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#ELIZAKARDEL, ELIZA CECILIA - LOVE INCARNATE. fandomless original character with many fandom verses. current blog established august 2025, originally established here in august 2012 + here in february. this one is the final remake, i promise. written by sophie (27, she/her). very, very low activity + private (mutuals only, very selective in following back.) uses BETA editor.
@elizakardel: spotify wrapped🎁 as if i don’t already owe you a million things but . what’s one more (: 🩷
❝ i looked into your eyes and saw a world that doesn't exist. ❞
his elevated level of lividity had been ameliorated by time's natural remedy, yielding the ashes of an argument once set aflame by their torrid tempers. the apex of the quarrel was recalled evenly, not to further debilitate but to retroactively imbue his stance with insight. a world with effective cyberpsychotic rehabilitation may not yet have existed but her obdurate optimism seeded the ideals necessary for it to sprout.
❝ don't think i'll ever find someone quite as touched as you. ❞
"as 'touched' as me - i think i've heard you say those exact words to assholes you like much less than myself," she muses - though, the guilt, stubbornness and regret over their latest eruption roil thick as an boulders through her throat as she tries to swallow it - all of it.
eyes turn downward as eliza inhales through her nose, finding the brass to finally bend her chin upwards toward johnny once more; in the battle of wits and hotheaded tempers, they're as evenly matched for one another as they'll ever find - this isn't their first tryst with dissension, nor will it be their last. (she's counting on it.)
her fingers are practically itching for the comfort of his physical affection once more - of all her vices, he is her healthiest vessel of choice. please, johnny - be the one to break the stalemate and pull her back home. "so, you ... you mean that as an insult, or a compliment?"
IF YOU EVER MISS ELIZA, YOU CAN FIND HER IN … / diana prince (wonder woman), karen page (daredevil), ruben stone (sound of metal), beth greene (the walking dead), jackson maine (a star is born), vicki donovan (the vampire diaries), russell hammond (almost famous), penny lane (almost famous), peter quill (guardians of the galaxy), yelena belova (black widow), sally owens (practical magic), jo harvelle (supernatural).
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CANON IN-GAME INTERACTIONS INVOLVING ELIZA KARDEL THE LOVE BOT OF NIGHT CITY.
connected to jackie welles: jackie welles is the closest thing to family that eliza has inside the bounds of night city. the welles family are longtime family friends of the bellucci clan (eliza’s aunt, uncle and cousins - would-be adoptive parents and siblings, nomads located in the badlands) - for all intents and purposes, he's as much a brother to her as the rest of her cousins are. v will see eliza at jackie's funeral, holding the hand of mama welles throughout the whole thing.
connected to lizzy wizzy: eliza can be spotted at lizzy wizzy's gig at the black sapphire. the two are chatting it up at the bar after lizzy’s performance - eliza is deeply inebriated and less than coherent.
connected to kerry eurodyne: the pair have collaborated publicly once or twice. they aren't exactly close, but are amicable (and grossly similar at their core - shared addiction troubles, mostly).
connected to us cracks: the band + love bot have a grossly poppy hit (rocket queen) that plays over almost every radio station in night city - mention it to eliza, and she will visibly grimace.
choose the NOMAD lifepath and find the opportunity to interact with eliza's family at the badlands gas station at the very beginning of the game. choose the STREETKID lifepath and have a passing interaction with an incognito love bot sitting at the bar, watching v set their broken nose at the beginning of the game. choose the CORPO lifepath and physically bump into the love bot on her way out / v's way into lizzie’s bar, exchanging nothing but a passing apology before v heads in to meet jackie.
ACT 1
SIDE MISSION: come as you are.
prior to the konpeki plaza heist, v will receive a text from jackie concerning a family friend in need of a helping hand. little does he mention that said family friend is the legendary love bot of night city - if accepted, v will meet jackie and eliza at misty's esoterica. eliza has sustained minor bruises and cuts on her face and is visibly shaken, consoled by a concerned misty. she remains relatively quiet while jackie explains that he and v will go on a revenge mission against eliza's producer (zach walsh) to discourage him from ever getting physical with eliza again. eliza admonishes the idea and insists that nothing is wrong and / or she’s more than capable of handling this herself, but jackie is insistent. eventually, eliza tells both jackie and v to 'be safe' as they head out on their merry, violent way.
jackie will offer v some casual insight into his relationship with eliza: a longtime friendship with her cousin, danny, and the whole bellucci clan - danny enlisted jackie’s help in making sure that eliza doesn’t get into too much trouble in night city. the pair will venture into japantown to rough up zach at his apartment - upon entering the apartment, jackie and v will mow down some tyger claws associates of zach’s before reaching the producer, threatening his livelihood if he dares to hurt his 'greatest asset' ever again.
varying degrees of verbal and physical assault are permitted through this interaction - if v kills zach, eliza will be unhappy with them upon their return, but ultimately this does not change the further story in any capacity. (universal chalks up zach's death to his involvement with the tyger claws and hires a new shithead producer.)
some time after this mission, danny reaches out to v to thank them for helping to protect eliza. he makes it clear that the bellucci clan will always have v’s back should they ever need anything - this can come up in most potential interactions with the aldecaldos, as they are close allies with the bellucci clan.
ACT 2
GIG: catch me if you can.
damian lamb (the love bot's executive manager) will offer v a wildly large sum of money to drag the love bot out of a well-earned sabbatical in the badlands. he needs her back in town for a contractual obligation; some undisclosed, important and dire-sounding public appearance - if not sober, at least present and functional.
should you accept the gig outright, you will find a disheveled, everyday-presenting love bot - the human behind the persona, eliza kardel - resting and recuperating with her family in the badlands. what damian doesn't let slip is that she's taking a leave of absence from fame because of an 'accidental' overdose (it’s left up to the player to infer whether or not it was an intentional suicide attempt). eliza will reveal that damian (and the rest of her team) have been fueling her substance addiction for years, and she needs this time away if she ever hopes to reach some level of sobriety or self control. at this time, v is offered the decision to let eliza stay in the badlands with her nomad family, or drag her back to night city against her will.
complete this gig by cruelly dragging eliza back to night city and become locked out of any more missions related to the love bot for the remainder of the game. upon seeing that v accepted a gig from universal that contributes to her demise, she'll curse them as 'just another heartless merc'. at the end of act 3, v can overhear a news broadcast announcing the love bot's survival of a 'freak accident' at one of her shows. her mind and body are no longer one, and she's more chrome than heart - arguably, there's nothing left of the real eliza kardel at all.
fail this gig by refusing to bring eliza back to night city and v's connection to the love bot will endure throughout the remainder of the game. v will receive texts from eliza asking them to ferry her to underground acoustic gigs, inviting them to ep listening parties, stargazing in the badlands and more.
SIDE MISSION: teach me to fight.
at her request, meet the love bot at the silver pixel cloud for target practice. teach her some self-defense, shoot some empty bottles and get to know one another. this is where v receives the choice to romance eliza - accept her advance to kiss v and she'll escort them back to her north oak mansion for a night of bow chicka wow wow, or reject her and she'll take it with a sad smile, commenting on how v would 'probably be worse off if they were to get involved with her, anyways'. even if she is rejected, the cordial friendship perseveres.
ACT 3
GIG: making the bed.
help the love bot overthrow universal studios. after sneaking suspicions that her team is set to be even more despicable than usual, the love bot recruits v to unearth their budding plot to rob her of all autonomy.
prior to one of eliza's biggest shows to date, she recruits v to sneak into universal records headquarters and gleam as much top-secret information as possible from president susan browning's personal computer. eliza knows that something is brewing, but exactly what? she's not sure.
if v rejects the gig, eliza's will be nearly killed the plotted 'accident' and become the real-life love bot, more cyberware than human.
if v takes the gig, they'll find the plot to maim the love bot in susan's personal files - susan will catch v in the act and approach them with a proposition. endless eddies to keep this secret, or die there and then. v can either take the eddies and seal eliza's cruel fate, or kill susan and every remaining member of the love bot's team on their way out of the building.
after escaping the bloody battle at universal hq, v finds eliza and tells her the entire plot against her life. this leads her on a path to independence and sobriety, ultimately saving her life in more ways than one. she thanks v with a kiss on the cheek and sets on a better path, still inevitably making music of her own volition. v will have a place in any and all of her various apartments/homes throughout night city, as well as in the badlands camp where her family lives.
pov: it’s raining in night city. the kind of rain that doesn’t relent, that smacks against the pavement of japantown side streets even as you duck beneath the overhang of the closest street vendor for cover. it’s well past the middle of the night, yet patrons (dolls, disgruntled corpos and street rats alike) exit skeevy establishments and take off running to try and avoid being soaked to the core by the never-ending storm. even in this weather, the roars of local tyger claws doing wheelies on their tricked-out, neon bikes (skidding and hydroplaning without a care in the world) squeal by on the street behind you. only as a bowl of ramen is set out on the thin countertop in front of you do you notice a hooded figure taking up languid residence on the stool beside you. their face is hidden beneath the hood pulled down past their eyebrows, but a faint sparkle of glitter and smeared eye makeup can be seen … should you pay close enough attention to their silhouette. (why should you? anonymity is the one worthwhile currency in night city.) the food vendor seems to recognize them immediately, rather unabashedly handing over two glitter canisters that the stranger shoves into their pocket, repaying the vendor with something glistening + quickly concealed in their palm. it’s at that moment that a trail of loud-mouthed paparazzi fly beyond the stools you’re seated at, followed by a small swarm of people dressed in pink and black, all chattering and seemingly searching for something - someone. the hooded figure emits a small snicker as they retrieve a cigarette from their pocket, waiting a beat until the riff-raff clears to lean over and ask if you’ve got a light. her accent denotes an eerie familiarity; the lilt of her voice reminds you of songs that play incessantly over every radio station, yet her presence feels awe-strikingly vague. the love bot has performed her favorite trick - a dangerous vanishing act against her own team, the public, and anyone else that would set her on an even higher pedestal. she’s still waiting for your answer - give her a damn light.
big love for characters whose deep need / want / desire for LOVE OVER EVERYTHING is overshadowed and admonished by their hypersexuality, cynicism and / or disregard for their own well being. <3
re: omar turning eliza against her will + eliza vowing to kill him because of it. omar telling eliza how ungrateful she is. telling her how thankful she should be for the dark gift. telling her that she'll eventually come around to see how much he did what he did out of love and empathy (he didn't, he just wanted her fame and success for himself - he has a completely one-sided, parasocial relationship with her).
