Lucky
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"Are you deliberately trying to be an obnoxious, dense bitch, Lucky?
Because if you're not, you should possibly consider looking into getting paid for tha- oh wait, you are, jolly good."
"If you bang her, you get to say you got Lucky."
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Because if you're not, you should possibly consider looking into getting paid for tha- oh wait, you are, jolly good."
Personal Information
Lucky's a young Daeva with a lot of passion who doesn't always know where to direct it, beyond trying to make something of herself as desperately as she can manage. She's more than aware of what she was - a street punk with no direction in life, and no power - and, surprisingly, is determined to try and be something more than that, hard as it is.
She doesn't want to be a dirty punk just because society told her that's what she was. She's going to be powerful. She's going to be a Primogen, or a Harpy, or a Priscus. She's going to be fucking important - just to prove everybody from her mortal life wrong.
Appearance
Lucky is decently attractive; most of her good looks come from a modern, punky style that uses a lot of buckles and studs. She's got curly, vaguely messy brown hair, high cheekbones, and usually opts for a heavy dose of black eyeshadow and liner, and a healthy amount of red lipstick. A pair of sunglasses are tucked away in her hair - being sunsmart is important, after all.
There's a fair few tattoos on her arms and body; she's often seen with her shirt open to show them off. She's also clearly fit - the Embrace covered up the scars and bruises of a hard life on the streets, leaving her with hard, defined muscle under unblemished skin.
She's also got red eyes. Nobody's really sure why she has red eyes, though.
Personality
Passionate, loyal, and easy-going, Lucky's definitely obnoxious, but barely manages to avoid being too irritating for her own good. She's a joker at heart, chipping in with a terrible sense of humor yet amazing knack for puns. It makes her charming, in a down-to-earth way. It's helped by the fact she's a decent judge of who's in power; she manages to get by through striking up a friendship with the right people.
That said, there's clear flaws; any in-depth conversation reveals that while she's bright, she's horribly uneducated. Sure, she knows how to hotwire a bike or stop a 7/11 owner from hitting the alarm under the counter, but any academic subjects result in a blank stare.
Mortal World
Lucky's a minor thug in Australia's criminal scene who's been in and out of juvie and prison since she was fourteen. She grew up in and around Adelaide, rolling around with a minor street gang until she was abruptly Embraced. She's since moved to Brisbane and has started shaking up the stagnant political underworld; her easy-going charisma has meant that she's starting to lead a small gang of punks and thugs.
Information Known by Kindred Society
Lucky was Embraced in Adelaide. She's reluctant to identify her Sire, but she was evidently given a quick instruction by either her, or the Carthians in Adelaide. Since then, she's moved to Brisbane and latched onto the Invictus and Ordo Dracul - their promises that they can help her be better are incredibly appealing.
She's also an athiest. Occasionally, she wavers, but for the most part she seems fairly certain that there's no God. Vampires, yes. Djinn, yes. God? No.
Timeline
- 1992: Born to Darren and Debbie Houston, two preachers for a Pentecostal church operating out of a former warehouse. She'll eventually be the youngest of their ten children, and one of only two girls.
- 1996: The small church starts having a significant rise in profile, as their hard-hitting, evangelical style of Christianity hits the mainstream. A Sunday-morning TV show featuring the Houston Song Church's gatherings is broadcast on national television. Behind the scenes, however, there's signs of strain; a higher public profile pushes the family to conceal more and more things.
- 1997: At five, Lucky features in a high-profile political advertisement urging for a return to 'family values'. Launched by the Houston Song Church in favor of the conservative, opposition Government, it helps mobilize Christian voters in support of the party. Darren hits Lucky for the first time, when the tired five-year old refuses to be dragged out in front of the crowds to give another spiel. Her mother tells her that she needs to be a 'good girl'; it'll be a common refrain for the next few years.
- 1999: Cracks continue to be hidden behind the family's charming, super-Christian facade. Her father and mother focus on projecting and spreading God's word wherever possible, increasingly leaving the care of their children to private schools, nannies, and au pairs. Lucky's few interactions with her parents are mostly opportunities for them to relay their disappointment over something that had happened that day. Thankfully, Janelle's there to fill in the void of their absence.
- 2000: Lucky's sent to state school along with the rest of her siblings, to 'spread God's word wherever it can go'. As her parents continue to pull away and immerse themselves in their high-profile religious bombast. Lucky sees them even less, save for angry fights or abuse.
- 2002: Janelle commits suicide at the age of sixteen. It's a huge blow to the family's front as the perfect Christian family, and the family's public mourning and outspoken cries for suicide prevention bring them more acclaim. There's minor scandal that works up to a frenzy before an angry lawsuit shuts it down, claiming that the eldest son of the family - and newly graduated pastor - was sexually abusing Janelle. Darren's rage at Lucky for letting 'stupid, sinful rumors' slip to her friends is apocalyptic.
- 2005: After nearly a decade in the public spotlight, the Houston Song Church announces that their oldest son will be stepping into the position of CEO and senior pastor, while her husband, Darren, starts a potential political career. While their sons have become solid, shining, and mildly spoiled members of the community, their only daughter hasn't. She's a withdrawn, faintly sullen thirteen year-old who rarely speaks, though she's always obediently standing with her family. They describe her as someone with 'special needs' who requires a great deal of love, care, and prayer to recover from her beloved sister's death. She gets nothing but neglect.
- 2007: After four years, the family's again in the spotlight, as Lucky's dragged out of the house by police, kicking and screaming, for assaulting her oldest brother with a candlestick. In a tearful public statement, Darren announces that he can no longer sit idly by while his daughter destroys himself, calling her a disgrace to the family - a possessed, disgusting wretch who refuses to live a Godly life or make anything of herself. Practically disowned, she's given little, if any support, while her case progresses through the system; her parents achieve public praise as they continue their story of beleaguered parents who will always love their child. The situation is easily spun in their favor; Lucky's accused of being a teenage tearaway who stole from her parents to feed a supposed drug and alcohol problem, and attacked her brother when the family attempted to send her to a treatment facility. While her claims of an attempted sexual assault are heard by police, they're quickly dismissed by an uncaring judicial system. Lucky's sent to juvenile detention until the new year.
- 2009: After years of drifting in and out of the penal system, Lucky's practically become what her parents described her as - an angry, abusive misanthrope who runs with the wrong crowds, sells drugs to solve her own problems, and abuses anyone who tries to give her a helping hand. There's a vicious streak of pride in her, though, that refuses to be tarnished; no matter how bad things are, she's determined to make something of herself. When a court-appointed counselor attempts to point out what a fortunate background she's had, and how she's abandoned it, she laughs, and opts to turn that 'fortune' into a nickname, going by the epithet 'Lucky'.
- 2013: Now in her twenties and forced to stand trial as an adult, there's a significant attempt to pin the murder of a police officer on her. Over time, the teenage tearaway has become a hardened criminal, organizing a racket of thugs through a wicked sense of humor and easy charms, along with, naturally, a propensity for violence should anyone go against her. She's accused of shooting the police officer in the head, execution style, after his refusal to cease interfering with drug operations. Police point to multiple, escalating altercations that led up to the shooting; the defense briefly argues that such incidents are a sign of someone attempting to avoid violence by any means. The case is eventually dropped due to the lack of evidence.
- 2015: Out of the blue, Lucky's bitten, drained, and Embraced, given only a quick and hasty rundown from her Sire before being flung in with the Carthians. Pissed-off, but quickly realizing the power that's come from the Embrace, Lucky does a bit of research, and abruptly elects to abandon Adelaide, making her way to Brisbane when the chance comes her way.
Recent History
2015
- OCT - Out of the blue, Lucky rolls up to a Brisbane Court, wandering around with a dumb, easy-going charisma that's alternately annoying and endearing. She stops someone from frenzying, manages to avoid paying boons for the privilege, and gets acknowledged. She also manages to catch Roxanne's interest, when she mentions an interest in the First Estate, and quickly attracts the amused interest of Tybalt.
- NOV - Lucky's quick to get in on the ground floor, starting to establish a minor gang and shake up the criminal scene; they burst into action and start tearing up the city something fierce, proving herself to be a capable force in the mortal world, if not the Kindred one. Travels to Canberra with the new Prince as her new pet, and unfortunately, is outed as a Carthian infiltrator shortly after by Andrew Blackthorne in his efforts to join the First Estate and maintain some kind of peace between the two covenants. While the majority of the Court remains aware of the fact she's a sleeper agent, Roxanne keeps Lucky unaware while she alters her programming to be more... satisfying.
- DEC - Heads to Sydney to meet up with Fatimah al-Mu'allima, Karlin, and Nyx. Accidentally runs into an ancient bear spirit possessing a human. Yells at it until it stops. Is made Sheriff of Sydney. Tries to quit. Pays a boon to do so. Later on, she's caught dealing drugs and engaging in criminal activity in Estavan's territory, which'll later come back to bite her.
2016
- JAN - When she rides to Toowoomba with the Prince, Randy and the Toowoomba Carthians finally managed to get her away from the Invictus and drag her away to start her deprogramming. Scared and lonely, she leaves before they're finished and runs to Judith Doulton and Lorenzo Penthièvre in Adelaide, hoping to hideout for a few weeks while she figures out what the fuck she did to herself, and brings her delightful brand of 'fun' to Adelaide's latest gathering along with sharing some angry passions with her fellow Daeva down there. She's sorely disappointed to discover that Roxanne decided to follow her there, and reluctantly returns to Brisbane the next month, to have an angry discussion with Randy and her Grandsire about neglecting her responsibilities and her lack of interest in the Carthians, while starting on figuring out what happened to Brisbane's former Elysium.
- FEB - Participates in a violent hit on an Invictus Lord, Elijah Childs, to prove her commitment to her family and to 'fighting injustice', torporing him dramatically and dragging him away to the torpor. Unknown to her, her actions wind up having major internal reprucussions within the Invictus, with Alder Grimm's lord, Rose, being torpored as the result of an Invictus oath between Childs and her. Is dragged into a hostile Invictus meeting where the torporing and price for Childs' return is negotiated. When things go badly, she's torpored by a large hitsquad and traded to Estaban, so he can finally have payback for her actions in his territory. She manages to return to Court and set up a coterie, though not long after, when visiting Alder Grimm and Rose, she's torpored again. She also meets the very, very interesting Dame Threadgold, and thereafter resolves to do whatever is necessary to stop her singing.
- MAR - Lucky heads to Adelaide, as she always does when she needs to avoid her problems and pretend they don't exist. After some actual honest socialization in between acting like a shit, she eventually decides to liven up the night with Desmond Kale by introducing Adelaide to the Inaugural Annual Adelaide Elysium Koala Races. It doesn't go well, but the catering is popular. When she gets back to Brisbane, she manages to avoid any fallout from it, and finally gets rewarded for her hard work patrolling the city and chasing down criminals, becoming Brisbane's Scourge and getting her first, beloved point of Status in the city. She also gets to spend some extended, lovely time with Vilrec and Esteban. That's not quite as nice.
- APR - Lucky's revealed to be descended from Lorenzo Penthièvre's childe, Horatio, and merely adopted/inducted into her family as part of a Carthian power play. Or not. It's complicated. In other events, she's also showing clear signs of beginning to go off the edge, disturbing a significant number of Kindred in the Court. She manages to hold Whip of Brisbane against the Clan Head of the Daeva, Pietro Navishenko, in an incredibly ballsy play, and proves herself to be a sharp hand at the position, even if she second-guesses herself. Arwen Chandler has a conversation with her and winds up deeply rattled by Lucky's canny abilities of perception, but her - and the rest of the Ventrue - focus on the impending breakdown of the city's scourge. She's kept at Elysium by Randy Priest until Threadgold and Arwen can start helping her.
- MAY - Embraces Rose while on a trip to Adelaide, hoping to get some subtle leverage over the Prince of Adelaide (and her ex), Andrew Blackthorne. It doesn't go as planned.
- JUN - A trip to Perth to retrieve a former, wanted member of the Brisbane Court - Elijah Childs - goes very, very badly. While Lucky manages to signficantly impress Prince Maeve of Perth with her wit and utter refusal to adhere to decorum, she's not successful in retrieving Childs. While investigating an abandoned ship, she narrowly avoids being torpored and assassinated by him and his snakes, thanks to the quick actions of the local Carthians. When her safe departure from the city can't be assured, she's taken 'hostage' by the Prince of Perth, and kept on her estate.
- SEP - After a lengthy period of shitposting and travelling across the country, Lucky gets out of Perth, and attends Conclave in spectacular style. More remarkably, her violent and passionate rhetoric resonates across the country, and in an unexpected upset, she successfully manages to overpower the established Daeva power clique, overpowering the Admired and Respected Daeva of the country through a massive uprising of popular support. She then proceeds to declare the Ventrue despised enemies of the Clan, and a lot of Elders start getting very, very nervous.
Lineage
- this is my family / my one crazy family / the ones who understand me
- — The Interrupters - Family
Quotes
Quotes By
- "Holy shit, you literally just crammed your foot so far up your mouth that your toes are probably tickling both of your brain cells. That's commitment."
- - On the forums, regarding Corvus.
- "Man, I don't wanna lose who I am. I like who I am. She doesn't get emotional."
- - To Randy Priest.
- "Fuck. You. You think that just because you're an Alder, I'm scared of you? That I'm gonna bow down and bend the knee, let you take away what I accomplished? You can't do shit to stop me. I'm fucking stronger than you! And if you really wanna call yourself Invictus then you best back the fuck off, bitch, because if your motherfuckers go toe-to-toe with me and my boys, you won't just lose, you'll be fucking conquered.
- - In an argument with an Invictus Alder, over her criminal activities.
- "Look, are we gonna dance around the fact that you want me to get out of the city to try and kill me - or do you want to just set a date and time?"
- - In a discussion with Mikhail Torre.
Quotes About
- "Andrew. How the fuck are you doing? I will be in town for Halloween! Judith is sorting me out a place to crash! So I will see you then. I also have another favour to ask you. I will be bringing my unreleased (and currently secret) childer with me. I need her mind wiped to before her embrace and a new requiem inserted. Preferably with a trigger to turn that off. You able to do this for me?
- - Randy Priest (In his first ever message with Andrew Blackthorne)
- "She has absolutely no respect for Elysium and its laws! She talks with Arrogance and I cannot believe so many people shrug it off! How fucking IRRESPONSIBLE does every other kindred need to be?."
- "[...]Lucky is no mere hat dropper; she is a recalcitrant anarchist who takes joy in causing aggravation and as such she is a perpetual risk to the masquerade."
- - Alder Duke Fujita Kazuhiko, in response to a disparaging comment about people frenzying at the drop of a hat
- "As Kindred, we crave hierarchy, at least some understanding of who we are, and who we stand higher or lower than. Anyone who claims otherwise is absolutely lying to themselves, especially given that the Beast will flare if shamed in front of the court, even for something you feel you deserve. A small flare, but it's still there."
- "It's one of the reasons Lucky is so divisive. She is able to put up enough resistance that she can consciously say that she doesn't care, and flaunt it again and again, and that is a matter that is both envious and disgusting to most Kindred."
- "She casts around for herself like an animal who can't find it's shadow. She doesn't know who she is, and resents that, and herself. Oh, sweetheart. Please let people help you find you. You deserve no less."
- - Fatimah al-Mu'allima, caught in an unguarded moment.
- "She's... insane. Like a good kind of insane. She's so much like Randy that it scares me, but she has the power and influence to move mountains, and that's scarier."
- - Holly Grant, describing her sister to Terry Dunston.
- "Despite how many kindred seem to hate her, there's something about her that just can't bring me to feel the same."
- - Murmur
- "I think the most concerning thing about our Clan Head Lucky, is that on occasion, you find yourself agreeing with her."
- "Yeah everyone says she's like the role model of what NOT to do as a Kindred - but I'd bet most wish they could."
- - Aisha
- "She's proof that you can get away with shit in broad daylight if you can run fast enough. It's fuckin' hilarious."
- - Bone
- "She did nothing wrong. She's a good person and we just need to let her come back to us. I love her still, she's my friend, and she's good! "
- - Solara Castor to her sister.
- "I wonder if there is any part of her that others haven't touched. No, not her body; her mind, can't you see it her auras weak as a babe and orange as the setting sun! I guess I feel sorry for her, at least I know what I've lost."
- - Karlin
- "Lucky sometimes needs help to know when to take a step back and think about what she's saying. But it's okay. I'm sure she'll learn to calm down and think things through. She sees a lot of great things for herself, and I'm sure she'll achieve them in time. Lucky is special. She may act harshly but she tries and that's what matters most."
- - Ariana Trentworth, when asked about her thoughts on Lucky
- "She's lucky I used dominate instead of the knife I had up my sleeve."
- "How do I describe Lucky..? Unwilling to accept the truths of who she is? Probably. Crass? Definitely. Prettier than Judith? Definitely not. But she's definitely attractive, I have to give that to her."
- "Silence your caterwauling, fool childe. To you, they were a potential light in your darkness, a hope for a future. But to me? To me, they had worth only as a meal."
- - Algol
- "She's interesting enough, I suppose. A little too impulsive for my liking though..."
- ""I'm sure her Prince would want to know that she is causing embarrassment to her own Court while a guest in this city.""
- - "Elizabeth Saint-Matthew asking Andrew Blackthorne why he doesn't intervene against Lucky's behavior in Adelaide's Elysium.
- "WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK ARE YOU DOING?!"
- - Evrae Altana on Lucky and Desmond's koala race.
- "Nice boot, Luck... No, I don't want them around my head, thank you.""
- - KaeL
- "GIT GUD SKRUB" or "FILTHY CASUAL"
- - Zere over chat speak at Lucky.
- "Honest tho, had to make a second account to play with Lucky so she wouldn't fuck up my ELO."
- - Zere, being honest.
- "What the fuck, I didn't realise Randy was dead and up and embraced you what the fuck. I didn't think introducing ya two would go like that"
- "I will have Lucky at my knife point if its the last thing I do."
- - Scrap, when Ady told Scrap that Lucky was saying bad things about Fatimah on the internet.
- "She never listens to anyone. That's why she embraced a massive fucking bitch childe while she's barely a year dead herself."
- "Oh, Lucky! Hello! Is it time for more Kardashians? Or did you want me to test the purity of your drugs again?"
- "How on earth that childe managed to become Head of her Clan I'll never understand. I honestly thought Clan Daeva had greater self-respect than to leave an anarchist Neonate in charge"
- "I thought you were to be in a box?"
- - Berengaria Lange, looking between Lucky and Randy with displeasure.
- "Look, she's...she's a fuckup. She is. But she's doing what she's been taught in her own way, and I know, I know just how good she can be. If people didn't treat her like a villain she wouldn't be one. But she's still a fuck up and...yeah, i'll admit, she should have been boxed a while ago."
- - Holly Grant, to Lewis Arlington.
Conversations
- "Fuck that. That's fucking bullshit."
- "What?"
- "Who has the right to say that? Fuck anyone who tells you who you are; who tells you who you're going to be. I say you do whatever you have to, to prove the fuckers wrong."
- - A conversation with Roxanne.
- "I don't think dropping a piano on someone counts as a katana fight."
- "The only things I drop are truth bombs, and the mic."
- - Chatting with Marcus Aurelius.
Rumors
- Has a phobia of lullabies.
- And the song 'Get Lucky', by Daft Punk.
- Some say that after making love, she bites the head off her partner. And that she's had to give up binge drinking now that it's gone up to $1.50 litre. All we know is, she's called Lucky.
- Black leathers, sunnies, punk, religious background... nothing says deep cover Lance agent more than that. Well, at least nobody accused her of being a good Lance covert agent.
- Turns out she's a Carthian plant who was turned into an Invictus plant.
- Unless she's a Lance plant who was turned into a Carthian plant who was turned into an Invictus plant.
- ... Who then proceeded to join the Crone. Someone needs to ask the Dragons where they fit into all of this.
- Unless she's a Lance plant who was turned into a Carthian plant who was turned into an Invictus plant.
- Turns out she's a Carthian plant who was turned into an Invictus plant.
- Lucky is flawless.
- Her hair's insured for $10,000.
- She does Vitae commercials... in Japan.
- Her favorite movie is Varsity Blues.
- One time she met John Stamos on a plane... and he told her she was pretty.
- She punched me in the face.
- It was awesome.
- For a neonate with no social graces, she has a lot of powerful Kindred interested in her Requiem.
- Roxanne wants to take Ariana Trentworth on as a Vassal so she can lord it over Lucky that she finally owns a competent Daeva.
- Lucky will be ever so triggered.
- Mikhail Torre has daydreams about cutting out Lucky’s tongue and cauterising the wound with a candle.
- Everyone keeps trying to kill Lucky. Who'll get to do it?
- Lucky, probably. She'd ash herself just so nobody got the satisfaction of doing it.
- Lucky paid a boon to have Roxanne dominate her.
- Lower case dominate.
- As in, the kind that isn't a discipline...
- She also likes being chained up by Blackthorne.
- Lower case dominate.
- Lucky is the Antchrist.
- She once slept with an entire court in a single night.
- Her favourite weapon is Serendipity.
- A fair bit of her 'unique' look - dark lipstick, too much eyeliner, red eyes, and mangy hair - was stolen from Nyx.
- Felix actually thinks she's kinda cool. Just...don't tell Isobel that.
- Some say that she is illegal in at least 14 countries, and that her Vitae tastes like sulphur.
Inspirations and Soundtrack
- Donald Trump
- Kelly Bailey - Misfits
- Riot Grrrls/Feminist Punk
- Jimmy Eat World - The Middle
- Hey, don't write yourself off yet
It's only in your head you feel left out or looked down on
Just try your best, try everything you can
And don't you worry what they tell themselves when you're away
- Hey, don't write yourself off yet
- I'm the trouble starter punkin' instigator
I'm the fear addicted danger illustrated
- I'm the trouble starter punkin' instigator
- Rise Against - Savior - for Rose
- So tell me now
If this ain't love then how do we get out?
Because I don't know
That's when she said I don't hate you, but
I just want to save you while there's still something left to save
That's when I told her I love you girl
But I'm not the answer for the questions that you still have
- So tell me now
- Same dream, same team, same schemes (mm)
We even sold to the same damn fiends (how real is dat?)
Ain't no rules in this war for this green
This is business, and it ain't personal
- Same dream, same team, same schemes (mm)
- I’m giving up on doing this alone now
Cause I’ve failed and I’m ready to be shown how
He’s told me the way and I’m trying to get there
And this life sentence that I’m serving
I admit that I’m every bit deserving
But the beauty of grace is that it makes life not fair
- I’m giving up on doing this alone now
- Please tell me
Please tell me why
My car is in the front yard
And I'm sleeping with my clothes on
I came in through the window last night
And you're gone
Gone
- Please tell me
Boons
- Trivial boon owed by Character to Character for details (date).
- Major boon paid by Character to Character for details (date).
OOC Information
| Member Information | |
| Player: | Charlie |
|---|---|
| Number: | 2012040010 |
| Domain: | Brisbane |