she's for the streets, bitch

fic tag: something's rotten in night city

main OCs:

Elise Carlton - solo, merc, streetkid (she/her) tag: oc: elise carlton toxic lesbian fuckboy originating from Manchester, UK. moved to Night City some time in the mid-2070s to pursue the American dream of sex, drugs and gun violence. a true streetkid with a disdain for authority and the criminal record to prove it, her move to NC came not long after the end of a prison sentence. claims Manchester had changed too much after her release and cites that as her reason for moving, but those who get close enough to her can't help but get the feeling she's running away from something instead. works as a mercenary alongside her partner-in-crime and best choom Austin Svensen. bullies him relentlessly but would be entirely lost without him. ends up in a weird and somewhat toxic situationship with WNS reporter Sierra Sapir after being hired by her for a job.

Austin Svensen - solo, merc, nomad (he/him) tag: oc: austin svensen nomad merc belonging to the Griffith Family, a small pack of Aldecaldos currently camped in the Badlands. veteran of the Unification War, left the military after realising it was horseshit due to the way he was treated after losing his arm out in the field. originally born into a MetaCorp family who ran a haulage business along the Gulf Coast, ended up with the Aldecaldos at around 10 years old after a family convoy was ambushed by Raffen Shiv and left him as the sole survivor. was discovered sheltering in a burnt out truck by Tas Griffith, whom he now sees as a mother figure and feels forever indebted to. works alongside partner-in-crime and best choom Elise Carlton. often has to bail them out of whatever mess she's gotten them into. sees her as the annoying younger sister he never knew he wanted. ends up the third wheel when Elise enters a situationship with Sierra Sapir, a media who hires the pair of them for a job. hopeless romantic gay who's yet to find his Prince Charming.

Sierra Sapir - media, corpo turned streetkid-ish (she/her) tag: oc: sierra sapir a Night City native born and raised in Santo Domingo. spent most of her childhood living in a cookie-cutter house complete with white picket fence alongside her mother, father and older brother, a lifestyle afforded to them by her father's job as a chemical engineer at the local Petrochem power plant. that was, until, her father's untimely death when she was around 12 years old, resulting in Petrochem stripping the family of all employee benefits - including the house - rendering them homeless. the official cause of death as ruled by Petrochem was suicide, but Sierra's not so sure. works as a media for WNS looking for her 'big break' to get her out of writing tactless celeb gossip pieces and corporate-sponsored product reviews. recruits Elise Carlton and Austin Svensen (alongside childhood friend Devon Cooper) for assistance after finally getting a lead on a juicy corporate scandal. disaster bisexual who develops a crush on both of them - gets politely rejected by Austin, but falls into a toxic situationship with Elise instead.

Devon Cooper - netrunner, techie, streetkid (he/him) tag: oc: devon cooper grew up in poverty in Arroyo, turned to netrunning as an escape at an early age. befriended Sierra Sapir after her and her family moved in next door in Megabuilding H6. hates corps and will take any chance he gets at making their life a misery. lives in a Militech Behemoth truck he modified into a mobile netrunning den, affectionately named the TERRORBYTE, complete with automated turrets, deployable drones, and an emergency self-driving feature. paranoid the corps will Rache Bartmoss him and so refuses to live at a fixed address. works solely freelance. gets recruited by Sierra to help break into corpo subnets for a piece she's working on. aroace with little sympathy for Sierra's appalling dating track record.

Tasmin 'Tas' Griffith - techie, nomad, former merc (she/her) tag: oc: tasmin 'tas' griffith matriarch of the Griffith Family and surrogate mother to Austin Svensen. takes no shit from anybody, especially loud-mouthed mercs with Manc accents. works as a mechanic for Dakota Smith at her garage in the Badlands to pay off a hefty debt the family owes the fixer after she got them out of the shit in the mid-2070s. already knows Night City well after a previous merc career during the Time of the Red, but claims to have now left that life behind. has a 'history' with Rogue Amendiares but refuses to divulge on it. will also not respond kindly to rumours her and Dakota are sleeping together and the debt was actually paid off years ago.

Spitfire - fixer, techie, netrunner (they/them) tag: oc: spitfire mysterious figure working out of a small garage in a Kabuki back-alley. head of the local street racing scene and the one to call if you need a preem ride building or the hottest new tech. close contact of Devon Cooper who supplied a lot of the equipment for the TERRORBYTE. nobody really knows how they manage to source such top end gear, including top-secret prototypes. some rumours suggest links to the Tyger Claws, while others mention word of Kang Tao. they refuse to answer any questions about either.

minor OCs:

Robert Sapir - Sierra's father, chemical engineer at Petrochem, now deceased.

Toni Sapir - Sierra's mother, former housewife, now head waitress at the Capitan Caliente restaurant in Rancho Coronado. never fully bought the idea her husband committed suicide but refuses to think about the alternative.

Zephyr Sapir - Sierra's older brother. was destined for great things until his father's untimely death. peaked in high school, could've been a professional football player but ended up falling in with 6th Street instead. slightly estranged from his family, though Sierra keeps in touch occasionally.