by SALSAlys » Thu Sep 16, 2004 8:52 pm
Name: Pat Copperhead (her first name's actually Patricia, but she goes by Pat)
Race: Human, Nekojin ancestry (black cat ears)
Class: Machinist
Pat may surprise people once they realize that this short and wiry 'boy' with freckles, curly orange hair, and a pair of 'adorable' black cat ears is actually a GIRL. It's certainly not as if Pat advertises the fact, or that she goes out of her way to dress femininely. On the contrary, she is so much of a tomboy that it's quite easy to forget that she ISN'T one of the boys, even when her gender is known. In fact, she even enhances the illusion with her own form of 'crossdressing', where she'll attend formal events in a suit or tux rather than a dress, claiming that it's more comfortable and mobile.
Besides enjoying messing with people's conceptions of gender in that fashion, she is an avid gamer— and has a tendency of interpreting life as just another game, where a save point is always just out of sight, and where things can be reset at any time. Growing up as a child, she spent much of her time in the local arcade or planted in front of a screen with a bunch of friends, and enjoyed playing make believe and battling at tree forts with the neighbourhood boys. She had a buoyant attitude and basically forced herself into being the leader of the 'good guys' in every game, leading her team on grand adventures against the forces of darkness and early bedtimes.
Of course, there was one game which she particularly enjoyed playing. As a starry-eyed mecha fanatic, Pat would repeatedly bully the boys into pretending they were inside the immense machines (as Pat was a die-hard mechanical junkie), running missions which would range anything from races with additional sound effects to sneaking into inflamed war zones in order to capture a cookie or an opponent's flag.
At first, her parents took her craze as being just that; a craze which would soon pass and be surpassed just like her pirate phase, where she refused to go anywhere without a pirate hat and a loud "YAR!" preceding her entry into a room. Much to their surprise, though, Pat's interest continued, and she eventually joined the MAC Academy.
An increased familiarity with the creations only served to sharpen her interest, especially with the purely mechanical robots. For her own personal 'bot, she designed it with her childish dreams in mind— and for the primary controller, she used a game controller, relying upon her long experience with games and her knowledge of her own mech in order to perform. She also modelled its abilities after her favoured fighting methods in games, tweaking up its agility and mobility so that it could perform martial-arts type movements, with lasers extending from various points to provide long-range strikes and simulate "very cool special combos!" While it has a bit of flying capacity, she uses it primarily to boost jumps.
Overall, she maintains a somewhat reckless attitude; one that's willing to gamble on risky odds and go for long shots in search of the next thrill.
As a few trivia notes, she is a horrible singer, and has been requested to stop singing in the shower. Even so, she nurses dreams of being a karaoke star. She is also a.... not very good cook, though she has an odd affinity for spicy food. Unfortunately, it's so spicy that most would consider it inedible.
Traits:
Strength: d16
Agi: d12
Dex: d8
Con: d12
Int: d10
Wis: d12
Cha: d12
Skills:
Cookery: d16
Cookery (spicy): d10
Crossdressing: d10
DDR: d12
Knowledge- Video/arcade games: d8
Mecha use: d10
Mecha design: d12
Singing: d20
Tae kwon do: d12
Video/arcade games: d8
Edited by: [url=http://p068.ezboard.com/brpgww60462.showUserPublicProfile?gid=salsalys>SALSAlys</A] at: 9/17/04 12:05 am