Samantha Grace Albert-Nakayama

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Samantha Grace Albert-Nakayama Born Year 312 Other names Albert (birth), Nakayama (married), Sam Spouse Akio Nakayama Children 4 Species Homo Sapiens (Ballistic/Pneumatic Variant) First appearance Glass House chapter 1

Samantha Grace Albert-Nakayama (Albert by birth, Nakayama by marriage; born 312) is a figure of the C9 universe, recorded as homo sapiens (ballistic/pneumatic variant), one of the young people who formed the House of Confidence on Aerogaea 347n. She came out of terrestrial and urban decay.

Samantha is recorded for absolute trajectory & pneumatic projection. The record notes chemically resistant. Higher tolerance for corrosive elements — ClF3, arsenic. She can handle what would kill someone else. Pneumatic. Her respiratory system can compress oxygen into solid slugs of air. To fire one, she must stop breathing. The irony is not lost on her. She is glowing purple pupils that act as independent gyroscopes. Even if her body is shaking or falling, her eyes remain locked on the target.

The record follows her across 3 periods of life, from year 330 onward. In the last of them she is recorded as weapons instructor.

Samantha appears in 12 of the 19 chapters written so far, beginning with Glass House chapter 1^[1].

Early life

Samantha Grace Albert-Nakayama was born in year 312. She was 18 years old in 330, the year the Klak Grove was destroyed. She is niece of Rad Albert. The records give her origin as terrestrial / urban decay. Her development is recorded as high-risk / adrenaline dependent.

Sniper (330–339)

Her standing at this time was sniper / explosives expert. Physically, 180cm but underweight. She wears oversized clothes to hide her frame. The record notes volatile energy. What defines her in this period is Akio. He is the only one who can get her to sit down and eat. She views him as "Safe."

Tactical overwatch (340–349)

Her standing at this time was tactical overwatch / chemist. Physically, stabilized. She gains healthy weight (thanks to Akio's cooking). She still wears the hat low, but the "shaking" stops when Akio touches her shoulder. She has turned her paranoia into a security system for the base (she traps the perimeter with chemical alarms). What defines her in this period is a partnership of "Chaos and Comfort." She kills the threats from a mile away so Akio doesn't have to use the sword.

Later years (350 onward)

Her standing at this time was weapons instructor / retired. Physically, still tall, still skinny, still wearing a hat. Her hands shake when she holds a cup, but never when she holds a gun. What defines her in this period is she has learned to live with them, treating them as "background radio" rather than enemies.

Abilities

The mechanism on record is absolute trajectory & pneumatic projection.

The record notes chemical Synthesis. Intuitive understanding of how to make things explode or poison the blood. The effect answers to to fire a "Pneumatic Slug," she must compress the air in her lungs and expel it. To use her power, she must stop breathing (Hypoxia). The cost of it is hypoxia-induced delirium. The more she shoots, the less oxygen reaches her brain. The less oxygen she has, the worse the hallucinations get. Combat Loop: She fires -> She gets dizzy/paranoid -> She needs Akio to tell her what is real -> She fires agai Because she is a Chemist, she doesn't just shoot air; she shoots encapsulated gas rounds (Neurotoxins, Corrosives) that she mixes herself. She is delivering her "Chemistry" via her "Lungs.”. High-stress combat widens the fracture in her Sensory Gate. The more she fights, the louder the hallucinations become. Post-combat requires hours of silence and isolation (or Akio's presence) to "reboot" her filter.

Novice

She can shoot invisible "bullets" of compressed air. The record notes high recoil. Accuracy is perfect, but target identification is poor due to hallucinations.

Mastery

Combines air projectiles with synthesized poisons/explosives. She can curve bullets by manipulating the air pressure around them.

Decline/Shift

Lung capacity fails (age), reducing Air Projectiles. Relies entirely on traditional firearms (Elsher’s Sage73) and chemical traps.

Character

Her perception runs high and glitched. Her perception skips frames. She processes visual data faster than her body can react, which produces her irritability and impatience. She filters broken. Her brain does not filter low-probability threats. It treats a rustling bush with the same urgency as a gunshot. She is constantly flooded with false positives. She isn't unstable — she is over-stimulated. Combat benefit: she perceives threats others miss. Combat flaw: she cannot distinguish a real enemy from a hallucination without a spotter (Akio). She thinks in math is the anchor. Trajectory and atomic weight are the only things that stay still when everything else is screaming. She clings to the math to keep from drowning in the noise.

Early in life she held to a lie about herself: "I am a danger to everyone around me." / "Push them away before I hurt them.". As a young woman, her voice was snarky, loud, defensive. She uses humor to deflect concern. "Did you hear that? The record notes just kidding. The record notes or am I?". In old age it turned eccentric, blunt, surprisingly wise.

Family

She is married to Akio Nakayama. Her children are Ben Nakayama, Jory Nakayama, Little Miri Nakayama, Seral Nakayama. She carries both names in the record: Albert by birth and Nakayama by marriage.

Appearances

Samantha is present in 12 of the 19 chapters written so far.

Glass House chapter 1^[1]
Glass House chapter 2 — Sam had said that was a convenient excuse to avoid trying.^[2]
Glass House chapter 3^[3]
Glass House chapter 5 — Sam emerged with a hairbrush that she threw with considerable accuracy.^[4]
Glass House chapter 6 — His knuckles made a sound that made Sam wince, not discomfort but reflex.^[5]
Glass House chapter 7 — Sam had the Sage73 half-raised before he was already a dot on the horizon.^[6]
Glass House chapter 8 — Rad Albert was a large man who took up space without filling it the way intimidating people do.^[7]
Glass House chapter 9 — Sam sealed her lips around something she had decided not to say.^[8]
Glass House chapter 10 — Above him Sam was already at the crown, reaching down for Mae's hand.^[9]
Glass House chapter 12 — Four hundred kilometers south, Rad Albert found Chrys's temperature professionally unacceptable.^[10]
Glass House chapter 17 — Abort and hold. Sam had tracked the order through the comms forty minutes before the others arrived.^[11]
Book Two chapter 2 — She had Akio's frame and Sam's eyes, and when she fixed those eyes on something she wanted, the expression was so exactly Sam that he had to look away.^[12]