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There Is A Light That Never Goes Out


There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Type Side Job
Giver Joshua Stephenson
District Rancho Coronado
Region Santo Domingo
Location PieZ
Previous Sinnerman
Next They Won't Go When I Go

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out is the side job in which V rides with Joshua Stephenson, a convicted killer about to be crucified on braindance, on his last day out. It follows Sinnerman, starting the moment V gets into the NCPD car. Joshua visits the family of a man he killed and shares a last meal, while Rachel Casich of the braindance studio worries that V is putting doubts in his head.

Story

A Strange Job

Johnny loves situations like this. In the journal he sums it up: one man hires V to kill another, then the first man dies, and the second man hires V to go somewhere with him for who knows what. He tells V not to mess it up, because he wants to see how it ends.

In the NCPD car, with Officer Vasquez driving, Joshua tells V his story. He was sent to prison years ago for armed robbery, among other crimes, and he killed several people in cold blood without feeling anything. In prison, he had time to think, and he found faith.

The El-Ahmar House

At a house, a woman named Zuleikha El-Ahmar welcomes Joshua and V. Joshua killed her brother, Ruben. Instead of hating him, she began writing to him in prison and forgave him, as her Christian faith taught her. Joshua then explains the plan: Rachel's braindance studio will record his crucifixion. He hopes it will turn people to Christianity by showing how Jesus suffered for them. Before more can be said, Zuleikha's mother, Gloria, arrives. She has not forgiven Joshua, and orders him and V out.

PieZ

Back at the car, Rachel takes V aside. She thinks Joshua is mad, but his sincere belief makes for a better braindance, and she fears V's probing questions are making him doubt. At PieZ, a restaurant in Rancho Coronado, she has Vasquez take Joshua inside and offers V double Joshua's fee to walk away.

If V refuses, V joins Joshua and Rachel at the table and talks with them about the braindance and other things, until Rachel loses patience and storms out. Joshua says goodbye and leaves with Vasquez. Johnny appears with some thoughts of his own. A day later, Rachel calls V to the studio for the crucifixion, which continues in They Won't Go When I Go.

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out Map Location and Walkthrough

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out map location:

The House

  1. Get into the NCPD car at the end of Sinnerman and talk to Joshua on the way.
  2. Follow Joshua to the El-Ahmar house.
  3. Be kind when Joshua introduces V to Zuleikha.
  4. Follow Zuleikha and sit with her and Joshua. Ask for water, or say V is fine.
  5. Show interest in Joshua's story and his faith.
  6. Leave when Gloria arrives and return to the car.

PieZ

  1. Get into the NCPD car and ride to PieZ.
  2. Talk to Rachel.
  3. Refuse her bribe to keep going.
  4. Sit down at the table in PieZ with Joshua.
  5. Ask to change the subject, say the remake is better than the original, and tell Rachel off.
  6. Talk to Johnny when the others leave.

Map credit by Map Genie.

Choices

Rachel's Bribe

Taking Rachel's money ends V's part in the job. Rachel says goodbye to Joshua for V and later pays V. A Corpo V can talk her into a bigger cut. Refusing the money keeps V with Joshua to the end.

Joshua's Faith

V's answers to Joshua are quietly scored. Encouraging him and taking his story seriously leads to a successful braindance at the end of They Won't Go When I Go. Mocking him or calling it insane makes it fail. Avoid answers such as "still not buying it" or calling it insane.

V can also leave after talking with Zuleikha, which ends the job.

Rewards

Completing There Is A Light That Never Goes Out pays €$ 4,600 to 9,300 (dependent), 1,347 experience and 2,021 Street Cred.

The job pays experience and Street Cred, and eddies if Rachel's bribe is taken. If Joshua is killed here or in Sinnerman, his prison jumpsuit can be looted.

Characters

The characters who take part in There Is A Light That Never Goes Out are listed below.

Name Image
Joshua Stephenson Joshua Stephenson
Johnny Silverhand Johnny Silverhand

Notes

  • Rachel calls V to the braindance studio later whether or not V took her money.
  • The scene at PieZ echoes the Last Supper: twelve people sit at a long table with Joshua in the middle. Rachel's bribe may echo the money paid to Judas.
  • Joshua's surname may refer to Saint Stephen, the first Christian martyr.
  • The job is named after a song by The Smiths.

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