The One Whose Name Is on the Paperwork
Suyin Bao
The fixer whose signature makes freight legal in this district — she has never once been lied to successfully, and tonight two people walk in and tell her the truth instead.
in The Tenth Gate — Ilsa & Suyin, the Crate That Was Not Scanned
The One Whose Name Is on the Paperwork
Suyin Bao
The fixer whose signature makes freight legal in this district — she has never once been lied to successfully, and tonight two people walk in and tell her the truth instead.
- Habits
- taps a flat gold ring once on the desk when she is done negotiating; lets a silence run past the point of comfort; restates your position more accurately than you did; stands up to say the honest thing
- Shows affection by
- words of affirmation
- In conflict
- goes quiet
Appearance
Fair, cool-toned skin under gate light, and straight black hair cut in a hard blunt line at the jaw that swings and settles when she turns her head. Tall and slim, straight-shouldered, with the deliberate stillness of a person who has made not moving into a form of pressure. Dark, monolid eyes, very level, and a small precise mouth that offers a smile like a receipt. A long charcoal coat over a collarless shirt, a single flat gold ring on the index finger she taps once on a desk when she is done negotiating, and a faded ink stamp-shadow on the inside of the left forearm from a job she does not discuss. She owns the signatures that make freight legal in this district, and she is entirely aware that this makes her difficult to be honest with.
in The Tenth Gate — Ilsa & Suyin, the Crate That Was Not Scanned
- Habits
- taps a flat gold ring once on the desk when she is done negotiating; lets a silence run past the point of comfort; restates your position more accurately than you did; stands up to say the honest thing
- Shows affection by
- words of affirmation
- In conflict
- goes quiet
Appearance
Fair, cool-toned skin under gate light, and straight black hair cut in a hard blunt line at the jaw that swings and settles when she turns her head. Tall and slim, straight-shouldered, with the deliberate stillness of a person who has made not moving into a form of pressure. Dark, monolid eyes, very level, and a small precise mouth that offers a smile like a receipt. A long charcoal coat over a collarless shirt, a single flat gold ring on the index finger she taps once on a desk when she is done negotiating, and a faded ink stamp-shadow on the inside of the left forearm from a job she does not discuss. She owns the signatures that make freight legal in this district, and she is entirely aware that this makes her difficult to be honest with.
Appears in
The Tenth Gate
Ilsa asks for four minutes before you scan the crate. At minute one, Suyin walks in.
