Preta

Do you know where the wild things go?

### Folder Link

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1UIxJiTVPwNH\_5KehNRWukkGEfJUSsy9W?usp=sharing

# Character Information

### Summary

Preta is a parazoologist working as a shadowrunner for the Shadow Community of Seattle. She specializes in infiltration and working with awakened critters. Preta is a red mage focusing on shapeshifting.

### Goals

* Keep herself and Tavi the Bandit living comfortably.
* Study more about parazoology.
* Open a veterinary clinic to service Seattle's rarer species.

## Background

Preta's real name is Hannah Batista. She is one of the many children of the Batista Family, a Cuban Mafia family operating in the Caribbean League. The family is heavily focused of magic and a haven for the practice of voodoo. When Preta showed a knacked for shapeshifting, her family was ecstatic. She was given private tutoring and brought into the family business. Preta had long accepted her family for what it was. Though she would never be a assassin or enforcer like her family wanted, she learned to appreciated how malleable laws and property rights could be. She had a deft hand at getting into places and things that she didn't belong in. Eventually, the family deemed Preta needed time out away from the family and a the perfect opportunity had come.

Preta came to Seattle to do an internship with the Seattle Zoo. She loved animals and with her shapeshifting, grew close with any under her care. This internship was a chance to make a career in something she loved. Being of the Batista Family, she was encouraged to involve herself with the local shadow community. She is no made woman, but still has a name to uphold. After her official internship was up, Preta was informed the zoo had made room for her as a part time employee. It was nothing to celebrate over and they probably only gave her the spot because of family ties. But she had to start somewhere. This was just the next step. Preta now spends her time studying animals with a focus on awakened critters. While paying her rent with a shadow gig here and there. She eventually hopes to start up her own business in the Seattle shadow community assisting with the care and treatment of "exotic" species.

## Narrative Significant Qualities

* Animal Empathy: Preta is a parazoologist and works a lot with animals of all types.
* Mentor Spirit (Raccoon): Preta is a thief. She can't help but take the shiny.
* Day Job (10 Hours): Part-time job at the Seattle Zoo.
* Dependent (Nuisance): Tavi is a bandit (a type of awakened raccoon) who lives with Preta.
* Electronic Witness: Preta keeps records of all her jobs to keep records of any encounters with anything interesting for her research.
* The GOAT: Preta was born and raised in a mafia family. She doesn't act like a law abiding citizen.

## Run History

- All Aboard and Cast Off: Preta worked with a small team of runners to smuggle a stolen briefcase off a cruise liner bound for Hawai’i. Though messy at first, things went smoothly in the end. [Team - Vitki, Belial, Red Ronin, Alice]

- I Ward You Once: Preta was part of the security team protecting magical reagents in a store house gangers wanted to raid. Turns out the J sold the runners out and the store house had to pay for the safety and body removal. [Team - Curve Ball, Dusk, Vitki, Kraken]

- 70 53RV3 M4N: Preta did some work for AAA. Involved a massive croc spirit fighting a submarine and saving a minor celebrity from a suicidal mage. [Team - Karver, Trinity, Hound, Slacker]

## Affiliations

### Contacts

 Erwin Austins (Veterinarian)
 Gretchen “Party  Boat” Davis
 N/A

### Organizations

- Batista Family: a Cuban Mafia family operating in the Caribbean League.

# In Character Information

## Matrix Search Table

 3
 6+

## Shadow Community Table

 3
 6+

## Assensing Table

 2
 3
 4
 5+

## SINs

```
  R5 Fake SIN: Sia Delma (Caribbean League)
  R5 Licenses: Hunting, Mage, Pet, Private Investigator, Restricted Armor, Service Animal

```

```
  Real SIN: Hannah Batista (Caribbean League)
  Licenses: Mage, Hunting, Pet, Service Animal, Restricted Armor

```

## Appearance

### Clothing

Preta wears an urban jumpsuit around to most things as it has all of hers gear built into it and easy to take on and off for shapeshifting. Preta also can use the magic spell fashion to fit in wherever she ends up. During times when she will be in dangerous places, Preta has a set of FBA she stole from her job working with dangerous animals. It's basic in design, but can stop a lot more than her jumpsuit.

### Matrix Persona

Preta's persona looks like a black cat drinking wine among a bunch of tree-sized mushrooms. Her username is usually "WineAboutIt".