Sonya Nowagowski

Clan	Tremere
Position	None
Status	4
Domain	Griffin, GA
Coterie	None
Society	{{{Society}}}
Path	Humanity 000
Player	Jen

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Overview

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Alias(es):
Myrna Nowagowski, Sonya Nowagowski

Real Name:
Sonya Nowagowski

Apparent Age:
26

Concept:
Socially Awkward Mad Scientist

Physical description:
Sonya is a moderately pretty female. She has long hair that she appears to mostly ignore and her eyes seem always downcast. She postures herself awkwardly and is in near constant motion, rocking and waving her arms. She has learned that waving her hands makes people nervous and they accuse her of doing magic, which annoys her so she tries to keep something in her hands to prevent that stereotypal activity. She used to wear a lab coat and usually has goggles on her forehead. She used to wear an embroidered lab-coat, but she claims that it was lost in a volcano. She often carries a brown bookbag and/or a viola-case, both of which contain countless apparently useless objects. Otherwise, she dresses casually in T-shirts which usually have some kind of science slogan on them, trousers of some sort, and sneakers.

Detailed Status:

• Acknowledged
• Insightful (Tremere Primogen Arturio Salvatore)
• Intelligent (Seneshal Terry Smith)
• Patient (Prince Vincent St.John)
  

Known History

Sonya (who went by Myrna for most of her life) was recruited by Clan Tremere while she was still at Bryn Mawr University, despite the fact that she was dependent upon a communication book of words and phrases to speak. She was a very gifted scientist and showed a great deal of promise, especially in written format. Once embraced, she buried herself in research and was not seen in public again until 2012 when she was sent to Griffin, Georgia.

The year has, by all appearances, been a very busy year for Sonya. She has been active in the city and - probably due to this new public identity - no longer needs to use the communication book to talk. She also volunteers to protect less martial citizens during battles and appears to be somewhat effective with this.

Beginning 2014, Sonya has appeared to go more and more insane. She complains of auditory and visual hallucinations, visions, and nightmares, and occasionally asks people if they are sure that they are real. She has been seen exhibiting odd behavior around the city and those who have seen her writing know that she experiences severe dysgraphia. She showed up at gather one night in pajamas and insisted that someone was trying to burn down her house. She is occasionally distracted and frustrated by unseen agitators and appears to find relief mostly by hyper focusing on mathematical or scientific computer work. Her viewpoint, when prompted, is that she is upset because she is a scientist and scientists depend on sensory input for data, but she can no longer trust that. This appears to be the major source of frustration on her behalf.

Towards the end of 2014, Sonya and Gaia were involved in a bit of an odd performance that caught the attention of the new Prince. Nothing untoward happened, aside from the power inexplicably cutting out. Prince Pompeii declared it illegal for kindred to provide public entertainment. Since then, Sonya's attendance at gather has been a bit more sporadic - in that she tends to be in the area in case she is needed (and a gather hasn't gone by that she wasn't), but doesn't attend overmuch.

Coterie

None.

Allies

Claims none.

HOWEVER, she has been known to work with:

• Danny Storm
• Sybil Chandler-Blanchett
• Former Archon Black
• Saxton H. Redfield
• Oscar/Spider
• Gaia
• Darklight
• Q-Mark
• Donatello Giovanni
• Christophe Chauvin Rosati

Enemies

Claims none. While she'll admit to being annoyed by most people, she does not really care enough to state that anyone is her enemy.

Sire

Saul, childe of Simon the Miller. Odds on bet is that he's a Tremere.

Childer

None.

Broodmates

• Airis Mal
• Seraphina Chaufour

Character Inspirations

• Temple Grandin
• Ellen Boundreaux
• Thomas Bethune
• Tedd and Grace from El Goonish Shive
• Sparks from Girl Genius
• Rain Man
• Leonard Da Quirm (from Terry Pratchett's Discworld)
• Darryl McAllister (from Diane Duane's "A Wizard Alone")

Soundtrack

• The X-Files Theme (P.M. Dawn Remix) by Mark Snow
• Breakdown by The Alan Parsons Project
• Theme from Close Encounters of the Third Kind
• Hurdy Gurdy Man by Donovan
• Brainwaves by Delerium
• Eye of the Storm by SRC
• A Self Called Nowhere by They Might Be Giants
• Fool On the Hill by Paul McCartney
• Different People by No Doubt
• She Blinded Me With Science by Thomas Dolby
• Beyond the Century by Karl Jenkins
• Iris by The Goo Goo Dolls
• I'm Looking Through You by The Beatles
• Living In A Bubble by Eiffel 65

• Concerto alla Rustica in G-Major, RV 151 by Vivaldi
• I Stand Alone by Steve Perry
• Change by Oingo Boingo
• Germs by Weird Al Yankovic
• Electricity by Orchestral Manoevres in the Dark
• Palladio by Adiemus
• Some Other Time by The Alan Parsons Project
• (Please Don't Let Me Be) Misunderstood by The Animals
• Pinball Wizard by The Who
• Weird Science by Oingo Boingo
• Nowhere Man by The Beatles
• Make Your Own Kind of Music by Mama Cass

Quotes

S: "It is a trap, you know."
"Why didn't you tell anyone?!"
S: "Because it's obvious."

"I am a scientist. I need my senses to provide accurate input."

S: "It's a trap."
"I know!"
S: "... I can't win."

"I don't know that I'm okay with you dating my sire."
S: "I'm not sure that I am, either, but he seems pretty okay with it."

"So, you're a singer."
S: "No, I'm a violist."
"I heard you singing."
S: "Yes, I do sing. I also play piano, theramin, and the Tesla coils. However, I am a violist."

S: "Magic? Don't be silly. I'm a scientist. I do science."

"Do you see a way in?"
S: "The door's locked. Can you walk through walls?"
incredulously "No."
S: "That's weird. I can."
...
"Can you make it so that I can walk through the walls?"
S: "No. I guess corporeality a thing that you either do or don't do."
"Oh."
S: "I suppose that I could teach the wall to be incorporeal and then it shouldn't put up much resistance to you."

"There's a difference between a hypothesis and a conclusion. Why does everyone find this so hard to grasp? When I say I have a hypothesis, it means that I need to test not that I already have evidence!"

"Would you like to be omniscient?"

Rumors

Sonya is crazy.
Sonya has a phobia of giraffes taxi cabs.
Sonya is drugging the Primogen of Clan Gangrel.
Sonya is a seer.
Sonya has discovered the secret power of the Pied Piper.