Jennifer

When you were twelve you started hearing voices. Whispers at first. When you told your parents they thought it was a joke, or a phase, but it didn't go away. Eventually they had you see a therapist, and a doctor. You had watched One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as a kid and had Nurse Ratchet nightmares for weeks. After your first visit to the hospital, you got scared that they would do some kind of operation on you. So you backpedaled - told them you had made it all up. Your mom and step-dad were suspicious, but they had enough on their hands dealing with your miscreant brother Kevin, so they didn't question it. In time, you learned to shut it out - except for when you wanted to listen. You would only hear the whispers around other people, and soon you realized you were hearing their thoughts.

Your teen years were rough, but when you met Cyndi, it felt like a missing piece of you had clicked into place. You sensed in each other a sense of alienation and scorn for the mundane world and it's crushing banality. Eventually, you revealed to each other the secrets that no one else would believe. You could hear people's thoughts. Her mother was from the future, and had been taken away from her by time police. With her mother's advanced tech, Cyndi naturally took to hacking. With your mind-reading, you could play off people’s expectations and bluff your way into and out of places you weren’t supposed to be, with information you weren’t supposed to know.  Together you escalated from pranks to petty grifts, with Cyndi always urging you on to more audacious schemes.

Sometimes the two of you would talk about just leaving your dull suburban town behind and traveling the country together. At the start of last summer you sat down with a notebook and crunched the numbers on how much you would need for your 2 year-long dream trip, to see all the places you'd been talking about. After grinding away both at part-time jobs and small-time scams, you're only about $500 short of your goal.

Cyndi hacked into the system of a resort in the Poconos and rigged a contest so that the Curd family won complimentary passes for the weekend of this Apex Vector company party - with an extra so you could invite along Cyndi, of course. Once they were at the resort, Cyndi revealed that she had also hacked into the Apex Vector public relations manager's files to add the two of you to the party. You felt nervous but game, and it seemed like the start of a perfect adventure - except that your horrible little brother Kevin overheard. Kevin threatened to run over and interrupt your parents' romantic evening to tattle, unless you let him tag along.

Once you arrived, you realized that Kevin wasn't just afraid of missing out: he had a vendetta. The whole family been dragged along to this stupid regional video game tournament earlier in the year, where Kevin lost to an extremely cute boy named Alex Striker. You had flirted with Alex during the tournament and he seemed into it, but then again he was high on button-mashing action and got swept up by the crowd as soon as he won. Your mom and step-dad had hustled you back to the car, while a red-faced Kevin screamed that he had been robbed by a cheap glitch exploit and would "exact a terrible vengeance upon you, Alex Striker!" An invitation to this event had been part of the prize for the national champion, which Alex ended up being. You'll have to keep an eye on Kevin, because if he freaks out then 1) he might get you all in trouble, 2) he'll embarrass you in front of Alex Striker, who has only gotten hotter since the last time you saw him, and 3) you won't be able to get an autograph from famous pop star Heather Hart, who is one of your favorite singers and you just realized is also at this party!

## Goals

- Get $500

- Get a heart token from Alex Striker

- Get an autograph from Heather Hart

## Abilities

Ability: Psychic Probe

You may have a Secret Keeper act as messenger for this ability if you want to preserve your Out of Character anonymity.

When you use this power, flip a coin. On heads, the target does not realize In Character what is happening, but their player must Out of Character honestly answer one question about what their character knows.

On tails, the target still answers the question honestly, but senses that Jennifer is the prying into their mind and can automatically negate future attempts.

Ability: Trap Immunity

After years of being subjected to Kevin's booby-traps, you have learned to detect and disarm them.

Ability: Extrasensory Perception

You can detect the presence of any sentient organic being in the room, including those imperceptible to normal senses. Ask a Secret Keeper to use this ability.

Ability: Lockpick

After years of Kevin locking you in or out of rooms, you have learned to pick any traditional, analog lock.

Latent Ability: Tether

This ability is currently latent.