Kiwi

With no recollection of her parents, Kiwi was likely sold off to a corporate factory when she was not much older than a toddler, a place where her small hands would prove useful in the production of implant subassemblies, microcontrollers, and shards among other small tech. Working alongside other kids, the factory foreman took a liking to her, soon befriending Kiwi. Over the years, he protected and helped her whenever she needed it, and when the time was appropriate, he promoted her, giving Kiwi raises and ensuring some level of comfort. Then the time for payback arrived. The foreman propositioned to Kiwi, framing it as a debt she owned to him, but when Kiwi refused, the foreman sold her off to a brothel, where she was forced to become a joytoy.

In order to survive the time spent at the brothel, Kiwi built a device using her wit and the knowledge she had gained over the years; a gizmo that allowed her to cut her off from any emotional responses and sensations while being forced to do the work she had to. Two years in, however, a client brutally assaulted her and tore away part of her jaw with his gorilla arms. After that event, Kiwi didn't reconstruct her jaw, instead installing a cybernetic implant. To her, both the jaw and her forced job were over.

While recovering from the assault, Kiwi decided to delve into netrunning, which she found it was a satisfying challenge that kept her motivated. Being a quick learner, she soon used her newly acquired abilities to cause multiple short circuits at both the brothel and the old factory, causing both buildings to be burned down completely while the proprietors and foreman were still inside. With all her accounts settled and a cybernetic mask covering the lower half of her face, Kiwi left in search of a new life for herself, heading off for Night City.[1]

Let’s say that Kiwi is an enigma. She’s hard to read, never gets close to people, and never talks much about her past. Kiwi has always been distant, even with the people whom she considered to be her “allies” and her “friends“, Maine’s crew. She always had a personal philosophy, which was “never to trust anyone in Night City.

Appearance: Kiwi is an extremely tall and slender woman robed in a long, red jacket. Her most notable feature is a red mask that covers her lower face and jaw, which is entirely missing underneath. She has a light blonde bob cut and angular, feline eyes. Her body, which seems to be heavily modified with cyberware, is covered in a spiderweb motif tattoo and her nipples and pubic area are blue. Kiwi has very pale, almost dead-looking skin.