Judy Álvarez

Judy Álvarez is a skilled braindance technician and a member of The Mox in. She is also a possible romance option for V.

Childhood
Judy was born in Laguna Bend, a small town in the rural outskirts of Night City. Her father was never around, and her mother died when she was just a child. She still has a photo of her, but can barely remember her. Judy was raised instead by her grandparents. Her grandfather was a techie and taught her all that she knows. She also loved to hear the stories he told. Her grandmother was temperamental, something Judy herself seems to have inherited.

While growing up in her hometown, Judy used to hang out with the other kids, sometimes playing street hockey on rollerblades or "MaxTac and psychos", though they often mocked her for not having her parents around and being poor. She also liked to eat the burgers of Flo's Diner, the only eatery in the town.

Twenty years ago Judy hid Jenni Chapman's doll as she thought only losers played with dolls. What Judy really wanted, though, was for Jenni to notice her, and she proposed to help her find the missing doll. In the end neither of those things ocurred. Judy sometimes visited the church, a building she always thought looked old and out of place, not because she believed in God, but because it was just there. Once, she sneaked inside of it when no one was around and stood at the altar, wondering what went through the priest's mind when he looked at the people, asking herself how he could read their minds and know everything about them. She then screamed at the top of her lungs to check the acoustics of the building, but when the echo returned, it scared her and she run away. Judy thought it was all the guilt she felt for having a crush on Jenni, so when she screamed it out, it flew right back at her.

When the area around Laguna Bend was bought out by NC Dam Ltd. some time around 2062 in order to be converted into a reservoir, the residents were forced to vacate the town since it would be submerged. Judy and her grandparents moved into a rental apartment in Night City, but her grandparents hated the city and left after two years. They moved further north to Oregon while Judy stayed and made the apartment her own.

When Judy was sixteen years old she was convicted and detained for stealing a fire truck and for illegal use of property belonging to the fire department. In reality, Judy didn't steal the truck but instead found it abandoned in a scrapyard. She decided to fix it up, which took her half a year, and then the police busted her on her first ride. They didn't believe her and proceeded in detaining her. Years later, Judy tried to get some kind of compensation for what she thought was an unlawful juvenile arrest. She contacted a woman in hopes she could help her win a compensation from the city council, but she dismissed Judy stating it was something very difficult to achieve and not worth the trouble. Realizing that the woman didn't believe her either, Judy dropped the conversation.

2070s
Judy worked as a technician at Clouds for a time. There she met Maiko Maeda, whom she entered into a relationship with. Judy also helped Maiko to jump up the ranks by tweaking the stats on her doll-chip, not only to help her but also hoping things would change for the better.

At some point Judy left Clouds and found work at Lizzie's Bar as a braindance technician and editor, joining the Moxes as she thought they could improve people's life in the city for the better. Judy installed her equipment on the bar's basement on behalf of Suzie "Q", the Mox leader. It was at Lizzie's Bar where Judy met Evelyn Parker, whom she would eventually become her best friend. Some time later, Evelyn left the Moxes and became a doll at Clouds, though Judy and her would still maintain contact with each other.

Since Maiko's promotion, Judy's relationship with her become more difficult, but still she visited her girlfriend at her office in Clouds whenever she could. Judy began to be jealous of how much time Maiko spend around other girls at Clouds, but she got over it hoping to spend some interesting time with her.

On May 13th, Judy attended the anniversary of Lizzie Borden's death and the Moxes creation.

One day, when Judy was trying to get into Maiko's office the security didn't let her. Later Judy messaged Maiko and told her about it. Maiko tried to excuse herself saying it was due to "procedures", but Judy knew it was her call since the security had contacted her before. Maiko asked her to cool down, as this could mean trouble for her. Maiko stated she had to keep up some semblance of professionalism, and she didn't want to lose her position after how much she had endured to be there. This caused an argument between the two in which Judy said things were as bad as before, but not for Maiko as she was doing just fine. Maiko responded that she was doing it for them both, that she was thinking about their future together, and didn't understand why that made Judy so angry. Judy realized that their perspectives on the world had changed, and she had been left behind. Maiko was just looking for more power and Judy was ashamed she hadn't noticed sooner. Judy simply hoped that when Night City chew and spited Maiko out, she would still have something of her old self left.

Some time after the argument, Maiko asked Judy to give her time to think about everything, and to give herself time to cool down. For Judy it was over and some time later she asked Maiko to go to her apartment and take back her clothes, something Maiko didn't care about and asked Judy to get rid of them. Despite this, Maiko wanted to go to Judy's apartment to talk things out, as she felt everything had escalate too quickly and maybe it was just a misunderstanding. That things didn't have to end that way, at least not so sudden. Judy didn't buy it. There was nothing else to talk about, stating Maiko was doing what she always did. Buttering her with promises she didn't actually wanted to keep. Judy would simply leave Maiko's clothes on front of the door, and she would not even open it if Maiko tried to knock. An angry Maiko answered that Judy could toss her clothes out of the window if she wanted, as Maiko didn't care and would not visit her. Judy sarcastically replied it was nice Maiko could afford to toss her clothes. Judy asked her ex-girlfriend that any clothes she found on her own place she could leave them on the street for people who could need them. As for Maiko's clothes, since they were dangerously expansive, Judy stated she would rather burn them.

After a long time since her last talk, Evelyn contacted Judy. She asked her if she was still cooped on Susie "Q"'s basement or if she was even still dating Maiko. Judy told her one of those things was still true. Evelyn had messaged her because she needed help on tiny but important favor. She needed to have a virtu scrolled, and knew Judy was the best. In exchange Evelyn promised her a life free of work where Judy could just focus on her art. Evelyn asked to at least meet, and wondered where she could find her. Judy answered in Susie "Q"'s basement.

Evelyn had explained what she needed from Judy, and one day, while the two were enjoying some drinks at Lizzie's Bar, Evelyn's contact appeared. Judy finished her drink and went directly back to the basement. Some time later Evelyn appeared with her contact and introduced V to Judy.

Database Entry

 * One of braindance's most gifted editors and a skilled techie. If she wanted to, she could get hired at any corpo entertainment studio and make bank, but Judy values her independence too much to sell out - she rejects every offer that comes her way. Her anarchist spirit drew her to the Mox in the hope that they could improve the lives of people in Night City. Her biggest flaw is that she can't keep her mouth shut in the face of injustice - something that always gets her in trouble. For some, though, it's her greatest virtue.

Main Quests

 * The Information
 * Automatic Love
 * The Space in Between
 * Disasterpiece
 * Double Life
 * Nocturne Op55N1 (dependent)
 * All Along the Watchtower (dependent)
 * Path of Glory (dependent)
 * Where is My Mind? (dependent)

Side Quests

 * Both Sides, Now
 * Ex-Factor
 * Talkin' 'bout a Revolution
 * Pisces
 * Pyramid Song
 * I Fought the Law (mentioned in Elizabeth Peralez's laptop)