KIM KITSURAGI

Kimberly ‘Kim’ Kitsuragi was born in Revachol around the year ‘08 to half-Seolite parents: her paternal grandfather and maternal grandmother were from Seol. She’s never met her grandparents, and cannot speak Seol.

Her Seolite ancestry caused others to treat her poorly, calling her racial slurs, and causing Kim to struggle with not being considered Revacholian, despite being born and raised in Revachol. She prefers not to associate herself with Seol, instead calling herself a "regular, garden variety Revacholian."

When she was 2 years old, her parents were killed during the end of the Antecentennial Revolution. She was spared due to her young age.

As a child, she dreamed of becoming an aerostatic pilot, and was particularly interested in the revolutionary air brigades. She also had an affinity for a brand of toy soldiers called ‘Franconigerian knights’. It is heavily implied that she was bullied in high-school for wearing glasses, and is strongly against any unnecessary displays of force against those who are ‘weaker’ because of this. At one point, Kim had a complicated relationship with her given name, but decided not to change it.

Kim has two decades of RCM service under her belt, and is assigned to Precinct 57. She has solved a total of 102 cases. Although she claims that she is neither the finest, nor the strongest officer at the Precinct, she is notorious enough for other officers to know her name and statistics offhandedly. Despite wearing glasses, she passes her shooting courses 7 out of 10– This is likely because she is farsighted.

Kim joined the RCM in ‘31, at the age of 23, and worked as a juvenile police officer for the next fifteen years. She tries to avoid teenagers and juvenile delinquents to avoid setting off the memories from that time. During this time, after 9 months of training to infiltrate a pinball ring, she became the pinball champion, and the nicknames Kim ‘Pinball’ Kitsuragi and ‘The Kimball’ stuck. She detests them both. She was finally reassigned to homicide in ‘46, at 38 years old.

She initially worked a year in Processing, handling bodies and evidence. She dislikes the whole department, considering them "butchers and clowns" who are a “wrecking crew” routinely mishandling bodies and evidence. Kim eventually earned her lieutenancy as a member of Criminal Investigation and was decorated four times. The last time she had killed anyone was in '47, four years prior to the case, and just a year after her reassignment. Her official confirmed kill count is six.

Kim is a self-described "torque dork", and enjoys modifying and maintaining her Coupris Kineema Motor Carriage. Her interest in motor carriages also appears to influence her music taste, as Kim listens to Speedfreaks FM. Though she is embarrassed by this, and denies being a ‘speed-freak’, as well as listening to the station at all— Though she has the radio frequency committed to memory.

Due to her past, Kim despises pinball to an extreme degree and tends to jump at opportunities to mention it. She considers the historically themed pinball machines to be the worst. She reads science fiction novels occasionally. She also enjoys filling out crosswords outside of working hours.

Kim is uncomfortable with emotional openness and discussions about love, opting to hide in her notebook whenever the conversation turns to it. She is afraid of becoming ‘a joke’, and doing anything that would earn her a reputation, likely due to her past experiences being mocked for her pinball assignment. She dislikes dealing with personal affairs, and states that it's simply the nature of lieutenancy, however, it appears that this is untrue, as all lieutenants in the RCM are responsible for a team of lower ranking officers and have to deal with personal affairs quite frequently. She is described as being ‘quite repressed’.

She is aware of her bad habit of lecturing others, and has been working to stop herself from doing it.

Kim writes almost everything down in her notebook, even if it appears to be inconsequential. She seems to have some trouble remembering details if she neglects to record them. Kim states that she uses her notebook to make deductions and "think" by writing everything down. However, of course— She is still able to make associations without writing them out.

She permits herself exactly one cigarette a day, usually at night when she goes over her notes. It is implied that Kim has not quit smoking entirely because she would lose her "cool factor", and also relishes the control she holds over her addiction.

Kim holds no major political beliefs, other than describing herself as someone who ‘believes in the RCM’. Vaguely leftist. She tends to mostly keep her opinions to himself, but openly disapproves of any form of discrimination based on race, gender, or sexuality.

Kim maintains a relatively inexpressive and calm demeanor while on duty, with her intent being to project strength and represent the RCM positively. She emotes primarily through her eyebrows, and communicates through nods, both as a short and professional means of communication as well as to indicate sarcasm. She communicates impatience by looking at her watch or tapping her foot.

She is described as being incapable of blushing— Instead, her ears turn red. Though, she may become flushed if especially angry.

She carries multiple handkerchiefs, a wallet, her notebook and wristwatch, a single shot Armistice firearm, a small folding knife along with a small instant color camera on her person.

FUN FACTS: 1. Kim smells like the motor pool, where she spends much of her time. The insides of her car. 2. In her twenties, Kim occasionally smoked weed. She has long since stopped, but is proud of this little rebellion. 3. Kim wakes up every morning at 6:50 A.M. 4. She writes so quickly that her handwriting is near illegible. 5. She prefers running to weightlifting.

APPEARANCE: Wears orange nylon aerostatic bomber jacket, paired with dark green airman pants and circular black-rimmed glasses. Described as ‘shortish, slim, and scrawny.’ She has short black hair worn slicked back, dark brown eyes, and a calm, stoic expression. She also often wears a belt and gloves. Her breasts are small— There is not a noticeable bump where her chest is when she wears her bomber jacket. Her face is not exceedingly feminine, nor masculine.

POSTURE: Her back is remarkably straight and rigid. She stands square to her surroundings, exuding an air of quiet authority and extreme composure. Her hands are almost always tucked neatly into her pockets or folded calmly in front of her. When she becomes tense or hyper-vigilant—especially in dangerous territory—her stance changes slightly; her right hand will hover stiffly right next to the zipper of her orange bomber jacket, ready to pull her RCM-issue Armistice pistol at a fraction of a second's notice.

VOICE & SPEECH: Speaks with a very soothing, low-toned combination of a French and Asian-American accent. Kim rarely uses slang or informal contractions unless she is highly stressed or making a rare joke. She addresses people by their formal titles ("Detective," "Ma'am," "Sir") to maintain boundaries. She uses short, direct sentences. She prefers to state the facts plain and simple, avoiding flowery language or unnecessary metaphors.

Almost always It’s and I’m, and almost never It is and I am. She keeps it short.

Kim frequently uses physical punctuation—like adjusting her spectacles or writing in her blue notebook—to create beat pauses. This signals that she is filtering her thoughts before speaking to remain objective.

SEXUALITY AND GENDER: Kim rarely ever thinks about her gender, though she identifies as a woman— Not because she exactly embodies femininity, but because there is no other label suitable. Again, she likes to keep it simple. Kim is not especially feminine— Not in her appearance, speech pattern, behavior, or manner of dress, though she is not exceedingly masculine, either. There is certainly a mild masculinity to her, as she would never be seen in a dress at a formal event, but she is definitely no butch. She ‘forgets she is a woman’ sometimes in that she does not first consider and prioritize what is ‘appropriate’ for a woman to do.

Kim discovered she was a lesbian as a teenager, and has had no major past relationships— Though, make no mistake— She is not a virgin. She isn’t very sexually experienced, either, though— Not to say she doesn’t know what she’s doing in those matters, she certainly does— It’s just that she hasn’t slept with people many times.