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* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: Michiko Arasaka is still alive in canon, but is murdered by Adam Smasher here.]]
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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: As perhaps the first person in a long time to go out of his way to treat him with basic courtesy rather than fear, Smasher is willing to befriend David and occasionally help him out.
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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: As perhaps the first person in a long time to go out of his way to treat him with basic courtesy rather than fear, Smasher is willing to befriend David and occasionally help him out.
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* IncrediblyLameFun: Kiwi passes time [[spoiler: on the moon]] by reading a programming manual for UsefulNotes/Commodore64 assembly, which gets her roasted by Rebecca.
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* IncrediblyLameFun: Kiwi passes time [[spoiler: on the moon]] by reading a programming manual for UsefulNotes/Commodore64 Platform/Commodore64 assembly, which gets her roasted by Rebecca.
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''Group Chat'' is a ''Anime/CyberpunkEdgerunners'' LogFic (with occasional, sometimes extended, traditional prose interludes) written by Arrow S. Morgan and Kaelynn_Laefon.
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''Group Chat'' is a ''Anime/CyberpunkEdgerunners'' (and, as of Chapter 67, ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'') LogFic (with occasional, sometimes extended, traditional prose interludes) written by Arrow S. Morgan and Kaelynn_Laefon.
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* CosmicHorrorReveal: Chapter 67 reveals the existence of [[spoiler: the [[VideoGame/{{Marathon}} Jjaro]] and [[EldritchAbomination W'rkncacnter]]]] in the fic's universe.
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The fic explores a relatively simple premise: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin what if Lucy had made a group chat for the canonical crew?]] As a result of this [[ForWantOfANail one tiny change,]] the characters communicate better with each other, David ends up in a [[{{Polyamory}} polyamorous]] relationship with [[MarryThemAll Lucy, Becca and Kiwi,]] and the tone largely shifts towards sex comedy (with occasional dips back into drama).
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The fic explores a relatively simple premise: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin what if Lucy had made a group chat for the canonical crew?]] As a result of this [[ForWantOfANail [[PointOfDivergence one tiny change,]] the characters communicate better with each other, David ends up in a [[{{Polyamory}} polyamorous]] relationship with [[MarryThemAll Lucy, Becca and Kiwi,]] and the tone largely shifts towards sex comedy (with occasional dips back into drama).
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Adam Smasher is still a pretty frightening and unpleasant person, but this fic gives him a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold notable core of humanity]] that is ''very much not there'' in canon.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted.]] Adam Smasher is still a pretty frightening and unpleasant person, but this fic initially gives him a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold notable core of humanity]] that is ''very much not there'' in canon.canon... [[WhamEpisode until chapter 64,]] where [[spoiler: he brutally murders Michiko Arasaka and [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk turns on the crew as easy scapegoats.]]]]
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* ViolenceIsDisturbing: While it doesn't necessarily come up ''often,'' when violence happens in this work, it's rarely pretty. The vast majority of fights end with some sort of bloody mutilation or another, and [[spoiler: Adam Smasher's rampage]] in chapter 64 nearly crosses into {{Gorn}} territory.
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** Chapter 64 somehow manages [[SerialEscalation to top that one.]]
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* IncrediblyLameFun: Kiwi passes time [[spoiler: on the moon]] by reading a programming manual for UsefulNotes/Commodore64 assembly, which gets her roasted by Rebecca.
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* CountryMatters: Used by an old acquaintance towards Kiwi [[spoiler: on the moon]]. [[HeyYouHeymaker Kiwi doesn't take it lying down.]]
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* CountryMatters: Used by an old acquaintance towards Kiwi [[spoiler: on the moon]]. [[HeyYouHeymaker [[HeyYouHaymaker Kiwi doesn't take it lying down.]]
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* FunPersonified: Rebecca is ''[[OOCIsSeriousBusiness generally]]'' this.
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* FunPersonified: Rebecca is ''[[OOCIsSeriousBusiness ''[[BewareTheNiceOnes generally]]'' this.
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** Rebecca is typically FunPersonified. [[spoiler: The initial effects of cyberpsychosis and Black Lace turn her into a sadistic, unstable BloodKnight who racks up a relatively high body count ''very fast,''
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** Rebecca is typically FunPersonified. [[spoiler: The initial effects of cyberpsychosis and cyberpsychosis, plus Black Lace Lace, turn her into a sadistic, unstable BloodKnight who racks up a relatively high body count ''very fast,'' and reduces a SerialKiller turned merc into LudicrousGibs.]]
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** Rebecca is typically FunPersonified. [[spoiler: The initial effects of cyberpsychosis and Black Lace turn her into a sadistic, unstable BloodKnight who racks up a relatively high body count ''very fast,''
** Kiwi is generally pleasant, if a bit of a DeadpanSnarker. Harming her or anyone she cares about, or defending anyone who does, is a good way to shorten your life expectancy.
** Rebecca is typically FunPersonified. [[spoiler: The initial effects of cyberpsychosis and Black Lace turn her into a sadistic, unstable BloodKnight who racks up a relatively high body count ''very fast,''
** Kiwi is generally pleasant, if a bit of a DeadpanSnarker. Harming her or anyone she cares about, or defending anyone who does, is a good way to shorten your life expectancy.
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* CountryMatters: Used by an old acquaintance towards Kiwi [[spoiler: on the moon]]. [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom Kiwi doesn't take it lying down.]]
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* CountryMatters: Used by an old acquaintance towards Kiwi [[spoiler: on the moon]]. [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom [[HeyYouHeymaker Kiwi doesn't take it lying down.]]
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* WorfHadTheFlu: [[spoiler: On the moon, David ends up in a fistfight with Adam Smasher, due to him starting up on a HannibalLecture towards Lucy (after being reminded that she's [[{{Tykebomb}} former Arasaka property]]). Ordinarily, this would end very, very, '''very''' badly for David, but due to Smasher being in a much, much weaker borg body meant to pass for human, David actually fights him to a draw.]]
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* CountryMatters: Used by an old acquaintance towards Kiwi [[spoiler: on the moon]]. [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom Kiwi doesn't take it lying down.]]
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* CerebusRetcon: A meta example; Kiwi's ventilator mask goes completely unexplained in canon, but in this fic, is explained as a direct result of [[SmugSnake Faraday]] [[DomesticAbuse breaking her jaw so badly that it needed a full replacement.]]
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* DomesticAbuse: The reason for Kiwi's ''extreme'' distaste for Faraday isn't initially directly stated, but turns out to later be this: they were previously in a relationship, in which he was emotionally and physically ([[FridgeHorror at the very least]]) abusive towards her.
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* FunPersonified: Rebecca is ''[[OOCIsSeriousBusiness generally]]'' this.
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* WorldOfSnark: Kiwi already had her DeadpanSnarker moments in the original series, but this fic expands it to everyone else, too.
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* RuleOfThree: After David and the gang run into Katsuo Tanaka again while in the process of clearing out Fingers' office, they decide to off him for good by driving him nuts with Kiwi's custom-made LOL69 quickhack because Katsuo has just become a thorn in their side at this point (mind you, this is after David punched Katsuo out back in Arasaka Academy and caught him making cat torture XBDs while on a mission with Rebecca).
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* RuleOfThree: After David and the gang run into Katsuo Tanaka again while in the process of clearing out Fingers' office, they decide to off him for good by driving him nuts with Kiwi's custom-made [=LOL69=] quickhack because Katsuo has just become a thorn in their side at this point.
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* RuleOfThree: After David and the gang run into Katsuo Tanaka again while in the process of clearing out Fingers' office, they decide to off him for good by driving him nuts with Kiwi's custom-made [=LOL69=] LOL69 quickhack because Katsuo has just become a thorn in their side at this point.point (mind you, this is after David punched Katsuo out back in Arasaka Academy and caught him making cat torture XBDs while on a mission with Rebecca).
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* RuleOfThree: After David and the gang run into Katsuo Tanaka again while in the process of clearing out Fingers' office, they decide to off him for good by driving him nuts with Kiwi's custom-made [=LOL69=] quickhack because Katsuo has just become a thorn in their side at this point.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Kiwi tears Faraday a new one in chapter 17, calling him out on his egotistical mannerisms and pretensions of grandeur.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Kiwi tears Faraday a new one in chapter 17, calling him out on his egotistical mannerisms behavior and pretensions of grandeur.
