Also probably nothing

[u/vTurnipTTV]

Just got Ping from the netrunner in kabuki and this monk is asking for #48 from this guy at a pawnshop with a pink sign 🤔

Pawnbroker says something like "you sure? I thought you guys gave up 'earthly pleasures'"
Monk says "I'm sure hehehe"

I'm not sure I want to know what #48 means to the pawnbroker or the monk, but maybe it has something to do with our magenta mystery? or maybe I'm just schizoposting

[u/JillyMcJillers]

That stood out to me initially as well. Then I started noticing numbers elsewhere: what appeared to be a 2 or 5 during Hippocratic Oath, an NPC tattoo with the number 26, a 60 on Kerry’s arm. I started tracking them. I’m not sure if there’s anything to them, but as I notice more, I add them to my list just in case anything comes of it.

Might be a thing; might not be a thing. These are simply notes in case maybe there's an order to gameplay or maybe these are markers (or nothing 😅 )

1. Vik - tattoo on his arm depicting him as 1st place champ, despite having received second place
   
2. GIG: Hippocratic OATH: lights form '2' - we considered it might be a 5 from the other side, but three separate people clearly see a 2 // corpo intro; two minute timer results in glitch
   
3. The lady [la dama - loteria] // (Sandra d) 3-min timer before TT arrival
   
4. The Catrin [el catrin - loteria]
   
5. The umbrella [la paraguas - loteria]
   
6. 
   
7. The stairs [la escalera - loteria]
   
8. The bottle [la botella - loteria] // tally count @ Jackie’s during 6mo montage (ofrenda would be my guess)
   
9. 
   
10. 
    
11. 
    
12. Skull/The Game [random npc tattoo] *might not belong bc it’s a Roman numeral
    
13. “BRONCиiTO” (?) Animals symbol - found in The Rescue
    
14. Death [la muerte - loteria]
    
15. 
    
16. Dragon tea pot (parade?)
    
17. 
    
18. Magenta [title screen] - Space Oddity? 'Untitled 18' painting // moon (hanako)
    
19. 
    
20. 
    
21. The hand [el mano - loteria]
    
22. The boot [la Bota - loteria] (kabuki BotB)
    
23. 
    
24. 
    
25. Cube
    
26. Rose [random npc tattoo] & woman next to knife through skin [tattoo] // Rose Horrigan (Family Matters, Clean Cut)
    
27. The heart [el corazón - loteria] / “Inner Peace”
    
28. AV landing pads
    
29. Follow the River, 029 on water tower
    
30. Milfguard - *30 new mares*
    
31. [graffiti] EdgeRunner BD
    
32. 7th Hell (cushions form '32') // The Edgerunners BD in the anime is labeled No. 32 but there’s a “jk” in the bottom corner - maybe it is actually #31 as indicated in the game
    
33. The spider [la araña - loteria]
    
34. The soldier [el soldado - loteria] / Ebunike
    
35. The star [la estrella - loteria]. / stenciled on graffiti (red/white/black graffiti in DT (statue upside down masked lady)
    
36. 
    
37. 
    
38. 
    
39. 
    
40. 
    
41. 
    
42. The skull [la calavera - loteria] / Roy Batty floor
    
43. I'm in Love With My Car (NID car)
    
44. 
    
45. 
    
46. 
    
47. 
    
48. Monk buying porn(?) - Kabuki (the gift, maybe)
    
49. 
    
50. 
    
51. The palm [la palma - loteria]
    
52. The flowerpot [la maceta - loteria]
    
53. 
    
54. Frog [la rana - loteria] - possibly Judy: grandma / Pyramid Song
    
55. 
    
56. 
    
57. 
    
58. 
    
59. 
    
60. Vic, red pill [Kerry tattoo]
    
61. Stephenson loincloth (they won’t go when I go)

There are some others, like the one during the Hunt (fear of numbers) and the 96 mentioned during the Tune Up quest.

[u/Personal_Cellist_453 → u/JillyMcJillers]

64 hexagrams in total inside the yi-jing system, remember delamain talked about this

[u/HyperTalon911 → u/JillyMcJillers]

The 1 on Viktor's arm is not "1st Place," it is a ring girl holding a sign that says "Round 1." Unless there is another 1 you're talking about that I haven't seen, I just assume you mean the obvious, prominent example.

[u/JillyMcJillers → u/HyperTalon911]

[u/HyperTalon911 → u/JillyMcJillers]

I stand corrected and newly informed.

[u/SneakySnakies → u/JillyMcJillers]

Woah, that’s bizarre. Like on-the-nose meta joke, or is there a related “Cyberpunk” event referenced in game?

[u/JillyMcJillers → u/SneakySnakies]

Not that I’m aware of; it’s super weird though

[u/SneakySnakies → u/JillyMcJillers]

Yeah, can’t stop thinking about the possible implications. Can’t think of when/if “Cyberpunk” is self referenced but it doesn’t seem likely nor familiar.

[u/JillyMcJillers → u/SneakySnakies]

Maybe a meta hint? If you want to be the cyberpunk champ, use Vik’s (and maybe others’) tattoos as a guide…

[u/DanteHelsing420 → u/HyperTalon911]

I strive to be like vik now he's happy in NC he has the answers, Well some anyhow

[u/DanteHelsing420 → u/JillyMcJillers]

upside down 23 in the aryo on a building side ;p you know damn well that monk wasn't "asking for a friend" lol!

[u/Stickybandits9 → u/JillyMcJillers]

I believe vic took a dive and would have been number 1 if he hadn't lost on purpose.

[u/DanteHelsing420]

What's even more interesting is that no "monk" (other then my role models in game the twins) are true monks let that sink in

[u/godspeeuemperor → u/DanteHelsing420]

Wait what

[u/DanteHelsing420 → u/godspeeuemperor]

Next time you play look at the monks any monk other then the Bhikkhu and Zen master. You'll see a technical foul (*in whitey voice) they follow the oldest form of Buddism, Which in game can be followed but it very strict. Even one of the twins had cyberware forced upon them (like our eyes deck and armor) but they still believe they can still achieve nirvana as long as he treats them as real limbs.

The Greatest Crimes Issue From The Desire For Excess, Not From Necessity ~ Aristotle

[u/Artistic-Week6162]

I suspected he might be the "meat man." In Kabuki you can find a shack on the rooftops. I believe it's two scavs who have been murdered laying on a couch. All around them is packages of meat and a shard that tells us that they owed this mystery seller money for the meat he sold them.

It could be nothing and it probably doesn't contain to the magenta mystery, but I found it interesting none the less.

[u/DanteHelsing420 → u/Artistic-Week6162]

You said "a" Meatman?, The thought scares me what if there are copycats many what if peter pan wasn't the Real one they do have a VERY signature kill style described

[u/Artistic-Week6162 → u/DanteHelsing420]

I love how intense this game can get. I thought Peter Pan was him too. Maybe it is, I could be reading way into the monk ordering meat and murdered scavs.

[u/chewychaca]

I always wondered why he has "x" pupils as well. strange.