Agent Mackenzie

Agent Mackenzie
Agent of S.C.O.R.P.I.O.
Player: @Jessimay
SCORPIO Intel
Division:	SpecOps
Rank:	Sergeant / PR Officer
Origin/AT:	Natural Scrapper[1]
Security Level:	50[2]
Agent Personal Data
Real Name:	Mackenzie Leanne Hill
Known Aliases:	Agent Mackenzie, Kenzie, Swan-Song
Species:	Human
Age:	21
Height/Weight:	5'6" / 155 lbs
Eye/Hair Color:	Blue / Strawberry Blonde
Citizenship:	American Citizen
Current Residence:	Steel Canyon, Paragon City, RI USA
Marital Status:	Single
Known Relatives:	Classified
Known Powers
Martial Arts/Willpower
Training / Abilities
• Trained Martial Artist • Trained Dancer • Swordswoman • Stubborn Behavior
Equipment
• Wrist comm unit • Head-Up Display, or "HUD" • MediPort beacon • Anti-gravity harness • S.C.O.R.P.I.O. uniform made of special 8-ply kevlar panels (able to withstand ballistic impact up to .45 caliber bullets) and "Atlex 5" a fire-resistant material that withstand temperatures of up to 1500 degrees Fahrenheit • A sassy sense of humor
Footnotes
Mackenzie has a(n) (ir)rational fear of teleporters and teleportation, and will go out of her way to avoid it. Strangely, fixed portals do not bother her quite as much, and so she isn't afraid of going into the D, because it's not flashy and it's easy to suspend the belief that you're being teleported.

Mackenzie Hill was born in San Francisco to a single mother. Her father had passed away three months before her birth, but that did not stop her mother from providing a comfortable life for her.

She grew up something of a tomboy, enjoying sports and high impact activities, but took her mother's advice and learned many different types of dance as well. Dance became a fantastic love in her life and keeps her well in shape.

When she was eighteen, she graduated from High School and was accepted into one of the more prestigious dance schools in the country - Grace Dance Acadamy. This school however was really a cover for G.R.A.C.E.D.: Global Resource Agency: Combat and Enforcement Division. While the regular students learned the foxtrot, tango, and how to hit it in hip-hop, the top and most trustworthy students were often initiated into the Agency's martial arts and combat training program - Mackenzie was one of them. By the time she was nineteen, she had three merits for Outstanding Performance in the Field, and was well on her way to a promotion within the Agency.

Unfortunately, the organization would meet its untimely end through a series of attacks on key members of its council. The Agency disbanded, and its agents scattered across the globe to avoid further destruction.

Mackenzie found herself in Paragon City, and set up a small dance studio in Steel Canyon. From her loft apartment above the small studio, she lived and provided for herself as best she could. Her life as an agent was not over quite yet, though.

When Mackenzie first learned of the organization known as S.C.O.R.P.I.O., her outlook was dubious at best. However, she needed the work and missed the feeling of doing something; so, despite the lump in her throat the first time she ever met with Jack Slayton, she accepted the offer of work and began her life as a S.C.O.R.P.I.O. Agent.

It gets tough sometimes. Her placement into the SpecOps division didn't come as a surprise, but many of the members within the organization are a lot more hardcore than Kenzie could've ever guessed. She keeps up (at least, she likes to think she does), but usually only by a hair.

Despite her prowess in combat (and her ability to knock a man out with a single, well-placed kick), Mackenzie has a light inside of her that seems to shine most of the time. Before Scorpio, she was light-hearted and perhaps a bit naive, even in the face of her extensive training. She does have a certain genuine love for life and the good people that live it, and she is prone to curiosity and sometimes forgets to be tactful when something sparks her interest.

However, much of her unshakable sense of humor may in fact be a cover for a deeper uncertainty or fear that she refuses to let loose. From time to time she may seem genuinely insulted when someone isn't interested in 'friendly chatter', and will generally make a note to respond in a negative way, which is almost always disguised as a joke or sarcasm.

She tends to be a bit prideful, but often puts forward what some may consider to be false modesty - it isn't so much that she's lying about what she can do or how she is as much as it seems that she doesn't want to say she can do something and then fail miserably at it. It is easier to say, "No, I'm no good at this," and then do fine than it is to say "I can do it," and then be found lacking.

Before S.C.O.R.P.I.O., there was GRACED, and her call-sign had been Swan-Song. Kenzie had never been fond of it; the very idea of a Swan Song was a final high note before the end of things. This alone was enough to seem contradictory to Kenzie's nature. It wasn't until the destruction of Graced itself, and her own brush with death, that the code name took on significance for her.

It went unused except in her own personal missions, given to her by Bastian - until the need for an alias arose, and she gained a disguise of sorts. It is unknown to all but two people who Swan-Song is behind the tearful Jester's mask.

• Sebastian Stewart (NPC): Her old Supervisor within G.R.A.C.E.D., Bastian is her one tie to her old life and quite probably her closest friend. Old enough to be her father, and fond enough of her to fill that role to some extent, he has been a pillar of support and the one she often turns to for answers when life gets a bit too confusing. Lately he's come around less and less often, and Kenzie's feeling the distance, perhaps too acutely.

• Cherry 9: The Captain of the SpecOps division of Scorpio, Cherry was the one Kenzie found most approachable within the organization. She's a bit rough, curses a lot more than any woman probably should and often makes references to military crap that Kenzie can't possibly relate to, but she's still good people. However, her tough nature and no-nonsense attitude often seems a bit difficult to overcome.
• Jack Slayton: There isn't much Kenzie can say about Jack except that he "scares the crap out of her". Perhaps that's a bit of an exaggeration on her part, but the intensity of the fellow does have a tendency to make her uncomfortable whenever he's about. This could be due to the fact that he doesn't seem to respond to any of her usual methods of communication (see: making jokes, teasing, playing dumb, asking incessant questions); whatever the reason, she tends to steer clear of the Executive Director of Scorpio as much as she can.
• Echo-3: Most of her first meeting with Tyler was spent drunk. He ended up carrying her back to the base when she passed out, which was pretty nice of him, but he also left a box of doughnuts on her unconscious body so it's a toss-up on whether or not he's really an okay guy. Also, he joined in on making fun of her the morning after. Outlook not good.
• Obsidian Bowman: The proverbial Yang to Kenzie's happy-go-lucky Yin, James Kowalski is rude, mean, and violent - and admits to all of them with little shame. Normally Kenzie would avoid him, but there's something there that just makes her want to see him act like a normal human being for once. Maybe that's why she puts up with him - it sure isn't his charm.
• Mercy Guevara: Still a bit of a newcomer, Mercy's bad-apple reputation hadn't quite reached Kenzie's ears when the two women finally met. So Kenzie didn't really have any reason not to like her. Pleased to find someone a bit more 'normal' in the ranks, Mercy's got herself a spot on Kenzie's list of good folks.
• Colonel Hero: Affectionately nicknamed The Boyscout of Scorpio, Mackenzie has a lot of respect for this guy (though she'd never admit it openly). He's a hard worker with good morals, and someone Kenzie would probably enjoy getting to know better if he'd just chill out and not take everything so damn seriously.
• Dublin Fox: Quinn (or Smarmy Pants/Smarmy Face/Mister Smarm, as Kenzie refers to him) is a smooth-talking Irishman with a penchant for calling every woman he comes across 'bonneh'. As amused as this typically makes her, Kenzie's already decided he's too frisky for his own good. So she teases him. As often as possible.
• Argent Marksman: Constantly at odds with the desire to be friends versus her frustration at being nicknamed "Agent Boobs", Kenzie isn't quite sure what to make of Argent. Instead of wracking her brain over it, however, she chalks it up to him being a chauvinist asshat and calls it a day.
• Magnum Max: Generally finding him to be a pleasant fellow despite his inability to go five minutes without saying something completely and utterly offensive, Kenzie might consider 'Maxamillion' a friend - if she hadn't just found out that he was apparently taking part in the 'boobs' nicknames with this little winner: Macboobs. Oh yeah. Real creative.

For a character like Kenzie, clothes are everything. She's got her S.C.O.R.P.I.O. uniform and trench^[3], but she's a character who is marginally tied in The Real World and not The Spy World. One costume slot is devoted to her civilian clothes, one is devoted to the catsuit she wears beneath her Scorpio uniform, and the last? That's reserved for The Booty Shorts.

The Booty Shorts are more of an Out-of-Character joke at this point; when I started playing this game I became attached to them right away. For a leggy character like Kenzie, it almost seemed criminal not to have an outfit that showed exactly how leggy she was. I don't really use them as an In-Character point, beyond the fact that she is a bit sporty and they do make good dance clothes over a leotard; they're comfortable, loose, and give her a little more coverage than the leotard itself would. It is, however, occasionally hilarious to whip them out and check out the reactions.

That being said, I've received both negative and positive reactions to The Booty Shorts. I'm keeping a tally on a stack of cat-themed Post-its. See, one is for IC reactions and the other is for OOC reactions..

Anna Nalick - Citadel
Anna Nalick - Satellite
Blue Man Group - Time to Start
Blue Man Group - Your Attention
Bright Eyes - Road to Joy
Cake - Commissioning a Symphony in C
Cake - Comfort Eagle
Cake - Comanche
The Decemberists - Sons and Daughters
Foo Fighters - D.O.A.
Iron & Wine - Jezebel
Johnny Cash - God's Gonna Cut You Down
The Killers - Mr. Brightside
Mike Doughty - His Truth is Marching On
Mike Doughty - Unsingable Name
RENT - La Vie Boheme
Roisin Murphy - Night of the Dancing Flame
Roisin Murphy - Ramalama (Bang Bang
Roisin Murphy - Ruby Blue

• Mackenzie Chronicles
  

Categories: Character | Female | Hero | Natural | Scrapper | S.C.O.R.P.I.O. | The Blackout Initiative