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V sat in the chair of the older ripperdoc getting a new and better set of Kiroshi implants put in. It had been a while since his last appointment seeing as he pretty much lived in the desert at the nomad camp.
"You alright kid? you got a look that don't spell out anything good." Said Vik in his usual worried father tone he would give to V, Jackie and Misty. As soon as he said that Vs vision returned to his body as the implants became fully installed.
"Hmm? oh yeah, I just got a few things on my mind other than yknow, impending death." Said the Merc with a grin trying to make light of his ever-darkening situation.
"Anything you wanna get off your plate? Some good ole fashion Vik advice?" Vik returned to his chair and muted the boxing match on his computer that is ever on repeat. He crossed his arms ready to hear out whatever V had to say always ready to be the ear he could lend to friends.
V hesitated for a moment; he was so used to being the badass merc to everyone around the city but to Vik he didn't mind all that much opening up. "Well, I told you about Panam right? Nomad girl I've been seeing."
"Yeah, you talk about her every chance you get, trouble in paradise?" Vik said not as much as a joke but more of an honest question. To Vik he wasn't one to poke fun at someone ever matters of love.
"No no of course not... well actually kinda." V sat up in the chair and turned to face Vik who was waiting patiently for the next part of the story. "Well, she took me out last night, right? This great view on the side of this canyon that overlooked the city, it was beautiful. More beautiful than I thought this town could be."
"Kid if I'm being totally honest that doesn't sound much like a problem to me. I mean your girl takes you out on a nice time, how exactly does that stress you out?" Vik now totally confused stands to grab a beer tossing one to V in the process.
V grabbed the beer careful not to shatter it with his gorilla arms. "It's not that, it's the fact that she always does these things, things that make all my ideas to take her out seem... less than fantastic. I just want to show her as good of a time as she shows me seeing as we might not have the longest time with each other."
"Okay I get it now, just a city boy trying to impress a nomad girl. Problem is there are few nomads that want anything to do with the city. Maybe I can help ya brainstorm up some ideas, I might not be a ladies' man, but I do have some good ideas now and then."
V let out a sigh of relief "Oh thank god Vik you are a life saver, whaddya think I should do? It's not like there's much room for romance in Night City." Said the merc with his hands on his knees and his head down.
Vik rubbed his chin a bit and pondered. "What sort of things do Nomads or Panam in particular enjoy?"
"Well... She likes big guns, fast cars, lots of booze and loud music" V grinned as he said it just cause he could imagine Panam with all those things at once.
"Alright alright well that band Refused is in town playing in Watson, you could grab tickets. It covers lots of booze and loud music and two outta four aint too bad if I say so myself."
"Yknow you're right that's not a bad idea at all, I might have to ask a few other friends but that is on my list! Thanks Vik you always come through for me" V then grabbed his coat and started to head out of the clinic.
"G'luck kid!"