Post by Bryce Langley on Aug 11, 2011 0:50:03 GMT -6
Bryce Karsten Langley
“Y'look lost. Need a hand?”
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Height: 5ft 11in
Weight: 165 lbs
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Species: Human
Primary residence: Rented duplex past the industrial district and on the forest edge, 10 minutes walk from Kalideoscape
Profession: Shooting range attendant, jack of all trades, part-time informant, general do-gooder
Personality:
Calm and laid back, and while typically isn't the sort of person to strike of conversation with people he doesn't know, will always move in to help out if someone seems lost or frightened, no matter who or what they might be. Relatively open minded, prefers to get all the facts before forming an opinion, and has a rabid appetite for knowledge in general, always has a book on hand and often spouts off random factoids just for the fun of it. Has a tendency to become very energetic and talks with his hands when excited about something, and can occasionally come off as a bit childish because of this. Unfortunately, he is rather scatter brained at times, and is very easily distracted if he is not able to keep his hands busy with something, which is one of the reasons he almost always has at least a pen on hand.
Appearance:
Tall and slim, almost gangly, with wavy brown hair trimmed short and warm brown eyes quite often crinkled in a smile, fairly tanned and usually clean-shaven. Has a pretty nasty scar down his back from an accident when he was younger, and a few others from handling wild animals. Tends to dress casually, most often jeans and a t-shirt with sneakers, but occasionally will dress up and wander around in costume just for fun. Has a large hat collection and loves to wear them. Always wears an unusual metal pendent necklace, and is usually carrying at least one knife somewhere on his person.
Play-by: N/A
History:
Bryce Karsten Langley was not born Bryce Karsten Langley.
Rather, Bryce Karsten began life as Bryonne Kayleen, the only daughter of an eccentric CAD-designer and a part-time textile artist. This curious match up produced a decidedly unique personality, the young girl doted upon by her parents and taught to make her own decisions very early in life, allowing her to grow into an open minded and exceedingly out going young woman with a penchant for giving out hugs to random strangers and doodling odd critters to make a frightened child laugh.
Just as she was about to enter high school, her father got a job offer in Night City, and after a long stint of unemployment, it was not an offer he could afford to refuse.
In her freshman year of high school, Bryonne was forced to acclimate not only to a new school, but to a new city and a new home without any of her friends to help her. The stress of it all caused her to retreat into herself, and it took her until late in her Sophomore year to finally start making some new friends, joining her school's Anime Club. By the time the end of Junior year rolled around, she had accumulated a number of close friends and was in line for presidency of the club.
Which made the subsequent disaster all that more devastating.
She had been out late, celebrating the end of another school year, and had turned down a ride home, telling her friends that the bus stop wasn't that far of a walk, so when she found out she had missed the last bus home, she was too embarrassed to try going back to the party and decided to walk the 4 miles home. Halfway across town and already tired, she chanced a shortcut through the industrial district, and that's when everything went wrong.
Living in a well-guarded gated community, Bryonne was oblivious to Night City's magical underside, and as such was unaware of the small gang of demons fighting to gather power to overthrow the head of the city. She was attacked, and struck by a spell the gang was using to siphon away the latent magical ability of the victim. The spell had a number of side-effects, none of which tended to matter in the end, since once the victim's magical ability was drained, they ultimately perished.
But Bryonne was a stubborn girl, and had taken a few self defense classes, managing to fight off the demons long enough to flee, screaming for help and running for home as fast as her legs would carry her.
It wasn't until she was slumped back against the locked front door of her home that she realized something was very wrong, and her parents woke to the terrified scream of a young man wearing the clothing their daughter had been wearing when she'd left to party with her friends.
Summer vacation passed in a three month blur of shopping and avoiding phone calls, and a new guy by the name of Bryce sat alone in the back of the room at the Anime Club meetings, quietly avoiding the gap where a young girl had once sat giggling with her friends.
Graduation came and went with the regained trust of a few very close friends and a smattering of applause, and college applications were soon on the table alongside resumes and recommendation letters, Bryce spending a solid 6 months fighting to find employment before he finally was able to secure a position at the local shooting range maintaining the building and grounds. Working late one night, the young man heard sounds of pain coming from his boss's office, and discovered that the elderly man was the alpha male of the local werewolf pack when he forced his way into the office. Sheer luck kept him from adding lycanthropy to sexual reassignment, and the young man realized that there was far more to Night City than he had ever thought.
Unwilling to be left in the dark, Bryce dove head first into finding out as much as he could about the city's magical undercurrent, volunteering at the local food bank and becoming a familiar face on the streets, befriending and questioning as many of Night City's residents as he could until he found out about the true Head of Night City, and went to make introductions.
Now, he's become something of a middle man between the human and supernatural halves of Night City, always willing to lend a hand and a place to stay to whoever might need it.
Abilities:
An original Girl Scout, knows how to build a fire and handle a knife and put together a splint and other useful things, on top of learning how to hunt down and properly prepare prey with the local werewolf pack. Is quite good with a rifle due to working at the range, and is a long time practitioner of parkour, often taking time to practice in the park and in the woods whenever he gets the chance. Has also taken up kickboxing in recent years, and recently obtained a green belt (3 levels below black).
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Thread List:
Overdose Delusion (Tucker, Viktor) - The soup kitchen is always getting new comers.
First Event, Lady In Red (Various) - Miles' has an aunt?
Second Event, Mannequin (Various) - A murderer on the loose and an investigation gone haywire.