Expendable

𝔻𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕠𝕟: ℝ𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕊𝕦𝕣𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕖

Kit Galloway

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There was the distant chime of the suite doorbell, then as Kit Galloway glanced at the time in the corner of his display, he heard a very familiar yelp from Deacon Salisbury. A ghost of a smile graced his lips. One would have thought a member of the Cult of Strength would be more... manly.

There was a familiar knock on his door, and it slid aside to reveal a grinning Gator, in Galloway livery, holding aloft his tiffin, all locked up. It didn't pay to take chances someone wasn't out to get you.

"Still not eating the boss?" she asked, stepping inside.
"Still not eating with the boss in the executive dining room," he corrected. "And certainly glad not to be doing it today. Shut the door."

Gator turned, sliding the door closed. Kit pressed a hidden button under the edge of his desk and listened to the lock of his reinforced door latched. The inner windows opaques and begin to vibrate as the thermal blinds scroll down. Gator cocks an ear curiously. "That new?"

"New Aluvahin band," he admitted. "All songs praising the ancestors. I recorded several live tracks while I was investigating that warehouse case last week. Mixing two tracks and something from the archive called 'Crazy Frog, should block the listeners.'"

"More classical music?" Gator sighs, rolling her eyes.
"Did you bring it?"
"Of course," Gator replied, producing an autoinjector and handing it over.
"Ah, thank you..!" Kit replied, a rare grin on his face as he started prepping it. "Any trouble on the trolley?"
"A podder," the dweller shrugged, "Wanted quote about the ceiling idiots, then tried to bribe me to tell him your mutation."

"Are they still on about that?" Kit sighs, loosening his tie and unbuttoning his shirt, then pulling back the left side of his shirt to reveal the stainless steel ring and the red synthetic material for the injection port on his muscular chest. "What did you tell him?"

"I played the crazy dweller," Gator smiled, the green in her cheeks blushing darkly, "And I promised to tell him everything I know, as long as I got his liver and one of his eyes."
"His liver?" Kit smirked, pressing the bottom of his autoinjector over the port. Pushing down on the button, the autoinjector whirled as its contents poured into him.
"I thought it was a fair trade, he looked nice and plump. You need to swim more," Gator noted, nodding at his chest. "Soften those muscles."
"Yeah, I do," Kit sighed, pulling the injector away and tossing it onto his desk where Gator plucked it up and tucked it away again inside her clothes.

"So, what did you bring for lunch? Fresh liver?"
"Chicken curry, they used the new machine to culture the chicken, very nice."

Umbra Rose Condos

@Expendable

Hi bud how are you doing on your post?

@Eviledd1984

Sorry, a lot of urgent commitments suddenly came due. is your character entering the duct to chase after the gremlins?

𝔻𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕠𝕟: ℝ𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕊𝕦𝕣𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕖

Kit

Name - Kit Galloway

Age: 24

Reference

Physical Description:
Standing at 5' 8", Kit makes you think of a savvy alley cat. They have wide jade-green eyes. Their thick, curly, ash brown hair is worn in a casual style. Weighing in at 139 pounds, they have a graceful, wiry build and is double-jointed. Their skin is pale. They have small ears and long-fingered hands. Due to the nature of their job, Kit's wardrobe is complicated.

Enhancements:
BioMonitor II: This is a long-term medical device, with an injection port located on the upper left chest that can store various drugs that it can release over time directly into the blood stream. On his left wrist, there's a subdermal display that can be used by a doctor. The unit monitors his medical stats and can alert nearby medical systems if there's an issue, even shock his heart with internal defibulators.

SecondBrain: This rather unique bit of hardware is implanted near the base of the spine and acts as an encrypted archive that only the operator can access.

Status: Business Resolution Analyst, Galloway Industries. License to carry.

Backstory:
First-born of Oliver Reed & Naomi Christensen, there were unexpected complications with the birth. Rumor claims Naomi tried to strangle her child, reasons unknown. She left hospital the next day and filed for divorce two days later.

Part of the divorce settlement was NDAs to all parties involved, but rumors suggest Kit had some sort of mutation.

A nurse who was hired by the Christensen household reportedly misunderstood her instructions and abandoned the child near a Burrower encampment where it was rumored that they eat abandoned babies (it's not a rumor). On discovery, a recovery team was dispatched - and Kit was found in the care of a young dweller named Gator who had rescued him before he was discovered by others.

Oliver ordered the recovery team bring the dweller as well.

Within the week, the baby was officially disinherited and transferred to the Galloway cadet branch, with fees for his and Gator's care coming from the Christensen household.

Kit spent his formative years with home tutors and Gator, before being entered into a private high school for his junior years. Rumors that he was a mutant followed him, but Kit had a medical waiver that kept him out of the Physical Education class, so there's no conclusion one way or the other. However, three months into the school year, he wound up becoming a member of an after-school host club being run by the son of the school's principal.

College followed graduation, and he's spent the last two years at Galloway Industries where he wound up in their Business Analysis group as a Resolution specialist, a sort of internal company detective.

Welp, here I am!

Greetings and salutations!

𝔻𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕠𝕟: ℝ𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕊𝕦𝕣𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕖

Sorry for the delay.

Kit

Name - Kit Galloway

Age: 24

Reference

Physical Description:
Standing at 5' 8", Kit makes you think of a savvy alley cat. They have wide jade-green eyes. Their thick, curly, ash brown hair is worn in a casual style. Weighing in at 139 pounds, they have a graceful, wiry build and is double-jointed. Their skin is pale. They have small ears and long-fingered hands. Due to the nature of their job, Kit's wardrobe is complicated.

Enhancements:
BioMonitor II: This is a long-term medical device, with an injection port located on the upper left chest that can store various drugs that it can release over time directly into the blood stream. On his left wrist, there's a subdermal display that can be used by a doctor. The unit monitors his medical stats and can alert nearby medical systems if there's an issue, even shock his heart with internal defibulators.

SecondBrain: This rather unique bit of hardware is implanted near the base of the spine and acts as an encrypted archive that only the operator can access.

Status: Business Resolution Analyst, Galloway Industries. License to carry.

Backstory:
First-born of Oliver Reed & Naomi Christensen, there were unexpected complications with the birth. Rumor claims Naomi tried to strangle her child, reasons unknown. She left hospital the next day and filed for divorce two days later.

Part of the divorce settlement was NDAs to all parties involved, but rumors suggest Kit had some sort of mutation.

A nurse who was hired by the Christensen household reportedly misunderstood her instructions and abandoned the child near a Burrower encampment where it was rumored that they eat abandoned babies (it's not a rumor). On discovery, a recovery team was dispatched - and Kit was found in the care of a young dweller named Gator who had rescued him before he was discovered by others.

Oliver ordered the recovery team bring the dweller as well.

Within the week, the baby was officially disinherited and transfered to the Galloway cadet branch, with fees for his and Gator's care coming from the Christensen household.

Kit spent his formative years with home tutors and Gator, before being entered into a private high school for his junior years. Rumors that he was a mutant followed him, but Kit had a medical waiver that kept him out of Physcial Education, so there's no conclusion one way or the other. However, three months into the year, he wound up becoming a member of an after-school host club being run by the son of the school's principal.

College followed graduation, and he's spent the last two years at Galloway Industries where he wound up in their Business Analyst group as a Resolution specialist, a sort of internal company detective.

Empire of the Clouds

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Nikos

Zeppelin #27, Gondola

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Seeing Carter, Nikos put every last bit of strength he had left into his leap, his hands desperately reaching for Carter's...

...and managed to grab his wrist.

"Have mercy!" the bosun begged, his face twisted into a rictus of terror. "Don't let go!"

Nikos reached up with his free hand, managing to grab a handful of the net, then after a moment started pulling himself up.

Why had they released the water bladders before he could do the quick-release on the mooring? The zeppelin needed to be untied!

𝔻𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕠𝕟: ℝ𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕊𝕦𝕣𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕖

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I tried looking for out of pocket resources to redownload wordpad though I couldn't find anything in my quick 30-minute search. I might look more in depth later. It's cool that they offer a free limited version of word once again but I appreciate wordpad more.

@The Savant

If you can find an Win10 or Win11 system that still has it, you have to navigate to the C:\\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories folder and copy wordpad.exe, WordpadFilter.dll, and the personalization folder (Mine says en-US). You then paste them into the same folder on your computer, then run wordpad.exe so you can pin it to start or taskbar.

𝔻𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕠𝕟: ℝ𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕊𝕦𝕣𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕖

<Snipped quote by Expendable>

I used wordpad for 90% of my writing shenanigans too. The update took everything, sadly, so I understand the pain. Wordpad was so good. I don't understand why they got rid of it.

@The Savant

latest windows plan offers a free (limited) version of word, so they removed it. I'm trying to reinstall Wordpad from another system.

𝔻𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕠𝕟: ℝ𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕊𝕦𝕣𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕖

No, the worse part is a windows update has taken Wordpad from me - which is what I use for most of my sheets.

At least I still have the important details.

𝔻𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕠𝕟: ℝ𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕊𝕦𝕣𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕖

sorry for the delay, I lost the character sheet I was working on.