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 Hikaru Sunset Overdreck is a corporation that has a reputation for churning out terrible anime adaptions of popular manga and light novels. Like, "using 3D models and dragging hem across the screen" bad. A couple years ago someone at the company thought to themselves, "How can we fix our negative reputation with anime nerds without putting more effort into the shows we produce?" Somehow the answer they came up with was to shove a questionably legal augment into Hikaru's brain, and try to forcibly turn her into an official company idol. Every single one of Sunset Overdreck's awful animes was stored in this augment, bombarding Hikaru's brain with relevant (and often irrelevant) information whenever it registered certain key words or phrases were spoken near her. They also gave her prosthetic arms complete with rocket fists, since they figured it'd help Hikaru stand out from other Idols. There's a few major problems with their scheme: 1. Hikaru didn't exactly volunteer to become an Idol, although she's not entirely certain how she got roped into this due to: 2. The experimental augment had an unexpected side effect: Hikaru can't remember anything about her life before it was installed. Even the name Hikaru is just something she chose when she realized she couldn't remember her real name. 3. Sunset Overdreck was nowhere near powerful enough to get away with shenanigans of this scale. As a result, the Idol project was canceled and Hikaru was given quite a bit of money in exchange for signing an NDA about the whole fiasco. Unfortunately, Hikaru blew through that money just by trying to maintain her augs while she looked for a new job. With no other skills (that she can remember anyways), Hikaru has become a sort-of unofficial Idol of Space Town, using social media and HeadPattr to try to scrounge just enough money to get by. Her bitter experience with the animation company has caused her to be a bit abrasive and condescending towards fans of Sunset Overdreck's work, but somehow that's actually made her more popular on Pulser with those fans. Anime nerds are weird. quote:Name: Hikaru pre:Specialty Breakdown Origin: It's Complicated (+1 Action: Bullshit, +1 Action: Interrogate, +1 Social Media) First Occupation: Influencer (+1 Action: Threaten) Level 1: (+1 Action: Embarrass, +1 Anime-Inspired Self-Defense) Niche Content (+1 Action: Embarrass, +1 Anime) Chronological Perception Dilator (+1 Tough Defense, not a Specialty) Three Free Picks: (+1 Cosplay, +1 Fake Smile)
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Ettin posted:Hikaru: Brain augments are rare in HWI, and generally they're experimental augments with unknown long-term effects. Does Hikaru worry about that, or does it mostly just bother her that she got screwed over by an anime company? Does she know where they got an experimental brain aug? Well, Hikaru is already dealing with memory loss of everything before the aug was installed, but there's no telling if that's a temporary or permanent side effect. But in addition to that, she does have concerns about whether it'll cause more long-term harm in the future, as there are times where it activating has left her with a headache for the rest of the day.She has no idea how the hell Sunset Overdreck got their hands on a brain aug, but would very much like to find out. Especially if that information reveals a way to turn the drat thing off, or at least tone it down a bit. For my community resident, I'll go with Zetaxe, a Law Zero running a cyber clinic in Space Town. Presumably Condor introduced Hikaru to him, and he helps out with maintaining her weird brain aug, for a price (The price is already represented by the "Sunset Overdreck Comprehensive Memory Library" being two augs combine into one, and thus increasing Hikaru's burden by 2). As for the other PC's Hikaru knows: Condor: While Hikaru is not an android, Law Zero probably has at least some sympathy for how she got screwed over. Condor might even have tried recruiting Hikaru, although she's focused on trying to get her feet under her right now and would've declined. As mentioned above, Condor could have been the one to direct Hikaru to Zetaxe as well. Ronan: Hikaru is absolutely a regular customer at the House, both for the cheap food to help lighten her expenses, and also because Ronan is blissfully ignorant of most anime. The House is a place where Hikaru can relax and let her brain cool down while she eats, and she's very grateful towards Ronan for that fact. I don't have any hard ideas on how Hikaru might know Blake, Tsukino, or Irma. She might have sought some legal advice from Tsukino, or tried to see if Emma Rise could dig up any dirt about the origin of Hikaru's brain aug. Blake's an anime nerd, and might well have reviewed some of Sunset Overdreck's awful anime adaptations, although I don't know if he'd potentially follow Hikaru's Pulser account, or actively avoid it just so he doesn't have to remember those dark times in his life. Hikaru is also looking for someone she can share an apartment, if anyone is okay with taking on extra risk of Economic Shock.
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May 9, 2021 21:20
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I'm fine with 2 or 3.
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