Hot Mess

Hot Mess

B&E Flamethrower Muscle
"Wait are you trying to add a flamethrower to another flamethrower" - Purkinje
"Local man sets out to duct tape a weapon to his weapon, starts a riot" - mudge
"Our fates were sealed by the architects of this nightmare" - Purkinje
Player	Teksura
Metatype	Human Elf (poser)
Street Cred	0
Notoriety	1
Public Awareness	0
Titles and Awards	0
D.O.B.	October 6th 1956
Folder	Hot Mess
Sum to 10	Metatype - D Attributes - A Magic/Resonance - E Skills - A Resources - D

Mechanics nightmare

Hot Mess creates mechanics issues just by existing. This was never my intent behind the character but after it started, he got his name. Below is a list of all the mechanical questions that came up because of this nightmare.

• The Original Question
• Water damage vs Fire Spirits
• Water damage from non-spell sources
• Flamethrower weird targeting
• Flamethrower accessories

Character Information

Summary

B&E capable Flamethrower muscle. Elf poser. Mechanics team's worst nightmare.

Goals

Hot Mess is just trying to get by. Keep his sick mom well taken care of, tinker with his "toys", and play the occasional matrix game. He has a level 47 Marksman class character in Miracle Shooter.

Background

Born and raised in the Puyallup barrens, Nate learned to fend for himself. From a young age, he had learned the fine art of taking what he wanted from other people, ideally without direct confrontation. As he got older, he began to see the need to avoid confrontation a little more forcefully. He figured all he had to do was show up with a bigger and more terrifying looking gun and people would back down. A flamethrower seemed like a reasonable choice at the time, right up until he accidentally set his apartment on fire while tinkering with it.

Not one to give up, Nate focused more on his tinkering, and eventually modified one into a high pressure water jet, just in case there were any other accidents. He got pretty good at tinkering with stuff, and was generally pretty pleased with his results.

Shadow work came natural to him, and these days he hopes that a jet of fire from his weapon is enough to cause most security to back off and give him time to escape while they wait for backup.

Narrative Significant Qualities

Positive

• Barrens Rat
• Catlike
• Common Sense
• Special Modifications
  • Shiawase Arms Incinerator > Elemental damage Water
• Tough as nails (Stun)

Negative

• Dependant (Nuisance)
  • "Mom always took good care of me. Now that she's sick, it's my turn to return the favor."
  • Note: Said sick mother is an actual Elf. The elf poser is an effort to "fit in" with the family he knows.
• Elf Poser
  • "Short for an elf? I guess so, I was just born that way."
• Favored (Outspoken, Elves)
• Force of Chaos
  • "Why are we standing around here talking about doing something when we could be doing it already?"
• Reduced Sense (Hearing)
  • "Big pointy ears don't automatically mean i can hear you mumble and whisper."

Run History

Name	GM	Metaplot	Threat	Date of Run
Out of The Walls	OB		Medium	5 August 2081
Shake The Pillars	OB		High	20 June 2081
Back With A Vengeance	Gravity	Sweet Sweet Revenge	Medium	18 June 2081
Bunraku Blues	Otter		Medium	4 June 2081
Stolen Time	Chrisst111			28 May 2081
WPOP Rave	Aurora			18 May 2081
Real Maiming Hours	OptimismBeast	The Life and Times of One Kevin Crimes		14 April 2081
This Harbor is Yours	Pillare MadMan			9 April 2081
The Assassination of Joe Bogus by the Coward Kevin Crimes	OptimismBeast	The Life and Times of One Kevin Crimes		3 April 2081
Competitive Intelligence	tkul	Killer A.P.P.		8 March 2081
Data For Thieves	Divergent0			25 January 2081

Affiliations

Contacts

Contact	Connection	Loyalty	Archetype	Profession	Aspects	Chips
Alice Kane	5	3	Fixer	Cyber Surgeon	Mechanic, Info Broker, Weapon Specialist, Tech Savy, Cyber Surgeon, Gamer Grrl	Even
Tia Skinner	6	2	Custom(G,A,K,N)	Street Doc	Street Doc, Cyber Surgeon, Bioware Specalist, Tacoma Native, Focused Work Ethic, Loyal, Black Market Connections	Even

In Character Information

SINs

Richard Dawkins

• R4 Shiawase SIN
  • Bounty Hunter's Licence

Appearance

Hot mess has short, blond hair which he tries to keep covered. He appears to be a little on the short side for an elf, but he walks the walk, talks the talk, and has the ears and the eyes.

Clothing

Hot Mess's clothes are usually at least a little of, well, a mess. He likes to tinker on projects between work, and doesn't exactly have much in terms of a spare set. A few odd shadows on his urban camo jacket occasionally reveal themselves upon closer inspection to be old burn marks.