Name: Ami Matsumoto
Gender: Female
Age: 29
Appearance:
Body: 5'11, beautiful face, physically fit, medium body frame, short brown hair, hazel eyes, adequately endowed, looks younger than her age suggests, a red "01 Hatsune Miku" tattoo on her left arm.
Clothing: Tan Combat BDU pants, tan Combat BDU blouse (sleeves rolled up), tan boots, tan sweat-resistant undershirt w/ Primrose[sup]TM[/sup] Logo, Primrose[sup]TM[/sup] Custom Phantom[sup]R[/sup] combat vest, black full-finger gloves, Primrose[sup]TM[/sup] Custom Integrity[sup]R[/sup] kneepads, Universal drop leg platform
Weapons & Items:
Weapons: XM8 Carbine (modified to be compatible with M4/M16 Magazines) w/ 3-9x IR/NV/Optical digital scope, flashlight, laser pointer, MK. 23 pistol w/ LAM, knife, 4 throwing knives.
Items: 10 Waffle Magazines (topped off), 6 MK.23 Magazines (topped off), 3 liter Hydration Pack, 2 canteens (acquired), Short-range Two-way radio, emergency charger (acquired), water purifier (acquired), Multitool, gun cleaning kit, batteries (acquired), collapsible shovel (military surplus)
Personality: Strong willed, courageous, sharp-minded, intelligent, tormented by loss of friends, has a tendency to take risks, can be fun and outgoing in less stressful times.
A natural born leader who thinks only in terms of logic, not emotion. In basic she was highly regarded for her abilities as a leader and strategist. Her only weakness was the thought of the loss of her comrades. Where as the thought of losing acquaintances give her a constant, uncomfortable feeling, seeing death happen in front of her can cause her to mentally break down. Ami was known by her friends as one to take risks and endeavor for great things, often leading to desirable outcomes. Despite her hard, combat-grizzled nature, she can be quite friendly and outgoing. Though her beautiful, exceedingly emotionless face hardly ever changes, beneath her skin lies a volatile mix of emotions.
Bio before and after Day Zero: A member of U.S. based PMC known as Primrose. Was in the U.K. prior to Zero Day on contract for a wealthy corporate executive.
Born in Oahu, Hawaii to Mitsune and Kazuma Matsumoto. Living in a three-story mansion nestled in a small, private cove along the island's northern coast near Waimea, Ami became fond of both the ocean and the physical activities it presented, such as swimming, surfing, scuba diving, and beach sports. Being very active in her early years, Ami developed a taste for adventure, constantly looking for places to climb and jump off of. Her parents were overwhelmed by her zeal, and were in constant fear of her safety.
Achieving above average grade in predominantly English-speaking schools, Ami's parents enrolled her in the newly established Kojiyama Academy, an almost exclusively Japanese private high school. Through her 4 years in Kojiyama school Ami achieved and sustained above average marks while almost constantly changing sports and clubs, only ever settling in the school's Anime Club. While being acknowledged as both popular and dazzlingly beautiful among her fellow students (especially among the male student), she had a disappointing social life and only made friends with a select few, never once having someone she considered a boyfriend. Despite the abundant coaxing from her school counselors that she follow her father's footsteps and become a lawyer, she opted instead for military service.
After graduation Ami enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. Graduating at the top of her class, she left basic with advanced medals in both rifle and pistol marksmanship. She was slated for Combat Journalism and spent the next 4 years embedding herself in units both overseas and at home. Her work and dedication earned her the rank of Lieutenant Junior Grade. She was honorably discharged in January of 2012 without ever having achieved her goal of seeing combat. Immediately after, Ami joined the U.S. based private military corporation Primrose, where she signed on as a field operative.
Ami spent the next year travelling around he world, protecting diplomats and documents, to waging proxy wars against local insurgencies. Her first assignment was to aid the recently set up Iraqi government in dealing with the rising insurgent threat. There she engaged in many firefights and became a well respected member among the deployed volunteers, even those in other PMCs
She continued to take contract after contract in her thirst for more adventure. Her last contract brought her to the U.K to act as a body guard with several others for a vastly unpopular corporate head.
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Convoy was heading into the city of London when the bombs dropped. The convoy turned around and headed to the nearest functioning airport to escort their VIP back to the European mainland. Among the 48 taking the contract, 25 were left behind with the promise to be picked up later. Two weeks after securing, patrolling, and holding down the airports western terminal, it became abundantly clear that rescue was not coming. And so the 25 members accumulated supplies and headed for the nearest settlement in search of others. After linking up with remnants of the 12th Royal Marines, her and her colleagues were integrated into military search and rescue operations.
Ami and company scoured city after city for the next few years, first by car, then on foot in search of survivors and supplies. Those they encountered had often come down with a radiation related sickness, those that didn't were often deemed too dangerous to keep with the group, or were too injured to move. As time passed on members died out from attacks and other radiation related causes. Three years after the bombings, only Ami and her fellow survivor Martin Best survived.
For the next two years Ami and Martin moved and scavenged for a living. Sometimes making due on one or two cans of fruit or soup. They braved weather, attacks, and disease together, never thinking for a second of leaving the other behind. As time progressed the two became the best of friends, followed by a romantic relationship between them, eventually becoming lovers.
One day while scavenging the outskirts of the city of Redding, Martin and Ami were ambushed by a band of pillagers. The ambush resulted in the attackers' death, but left Martin severely wounded and bleeding profusely. Ill equipped for handling severe wounds and out of gauze wrap, Ami tried as hard as she could to stop Martin's bleeding leg. That night, Martin slipped into a deep sleep and never woke up. Being the logical person she decided it best to bury him and move on.
Since then Ami has moving from location to location, scavenging for supplies and living off of what she could find, bearing with her the wills and memories of long lost friends.
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"To survive, is to endure, adapt, and prosper. This, most certainly, mankind has not. Oh yes we may have endured, we may have adapted, but most certainly, we have not prospered. It may be impossible for a generation of people who had grown up with the world playing out on a monitor to thrive in this new world which we have been thrust into. The next generation however, if there ever is one, may hold a slightly better chance at survival. Or maybe mankind is destined to go the way of the many species which it has wiped from the face of the Earth. Maybe we deserve it. Maybe this is nature's way of signaling that even the mightiest of natural dynasties must fall at one point or another.
*white noise, fumbling*
If anyone is listening to this message, I, Ami Inoue Matsumoto, have passed on from this plane of existence and moved on to a far better place. And if indeed I have passed on and this message is being played back by someone other than my family, I ask of you one favor. If you survive to see a new world evolve from this wasteland, please try to find a woman named Natsuki Mizuno Lin. If you do, please deliver this device to her. She would most appreciate it."
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