Awesome Possum

Awesome Possum

Archetype
(Short Blurb)
Discord	@tropicalbungus
Reddit	[1]
Metatype	Human (SURGE II)
Street Cred	0
Notoriety	0
Public Awareness	0
CDP	4
D.O.B.	April 12, 2057
Age	28
Folder	[2]
Priority	Metatype - E Attributes - B Magic/Resonance - E Skills - A Resources - B
#Max IGs/Ascension	1
# Optional Infected powers allowed	0
Essence(Current/Max):	2/8
# Optional Drake powers available	Major Powers:0 or Minor Powers:0

Character Information

Summary

AP is a southern girl with the heart of a possum. Her charisma is matched only by her passion for art and sweets.

Goals

- Graduate from U-dub with a major in Graphic Design
- Help and protect the Puyallup Orphanage in any way she can
- Continue her career as a Graffiti Artist and a Painter.
- Continue her career in music (Guitar)

Background

Ash rained down from the skies of Puyallup. Mt. Rainier was particularly active at this time of the year. The summer heat and the dry precipitation made the landscape barren and lifeless, save for the pedestrians walking the decaying streets of the barrens.

In one alleyway, a figure works on their next big piece of art. The walls dampen with wet paint. Freshly sprayed colors dot the side of the building. A protest to all things meta-racial hate, and the stigma she’s lived with her whole life. The figure hangs from their grey-skinned tail. She’s tall for your average woman standing at around 1.8 meters. Her silverish and white highlighted hair hangs low, almost to the ground as she hangs upside down. She deftly sprays paint over the digital stencil laid out in augmented reality. This was Jillian Strait. Street artist, professional country musician, and one-of-a-kind smooth talker.

This piece of art reminded her of where she came from. The towering monolith of a space shuttle at the Space and Rocket Center, the heat and humidity, the southern charm. Her story began in the CAS in Huntsville, Alabama. Now formally known as Rocket City and one of the biggest space programs in the Sixth World thanks to NASA.

Jill never knew her actual parents. Someone supposedly left her at an orphanage in downtown one day without a care in the world. That’s when two kind souls adopted her. Roger and Joseph Strait wanted a kid, and the newborn Jill stole their hearts. Their home was stable and healthy. Roger was a Systems Engineer for NASA while his husband Joseph was a small time country music singer and band director of the University of Alabama in Huntsville’s Jazz Ensemble. The two dads were fantastic parents; at least Jill thought so.

Then her fourth birthday came. With the arrival of Halley’s comet came the emergence of SURGE. Jill was one such individual who received the sudden genetic expression. She became somewhat Opossum-like. Her feet grew thumbs, her lower arms and legs grew grey fur, and out of her lower back sprouted a prehensile tail. The hours long process was extremely painful and traumatic for the four-year-old Jill.

The acclimation process was arduous for her and soon after, the nastiness of the social stigma reared its ugly head. Once people found out that she had changed, she was an instant outcast. Her kindergarten refused her attendance and kids her age wanted nothing to do with her. With no choice left, Joseph began homeschooling her, putting his career in music on the back-burner.

During her youth, she took special interest in country, rock, and jazz music. That wasn’t her only creative outlet, however. She got a case of the creative bug and began teaching herself art and painting as well. Joseph was the grandson of a well-known country star from the Fifth World, George Strait, so when Jill inherited her great grandpa’s acoustic guitar, it was the best day of her life.

As her youth progressed, Jill began hiding her exotic features through the use of baggy clothes, gloves, and wide shoes. People slowly forgot that she was a changeling. It made her feel sad people didn’t want to see the true Jill, just the socially acceptable her, but she trudged through life all the same. When she reached her teens, she was writing her own songs and performing with her dad in bars around Rocket City. Her paintings still needed a lot of work, but it was her side hobby.

After getting her GED, she devoted most of her time to her music career, but that wasn’t what put her on the map. Right around her mid twenties, she started taking commissions for paintings. A talent scout from the University of Washington saw pictures of a street mural she spray painted and saw potential. Jill was contacted and offered a full scholarship to the university. She saw the opportunity and ran with it. Jill packed her bags, gave heartfelt farewells to her dads and moved to Seattle.

After moving to the Emerald City, she quickly learned that the big city life was more than she bargained for. The fast-paced lifestyle was overwhelming at first. She spent most of her time performing on the streets of the barrens or marking the walls of decayed buildings with fresh spray paint. All in stark contrast to the rigid daytime life of a college student.

On the streets is where she met a young Ork girl by the name of Sherry. She was a girl desperately wanting to get adopted. Jill saw herself in the girl and knew what she had to do. She took over custody and acted as her guardian. She was also introduced to the Mt. Rainier-Puyallup Orphanage near where she lived. She started performing for the kids there and became something of a big sister to all the orphans.

In March of 2083, she met a Troll by the name of Geoffry Lindberg and the two hit it off. Months into the relationship, she finally revealed herself as a changeling. He in turn revealed that his primary occupation was that of a Shadowrunner. The two continued on as normal.

In 2084, during one of her performances at a bar, a rowdy member of the crowd jumped her on stage. In the commotion, her jacket was ripped off, revealing the fur and tail hiding beneath. The crowd was in shock. Some cheered for the singer while others booed her off stage. This event would have long lasting consequences. Once the University of Washington found out about her status, they revoked her scholarship. It was all in the fine print you see. The scholarship was for a human, not a changeling.

The now washed up Jill was mortified. Now without a means to provide for herself and her tuition, she turned to her boyfriend. He got her into Shadowrunning, which turned out as a big success for her. She made plenty enough to fund her college, rent, and her adopted sister’s education.

Unfortunately, in early 2085, Geoff was tragically killed during a shadowrun. One that Jill wasn’t on. The two had just had a heated arguement hours before and that haunts her to this day.

Now, done with reminiscing, Jill finishes up the final touches to the mural and walks off into the streets of Puyallup. She’s got a long way to go before she’s famous like her great grandpop, but she’s most definitely got the determination to make that dream a reality.

Narrative Significant Qualities

Positive

- Changeling (Class II SURGE)
- Functional Tail (Balance)
- Marsupial Pouch
- Monkey Paws
- Perfect Time

Negative

- Allergy (Common, Moderate) (Pollutants)
- Dependent (Nuisance)
- Impaired Attribute (Strength)
- Nocturnal
- Phobia (Uncommon, Moderate) (Owls)
- SINner (National) (Jill Strait) (CAS)
- Unusual Hair

Run History

Name	GM	Metaplot	Date of Run
The Smack That Smiles Back 1	Dexcaliber		6 August 2085
Skiptracing	Sarcarian		1 August 2085

Affiliations

Contacts

Contact	Connection	Loyalty	Archetype	Profession	Aspects	Chips
Gremlyn	Contact Not Found. Please create contact using Template:Contact.	3	You may also see User:Free Sprite for bot instructions.			Even
Auntie Inge	Contact Not Found. Please create contact using Template:Contact.	4	You may also see User:Free Sprite for bot instructions.			Even
Garlick Toast	Contact Not Found. Please create contact using Template:Contact.	2	You may also see User:Free Sprite for bot instructions.			Even

In Character Information

Matrix Search Table

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Shadow Community Table

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Assensing Table

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SINs

- Carmen Sandiego (R4)
-- Private Investigator's License (R4)
-- Restricted Augmentation License (R4)
-- Restricted Armor License (R4)
-- Weapon License (R4)
-- Drivers License (R4)

Character Plot Hooks

Here are characteristics of the character that GMs may take advantage of to add complications to runs, or to otherwise use when in use. If you want to use them in unrelated to runs, please ask first.

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