Epics of India

EDIT: The latest version of this story can be found here . In the year 2077, there was a man of much honor, but with no master, wandering the streets of Night City. This man's name was Goro Takemura, former bodyguard to the now-deceased CEO of the Arasaka Corporation, Saburo Arasaka. Once a distinguished man, now he was nothing more than another street rat, seeking for a way to survive in the dirty gutters of the city. He had been unable to save Saburo, as he had been told to step out the room moments before Saburo's own son committed patricide and killed his father in a fit of rage. Then he had been left for dead, unsuccessfully attacked by assassins sent by Yorinobu to tie up any loose ends. During his escape from Yorinobu's hitmen, he was with V at the time, who had unfortunately been in the middle of a heist in Yorinobu's penthouse when the family feud went down. Fate had brought them together, and now they walked the streets of Night City trying to find a way to br...

- The Sandy Road is a short but riveting tale, as the men are put into danger within a few sentences thanks to a poor decision and unfortunate event. The setting of the Sandy Road would fit perfectly into the setting of the Badlands in Cyberpunk. - Oxen in the futuristic world of Cyberpunk would not make that much sense, so I could replace their method of transport with normal vehicles, but keep the element of having a pilot lead them with either a physical navigator or some sort of AI navigation system. - The plot of the Sandy Road is extremely short, with the story being finished within a couple scrolls of the webpage. This means when I write my own story on it, I need to flesh out each section of the story, and add some dialogue so that it is entertaining to read even though it is longer than the source. A desert scene, easy to get lost in without a pilot Bibliography: Jataka Tales , by Ellen C. Babbitt

 -The story of the Ox Who Won the Forfeit would be an easy tale to rewrite in the Cyberpunk universe, especially with the elements of a man boasting too much and being unable to deliver. This would be a perfect scenario to write Jacky into. -Rather than have the ox be a person or an animal, it could be a piece of machinery Jacky does not understand how to operate and attempts to flaunt off to the public as some amazing piece of tech. -Most jataka tales involving tricksters seem to follow a pattern where I can insert Jacky into the stories as his personality is one that matches the energy being carried by the stories. Ox pulling one wagon with the help of another Web source: Jataka Tales , by Ellen C. Babbitt