Pickup

Pickup is a martial artist and member of the Chinatown Metas. Despite his association with Tim Lee he is developing something of a reputation as a hero in Chinatown.

Description
Pickup is a broadly built and overweight man in his 40s, rather surprisingly for a martial artist.

Background
Pickup ran a curio shop in Xiamen. Curious objects had long been a passion; the other was kung fu. One day a gang tried to collect collection money from him, and he fought back, using his fighting skills in combination with various objects round the shop to fight them off. They came back to teach him a lesson; he fought them off again. Many times they came back, until in the end it was the gang's will that broke.

This brought him to the attention of the authorities: somehow this shopkeeper with his curious fighting style had become the equal of a meta and protector of his neighbourhood. They decided (after some years of indecision letting him act as local hero) to treat him as a meta and bring him into the army, and so began the series of events that brought him to Colonial Bay.

Powers
Pickup is a martial artist who specialises in improvised weaponry. He thrives in cluttered environments that often restrict other fighters, and is surprisingly agile, given his build.

Personality
Pickup is a fatherly type, liked and respected by most of Chinatown metas. He is a natural hero, leaping to the aid of the weak and helpless without a second thought (unsurprising for someone who basically started off as a street hero).

Relations
Pickup never really fitted in in the army and stays with Lee's gang only because he feels the other metas need him. He has become an effective father to Geeforce and has romantic feelings for Silkworm. Most of the Chinatown Metas look up to him, and will often talk to him about their problems.

History
Pickup escaped to Colonial Bay from the Siege of Beijing with the other Chinatown Metas. He has since become something of a street hero in Chinatown.