info ✖ about moneypenny

[moneypenny]

at first glance. moneypenny is honey blonde and rather diminutive for a women with such a rough-and-ready reputation. to make up for her lack of height she is often seen wearing rather large platform boots (steel-tipped, if she has the choice) but even still she usually continues to come up short. despite being a businesswoman, moneypenny does not dress like one. her wardrobe is eclectic to say the least and has more than its fair share of torn fishnets, garish colors and black leather. if it had to be described, it would best be summed up with the words: gothic lolita greaser club kid gutterpunk. both of her arms, her shoulders, her breasts, back and hips are all covered with years worth of tattoos. they are a kaleidoscope collection of digital fairy tales and pixelated pirates -- a veritable video game-tinged menagerie. moneypenny usually goes out of her way to display them, wearing clothing that leaves as much skin bared as possible. her most notable tattoo (though arguably the most private) is a running tally of hash marks on one of her hips; the count is easily in the dozens though what the tic marks represent is not wholly clear. she spends most of her time with an entourage. sizeable when she is in a larger city and pared down to only the essentials when she's aiming for portability. her crew is comprised of a motley bunch of club kids and ravers, as well as the odd businessman or petty thug. although most of her entourage is populated by locals of wherever she is at the time, her inner circle is nomadic and spends most of its time accompanying her around the globe. this group includes a tattooist, some mafia-esque muscle, as well as her favorite chemist -- she only uses the one. the most trusted of the group is also the odd man out: an academic-cum-dreamshare enthusiast who serves as her personal translator. in private. miss moneypenny (known in certain circles simply as MP) is a figure surrounded by plenty of gossip and hearsay and very few cold-hard facts. little is known about her upbringing, though bits and pieces may be inferred by those diligent enough to go digging. her real name is natalia rodchenko, born in st. petersburg to russian parents who then immigrated to england when natalia was still a child. moneypenny has a south london accent as a result, though a slavic slant has been known to creep in at the edges whenever she is either supremely angry or, conversely, supremely unguarded. russian was her first language and, as a result, she has a plethora of well-cultivated contacts in both russia and the ukraine, as well as pockets of immigrants around the world. her russian heritage, however, is not something that moneypenny is up front about and will readily deny if asked. that russian is the only language she speaks other than english, however, may call this into question. she is 24 years old and has been known as moneypenny for a little more than five years. the only person she remains in contact with that knows her real name is a forger named eames. he keeps her secret in exchange for silence on his own name. they have known each other since before the adoption of each of their aliases and, for a while, were both business partners and lovers. moneypenny ended the arrangement when she stabbed eames and stole his PASIV in order to set up shop as an arcadist. the two still maintain tenuous and grossly antagonistic contact with one another. moneypenny is known for her crass tongue and even cruder hands, so don't be surprised if she makes a pass. or several. or simply gropes you. (of note: despite this there is only one person she ever really considers her lover. a dream torturer by the name of iain, the tattoo on the small of her back of the immaculate heart represents him.) in business. moneypenny's primary function is as a dream arcadist. this involves arranging trips into dreamspace for players to participate in 'games' of their choice. the dream arena is wholly flexible and changes depending on the challenge at hand (this can range anywhere from sports to a one-on-one game of manhunt to Roman gladiatorial games to grossly involved campaigns of spy vs. spy). the complexity of the game and the number of players are the major contributors to price. most challenges are based on a pre-styled template though custom games can also be built upon request (and for a much higher fee). most of moneypenny's profit is made not on the games themselves but her skim of the organized betting that accompanies the games. moneypenny is responsible for building all of the arenas and then teaching them to a third party who acts as the dreamer and unofficial (and usually invisible) 'referee' for the match. she herself rarely goes into a game that she is not playing in and an opportunity to play against moneypenny comes with a very steep buy-in attached. not many people have tried to take moneypenny on in the arena and much fewer still have been successful at the task. currently only four have ever been successful. it is rumored that she issues private challenges to her prospective suitors and only takes them to bed with her if they succeed. this is, in fact, a lie. (moneypenny has only ever challenged iain to games without pretense or wager. he is also the only one who has been able to best moneypenny multiple times at her own game.) in the arena her weapon of choice is the uchigatana, a form of Japanese traditional sword. when armed, moneypenny wears not one but two -- one long and one short. they can, on occasion, be attached hilt to hilt in order to form a single, double-edged blade. she considers herself something of a dream warrior and digital pimp. what she vends is equal parts bloodsport and adrenaline-hyped pleasure and, at the end of the day, the customer's enjoyment is paramount. a happy gamer is a repeat gamer. her little black book is proof of that. note: this is a constant work in progress.