Barry Lewis

Barry Lewis is an officer of the NCPD residing in his apartment in H10 megabuilding, Little China, Watson.

Biography
2077 has been a tough year for Barry, dealing with the increased rate of crime following the mayor's death and colleagues that simply having no further depth than job efficacy. Sure, Barry wants to do the right thing and help the people of Night City, but that's somewhat difficult when every crazed gangoon or murderous corpo that gets into trouble with the law seems to be deep in the pockets of someone who can make their crimes go away with a simple transfer of eddies to the chief's wallet, or can close an investigation faster than the NCPD can open it. To make matters worse, his best friend Andrew recently passed away, leaving him feeling alone in an unforgiving world. In order to process his thoughts and deal with inner turmoil, Berry has taken an indefinite leave from work without providing a proper elaboration, which has incited worry among his colleagues. After an extended time of not responding to their holo calls or emails, Juan Mendez and Nadia Petrova, both fellow officers of the NCPD, have decided to pay Barry a personal visit. However, their voices were ignored, as Barry failed to feel sincerity in their intention and feared they would not understand him should he actually explain the nature of his troubles.

Passing through the megabuilding atrium, V can encounter the two officers standing in front of the apartment and desperately wanting Barry to open the door. Should V decide to interfere, they will make use of the neighbourly acquaintanceship and send V to try to get Barry to open up and finally explain what's truly going on.

How V approaches this task will be pivotal to Barry's fate. Being kind or using the body dialogue check (5 required) will provide entrance to his rather unkempt apartment. Barry is willing to talk to a stranger, much more freely, in fact, than he could to his colleagues - ones he considered friends as well. He will soon realize that V simply thinks that his state is due to the loss of a close friend, as is what Mendez and Petrova had said, so he will proceed expanding on the story. A lot of bad events have stricken poor Barry in recent months, from seeing injustice being overlooked to witnessing a murder of a child being thrown out with the paperwork and ruled a suicide. His friend Andrew has been with him since before the world started losing sense, so his departure seems to have broken the only strand of hope Barry had of better days being remembered. He will also note that Andrew's remains now rest in a niche in the Columbarium, indicating that there might be something worth investigating.


 * V has not learned enough information, only that Barry can no longer stand his job and wants understanding, something V relays to Mendez and Petrova. But Mendez will think that Barry is just a "drama queen", ignoring Barry's real feeling. Several hours later, Barry has ended his life, leaving Mendez sobbing and regretting.


 * After V has arrived at Andrew's niche, V reads the description on the niche. Much to V's surprise, V finds that the so-called Andrew is actually a tortoise, instead of a human. With Johnny's help and explanations, V realizes that Barry is in serious condition.
 * V goes back to the megabuilding and tells the officers about Andrew and how bad Barry's situation is. Mendez initially doesn't believe it. But Petrova and Mendez finally take V's explanation and realize Barry's true feeling. After the conversation, they decide to talk with Barry, which prevents Barry from doing something stupid.

Associated Quests

 * Happy Together