Cyber punk
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You are fighting a Cyber punk. In the rancid days of ruin, his body's sweating toxins of his own demise. When the night comes, he gets deranged by some strange alchemy. There's nothing pure in this world and ... wait, let me start over. It's a nice day to start again, right? |
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Hit messages:
He says, "Welcome to my mind," and then he goes psyko-sonik on you. He starts his teknojihad by delivering a serious shock on the wire that lays you flat. Down on the ground, you realize you should have read more William Gibson. You get hit for X damage.
Your opponent attacks ... It's the age of destruction in a world of corruption. It's the age of destruction and he hands you oblivion. Oblivion, as it turns out, involves more pain and less numbness than you would have expected. He hits you for X damage.
Critical hit message:
Your opponent attacks ... Your opponent has a critical hit! He hits for X damage.
Miss messages:
Your opponent attacks ... and misses.
Your opponent attacks ... He's in his head, man. He's off in a wasteland. You try reaching through the madness to the other side, but he just looks at you and asks, "Mony?" Apparently he thinks you're someone else.
Your opponent attacks ... He's the neuromancer, and he's trancing. Trancing. Trancing. And he's trancing. He seems to be stuck in that trance.
Your opponent attacks ... Night is all around him; stars are in his hair. He's entangled in the secrets that he's found hidden there. He struggles vigorously but fails to get untangled.
Fumble messages:
Your opponent attacks ... Your foe fumbles! He takes X damage.
Victory! You beat up your foe and win the combat!
You gain 27-49 chips.
You gain 35 experience.
You got an item: digital voice recorder 
You got an item: smart juice 
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References
- Cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction, in which William Gibson was a pioneer. Neuromancer is one of his most well-known novels.
- "Welcome to My Mind", "Teknojihad", "Shock on the Wire", and "Down on the Ground" are titles of songs performed by the nineties techno group Psykosonik, whose lyrics often contained cyberpunk themes.
- The rest of the combat messages, as well as the enemy description, reference the Billy Idol album Cyberpunk, especially the songs "Neuromancer" and "Mother Dawn".
- The enemy's image is an example of cyberpunk fashion.
