Nora Inu

Nora Inu

Shooty Talky Burnout Wheelgirl Adept
Player	Nico[1]
Metatype	Oni
Street Cred	0
Notoriety	1
Public Awareness	2
Titles and Awards	0
D.O.B.	11.02.54
Folder	[2]
Priority	Metatype - C Attributes - A Magic/Resonance - D Skills - E Resources - B

Character Information

Summary

Oni burnout adept with a sweet ride, big guns and a winning, tusky grin. Ex-Yakuza (because screw the Kenran-Kai and the Kanaga-Gumi). Ork Underground tour guide.

Goals

• Recover from becoming a mongrel and find new respect from others and herself
• Protect her neighbours and community, and gracefully receive their gratitude (Ersatz-Ninjo)
• Provide for her former subordinates from the Shigeda-Gumi, try and get them new gigs

Background

Nora idolized the Yakuza after seeing them from their best side as strong people who can protect the weak, leading to alienation from her parents. When she awoke as a physical adept, the followers of the New Way were happy to have her. After the fall (or betrayal, as she would now call it) of the Shigeda-Gumi she was shuffled into the Kenran-Kai. The going in the streets was rough, and, having saved up some money, she opted for a little help in form of a Smartlink and some Genemods. She woke up with a terrible itch all over herself, and her magic abilities depleted by the recycled cyberware she had been implanted without her consent. Her oyabun and her doctor had conspired to cheaply boost her combat efficiency and saddle her with a handsome debt at the same time. After she had worked off the debt, living in appalling conditions for a while to save money, and working shameful jobs on the side, she renounced her allegiance to the Kenran- Kai respectfully. She had her pinky cut off and was dishonorably expelled, though she was able to palm the digit and have it reattached by Messner Vukotic. While she has found a home, a legal profession, and maybe even something approaching a new family in the Ork Underground, she is reluctant to settle down and kick back yet. She still feels responsible for the subordinates she left behind, and thinks her personal strength is insufficient to even tackle the problems in her immediate neighborhood. She adopted the insulting street-name Nora Inu to remind herself that the time for pride and to stop struggling has not yet come. As if her ill-fitted, itching muscle replacements were not enough of a memento. It takes more than leaving the Kenran-Kai behind to stop being a mongrel.

Narratively Significant Qualities

Fame (Local), Day Job (20h): Someone has to keep the curious tourists out of trouble, while making sure they still leave some money in the neighbourhood. Just not all their money and all their blood, that wouldn't be good. Apparently Nora Inu is quite memorable and charming while doing it. As part of the work she explores the Ork Underground on her own and ingratiates herself with its denizens. She works a shifting weekday and the weekend from 1100 to 1300, and does late night tours (1900-2300) on demand, usually twice a week. Her work for the community is flexible but occasionally unplanned and urgent.

Prejudiced (Specific, Outspoken) (Shotozumi-Rengo): The Kanaga-Gumi and Kenran-Kai wouldn't know loyalty if it wore a plaque and bit them in the ass. Of course, what Nora hates most about them is the Old Way ideology that drives them to do this.

Weak Immune System: Saddled with cheap recycled ware without her consent has weakened not just her essence but also her body. She is often rubbing her itchy limbs or nursing colds, announcing them far and wide with violent sneezing.

Affiliations

Contacts

• Messner Vukotic - Connection 4, Loyalty 3 - Fixer
• Michelle Delacroix - Connection 6, Loyalty 1 -
• Providence - connection 3, Loyalty 3 -

Non-Mechanical Contacts

Former Subordinates: Bento (Alisson Davies): Japano-fangirl, Rigger (Human). Calls Nora "O-Nee-Sama", taking everything she read about Japanese politeness just a smidge too far. Deeper and deeper in debt to the Yakuza due to frequently damaged combat drones, often beyond repair. Akumakami (Wakanabe Sato): Noctura, joined the Yakuza like his father (deceased) and his father's father (deceased) before him. Enraged at the Shigeda-Kanaga-Schism. Got out before Nora. Rumored to have studied at a ninja school. Claims to "never carry less than five pistols". Claw (Freedom Sterling): Heavily chromed ork combat machine. Revels in being an attack dog for the Kenran-Kai- Just point at some unfortunate fraghead and watch him go.

In Character Information

Matrix Search Table

1 hit: Huh, it means "Stray Dog", apparently... There's an old movie by that name, too. Like old-old. Not just pre-trid old, black and white old.

2 hits: Nora Inu helps out the neighborhood watch in an area of the Ork Underground.

3 hits: She cut almost all her ties to the Yakuza in the early seventies.

4 hits: She seems to be the same person as Hikari Ita: A reputable Guide for Ork Underground tours. Her ratings on NeoYelp are top notch.

Shadow Community Table

1 hit: Has some shitty ware, and poor health as a result. Testament to how low some chop shops will stoop to make a nuyen off of the back of their patients. Go thank your street doc today if they never wronged you.

2 hits: She's a pretty good shot. Borderline unhealthy preference for explosive rounds, though: Doesn't seem to care much about about whether she makes a ruckus.

3 hits: Lost a finger to the Yaks but got it back. Good for her. Her losing the finger is actually floating around as a cybereye vid somewhere.

4 hits: She can kill quiet as a whisper, too. She's just better at being loud and flashy or at least suave and charming, so she prefers doing that.

SINs

Hikari Ita: Rating 4, Rating 4 Adept, Firearms, and Tour Guide Licenses.

Appearance

Tall to begin with, the assertive and determined posture of this red Oni make her look even bigger, as does her wild mane. Overall, she's built quite a bit less bulky than many other Orks, though. Her pointy tusks and teeth line her cocky grin like an ivory crown. They gleam white, speaking of a lot of effor and maybe a product or twot that went into keeping them this way. Or a really good dentist, maybe. She has a a stylized sight picture tattooed on her right palm, showing an ornamentally decorated circle with twin lines going up to a bright green triangle in the center. Her left pinkie has a ringlike scar spanning its middle joint, and the wrist and left hand show bite scars. Her nails are kept short, and her skin is clear, but furrowed by deep wrinkles. Her wide jaw and horns frame her face well, but her wide open, piercing eyes can sometimes turn strangers away faster than she'd like.

Clothing

Rocking a fashion armor ensemble of a silk-sheen, navy blue overcoat with red ornaments and a large chrysanthemum printed on the back over a sweater & skirt combo. A synthetic fur trim makes the shiny, black combat boots she insists on wearing stand out a little less. If the going gets rough, she'll escalate to some heavy duty triple lined bulletproof, gelpack stuffed fatigues. Nora has her eyes on a gaudy Sleeping Tiger, should be good for better tips, and what's not to love about blending into the background before you open up a fresh cann of hell for your enemies?

Matrix Persona

Highly stylized and abstract humanoid figure in a flowing garb. Looks flat like a drawing on paper from every angle, but bold contours and clever textures still make the individual elements pop. The slim figure seems physically unimpressive, but the face is an intimidating, hollow-eyed, featureless mask. A custom job that speaks of talent and lots of effort, more than of professionalism and efficiency. A maker's mark, a tiny red stamp floating near the ankles, identifies an upcoming Artist in the Ork Underground. When Nora is engaged in dubious business, the maker's mark vanishes, the icon turning into a backlit dark silhouette of itself, eyeholes glowing eerily.

Media Mentions

Providence published a piece on ghetto tourism, heavily leaning on an Interview with Nora. In exchange, Nora got exposure and increased revenue. Completely unrelated to this, Providence also released an interview with a "veteran of the tempo wars", a disgruntled Ex-Yakuza elf. She credits an 'anonymous source' with putting her in touch with the man. As thanks for this, and for an extra long, private tour of the underground, Providence designed a custom matrix persona for this anonymous source.