Description:

A big troll.


Background:


Dr. Totoro was once a major research figure at leading cybertechnology
company.  Lots of neat tricks.  Very slick, very careful, very
state-of-the-art.  Tons of influence.  Rather naive, but undeniably
brilliant.

An ambitious research associate who got tired of living in the Great
Man's Shadow infected him with Katalyst, then discovered to his horror
that at the request of Chief of Security, Dr. Totoro had implanted
deadman switches and overrides in many of the major corporate
officers.  Security hadn't seen fit to mention this little ploy to said
officers.  Security & associate told the Board that Dr. Totoro (who was
busily searching for a cure for himself) had become unreliable, and
trumped up some charge to get him bounced out of the labs, making it
impossible for him to find a cure.

However, while his wits were still about him he had a lot of
information and a lot of skill to use; and since he could see where the
goblinization was going, a lot of incentive to use them *now*.  Wanted
[corp] to find his antidote for him.  Started getting vindictive when
this wasn't panning out.  Started pushing, hard.

Pretty pathetic, actually, by the time Aware found him.  All the
material at hand to continue with plans, but the strings were slipping
from his fingers.  Forgot passwords, wrote things down then couldn't
figure out what they meant.  Leaning heavily on drugs which were
getting increasingly less effective.

Aware arranged for an Increase Intelligence spell, ritually held -
better than drugs, but not perfect, rather disturbing side effects.
Magic intelligence is non-linear, intuitive, somehow *wrong* when
examined analytically.  Infinitely frustrating not to be able to
explain one's reasoning even to oneself.  Hard to trust it.  And even
with magic, the deterioration continues.

Relations with others:

Wendy--She disturbs him a lot.  So that's what's going to happen when
the intelligence is *all* magic, no trace of rational thought
left....They can work together, but she makes him pretty uncomfortable,
and he doesn't like explaining things to her.  It frustrates him when
she doesn't understand and it *scares* him when she does.

Sheen--They get along fairly well.  Sheen's not a scientist so doesn't
make Totoro feel inferior, isn't afraid of him or too sickeningly
pitying, can be counted on for honest assessments.  Someday, though,
the decker's going to push him too hard over some minor slip-up.  And
get his lungs ripped out.

Dunsany-- A nice bit of work.  The vintage stuff isn't as good as what
they're doing today, but it's rugged.
There's a lot of mutual respect between these two, filtered through
some mutual misunderstanding.  Totoro can't understand why Dunsany won't
even consider having himself turned back into a human cosmetically, and
God only knows what Dunsany is thinking, but it's obvious that the two
aren't on the same level most of the time.  However, Totoro probably feels
more comfortable around Dunsany than much of the rest of the team.

Shiko-- Little sister?  Awkward?  Probably likes her; everyone likes
Shiko.  Mixed.  Shiko is sweet and nice and quite intelligent for a
society girl.  He's probably even looked out for her in the past.  But
he's got a problem with the fact that she's so close to Wendy, and that
she summons spirits.  On the other hand, she doesn't treat him like an
outcast, and despite her incredibly high charisma, she doesn't hold it
over him.  She even made sure that he personally designed and installed
all of her cyberware, and she seems quite happy with it.