Yishi

Xiu Lin Tseng
Portrayed By	Janice L
Gender	Female
Place of Birth	San Francisco, California
Date of Birth	January 5th, 1992
Age	19
Aliases	Sue Lynn Tseng, ''Yishi''
Origin	Mutant
Current Location	New York City
Occupation	Translator
Team	None yet
Alignment	Hero
Known Relatives	Liu Xinlan Tseng (father), Ling Xiauyou Tseng (mother)
Significant Other	None currently
Identity	Secret
Known Abilities	Hyper-Awareness (includes Combat Awareness and Hyper Intuition)

Character Details

History

• Firstborn and only child of:
  • Liu Xinlan Tseng, China-born imm. US Citizen math prof UC Berkeley
  • Ling Xiauyou Tseng, US-born citizen, doctor of opthamology
  • Met in college in Chinese Cultural Alliance, Kung Fu classes
• Very culturally-aware Chinese American family, multilingual
• Begins learning martial arts even as learns to walk, run, etc.
• Rather than dance, etc., Xiu enrolled in Wushu school at age 7
• Within two years, Xiu is enrolling in regional competitions
• Outside of martial arts, Xiu has relatively normal school and social life
• Martial arts lessons and competition are her 'thing', her sport w/ parents
• By her teens, Xiu has become nationally ranked and a state champion
• National competition is subject to minor villain/terrorist action
• Xiu, desperate to protect herself and her family, manifests powers
• The heightened awareness of her surroundings and situation allows win
• Intensifies training, directed at mental discipline, seeks to understand
• Withdraws from further contact competitions, remains in forms competing
• Pushes herself in school to achieve graduation requirements early
• Reveals truth to parents, explains her plan to seek overseas training
• Parents agree to support her choice, assist her with the legal aspects
• Passes state and federal tests, achieves graduation at age 16
• Travels to mainland China ostensibly to visit family, seeks masters
• Eventually finds school in Tibet, studies there for nearly three years
• Takes digital correspondence courses to continue education
• Befriends students of other cultures, including Korean and Japanese
• With increased understanding of her abilities and better control, returns
• Moves to New York, seeks employment with the United Nations as translator
• Instead is offered position with NYPD as translator
• Begins using work with NYPD to train herself to use the knowledge of senses
• Continues correspondence courses and occassional seminars at NYU

Personality

• Idealist: Perhaps a product of her youth, Xiu is an idealist: she believes that there is a 'right,' and that one ought to pursue that right with all at one's disposal that does not then invalidate that 'right.' This does not mean that she's preachy: this is about how she leads her own life, not about something she foists upon or enforces with others. If asked her opinion, she will offer it, but otherwise she will likely stay quiet and just put forth her own efforts towards what she deems right and proper. As an example, Xiu never drinks to excess and generally does not do other, stronger drugs. She does not look down upo those who do: she is simply 'high on life,' too plugged into the world around her through her senses to tolerate well the altered states these usually bring on.
• Inner Calm: Having spent so much of her life so well aware of the pursuit of martial arts ideals, Xiu has assimilated a deep inner calm. While she has feelings, and can even have extreme feelings, she tends more towards a constant calm core, largely unassailed by the moment. This tends to make her come off as far older than her physically perceived youth would imply. However, others close to her own age or younger often view her as aloof or a bit of a cold fish because she doesn't seem to feel the same emotional extremes they do.
• Determined: Xiu is used to challenging herself and pursuing those challenges despite a great many obstacles and no quick or easy path. She decides what she wants, and then she maps out a plan to achieve that goal, pursuing it with dogged determination. The clarify of her inner calm enables her to maintain this despite additional difficulties or interruptions.
• Peacemaker: It may be cliche, but it is so for a reason: those who allow them to focus beyond the battle soon realize that there is often no need for the battle. Xiu does her best to make peace and avoid conflict. She won't compromise her principles or get into rabid appeasement, but she is not above negotiation or even surrender.
• Eager: It is one of the few 'young' aspects of her outer personality that Xiu is quite eager: for new experiences; to prove herself; to learn more; to improve.
• Self-motivated: Most her age derive their motivation either from obeying or resisting whatever authority or structure surrounds them. Xiu is self-motivated, making her own choices and then pursuing them without regard to necessarily obeying or disobeying authority. It is this self-motivation that has seen her to this point in her life, and she has no intention of changing. She is not necessarily a 'leader' in the sense of attracting others to follow her lead, but she is also no follower.
• Inquisitive: Xiu is naturally inquisitive. She wants to learn more. She wants to understand. She probes for the answers, rather than merely accepting that something 'is.' It is this that may well make her a great detective someday.
• Teenager: As mature as Xiu often is, she is not immune to being a teenager. She can be plagued with mood swings, teen insecurities and confusion the same as any teenager. She can also fail to anticipate the consequences of an action or choice. She is not all-knowing or wise: she's a 19-year-old girl, with all that entails, for good or ill.

Powers

Hyper Awareness: Xiu's mutant power is - put simply - that she is constantly and preternaturally hyper-aware of her environment, to a degree most can't even imagine, let alone achieve. This hyper awareness is always active, in much the same was as the human senses are always active. While asleep she may become much less tuned into that awareness, but it does not stop. The effects of this hyper awareness fit into two major categories: combat awareness, which covers its effects within combat; and hyper intuition, which covers the non-combat effects.

• Combat Awareness: Being hyper aware of her environment means that Xiu is precisely aware of the location of every even minor obstacle or object in her immediate environment - if she is capable of perceiving it in any way - as well as the location, posture and movements of every person relative to herself. Note that if someone or something is fully invisible, utterly silent, and completely insubstantial - not disturbing the air or distorting other sounds in the area either - then she has no way to be aware of them and they effectively do not exist for purposes of this power.
  
  This combat awareness extends roughly out to the extent of her vision in the area. If there is a wall, she is aware of only what she has seen move past or around that wall. She may guess, based on sounds or other cues, where someone is on the other side of that wall, but it is only an educated guess: she can't just perceive through walls. Within a range of fifteen feet from her person, she does not even need to see them with her eyes, so long as she has seen them and is aware of their presence. She can actually interpret the tiny sounds of air rushing, fabric rustling, joints and muscles creaking, etc., and know where they are and what they are doing within that area. As such, she can fight blindfolded, though not quite as well as she could if she can see.
  
  Note that this combat awareness tells her what is coming her way, where her targets are, and can tell her where she needs to be or what posture she needs to be in to avoid a blow. That does not mean that she has the speed and agility to get there in time. She is a very well trained and skilled martial artist, but she is not super-fast or inhumanly agile or flexible. She is 'luckier' than most in getting herself out of attacks because she can sense them coming before they get there, but she can still be hit. It also becomes almost exponentially more difficult to dodge and avoid the attacks when facing increasing numbers of independent attackers.
• Hyper Intuition: As another aspect of her hyper-awareness, Xiu is constantly if not consciously aware of the details in her environment that most people would miss. Within the time it takes to make one slow walk through a room, glancing around, her power enables her mind to divine and catalog all of these incredible details, and then synthesize all of that into conclusions. Inuition. She is capable of looking 'back' from an intuited answer, examining the cues that led her to that conclusion, which is proving to be quite valuable as a burgeoning detective. Two specific examples of this at work would be:
  • Micro-expressions: Xiu is aware of the tiniest fluctuations in people's posture, facial expressions, etc. This often gives her great insight into those around her: when they are lying, when they are upset or uncomfortable, and so forth. This won't give her a telepathic answer as to the truth, but all of those clues tend to add up in a hurry.
  • Tiny details: Xiu is aware of even the most seemingly insignificant details of her environment. She may not have microscopic vision, but it usually hardly matters. She will spot tiny disturbances in carpeting indicative of a piece of furniture having been moved, or flakes of skin or hair left behind, picture frames out of place, less space inside a room than there should be based on other walls, and so forth.

Skills

• Artist: In no way a great artist, Xiu has actually been working to start learning how to be better, trying to capture on paper in sketches what she perceives: people's faces, body postures, scenes and the like. She has noticed that such things could be important in working on cases and wants to improve this skill with time. She can usually make things recognizable, but she has a long way to go.
• Criminology: Xiu has decided to focus her sometimes ecclectic correspondence education towards studies in criminology, having come to the conclusion that she is somewhat uniquely well suited to being a detective. She has studied American and specifically New York law, and started taking classes in criminal psychology, criminal history and forensics. She is little more than an interested raw amateur currently, but she has every intention of getting quite good at this.
• First Aid: Xiu has a pretty good handle on basic and even semi-advanced first aid. She's no EMT, but she knows how to diagnose pulls and sprains and breaks, how to splint, tape, bind and such. She has made a good study of human anatomy, both as a means to understanding her own body and those of her opponents, and can function as a passable sports medic.
• Languages: Xiu grew up in a multi-lingual home and developed accordingly. She is natively fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese and English, without accent. She is passably conversant in Japanese and Korean.
• Martial Arts: Xiu has been studying and mastering the martial art of Wushu (often westernized as Kung Fu) since she was a child of four or five years old. Her level of skill with the art would be described in western terms as a multi-dan 'black belt', though Xiu has never shown much interest in teaching others, which is required to advance to higher dans in most traditions.
  
  Xiu's training in Wushu is focused in the sub-style Wing Chun, ideal for her small stature and emphasizing kicks, sweeps and throws for handling larger and stronger opponents. Her studies have by necessity included a great deal of work in tumbling - taking falls and the like - and have included study in traditional martial arts weapons. Her own specialties with weapons are the stave and escrima-style sticks, which she has adapted for modern telescoping batons.
  
  Xiu's martial arts training also includes a long period of practice in forms competition, which is in essence a performance, much like a choreographed dance. She was a nationally-ranked forms competitor and is an excellent performer, at least in this arena.
• Sewing: Xiu has become reasonably well skilled at sewing, including patching damage done to existing clothing, alterations, and construction of whole new items of clothing from patterns. She has greatly enhanced her use of this skill since leaving the States, surviving largely by repairing, altering and then replacing her own clothing and then helping other students to do the same.

Resources

• Parents: Xiu's parents are alive and well and love their daughter, as she loves them. They have seen each other since her return to the States, but they still live in California and Xiu is now in New York City. They can provide money and morale support, but they're not rich and they want to see their daughter develop into an autonomous, independent young woman, so short of an emergency they are not likely to be /too/ generous.
• NYPD: Xiu has a job working as a translator for the NYPD. This job will not make her rich, but it does pay her bills - modestly - and gives her benefits. Best of all - in her opinion - is the access it gives her to learn more about criminology and investigations, which she is doing her best to soak up like a sponge.
  
  Xiu does not exactly have 'contacts' within the NYPD, as she has not worked with them long enough to form close bonds with any of the officers or detectives. Nevertheless, she has impressed her direct superiors with her competence and martial skills, and completed the certification required for field operations, enabling to her to help out in 'less controlled' situations in the field where translation services may be needed. She is not cleared to use or carry a firearm (ew!), but does have NYPD-issued gear such as a windbreaker, hat, and bulletproof vest, for use in those situations. Having qualified for this, Xiu is also 'on call' at any hour of the day or night, and she is expected to answer.
• Gear: Xiu has a few bits and pieces of gear and equipment that the average citizen does not have. Chief amongst these are her NYPD-issued bulletproof vest, and a pair of lightweight titanium-steel matte black telescoping 'combat batons'. Xiu also has a few combat-worthy martial arts weapons, including a pair of tonfa, a pair of kama, a three-piece-rod and a bo-stick. None of these are especially subtle, small or easily concealed, and so usually stay at home, displayed in a case along one wall of her small Brooklyn apartment.

Specials

• Athletic: Xiu is very physically fit, a gifted young athlete with over a decade of physical training behind her. She is a good bit stronger than one would expect given her small mass, able to dead-left a little over two-hundred pounds when needed. She is very flexible and highly agile, the equivalent of a teen Olympic gymnast. She is also very quick, able to sprint 100 meters in just over eleven seconds and capable of knocking an arrow in flight out of the air. She is also in excellent health, rarely getting sick.
• Acute Senses: Xiu's senses are highly acute, though not actually superhuman. Her vision is markedly better than the norm, measured at about 20/10. Her hearing acuity and range are similarly better than the norm, as is her olfactory sense and her sense of touch. These acute senses help to feed Xiu's powers more and better information, to draw better intuitive conclusions.
• Memory: Xiu's memory is exceptionally acute, both in comprehension and retention, and in its eidetic quality of recording everything that she perceives for later retrieval.

Flaws

• Sensory Overload:Xiu can find it difficult to concentrate on a single thing - reading a book, listening to a teacher's lecture - when she is surrounded by other sensory input. A normal classroom, full of shuffling, coughing, texting, typing and moving students and environment is going to leave her far too awash in and aware of those other stimuli to be able to concentrate very well on that single focus. Her solution to this for her education has been correspondence courses.
  
  In addition, Xiu's very acute senses are more vulnerable to overload than a normal person. It takes less exposure to a bright light to flash her eyes and blind her; less loud exposure to sound to deafen her; and so forth. The overload upon her brain - not her actual nerves - causes the affected portion to 'shut down', accepting no further input for a while as it restores equilibrium. By itself this might not hinder her so much, but it also hurts. Pain is a distraction and her pain receptors are just as acute as her other senses.
  
  This means that while it is not uncommon for an unprotected person subjected to a 'flashbang' device to black out briefly, Xiu would probably be driven unconscious and stay that way for a while. An intense flash such as a daze-taser would cause her significant pain and induce a migraine headache, the only treatment being dark silence while lying still or meditating for at least an hour. Even a camera flash in her face in a darkened area - high contrast - could be enough to induce a low-level migraine.
  
  (In 'game system' terms, any Flash/Sensory Dazzle power that includes a Stun component will do double its effect and duration for both the Flash/Dazzle of the affected sense(s) and the Stun. If the attack does not normally have a Stun component, it has one so far as Xiu is concerned, at comparable level to its Flash/Dazzle effect.)
• Tiny: Xiu is tiny, standing only five feet tall without heels, which she rarely if ever wears. The world is not built for those of her diminutive stature: she can't ride a lot of amusement park rides; seatbelts and safety harnesses don't fit right; subway turnstiles are much harder to move through; reaching the items she wants in the grocery is much harder; and so forth. Lots of people just seem to barely if at all notice someone as small as Xiu is. Life is just not as easy when you're this small.
  
  She gets carded all of the time. Forget buying alcohol: she has to present ID before being allowed to board commercial aircraft without a parent or guardian. She gets the hairy eyeball from doormen at clubs that allow the under-21 because they're not supposed to let minors in. And just imagine how hard it is to be taken at all seriously on the job with the NYPD when she meets new officers or detectives.
  
  Most people just assume she is a child, and even those who know better tend to be dismissive of her, her ability to take care of herself, etc., because of her small stature. Note that this means even her best isn't going to intimidate most people before she has actually demonstrated her fighting effectiveness on someone while they're watching, and most NPCs won't take even her most strident 'orders' seriously. Who is this little kid, anyway?
• On Call: Xiu is on call, all the time. The NYPD can call up at any hour of any day or night and tell her she is needed. She's supposed to take the call or call back in within ten minutes. And barring something catastrophic, she's supposed to drop everything and rush out to wherever she is needed. It's inconvenient. But it also means she makes more money. So she tries not to complain.
• Code of Honor: Xiu believes - quite fervently - in the concept and function of honor. She was raised in this tradition and continues to pursue it in her everyday life.
  • She does not tell falsehoods; though silence is permitted, she may not speak in such a way as to intentionally mislead even whilst telling the truth.
  • She does not take unfair advantage; she does not hit an opponent that is down; she does not cheat at cards; she does not allow herself to use her powers in competition.
  • The able, the strong and capable, help those weak or less fortunate; this is why she wants to help the NYPD; why she would try to help out or be a 'hero' given the opportunity; and why her primary goal in any such conflict is to help and protect the innocent, not to take down the bad guy or gain glory or recognition for herself.
  • Respect for the law and its representatives; this does not mean obedience to a law she believes is unjust or wrong, but it does mean that she accepts the consequences of her actions if she decides to resist obedience to such a law, and she will never dishonor representatives of law and order. This also extends to other authority figures (parents, teachers, etc.)
• In the System: Xiu's information - fingerprints, DNA profile, etc. - are all in the system since she accepted the job with the NYPD. This means that any involvement she might have in a situation being investigated could well lead to her profile in the system with far more regularity than any average citizen.
• Mutant: Xiu is a mutant. Systems that can detect such will detect her. Tests that can detect such will detect her. Systems that can track such can track her. And so forth.

+sheet

===========================[ +sheet for Yishi (Y) ]===========================
Real Name: Xiu Lin (Sue Lynn) Tseng Age: 19
Codename: Yishi Gender: Female
Sessions: 0 Approved On: Mon Oct 17 12:10:44 2011

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F: Excellent (20) Health: 66/66
A: Excellent (20) Karma: 42
S: Typical (6) Resources: Typical (6)
E: Excellent (20) Popularity: 0
R: Typical (6) Experience: 0
I: Remarkable (30) Initiative: +2
P: Typical (6) Movement: 2
==================================< POWERS >==================================
Combat Sense……………………………………… Remarkable (30)
Hyper-Awareness…………………………………… Incredible (40)
=================================< TALENTS >==================================
Artist…………………………………………… Good (10)
Criminology………………………………………. Good (10)
First Aid………………………………………… Typical (6)
Languages………………………………………… Good (10)
Martial Arts A……………………………………. Remarkable (30)
Sewing…………………………………………… Typical (6)
==================================< FLAWS >===================================
Code Of Honor Diminutive
Documented Mutant
On Call Sensory Overload
=================================< CONTACTS >=================================
NYPD Parents

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ARMOR RATINGS: Energy: 0 Mental: 0 Physical: 0

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Date	Title	Characters	Rating	Description
2011-10-12	Mighty But Mini OR Thanks For the Help, Sue Lynn	Xiu Lin Tseng & Spider-Man	PG
2011-10-16	Sunday in the Park With Friends	Xiu Lin Tseng & Angelica Jones	PG
2011-10-19	Sherlock in Miniature	Xiu Lin Tseng & Marina Zane	PG

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