Emily McPherson,<br/><br/>Hitman for the Italian Mob in Miami<br/><br/>Muscle   1<br/>Understanding  4<br/>Tenacity   3<br/>Appeal   4<br/>Nimbleness  3<br/>Toughness  1<br/>Senses   2<br/><br/>Athletics   3<br/>Lore   2<br/>Notice   3<br/>Persuade   2<br/>Stealth   2<br/>Criminal   1<br/>Heal   2<br/>Melee   1<br/>Shoot   4<br/>Survive   1<br/>Brawl   1<br/>Zoofinity   1<br/>Drive   2<br/>Boat   1<br/><br/>Gear:<br/><br/>Automatic rifle with telescopic sight which dismantles and goes in her 'briefcase' or shoulder bag<br/>Small silenced pistol which she can carry in a handbag/purse or concealed between her legs<br/><br/>A smartphone, in a waterproof case when required.<br/>$100 cash plus credit cards.<br/>An M3 car with dark glass.<br/>Lots of changes of clothes, hair dye, wigs, to alter her appearance.<br/>A laptop.<br/>A fast dayboat/sports cruiser.<br/>Membership of "the" sailing club.<br/><br/>When she is in favour, like after a kill, she can borrow a small catamaran (a Hobiecat) for cruising along the shoreline.<br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/a/a7/Emily.jpg)</div><br/>Emily is rootless and controlled by the Mob, but has these ephemeral fripperies that she uses to move in the elite circles where many of her victims are, and also to pick up girls.  She doesn't really own any of it.<br/><br/>She is 28, 5'7" with a lean, athletic build.  She has great shoulders but doesn't project much physical power.  She lives in a luxury apartment with basement car park, lift and roof garden.  With her almost blacked-out car she can take people in and out of her apartment with little chance of them being seen.<br/><br/>Background:<br/>Emily is from New Zealand originally.  She only speaks English, but otherwise communicates well and is likeable; she smiles easily and projects little aggression, without being unassertive.  Ostensibly she is not connected with the crime bosses she works for.<br/><br/>When she was 22 she took a year out of her Veterinary course to travel, then in a lonely moment in California she accepted a coffee from a young man on the street and was promptly brainwashed into a cult.  While out fundraising her potential was recognised by a local crime lord; she was partially de-programmed, re-programmed in an amateurish way, and eventually traded across to Miami.<br/><br/>Emily is mainly lesbian; she does go with guys but not with as much enthusiasm.  She's a bit lonely, having started out as a mistress of her boss but not been too responsive, and now lives on her own, though in some style.  Her boss has plenty of choice of girls, but good assassins are hard to come by and unreliable, being generally inclined to psychosis and open to bribery.  Emily's mind has been conditioned to see her victims as being put to sleep, in line with the natural cycle of life and death and to protect the Family.  With her good physique and perfect focus, with no moral dilemmas, she is a dead shot.  Her boss does not encourage her to do a lot of socialising or to get involved in deep relationships.<br/><br/>She isn't really aware of being lonely, but is drawn to younger girls whom she likes to cherish but so far doesn't get to keep for long - there's a lot of competition for the sort of girl she likes!  She is nice-looking and approachable, rather than intimidatingly beautiful - she's the kind of girl who gets hit on a lot; but she isn't looking for the kind of people who hit on girls.<br/><br/>The result is she doesn't go out that much: mainly to social functions where the Family use her social skills to be a companion, and to get her into places where she can access her victims or find out about their movements.  It helps that Americans are fascinated by her accent (which she pronounces 'ecksint') and many are intrigued to hear about the existence of this cute little country they never knew about.  She does get to the beach, to run and swim, but mainly early and late in the day when it's quiet.<br/><br/>Emily works in an architects' office, and is totally respectable, ostensibly.  The architects are in fact part of the mob's corrupt property empire but that's all kept quiet and Emily isn't used to threaten anybody, she's just used as the final solution  if rivals need to be removed or a corrupt official or cop turns into a liability.  Then the first they know about her secret life is that they're dead.<br/><br/>Emily has no clue about fighting or physical confrontation.<br/><br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/5/56/ChrissieY.jpg)</div>She is infatuated with a much younger girl, Chrissie Piekaski, who the daughter of a work colleague and at school.  Chrissie is perhaps 17, 5'1 - 5'2" and slender, with wonderful skin and very long innocent-looking hair.  Her small mouth naturally turns up slightly at the corners.<br/><br/><br/><strong>Added 11th Sept:<br/><br/>Emily's programming and mindset:</strong><br/><br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li type="disc">She can be impressionable (though she’s not unassertive).</li><li type="disc">Her big boss Don Michele has massive presence and charisma.  She is a bit mesmerised by him (as are most people).</li><li type="disc">She's been heavily over-taught that The Family which he heads is GOOD and works to rebuild and do all good things.</li><li type="disc">Some people oppose the Family for corrupt reasons.  They are BAD.</li><li type="disc">People are an animal species like any other and do not have special status in Emily’s eyes.  Thus a bad human being is less beneficial to the planet than a good dog or a wild animal doing its amoral thing.  In fact a cruel or antisocial person is right at the bottom of the heap.</li></ul>So when she gets an order to do a PTS, there's no aggression in her approach to it.  She's a vet PTS an aggressive dog.  It has to be done, end of.<br/>