Seen

Human Awakened Detective

### Folder Link

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wzJilZlBBvCYqrQUHhQRArg6MEgjNPF0?usp=share\_link

# Character Information

### Summary

Mystic detective with high visual perception, adequate magic support. Carries an assault rifle, and doesn't mix well with tech.

### Goals

* Find out who made him, where it was, and why.
* Help the residents of Seattle, especially awakened, in the same way his adoptive father Russell has.
* Gain magical power, to protect the downtrodden
* gain a stronger attunement with nature and the Astral/spirits.
* Stick it to the corps, and the cops.
* Find his drekking Ford Americar, which got jacked(achieved! But it's no longer a car...)
* Figure out what to do with all these damn metal worms that used to be his car.
* Avenge Bullet by taking out The Demon... And whoever the fuck is working with him. Scorched. Earth.

## Background

Jim chose his own name, because before he was free, he only had a number. He was grown in a vat. From the time he woke up, he was experimented on, and trained. magic was second nature to him, was it part of the experimentation? Or just a happy coincidence? He will never know. He was very young when the facility was raided. Someone released all the other clones along with him. He can barely remember it anymore. His first really cognizant memories were after, on the streets. He remembers flashes. Training in the lab, moving things with his mind. changing his face in front of a mirror. Approval and applause when he matched the picture next to the mirror perfectly. Then explosions, gunshots, screaming. A man in armor grabbing his arm and hustling him along. His arm was let go of at some point, and Jim wanted to just be gone. He turned invisible. He ran, and escaped the facility. Less than a minute later, as he lay panting on the ground outside, a massive explosion rocked the facility. He got up and ran again, as pieces of debris landed around him. He doesn't remember much about what happened next.

His next really lucid memory was of a broad hand. A bearded face, smiling kindly. Russell helped him up off a pile of trash bags he was sleeping on. From then on, the dwarf took the boy under his wing. Taught him more of magic, and how to interact with people. Tried to teach him the basics of... Well, everything. Sadly, Russell is a major hippie, and not much into tech and science. He'd lived on the streets himself, and established himself with his aptitude for crafting everything and anything a Druid might need. He bought some text books and tried to teach the lad about the important things. How to read, write, do basic math, and biology. Birds and the bees and all that when he was old enough. However, Jim was not allowed to leave often, and Russell was careful about who he let near the lad. Only trusted friends and the like, until it became clear to him that likely, whoever may have been looking for him, was probably not looking in the right place, or just wasn't out there at all.

Jim's natural gifts helped him to become an accomplished druid. Russell's teachings rubbed off on him. A hatred of corps, and a love of nature. It was not until he was matured, around 12 or so, that Russell revealed to Jim that his body had been altered. Bioware had been grown into him, which Russell had found over the years by assensing the boy. His brain had been heavily altered. His eyes are definitely not natural. He was able to see in the dark, just like his master.

"You're different, my student. And people fear and mistrust that which is different." Explained Russell at that time. "You had best not reveal these things to others, unless you trust them implicitly."

"Implicitly, pops?" Asked the young mage.

"Ya, it uhh," Russell paused as he thought, and realized he didn't know the exact definition. "It means you trust them alot!" He smiled.

Eventually Russell Realized that Jim was a man. He had to be let off the leash. He couldn't protect him forever, the lad had to go out and make a life for himself. What did he save him from the streets for if he just kept him a prisoner in the back of his shop? Russell put Jim in contact with Velara, and helped establish a SIN and identity. He noticed that the lad had keen senses, which he thought might make him a good investigator. A fake private eye license, some lessons from local enforcers on how to use a gun, and he was off. The enforcers were actually amazed at how natural the kid was at shooting.  He's established a rep in his neighborhood as someone who can solve problems, and find missing people. He works a case or two a month, and makes a decent amount of coin. He moved out into his own little shitty apartment, but he still visits Russell at least once a week. His master helps him with meditation, and a connection to the spiritual world. It was only recently that he began being able to astrally percieve, with a significant amount of help from Deepweed. (Russell didn't approve of the boy using it until he stopped growing for 6 months in a row, the only way he could really be sure Jim was fully matured)

It's generally a bad idea to bring sophisticated technology around Seen. It seems that his magical aura is so strong that he effects technology around him. The Trid screen flickers, the cheap commlink goes dead. He's even had his rifle's clip randomly fall out without realizing it while out walking around, though luckily, never in the (relatively few) firefights he's been in... Either that, or it's something to do with his background as a genetic experiment somehow.

Jim likes to carry "The Holey Perforator" around. This is his nickname for the customized AK-97 he carries. The model is a throwback with very little sophisticated technology attached. The HUD on his sights will fizzle occasionally, but the iron sights still work just fine.

When Jim realized that he wasn't getting enough legit jobs as a P.I. to make any decent NuYen, he reached out to a contact he met a few times in the shop. Rachel Reyes, AKA Grizzly. She put him in contact with some Runners to get him a job... And that is where our story begins.

## Narrative Significant Qualities

* Faraday Himself
* Code of Honor; Avenging Angel
* Gremlins(2)
* allergy: insect stings(MILD)
* mild phobia, insects
* lightning reflexes
* prototype transhuman(vat-grown)
* (light) Prejudice:Corpers(I dont have it on the sheet anymore, but he hates authoritarians and their destruction of nature)
* perfect time
* loves nature and animals
* Respects spirits
* Prejudice:police(same as above)
* Disheveled(shirt always seems to be wrinkly, or his tie is bent, shoes scuffed, shmutz on his face, etc.)

## Run History

-Art Sioux

-Angel in Glow City

-Dude, where's my car? (Run request with Arcane)

-The View

-The Demon Unbound

-Now's our Chance!(PBP)

-Body of Evidence

-Zoo Day

-Argos Day Off

-A question of Leadership

-Redmond Buyout Part 1; Part 1; Muck Work.

## Affiliations

### Contacts

 Russell Adams
 Velara Vindanai
 Rachel "Grizzly" Reyes
 Cyryl "Jazzy" Jazwiknski
 The Collector
 Francis "Fran"

# In Character Information

## Matrix Search Table

 3
 6+

## Shadow Community Table

 3
 6+

## Assensing Table

 2
 3
 4
 5+

## SINs

R4 Zeek Delar, UCAS

```
R4 Mage license
R4 concealed Carry License
R4 P.I. License
R4 automatics weapons license.
R4 Driver's license

```

## Media Mentions;

Breaking news, raging fire in Puyallup! "Tom I'm here on the scene in Puyallup City, and the apartment, you can see, is burning behind me. My God! Look, a woman! Tom, a woman is waving her arms, screaming for help! Hopefully the firefi- what the... Tom the woman has started flying! I can't believe this, she must be awakened!" in the corner of the camera briefly, as it shakes around, you can see a man in a brown trench coat holding up his hand toward the woman. Those who know him may recognize Seen.