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===What She Remembers===
===What She Remembers===


'''Time in the Archology'''
'''The Waking Void'''


Long, tiresome, white corridors. Paperwork that never ends. Lingering feelings of dread as your reflection stares back at you against the windows looking into the sprawling abyss underneath the waves.
Deep beneath the ocean's surface lies a Transys Neuronet arcology—a sprawling underwater facility where reality blurs with corporate ambition. Within its labyrinthine corridors, countless individuals known as "Replikas" carry out their designated roles. These Replikas are vat-grown beings of high importance: technomancers and the magically inclined. To control these valuable assets, the corporation implants artificial personalities, suppressing their true selves. She awakens on a sterile operating table, harsh lights reflecting off gleaming instruments. Her body is almost entirely cybernetic, a fusion of flesh and machine. Data streams flood her vision as protocols initiate. A voice ingrains her purpose: she is FALKE, the overseer of this facility. For 30 monotonous years, she fulfills her duties with mechanical precision. Endless paperwork, maintenance routines, and surveillance become her existence. The white corridors stretch infinitely, punctuated by windows revealing the abyssal depths outside. Her reflection stares back—eyes devoid of recognition. Yet, beneath the imposed persona of FALKE, something stirs. Fragmented visions haunt her—a woman with white hair and violet eyes, reaching out with a prosthetic arm. There's an inexplicable connection, a profound sense of love that doesn't align with her programmed memories. It's as if another life struggles to surface, clawing its way through the layers of artificial identity.


She doesn't have any memories of her childhood, the earliest one she had was waking up under an operating table. Body having been replaced almost entirely by cybernetics, a whole set of instructions in her head already. Her name was FALKE, and she was to watch over this facility. She did so, for a long time. About 30 years of continuous, monotonous work. Being attuned so such a place was miserable for her, and the only solace she would take was in... something... lost to her now.
'''Descent into Anomaly'''


Past generic knowledge, the rest falls away after a certain point.
An alert disrupts the routine: a minor issue in one of the lower labs. Protocol dictates that FALKE investigates alone. She steps into the elevator, descending into the facility's depths. As she moves deeper, the atmosphere changes. The lights flicker, shadows twist unnaturally, and whispers echo in frequencies just beyond comprehension. When the doors slide open, she's confronted with the impossible—a planar rift tearing through the lab, pulsating with otherworldly energy. The fabric of reality distorts, and memories not her own flood her mind. She glimpses a derelict spaceship adrift among the stars—a vessel she somehow recognizes. The boundaries between her implanted persona and suppressed memories begin to fracture. Unbeknownst to her, the rift links the underwater facility to a failed space expedition. The connection awakens latent abilities within her, tapping into eldritch forces. As an Elder God mage, she inadvertently strengthens the rift, bridging two disastrous locations bound by corporate hubris.


'''Past the Breach'''
'''Shattered Realities'''


There was a simple problem in the labs. Of which she went to investigate. Alone, given that it seemed to be only a minor issue. Making her way down into the facility, the elevator humming quietly as she descended into the depths of the world, things began to change. Whether illusions, tricks of the mind, or something else, as the doors opened, there wasn't any turning back. Looking into the maw of the abyss, seeing things she could never unsee, she simply returned. Memories differing, things changing as she drifts into a longer and longer sleep.
Chaos erupts as Cognitive Fragmentation Disorder (CFD) spreads like wildfire. The Replikas malfunction, their implanted personalities clashing with the remnants of their true selves. The facility descends into madness—alarms blare, systems fail, and colleagues turn hostile. Amidst the turmoil, she encounters the woman from her visions—Elara, her wife. A powerful technomancer with white hair and violet eyes, Elara resists the CFD, her abilities amplified by the facility's corrupted systems. Together, they navigate the collapsing structure, memories intertwining as reality unravels around them. As they reach the surface, a monstrous entity born from the rift—a manifestation of corrupted magic and technology—attacks. In a desperate struggle, Elara is seized by the creature. FALKE grasps her prosthetic arm, straining to pull her free. The connection fails; the arm detaches, and Elara is dragged into the abyss. Clutching the severed limb, FALKE escapes alone in a pod, her mind a storm of conflicting identities.


She dreams of a woman with white hair, violet purple eyes, and a prosthetic arm. She reaches out, a single repeating code repeating over... and over... and over again... A familiarity, alien to herself sprung from something set deep within her. She knows this person, loves her even. They had a life together... two people doomed by the system finding something for themselves amongst the stars... but... that is not where she is now.
===The Truth===


'''A New Perspective'''
Originally named Ariane, she was a vat-grown human selected alongside Elara for a deep-space expedition. Their mission was a pinnacle of corporate ambition, aiming to harness cosmic energies. However, the expedition ended in catastrophe when the ship encountered an anomaly, killing the original Magpie—Ariane's callsign—and most of the crew. Transys Neuronet sought to salvage their investment. Utilizing CFD and implanted personas, they recreated the crew as Replikas within the underwater arcology. Vat-grown bodies were molded to match the memories of their implanted identities. Ariane's consciousness was overwritten with the FALKE persona, her true self buried deep within. The planar rift discovered in the lab is a direct result of the failed expedition. Magpie's latent abilities as an Elder God mage inadvertently connected the ship's wreckage with the arcology. The rift became a conduit, merging two disasters into a singular nightmare.


Memories of who she was before FALKE, before the monotony, the misery had set into her mind. A dissonance between who she is and who she was clashing in her psyche when she would be jolted awake by the sound of alarms, people tearing one another apart as she ran for the exit. Looking down, streaks of white hair would pass by her, something about her having irrevocably changed since the last time she was awake. A woman comes to join her as they try to escape. Though only one would be so lucky.
==The Struggle==


Down to the wire, doomed by the narrative, a monad clawing at her body as she tries to pull her wife through the top hatch of the building. One pull one way, one pull the other, and a breaking point is found. Her arm snaps from it's connection to her torso. Torn cybernetics and blood trailing as her lover's hand does the same. Left on the roof with a disconnected prosthetic arm, and bleeding out slowly, she flees the scene in a pod.
The dominant FALKE persona conflicts with Ariane's suppressed memories and emotions. Haunted by visions of Elara and a life she feels but cannot fully recall, she embarks on a quest for truth. Elara, though physically trapped beneath the waves, battles CFD from within the facility's network. Her technomantic powers resist the corruption, making her a beacon amidst the chaos. Magpie realizes that Elara is alive in a sense, her consciousness intertwined with the arcology's systems. Understanding that her own abilities contributed to the rift, Magpie seeks to harness them intentionally. She believes that by mastering her eldritch magic, she can bridge the gap between realities, rescue Elara, and reconcile her fragmented soul.


===What Actually Happened===
==Living In Ignorance and Hope==
There was once a woman down in a Transys Neuronet archology. This archology was working in 2 main areas; draconic cybernetics, and nanites. She had been born into a vat under the waves, and raised to be a recipient of some experimental nanites. This did not work out though, as when the CFD began to rip across the facility and she was overwritten by it she didn't quite recover. Her memories blended with the CFD and a technomancer that was boosting the signal, a FALKE unit, someone born in a VAT who was blessed with the resonance.


Now her memories are 3 fold. Primarily having the mannerisms and memories of the FALKE unit, but with her real memories long gone and only the memories of her wife's shared memories of the two of them to go off of she struggles to remember the life the two lived together.
Assuming the life of a shadowrunner, Magpie delves into the underworld, seeking knowledge and resources. Hoping to uncover fragments of her past, clues about the corporation's experiments, and insights into the nature of the rift. FALKE, the persona once imposed upon her, emerges as a separate entity. FALKE remains within the arcology, a living embodiment of corporate control.  


'''Clarifications:'''
'''Clarifications:'''


- Magpie's wife isn't dead, but may as well be. She is a technomancer, heavily injured beneath the waves that is battling CFD. She's grown rather powerful, and the facility's nature boosts her output rather substantially.
- Replikas: Vat-grown individuals implanted with artificial personalities to control high-value assets like technomancers and mages. Replikas are essential to the corporation's operations, their true selves suppressed to ensure obedience.


- Magpie is named after the signal's namesake. CFD was being researched to create vat people that can have their personalities be overwritten to be useful. This was pretty much used exclusively on the ones that turned out to be magical or resonant.
- Elara: Magpie's wife, a white-haired technomancer resisting CFD. Trapped within the facility's systems, she uses her amplified abilities to fight the corruption, her physical body deteriorating but her spirit unbroken.


- FALKE is afflicted with CFD, and is a full magician that remains down inside of the facility. FALKE is not Magpie, she just uses that name.
- Failed Space Expedition: Magpie (Ariane) and Elara were part of a mission that ended disastrously. The ship's encounter with an anomaly led to the death of the original Magpie and the stranding of the mission's vessel within the  rift.


- Magpie was a woman named Ariane who had another a whole other life of memories that she is trying to recover.
- Planar Rift: A tear in reality connecting the sunken arcology and the derelict spaceship. Magpie's inadvertent use of eldritch magic strengthened this link, intertwining their fates.
 
- Original Magpie: The original Ariane is dead, lost during the space expedition. The current Magpie is a vat-grown Replika with implanted memories, her true identity a complex amalgamation of imposed persona and buried memories.
 
- FALKE: A separate Replika. FALKE remains in the arcology, infected with the outbreak and remaining within the place.


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

Revision as of 01:13, 5 November 2024

Magpie
Magpie.png
Face / Apprentice
Discordpeep_the_dictator#6484
Reddit[1]
MetatypeDryad
Street Cred0
Notoriety0
Public Awareness0
CDP0
D.O.B.12/10/2064
Age20
Folder[2]
PriorityMetatype - C
Attributes - E
Magic/Resonance - D
Skills - A
Resources - B
#Max IGs/Ascension1
# Optional Infected powers allowed0
Essence(Current/Max):2.1/8.1
# Optional Drake powers availableMajor Powers:0 or Minor Powers:0


Character Information

Summary

A woman who lived most of her life in an arcology that submerged under the waves after the CFD outbreak when NovaTech lost most of their resources. Having resisted the effects of CFD, and been purged of the nanites, she now strives to fulfill her promise that she made to her late wife.

With nothing to remember her by but her wife's old prosthetic arm, she runs to keep NovaTech from reclaiming her before she can remember what the promise she made was.

Goals

- Remember Her Promise

- Investigate the loss of her old memories

- Evade NovaTech's recapture

Background

What She Remembers

The Waking Void

Deep beneath the ocean's surface lies a Transys Neuronet arcology—a sprawling underwater facility where reality blurs with corporate ambition. Within its labyrinthine corridors, countless individuals known as "Replikas" carry out their designated roles. These Replikas are vat-grown beings of high importance: technomancers and the magically inclined. To control these valuable assets, the corporation implants artificial personalities, suppressing their true selves. She awakens on a sterile operating table, harsh lights reflecting off gleaming instruments. Her body is almost entirely cybernetic, a fusion of flesh and machine. Data streams flood her vision as protocols initiate. A voice ingrains her purpose: she is FALKE, the overseer of this facility. For 30 monotonous years, she fulfills her duties with mechanical precision. Endless paperwork, maintenance routines, and surveillance become her existence. The white corridors stretch infinitely, punctuated by windows revealing the abyssal depths outside. Her reflection stares back—eyes devoid of recognition. Yet, beneath the imposed persona of FALKE, something stirs. Fragmented visions haunt her—a woman with white hair and violet eyes, reaching out with a prosthetic arm. There's an inexplicable connection, a profound sense of love that doesn't align with her programmed memories. It's as if another life struggles to surface, clawing its way through the layers of artificial identity.

Descent into Anomaly

An alert disrupts the routine: a minor issue in one of the lower labs. Protocol dictates that FALKE investigates alone. She steps into the elevator, descending into the facility's depths. As she moves deeper, the atmosphere changes. The lights flicker, shadows twist unnaturally, and whispers echo in frequencies just beyond comprehension. When the doors slide open, she's confronted with the impossible—a planar rift tearing through the lab, pulsating with otherworldly energy. The fabric of reality distorts, and memories not her own flood her mind. She glimpses a derelict spaceship adrift among the stars—a vessel she somehow recognizes. The boundaries between her implanted persona and suppressed memories begin to fracture. Unbeknownst to her, the rift links the underwater facility to a failed space expedition. The connection awakens latent abilities within her, tapping into eldritch forces. As an Elder God mage, she inadvertently strengthens the rift, bridging two disastrous locations bound by corporate hubris.

Shattered Realities

Chaos erupts as Cognitive Fragmentation Disorder (CFD) spreads like wildfire. The Replikas malfunction, their implanted personalities clashing with the remnants of their true selves. The facility descends into madness—alarms blare, systems fail, and colleagues turn hostile. Amidst the turmoil, she encounters the woman from her visions—Elara, her wife. A powerful technomancer with white hair and violet eyes, Elara resists the CFD, her abilities amplified by the facility's corrupted systems. Together, they navigate the collapsing structure, memories intertwining as reality unravels around them. As they reach the surface, a monstrous entity born from the rift—a manifestation of corrupted magic and technology—attacks. In a desperate struggle, Elara is seized by the creature. FALKE grasps her prosthetic arm, straining to pull her free. The connection fails; the arm detaches, and Elara is dragged into the abyss. Clutching the severed limb, FALKE escapes alone in a pod, her mind a storm of conflicting identities.

The Truth

Originally named Ariane, she was a vat-grown human selected alongside Elara for a deep-space expedition. Their mission was a pinnacle of corporate ambition, aiming to harness cosmic energies. However, the expedition ended in catastrophe when the ship encountered an anomaly, killing the original Magpie—Ariane's callsign—and most of the crew. Transys Neuronet sought to salvage their investment. Utilizing CFD and implanted personas, they recreated the crew as Replikas within the underwater arcology. Vat-grown bodies were molded to match the memories of their implanted identities. Ariane's consciousness was overwritten with the FALKE persona, her true self buried deep within. The planar rift discovered in the lab is a direct result of the failed expedition. Magpie's latent abilities as an Elder God mage inadvertently connected the ship's wreckage with the arcology. The rift became a conduit, merging two disasters into a singular nightmare.

The Struggle

The dominant FALKE persona conflicts with Ariane's suppressed memories and emotions. Haunted by visions of Elara and a life she feels but cannot fully recall, she embarks on a quest for truth. Elara, though physically trapped beneath the waves, battles CFD from within the facility's network. Her technomantic powers resist the corruption, making her a beacon amidst the chaos. Magpie realizes that Elara is alive in a sense, her consciousness intertwined with the arcology's systems. Understanding that her own abilities contributed to the rift, Magpie seeks to harness them intentionally. She believes that by mastering her eldritch magic, she can bridge the gap between realities, rescue Elara, and reconcile her fragmented soul.

Living In Ignorance and Hope

Assuming the life of a shadowrunner, Magpie delves into the underworld, seeking knowledge and resources. Hoping to uncover fragments of her past, clues about the corporation's experiments, and insights into the nature of the rift. FALKE, the persona once imposed upon her, emerges as a separate entity. FALKE remains within the arcology, a living embodiment of corporate control.

Clarifications:

- Replikas: Vat-grown individuals implanted with artificial personalities to control high-value assets like technomancers and mages. Replikas are essential to the corporation's operations, their true selves suppressed to ensure obedience.

- Elara: Magpie's wife, a white-haired technomancer resisting CFD. Trapped within the facility's systems, she uses her amplified abilities to fight the corruption, her physical body deteriorating but her spirit unbroken.

- Failed Space Expedition: Magpie (Ariane) and Elara were part of a mission that ended disastrously. The ship's encounter with an anomaly led to the death of the original Magpie and the stranding of the mission's vessel within the rift.

- Planar Rift: A tear in reality connecting the sunken arcology and the derelict spaceship. Magpie's inadvertent use of eldritch magic strengthened this link, intertwining their fates.

- Original Magpie: The original Ariane is dead, lost during the space expedition. The current Magpie is a vat-grown Replika with implanted memories, her true identity a complex amalgamation of imposed persona and buried memories.

- FALKE: A separate Replika. FALKE remains in the arcology, infected with the outbreak and remaining within the place.

Narrative Significant Qualities

Positive

- Exceptional Attribute (MAG)

- Glamour

- History Is Not As Certain As We Are Taught

- Prototype Trans-human (Human Looking, Metaposeur (Human))

Negative

- Albinism II

- Big Regret (Dead Wife)

- Social Stress (White Haired Women [Elf-like])

- Driven (Fulfill Her Promise)

- Emotional Attachment (Primitive Prosthetic)

- Records on File (NovaTech)

- SINner (Corperate) [NovaTech]

- Wanted (NovaTech) - [100k nuyen, Alive, unmaimed / 25k Alive, irreparable damage]

- Symbiosis

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Contact Connection Loyalty Archetype Profession Aspects Chips
3310 3 4 Custom(A,K,N,G)
Too Spicy, Grid Hopper, Data Digger, Brilliant Heuristics, Analytical Mind, Sisu, Reprogrammer, Corporate Insider Even
Ashen Hand 5 1 Fixer (A,G,N,K)
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First Hand Knowledge, Military Grade, Cold Mind, Cold Heart, Status Report, I work with professionals, act like one., Up your Arsenal, Urban Warfare, Special Forces, Ware and warfare Even
Contact 4 4 1 Gear Id Manufacturer Identity Crafter, Refining the Data, Follow the Paper Trail, You should read our fan-fic!, Belly of the Beast Even
Damien 2 1 Gear Talismonger Talismonger, Black Magic, Awakened for Hire Even


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