AH Name: Lt. Arika Sumeragi, Ah-chan (NPC) Player: NPC by Skribulous (maramala@rocketmail.com) Residence: An unnamed apartment block somewhere in Nerima Occupation: Blazing Cresents Mercenary --- APPEARANCE Race: Human Age: 16 Gender: Female Build: average stature and well-built Eyes: green Hair: straight jet-black and shoulder-length, with a tuft of hair on top Features: fair-complexioned Asian, making it easy for her to blend in and be unnoticed (However, her choice of wardrobe makes her stand out instead ^_^) Clothing: standard Nox Military Outfit (Boy's school uniform with yellow "Blazing Crescent" logo emblazoned on back and left collar), steel-plated sneakers and leather gloves Props: She usually enters a thread with A Bag Full Of Guns (TM). Always has guns, guns and still more guns (plus a dagger or three). --- PERSONALITY Description: Mercenary to the core, some would call it treacherous while others would call it being practical. Ah only acts if it is in her best interest, and said interest is mainly self-preservation and accomplishment of her current mission. That is probably why she never ran out of contracts to take despite her notorious reputation. A bit tomboyish, Ah prefers wearing men's clothes (she could be considered a transvestite in this respect ^_^). She has a gun fetish that would rival most gun collectors. (Strangely enough, she doesn't have a collection of guns. She only delights in using them.) Oh, yeah... any sexist remarks directed on really her ticks her off. She wears male outfits, due to the fact that she believes that you won't be taken seriously be others as a girl, especially in her line of work. Love interests: none (she used to have a crush on Jay, but she got over it ^_^) Friends: her current teammates Romantic rivals: none Professional rivals: her teammates and all other Mercs Enemies: whoever "The Mission" designates for the moment Identifying quote: "I'm outta here!" "Mmm... Nice gun you got there..." --- ASPECTS Clones: Does being a former Faceless Minion (TM) count? Lookalikes: Does being a former Faceless Minion (TM) count? Other: Has an unexplainable tendency to show up when someone says, "Ah." (and maybe "Fan of John Woo Movies"? ^_^) RL: RL-Skribulous --- ABILITIES Skills: Ware-Ryu Karate (Self-Styled Open Hand Martial Art), Troop coordination, Nox Standard Military Training. Scouting and streetwise. Literate in several languages. Powers: Latent Psionic. (How else would she be able to join the Blazing Cresents?) --- HISTORY Ah is a another transfer student from Nox High School, from a war-torn parallel dimension (at least when she left it) which had just recently discovered the principles of interdimensional travel. Back at home, she was for a short time a member of the famous unit of the Blazing Cresents Mercenary Club (a student-run fighting club for hire), under Jay, before she "volunteered" to be the one of the first ones to be sent to Nerima for surveillance and "combat research". That was during the final phases of the war with the Nefirem. Satisfied with her reconnaisance reports, her superiors gave the go-ahead signal to send more mercs to Nerima. She had since adopted a Japanese name and settled down comfortably in her job. One day, while clearing out Mystic Manor's underground "dungeon" floors, (So it's menial work... at least it's safe, and the pay is good, and I get to do sharpshooting practice, although why do I have to be the damn ammo carrier.) her teammates deliberately caused a section of the wall to collapse, revealing a passageway to the sewers below Nerima. They were then attacked by a strange figure, and she witnessed her teammates falling one by one. (I don't know what happened... my teammates collapsed all around me.) She managed to escape to the upper levels, and immediately reported the incident to her employers and superiors stationed in Nerima.