CAST: Tsuji Nozomi

DESCRIPTION:

Tsuji Nozomi is short and of Asian extraction, with short black hair and black eyes. He is wearing marine uniform, which does not suit him well (he's used to t-shirts and jeans). He has a natural inclination to lead small, fanatic groups, or rally protesters for any cause, most preferably a lost one. If he doesn't get to lead, he will do anything to overthrow the current leader of the group he's in, just for the fun of it. He carries a small notepad in which he notes people he does not wish to talk with, calling it his 'killfile'. Easily annoyed, even more easily annoying, he is a riot at parties, where he stands under the wall mumbling sarcastic remarks.
He was once an opposition political activist in the Kuro-no Ryu empire, on the continent of Balrog Cuttings. The acknowledged master of political debate, he became briefly famous for his inability to compromise with any and all political parties of whatever persuasion. As such, he led a very small, but extremely loyal and fanatic band of followers, known as the 'Total Opposition Party' or TOP. However, in the semi-totalitarian political system of Kuro-no Ryu there was no place for such a group, especially since TOP opposed most of the major corporations' doings. When TOP organized massive protests against the building of the Meep Canal (during the anti-santanist war), he was at night approached by 'executive representatives of Canal Engineering Co.', all dressed in black, and made an offer he couldn't refuse: he was to be sent, with other 'volunteers', to investigate the Santanist underground tunnels. This was, by any reckoning, a suicide mission, and nobody pretended otherwise, although it was presented to the media as 'fulfilling a patriotic duty'.
Along with other 'volunteers', Tsuji Nozomi underwent basic marines combat training, including hand-to-hand combat, use of marine combat knife, use of small firearms and finding cover. He wasn't very good at it, though. Equipped with a GPS tracking device, sonar, radar, power armor, food and water rations, a drilling machine, heavy machine gun and strap-on self-destruct nuclear device in case he got cold feet, Nozomi was sent down the tunnels. With his legendary terrible sense of direction, he soon got lost, despite all the electronic devices he had. After a week, when all his supplies were exhausted and most of his equipment's batteries dead, he finally found what looked like an exit. He entered it, and found himself on a white desert he's never seen or heard of before. He was cluelessly wandering about the dunes for a while, until he got attacked by a pair of giant paperclips. After disposing of them with what was left of the heavy machine gun ammo (5000 rounds - he's not a very good shot, either), he abandoned most of his gear and went on towards the setting sun... or whatever the hell that was.

HISTORY:

Watch this space!

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DESCRIPTORS:

• Non-conformist
• Logical
• Easily confused
• Annoying
• Easily annoyed
• Natural leader
• Anarchist

WEAPONS:

• Marine combat knife
• Heavy machine gun (without ammo)

EQUIPMENT:

• Strap-on nuclear self-destruct device (will explode when tampered with)
• Radar-sonar-GPS handheld computer device