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Bradbury & Buran

Bradbury & Buran is a small but unusually important part of Little China, Watson.

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Key takeaways

  • Bradbury & Buran is a local location in Little China, Watson, not a synonym for all of Little China or Watson.
  • The core named places are Misty’s Esoterica, Viktor’s Clinic, the nearby fast-travel dataterm, and Garry’s usual preaching spot.
  • Viktor provides cyberware services Misty’s shop is primarily a story location and atmosphere piece rather than a conventional general vendor.
  • The area is central to The Ripperdoc, Playing for Time, Nocturne Op55N1, Fool on the Hill, Tomorrow Never Knows and The Prophet’s Song.
  • Garry’s questline is progression-sensitive Speak to him repeatedly after the relevant main-story developments if you want to avoid missing later dialogue.
  • After certain Phantom Liberty ending choices, the area changes substantially, with Misty’s former shop taken over by Zetatech and Viktor’s situation altered. This is a later continuity state, not the standard base-game presentation.

About this guide

Scope: Cyberpunk 2077 base game, with a short note on the post-*Phantom Liberty* state. Spoiler warning: This guide discusses early main jobs, Viktor’s clinic, Misty’s story, Garry’s side job and later progression changes.

Overview

Bradbury & Buran is a small but unusually important part of Little China, Watson. It is not a separate district, neighbourhood or broad administrative region. The name primarily identifies a fast-travel dataterm and the surrounding street junction, centred on the passage leading to Misty’s Esoterica and Viktor Vektor’s clinic. Little China is the relevant parent area, while Bradbury Street and Buran Street are the local street names.

The area is easy to overlook because it contains few conventional activities compared with Kabuki or the larger Watson streets. Its importance comes from its concentration of story characters and early-game services. V’s first meaningful ripperdoc visit takes place here, Misty’s shop acts as a recurring emotional refuge, Garry the Prophet can begin a side-job chain nearby, and the location remains one of the most useful return points for cyberware and character conversations.

Named entries within the local scope

The last two are descriptive location labels rather than necessarily formal map names. They are included because they are reliable navigation landmarks, not because they represent separate districts or businesses.

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Named entries within the local scope

From V’s apartment

The simplest route is to use the Bradbury & Buran fast-travel dataterm. It is close to V’s Watson apartment and is commonly used as the starting point for reaching both Misty and Viktor. Guides describing Viktor’s location consistently direct players to this dataterm, then south towards the neon POD entrance.

The clinic is not normally presented as a prominent street-front business. If you only search the road-facing shopfronts, it is easy to miss.

From the dataterm

  1. 01
    Face towards the street and look for the route leading south.
  2. 02
    Follow the pavement towards the bright pink POD sign.
  3. 03
    Enter the passage.
  4. 04
    Misty’s Esoterica is at the front of the shared location.
  5. 05
    Continue through to the rear and descend the stairs to reach Viktor’s Clinic.

From other Little China locations

Bradbury & Buran is close enough to the central Little China road network that it can also be reached on foot from the direction of Megabuilding H10, Afterlife and the Zocalo-side streets. However, these neighbouring locations should not be described as part of Bradbury & Buran itself. The dataterm is generally the most efficient route, especially when returning for cyberware.

Access and progression

The location itself is available early. The first important visit occurs through the main story, when V is directed to Viktor after the opening sequence of jobs. You do not need late-game progression, a high attribute score or a special vehicle to enter the area.

The clinic’s services, however, are affected by story and payment progression. Viktor can perform ripperdoc functions, but V’s outstanding debt can matter to the relationship and service context. Paying Viktor through the relevant activity is the straightforward way to resolve that early obligation.

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Misty’s Esoterica

Misty’s Esoterica is the small shop at the front of the shared premises. Misty Olszewski runs it and sells an atmosphere of spiritual comfort rather than operating as a standard weapons, clothing or consumables vendor.

The shop contains incense, spiritual objects and esoteric imagery. Its narrative function is more important than its commercial function. Misty is one of V’s most dependable sources of emotional support, especially after the Konpeki Plaza heist and during the later stages of the Relic storyline. The official game booklet describes the route through Misty’s shop to Viktor’s clinic as a refuge for V, which accurately captures how the space is used in the story.

What players can do here

Misty’s Esoterica is therefore a functional story location, not a conventional shop directory entry. Do not assume that every displayed object is purchasable.

Viktor’s Clinic

Viktor Vektor’s clinic is reached through Misty’s premises and down the stairs. He is a ripperdoc and one of the most important local service providers in the early game.

Viktor is not merely a service NPC. His clinic provides a deliberate contrast with Night City’s transactional corporate spaces. The player enters through Misty’s public-facing shop, then descends into a more private, improvised medical room. This route is part of the area’s storytelling: the shop represents spiritual reassurance, while the clinic represents bodily repair.

Viktor’s clinic: practical advice

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Misty Olszewski

Misty is the main resident and proprietor associated with the location. She is Jackie Welles’s partner and one of V’s closest non-combatant allies. Her role expands across the main story and later side activities.

Her presence can change with story progression. In the standard base-game path, the shop remains a key place to return to. Some ending states alter the status of the premises, which is discussed later in this guide.

Her principal associated jobs include

Viktor Vektor

Viktor is the resident ripperdoc. He is a mentor figure for V and provides both cyberware and personal advice. His clinic is located behind Misty’s shop, and this relationship between the two spaces is essential to understanding the local layout.

Viktor appears in several story contexts beyond ordinary clinic service, but those appearances should not be confused with additional Bradbury & Buran subareas. His later appearances at other locations are mission-specific.

Garry the Prophet

Garry is a recurring visitor and street preacher rather than a permanent resident of Misty’s or Viktor’s premises. He stands near the route outside the shop and can be heard before he is seen.

His presence is easy to dismiss as background dialogue, but it is tied to the side job The Prophet’s Song. Garry’s early conversations are not always immediately labelled as the quest itself. PowerPyx notes that players may encounter him during the main job The Ripperdoc, then return to speak with him through several later interactions.

Garry’s dialogue checklist

The quest can become unavailable or change if Garry’s storyline is allowed to progress past its triggering conversations. Because the game does not always present each early conversation as a conventional quest objective, Garry is one of the most missable local activities.

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Garry’s dialogue checklist

  1. 01
    Visit Garry near Misty’s shop after the relevant main-story progress.
  2. 02
    Listen to his speech and speak with him.
  3. 03
    Return for later conversations rather than assuming the first exchange starts the complete side job.
  4. 04
    Defend him when the confrontation occurs.
  5. 05
    Continue the dialogue chain until The Prophet’s Song formally begins.
  6. 06
    Follow the objective to the later investigation site outside Bradbury & Buran.

The Ripperdoc

The Ripperdoc is the main job that introduces V to Viktor’s Clinic. V is directed to the premises and receives early cyberware-related treatment. The mission establishes the shared arrangement between Misty and Viktor and makes Bradbury & Buran one of the first recognisable home bases in Watson.

What to do

This visit is effectively the player’s tutorial for returning to a ripperdoc.

What to do

  1. 01
    Follow the main objective to Misty’s shop.
  2. 02
    Enter the rear passage.
  3. 03
    Descend to Viktor’s Clinic.
  4. 04
    Complete the conversation and medical sequence.
  5. 05
    Follow the resulting instructions concerning V’s new cyberware and condition.

Playing for Time

This main-job connection brings V back into contact with Misty and Viktor after major story developments. It is one of the reasons the area remains relevant after the opening stretch rather than becoming a forgotten early-game stop.

The mission’s conversations are more important than any combat or loot route in the area. If you are following the main story, check both the shop and clinic after the mission’s major events.

Fool on the Hill

Fool on the Hill is the tarot-card activity associated with Misty. The cards are distributed around Night City rather than concentrated entirely at Bradbury & Buran, so this is not a local collectible sweep.

The relevant local importance is the starting conversation and the relationship between the tarot imagery and Misty’s worldview. Do not treat every tarot mural visible near the neighbourhood as being inside the Bradbury & Buran boundary. One commonly listed tarot location is south of the Bradbury & Buran fast-travel point, which places it in the surrounding Little China streets rather than automatically inside the core location.

Tomorrow Never Knows

This side job is tied to Misty and the tarot storyline. Its conversations are progression-sensitive and can occur after the tarot activity develops. Return to Misty when the objective appears rather than assuming that finishing a card collection alone completes the entire chain.

The Prophet’s Song

This is the principal side job that begins at the Bradbury & Buran frontage through Garry.

The job involves Garry’s theories, a confrontation with hostile participants and a later investigation involving intercepted communications. Guides agree that the early stage requires multiple conversations with Garry and that the side job formally develops only after the necessary story progress.

Missability warning

Garry’s sequence is the main local missable activity. If he disappears or his dialogue no longer advances, the trigger may have been passed or interrupted by other progression. The exact behaviour can also vary by patch and quest state. The safest practice is to exhaust his available conversations before pushing far into Act 2.

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Not included as Bradbury & Buran locations

These are nearby or within the wider Little China area, but they should not be merged into the local guide:

Fast-travel listings place Bradbury & Buran among Little China’s destinations, but that grouping is a district directory rather than evidence that all listed locations belong to Bradbury & Buran.

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Bradbury & Buran is not a fixed combat dungeon and has no permanent boss arena. The ordinary street population is mostly civilian. Police presence and hostile NPC behaviour can change according to nearby crimes, random encounters, player aggression and mission state.

Not included as Bradbury & Buran locations

Variable encounters

Do not assume that a hostile encounter reported by another player is a permanent Bradbury & Buran activity. The game’s open-world encounters and mission-state changes can produce different local conditions.

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Base-game state

In the normal base-game progression, Misty’s Esoterica and Viktor’s Clinic remain the defining landmarks. V can revisit them for services and conversations after completing the opening missions.

The area is especially useful during the transition between the prologue and Act 2:

Later ending-related state

Some Phantom Liberty ending choices can produce a later state in which Zetatech has taken over Misty’s former premises and Viktor’s work situation has changed. The clinic’s narrative status is therefore not completely static across all possible end states. This is not a new Bradbury & Buran subarea, but a progression variant of the existing location.

Because these changes are tied to an ending route, do not use the altered appearance as evidence that the base-game shop was always a Zetatech clinic.

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For a first visit

  1. 01
    Fast-travel to Bradbury & Buran.
  2. 02
    Turn towards the local street and identify the POD sign.
  3. 03
    Walk through the entrance and inspect the exterior signage.
  4. 04
    Enter Misty’s Esoterica and speak with Misty if a dialogue icon is present.
  5. 05
    Check the nearby pavement for Garry the Prophet.
  6. 06
    Use the rear passage and stairs to reach Viktor’s Clinic.
  7. 07
    Check Viktor’s cyberware stock and speak with him.
  8. 08
    Revisit after completing major main jobs, particularly The Ripperdoc, Playing for Time and Nocturne Op55N1.
  9. 09
    If pursuing Garry’s quest, return several times instead of waiting for a single obvious quest marker.
  10. 10
    Use Bradbury & Buran as a launch point for the surrounding Little China streets, but catalogue those neighbouring locations separately.

Completion checklist

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Is Bradbury & Buran a district?

No. It is a local map and fast-travel location in Little China, Watson. The wider Little China directory should not be reduced to Bradbury & Buran.

Where is Viktor’s Clinic?

It is behind Misty’s Esoterica. Fast-travel to Bradbury & Buran, follow the route towards the neon POD sign, pass through the entrance and descend the stairs.

Can I buy items from Misty?

Misty’s Esoterica is primarily a story location. Its displayed spiritual goods are part of the environment and characterisation. Do not treat it as a standard weapons, clothing or food vendor unless a specific game version presents a separate interaction.

Where does The Prophet’s Song start?

It starts with Garry’s repeated street conversations near Misty’s shop. The first interaction may occur during or after The Ripperdoc, but the formal side-job objectives require additional visits and story progress.

Is the tarot card south of Bradbury & Buran inside the location?

Not necessarily. A nearby tarot placement may be described relative to the fast-travel point while belonging to the surrounding Little China streets. Keep collectible locations tied to their actual map position rather than automatically assigning them to Bradbury & Buran.

Does Bradbury & Buran contain a boss fight?

No fixed boss fight is associated with the core location. Combat may occur because of a mission, random encounter or player action, but the area is primarily a service and story hub.

What is the most important reason to return?

Return for four things: Viktor’s cyberware, Misty’s story conversations, Garry’s questline and progression-sensitive scenes after major main jobs.

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The available evidence strongly supports the following scope: Bradbury & Buran is a fast-travel point and immediate street locality within Little China, Watson, centred on Misty’s Esoterica, Viktor’s Clinic and Garry’s nearby preaching position. The evidence does not support expanding it into all of Little China.

Some community and wiki sources use “Bradbury & Buran” loosely for the wider immediate neighbourhood, while map directories use it as a single fast-travel entry. For that reason, decorative storefronts, unnamed street businesses and random NPC scenes have not been presented as a falsely complete business directory. They are not consistently named or independently verified in the supplied sources.

The base-game guide is therefore substantially researched but not a claim of exhaustive coverage of every unnamed environmental prop, procedural NPC or patch-dependent street event.

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