So… I emailed Chris and got his permission to play in his sandbox. This is what I came up with.
Metamor City Character Sheet
Full Name: Eriko (Air-ee-koh) Plackard
Race: Half-human Neko (Feline) Kumai (Animal shape shifting fae)
Allegiance: The questionably sane sorcerer Dolphus (Doll-fus) Plackard.
Occupation: Bartender at Station 53
Religion: Meraist (She doesn't fully understand religion but views St.Merai as a sort of patron or distant mother figure, mostly due to the similar physical characteristics.)
Education: Hope Rising Lower City Education Center (High school equivalent education)
|This is something I don't see anywhere but seems like a logical fit. This would be a volunteer run basic education center that is an outgrowth of the Hope Foundation. It would teach the basic needs for street level kids that for whatever reason aren't going to the regular primary and high schools. Attendance would be be voluntary and while attending isn't going to get you into college most of these kids have no hope of attending anyway. Subjects covered would include things like reading, writing, math, history, personal hygiene, sex ed, etc. They would also have spiritual gatherings and teach a small bit of survival skills, like how to break grapple holds, how to recognize a succubus and not to look into a vampire's eyes.|
Age: She considers herself 21 (as of 1999 CR) but her actual birth date is unknown.
Height: 5'6'' (167 cm)
Eyes: Pale blue and vertically slitted
Hair: The majority of her hair is a soft pale ash blond, almost cream colored. However as her hair grows out it darkens. Her hair is currently down to about her mid-back. She wears it in a high ponytail that ends in an almost chocolate brown tip. Her eyebrows are also a dark brown.
Distinctive Features: She has feline ears in place of her humans ones although they are higher up on the curve of her skull. They are chocolate brown in color. Her tail is roughly the same length as her spine, she can barely touch the nape of her neck with the tip of her tail. It is prehensile and can be use to manipulate objects. It is a slightly lighter shade of cream than her hair at the base and darkens into a similar chocolate brown coloring after a few inches. Although the tail appears the be the same size all along it's length it narrows at the end and the fur is longer to keep the regular diameter. The tip is only about was big around as her index finger and the fur on the underside is thinner and coarser, allowing her to grip things more easily. There is a distinct kink in her tail several inches from the tip.
Physical Notes: The scrawny side of slender but still in good shape. Her neck is thin, wrists and ankles markedly slender. She has a wedged shaped, angular face with noticeably oriental eyes and olive skin. For those who prefer willowy and untouchable otherworldly beauty she holds an irresistible allure.
Behavior Notes: Although playful and friendly enough to easily strike up casual conversations and harmless flirtations there is a noticeable aloofness to her nature. Her entire countenance is a beguiling promise that will not be kept. As such she tends to attract artists, poets and dreamers while the more practical types avoid her judiciously. While not above entertaining 'guests' for a night she is not the type to form long lasting romantic relationships. However, when around her circle of inner friends she switches from untouchable beauty to a childlike eagerness to please.
Supernatural Abilities: Agility – She can jump longer distances than most humans, balance more easily on narrow surfaces and can turn herself in mid-fall to land on her feet if given enough room. Dreamcat - While in a state of lucid dreaming she can take on a feline dream form and wander the dreamscapes. Feline Senses - She can see in the dark and has a wider range of hearing than normal humans.
History:
Eriko, Eri to her friends, doesn't remember anything of her life before she and her master came to live in Metamor City. Though her master, the Sorcerer Plackard is fond her regaling her with tales of her finding when in his more lucid and jovial states. According to him, he was on one of his many trips abroad when he stopped by for business in Yamato. While walking the streets he found a skinny little Shanese kitten crying for help in a human child's voice. He took her in and changed her into a human child and raised her as his assistant and familiar.
She is obviously of both Fae and Yamatoan linage, possessing the strengths and bound by the weaknesses of both heritages. These include an aversion to iron and the inability to lie. It has also been decided that she is mortal, though this hasn't actively been put to the test. Though she can planeswalk, she is unable to manifest any other magical abilities due to the restraining band she was fitted with as a child. She is fond of telling people that her father is Halejin, a kumai from an old Rajashan legend about a feline kumai who was charged with guarding a sacred goblet. He took his duty so seriously that he would keep his tail curled around it when he slept so it could not be stolen. This lead to a permanent kink forming in his tail which he then passed on to his children as a sign of the kumai's rare loyalty. She finds a kind of wry amusement in getting away with this bit of untruth which is not strictly true but is not a lie either, because she doesn't honestly know it to be untrue.
Her job at Station 53 is her first “real job” though she has been working as Plackard's assistant for as long as she can remember. Though she didn't attend public school, she did go to Hope Rising Education Center. This allowed her to pass the standardized tests that kept her master from getting in trouble with the child education laws. She did manage to get the equivalent of a high school diploma and learned a great many things about life in general that her master had never taught her. Although she briefly thought about becoming a runner, the possessive and worrisome nature of her master prevented her from doing anything so dangerous. She doesn't really resent him for it, he is the closest thing to family she has, however she does dream sometimes of more dangerous and exciting jobs.
She and her master currently live at Serenity Arms. She has a friendly relationship with their landlady, Ms.Fallon, and given their mutual natures it often turns to light hearted and good natured flirting between the two women. The two initially bonded over Yamatoan food and fashion, though Ms.Fallon has become Eri's mentor in matters of the Dreamlands. When she found out about Eri's nightly prowling she began teaching the girl mostly for her own safety since there are things there that could badly harm a careless little feline tourist. Eri has a tendency to show up in the kitchen around dinner time just as Ms.Fallon has a tendency to shoo her out from underfoot.
Eri is also good friends with her neighbor, the detective Kathryn Kitaen. A pair of pranksters they have a long standing prank-war that has been going on for a while now. Though the rest of the building is known to shudder in fear if for some reason someone else attracts their attention and they work together to play a gag on some poor helpless soul. Both Meraists, they try to attend services together when Kate's job allows. |If Meraists attend services?Any info here would be helpful.| Although Eri knew very little about Skyball before meeting Kate, her friend's enthusiasm has converted her and she is now an avid fan. |Skyball is obviously Meta-basketball. Is it the kind of thing you can throw up a skyball hoop outside and play a round in the parking lot? If so, they'd probably play a few rounds whenever Kate has free time. Or maybe hit a local gym, something like that.| The only sore spot in their friendship is that Kate's job and swoop habit keep her busy most of the time. If Eri doesn't see Kate for days or weeks at a time she will become sulky towards the other woman, something which Kate rarely tolerates. Though she rarely confronts Eri about it but will rather joke around with her illusions until she can make the kumai smile again.
