When letting the rest of the crew know about what they're going to be doing in a couple weeks, V and Alt decide to split things up into a couple of meetings. First and foremost, the Netrunners. This involved Sasha, Lucy, and their newest recruit, Beatrice. Sasha was intrigued by what V and Alt were describing, Beatrice was terrified but excited, but Lucy… Lucy couldn't help but scowl.
"I thought our target was Arasaka. And Smasher."
V grins a little bit, knowing full well that Lucy has long given up on pretending like she hadn't come back to Night City for revenge.
"Don't get me wrong. Adam Smasher is still slated for execution. And Yorinobu Arasaka dies as well. Arasaka as a whole… well, we might just own it by the end of all of this."
That causes wide eyes all around, especially from Lucy. But before anyone else can speak, V plows forward.
"Arasaka is still the main goal. Whatever we wind up doing with it, we're not going to just give up or stop before we finish what we've started. You'll get your revenge on Smasher, Lucy. And anyone else who had a hand in your situation and David's death as well for good measure."
V had no problem promising that. If Hanako really wanted to make some kind of bargain with him to keep Arasaka going under her after all was said and done, she would just have to be ready to sacrifice whoever else Lucy wanted dead.
Lucy looks mollified by that. Beatrice on the other hand, clears her throat and hesitantly raises a hand. Only to go bright red when everyone gives her strange looks. Still, V makes sure to smile encouragingly and nod, which gives her the courage to speak.
"Um… isn't this all a little… crazy? We're talking about the President of NUSA being shot down over Night City. If we know it's going to happen, shouldn't we like… try and stop it or something?"
That draws a scoff from Sasha, who lounges like a cat in her Gemini.
"Why stop it when we can profit off of it? I assume that's why we're doing this, right? To have President Meyers in our back pocket for one, and an open door into Dogtown for another. Lots of eddies to be made there."
V tilts his head to the side, humming as he lifts up a hand and wiggles it back and forth.
"Yes and no. There are indeed a lot of eddies to be made out of this situation and Dogtown in general. And don't get me wrong, we'll definitely be making them. But there's even more to be gained than meets the eye. The President's favor is one thing. Her pet Netrunner on the other hand… you all would probably recognize her as Songbird."
That gets jolts from all three women, even Sasha who's body is entirely artificial. Lucy's eyes widen and Beatrice's mouth drops open as the former lets out a quiet 'holy shit'. Finally, Sasha laughs.
"You're gonna recruit her, aren't you? You have a habit of collecting our kind, V."
Shaking his head, V frowns.
"I don't know if recruiting her will be possible. I do know that I want to help her. She's in a bad situation… regardless of how things pan out, I want to pull her ass out of the proverbial fire."
There was a possibility that they WOULD be able to help Songbird more than they had in the previous timeline, however. Neither V nor Alt knew if it was truly possible just yet though. Most of Dogtown and what they were doing there would be quite familiar to them, or at least to V, but once they got past the initial hurdles, the plan would be taking them into uncharted territory rather quickly.
Sasha, Lucy, and Bea all exchange looks at that before turning back to him with knowing gazes. Even Lucy, who isn't sharing his bed, has this look on her face as they all scoff. Clearly, they don't think for a second that he won't wind up recruiting Songbird anyways. Their faith in him is as amusing as it is daunting, but V knows its his own fault for showing them nothing but competence and success after success since they started working together.
Still, as they all settle in to discuss the details of what they and Alt will be doing to support him in the coming mission, none of the other three women raise any further objections to the plan.
After all, they're Netrunners at the end of the day, or in Alt and Sasha's case, engrams. They can provide him with backup from the Net using Alt and Sasha to piggyback through Dogtown's ICE and never actually have to enter the fortified district physically.
As V expects, this isn't the more difficult of the two meetings, in the end…
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No, the more difficult of the two meetings is when he and Alt sit down with Panam and Rebecca and explain their roles in the plan.
"I should be going in with you!"
Needless to say, Rebecca is… less than enthused to hear that V will be going into Dogtown alone. Technically they could have brought her in. They could have brought the whole crew in really. But it wasn't necessary and more than that, it might be actively detrimental. It was a risk they didn't need to take.
"What I'll be doing in Dogtown won't be loud or flashy, not really. I'll need stealth. That's why I'm going in alone, physically at least."
But Rebecca just scowls, not having it.
"Fine, I know full well that I'm not sneaky. But couldn't I be a distraction or something? Send me in separate, let me make a mess of things. It's not like we'll actually be risking me. If the Gemini gets damaged Sasha and Alt can always pull me out, right?"
V exchanges a look with Alt before sighing.
"Setting aside the price tag of a Gemini Full Body Sculpt… you shouldn't be so cavalier about death, Becca. But more than that, I need you watching Panam's back. She's going to have the most important role of all on the outside of things."
That causes Rebecca to fall quiet, though she still looks rather mulish and certainly far from satisfied. Of course, this prompts Panam to speak up.
"I understand what I'm doing to start with and I understand how important it is as well… but once we get the package to Rogue, Rebecca and I will be free and you'll still be in Dogtown. We could join you physically then as support."
Rebecca perks up at Panam's suggestion, while V grunts. Trust Panam to cut right through the bullshit and see the obvious. The truth was, V didn't want anyone important to him within a mile of Dogtown. The place was probably one of the most dangerous locations that he'd found himself in the first time around and while this time WOULD be different, he still didn't want to risk it.
… In the end, he slowly nods.
"We can discuss that after you two finish your part of the first stage of the plan. There's nothing more important than making sure that the package gets to Rogue, for obvious reasons. Can I count on you both to handle that?"
Both Panam and Rebecca get determined looks on their faces at that, nodding in unison with Panam answering for the two of them.
"You can, V. We won't let you down."
Good. That was… good. Because frankly, what he was going to have Panam and Rebecca doing represented the first massive change to the future. In the previous timeline, they hadn't been involved whatsoever after all, but this time around… well, it would work out. It had to.
With that, he figured the meeting was-
"You know you two, if you really want to convince V to let you help him out after the package is dropped off… you should probably start 'convincing' him now, don't you think?"
V turns and gives Alt a deadpan look as she betrays him with a wicked grin and a teasing tone. Unfortunately, there's no putting this particular genie back in the bottle.
"Right. Of course~"
"Fuck yeah!"
V turns back in time to see Rebecca all but throwing her clothes off right then and there. Panam is taking her time a bit more, but she's already unbuttoning her jeans and beginning to shimmy out of them all the same. Snorting in amusement, V can't be all that mad as Rebecca scurries over to him, her Gemini naked as can be, and begins to extract his cock from its confines.
Fortunately her particular… fetish wasn't something she needed entertained all the time. She could have just as much fun having normal sex with hands and legs free. Case in point, she wraps said hands around his cock and pulls it free in mere moments, before staring up at him as she takes him in her mouth and begins sucking him off right then and there.
His very own murder gremlin starts to bob up and down on his cock, right there on the spot. In doing so, she's also making full use of her artificial mouth and throat to take him all the way to base without a single ounce of choking or gagging.
At the same time, Panam has pulled down her jeans and shucked off her top, exposing her caramel body. Catching his eye for a moment, she smirks and turns away from him, bending over the nearby table and shaking her ass tantalizingly in his direction. There's no denying it at this point… Panam knows full well which of her body parts tantalizes V like nothing else can.
Huffing, V reaches down and grabs hold of Rebecca's green pigtails. They're basically handholds, so it would be wrong not to make use of them in the end. He begins to fuck Rebecca's face as her tongue writhes this way and that across his cock, her throat convulsing and flexing and massaging every last inch of his dick.
"Mmmmmmm~"
Meanwhile, Alt rises to her feet and saunters over to Panam. Without missing a beat, the AI drops to her knees and before the former Nomad even realizes what's happening, she has her tongue in Panam's cunt, a thumb against her clit, and two fingers buried in Panam's ass.
"Oohhhh fuck~"
Clawing at the table, Panam shudders and arches her back, tossing her head up in the air from the sudden onslaught of pleasure. She doesn't raise any protest either, knowing full well that Alt is merely 'preparing' her for what's next.
The room is filled with noises of sloppy, slippery tongues working away at genitals after that. There's still no choking or gagging from Rebecca despite V taking full control and all but skull fucking her. But Panam is vocal enough for both of them, her moans and cries of ecstasy as Alt gets her nice and wet filling the room as well.
Until finally, V can hold back no longer. Looking down into Rebecca's eyes as he holds her by the base of both of her pigtails, V grunts and thrusts forward one final time, burying her face in his crotch and his cock down her artificial throat. He starts cumming a moment later, filling her mouth and throat with plenty of his seed, which she of course swallows like a champ without hesitation.
Pulling her back off of his cock, strands of artificially produced saliva and organically produced cum connect her parted lips and his throbbing cockhead for a moment before snapping. V looks down at her and smiles as he caresses Rebecca's cheek.
"I know I can count on you to protect Panam and the package, Becca. You're the only one I can trust to have Panam's back and make sure everything goes according to plan."
Rebecca sputters and blushes hard at the sudden earnestness, averting her gaze and grumbling at the obvious manipulation.
"T-Tch… but then who's gonna have your back, huh?"
Still, she doesn't try to fight him on it any further. V just smiles softly before letting go of Rebecca and stepping past her. He and Alt wind up passing one another like two ships in the night as a result, with Alt moving to 'tend' to Rebecca the instant she sees him going for Panam.
Panam barely has time to register the absence of Alt's tongue and fingers before V is replacing them with his cock. He slides right into Panam's clenching cunt from behind, making her cry out as he grabs a fistful of her hair and pulls her head back. The former Nomad shudders in abject ecstasy, quivering as he starts to take her to pound town, right then and there.
PLAP! PLAP! PLAP!
The sound of flesh slapping against flesh swiftly fill the room, mixed with wanton moans and squeaky cries from Rebecca as Alt begins to play with her, preparing her for her own turn with V right after this. After all, he wouldn't just use her mouth to get him ready for Panam and then leave her hanging. That would be so very rude.
Regardless, V fucks Panam silly, enjoying her body all the while. He plows her through orgasm after orgasm while palming her breasts and pulling her back against his chest. By the time he's done, she needs the rest as he moves over to do the same to Rebecca.
Of course, eventually Sasha and Beatrice also come to check on all the noise and wind up joining in as well.
Hours later, V finds himself laying in a bit of a cuddle pile surrounded by every other member of his crew except for Lucy. Not that he intends to try and add her to the intimacy any time soon. She's a great ally, but it's obvious that she's still carrying a torch for David in a way that Rebecca isn't.
Though, as he's laying there, funnily enough V gets a message from Misty of all people. It's short and simple, asking him if they can meet at her place any time soon.
V considers whether he has the time to meet with Misty when they have so much to do and prepare for ahead of Space One's crash landing. It might be best to put Misty off until after Dogtown, at this point…