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===Summary===
===Summary===
A Mitsuhama wage mage who sold out everything for a "comfortable" life in the corporation. Unable to bear the tedium of her job any longer, she's started moonlighting as a shadowrunner for her ludicrously corrupt boss. She's in it for the thrills, hoping to relieve some of the stress that's been threatening to crush her alive.  
A middle-aged wage mage who sold her soul for a comfortable life in the corp. After years and years of mind-numbing service she's finally reached her breaking point, and is throwing herself in the line of fire just to feel alive again.


===Goals===
===Goals===
*Feel alive again
*Get out there and have some fun!
*Go on a metaplanar quest
*Rekindle her connection to her mentor spirit
*Renegotiate her contract for more vacation time
*Keep her coworkers from finding out about her double life.


==Background==
==Background==
The first thing Milly Sawyer learned at college was that magic could be really, really boring. Cackling manabolts and metaplanar quests were all well and good, but those weren't the things that paid the bills. Wards and watchers, that's what the corporation wanted from her; day after day, month after month, building after building, wards and watchers. MCT's offer had been the luckiest of breaks, a once in a lifetime escape from the crushing poverty of the OU, but ghost was it draining. Her career was one of small concessions. A filed down tusk, an extra hour of work, a tirade from her boss that she silently bore, every day it seemed like she sold off another piece of herself. Before long there was nothing left to give, with even her own identity being lost to the company's troll reduction surgeries.  
The first thing Milly Sawyer learned in college was that magic could be really, really boring. Lightning bolts and gouts of flame were fine for the average wiz ganger, but they weren't what really paid the bills. Magical security, watchers and wards, the monotonous grind of securing company assets; this was where most awakened ended up, and Millicent wasn't any different. She was no hotshot, no astral cowboy. The only thing she ever learned from the street was that she didn't want to be there ever again. Getting recruited by MCT was the answer to all of her problems. Company housing, company job, company body and company life. All she had to do was her job, and they'd take care of everything else.  


She justified it to herself, of course; It was all to escape. If she kept her head down and didn't raise a fuss, she'd never have to go back to the awful place where she grew up. It wasn't like she'd had any other choice, and anyone in her place would've done the same. Right? Yet as time wore on and her career stalled out Milly's justifications rang more and more hollow. The weight of her stress became too much to bear, and every day felt like the one where she was finally going to crack. Then, right before she reached the tipping point, her boss came to her with an offer: shadowrunning.  
Millicent's career was one of small concessions. A filed-down horn, and extra hour of work, a tirade from her boss that she silently bore; every day she seemed to lose another piece of herself, until her even her magic was worn down to a nub. Eventually her body was all she had left to give, turned into a stranger's by the company's troll reduction surgery. All so that she would never go hungry. All so that she would never feel fear. But was that really worse than not feeling anything at all? She found herself dreaming about the OU, just her and her magic, totally free. A part of her longed to live like that again, if only it was just for a day, but the rest of her was far too cowardly to quit. She found her release in shadowruns, nightly adrenaline kicks; she lived a double life between criminal and corp, and for the first time in years found herself looking forward to things. Then she almost got caught.  


He said it was a chance to feel the thrill of magic again, and make herself a ''lot'' of money in the process. It was minimal risk too, if she followed her orders to the letter. Of course Milly didn't buy it, but the thought of being able to use her powers again made her agree nonetheless. She knows that this can only end badly, but if it staves off the dread for only a few weeks it'll be worth it. Even if she gets geeked, at least she'll have died getting to feel something again.
A brush with the law during the ACHE explosion almost collapsed her house of cards. Milly knew that she had to stop. She went into therapy, got on her meds, and took a long-term assignment in the UK. She'd had her fun, and now it was time for things to return to normal. Except they never would. With each day that passed, she only felt the absence of running more strongly. Drugs, sex, simsense and BTLs, none of it compared to the high of gambling her life. Like a moth to a flame she found her way back to the city where it started. Seattle. Her boss was more than happy to put her back to work, it'd been a profitable venture for them both. Milly shared the sentiment, but for much different reasons. Maybe she'd really go to jail this time, or maybe she'd wind up dead on the street, but if just for a moment she could feel alive, any consequence would be worth it. She'd already tried to run away once, so now she was sticking to the end.


== Narrative Significant Qualities ==
== Narrative Significant Qualities ==
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===Positive===
===Positive===


'''Astral Chameleon:''' Joule is, to put it bluntly, incredibly bland. Although her size is enough stand out from the dime-a-dozen wage slaves, on the astral she's about as unassuming as can be.
'''Milquetoast''' ''(Astral Chameleon, Blandness):'' Were it not for the fact that Joule's 8 feet tall, she'd be the most forgettable woman in the world. If the wage slaves had a poster child, this would be it.  


'''Common Sense:''' Joule's got a good head on her shoulders, even if she doesn't always listen to it.  
'''Mentor Spirit (Moon):''' When Joule was a child in the Orcish Underground, the sky represented a better way of life. Now that she lives in a highrise apartment, the voice of her mentor goes fainter every day.
 
'''Adrenaline Junkie''' ''(Daredevil, SFDA):'' Nothing excites Joule more than the risk of death. When the chips come down the mask comes off, and she becomes a totally different person.


'''Technical School Education:''' After being discovered by MCT's recruiting program, Joule earned a degree in Applied Magical Studies from one of the corporation's universities. As it turns out, learning magical security makes you pretty good at breaking it. 


===Negative===
===Negative===


'''Full Time Wage Mage''' ''(Day Job 40 hrs, Corporate limited SINner for MCT):'' Everything has a cost, and MCT doesn't give education out of the kindness of their hearts. Joule spends her days as an overworked security mage helping oversee MCT's Seattle distribution centers. She works 12 hour shifts and gets one day off per week, even living on-site to cut down the commute.  
'''MCT Property''' ''(Corporate Limited SIN, Day Job 40hrs):'' The company controls every aspect of Joule's life. She works as a magical maintenance technician, maintaining the wards and groups of bound spirits that keep MCT at the top of the game. It's an exhausting and sometimes humiliating job.  


'''Corporate Drone''' ''(Designated Omega, Social Stress: Obvious Authority Figures):'' Joule learned a long time ago to keep her head down and her tongue bit. She follows other peoples' directions almost on instinct, terrified of the attention she'll draw if she acts for herself.  
'''Corporate Chew Toy''' ''(Designated Omega, Social Stress: Obvious Authority Figures):'' The nail that sticks up gets hammered in. Obedience to authority is a survival instinct for Joule, one that is very hard to break away from.  


''Ticking Time Bomb''' ''(Big Regret (Troll Reduction), Bi-Polar, Elevated Stress, PSC: Thrill Seeker):'' The mind-numbing existence of a wage mage has turned Joule into a pressure cooker; she's sold out everything to MCT in exchange for a life that seems less and less worth living. Shadowrunning provides a way to vent the stress, but even then she's hovering right below the breaking point.
'''Ticking Time Bomb''' ''(Elevated Stress, PSC: Thrill Seeker):'' The life of a wage mage has made Joule a mental pressure cooker. Even if she doesn't acknowledge it, she is pursuing a death wish.


==Run History==
==Run History==
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==Matrix Search Table==
==Matrix Search Table==
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|LowResult=The SI unit for energy, equivalent to 1/3600th of a watt hour
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|MidResult=Her face is in the registry, alright, some kind of wage mage working for the corps. Nothing especially notable in her career.
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|HighResult=She's working for a specific corp: Mistuhama Computer Technologies. She appears to have been SINless before her recruitment, likely in the Barrens or the Orcish Underground. It's an open question whether her work knows about this little side gig.
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==Shadow Community Table==
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|LowResult=Might've been around a couple years back? Didn't exactly leave an impression.
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==SINs==
==SINs==
'''Millicent Sawyer''' ''(Real, Mitsuhama Computer Technologies Lmtd)''
'''Julie Ellison''' ''(R4 Fake, UCAS)''
*Mage License


==Appearance==
==Appearance==
At 2.5 meters and 400kg, Joule is unmistakably a troll. What she lacks, however, are horns and tusks. Cosmetic surgeries have taken even the green out of her skin. She looks just like an oversized human at first, but closer inspection will reveal the small scars.


=== Clothing ===
=== Clothing ===
Business casual is the name of the game. Her typical outfit is a collared shirt and tie, with a yellow rain jacket full of sentimental value. For special occasions she'll put on a midnight blue Zoe suit.


===Matrix Persona===
===Matrix Persona===
Joule's persona is a shining crescent moon, with programs as stars locked in its orbit.


==Media Mentions==
==Media Mentions==

Latest revision as of 02:17, 2 August 2024

Joule
Joule.png
Overstressed Wage Mage
Might have a death wish
Hasn't said a curse word in over 10 years
Discord@disco goblin#9660
Reddit[1]
MetatypeTroll
Street Cred1
Notoriety0
Public Awareness0
CDP13
D.O.B.7/4/2052
Age33
Folder[2]
PriorityMetatype - A
Attributes - D
Magic/Resonance - C
Skills - B
Resources - E


Character Information

Summary

A middle-aged wage mage who sold her soul for a comfortable life in the corp. After years and years of mind-numbing service she's finally reached her breaking point, and is throwing herself in the line of fire just to feel alive again.

Goals

  • Get out there and have some fun!
  • Rekindle her connection to her mentor spirit
  • Keep her coworkers from finding out about her double life.

Background

The first thing Milly Sawyer learned in college was that magic could be really, really boring. Lightning bolts and gouts of flame were fine for the average wiz ganger, but they weren't what really paid the bills. Magical security, watchers and wards, the monotonous grind of securing company assets; this was where most awakened ended up, and Millicent wasn't any different. She was no hotshot, no astral cowboy. The only thing she ever learned from the street was that she didn't want to be there ever again. Getting recruited by MCT was the answer to all of her problems. Company housing, company job, company body and company life. All she had to do was her job, and they'd take care of everything else.

Millicent's career was one of small concessions. A filed-down horn, and extra hour of work, a tirade from her boss that she silently bore; every day she seemed to lose another piece of herself, until her even her magic was worn down to a nub. Eventually her body was all she had left to give, turned into a stranger's by the company's troll reduction surgery. All so that she would never go hungry. All so that she would never feel fear. But was that really worse than not feeling anything at all? She found herself dreaming about the OU, just her and her magic, totally free. A part of her longed to live like that again, if only it was just for a day, but the rest of her was far too cowardly to quit. She found her release in shadowruns, nightly adrenaline kicks; she lived a double life between criminal and corp, and for the first time in years found herself looking forward to things. Then she almost got caught.

A brush with the law during the ACHE explosion almost collapsed her house of cards. Milly knew that she had to stop. She went into therapy, got on her meds, and took a long-term assignment in the UK. She'd had her fun, and now it was time for things to return to normal. Except they never would. With each day that passed, she only felt the absence of running more strongly. Drugs, sex, simsense and BTLs, none of it compared to the high of gambling her life. Like a moth to a flame she found her way back to the city where it started. Seattle. Her boss was more than happy to put her back to work, it'd been a profitable venture for them both. Milly shared the sentiment, but for much different reasons. Maybe she'd really go to jail this time, or maybe she'd wind up dead on the street, but if just for a moment she could feel alive, any consequence would be worth it. She'd already tried to run away once, so now she was sticking to the end.

Narrative Significant Qualities

Positive

Milquetoast (Astral Chameleon, Blandness): Were it not for the fact that Joule's 8 feet tall, she'd be the most forgettable woman in the world. If the wage slaves had a poster child, this would be it.

Mentor Spirit (Moon): When Joule was a child in the Orcish Underground, the sky represented a better way of life. Now that she lives in a highrise apartment, the voice of her mentor goes fainter every day.

Adrenaline Junkie (Daredevil, SFDA): Nothing excites Joule more than the risk of death. When the chips come down the mask comes off, and she becomes a totally different person.


Negative

MCT Property (Corporate Limited SIN, Day Job 40hrs): The company controls every aspect of Joule's life. She works as a magical maintenance technician, maintaining the wards and groups of bound spirits that keep MCT at the top of the game. It's an exhausting and sometimes humiliating job.

Corporate Chew Toy (Designated Omega, Social Stress: Obvious Authority Figures): The nail that sticks up gets hammered in. Obedience to authority is a survival instinct for Joule, one that is very hard to break away from.

Ticking Time Bomb (Elevated Stress, PSC: Thrill Seeker): The life of a wage mage has made Joule a mental pressure cooker. Even if she doesn't acknowledge it, she is pursuing a death wish.

Run History

NameGMMetaplotThreatDate of Run
Derailed DeliveryJ.R.1 August 2085
Performance EnhancementNivenHigh19 July 2085
Runnin' from the Dock of the BayLHOGMedium27 February 2085
Race To The WarAsmodeusMeatgrinderDeadly20 February 2085
Infrastructure TheoremAsmodeusHail to the PumpkingHard11 October 2082
Tracing the ShotDejapesMedium5 October 2082
Joule's No Good, Very Bad DayAuroraMedium1 September 2082
Gland Theft AltoCutierThanThouMedium30 August 2082
Gnawer, I Hardly Knew HerAuroraA Ghoulish CaseHigh23 August 2082

Affiliations

Contacts

Contact Connection Loyalty Archetype Profession Aspects Chips
Amadou Zheng 5 1 Fixer MCT's Magical Middle Manager All for the Bottom Line, The Boss is the Boss, Corpo Connections, Wannabe Crime Lord, Fell Through the Cracks, Can't Spell "Smuggler" Without "Smug", Lawyer Up, Livin' the Dream, Working Relationships, Big Ego, Small Man Even
Uta Yamamura 3 3 Gear Tailor/Focusmonger Focusmonger, Tailor, Hermetic, NEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRD Even


Organizations

Allies

Enemies

In Character Information

Symbols and Signatures

Matrix Search Table

Threshold Result
1 The SI unit for energy, equivalent to 1/3600th of a watt hour
3 Her face is in the registry, alright, some kind of wage mage working for the corps. Nothing especially notable in her career.
6 She's working for a specific corp: Mistuhama Computer Technologies. She appears to have been SINless before her recruitment, likely in the Barrens or the Orcish Underground. It's an open question whether her work knows about this little side gig.

Shadow Community Table

Threshold Result
1 Might've been around a couple years back? Didn't exactly leave an impression.
3 A full mage of the shamanic tradition, did a couple of jobs before vanishing out of the city. Most people seem to have considered her a tourist.
5 She was rumored to belong to MCT. When she stopped working, most people assumed that she'd been found out and killed. To say it's surprising that she's back in town is quite a bit of an understatement.


SINs

Millicent Sawyer (Real, Mitsuhama Computer Technologies Lmtd)

Julie Ellison (R4 Fake, UCAS)

  • Mage License


Appearance

At 2.5 meters and 400kg, Joule is unmistakably a troll. What she lacks, however, are horns and tusks. Cosmetic surgeries have taken even the green out of her skin. She looks just like an oversized human at first, but closer inspection will reveal the small scars.

Clothing

Business casual is the name of the game. Her typical outfit is a collared shirt and tie, with a yellow rain jacket full of sentimental value. For special occasions she'll put on a midnight blue Zoe suit.

Matrix Persona

Joule's persona is a shining crescent moon, with programs as stars locked in its orbit.

Media Mentions

ShadowGrid Profile Comments