Thirty-year-old Selene Murdoch has commendations from her years as a homicide detective prior to her recruitment into the FBI, making her not quite the average rookie agent, but not an experienced one either. Yet. She hopes to improve that quickly, especially since she's been assigned to Andrew Dickey, one of the FBI's top serial killer specialists.
Selene has her own reasons for being a bit nervous about starting with the FBI, and it has nothing to do with who she's been assigned to... unless you count her concern that he's more competent than her most recent partner at Richmond PD, and that she expects to get caught eyeing things that aren't visible to everyone else. It didn't matter while she was in training, because there weren't homicide victims demanding her attention (not that there weren't ghosts at Quantico, but that's another story entirely), but once she's out in the field? It's almost inevitable that something will happen, and she won't be able to explain it away easily.
Name
Selene Murdoch
Virtue
Just
Profession
Detective (Cop+FBI)
Player
me
Vice
Curious
Compact
none
Chronicle
FTL's Slasher
Concept
psychic FBI rookie
Selene's family:
Father: 63yo Ian Murdoch, retired FBI, injured in the line of duty (in his late 50s) and unable to meet physical requirements to continue. Restless in 4-5 years since. Encouraged her law enforcement career, though may have been secretly sorry she didn't head straight for the FBI right out of college. Probably a bit smug now that she's ended up there anyway. Not too uncomfortable with Selene's "insights", given his own reliance on his "gut" over the years.
Mother: 55yo Margaret (Devlin) Murdoch, accountant. Very logically minded, not very good with Selene's "insights" which resemble Margaret's mother's (see below), to the point of trying to punish such claims out of Selene at an early age.
oldest brother: 33yo Scott Murdoch, IT network consultant for big business, the sort of last-resort guy who gets called in when the on-site IT can't do it alone, or can't figure it out. Helpful, but doesn't tolerate idiots well. Views Selene's "insights" in the same vein, for all he loves his baby sister.
middle brother: 32yo Andrew ("Drew") Murdoch, high-powered civil court lawyer. Plays at being relaxed and easy-going, but it's just to hide the shark underneath. Fully investigated Selene's "insights" at some point growing up, actually believes her, fully supportive and will play middleman between his siblings if necessary.
<Selene is the baby at 30yo.>
maternal grandmother: 73yo Norah Devlin, probably where Selene gets her "Second Sight" gifts from. Grandma Norah is one of Selene's best friends, and her only confidante where "other" abilities are concerned. Her grandmother and mother don't always get along, at least in part due to being emotionally-run versus logically-minded, but it's loving, if long-term and often uncomfortable. Meanwhile, grandma and Selene's father love to bicker, but it's all superficial.
Johanna, also 30yo, friend since diapers, has some idea that Selene has some "crazy insights" and will trust her on them without asking too many questions (doesn't know details, Selene never offered and Jo never asked). Small business owner, runs a secondhand store that's a hub for a few local charities.
Dominic (also "D", makes crude comments if you call him Dom), 30yo childhood "BFF" that moved away but stayed in touch, then went to the same university with Selene and they hooked back up as if they never parted. Got his Criminal Science degree with her, but went firefighter/arson investigator instead of cop. (Tried to date, but it didn't suit them, they're more like brother/sister.) Knows that she sees things, fully aware of everything she knows about it, including anything her grandmother has told her, he's a fanboy, not really someone with advice. Was her housemate in Richmond and threatened to move to wherever the FBI sent her (not entirely joking, either, since he can fight fires anywhere).
Amanda ("Mandy"), 31yo, friend from middle school, the "third musketeer" who helped Selene and Jo get into all sorts of trouble, though usually with good intentions (taking down a bully, pranking a new softball coach, etc). Not emo, exactly, just tends to be edgier/more dramatic than the other two, bit of a diva at times. Executive assistant to a Capital One VP she thinks is hot. Not really aware of Selene's gifts, would've made a fuss if she did, so Selene is fine with that.
Max, 37yo and Joanna's older brother. Works private security. Selene had an awkward crush on him in high school (while underage), and he knew about it (and was an arse about it until the girls finally flipped out). More recently seemed like they might have relationship potential, but when they'd just started maybe hinting about it, she'd gotten the acceptance to the FBI Academy. Bad timing is a thing with Max, but for whatever reason, she'd found him just as fun to be around as his sister of late. Unaware of Selene's gifts, though he's heard enough "crazy good hunch" jokes between Selene and Jo that he would probably clue in pretty quick.
Zak ("Yes, that's zee-ay-kay" like a doofus), ~32yo, butted heads with Selene during Academy training. She beat his time on their first day training, made everything a competition from there on. Unaware of Selene's gifts.
Detective Thomas Burke, Richmond Homicide. ~66yo, her retired former mentor/partner in Richmond investigating homicides with the help of Selene's gifts. Hadn't ever had the full speech, but knew enough that he trusted her strange intuitions.
Detective Elliot Newman, Richmond Homicide. ~44yo, her partner for the last year since Burke retired. She never told Newman anything of her gifts, and he never noticed (or paid enough attention) to see her follow traces that weren't there. He didn't like that she was so young (or possibly female, she hadn't quite decided), and discounted her for it.
Other Richmond PD: Captain Martin Hall, thrilled with her quick solve rate, didn't know her much beyond that. Gave her a glowing recommendation, sorry to lose her. Lieutenant Parker Evans was her direct supervisor, and they butted heads constantly over her leaps of intuition that didn't have "any basis in facts or evidence".
Background Points:
Father was FBI, as far as she's aware (actually VASCU or other conspiracy?).
Lightly leaning Wiccan/magical/etc family history, but not something she's aware of yet. Probably female line inherited traits or something like that. Combination of dad+mom's line = Selene's significant gifts. Grandmother dropped hints.
Puberty was interesting when it awoke lots of stuff she still can't explain. (Understatement of a lifetime award!) Her grandmother became her best friend with insights that Selene still seeks out.
Selene had to be homeschooled her sophomore year of high school due to ridiculous insomnia that made it almost impossible to sleep when the sun was down. She's trained herself since then, but also spends a good deal of her nights awake and investigating things these days.
B.S. in Criminal Justice, minoring in Psychology. (age 22)
Joined police to follow her father but not too closely, wanted to be more local-focused. Usefulness/"intuition" as beat cop aided a number of investigations, she was promoted quickly to detective (tagged along at 3y in, promoted at 4y, age 26). Similar success with investigation. (3y investigating homicide, age 29)
Recruited by FBI from police work, perhaps after a shared case (serial killer in her jurisdiction, FBI got called in but continued to use the original detectives too) or just because she made some kind of list of top detectives when they were looking for recruits.
VASCU tested her when she was recruited, recognized her father, quickly snatched her up for the non-standard cases. (age 30)
"Rookie" agent status questionable after law enforcement, but still new to this.
...?
Assigned to Andy as his new partner [for reasons, TBD].
Andrew "Andy" Dickey The FBI's Slasher-of-Slashers
It's public record that when Andy was a teenager his identical twin brother was a victim of the serial killer Carlton Hammond AKA "Daddy". The part that isn't public record is that Carlton could *somehow* tell the brothers apart at a glance, something not even their parents could do. And witnesses have claimed to have seen Carlton regenerate from injuries including a severed hand.
Andy is not a believer in the supernatural by any means, but he does acknowledge that he's seen things that defy easy explanation. He might not believe in Vampires or Magic - but he does concede the existance of Weird and Spooky. Maybe that's why he's had more luck then most catching UnSubs. Enough that sometimes on his desk he finds case files and objects he never asked for, but come in surprisingly handy...
Name
Andrew Dickey
Virtue
Fortitude
Profession
FBI Agent
Player
GN
Vice
Greed
Compact
Task Force Valkyrie (?)
Chronicle
FTL's Slasher
Concept
Slasher of Slashers
Special Agent Andrew Dickey, BAU
-Aspirations-
--Short Term: Catch a Slasher
--Short Term: What is Valkyrie?
--Long Term: The Conspiracy within the Conspiracy
-Anchors-
--Virtue: Fortitude
--Vice: Greed
--Touchstone: Dana Silva, an on-again-off-again ex-girlfriend (who secretly is a Witch without Andy's knowledge).
Status - 1 [Task Force VALKYRIE] - [Free Weapon Skill Speciality]
Advanced Armory - 1
--Compound Rounds
--Tranq Rounds
Merits - (* = Free)
Status 1* - Task Force VALKYRIE
Professional Training - 1* + 2 [FBI Agent] + 1 - Asset Skills: Investigation, Firearms, and Empathy; 9-Again on Investigation, Firearm, and Empathy rolls; Investigation, Firearms, and Empathy cheaper.
Contacts 4* - FBI
--Geraldine Coleman - Head of the BSU at the FBI, more experienced but clearly doesn't like going out in the field.
--Melvin - The unofficial leader of "The Basement Weirdos", an eclectic group of forensics experts that either don't play politics, specialize in techniques since considered obsolete, or are old enough that on paper they're just waiting out for retirement. Actually all very good at what they do. Melvin himself is considered one of the best Arson Specialists in the FBI, he just comes off as a bit creepy when he talks about fire which doesn't score him political points.
--Orlok the Warlock - A mysterious hacker that likes to poke Andy when he thinks he'd benefit from an investigation, and will pay back favors in return. [May be a Nosferatu Vampire, but obviously Andy doesn't know that.]
--[4th Contact yet to be determined.]
Allies 1 + 1 - FBI/Project Valkyrie
--"Val" - A mysterious informant, really a low-ranking member of Project Valkyrie that handles interactions with Assets of PV like Andy. Often supplies speciality ammo and sometimes information on cases. Relatively powerful as an Ally.
Resources - 2
Safe Place - 1 + 1 - [Security System]
Marksmanship - 1 + 1 - [+Firearms to Init, Reload as Reflex]
May 10th, 2022, 02:41 PM
