Name: Danielle St.Claire
Occupation: Thief (Real world and Interlink)
Interlink Name: NiteShayde
Backstory: Dani was born in Beggar's Reef. Believing she would have a better life in the servitude of a wealthy benefactor, her mother sold her to the Shinsen-gumi at the age of 7 (at least, that's what her mother convinced herself so she could sleep at night. In reality, she needed the money). Unfortunately, being sold into slavery tends to sour one's personality. Danielle grew rebellious, selfish, distrustful of others (and untrustworthy herself), and vindictive. After many (severe) punishments for insubordination throughout her conditioning, she was sold to a wealthy interlink mogul for housekeeping and "other" services when she was 11. Nearly a year later, the lavish home in Altman Heights was raided after a series of attacks on various corporate and government datanodes were traced back to that location. Dani was arrested and sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment for her Interlink crimes. However, she only spent four months in a juvenile detention facility before she was granted release into the custody of Tyr Industries, who had taken an interest in her after reading offender profiles while looking for subjects for a new development contract. They wanted people who were young, troubled, and (most importantly) wouldn't be missed. Dani was unique because she was owned property. Her benefactor wouldn't admit that fact to authorities and had enough influence that no one asked, nor would the syndicate lay claim to her and risk compromising the confidentiality of a high-profile client. A back-alley deal was made and she was purchased from her previous owner with Shinsen-gumi's consent and released from prison into Tyr's custody. Thus, by the age of 13, her brain had been augmented against her will with prototype weaponized nanotechnology. However, the program that was to give the company complete control over her mind was defective, as it was still in testing, and she found that not only did she still have her wits, she herself had control over her augs. Unofficially, Danielle St. Claire was named among the dead in the explosion that annihilated the top 5 floors of the Tyr R&D building, though her body was never recovered ("officially," she had committed suicide at the detention facility when she was purchased by the company). She currently resides in The Hub, where it is still easy to lay low and be anonymous, stealing whatever she needs and squatting wherever she can. She has a very cynical outlook and shows some Sociopathic tendencies, but she is not evil (though she has the capacity for it).
Description: Dani is 14 years old and has a lean but athletic build, standing at about 5'1. She has dark blue hair and piercing violet eyes, and usually wears a black leather jacket, t-shirts, and jeans. She is of unknown origin though she speaks with an slight Irish accent.
Avatar Description: Danielle's Interlink persona, NiteShayde, is a black, spectral, humamoid form with few features, most notably a pair of glowing violet eyes. Can also activate a ghostly flaming aura around her avatar.
Abilities: Danielle's prototype augments grant her the ability to manipulate objects with a mere thought. She can lift, throw, break, open, or close objects up to four times what her physical strength will allow. She is capable of levitating herself and can even manage short-range "flight," though it takes a tremendous amount of concentration to achieve. Though she cannot kill a person with her mind (yet), she is able to exercise some control over various muscle and nerve groups, causing debilitating pain for as long as she can focus on them (or until they pass out). She also has control over fire, able to make it spread up to 4 times its size (or greater, as flammable objects will catch fire). She cannot create flames of her own (yet), but can "spark" combustibles within her range of manipulation (approximately 12 feet around her). Though it may not have been intended, her augs make her highly resistant to fire and heat, and she can use nearby flames to create a barrier around herself, much like her avatar. Within the Interlink, her powers are greatly magnified. She can manipulate "objects" within the virtual space easier and at much greater range (up to a virtual area of 50 yards). She can become incorporeal to hide in or pass through objects within the Interlink, and hack into and control (possess) other avatars if she can break their security protocols. Her incorporeal form also provides quite a degree of stealth, making her much harder to detect by security systems. When covert hacking is not an option, or when there's no time for discretion, she can ignite a blue flaming aura which can "burn" through security programs, firewalls, and datalocks. Unlike in the real world, she can fly with ease and has the ability to create fire on a whim, in addition to being able to create any sort of bladed weapon that she can think of (she prefers knives, and is able to combine her abilities to make them flaming knives). She has a wealth of high-level security access codes and overrides she uploaded during her time as a lab rat with Tyr Industries.
Flaws: Youth and inexperience account for most of her potential weakness. Rash and impulsive, she has no regard for any consequences of her actions. The one and only life-lesson she learned from her mother is to look out for oneself and do whatever it takes to survive. If backed into a corner, she won't hesitate to burn everything around her to ash (or crash entire networks inside the Interlink). She only knows the hard, cold life she was brought up in, a life where mothers sell their children to become property owned by others, where youths who didn't have a chance are experimented on by corporations. She has no idea of the true havoc she could wreak with the access clearances she stole from Tyr's infrastructure, or if that information fell into the wrong hands. Dani misuses it on a much smaller scale than a professional hacker would, primarily for mischief such as sabotaging company accounts, misappropriating money and goods from their intended destinations, and breaking into various corporate and governmental databases just to show that she can. She distrusts everyone, hates authority, and only does things for her own benefit. She herself cannot be trusted as she will lie to, steal from, and con anyone she wants.
Equipment:
Mini-VR Interlink visor (think cyperpunk Google glasses)
Military-grade combat knife
Set of throwing knives
Butane lighter
Pack of cigarettes
Various stolen access cards
Satchel of miscellaneous stolen items/money
Contacts: As Dani has no family and no friends, and won't hesitate to burn any bridges (literally, if need be), and since she was legally declared to be deceased, she has no contacts. However, her Interlink self is getting more attention as she becomes more infamous.
As I am incredibly lazy, and because my scanner is in storage, I made avi versions of Danielle and her Avatar.
Occupation: Thief (Real world and Interlink)
Interlink Name: NiteShayde
Backstory: Dani was born in Beggar's Reef. Believing she would have a better life in the servitude of a wealthy benefactor, her mother sold her to the Shinsen-gumi at the age of 7 (at least, that's what her mother convinced herself so she could sleep at night. In reality, she needed the money). Unfortunately, being sold into slavery tends to sour one's personality. Danielle grew rebellious, selfish, distrustful of others (and untrustworthy herself), and vindictive. After many (severe) punishments for insubordination throughout her conditioning, she was sold to a wealthy interlink mogul for housekeeping and "other" services when she was 11. Nearly a year later, the lavish home in Altman Heights was raided after a series of attacks on various corporate and government datanodes were traced back to that location. Dani was arrested and sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment for her Interlink crimes. However, she only spent four months in a juvenile detention facility before she was granted release into the custody of Tyr Industries, who had taken an interest in her after reading offender profiles while looking for subjects for a new development contract. They wanted people who were young, troubled, and (most importantly) wouldn't be missed. Dani was unique because she was owned property. Her benefactor wouldn't admit that fact to authorities and had enough influence that no one asked, nor would the syndicate lay claim to her and risk compromising the confidentiality of a high-profile client. A back-alley deal was made and she was purchased from her previous owner with Shinsen-gumi's consent and released from prison into Tyr's custody. Thus, by the age of 13, her brain had been augmented against her will with prototype weaponized nanotechnology. However, the program that was to give the company complete control over her mind was defective, as it was still in testing, and she found that not only did she still have her wits, she herself had control over her augs. Unofficially, Danielle St. Claire was named among the dead in the explosion that annihilated the top 5 floors of the Tyr R&D building, though her body was never recovered ("officially," she had committed suicide at the detention facility when she was purchased by the company). She currently resides in The Hub, where it is still easy to lay low and be anonymous, stealing whatever she needs and squatting wherever she can. She has a very cynical outlook and shows some Sociopathic tendencies, but she is not evil (though she has the capacity for it).
Description: Dani is 14 years old and has a lean but athletic build, standing at about 5'1. She has dark blue hair and piercing violet eyes, and usually wears a black leather jacket, t-shirts, and jeans. She is of unknown origin though she speaks with an slight Irish accent.
Avatar Description: Danielle's Interlink persona, NiteShayde, is a black, spectral, humamoid form with few features, most notably a pair of glowing violet eyes. Can also activate a ghostly flaming aura around her avatar.
Abilities: Danielle's prototype augments grant her the ability to manipulate objects with a mere thought. She can lift, throw, break, open, or close objects up to four times what her physical strength will allow. She is capable of levitating herself and can even manage short-range "flight," though it takes a tremendous amount of concentration to achieve. Though she cannot kill a person with her mind (yet), she is able to exercise some control over various muscle and nerve groups, causing debilitating pain for as long as she can focus on them (or until they pass out). She also has control over fire, able to make it spread up to 4 times its size (or greater, as flammable objects will catch fire). She cannot create flames of her own (yet), but can "spark" combustibles within her range of manipulation (approximately 12 feet around her). Though it may not have been intended, her augs make her highly resistant to fire and heat, and she can use nearby flames to create a barrier around herself, much like her avatar. Within the Interlink, her powers are greatly magnified. She can manipulate "objects" within the virtual space easier and at much greater range (up to a virtual area of 50 yards). She can become incorporeal to hide in or pass through objects within the Interlink, and hack into and control (possess) other avatars if she can break their security protocols. Her incorporeal form also provides quite a degree of stealth, making her much harder to detect by security systems. When covert hacking is not an option, or when there's no time for discretion, she can ignite a blue flaming aura which can "burn" through security programs, firewalls, and datalocks. Unlike in the real world, she can fly with ease and has the ability to create fire on a whim, in addition to being able to create any sort of bladed weapon that she can think of (she prefers knives, and is able to combine her abilities to make them flaming knives). She has a wealth of high-level security access codes and overrides she uploaded during her time as a lab rat with Tyr Industries.
Flaws: Youth and inexperience account for most of her potential weakness. Rash and impulsive, she has no regard for any consequences of her actions. The one and only life-lesson she learned from her mother is to look out for oneself and do whatever it takes to survive. If backed into a corner, she won't hesitate to burn everything around her to ash (or crash entire networks inside the Interlink). She only knows the hard, cold life she was brought up in, a life where mothers sell their children to become property owned by others, where youths who didn't have a chance are experimented on by corporations. She has no idea of the true havoc she could wreak with the access clearances she stole from Tyr's infrastructure, or if that information fell into the wrong hands. Dani misuses it on a much smaller scale than a professional hacker would, primarily for mischief such as sabotaging company accounts, misappropriating money and goods from their intended destinations, and breaking into various corporate and governmental databases just to show that she can. She distrusts everyone, hates authority, and only does things for her own benefit. She herself cannot be trusted as she will lie to, steal from, and con anyone she wants.
Equipment:
Mini-VR Interlink visor (think cyperpunk Google glasses)
Military-grade combat knife
Set of throwing knives
Butane lighter
Pack of cigarettes
Various stolen access cards
Satchel of miscellaneous stolen items/money
Contacts: As Dani has no family and no friends, and won't hesitate to burn any bridges (literally, if need be), and since she was legally declared to be deceased, she has no contacts. However, her Interlink self is getting more attention as she becomes more infamous.
As I am incredibly lazy, and because my scanner is in storage, I made avi versions of Danielle and her Avatar.
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