Screech

Screech

Media Vulture
Sneaky Social Adept
Source: the rats that live in your walls
Discord	@discogoblin#9660
Reddit	[1]
Metatype	Koborokuru
Street Cred	0
Notoriety	0
Public Awareness	0
CDP	6
D.O.B.	5/3/2058
Age	28
Folder	[2]
Priority	Metatype - B Attributes - C Magic/Resonance - D Skills - A Resources - E
#Max IGs/Ascension	0
# Optional Infected powers allowed	0
Essence(Current/Max):	6/12
# Optional Drake powers available	Major Powers:0 or Minor Powers:0

Character Information

Summary

Seattle's NUMBER ONE source for INDEPENDENT journalism, bringing the people the UGLY TRUTH, 24/7!!! Screech is a ravenous, cannibal Gnawer- and worse- and honest media, hellbent on making a name for herself by sticking a claw in the Big 10's eye. She runs because... well, truth doesn't pay the bills, and her audience loves a pulpy crime story. With her knack for less-than-legal reporting and mysterious ability to command swarms of rats, she may just survive on the edge long enough to pull off the scoop of the decade.

Goals

- EXPOSE the corruption of the corporate ruling class!

- BROADCAST her message to the people of the world!

- COPE with her ravenous hunger for bones!

- PAY her overdue rent!

Background

Cadence Conway: an indie news star, known for her daring, on-the-scene broadcasts and deep undercover exposes. She burst onto the scene with her coverage of corruption in Knight Errant juvenile court systems, purposely getting arrested to sneak recording gear into the jail. After that came her groundbreaking documentary on an ecofascist policlub in Snohomish, featuring a member of city council admitting to campaign finance fraud on tape. By then the big names were starting to notice, and Cadence got signed to Reverb News: a massively successful, independent outfit that she had looked up to since she was a kid. She dropped out of college and realized her dream of becoming a full time media, but as her company shifted towards mass-market appeal the relationship between the two soured. Cadence leaned harder into fringe stories ignoring the objections of her editors, gradually whittling her audience down to a small group of NeoA diehards. Then, the intrepid reporter poked the bear.

While researching a string of missing persons in the Barrens, she stumbled into an enormous conspiracy: a Tamanous organ legging operation that reached all the way to the corporate council. This wasn't some petty, street level corruption like she was used to covering. This was a billion nuyen industry built off dead bodies and refurbished ware. Tamanous were smart, organized, ruthless, and known for making examples out of snitches. Cadence said publish the story, damn the risk! Reverb was decidedly less gung-ho. When faced with potential retribution, the company threw its employee to the wolves. They fed her location to a Tamanous hitman, washed their hands of the whole affair, and quietly replaced her time slot that night with a nice, inoffensive cooking show. Cadence was attacked on the way to her apartment by a hulking, nightmarish loup garou, and her story would've ended there if not for the actions of a single bold stranger.

This person, brave and stupid both, charged the loup garou with a tire iron, giving her a chance to tear free of his grip and flee down a narrow side-alley. Her savior's warcry cut off abruptly as the garou unleashed its full rage, tearing the hero to chunks of viscera splattered down the rain-soaked gutter. Cadence fled down through dwarf-size passages into the heart of the city, making it all the way to the barrens before finally collapsing from her wounds. Then she called in every favor she could to cover her tracks and get to a ripper, finally being saved by an old acquaintance from the Snohomish shoot. Bianka Dreschler, a Free Berlin holdout, barely even blinked at the situation, arranging an ambulance for the dying media and making preparations for the nights to come. Over the course of an agonizing week, Cadence's hair fell out in great clumps. Her skin turned grey and hardened like flint, chipping and cutting, scabbing and scarring. Elongated teeth burst through her jaw, and her eyes blossomed white with cataracts. The hunger was so all consuming that she nearly bit her own ripperdoc's fingers off. The first person she ate- a former patient- she stripped like a swarm of piranhas.

It's been busy nights for Cadence since she woke up as a monster. Legally dead, her assets seized, and on the hook for a whole host of medical bills, she really didn't have much of a choice in accepting Bianka's offer for work. Although her conscience hasn't yet come to terms with her new unnatural appetites, she's determined to at least survive long enough to see her investigation through. After all, they tried to kill her to cover this up. She may have lost her research, her platform, and her crew, but with a few good stories she could start to rebuild. She'll shine a light on this whole sordid affair, even if it means burning herself up in the process.

Narrative Significant Qualities

Positive

Rat Queen (Animal Empathy, Infected: Gnawer): Screech is a fledgling strain 2 infected with all the problems that entails. She hasn't got a clue how to get her own food, and until her embrace was totally mundane. The only thing in her favor is a strange, newfound affinity for rats. Two real big ones, Jeepers and Creepers, have appointed themselves her protectors.

Beat Reporter (Online Fame, School of Hard Knocks, Linguist): Screech has never shied away from putting herself in the field. She knows the city like the back of her hand, and is already amassing a new online following for her coverage of Seattle's underground. Whether this fame is a good thing for her teammates remains to be seen.

Negative

Muckraker (Data Liberator, Electronic Witness, PSC IV: Nosy): For better or worse (usually worse), Screech truly believes in her mission to publish nothing but the truth. Her infection has only increased her fervor, and she will happily take on the risk of publishing data that could ruin a client. She also likes to film her jobs- blurring the faces of her team, of course- and publishes them in the form of videos on her exclusive subscription feed.

Run History

Name	GM	Metaplot	Threat	Date of Run
Green Gold in the Ashes	LHOG		High	15 August 2085
What I do for a Paycheck	PatGriffin		Medium	21 September 2082
On Angel's Wings	PatGriffin	Call of the Shadows	Spicy High	17 September 2082

Affiliations

Contacts

Contact	Connection	Loyalty	Archetype	Profession	Aspects	Chips
News Van Dan	3	1	Legwork	Guerilla Reporter (Infobroker)	Infobroker, Conspiracy Theorist, Drone Operator, Hacktivist	Even
Bianka Dreschler	3	3	Fixer	Info-Broker	Chaos Magic Magician, Anarchist, Paracritter Lover, Linguist	Even
Zigzag	1	1	Service	Driver/Organlegger	Ghoul Organlegger, Actually a Good Driver, Dead Drop, Infected Networker	Even

In Character Information

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SINs

Kayla McKenna, R3 Burner: Look, it's all she could afford.

Character Plot Hooks

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