I. P. Smith

This might be a photo of I. P. Smith, or not.

Age: 28
Shadow name: I. P. Smith
Sleeper Alias: None/Unknown
Affiliation: Sydney Concilium
Physical description: Average height, mid-shade hair, neatly slicked back, wearing a suit.Sleepers tend to get confused when describing him.
Nimbus: Bright light seems to shine from directly behind his head, blotting out his face and casting the surroundings into stark, obscuring, shadows.
Rank: Adept of Mind, Apprentice of Space and Life.
Titles/Memberships: No Such Individual.

Timeline

[Assume all information here is strictly OOC unless explicitly told otherwise by the players]

1986 August 12– Born Mitchell Jones in the Blue Mountains, Middle class family, Father, Richard, a Rep for a tradesman’s tool company, Mother, Narelle, works as a receptionist for a double glazing company.
2004 September– Undergoes the Awakening, a disturbing occurance of violent and terrifying imagery in which demons and imps tear open his very soul and expose his weaknesses and imperfections.
2005 January – Grasping at the extent of his new powers Mitchel uses his unnatural influence over other minds for financial gain, personal pleasure and shits and giggles
2005 May – Following a heated argument with his parentys and an attempt to magic away his problems Mitchell looses control and unleashes a wave of paradox, leaving friends and family with no memory of his existance.
2005 June- Regulator, an aged old Mastigos GotV arrives and takes Mitchell away for training and introduction into mage society.
2006 Febuary– Mitchell formally joins the Guardian’s of the Viel, taking on the shadow name Blindside. Regulator begins guiding him in reshaping his soul to join the Bearers of the Eternal Voice.
2007 March – Blindside, completes the reworking of his soul and becomes a Bearer of the Eternal voice, and takes on the name Incogneto Persona Smith, or I. P. Smith. Still plagued by guilt over his parents he vows to protect sleepers from Awakened hubris and educate Awakened society to prevent anything similar from ever happening again.
2007 May – I. P. Smith is introduced to the Governess (Rachel Hardie’s PC) and the two form a Cabal, tasked with ensuring the Veil in Sydney is maintained and security of Awakened society preserved.
2013 November - Smith along with several mages from around the nation, is summon into an pocket of the astral realms. Smith undergoes and gauntlet to test his mental skills, and eventually works with others to free a mysterious and powerful spirit, on the basis that anything the abyss is trying to constrain should be freed.
2014 November - At a gathering at the formerly great Sydney Concillium Smith takes a leadership role within the Guardians, coordinating with the other orders, to counter the Tick-tock Men plot. Afterwards, Smith takes the unpopular stance that the the possessed grimoire crucial to victory should be destroyed.
2014 November - Smith takes on the role of National Speaker for the Guardians of the Veil, essentially the a point of contact for those outside the order, and way for the GoTV to release statements and declaration.

Currently

2015 February - Smith travels to Brisbane to assist Dresden with some minor matter.

2015 July - Smith, along with Daedalus Travel to Canberra to assist them with their banisher problems. While there, Smith encounters Molotov for the first time in several years, and participates in the planning for future offensives.

2015 August/September I. P. Smith starts to display rapidly escalating signs of instability amd irrationally. As the behavior grows I. P. Smith agrees to meet with Guardians in Brisbane, to discern if external factors may be in play.

2015 October - Following an initial therapeutic Astral session with True Blood, Sash, Freak, and Beckett, Daedalus, Smith participated in the attack on the soul stone thieves, killing two in the ambush.

2015 November - After publicly outing Beckett and Vyra Anala in their "foolish and thoughtlessly dangerous" plan to inflitrate the city's Seer pylon. Beckett declares Smith is disavowed by the GtoV. Smith is clearly annoyed, but maintains that Beckett is acting irrationally and has no authority to do this. Despite a few attempts at socialising like a human being online Smith focuses most of his energy on the upcoming rescue of Sash.

2015 December - Smith remains in Canberra for an extended period, to assist in the rescue of his fellow Sydney consillium member Sash. While there Smith responds to Beckett's continued insults by challenging him to a Duel Arcane, requiring that Beckett apologise, cease disparaging his skills and reliability as a Mind mage. Beckett refused the challenge but would not back down in his claims.

Quotes

Quotes by

"I am trying. To. Change. Stop. Pushing me."

"I understand your distress ma'am, if you could just look at me for a moment, I'm sure we can sort this out"

- Smith, to a sleeper exposed to vulgar magic.

"So you're telling me these two guys came flying out the shop window, hurling, what did you say... 'purple fire balls' at each other? So you're telling my they had fireworks?, Two idiots probably saw too much jackass and, predictably, almost burnt down a shop front. Now, I wasn't there, but that sounds more plausible, right? "

- Smith, cleaning up after a Seer incursion.

"Swamp gas."

-Smith.

"No, I am not 'crazy', nor am I mentally ill. My psyche and identity have been degraded by years of deliberate and poorly executed tampering in an effort to increase my efficiency and effectiveness. Clearly, this was a poor choice"

" People aren't robots..."

"I know that! Use of the terms 'personality graph" and "emotional response programs" is allegorical, I am not a machine, nor did I try to become one. Sleeper studies have shown strong links between damage to the emotional processing centres of the brain and impaired decision making skills. I merely sought to regulate my emotions to avoid poorly considered actions.

- Smith, explaining himself for the third time that week.

Quotes about

"Who?"

"Oh, well, I guess he was about... average height, sort dark brownish/blonde hair. Uhm... he was wearing a suit. ..I think."

"Smith's not so bad when you get to know him. He just wants to protect what's important to him - and that's all of us. Sure, he gets a little twisted up in it sometimes, but that's why man invented alcohol. Don't ask me about him - go find out for yourself, and buy the man a drink. You owe him one. We all do."

- Sunshine, helpfully pushing a tenner across the table.

"I can't watch you try to save a man who has asked for your death more than once. I love you, my daughter, too much to let that happen to you."

- Vyra Anala to Dornelia.

"Now, Smith may be cold, corporate and probably a lizard person, but..."

"Yeah?"

"..."

"...but what?"

"I...forgot where I was going with this."

- Sash, to Ricochet.

Conversation

"Hi Sash, I know you hate me, which is why I need to ask a favour of you"

"No, I fucking don't. I'm just...really...pissed off at you, is all... What's this?"

"A will, mine, I need you to keep it safe until I die."

"Jesus Christ Smith! You're not going to do anything stupid are you."

"I suspect I might die. This is a precaution."

"Jesus Smith..."

-Sash and Smith.

"But Beckett said you were kicked out of the Guardians"

"Beckett is a power mad liar"

"The Guardians highly value their secrecy. I have been in the order for 10 years. There a things I know which they will not let leave the order. If left I would either mind wiped or killed. I am still alive and my memory is intact, therefor, still a Guardian."

"Good point, but how do you know your memory hasn't been erased?"

"Mastery of the Mind Arcana"

-Emperor Norton to Smith

"Shirou-chan, you know what you did with that survey about Beckett?"

"Hai?"

"Please don't do that to me."

Shirou Emiya and Smith after reading the results of said survey

Rumors

• "I. P. Smith" is actually a cabal of mages, all using mind and life magic to remain interchangeable.
  • There's at least one cabal in every major city, maintaining the veil in the face of Atlantean and Seer carelessness.

• Can be easily convinced to... ...bend his rigid views in exchange for a bacon and egg roll, with diced spring onions and HP sauce.
  • Do NOT try to palm BBQ sauce off on him, that shit will NOT fly.

• Smith only became so adamant about maintaining the veil after a mishap in his youth left a dozen sleepers unable to tie their own shoelaces.

• One brash young member of the Silver Ladder once spent a month thinking he was a five year old girl from Kansas after refusing to heed his warnings about the misuse of vulgar magic.

• Has an on-again, off-again thing with Sunshine.
  • Calling it "on-again, off-again" implies way too much structure.

• Ever notice how he never takes off those glasses?

• Has seemed frequently unwell at recent meetings.
  • It's a rare cancer of the pseudonym, a form of schizonomia.

• His name is Freely, not Smith.

• Slept with Dornelia.
  • No.
    • Yes.

Inspirations and Soundtrack

The Men In Black

Lene Marlin - Never to know

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7c7ZOuUiSY

VNV Nation - Controll

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiaL1pHsd90

- From Dornelia with very little love, probably. I dunno.

OOC Info

Member Information
Player:	[mailto: Guy]
Number:	2009040009
Domain:	Brisbane