Kost

Kostina “Kost” Petrov

Kost
Mundane Face
Ex-Slave Turned Runer
KurczdMadMan	KurczdMadMan
Metatype	Elf (Dryad)
Street Cred	0
Notoriety	0
Public Awareness	0
Titles and Awards	0
D.O.B.	June 7th 2055
Folder	[1]
Priority	Metatype - D Attributes - A Magic/Resonance - E Skills - B Resources - C

Character Information

Summary

Ex-Bunraku girl who is quick with her Streetline Special and quicker with her tongue.

Goals

• Avoid the Vory

• Retire in peace with a permanent high (or better) lifestyle

Background

Kostina was a bright girl who was going places. She studied hard and earned, or so she thought, passage to the UCAS where she was going to make something of herself. It turns out that the group that had arranged her transport was a Red Vory trap, and she ended up working in a Bunraku parlor.

Most of the time, she wasn’t herself, and the times that she was were almost unbearable. Still, she used that time to devise her escape. She learned seduction, and expressed a seemingly genuine interest in one of the guards. He taught her to use a gun and she continued to hone her silver tongue, skills which would serve her well. While the bunraku girls were not meant to use drugs (personafixes gave the Vory all the control they needed), the guard would sneak inn some Bliss which helped her endure her time in the parlor more easily.

Kostina continued to hone her more devious skills, until she saw the opportunity. The safe had been left open, so she emptied it and bolted. She used the money to set herself up with a new identity, but knew it wouldn't last forever. Desperate and feeling she only had one real skill, she sought out a brothel, lucking upon Madame Butterfly who saw more than another working girl. Madam butterfly set her up to use the girl’s newfound skills. After a successful run, she continues to give her jobs. While Madame Butterfly says she is welcome to work in the shop aytime, Kostina has no desire to, and the madame does not expect her to ever take her up on it.

Narrative Significant Qualities

• Glamour: There is a distinct feeling that she is “more.” She moves with a grace that seems impossible for mortals, yet feels down to earth. When she speaks, you want to listen to her. This makes her great as a face, but also makes her very memorable. Not many forget the smoking 11/10 that they chatted up in the bar last night.

• Wanted: Stole 50k from the Red Vory on her way out

• Social Stress: When faced with someone Russian and especially if she knows they are Vory

Run History

Name	GM	Metaplot	Threat	Date of Run
You Found Me	Ghostlin		High	22 August 2081
Heaven is a Place on Earth	Ghostlin		Medium	1 August 2081
Storming the Castle	Korean_BBQ		High	28 July 2081
Caged Wolf	Requiem		Medium	25 June 2081
Heigh-ho, heigh-ho	Chrisst111			23 June 2081
From Lead to Gold	Torq!	24 Karat Magic	Semi-Prime	6 June 2081
Dirty Little Secret	Ghostlin	Suffer the Children		23 May 2081
D-UP	Pillare			21 May 2081
Charlottes Web	Aurora			11 May 2081
Let's Get Lost	OptimismBeast			4 May 2081
Troll Killer Killers	OptimismBeast			21 April 2081
Hotline Seattle 1 - No Good Deed Goes Unmurdered	Torq	24 Karat Magic		20 April 2081
A Shadowrun Based on The Hustle by A Night in the Box	DrBurst			18 April 2081
White Rabbit	Ghostlin	Runners Gone Wild		8 April 2081
That Old ACHE	Aurora	Deus Machina		28 December 2080
Death of a Legend	danthestep			18 December 2080
Overflow - Running Wild	Maly			14 December 2080
Beer Run	Malyc			12 December 2080
A Daring Rescue	Iriodin	Dunkle Machenschaften		1 December 2080
Gremlins	DocMcGuffin			12 November 2080

Affiliations

Contacts

Contact	Connection	Loyalty	Archetype	Profession	Aspects	Chips
Madame Butterfly	4	3	Fixer	Fixer/Club Owner	Club Owner, Elven Blood, High Society, Protector, Secretive	Even
Rodney Bloom	2	3	Gear	Gun Runner/Club Owner	Club Owner, AK Enthusiast, Weapons Runner	Even
Christian Woods	4	2	Gear	Pharmacy Technician	Chemist, Medical Training, College Student, Pharmacy Technician, EVO Employee	Even
Harvey Sanders	4	2	Legwork	Infobroker	Infobroker, Organized Crime Investigator, KE Contacts, Gang Unit, Gambling, Former Lonestar, Picky Dissemination of Information	Even
Alias	5	2	Gear	SIN Forger	SIN Forger, Police Contacts, Disguise Enthusiast, Hacker, Infiltrator, College Educated	Even

Organizations

OtherCon +2

Horizon +2

Finnigan Family +1

Shoto Zumi-Gumi -2

Enemies

• Red Vory

In Character Information

Matrix Search Table

Threshold	Result
1	Did you mean "cost"? References to a Shadowhaven Runner account, username Kost and contact information. Also, a tag she used to think was clever, "Everything has a Kost." She appears to have since abandoned the phrase.
3	Word of mouth accounts of an elf who could talk you out of the shirt off your back, even if you realized you never stood a chance to be with her. A series of news clippings, Haven reports, and word of mouth posts from various chatrooms about Kost. She is definitely a dryad, a face, and mundane, aside from the odd touch of dryad on her. She speaks with a Russian accent and interjects Russian when excited or upset, leading many to believe she is native Russian, although she has not been seen dealing with many other Russians. An old picture of Kostina, looking the same, but different in personality, from who she is right now. With it is a message from the Red Vory, promising anyone who brings her in a reward of 50K nuyen, detailing how she owes a debt for her transport and was working for them when she decided to steal from them and go into hiding.
6	You uncover her name, Kostina Orloff. She has a mefeed that ran until a few years ago, from which you can see that she was very much into literature and classical music. Her final post was something about leaving for the UCAS and how she would miss her mother until she could join her a year after, but that Kostina would be an accomplished translator by that time. You also uncover several pictures of her in what is obviously a bunraku parlor. The pictures are not perfect, as they were taken by smuggled gear, but they are unmistakably the same girl.

Shadow Community Table

Threshold
1 Hit	A social elf who can talk you out of the shirt off your back. She's been around a few months now
2 Hits	Russian native, but knows a large number of languages, some more than others.
3 Hits	Avoids the Vory like the plague, but otherwise will run most anything. Tends to avoid wetwork, but it's not unheard of for her to engage in it.
4+ Hits	While she may appear different many times, this has proven effective in keeping her off most people's radars. This is especially important as the Red Vory want her and are willing to pay 50k for her. Loves a good social infiltration and plays the part of saleswoman, seductress, or negotiator well.

SINs

Natalia Koslov, Russian SIN, Rating 6

• Work Visa (Model)
• Concealed Carry
• Firearms

Appearance

Kostina is light-haired, as druid's tend to be, just shy of platinum blonde, with blue eyes. She is the same height as a tall human or short elf, and is slightly thinner than the average human of the same height. The Glamour that affects her makes her seem unnaturally better than she actually is, but, well, she's pretty good to begin with.

Clothing

She is collecting a small assortment of "Run" appropriate (in other words, armored) wear, having recently acquired an Armante Dress that she is quite proud of and is excited to use at the next opportunity that presents itself. In her typical day-to-day, she will wear either her armor clothing, which blends in as black pants and a leather jacket that fit her motorcycle look or, if trying to be more casual, her form fitting armor set underneath a typical jeans and shirt. On runs, she will either dress appropriately for the occasion if she is using her Face skills, usually meaning her FFBA under whatever clothing is deemed appropriate, or will don her armor jacket if able for the extra protection. Even When she has a Face assignment, she usually plans a way to have the jacket available if (more like when) things go south.

Matrix Persona

Her matrix persona looks much like herself, although the Glamour has no effect in the matrix, so to a viewer that knows who she is, might look like a rather drab picture of her.