Shinji "Glitch Tripping" Shikishima

Shinji "Glitch Tripping" Shikishima

Street Samurai
Disciplined And Calm
Poetic Driving In Action
Moves In Silence With Violence
Discord	@Discord#Tag
https://www.reddit.com/user/ShiggyWiggyDiggy	[ShiggyWiggyDiggy]
Metatype Elf	Elf
Street Cred	0
Notoriety	0
Public Awareness	0
2
D.O.B.	February 20nd, 2058
23	27
Folder	[1]
Priority	Metatype - B Attributes - C Magic/Resonance - D Skills - A Resources - E

Character Information

Summary

A quiet man of pure will and a piercing stare. He preferred to not speak and instead observe his environment, taking a page from the monks he saw growing up. He spoke only when he needed to, keeping himself in a calm demeanor, and preferring to keep his emotions under wraps. When he walked he seemed to effortlessly move like water, shifting through any area from densely packed crowds in entertainment districts, narrow alleyways with debris strewn everywhere, high security corporate areas, or on top of rooftops. He was no mute or loner, and would hold conversation if approached, speaking in a bit of a slow but precise manner, choosing each word he said carefully. He lived according to the Bushido code, and spent his days moving through the lower and upper districts of Neo Tokyo when otherwise not operating with the Tigers and completing tasks in foreign cities. Viewing the 5th Virtue of Truth to be center to all of life, he strove to uphold it among all the other Virtues with just as much fervor. Aside from his code he held more personal esoteric views on the world and on life, and as such always seemed to be in thought. His time as a Street Sam lead him through the lowest of sewers and the highest of roofs, becoming familiar with all the different reactions and emotional features on people.

Goals

-To uphold life according to the Bushido code, knowing that we are gears upon the very machine which we seek to destroy and to create.

-An inner desire to be life centered, hoping one day for the advent of a worldview in accordance with the natural laws of the universe.

-To protect the lives of natural animals, for their worth far exceeds ours.

Background

Shinji "Glitch Tripping" Shikishima was born in February 20nd, 2058 in the Edogawa Special Ward located in Neo Tokyo. His father was a retired Officer of the Japanese Imperial State, serving during the collapse of the Empire, his mother being a nurse in the ward who had bonded with him during the war, both serving in a Naval Battalion located in Hawaii. His family had been a large Nomadic pack including a number of Brothers and Sisters, but only a few Aunts and Uncles. All of whom were completely blood related. They were apart of a close clique of former Officers and Soldiers from the War who lived Nomadically in the dense low level urban sprawl of Neo Tokyo. They had a semi established practice combining older Germanic philosophies with Indo Esoteric and Japanese religion. His father seemed to always be looking out at something over the horizon, when asked his father simply furrowed his eyebrows together and shook his head before looking up and saying nothing. He was a big man of 6'8, having his left arm replaced with a now outdated model from the military. He spoke with confidence, always seeming to know what he was speaking about. His mother was lighthearted and humorous, providing a maternal balance to the firm strictness his father was. However, aside from a few of the older folks, she was easily the heart of the family and commanded all their respect and when necessary, their fear. He made friends and life long connections with other youths from his generation as well as older and younger ones, always willing to be the one to lead the group in exploring an old alleyway or abandoned apartment blocks, carrying the flash light or tortch along the entire way. His life with the boys from his pack helped him develop a better control on certain emotions such as fear and terror. As he got older, he soon approached a sort of rite for his family, who were far from a religious convent or organization of any significance, but due to the size of the community, had developed their own method for helping rear children. At the age of 10 he was given to a traders Caravan and taken far away from his home.

Shinji learned from a young age the rules for life in the sprawl on the streets of Neo Tokyo as an Urban Nomad. Like remembering to always watch one's back, how to examine the usefulness of an alleyway from the outside in under 30 seconds, and manipulating certain vending machines for free food. He found them all put to the test in his life with the Caravan. Among other youths he found himself working hard to not only pay off his families debts to them, but also to earn his keep and way to Freedom. Running food deliveries over roof tops in order to avoid the congested walk ways built his athletics into the lean machine it now was, tagging and to an extent lightly sabotaging other rival caravans honed his skills in close quarter combat when soon after there'd be a counter attempt by said rival caravan which would lead to the same end as always of turning into open street brawls later on. His time spent operating the booth helped build his influencing skills, often being able to establish a well respected name and service of the Caravan in the towns they visited, to the point where when away from the job he'd occasionally be greeted by customers and local workmen from the area. The Caravan he worked under was apart of a particular Indo European and Eurasian network of a larger Hindu/Shinto hybridization. The man who lead this particular one, a large muscle built lightly tanned Afghan man with a well groomed moustache and beard, taught all the children in the Caravan discipline with a wooden mop handle, usually only needing soap, a bucket of water, and a dirty Caravan encampment on a nice day off to keep them in line. An inhouse Sifu from Hong Kong taught martial arts and exercise with the children, later teaching Fu Jow Pai on personal request from Shikishima in exchange for some more work, which often was tied into the training anyway.

Soon he had worked his families debt to the Caravan off, learned all he could from the trade, and was set free, his contract up. He had found himself in the dense never ending cityscape of Neo Tokyo, and he suddenly felt very small and suffocated. He had friends with other caravan workmen as well as some locals, but a particular bad run ended with him narrowly avoiding being beaten by an angry group of another caravan, realizing he was alone and had nowhere to fall back on when everyone split up. He realized that his old life was over and that now he was on his own. He could see that he'd go nowhere doing what he was doing before, but knowing he had skill and seeing that it was wasted here he decided to become initiated into the Tigers. There he was introduced further into the Bushido code, studying and observing it while trying to life according to the 8 Virtues and what he had been taught. Ever since he has upheld the law of the Bushido code by both blade and hand in the vast Urban jungle of Neo Tokyo, bringing the light of the natural law of the universe, a street samurai serving life against time.

Narrative Significant Qualities

Positive

-Low Light Vision: An increase of rod cells in the eye has gifted him the ability of low light vision

-Will To Live: It could be an after effect of the cocktail of religions, philosophies, and worldviews he grew up in, an inner motivation to finish the job and defend one's honor, or just because, he makes lemonade with life's gifts, even if he ends up in the hospital with other peoples blood on him instead of the morgue

-Street Smarts: Whether delivering a plate of steaming hot Ramen to a customer and having to bound along the roof tops, or out running local cops for getting caught tagging a building, you know these mean streets like the back of your hand

-Combat Biker: Silent helmet wearing katana and machine gun weilding assassin on a motorbike cliche? Yes please!

Negative

Bushido Code: The Tigers may or may not have been a life saver, but they did give the knowledge of the Bushido code, and it's all you got in this otherwise cold world.

Run History

Name	GM	Metaplot	Threat	Date of Run
"What are you buying, stranger?"	Isaac		Medium	15 January 2082

Affiliations

Contacts

Contact	Connection	Loyalty	Archetype	Profession	Aspects	Chips
Mary_Claire	3	5	Fixer	Fixer/Club Girl That Never Grew Up	Gossip, Infobroker, Drugs, Nightlife Denizen, Corporations, Hard to Reach	Even
Sparrow_	[[Contact_Rules#Connection_Rating|]]	5	[[Contact_Rules#Contact_Archetype|]]			Even
Charybdis	4	5	Custom(N,K,A,G)	Librarian/Fixer	Conjuring Sensei, Book Club, Bestiary, Smuggling Connections, Computer Illiterate, Architecture Enthusiast, Voodou Mage	Even

In Character Information

Symbols and Signatures

The ChiChinese symbol for little brother was often the worn symbol on the back

Matrix Search Table

Threshold	Result
1
3
6

Shadow Community Table

Threshold	Result
1
3
5

Appearance

-Shinji stood at a nice 5'9, his skin was a porcelain light grey color. He had a lean but fit body, and seemed incredibly agile. His skin was smooth and unbroken save for a datajack.

-On his back was a tattoo of a rising sun over a mountain, with a valley and shrine underneath it, with a river running through.

-His hair was thick but smooth, it covered his head completely and came down the sides. Some of it came down the sides of his head, requiring him to tie them back into a small tail behind his head. Not all of them stayed however and often he'd have a couple on each side of his head, complementary to his hair bangs.

-His eyes were a deep indigo and seemed to have a very rigid stare.

Clothing

-For armor he wore a lined duster, the design based off a 20th century European empire, although the coat was not overly aggressive in its style. It was simple and sleek, and form fitting, with a collar that could cover up to the mouth when used. It also contained some Electronic Paper and an Electrochromic Mod, allowing him to change the coat's color, symbol, text, and patterns.

-Underneath he wore a silver jacket with black cuffings and a shirt or sweater underneath. He wore a pair of simple black pants, tucked neatly into a pair of regular combat boots.

-A simple pair of stain resistant fingerless leather gloves

-On his head he wore a simple hat, with a small pair of silver reflective glasses and an Oni mask covering his mouth. Together it obscured his face, although he also kept a gas mask in case of emergencies on him.

-In one hand he wielded the brutal and efficient FN P93 Praetor which came with an integrated rigid stock, a laser sight, and a flashlight with three settings to benefit low-light, thermographic, or regular vision. Running horizontally along the body of the submachine gun was the inscription "7 lives for the glory of the Sun, an eternal service to life against time forever!"

-He wielded a simple acid resistance titanium Katana. Above the base of the sword were 3 stamped holes, and the handle had a ceremonial tassel. The sword had no symbols or markings save for a simple interlocking design on the guard