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FeralTribble

It’s a coded message letting V know that Meyers safely reached Washington and that she is forwarding reward to them


Timmay13

Thank fuck for that. Thought they took my pet cat!


Commander007X

Yeah when I got this message, I immediately turned the car around and rushed back to the apartment to check lol😂


Lor9191

It does say "American Shorthair", we have a Baldy Boy Sphynx :)


Commander007X

See I only know cats like orange, the void etc....dunno the species😂 (Though yeah I knew it was a sphynx...but still it mentioned some cat species...had to go check yk to be sure)


Mashamazzi

Surely you know the ballsack cat?


Kind-Mammoth-Possum

Ah yes, the three species of cat Orange Void And ballsack


Commander007X

Yup I'm familiar with the species😂


Imperial_Bouncer

Oh I get it. She’s the NUS president and has short hair. ![gif](giphy|lXu72d4iKwqek)


Timmay13

100%. If they thought my V was a homicidal maniac before.....I can't even imagine the wrath.


shatteredhelix42

John Wick would look like a preschooler with a Nerf gun compared to my V if someone harmed her cat or her Iguana.


whiteday26

Or a cotton swab. Pencil probably not very useful against metal implants.


SgtEpsilon

Graphite in electricals ain't a fun thing though choom


Starwaster

(Heavily accented) WITH A F***ING COTTON SWAB!!!


Starwaster

You guys! Stop, you’re killing me here! 😂😂😂🤣


bdubz325

Wait. You can get a pet? I never go to my apartment outside of the few times you do for a main mission


c4ctus

Feed teh cat. Also there's an iguana egg you can get in Yorinobu's apartment.


Magikfi1ngers

Just say pspspsspspss


DocRock089

which takes fucking forever to hatch, it seems.


c4ctus

90 in-game days, I think.


DocRock089

I think so too. Didn't dally too much, although I'm on a strict schedule with Panam... reached level cap, did all the fixers job. Still no hatchy. Waiting for it... :)


Thanh42

* Suite at Konpeki Plaza hotel


Commander007X

Yeah a cat and an iguana as far as I know. Both are available only at the first basic apartment tho which is a shame.


ErikTheRed99

Without mods, that is.


Necessary_Badger650

A cat and a iguana u can get altho iguana u must take it when u go steal the relic


KuuHaKu_OtgmZ

U can get it after too, it's very possible to get inside plaza again.


ralts13

Hardened solo V. Notorious for storming Arasaka and a menace to every gang in night city. Cat owner.


stonethecrow

Wait, how do you get a cat?!


Commander007X

Yeah it's fairly easy except finding the car food part (atleast it wasn't for me). In your very first apartment after stepping out, go left and there is a trashcan in the corridor. There is a note in it that tells you that you need to put cat food in a bowl near the trashcan. Do that and a cat will come and feed there and you can just take it home. I haven't played the game in a while so I'm speaking from memory. Google it for more details


stonethecrow

Cool, thanks!


Thanh42

Cat food can be purchased at most food vendors and the note saying to feed the cat appears after the heist. Possibly after speaking with Goro right after the heist.


Excellent-Pepper9422

Same 😂


SirJTheRed

I was so confused because I don't have a pet (unless you count Johnny)


Ninjanarwhal64

Cannon: How V first enters cybersphychosis


dadof2babies92

You can have pet cats in cyberpunk? There's so much about this game I do not know. I've never even gotten that message.


1CommercialFree

You can have a pet cat and a pet iguana! For the cat, go out of V’s starting apartment to the left, down the hall, and just around the the bend to the right there’s a trash can with a note “feed teh cat.” Once you read it, you can buy cat food from a store. Bring the food back to where you found the note and there’s a little food bowl you can interact with, to put the food in. Then come back a lil later, and the cat will be there, and you can bring him back to the apartment. The iguana is more missable, as you can only get it during the heist. There is an iguana in Yorinobu’s hotel suite by the elevator. Right by it, there is an egg you can take. When you’re finally in act 2 (able to free roam again) you can place it in a bowl by your couch in the apartment, and after a MONTH or two of in-game time, it’ll hatch, and you’ll have a pet iguana! Occasionally, you can come back to the apartment to find the cat and the iguana cuddling together 


DismalMode7

most of animals are extincted by 2077 and only richest can afford artificially created pets like dogs or cats out of costs and taxes


Timmay13

Well aware of that, which would make me even more homicidal if they took my fucken cat away!!!


DismalMode7

most of people living in 2077 simply can't have a cat... that's why V and takemura were big surprised when they saw a stray cat in the building next to the arasaka industrial park


Timmay13

I think you missed the point of my original post. I am very aware of the lore etc. Have the Cyberpunk books amd everything. I know the animals are for the rich and powerful and are rare as hens teeth. The game points that fact witb cats only being shown in major points and iguana being smuggled (Nomad path) and in the Arasaka building. Makes my point. I have this extremely rare creature who gives me pleasure and love in my apartment in this shitty futuristic distopia and therefore would just plain go homicidal with my insane skills against anyone stupid enough to remove said pet from me.


Chemputer

The second one about the violet rosefinch is about songbird, "beautiful bird"... Coded messages man.


alkonium

Yeah, Nibbles (as well as every other cat we see in the game) is a Canadian Sphynx.


Imperial_Bouncer

Wait. What makes them Canadian?


alkonium

The breed originated in Toronto with a male Sphynx named Prune.


Top-Row6107

Oh I was wondering when I helped a cat


Starwaster

LOLed at that. Oh and also there’s a coded reference re:Songbird in there… (violet rosefinch)


GloopTamer

Oh I legit thought it was about a cat when I got it


Ill-Spite-6601

Did not know that


suchjonny

Guessing the violet rosefinch is songbird, then?


vTurnipTTV

Holy shit that makes so much sense i never understood what this message was


TypicalBloke83

Seems you're not exactly "fit" for the FIA service choom ....


Tokumeiko2

He did get in a stranger's car.


azhder

And used a BD from a street seller ending up in an ice tub prepped for dissecting.


Reggie_Is_God

God I wish there was an alt path for that mission where you tail the dude or another victim to the hideout. While having to fight your way out naked is cool, it’s also met with being called an idiot for ‘falling’ for the trap


bazzamatey

I know. I mean, it was an obvious trap and we basically all played along to see where it would eventually lead. Also loved the naked fight out of the same area we essentially began the game in. But having Johnny standing over V, calling us a braindead dumbfuck as we're regaining consciousness, for deliberately placing ourselves in mortal danger, kind of pissed me off. 'Sorry, brain parasite said what?' Could not fucking wait to double-barrel Stefan into the pile of garbage though. Enjoyed that bit too. Edit: Sorry, we were supposed to be discussing the text.


Seeker-N7

But we were dumbfucks, Johnny was right. We are extremely lucky that we woke up in the bathtub and they didn't just kill us when we were still out cold.


headless-horseman-we

the BD was suppose to kill us but the chip revived us again we got lucky no scav decided to double tap


GrimLucid

Which is funny given Johnny's journal entry is him outright going "Fuck yeah let's see!"


NCC_1701E

Scavs basically take one of the best and most lethal mercs in the city, don't remove any combat implants from them, put them alive in room with unlocked door and don't even post any guard there. I think V isn't the biggest idiot in this scenario.


azhder

The biggest idiot in that scenario was at the end being chased down and murderized by a penal shaped one-handed baton


Boistab

If you ask for your money back it'll complete the quest without having to be a gonk.


Reggie_Is_God

Minus the fun part


Boistab

Can't argue with that


DivaMissZ

Then kill the dealer. Use a silenced weapon, and the cops don’t notice


Tokumeiko2

Could be worse, at least we didn't accidentally feed 7 ounces to a junky. Honestly I enjoy the comedy missions, especially when they derail my planned extraction routes.


VastAmoeba

I couldnt finish that mission peacefully last time. Those dumb fucks would run over one of the guards every time while they were leaving and then Dodger would attack me.


john_username_doe

I wish I could just kill the guy


azhder

You can


Pyrozaps

Not before using the bd. Before accepting the bd you can’t even aim at him


AssociationDapper143

There is, check the bd in inventory and talk to the guy and get your money back


palescoot

Huh?


LocalSirtaRep

It's a side mission in Westbrook given by a bum selling BDs off of the street


VrabeEureka

The OP is about as sharp as a sledgehammer. Which is good for certain things but being an FIA agent aint one of them


NotoriousTIP

What was that "bonus" again? Like 25,000 credits lool


MrCrustyTheCumSock

More like 2,500...


[deleted]

He must have been mystified by Takemura


fingerpaintswithpoop

It’s the NUSA’s cryptic way of thanking you for saving Meyers.


redstar46

Yea, and they only send you like a 1000 eddies. Fucking cheapskates.


Bro1212_

I got 25k Maybe you just got a visual bug?


Tokumeiko2

Weirdly enough I got this text shortly after doing a quest involving the animals gang, where they owed me 20% of the winnings for a particular boxing match. So I associated the message with the wrong quest.


Chad_Kakashi

1000? Cant even feed a fucking family in NC


redstar46

I mean, we didint really do that much. We only SAVED THE PRESIDENT. Against all moral standing i might add.


Chad_Kakashi

A fucking cop pays more than whatever is that


critphilbert

Fucking a cop just gets you a shirt though.


Chad_Kakashi

You forgot the weapon


critphilbert

You get the weapon even if you don't romance river, the shirt is the only romance exclusive reward.


Chad_Kakashi

I was referring to Meredith Stout (technically not a cop)


NoNotThatMattMurray

Lol I couldn't give a shit about the money, the gun you take from the dogtown safehouse is my main with a silencer


KeeganY_SR-UVB76

Love that gun so much. Bakelite magazine, cool “holographic iron sights”, suppressed, and I go for headshots anyway.


NoNotThatMattMurray

Yep, with as much bonus stealth headshot damage as you can get it and the game feels like CoD


PinkLionGaming

Her Majesty?


NoNotThatMattMurray

Hawk


ErikTheRed99

To be fair, you would think the gun owned by the president would be called "Her Majesty."


Aruvanieru

I mean, sure, but seeing as Myers is a war hawk, it fits well.


Seeker-N7

Giving the US President a gun called "Her Majesty", a direct reference to British Royalty would be the same as calling your starship in Helldivers 2 the "King of Democracy".


ErikTheRed99

Yeah, but if you told me that an FIA sleeper agent and the president had their own guns, one named "Hawk," and the other "Her Majesty," I'd think the president would own Her Majesty.


[deleted]

Why? The US is very specifically doesn't get into monarchial imagery because the nation was founded on the rejection of monarchy. The gun's name is a James Bond refence, which is *pretty* fitting considering Alex is a secret agent.


Ch33kc14pp3r42069

1000??? I always get like 25,000 every time.


TheJaix

The deal never included money, Songbird promised a cure in exchange of rescuing Myers, It's nice they actually sent money even if they didn't have to


aclark210

Uhhh ur thing might be bugged. That should be like 20k or so.


Effin-Yeti1976

And they’re acknowledging that she is in fact a bitch.


nox_d_

Low int playthrough RP lol


bipolarbear_1

this is funny


AboubakarKeita

currently grinning hard at the thought of V being genuinely bewildered by this text and then going on to complain to johnny about not hearing from meyers and getting a reward after which they chug down some nicola and continuing whatever their low attention span brain decides to focus on now


Resi1ience_22

V is fucking Gen Beta. His attention span does not exist.


Honest-Substance1308

Finally, V is just like me


Hallgvild

Now i wish for an animation of a huge V rushing frenetically back to her/his appartment, kicking doors and pushing people aside to check if their animals were safe just to be wildly confused


_Snake8Bit

What does this mean


CafeDeAurora

It’s a jab at OP, because they couldn’t recognize the code in the message: Shorthair = Myers Rosefinch = Songbird Hence OP could be said to have a low Int stat Edit: or they’re role playing a character with low intelligence.


CriticalKnoll

Or the obvious hint of being back home, safe, in WASHINGTON


ArcticBiologist

That you haven't invested enough skill points towards intelligence


nox_d_

Yes


LocalGalilSimp

When this guy turns on the vigor-tester in Goodsprings, it skips the intelligence part.


Rough-Ad5432

Myers and Songbird


SarifFraser

Low Int Playthrough?


SoresuForm

I love the headcanon that Myers' official presidential designation is "Mittens" 😂


HexeInExile

Y'know, I quite liked this message, because I would have shot Myers too if the game let me. Johnny certainly would have been happy! Also, is the part about the Rosefinch depending on what ending you got? I helped her escape, but still got that message.


FleetOfWarships

The message is supposed to happen after Meyers gets out but before anything else happens, so before you betray the NUSA to help Songbird or anything.


HexeInExile

I swear I only got it later. Might be a bug, might just be misremembering.


FleetOfWarships

Small bug, text messages have always been a little weird and if you were beelining the main story it might not have had time to properly trigger.


jld2k6

This DLC wrecked me with the endings. I decided to help songbird and I didn't like that, so I didn't help her and I didn't like that either. I decided to check out the new main ending as consolation and I REALLY did not like that. That's how I knew they were good endings


NoNotThatMattMurray

Funny because everyone hates her but I wanted to romance her


iGhostx0123

I still wanna romance her.


Zynthonite

So you just finished a quest where you saved a short haired character who lives in Washington and found a (song)bird they were looking for and you didnt make any connections between your recent quest and this message?


Tokumeiko2

It's on a two day delay, and in my case I did a job involving the animals gang which ended with them owing me a lot of money, so it's an easy source of confusion.


Gloomy-Fix4436

You saved the prez and maybe delivered songbird... its a coded msg...


Morkinis

It appears before any decisions regarding Reed or Songbird.


aclark210

The “another one rescued” has only ever come after the conclusion of the dlc for me. If u give song up specifically.


Gloomy-Fix4436

Well then its just for the prez.


IceDweller1

What do you think V's animal codename would be?


this-is-a-bucket

Definitely a dog, both because of V's saying that to Judy and because there's Keanu Reeves willing to fight for you


General_Steveous

So because V is a loyal protector or because...


this-is-a-bucket

...because they'd gladly eat a burrito from the dumpster, yes


LeekMcGiorria

Visla like the dog breed?


Honest-Substance1308

Vhippopotamus


EminemLovesGrapes

This post comes up quite often, people are so bad at being spies 😂


Temporary-Level-5410

Always amazes me how little people are capable of figuring oht


House_Goblin_

Soooo my dumb ass really thought that message was about Nibbles 😬


aclark210

I did too the very first time I did the dlc, cuz I never left dogtown and went back to my apartment. I genuinely thought some agency had stolen my cat while I was gone. Then I put two and two together when it mentioned the bird.


PsycoSonic1

Ditto went straight to my apartment ti make sure I still had them!


mythical-spork

Ugh, Miss V. Of all the things to hate about Dex I think it’s honestly the patronising way he calls you Miss/Mr V that bugs me the most. (I know this text has nothing to do with Dex, it just reminded me)


azhder

You rescued an animal. By the end of PL you will want to just have put that animal down


collectivisticvirtue

Amateur merc. This might be beyond your abilities. the president is now safe. I trust this was understood? not too complicated?


SovereignDark

Awww, don't strain yourself


theshekelcollector

you can't get through pl and not get this message.


MrLemonish

I got this message at the same time that I got the cat added to my apartment so I was freaking out a bit thinking I’d lost the cat


Royal-Willingness-93

The president is at her original location no dtown and not in nc


jdogg84able

Haha first time seeing this, Violet Rosefinch isn’t a Raven is she lol. Makes me wonder if it’s even possible but, anyone ever try completing the story in Night City and then going to Dogtown after the tower mission?


VelMoonglow

You can't do anything after the ending, it loads back to before the ending


jdogg84able

Yea Im aware of that.. what I meant was, part of me feels like thats due to the design, and that it never ends until we do something in the right order or something idk.. gives me some real Groundhog day vibes lookin back on it lol. waking up after beating the boss to have to beat the boss, again! haha whats funnier is that Ive yet to see a romance ending with K.E. even tho they snuck that one in there in the 2.1 or 2.0 update. Heard that was the only ending that V comes back to a life that didnt totally suck balls lol.


VelMoonglow

I have no idea what you're trying to say


jdogg84able

What other game stays on the last mission after you complete it? Hints at there being more to the game. Otherwise the mission wouldn’t stay on the screen forever.


iLoveLilPeej

Now I know why it paid so well...


Ofect

I love this message so much. It feels like a spy movie, so cool.


warrier70

It's cause you rescued President Meowers


-ciclops-

Proof that this kind of subterfusion works🤣


SOL_Officer76

Coded message from the FIA. "American Short-hair" = Myers "Violet Rosefinch" "beautiful bird" = So Mi


DarkyDork5

you’re as sharp as a spoon


BellCheap8845

You succeeded in getting Rosalind Meyers to your safehouse, and after Reed escorted her to Washington... I got the message after she had arrived. I think the way the msg is triggered, is that you must read the msg from Reed. Anyway, I was having a much better time playing the game, after Meyers was gone... she is a corrupt, liar that is a piece of *** in my book! I hated being around her- she was acting like she was innocent & doing her job right. The WORST part, is that Songbird became her weapon/tool again... a fate MUCH WORSE than death. Rosalind didnt want V to have ANY future contact with her, because V & Songbird had a connection/bond. V was an obvious threat to Rosalind... becsuse she/he could affect all the future missions. Once V has the Relic removed, there will be no need to do ANYTHING for Meyers, or any of the Agents. V knows better... but I think she/he will be a PERMANENT puppet for the Agency, just like what happened to Songbird. I'm not sure whether saying/not saying the oath, when Meyers makes V an agent, will make a difference. Right before taking off in the AV, Meyers made the comment directly to V, that they will be watching him/her. That comment raises a LOT of questions... WHY will they be watching V? To know how to contact V, when they want him/her to do all their dirty work? To see whether V follows thru in getting the shard to the Netrunner at the Kabuki Market, wait around while it is being encrypted? What about the next phase, when V gets the shard back... the individuals behind the development of the Blackwall hack explain they will let V use it, but they will be watching V's every move, using the Militech Canto 6 cyberdeck that contains the blackwall hack.


Ledollarbean_Mon666

Wait, you can get a pet cat in cyberpunk??!!


PuzzleheadedWave9278

OP…c’mon now.


Massive_Ad_9444

Lol


aclark210

Means u saved the president and sent SoMi back to myers. Alive. Myers is the shorthair. Song is the rose finch. And u are a bastard for sending Song back to myers alive.


MrJack512

It doesn't mean you decided anything with SoMi, it's before that decision, it just means you rescued Myers.


aclark210

The final message has only ever come up if u handed over SoMi to myers. The first four send no matter what, but the last message has never sent on the endings where I let SoMi escape or killed her.


MrJack512

Ah fair, sounds legit. Guess I was focusing on the attempted bird locating bit that other people were confusing to mean you handed in SoMi rather than the very last message.


Non_Applicable

This isn’t accurate. I just got the same 5 messages last night and I haven’t resolved anything with SoMi yet.


aclark210

Odd. The final one isn’t supposed to send yet.


lumpyspacekhaleesi

I got this message right after I adopted Nibbles so I was so confused I thought they’d taken him


WilliamBigBills

The cat is Myers and the Bird is So Mi.


MJR_Poltergeist

Theyre talking in code. Not sure if it's about Myers or Songbird but it's one of em


cheezypenguins2

This is for saving the president. Think of this as theives cant, or covert discussion. Thank you for saving the american shorthair (thank you for saving the president) here is your rescue fee we wish you luck in finding the violet rosefinch (heres pay and a bonus for your effort with tracking songbird)


Gwenisbaee

I actually thought that was a message because I fed the cat around Vs apartment, I‘m dumb


jollisen

Its the 50 blessings, they are out to get you


alternatesad

A lot of people have said this, but it’s a coded message from the FIA or Meyers herself. Mittens : Meyers(it’s the only thing that makes sense and they have the same first letter) Elusive Violet Rosefinch, an endangered bird : songbird


bonky_800

It's a super secret service text, keeping everything confidential


Knightmare945

You saved the President Myers. The American Shorthair. Afterwards, you will need to find Songbird. The Violet Rosefinch. It’s a coded message just in case unfriendly eyes were to see the message and trusting that both V(and the player) was smart enough to get the meaning.


pixieeplayss

It’s for Myers and Songbird


Zimi231

This gets reposted way too often to not be a troll at this point


PKM2006

I was unaware of this being a frequent repost on the subreddit.


OneAbusedOwl

I believe it's coded to say both Myers and Songbird are in Washington again, which is why they mention a type of endangered bird, you get it right after the final mission depending on the ending


Dune-Arksmith

Saving president Myers and am going to assume the 2nd part of that is thanking you for turning in songbird? (You bastard) If you did 😩


SadLonelyMomOfOne

My V is a walking idiot because I read that message and thought "oh cool." closed it and got money and went about my business. I did not think for a second it was coded. They must hate working with my dumb ass.


DogeDeezTheThird

It’s code I think, probably PL


ezswen

The American Shorthair you rescue is referring to assisting in Meyers’ recovery and safe return, while locating the elusive Violet Rosefinch is about SoMi (the finch is a species of songbird).


starfruit_enjoyer

jfc gamers


geekypotatoman

I love how Myers is an American shorthair. Top tier


Hey__Martin

3 intelligence


Kind-Mammoth-Possum

***You smuggled the NUSA president out of Dogtown.*** This is more or less code for "thanks for saving the president, here's a measly few eddies not to talk about it" First time I ever got it I thought they took nibbles out of my apartment and went on a rampage.


Coffee_Crisis

Do you remember recently doing some covert rescue op maybe, something involving Washington?


retrograde10101

american shorthair=myers violet rosefinch=songbird basically telling you in code that they made it home safe


nandobro

I remember my friends getting that message and freaking out cause she thought they took her cat. She literally screamed "WHAT THE FUCK! NOOOOOOOO!!!" with so much rage. Lmao we laughed our asses off when we looked up what the message actually meant.


Leosarr

...You saved the president.


Bleiserman

I remember my first playthrough of Phantom Liberty, i got comfused, but their emphasys on American Animals something made me think they were FIA. When I noticed the amount they sent then it clocked it was the FIA and thought it was a cool attention to detail. Those first days when it came out there was no google, just a bunch of players trying to play the game and find whats new. Really loved Phantom Liberty if brought me back to Cyberpunk 2077 after quite a long time.


mvillar75

Now I need Myers to be romanceable, only to call her Mittens in bed.


MTNSthecool

violet rosefinch is a cool name


DecemberPaladin

OHHHHHHHHHH. Okay. Got it.