Vulpine Fury

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Vulpine Fury
BornApril 22, 1975(1975-04-22)
Residence2004 Atlas Park Drive, Kandor City, Luna
NationalityFenspace Convention
Other namesEljay Goddard
EthnicityFrench-Irish-American
Citizenshipex-American, currently Supers-faction Lunarian
Employerself-employed
Known forCreating high-quality puppets, AI shells, and telepresence rigs
Spouse(s)Karen Sorrel (deceased)
RelativesR. Lime Zor-El (daughter)


Primary Writer: Foxboy

From the Tagline on Vulpine Fury's E-mail:

------- Vulpine Fury's Puppetworks -------
Bleeding Edge 'Wavium Animatronics since 2011
2004 Atlas Park Drive, Kandor City, Luna

History

The man known as Vulpine Fury (occasionally called Eljay by close friends from pre-Diaspora) was one of the folks who got tarred with the "terrorist" brush early on during the first US 'wavium crisis. He lost his job, his home, and an extensive pop-culture collection to overzealous investigators from Homeland (in)Security. With a waved Dodge Neon and the clothes on his back his only possessions, he worked simple labor and service jobs during the founding of Kandor City.

Assisting these folks, he discovered his niche for working the wave: Puppetry and Telepresence. He's been able to work up simply amazing android bodies, but he's never been able to create an AI sentience.

His shop is on a fairly bustling street in Kandor, and visitors get a strong sense of whimsy from both what's on display and the Helpstaff.

Folks who were fortunate enough to experience Jim Henson's studio while the great puppeteer was alive find similarities in VF's decor: Traditional puppets in unusual materials, startlingly lifelike animatronics staring glassily, and the four-foot tall anthropomorphic fox telepresence VF uses as his public face in his shop.

His highest profile puppets have been the Motoko Kusanagi telepresence rig from KandorCon and the head of Dee's android body. His general skill at overcoming the "Uncanny Valley" has led folks to believe that VF was biomodded into a Muppetlike form from his shopkeep telepresence. This could not be further from the truth.

Current Affairs

VF is a pretty straightforward stereotypical Elder Fanboy, unmodded as yet. Thick around the middle, receding hairline, ancient t-shirt from THAT Con, affable and friendly, yet also very hermitlike.

His puppets' signature quirks include the fact that he cannot awaken an AI in his animatronics, no matter how complex.

Vulpine Fury's telepresence system involves bike helmets and medical EEG leads, producing a neural induction interface with FTL messaging to the computer running the puppet's animatronics.

On either side of his shop are Dot Matrix's Mainframe Diner (an old-fashioned diner) and a well-stocked book store. Across the street is a park-like area filled with statuary and the most expensive lawn known to humanity at the time of its installation.

As of the start of OGJ, his current project had been his latest doomed-to-failure "Gepetto Attempt." That is, he was attempting to awaken an Android AI.

Great Justice

During the early days of Great Justice, Eljay met and fell in love with Karen Sorrel. Their relationship strengthened as he worked on Naze Nani Fenspace and various telepresence and communication projects for Fenspace Convention forces. They eventually married and awoke their android daughter Lime Zor-El.

Sadly, their happiness was not to last, during the battle of Serenity Valley, Karen sacrificed herself to save her husband, daughter, and several fenkinder attending a live Naze Nani Fenspace event