[OOC] Hokuko - A freeform, open-world, cyberpunk sandbox, with player-driven plot & collaboration

[Rune_Alchemist]

Sinclair Therapeutics

Name:

Sinclair Therapeutics

Guided by principals, Driven by patients.

Here at Sinclair Therapeutics, we only provide the best medical care and pharmaceuticals for our customers. Being the largest supplier of medical supplements, be sure to come to us for all your medical needs! We sell everything from herbal supplements, to Augmepazine! Guaranteed the lowest price in the city!

Role:

Officially a Medical Company, Sinclair Therapeutics is the largest, biggest supplier of the peoples medical products. They also lead the city in ground breaking medical research to heal all kinds of disease. Many people rely on their products for their medical needs, and by most of the public they are a fairly good company in a sea of corrupt organizations. Unfortunately, they are just better at hiding their nasty, probably horrific little secrets.

At Sinclair Therapeutics, we are a private company led by a board of directors who over see the day to day here at the company. They are tirelessly working so that you, our valued customer, can live a better, healthier life free of all of all of the nasty diseases that plague the world!

Important Persons:

-CEO-
Garret Sinclair
Officially, he oversees most of the company and is the leader of it. Supposedly, nothing goes on without his says so.

-Board of Directors-
Dr. Avery Clemens
Dr. Caleb Dean
Dr. Hayley Cornett
David Ackerman
Charles Barret
August Cantrell
Allyson Hughes
Tyler Franklin
Clark Hanson
Elliot Hext
Gabe Newman

The board of directors consist of the leaders of the various departments of the company. Everything is run by them, and they make the decisions on everything after the approval of the CEO. However, recently most have started operating independently, for fear that the current CEO would shut down their pet projects if he found out about them.

-R&D department-
Dr. Hayley Cornett
Lead Geneticist; Researches genetic material, smallest department.

Dr. Caleb Dean
Lead Chemist; Researches new drugs, largest department. Created Azanel.

Dr. Avery Clemens
Lead Microbiologist; Researches viruses and bacteria.

It's not much of a stretch to say, these three people hold most of the power in the company. The lead the research projects for new drugs and other things, and are always testing something, even if said something isn't so ethical. Their words carry weight within the company, and they quite often use that to their advantage. However, it is also quite well known none of them get along and often compete among themselves and their teams. It has led to some...accidents in the past.

-Spokesperson-
David Ackerman
Originally, he was a celebrity - a well liked character on a TV show some years ago, though few today remember his acting work, they simply know him as the face of Sinclair Therapeutics. After a tragic accident that resulted in his wife and daughter being killed, he was hired by the company to be their face. The person who goes out and does all the public speaking on behalf of the company. After a few deals and few other questionable backroom discussions, he accepted.

He keeps the job to this day, although many don't know about this little history of his. Currently, many people see him as the leader of the company - and many of the board members want to set him up as the CEO as soon as possible. Some are probably going to attempt to...'deal with' the the young Mr. Sinclair in an appropriate fashion to set him up as the new CEO.

-Lawyers-
Allyson Hughes
Charles Barret

What does every large company need? A lawyer. An army of them. And good ones. Aside from these two who handle most of the day to day needs, they have quite a few more that most members of the board consult with to see if they can find any loopholes in the laws, to possibly skirt around them for their more questionable projects. Of course, they also handle any legal trouble for the company as well.

-Head of Security-
August Cantrell.

This man, 'Captain Cantrell' as most of the company board refer to him, is the leader of the Fenrir Mercs, or the Wolves of the Sinclair family, as they're more commonly referred too. Mostly, he is there for security reasons. During meetings the room is always covered heavily by armed guards who are sworn to silence as to what the people are discussing.

Of course, he also does have some say in the company, but for the most part he is only involved in constructing new buildings, or expanding or renovating existing ones. Why? Well, what better way than to secure your building than have a trained military man set it up as essentially a well fortified base if the need ever arises?

Sinclair Therapeutics has been the leader in medical science and progress for years! Even now, we continue to stride to a future for a healthier, better, you! Ignore those rumors about addictive drugs and black-market dealings!

-Shareholders-

While not as big as the others, they are equally important. They are the biggest investors in the company, and quite a lot of money comes from them, which means they have just as much of a say in anything as everyone else.

Tyler Franklin
Clark Hanson
Elliot Hext
Gabe Newman

Background:

Sinclair Therapeutics was started some time ago by a man by the name of David Sinclair - the great grandfather of the current Garret Sinclair, if the records are to be believed. At first, they did exactly what they said they did on their company slogan. Sinclair really did want a way for people to get the medical attention and medicine they needed. However, his son, the person who inherited the company after his death was less than a saint.

Greedy and corrupt would be putting it lightly, and he was smart about it as well. He kept up the companies friendly, customer oriented attitude while secretly setting up major, definitely unethical practices and none were the wiser about it. He kept this position until his death, and his son took over. Now his son, Garrets father, wasn't much better about it. Money was the bottom line for them, and he didn't care about at all how it was achieved. He also started investing in some questionable research practices - human gene therapies and human gene modification. Its rumored he was looking for a way to create a super solider without cybernetic enhancements before he was suddenly killed.

That was about a month ago. Now, after his oldest brother was also murdered and the second son was found to be 'mentally' unsuitable for the job, Garret Sinclair, the third in the family inherited the position, with little resistance form the board.

Currently, the direction the company is going to be taking is completely up in the air. Garret Sinclair was never supposed to take the position - the eldest was, and he wasn't educated in it like they were. Many question whether he is capable or not for the spot, but well...if you were to ask around for a bit, you'd discover rumors that someone had orchestrated the events of his brother and fathers death, and had his second brother committed to the loony bin.

With so little faith in the current CEO, most of the board turn to the charismatic, David Ackerman for their decisions, who has stated the company will continue to innovate medical practices and ensure the best possible medicine makes it to the markets at the cheapest price.

Other:

Notable products made by the company:
Azanel - A small red, circular shaped tablet. Medically speaking, its a relaxant - and indeed, it does its job and helps people maintain focused and calm during a task. Its relatively cheap, and one of the companies biggest products for one reason: Its high addiction rate. Of course, this isn't known at all to the general public, aside from some general conspiracy theorists, why? There aren't any currently known addictive substances in the medicine, and no other independent testing has proven this to be true. Of course, if you look at the companies little black book...you'd find a very different story. The strawberry flavoring? Yeah, that's just used to mask the addictive synthetic substance they put into it.

Side effects of prolonged use usually include muscle spasms when not on the drug, increased hyperactivity and loss of attention, and other potentially hazardous effects. These effects don't start appearing until well after someone has been abusing it for awhile, however.

Various other illegal drugs sold on the black market, and quite a few legal ones as well.

[Ehkru]

Definitely going to keep an eye on this, my interest is most certainly piqued. I will try and put something together over the next day or so.

[Apokalipse]

I'm interested, so I'll be making a set of triplets.

Basically, two of the triplets have a personal vendetta and are at an internal war. One of them is a notorious crime lord and the other is an infamous CEO. The third triplet will be in the middle of it all. The conflict often leads to other people getting involved 'n stuff. I dont know if it sounds lame or anything, but I just had this idea so yeah. What do you guys think?

[Apokalipse]

Ortega Tech Union

To Make the Impossible Come True

Name:

Ortega Tech Union

Role:

Ortega Tech Union is a leading corporation in the development of human cybernetics. They focus on biological alterations and are a name brand in the cyborg world. It is generally believed that the company is corrupt and has dealings with criminal organizations and their work is highly controversial due to human subjects for experiments.

Important Persons:

CEO:

Tatiana Kedzierski

Board of Directors:

Lucy Watanabe
Li Yamasaki
Charles Brown
Rebeccah Kurnikov
Harold Carter

Secretary:

Rachel Ortov

Background:

Founded thirty years prior, Ortega Tech was a small corporation involved in computer production and new age technology. The CEO was a man named Henry Ortega, rumored to be kind and simple. However, when his age was becoming noticeable, he married his daughter off to Alexei Kedzierski and relinquished his hold of the company. Alexei revolutionized his company, firing all employees and rehiring world renowned scientists and doctors. He changed the name to Ortega Tech Union and transformed the product, directing the concentration towards human cybernetics rather than general technology.

However, Alexei died earlier than planned due to disease and an all out war begun. The Kedzierski triplets fought over the company, especially the two sisters Tatiana and Mykhaila. It was even rumored that multiple hitmen were hired. The fight became a bloodbath, with many accidents happening within the company. However, Tatiana, the eldest, managed to win her company over after Mykhaila’s drug addiction came to light in the tabloids. The third sister, Ruslana, was presumably bought to leave the company alone and stay quiet as not much has been heard from her.

Underneath Tatiana, Ortega Tech Union has been ruled with an iron fist. She has been known for her cutthroat approach to economic politics and has been accused publicly multiple times to dealing with thugs. However, much of the accusations have been swept under the rug with money and threats.

Other:

After a year of her reign, there was an incident in which a lab burned down, killing five scientists and an innocent bystander whose identity has been kept anonymous.

The Yellow Phantoms

Name:

The Yellow Phantoms

Role:

Notorious gang with over 30,000 members spread around the world. The Yellow Phantoms work in narcotics, contract killings, and human trafficking. They are known for their violent and aggressive tendencies towards other gangs and fierce protectiveness of their turf.

Important Persons:

Leader:

Mykhaila Kedzierski

Founders:

Shen Romasko
David Wood
Alfred Liang

Background:

Not much of the inner workings of The Yellow Phantoms is known; however, there have been multiple publicized crimes in the recent years.

David Wood and Alfred Liang opened fire in a public store, killing forty citizens. Alfred Liang escaped, but David Wood was caught and sent to prison. Several days later, it was reported that David Wood was killed by fellow Yellow Phantom inmates. A week after that, Alfred Liang’s body was found, severely beaten, with the words “we’re sorry” carved into his chest and his head caved in. It is generally believed that the two were acting alone, against Yellow Phantom orders, and were killed for it.

Rosa Clair was arrested for child prostitution and was killed while in holding, before the police could press her for information on other Yellow Phantom members

Tatiana Kedzierski

|5'4|120 lbs|Brunette|Gold-Brown Eyes|
Tatiana is known for her composure and her ability to keep everything under control; her physical presence reflects this. Tatiana prefers sophisticated clothing, preferably pencil skirts and button-ups, and wears dark lipstick with minimal eye makeup. She has dyed her hair blonde and has bobbed it so it frames her face. She is noticeably on the short side and is a relatively healthy size (she does yoga).

Name:

Tatiana “Ana” Kedzierski

Alias:

Red Queen

Age:

Twenty-six

Gender:

Female

Occupation:

CEO of Ortega Tech Union

Background:

Tatiana Hanna Kedzierski was born February 23, the second of the triplets, to Patricia Ortega and Alexei Kedzierski. Two minutes before her, Mykhaila Kedzierski was born and then Ruslana Kedzierski three minutes after her. Growing up, Tatiana demonstrated a temper that rivaled her father's and a commanding personality that had to have everything under her thumb. She was favored by her father, Alexei Kedzierski, who often called her Little Queen. Mykhaila and Ruslana took to calling her the Red Queen, instead, after an old cartoon where the Red Queen was an antagonist. Being favored by Alexei, Tatiana wanted to grow up just like him and own the company one day. It was her lifelong ambition - however, Alexei being the traditionalist that he was, he was planning with his wife to have a son to inherit the company. This caused a lot of animosty towards Patricia Ortega from Tatiana and Tatiana tried her best to run her mother off. After a while, Patricia left the family to another country, never seen again. This angered Mykhaila who was very much her mother's daughter. Mykhaila would often do petty things to get back at Tatiana and Ruslana would be stuck in the middle, attempting to keep the sisters from fighting.

However, when the girls reached the age of eight and were able to stay at home by themselves or under the care of a maid, Alexei came around less often and worked more. When he came home, he was typically exhausted and in his study. This left the girls to their own devices. Tatiana kept herself busy with schoolwork and violin lessons and the occasional friend over. She showed a penchant for networking and often made friends in high places and used these friends to get what she wanted. Over the years, she and her sisters grew distant and Tatiana got in fights often with Mykhaila over trivial things. When she was twenty-one, Mykhaila slept with her fiancee which left a huge hole in the family.

On the triplets' twenty-third birthday, Alexei collapsed after a particularly taxing fight between Mykhaila and Tatiana with Ruslana intervening several times. He later died that night, his heart having given out. Tatiana, of course, fully expected the company to be handed over to her, but Mykhaila believed it was her birthright due to her being born first. The two sisters fought over the company, several times framing the other or exposing each other's secrets. Mykhaila even threatened to burn the company down. Tatiana, having had other witnesses hear her make the threat, burned down one of her labs despite having six people in it. Unbeknownst to her, Ruslana was in the lab as well, having been down there to talk to her friend from college. Horrified by what she did to Ruslana, Mykhaila relinquished control to Tatiana and alienated Tatiana. Mykhaila sent Ruslana away, under a new identity, in order to punish Tatiana for what she did.

Other:

Tatiana hates the color red and is an alcoholic

Mykhaila Kedzierski

|5'4|124 lbs|Brunette|Gold-Brown Eyes|
Mykhaila is vastly different than Tatiana, preferring to exude swagger rather than sophistication. She tends to wear loose shirts, tight pants, and hoodies and she carries a gun with her everywhere. She has some blonde streaks in her hair, but often redyes her hair completely brown then changing her mind weeks later and adding blonde again. Conversely to her sister, Mykhaila wears a lot of eye makeup but neglects her lips and cheeks. She tries to hide the bags underneath her eyes caused by lack of sleep because of her drug addiction.

Name:

Mykhaila “Mick” Kedzierski

Alias:

Bloody Mary

Age:

Twenty-six

Gender:

Female

Occupation:

Crime lord
Police Officer (cover)

Background:

Mykhaila Anastasiya Kedzierski was born February 23 to Patricia Ortega and Alexei Kedzierski. Shortly after she was followed by her sisters Tatiana and Ruslana. Growing up, Mykhaila expressed the same temper that conflicted her sister, Tatiana, as well as Ruslana. However, Mykhaila did not have the same control problem Tatiana had. Instead, Mykhaila took after her mother and demonstrated a laidback personality with subtle, manipulative tendencies. Mykhaila often would manipulate others rather command them to get what she wanted and lacked the integrity that her father honored. As such, Alexei often saw her as a disappointment and preferred her younger sister, Tatiana, over her. When Patricia Ortega was run off by Tatiana's hostile behavior and Alexei's cheating tendencies, Mykhaila blamed Tatiana and often engaged her sister in verbal battles and taunted her with petty pranks. Mykhaila was not above anything when it came to punishing her sister - she had told the whole school of Tatiana's crush, stolen her clothes after gym when Tatiana was in the shower, sabotaged Tatiana's grades, and many other things. During high school, Tatiana was more often than not an outcast because of Mykhaila, who was charismatic and attracted people to her like a moth to a flame. Tatiana's only saving grace was her networking abilities as she made friends with teachers and several jocks that protected her. Also around this time, Mykhaila made friends with the wrong people and often indulged in delinquent behavior. She would shoplift, drink, and smoke marijuana often. She flunked all of her classes in school, eventually dropping out despite her father's disappointment in her. Ruslana tried to convince her to stay in school.

When the girls graduated, the situation was only aggravated by Mykhaila sleeping with Tatiana's fiance, who Mykhaila genuinenly showed interest in. Tatiana broke it off with her fiance and severed all of her ties with her sisters. Mykhaila went on to date her sister's fiance for a couple of months until she met Rocky, a drug dealer. He got her hooked on horrible narcotics and her drug problem became severe. At one point, she went broke having spent all her money on drugs, and then started trading sex for it. Her father would never see her unless during the holidays or their birthday, since Mykhaila wanted to see Ruslana on these days, so on her twenty-third birthday she visited. She got in a fight with Tatiana over one or another and her father collapsed, his heart having given out. He eventually died later that night.

With his death, Tatiana and Mykhaila entered a blood battle over Ortega Tech Union. Mykhaila felt it was her birthright, as the first born, but Tatiana was more ambitious and believed she was the one meant for the job. At one point, Mykhaila threatened to burn the whole company down with Tatiana in it. In order to frame her sister, Tatiana staged a fire in her lab, accidentally killing six people and injuring Ruslana. Mykhaila was angry at Tatiana, but horrified that she would do it to her, and so she allowed Tatiana to take control but sent Ruslana away to punish Tatiana, who she knew didn't mean to hurt Ruslana.

Afterwards, Tatiana cut Mykhaila off from her money and to pay her rent, Mykhaila began to strip and even starting to sell herself. Shen Romasko wandered in one night, and immediately took a liking to Mykhaila. Mykhaila seduced Shen, using him for his position as the leader of The Yellow Phantoms and manipulated him to do whatever he wanted. She even had him kill his childhood friends, David Wood and Alfred Liang, after convincing the two to massacre people and telling Romasko that they had come onto her. Eventually, Mykhaila killed Shen, damaging his face beyond recognition and throwing him away, taking control of The Yellow Phantoms. Mykhaila's goal: burning down her sister and the company with her, once and for all.

Other:

No one outside of The Yellow Phantom knows she is manning the operations
Mykhaila is fond of Rottweilers and owns three; Anubis, Hela, and Hades

Ruslana Kedzierski

|5'4|119 lbs|Brunette|Gold-Brown Eyes|
Unlike her sisters, Ruslana has never dyed a lock on her hair. Instead, she keeps her hair in dreads, usually up in a ponytail or in a bun, and wears thick, black glasses due to reading too much in the dark. She has a gangly, awkward presence and doesn't tend to command respect or fear like her sisters do. Ruslana prefers bohemian-esque clothes and is a collector of scarves. She has a nose ring and a belly ring and wears Egyptian-like eye makeup with light lipstick. She likes to wear jewelry and accessorizes her wrists, fingers, and neck often.

Name:

Ruslana “Lana” Kedzierski

Alias:

Elizabeth Roxanne Barnes
Sweetcheeks

Age:

Twenty-six

Gender:

Female

Occupation:

Doctor

Background:

Ruslana Viktoriya Kedzierski was the last triplet to be born February 23 to Alexei Kedzierski and Patricia Ortega. While Mykhaila, her eldest sister, was favored by her mother and Tatiana favored by her father, Ruslana was the angel to the help. The headmaid, Yumi, doted on Ruslana as if she were her own; she taught Ruslana patience and kindness. She helped Ruslana with her school work and how to think outside the box. Eventually, however, Yumi grew old and frail and Alexei fired her. A week later, Yumi died. Ruslana was heartbroken and visited her grave every Sunday for years. Meanwhile, with her sisters, Ruslana began to notice the tension and, having lost the only family she had, did everything she could to bring them back together so she could have the family she wanted. Both of her sisters loved her and never tried to intentionally harm her, but often times she would recieve the backlash of their actions towards each other. One time, Ruslana was suspended after Tatiana stole from Mykhaila's friend and her friend mistook Tatiana for Ruslana. It led to Ruslana becoming withdrawn from other people, despite having a friendly disposition and a need for affection, so none of her friends would be brought into the crossfire. As such, Ruslana withdrew into books and studies while scheming to stop her sisters through, sometimes, ridiculous means. In high school, while Tatiana was networking and being bullied and Mykhaila was manipulating and bullying, Ruslana spent her time building up her grades and volunteering at an animal shelter. She showed a penchant for taking care of things and enjoyed helping out at homeless shelters and such. So, while Tatiana worked for Alexei in hopes of impressing her father and becoming CEO and Mykhaila squandered her time getting high and sleeping around, Ruslana focused on her studies and went to university to get her bachelor's in order to become a doctor.

However, when she was twenty-one, and at a family reunion where she had just met Tatiana's fiance, something snapped inside of her. Seeing Tatiana accuse Mykhaila of seducing her fiance, Ruslana became upset and ran out, distraught. Despite her sisters' attempts to reach out to her, Ruslana ignored them for several weeks until her father visited her. There, he comforted her and expressed how upsetting it was, but he also displayed a coldness when talking about his daughters and Ruslana experienced an epiphany. She blamed her father for her broken family, for taking away Yumi and pinning Tatiana and Mykhaila against each other. However, she knew that there was nothing she could do about it and so she stayed quiet and spent her time working towards her bachelor's as well as spending time with her sisters, separately of course.

Around her twenty-third birthday, Ruslana discovered Mykhaila's drug addiction after walking in on her. In a cold rage, a familiar rage that ran in her family, Ruslana sought out her friend from college who had access to certain medicines. On the night of her twenty-third birthday, while her father was distracted by her sisters' fighting, Ruslana slipped a drug into Alexei's drink. When he drank it, his heart gave out and he eventually died. Ruslana then tampered with the autopsy and medical reports so his death would be ruled natural. However, she had not anticipated the full-out war her sisters would create over the company.

Her family as broken as ever, Ruslana drowned herself in medical school and attempted several times to bring her sisters back together, to no avail. However, her scientist friend, Edward Cold, who worked for Ortega Tech Union, threatened to report Ruslana to the cops after hearing Mykhaila's threat to burn down the building, believing that the scandal would take the three sisters out of power. Ruslana visited the Ortega lab in order to talk him out of it - however, in the midst of their heated argument, Tatiana's oblivious henchman set fire to the lab, killing five lab technicians nearby and severely injuring Ruslana and Edward. In order to keep his mouth shut about Tatiana starting the fire, Mykhaila had Edward killed in the hospital. Ruslana went under extreme surgery, having her legs replaced with cybernetics as well as parts of her brain and some organs. After her surgery, Mykhaila forged a new identity for her as Elizabeth Barnes and sent her away to NSU.

In NSU, Ruslana finished her education and started a career in the medical business, starting up a life with a cat named Underdog and eventually had a girlfriend named Katherine. Ruslana actively volunteered, having a guilty concious for killing her father and worked at a free clinic when she was off at night. However, after seeing Ortega Tech Union in the news, Ruslana decides to come back to her home city, Hokuko, in order to once again attempt to bring her family together, whether she had to kill someone to do it.

Ruslana has recently received a job with Sinclair Therapeutics as a low-level medical consultant.

Other:

Ruslana is a lesbian
She owns a calico cat named Underdog
She has a sweet tooth

[Slamurai]

I'm interested, so I'll be making a set of triplets.

Basically, two of the triplets have a personal vendetta and are at an internal war. One of them is a notorious crime lord and the other is an infamous CEO. The third triplet will be in the middle of it all. The conflict often leads to other people getting involved 'n stuff. I dont know if it sounds lame or anything, but I just had this idea so yeah. What do you guys think?

@Apokalipse

I like the sound of that! Just started looking over your WIPs. Sibling wars sound like a solid addition!

[HisforHugs]

Inspired by Apokalipse's text edits, I tried to make something simple but fitting for BI and the Black Watch.

BI

The Black Watch

[Rune_Alchemist]

Added in some more important people for now!

Lawyers, Head of Security (Of which I'll be doing a separate organization sheet for later), Spokesperson, and cleaned it up a bit. Will add more stuff later~

EDIT: Aha, I think I may be putting too much work into these guys...but ah well~

[HisforHugs]

Attention to detail is always nice! :D

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Added three levels of important persons to BI and the Blackwatch, which should mean that I can easily interact with various characters and factions in a plausible manner (i.e. a lower level member of BI can talk to a lower level member of another corporation, instead of the CEO implausibly being tasked with accomplishing this task).

However, I'm still working on writing stuff for each character, so it's all very WIP at the moment.

Also, PiratePad is great, I had a really nice exchange of ideas with @Apokalipse yesterday using it.

[Rune_Alchemist]

Is it that good? I've honestly never liked things like them. Maybe I'm just a bit on the...eh...socially awkward side in chat rooms and stuff, but I can never really get comfortable in chat rooms...

Mostly because I tend to be rather quiet, but eh. Well, whatever. back to to work.

[Apokalipse]

Is it that good? I've honestly never liked things like them. Maybe I'm just a bit on the...eh...socially awkward side in chat rooms and stuff, but I can never really get comfortable in chat rooms...

Mostly because I tend to be rather quiet, but eh. Well, whatever. back to to work.

@Rune_Alchemist

Once you break the ice, its really nice to build foundation c:

[HisforHugs]

We won't bite, as long as you don't move too fast that is. ^_^

[Apokalipse]

I believe I am finished with the triplets, @Aristo

[Slamurai]

@Apokalipse
Cool! I'll give them a look-over.

I thought about having a map, but then I figured we'd have to make things to put on it first. What do you guys think? Do we actually need one?

[Apokalipse]

@Apokalipse
Cool! I'll give them a look-over.

I thought about having a map, but then I figured we'd have to make things to put on it first. What do you guys think? Do we actually need one?

@Aristo

It is up to you, I personally do not care about maps unless a lot of travelling is involved

[Rune_Alchemist]

@Aristo
Speaking of things being done, I think my company is about as done as it's gonna get. Not sure what much else I can do with it, at the moment.

I'll get to work on their private security tomorrow, if I have the time. Gotta do some last minute Christmas stuff tonight and tomorrow. After that, I'll fill out the individual CS's for everyone that is important to begin with, and I'll make one for those who don't have as large of a roll if/when they become relevant.

[Apokalipse]

Abigail Babineaux

Name:

Abigail Babineaux

Alias:

Rachel Ortov

Age:

Thirty

Gender:

Female

Occupation:

Tatiana's Secretary at Ortega Tech Union

Background:

White trash. Abigail hated the term with every fiber of her being - but according to everyone she met in her childhood, that's what she and her family was. White trash: poor, worthless, trailer trash, and the list goes on. Abigail was told the same thing from everyone she came across: "you will never amount to anything." And, truthfully, Abigail believed it.

Abigail Babineaux was born in the NSU to a single mother and five younger brothers. When it came to Abigail, she was always put on hold; everybody else came first. At the age of ten, Abigail's mother had saved up all her money and moved the family to Hokuko in hopes of finding a better life. There, Abigail understood what it meant to be inferior. In the NSU, they had enough money to at least pretend they were fine, but in Hokuko, they had spent all their money on plane tickets, and as such could only afford a cockroach ridden trailer surrounded by other cockroach ridden trailers. There was barely enough room for the seven member family and Abigail was forced to share the cough with three of her younger brothers. At the time, Abigail was fiercely protective of her brothers after her father had died. Yet, when others found out at school about her living conditions, Abigail had never felt more ashamed in her life. Trailer trash. It followed her wherever she went, as everyone always knew - was it her matted, usually oily hair that gave her away? Or her clothes that were always filled with holes and rips (it was always embarrassing when she got dress-coded and had to cover the holes in her clothing with duct tape)?

It was around the age of twelve that she discovered the release of self-harm. She didn't do it much, only when the bullying got really bad. She tried to hide it as best as she can, but living in such a small space, her mother was doomed to find out. Her mother never told her that she knew, never said a word, until one day her mother unceremoniously pulled her out of class and brought her to a therapist. The matriarch had been saving up her money ever since she saw the scratches on her precious daughter's arm. Under the care of Dr. Gagnon, Abigail was disagnosed with Clinical Depression. He believed strongly that Abigail's recent bullying had helped bring the disorder out. He prescribed her medicine, but it was expensive and her mother didn't know how she would pay for it. She managed somehow, but Abigail knew she was struggling even more than before.

She was thirteen when she decided to do it. It was a tucked away area that nobody would ever see, and Abigail was convinced that nobody would catch her. Growing cannabis was the easiest thing she had done since she moved to Hokuko. Going to a public school filled with a bunch of medium-waged kids made for easy pickings - she started with the smarter kids ant the athletes, due to the "stress" they often had to deal with. Soon, she was the school's pot dealer. At the age of sixteen, gangs had gotten wind of Abigail's little business and they recruited her to start selling worse and more dangerous drugs. Abigail couldn't refuse, though she knew getting involved with such people would be the death of her. Perhaps it was around this time that she began to hang out with Mykhaila Kedzierski in the basement of a mediocre gang's hidaway. They became close friends fast.

After graduating high school, Abigail did attempt to get her act together and went to college for two or so years before Mykhaila managed to pull her out again. They were careful never to be seen together because of Mykhaila's image that she needed to protect, so perhaps that was why it was so easy for Abigail to fool Tatiana when Mykhaila urged the blonde to become Tatiana's personal assistant for her. Mykhaila convinced Abigail to spy on Tatiana for her under the name Rachel Ortov and Abigail, being a loyal and close friend, chose to do so in order to protect Mykhaila.

Other:

• Despite her standing in life, Abigail is really good at secretarial things and is rather organized and professional

[Slamurai]

Hope everyone had a merry Christmas and happy holidays! I'm back home and ready to resume my work in the Guild.
I'll be visiting the Pad and giving everything another look-over, and we'll see where to go from there.

[Apokalipse]

Hope everyone had a merry Christmas and happy holidays! I'm back home and ready to resume my work in the Guild.
I'll be visiting the Pad and giving everything another look-over, and we'll see where to go from there.

@Aristo

Okie dokie artichokey, I'm finished with my characters: the triplets plus a secretary

[Rune_Alchemist]

Argh. I'm really sorry everyone, and especially you Apokalipse - I know we had a small something planned with the company and stuff, but...

I'm honestly just not feeling up to this. I got some rather depressing news over the holidays and since then I've just not been at my best. As it stands, in my current state, I'm just not confident I can do Sinclair Therapeutics well, so I'm going to pull out before it starts.

I really, really, am sorry for this, but I just...ah, I'm just not...I can't reliably do it at the moment.

[Apokalipse]

Argh. I'm really sorry everyone, and especially you Apokalipse - I know we had a small something planned with the company and stuff, but...

I'm honestly just not feeling up to this. I got some rather depressing news over the holidays and since then I've just not been at my best. As it stands, in my current state, I'm just not confident I can do Sinclair Therapeutics well, so I'm going to pull out before it starts.

I really, really, am sorry for this, but I just...ah, I'm just not...I can't reliably do it at the moment.

@Rune_Alchemist

I understand, the holidays haven't been too good for me either, but I wish you luck and I hope things end up getting better