Delphi

Delphi

Face/Seer
Drug-Addled Occult Detective
"Flattery will get you nowhere - but don't stop trying."
"You dress, you walk, you talk; you're who you think you are."
Discord	@Sarcarian#8374
Reddit	[1]
Metatype	Elf
Street Cred	8
Notoriety	0
Public Awareness	0
CDP	148
D.O.B.	February 22, 2058
Age	27
Folder	[2]
Priority	Metatype - C Attributes - B Magic/Resonance - D Skills - B Resources - D

Character Information

Summary

Druggie detective and amateur ghost-puncher just trying to make it in life. Is she paranoid, or is she just stoned? Probably both.

Goals

• Stay off the Laesa's radar.
• Figure out what this whole magic thing is all about.
• Punch a ghost. Punch more ghosts.

Background

Born in Tarislar to SINless parents, the youngest of three children. Her parents both died in the chaos of Crash 2.0, and her older brother ran off to join the Ancients soon after, leaving her to be raised by her older sister until she died of a Tempo overdose in 2072; she awakened soon after and started "seeing ghosts". Survived on the streets for nearly a year before being taken in by the Laesa, and almost ended up as a razorgirl before her talent was noticed and put to use. Worked for the syndicate for years after this as an astral bodyguard and psychometrist, never really receiving much in the way of magical mentor-ship or developing fine control over her abilities - she started using deepweed and loco speedballs to help herself focus, and even got an illegal genemod to enhance their effects.

In 2078 she left the Laesa, cutting all ties with her former employers and moving out of Tarislar after one too many traumatic experiences. Struggling to make it on her own, she took to running small-time cons on wealthy individuals and eventually met a mark who she impressed enough that they became a sort of patron, advertising her as an "artist" and enjoying having her at social events as arm candy and a party trick. After spending several years in a drug-induced haze at high society functions, her employer was suddenly assassinated by a runner team in front of her; evidently they felt a bit bad about it, because a few of them took her on as a dependent after. One day they didn't come back from a job, and she managed to put two and two together - and to find the emergency credstick with their fixer's contact info on it.

Entering the shadows, she returned to the mean streets of Tarislar and started putting her skills to work as an independent contractor.

Narrative Significant Qualities

Positive

• Aware (Seer) + Astral Bouncer
  • An accomplished aura reader, but a rather middling psychometrist and diviner - don't expect any clairvoyant revelations about the future. Now if only she had some oneiro...
• Mentor Spirit: Oracle + Chosen Follower
  • Luckily she has an imaginary friend to help her solve mysteries.
    • Oracle appears to her as a classic hard-boiled noir detective, complete with trenchcoat, hat and ever-present cigarette and 5-o'clock-shadow, who helps points out clues that she might have missed and provides an ongoing inner monologue to her investigations.
• Analytical Mind + Photographic Memory + Speed Reading
  • A keen eye and an inquisitive mind can be an asset, but perfect recall isn't always a good thing in the shadows.

Negative

• Disheveled
  • This girl really needs to find herself a decent stylist.
• Impassive + Insomnia
  • Years of drug abuse and traumatic memories tend to leave a lasting impression.
• Down the Rabbit Hole + Lack of Focus + One Born Every Minute
  • She might be smart, but as it turns out pattern recognition skills have their downsides sometimes.

Run History

Name	GM	Metaplot	Threat	Date of Run
No Escape Part III - Operation Gramr	Archtmag		Prime	4 May 2085
The Great Wave	Asmodeus	The Arrival	Semi-Prime, escalated to Prime	22 March 2085
Freedom's Obsolescence	Asmodeus		Deadly	9 March 2085
The Pen is Mightier than the Dragon	OrionsRequiem	Call of the Shadows	Extreme	13 February 2085
Genre Savvy	jit		Low	6 January 2085
751's Local Disappearance	LHOG		High	30 December 2084
Qui sème le vent... Récolte l'Atomique	Zerre	Contre-Révolution Rad Wars 2084	Semi-Prime	8 December 2084
A Dragon's Double-Header	OrionsRequiem	Dragon of a Problem	High	3 December 2084
Hedge Your Bets	Asmodeus	Rad Wars 2084	Deadly	26 November 2084
Hegemony of the Food Chain	Asmodeus	Swarming Season	Extreme	20 November 2084
Omenbearers	Asmodeus	Hail to the Pumpking	Deadly	27 October 2084
Great Artists Steal	jit		Medium	26 October 2084
Operation Opal	Zerre	And Love You Shall Find	High	23 October 2084
Anomalous Spy Games	Asmodeus		Deadly	14 October 2084
No Escape - Part 2	Archtmag		Deadly	11 September 2084
Cleaning up the past	Bulldogc	The Metroplex Governor Race of '84	Deadly	28 July 2084
The Gateway	Zerre		Extreme	17 June 2084
Detective Denouncement	OrionsRequiem		Extreme	31 May 2084
The Blind Trojan Horse	Asmodeus		High	1 May 2084
Monolithium Powers	Asmodeus	The Arrival	Extreme	26 April 2084
Mainilan Fire	Asmodeus		Extreme	14 February 2084
Scale And Prophet	Asmodeus	The Arrival	Deadly	27 January 2084
The Anniversary	OrionsRequiem		Prime	29 August 2082
Walking in the Aztech Sun	OrionsRequiem		Semi-Prime	25 August 2082
The FBI Is Totally Fine	Aurora		Semi-Prime	21 August 2082
A Lil' Legwork Never Killed Anyone	Si1as	A Taint On Us All	Medium	6 August 2082
Attack Inside Attack!	Aurora		High	1 August 2082
Sculpture Stealing	Niven		Low	22 July 2082
Choul as a Ghoul	Disco Goblin		Medium	21 July 2082
Izanami's Haunted Mansion	Asmodeus		High	17 July 2082
Bound By the Blood	Asmodeus		Semi-Prime	11 July 2082
Ancient Idioms	Asmodeus	Light the Shadows Temple in the Shadows	High	30 June 2082
Finding the Author	PatGriffin	Dead Gods Stir	High	17 June 2082
The Bloody Path to Truth	OrionsRequiem		High	14 June 2082
The Fate of Delphi	OrionsRequiem		High	9 June 2082
Of the Goddess of Love	OrionsRequiem		Medium	31 May 2082
Stand Your Ground	Aurora		High	29 May 2082
Something Bloody This Way Comes	TheBiggestBoi		Medium	26 May 2082
At Cross Purposes	Aurora		High	25 May 2082
Red Dawn, Blue Fear	Zerre de Seattle		Medium	22 May 2082
Koncerning Kittens	Shadowhand		Medium	18 May 2082
Cogs and Wheels	Asmodeus		High	24 April 2082
The Denverite Debacle	OrionsRequiem		High	24 April 2082
Firefly Rave	Aurora		High	23 April 2082
Another Night In Hell	Mursey		Medium	14 April 2082
My Bag Is Cooler Than Yours	Blood Librarian		Medium	7 April 2082
A Bouquet to Remember	Isaac		Medium	7 April 2082
"Don't let the slasher get you!"	Isaac		Medium	1 April 2082
The Proposal	OrionsRequiem	Cross Flight Love Fight	Medium	1 April 2082
Oracle & Delphi	OrionsRequiem		High	15 March 2082
DriveMeAway	BloodLibrarian		Medium	14 March 2082
The Return Of The Double Grande Nachos Supreme With Chicken	Aurora		High	12 March 2082
Trick or Truce	Asmodeus	Hail to the Pumpking	High	8 March 2082
Maccy B's - Act II	Ryncewynde		Low	5 March 2082
I've Been Followed	Aurora		High	3 March 2082
Cat Outta Hell	Kaylaidoscopes		Low	26 February 2082
Maccy B's - Act I	Ryncewynde		Low	26 February 2082
The Underground Bakery Part 3	Aurora	Baker Wars	High	18 February 2082
Bloom in Darkness	OrionsRequiem		Medium	17 February 2082
The Underground Bakery Part 2	Aurora	Baker Wars	Medium	16 February 2082
The Absolute Top of the Problem	OrionsRequiem		Medium	14 February 2082
Where Lobsters Spend the Winter	OrionsRequiem		Medium	10 February 2082
Might Have A Problem	Aurora		High	9 February 2082
Step Into My Parlor	Asmodeus	Festering Infestation	Medium	4 February 2082
Don't Wine About It	TheFrozenMoogle		Low	3 February 2082
The Underground Bakery	Aurora	Baker Wars	Medium	2 February 2082
Noir Days and Bright Nights	OrionsRequiem		Medium	28 January 2082
Dire Intervention	Asmodeus	Festering Infestation	Medium	26 January 2082
Stop, LA Party Time	Chrisst111	The Month the Streets Ran Red	Medium	24 January 2082
I've got a feeling...	Isaac		1A: Medium 1B: Medium 2A: Milk 2B: Low	21 January 2082
The Big Cheese	Shadowhand	Taking Back Tacoma	Low	19 January 2082
Nod Ya Head	Asmodeus		Medium	17 January 2082
Astronomia	DrBurst		Semi-Prime	9 January 2082
We Got Ourselves A Convoy!	OrionsRequiem		Medium	7 January 2082
Pulling the Thread	Si1as	When You Reach Me	Medium	11 December 2081
Don of a New Era	Mudge6		Low	24 November 2081
Postmodern, Posthuman	TheBiggestBoi		Medium	12 November 2081
A Drop of Blood Never Hurt Anyone	Chrisst111	The Month the Streets Ran Red	Low	9 November 2081
An Arms Race	Chrisst111		High	6 November 2081
Don't Threaten Me With a Good Time	SedatedAlice		Medium	12 October 2081

Affiliations

Contacts

Contact	Connection	Loyalty	Archetype	Profession	Aspects	Chips
Argent	1	6	Fixer	Street-level Fixer	Silver Tongue, Elven Blood	+2
Alias	5	2	Gear	SIN Forger	SIN Forger, Police Contacts, Disguise Enthusiast, Hacker, Infiltrator, College Educated	Even
Dr. Isabel Wirth	4	2	Service	ER Doctor	Trauma Surgeon, Free Samples, Community Clinic Hours, Performs House Calls, I know a sales rep	Even
Clyde	2	2	Service	Taxi Driver	Sports Fan, Druggie, Taxi Driver	Even
Sarah Snow	3	3	Fixer	Fundraiser and Housewife	Novacoke?, Novacoke!, Dinner Parties of Metahumans, Flawless Skin, On Retainer, Fundraiser	Even
Informer	2	6	Legwork	Private Investigator	Truthseeker, Magical Expert, Trid Aficionado	+1
Queen Elizabeth XXIII	6	2	Legwork	Free Spirit	Alley Cat, Anarkitty, Queen of the Cat's Paws, Tails from the Astral, Gossiping Free Spirit, Purrceptive Prowler, Cat and Mouse, Mew-sic of the Spheres, Hungry Free Spirit	Even
Hanako Shinoda	6	2	Legwork	Shiawase Seer	Terrible Visions, Awakened Seer, Advancing Life, Intense Focus, Japanese Culture, In the Know, Shadow Fascination, Master of Magic, Familiar Expert	+1
District Attorney Mark Donaghy	5	3	Networking	District Attorney	Knows the Law, Grass Roots Campaigner, Ear to the Ground, Magic Fearing Man, Knows His Enemy, Fundraising Machine, Frequent Target, He is the Man.	Even

Organizations

Faction	Faction Rep	Notes
Laesa Syndicate	2	A former member of the syndicate in her pre-runner life, and not eager to return to it.

Allies

Faction	Faction Rep	Significant Runs	Notes
Ancients	8	Don of a New Era The Big Cheese Might Have A Problem Trick or Truce	Significantly advanced the gang's interests on a number of occasions.
Shiawase	8	Oracle & Delphi The Denverite Debacle	Worked with Hanako Shinoda of the Marketing Information and Forecasting Department
Draco Foundation	2	Might Have A Problem	Turned over a juvenile toxic shaman to be rehabilitated.
Team Alpha	2	Pulling the Thread	Assisted with the liberation of a pair of blank slates, and the cover-up of a murder.
Black Lodge	2	Dire Intervention Step Into My Parlor	Worked for Mr. Herenight and Garry Foreman.

Enemies

Faction	Faction Rep	Significant Runs	Notes
The Pantheon	-15	Oracle & Delphi The Denverite Debacle	Significantly stymied their efforts and was declared a "false prophet".

In Character Information

Symbols and Signatures

Delphi smokes Red Apple brand cigarettes and is less-than-diligent about properly disposing of her butts; they can sometimes be found at crime scenes in the Tarislar/Loveland area.

Matrix Search Table

Threshold	Result
1	A matrix advertisement for the services of a private investigator in Puyallup, along with contact information (a burner commlink number) that changes every month.
3	A series of social media pages, dating profiles and rejected applications for citizenship in Tir Tairngire, all of which which appear to belong to a UDub grad student.
6	A KE scramsheet from the Tarislar precinct which lists a young elf matching Delphi's description as a possible associate of known members of the Laesa syndicate.

Shadow Community Table

Threshold	Result
1	An aware face who's been active in the shadows for about six months; seems to be a Seattle native operating mainly in the Tarislar/Loveland area.
3	An initiated seer and diviner who advertises her services as a freelance "occult detective"; rumored to have some problems with drug and BTL abuse.
5	A former member of the Laesa syndicate who cut ties with the organization years ago, only to reemerge in March of 2081 with a Laesa-connected fixer.

Assensing Results

Hits	Information Gained
1	Generally healthy, probably mild-to-moderately drunk and/or high on one or more recreational drugs, Awakened.
2	No standard-grade cyberware. Magical Class: Spark (Aware Seer). Has a sort of hazy purple quality to her aura, as if her astral form were hiding behind a diaphanous veil.
3	Alphaware: has a full right arm and partial cyberskull on the right side of her head, skilljack behind her right ear, datajack on the back of her neck, LED tattoo on her forehead, dream link and visualizer in her cranium.
4	No betaware-grade cyberware. Bioware: extra grey matter in her brain (mnemonic enhancer in the hippocampus, sleep regulator in the hypothalamus). Essence 4. Magic 6.
5+	No deltaware-grade implants. Has been genetically enhanced for increased tolerance of narcotics. No nano-tech. Not a technomancer (but is Reverberant).

SINs

SIN	Issuer	Rating	Licenses
Daphne Blake	UCAS	6	Controlled Substances, Driver's, Firearms + Concealed Carry Permit, Pet, Private Investigator, Seer

Appearance

Clothing

Mostly casual styles in dark colours, sometimes with wiccan symbolism and other occult iconography; "dressing up" consists of an off-the-rack suit, along with a trilby and trenchcoat to complete the detective look. Typically wears a pair of black velvet enchanting gloves in order to block out unwanted psychometric impressions.

Augmentations

Has an obvious right cyberarm - a sleek matte black affair, inlaid with silver (the right side of her skull is also chrome, however it is covered in synthskin). Has a datajack on her neck and a skilljack behind her ear. Has a small LED tattoo on her forehead in the shape of a third eye, which she sometimes likes to turn on while assensing for dramatic effect.

Matrix Persona

A pair of self-made personae that she switches between depending on the situation and the device that she's using:

• An androgynous elven seer, white-haired and blindfolded, clad in a blue-grey hooded robe and boots with a third eye on the forehead and an owl (agent) on the shoulder.
  • Used with her Nixdorf Sekretar (form-factored to resemble an analog wristwatch) for casual browsing and legwork.
• An android private eye, half-obscured by ever-present shadows, clad in a brown trenchcoat and hat with a featureless metallic skull and a flickering digital cigarette.
  • Used with her EvoTech Himitsu (form-factored to resemble an old metal lunchbox) for reconnaissance and spying.