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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Davies" data-source="post: 8504664" data-attributes="member: 30538">Fancy Arviss<img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-J36zCjg/0/a6ad3d7f/M/6404914-valentinavostok2-M.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />The woman presently using the alias Fancy Arviss was first officially recorded under the name Racquel Rabinovich in 1991, when she was hired by the Carter Detective Agency. At the time, she claimed to be twenty-four years of age, and to have been born on Staten Island. Her name, date and place of birth would all be demonstrated to be lies, but not until fifteen years had passed; at the time, everything that she claimed about herself held up to official inquiry. Quoting a somewhat notorious American operative, she once stated, "The political opinions of an agent are those of the job at hand ... as is everything else about them." Identity included, it would seem."Rabinovich" was still employed by Carter in 1999, when it was bought out by Argus Security; she was one of the handful of its employees to be recruited for the agency, and it has been speculated that she might have been unofficially recruited sometime before that. Quickly rising in the ranks until she was an agent under the personal supervision of Director General Billie Zane, she would become one of the few members of her circle to be neither deceased nor captured in the aftermath of the attempted coup in 2006. The fact that she was in the wind, and in possession of a disturbing number of Argus secrets, made her an extremely high priority target, since Zane herself and most of the other members of that conspiracy were believed dead.Of course, after this was discovered to be a feint in 2008, that priority was lowered, but "Rabinovich" -- by that point using the alias Erica Meyers -- remained on the list, especially after the extent of her deceptions was also discovered. Finally captured in 2013, after Saturn operations in St. Louis were disrupted by the rise of the Combination, it was planned that she would be briefly interviewed by Argus personnel, telepathically scrubbed of any sensitive information, and then turned over to the FBI for further processing.It did not happen that way. The first words out of her mouth at the start of her interview were a code phrase included in the first report of a deep cover agent within Saturn who had been reporting directly to Shannon Hazzard; Rabinovich/Meyers was now revealed to have been that agent. She had not been captured, but had seized the opportunity to arrange her extraction from Saturn, as another of Zane's inner circle had been on the verge of discovering her treachery. Everything she claimed checked out, and Argus arranged for her to receive a new identity under the new alias Fancy Arviss.While required to make herself available for consultation by Argus agents whenever information about Saturn's activities (or other matters) is needed, most of Arviss' time is her own. She has responded to these circumstances by becoming a mercenary who works effectively pro bono, contacted through online methods and personally vetting her clientele. While willing and able to employ violence in the pursuit of these activities, her preference is to manipulate the opposition into self-destruction.However, recent discoveries may be bringing about a change in the arrangement that Arviss has had with Argus up until this point. While sorting through some old files 'liberated' from a certain branch of British intelligence, while assembling a report concerning the gradual vampiric takeover of the United Kingdom, a photograph depicting Rabinovich/Meyers/Arviss was discovered ... dating from the mid-1960s, and looking exactly as she does today. When asked about the matter, she offered neither excuses nor explanations, but simply inquired as to the health of Dame Beatrice Barrowman.Fancy Arviss -- PL 7Abilities: STR 0 | STA 1 | AGL 2 | DEX 2 | FGT 5 | INT 6 | AWE 4 | PRE 3.Powers:Longevity: Immunity 1 (aging) - 1 pointAdvantages: Attractive, Benefit 4 (cipher 2, independently wealthy), Connected, Contacts, Defensive Roll, Eidetic Memory, Equipment 8, Evasion 2, Fearless 2, Languages 3 (Several, [Russian is probably native]), Ranged Attack 3, Speed of Thought, Ultimate Effort 3 (Deception, Insight, Persuasion), Well-Informed.Equipment: Blaster (Ranged Damage 5), Body Armor (Protection 2, Subtle) and 27 other points of equipment as needed.Skills: Close Combat: Unarmed 2 (+7), Deception 9 (+12), Expertise: Civics 5 (+11), Expertise: Streewise 3 (+9), Intimidation 6 (+9), Insight 7 (+11), Investigation 4 (+10), Perception 5 (+9), Persuasion 6 (+9), Ranged Attack: Blaster 4 (+6), Stealth 6 (+8), Technology 2 (+8), Vehicles 5 (+7).Offense: Initiative +6Unarmed +7 (Close Damage 0)Blaster +9 (Ranged Damage 5)Defense: Dodge 9, Parry 7, Fortitude 4, Toughness 5/1, Will 10.Totals: Abilities 46 + Power 1 + Advantages 32 + Skills 32 + Defense 18 = 129 points.Offensive PL: 7Defensive PL: 7Resistance PL: 7Skill PL: 7Complications:Justice (Or Something Like That)--Motivation. Secrets (many.)</blockquote>

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