
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The One Exception by SuddenPainter
Fandoms: Cyberpunk 2077 (Video Game), Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (Anime)
25 May 2023
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It’s funny how meeting the right person at the right time can change your life, isn’t it?
An AU where Kiwi had met V at some point before events of Edgerunners and the two are together.
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- Part 2 of Cyberpunk: Alternative Pairings
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Grief by SuddenPainter
Fandoms: Cyberpunk 2077 (Video Game), Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (Anime)
30 Apr 2023
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In her downward spiral after David’s death, Lucy encounters Judy who had also lost the most important person in her life.
The two find solace in each other’s grief.This isn’t going to be a happy story, not even close. You’ve been warned.
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Second Chances by SuddenPainter
Fandoms: Cyberpunk 2077 (Video Game), Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (Anime)
19 Apr 2023
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Alone and battling terrible thoughts after surviving the encounter with Adam Smasher, Lucy spends her days on the Moon. Her world turns upside down, yet again, when she receives news that David is, in fact, alive, but still suffering from cyberpsychosis.
Continuation of the story of ‘Major Crimes’ and ‘Over The Edge And Back’ that will look into what could’ve happened if David survived.
This isn’t gonna be an easy ride, especially at the beginning, so be warned.Series
- Part 4 of The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
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Cheating Death And Dodging Taxes by SuddenPainter
Fandoms: Cyberpunk 2077 (Video Game), 悪魔城ドラキュラ | Castlevania Series, Castlevania (Cartoon 2017-2021), 盾の勇者の成り上がり | Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari | The Rising of the Shield Hero (Anime), 盾の勇者の成り上がり - アネコユサギ | Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari | The Rising of the Shield Hero - Aneko Yusagi
29 Mar 2023
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They say that nothing is certain, but Death and Taxes. Well, Trevor had, apparently, broken Death after he fought and defeated it. And when it comes to Taxes… If V has anything to say about it, there will be no Taxes for her either.
V and Trevor were summoned into the world as Shield and Whip heroes and things had gone even madder from there. This short foray into this madcap world follows the perspectives of common people as they witness the interactions between the two Legendary Heroes.
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- Part 1 of V & Trevor - An Unlikely Duo
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A Guest For The Slumbering God by SuddenPainter
Fandoms: Overlord - Maruyama Kugane & Related Fandoms
07 Dec 2022
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Presented with a unique challenge, Demiurge has no choice but to venture into slumbering Ainz’s Throne Chamber
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Major Crimes by SuddenPainter
Fandoms: Cyberpunk 2077 (Video Game), Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (Anime)
27 Oct 2022
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Just as David feels like he’d lost almost everything, again, his mysterious neighbour decides to come by and help out to get the young edgerunner back on his feet. That neighbour happens to be V.
A series of short vignettes happening during the timejump between episodes of 6 and 7 of Edgerunners anime and somewhere in the middle of Act 2 of Cyberpunk 2077. Naturally, this means that the canon timelines are shifted by ~6 months so that there is an overlap.
Expect to meet other characters from both the game and the anime (I’ll add more as they get introduced).
As this is happening in the middle of the CP2077 canon, no prerequisite reading of the Nightcall series is required.
Update: bonus chapters will be added in the middle. See the last chapter’s notes for where they are.
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- Part 1 of The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
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Memory Shards by SuddenPainter
Fandoms: Cyberpunk 2077 (Video Game), Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (Anime)
25 Sep 2022
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A collection of short archived conversations like those you can find lying around the game.
Just like the items in the game, these would refer to different points in the story, some even before the events of the game. Includes plenty about V and other main characters, but also introduces plenty of common NC residents that are just going about their business.
Aligned with the rest of the events in Nightcall series.
[Series considered completed as I try other mediums / formats]
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- Part 12 of Nightcall
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Over The Edge And Back by SuddenPainter
Fandoms: Cyberpunk 2077 (Video Game), Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (Anime)
17 Sep 2022
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New discovery brings V to believe that David Martinez, an upstart Edgerunner he’d worked with before, may not be dead, after all.
The famed merc takes it upon himself to find David and help him however he can.A Cyberpunk 2077 and Edgerunners crossover one-shot that sits within the broader Nightcall series.
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- Part 13 of Nightcall
- Part 2 of The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress