Huruma Dunsimi

Gateway Resident Database: Expressive

File #16 Jan 2023 06:15

Summary

Name Huruma Dunsimi Aliases Status Registered Expressive (Augmented) Ability Empathy Gender Female Birthdate October Age 85~ Height 6'5" Build Lean Eyes White/Palest Gray Hair Gray Residence Gateway Arcology, Sector 6 Employment HEAR(Senior Archivist) Parents Etana, grandmother (Deceased) Siblings (Deceased) Marital Status Single Children Juwariya Naika-Dunsimi, daughter (Unknown) Mihaja Naika, daughter-in-law (Unknown) Dajan Dunsimi, son (Unknown) Badrani Dunsimi, grandson (Unknown) Azaly Naika-Dunsimi, grandson (Unknown) First Scene Last Scene Profile Huruma is a senior archivist with HEAR, a secretive phantom who manages a private library in Sector 6. Even in the shadow of Decimation her ability clings to life. Despite a formal discharge from civil defense and other roles, she continues to pass down her skills and experiences. The Old Guard knows that retirement is a myth.

portrayed by Grace Jones / Art

Background

After many years of fighting against governments, militants, and even fate, finding out the world was facing an impending catastrophe felt like just another day- - even if Huruma knew on the inside that fundamentally it was not. It was going to be ground zero for humanity, and with barely time enough to try and mitigate the damages. But as always for the latter part of her life, Huruma chose to be there for those that needed her. She wasn’t supposed to be stateside when the doors to Gateway eventually did close. Maybe it was luck, or maybe punishment finally catching up to her. She lost much.

Huruma still has no knowledge of what happened to her blood family in the depths and aftermath of the HELE. She chooses to believe that Madagascar fares well still today- - at least… in the same capacity as the arcology she calls home. As for home- - they needed her too.

Being part of spoken and unspoken Old Guards, Huruma placed herself at the forefront of such things as civil defense; her skills and expressive ability allowed her to spread influences as she was needed. She'd restarted and found a niche a dozen times before, as was her reputation. Over time the roles changed, and over time lessened as the gap in age grew between herself and those managing the functions of Horizon and the ark itself. They still needed her, simply less. Still, Huruma remained part of the surface excursion project through 2037, and remained part of the arcology security in some respect until 2040 when she was prompted to discharge.

In the years following what largely passed as retirement, Huruma did not, unsurprisingly, retire herself. She remains on the roster of advanced training personnel, and likely will forever; her experience in various fields has helped to train a generation being raised in the post-HELE world. Her primary role as of 2051 is listed as a Senior Archivist with HEAR, and manages a midsize mixed-media private library in Sector 6.

Psych Profile

Huruma is still proud and self-assured, still secretive, and remains a loyal companion to those she grows to care for. At her age, however, there has grown a distance between herself and making new connections. As a result she is usually perceived as standoffish by younger denizens, but of course there are those who love to dig under her walls.

She has developed a simmering bitterness under much of her choices, partly from age and partly from a lifetime of loss; depressed states are not uncommon, nor are periods of static behavior. Some could describe her as a haunted soul, although she retains her humor. What she is responsible for now she always treats with meticulous care, and generally unless needed Huruma is a phantom presence among Gateway.

Expressive Ability

Huruma's ability remains, though it suffers.

- Sensor range diminished to approximately fifty foot radius
- Influential range diminished to approximately twenty foot radius
- Intensity of influence diminishes with distance, works best on touch
- Loss of extrasensory perception has caused her to suffer from discomfort in large groups, lost time, lessened awareness, and increased difficulty in discerning the intent of others. These and personality changes have caused an overall increase in stress and emotional outbursts.

Augmentations

- Reinforced Major Joint Replacements
- Spinal Reinforcement
- Partial Combat Skin Meshes
- Synthetic Lungs
- Replacement Kidneys
- Replacement Heart
- Digestive Augmentation

I must think of a new life,

And I mustn't give in.

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