Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV
Real Name: Unknown
Online Alias: Radical Edward
Aliases:
Nickname: Ed
Code Name: Cyber Cowgirl
Canon: Cowboy Bebop (anime)
Family: Unknown (parents are presumed dead due to Ed growing up in a children's home)
Birthdate *: January 1, 1985, 25
Appearance: To the world at large Ed looks like your typical young woman in her mid 20's with bright red hair (was a blonde for a few months on a lark and will go blonde every so often for fun) and a habit towards dressing like a tech (jeans,funky tees with long sleeved shirts tossed over them and either boots or sneakers) with a dash of street style. She always has a smile on her face and always has either her main computer, a laptop nicknamed Tomato or the smaller version of Tomato she built herself. There is also the bottles of Pepsi tucked into her bag, her caffine habit not a shocker by now.
But when needed she can clean up and can actually be pretty cute in suit pants and the rare dress,of course she gives everything she wears her own funky twist. As for jewerly she wears funky earrings and a simple pendant on a leather cord, something that is still a mystery.
This being a total 180 from when she was a part of the Bebop: usually seen in a white tank top and purple shorts along with no shoes.
Her trademark is a small silver pin in the shape of a smiley face, which is also her call sign online.
Distinguishing features: Several small scars on shoulder from a bounty hunting mission gone haywire while living in Japan. Otherwise its her smile and flaming red hair.
Personality: Hyper computer geek anyone? Toss in some sass, a wicked sense of humor, a free spirit and a ready smile and you have Edward in a nutshell.
But even a smart girl does have a few kinks in the software: Edward's kinks being her ADHD and the fact she can be seen as a little nutty by others (mostly due to her moments of speaking in the 3rd person and sometimes out there statements). Beyond her not being the most tidy in terms of her desk and being semi forgetful she's been able to keep her illness in check, most would think of her problems as mere quirks.
There's also her habit of going blonde every so often but most would find it just her being a normal young woman.
But as she would say,"Ed is just Ed, bugs in the software and all!".
Transport: In her actual time a bright red scooter, in this time a bright red Ninja motorcycle.
Background:
Edward was only a child of 12 or 13 when she left a post Gate accident Earth after tracking the Bebop for what seemed like quite some time (along with her jumping ship from the childrens home after being basically forgotten by her father). It took one creative moment but she smiled and charmed her way onto the ship and became the team's hacker going under her call name of Radical Edward (it also never hurts that her rep as a hacker followed her for the ride). Over the course of her time on the ship she befriended Ein the data dog (and became the dog's partner in crime), played E-Chess for over a week against Chess Master Hex and basically lent a hand in her own unique fashion. She even had her moment in the sun since she went after a bounty on her own during the events of Mushroom Samba (after she found mushrooms in her sweetly odd way of helping and it leads to a mass acid trip among the rest of the team). Turns out she did catch the bounty but trades the cash for mushrooms. In hindsight, not the best of ideas.
After leaving the Bebop on a quest for info about her father and her past all Ed found was more questions and too few answers. So she went back into the cyber world, the one place that always made sense. But over the next few years she worked as a freelance hacker for other teams of hunters and even took a few solo cases once she turned 17. Mostly working around Mars and other nearby planets Ed was never short of work but something was missing: the little family she made on the Bebop. So while working a case on Mars she got to digging but in the process something went very wrong, she took a wrong turn on her scooter and she landed in a Dark space gate@. Fast forward to a shaken young woman who is now 25 (at the time of the chase) and somehow in 2010 Tokyo (even now Ed has no idea what happened but is pretty sure its none of her usual tricks and she's seen her share of net based moves using the gates).
Ed found herself in the restroom of a sushi resturant and when she heard the Japanese language even she was confused,"Ed knows that is not a normal language!". But with nothing from her actual time as a guide along with finding a newstand nearby she realized something, she had to blend in and fast! So she found a cybercafe and via her skills as a hacker invited an entire history for herself: in the process becoming the American graduate student Edward Tivrusky. But she had to find a means to support herself so she easily hopped back into the world of cyberspace and becoming a freelance hacker along with a day job as a computer tech. She was easily finding various white collar criminals along with your average street goons when the DOG recruited her.
Of course for a young woman who usually flies solo she's not sure about the whole idea. But Ed sees it this way: for now the DOG is her only real means of getting some answers and maybe a way back to her true time period. At least for now Edward aka Radical Edward is doing what she does best: bringing down criminals via the internet.
Her other goal is simple: finding the 3 people that actually care for her. Spike Spiegel, Jet Black and Faye Valentine.
Next stop: London and seeing what happens next (along with graduate school for computer science).
Strengths: Computer/hacking skills, brains, upbeat nature, very fast learner, her good humor and constant smile. She's just one of those girls people seem to like being around. She's also more than willing to lend others a hand.
Weaknesses: The fact she has ADHD# , her sometimes hyper nature (she's somewhat grown out of it after leaving the Bebop) and her slipping into runs of computer/hacker jargon (it drives non techs a little batty) and her moments of speaking in the 3rd person. She's also a bit forgetful and not the most tidy desk keeper due to her ADHD status. She is also at times not the most attentive but most would think its due to her nature as a tech (but in her own way Ed has a knack of picking up what is needed in terms of info). She's also a snacker and sugar/caffinee junkie but oddly enough that is not due to her illness, Ed's just one of those girls that can eat what she wants without weight gain.
Skills: Unbeatable hacker (almost totally self taught) along with major background into computers and other forms of tech. She has also cooked up her own faked cover story after landing in Japan and has done more of the same. She's also picked up a knack for accents and voices due to her travels. Ed may not be much of a fighter in the physical sense but she can defend herself in a fight if she was pushed (and does know her way around weapons but is not a fan of them).
Theme song: Mushroom Hunting
The Face: Bryce Dallas Howard
*assumed birthdate, Ed's actual birthday is January 1, 2058
# never confirmed but noted within fandom, she would have only found out while in Japan.
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http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Astral_Gate