Lucky

Lucky's Charmers

Verse

Verse

Name

Tait Malone

Tagsign

Verse

Cell

Re:Wind

Age

26

Bio

Raised in a Corpo-sponsored foster program within Delta City, the familial bond had only ever been developed between the twins, and so their loyalty to each other is second to none. One may not be able to point out which of the sisters connected the two of them to Sk8te or how the women tracked them down. Their introduction to virtual hacker group Re: Wind was as a package deal, one no more influential than the other when determining the pair's next act. The term thick as thieves is applicable in more ways than one here. Tait in particular showed a knack for the physical side of things, snatching secure hardware that the Net Sk8ters couldn't reach online.

Tait's twin, Cali (callsign Cord), has found her place in Re:Wind's notorious Blue Room; a systems operation focused purely on the ability to open every virtual door -- as long as it's not on a closed network. That's where Tait comes in. Through wireless communications, Tait can slip into places she shouldn't be and connect her sister to secluded systems. Thus resources, and more notably secrets, can be accessed off-site. In a megacity like this one, there are always heirs that need to be brought down a peg or two. If the rest of Sk8te can benefit, why not?

Appearance

Tait is a young woman of somewhat discernible Chinese-American descent, though generations of megacity melting pots can blur the lines without the aid of Ingram Inc's DNA Descendant Decipher (TM). Notably, she bears tattoos on her body in the likeness of those of her sister's with some differences. While Tait has 0027 on her left cheek, along with a pictogram of a circuit board, Cali has 0308 pictured with a vault combination dial. When asked, they will tease that it's an inside joke. Besides the various retro-tribal tattoos on her opposite cheek and every limb, she also wears a few piercings that harken to their chaotic teenage years.

Her wardrobe consists of neo-asian styles, taking part in the contrasting black-and-neon culture, especially that of Re:Wind's "gamer vibes" she's accustomed to seeing during operations. Tait is 5'4" and will take every chance to stay small and out of sight unless in a safe space.

Cell

Re:Wind (pronounced "Rewind") is a hacker cell of Sk8te, the only one that dares to push into the Net's secure or high-traffic places. They are known to very few non-Sk8te members due to their emphasis on virtual discretion, tracking the movement of valuables and juicy leaks to largely pass on that information to other cells through Verse or occasionally through their closely-guarded and maintained Sk8teNet. Verse is the only field agent to accomplish tasks directly necessary for attaining information in real space.

Known Relationships

Family: Cali Malone. Identical twin sister and literal partner-in-crime. The two of them have been looking out for each other since as far back as they can remember, citing that Cred families and Corpo foster care is nothing but another capitalist scheme. While Tait hits the streets and rooftops, Cali is at home in Re:Wind's own Blue Room, communicating on the Net exclusively in 1337 speak.
Sk8te: Mind. Fellow Re:Wind member and dad-like figure to the twins. He has been in the Net game longer than the girls have been alive and has the strongest fundamental knowledge of cyberdecks and systems. His work finds him in the workshop dealing with hardware rather than the Blue Room these days, acting as their personal engineer and occasional well of wisdom.

Equipment

AR Cloak: Verse has, along the way, managed to get her hands on cybernetically-designed hood that the cell refers to as the AR Cloak, capable of scrambling her recognizable features on-camera. Some older models of security cybernetic eyes have difficulty spotting her, though she is still fully visible to the naked eye.

Modifications

Cybernetic Wetware: Kaminari Whisper v2a.48 -- Cochlear Implant with Sensitivity Tuning and Background Noise Dampening.
Cybernetic Wetware: Kaminari Awestruck v7c.66 -- Ocular Implant with Toggleable Infrared and Electromagnetic Sights.
Cybernetic Wetware: Re:Wind MUJ -- Modified Universal Jack.
Cybernetic Wetware: NuTekk Adhesive Palm(s) -- Toggleable stickiness for when you really need that extra grip, both hands.
Cybernetic Wetware: Biovolve Reflexis eds. 4/6/7/8/12/13/14/15 -- Enhanced synaptic reflexes in the arms and legs that allow the body to react to stimuli faster than base organic limbs.
Cybernetic Wetware: Biovolve Monitoring System -- A total physiological monitoring and alert system. Measures regular bodily processes and warns the user of deteriorating and/or emergency conditions.
Cybernetic Wetware: Re:Wind Cyberdeck Re:Dux -- An editor's template for accessing internal voluntary systems and interfacing with other external device sources that emit signals via ocular and cochlear implant (both must be functioning concurrently). Verse is inexperienced with conducting her own hacks, but is able to request Cord's help almost instantaneously.
Outstanding Software: Re:Wind Memo:Re -- 24/7 playback visuals and sound accessible only by Cord and chosen members of Re:Wind via ocular and cochlear implants. Internal memory is used to store everything unless streamed or until transferred either by MUJ or Cyberdeck. If streamed or transferred by Cyberdeck, the signal produced cannot be masked due to the heavy upload and Verse will be visible to all signal trackers.
Outstanding Software: Ingram Auto-Translate -- For the fact that many people speak more than one language via cochlear transplant.
Outstanding Software: Re:Wind Gauge -- Distance, weight, calculator via ocular transplant.

RP: Sk8te

Violet Sheep Happy Hunting: A Cyberpunk Game

Connecting my cyber deck to the interest check! Tried to run in another one but I worry it is DOA. Also been playing Cyberpunk 2077 a lot the past two weeks so I have a lot of inspiration!

I can see some similarities and differences already. I do have questions if you don’t mind so soon.

Are we gonna be able to do various roles, such as Netrunner, Hired Muscle, etc?

Approximately how long has AutoAmerica been established?

Are we at the point of flying vehicles (at least for the rich and mega corps)?

Edit to say that I love Rabbit Junk. Was introduced to them about 7 years ago. WDKYWMYAK is my go-to RJ song.

Sk8te

I've been having a lot of fun reading everyone's CS! A lot of cool ideas for sure.

Sk8te

@TheNoCoKid I've been making modifications to my character sheet. Being on a Cyberpunk 2077 kick, I felt that the things I've included are in-line with the RP. The biggest point I'm trying to make is that many of her features are fairly standard, not trying to do a lot of extra stuff. Let me know if this is the kind of cyberpunk you envisioned or if it is too much!

The Eiden Lands

@Dark Cloud Character sheet on RPG is for everyone to read. It can go into a lot more detail and follow a template for consistency. Using dndbeyond CS's Notes is fine, but that will be moreso for you alone because nobody can read them except for the player/DM.

Excuse my absence everyone! One of those things where you forget there's a holiday and people actually still care about celebrating the weekend. That said, it's gonna take me a little bit more time to put the start together. Rest assured I'm making progress, in fact I've made a new world map I would like to share with you all later today as the one I linked in my first post was made months ago.

Thank you all for your patience!

Sk8te

Thanks for the patience! I honestly forgot that the holiday weekend was a thing. Happy to have worked on an IC post, finally!

Sk8te

Vibes: China Town Club

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Tait follows the flow of foot traffic, Creds surrounding her like a school of dry artifish. It would be easy enough to slip her fingers into the long coats of some overconfident alley péngkè; she would know, it's what she grew up doing for as far back as she can remember. Problem is, they are small fry now. Anything she can pick could place her in hot water and, worse, physical confrontation. No pocket credit is worth the trouble at this point. After all, she has a roof over her and Cali's head and has stocked up on soy noodles to last her geek of a sister months without having to leave the Blue Room. And she has done that before.

Technically, Memo:Re can be turned off anytime. At this point, Tait has felt that her safest recourse is to leave it on in case someone randomly (or not-so-randomly) plucks her off the street for some snuff AR. She can do her best to pull off self defense maneuvers to escape, but her strongest feats are the ability to run and hide, she just needs to have enough warning or awareness to vanish from sight. Up the alleyway gutter; blending into a crowd; finessing her way into strangers' conversation. All tactics she has at one time or another employed to escape suspicion.

Waylaid by intrusive thoughts of what a place like Delta City is capable of, she catches herself following a woman wearing a transparent raincoat, wearing bare minimum clothing beneath it. Cybernetics follow her spine, arms, and legs, clearly showing off the work and resources put into her body. A working lady, Tait thinks. Too early to be going in. She must be on her way home from a shift. She slows her own pace to distance the two of them, finally looking around to where she's at.

Electric Sheep Motel. "Lucky!" She says aloud excitedly, pumping a fist in the air. At some point, she had stopped paying attention where she was going. Turns out she is at the foot of the building that will lead her to a fresh mystery nearby. Information is power, and she intends to learn what happened to the Sk8te to see if any cells need to be warned. Her fingers gently pick at the 1337 patch on her jacket's breast and eyes the tall, ugly building as she ponders her next move.

The Eiden Lands

@PigeonOfAstora All you really need is the want to be an adventurer. If need be, I can help with character creation and mechanics.

@Dark Cloud Negative. I'm not approving anything until the OOC is up and I have opened up CS submissions. As I mentioned earlier in the thread, I'll give it upwards of a week to give people time to put their stuff together. Space is limited (4 players max). This is not first-come first-serve.

The Eiden Lands

@Timemaster This RP is intended to be more dialogue and narrative focused with the occasional combat. There will very likely be times where you will have multiple combat encounters in a single adventuring day, but most of the focus will be outside of combat. Treat this RP as normal in that regard, character interactions and exploration.

The Eiden Lands

@Dog I'm using 5e rules as written with very few exceptions -- homebrew rules that usually add to the game rather than detract or change. That applies to AC. Meet to beat, as it goes. Otherwise the defender successfully blocked or dodged your attack. There are already damage resistances and invulnerabilities, as well as damage threshold (where you must do minimum x damage to deal damage at all), though those are usually for objects or structures.

For uneventful regular travel, we'll just account for supplies such as rations or scavenging. Where travel is intended to be the focus of storytelling and mechanics, we'll start to tracks things a little more meticulously. In a world of high magic, I tend to say that resources aren't terribly difficult to acquire as long as you don't just ignore it all or make really bad decisions.