VALERIE LOXLEY

HISTORY

Valerie, Vee for short, is a Hoenn native that was one of many unfortunate children whose parents became entangled in Rocket's heightening activity when she was younger, and never once knowing her parents. She went from foster family to foster family for the good part of her childhood before running away when she was 13. Some time during her stretch of homelessness in Rustboro, a boy she had been childhood friends with since grade school named Harper, led her into joining his brother's gang. After much consideration, she was offered a spot as one of many recruits which provided her a shelter and food, but not without earning her keep. Thus began the long streak of petty crime and juvenile hall visits. Life in the gang was fairly hectic, and while most of the members were older and knew exactly how to throw a punch to get their way, or to "encourage" her to do a job better, Valerie did find some kind of home with these people she found herself embedded in.

When she was 16, Harper and her made frequent stops to hotwire vehicles, usually cycles or smaller sized vehicles, and rush them to the gang's garage for scrapping and disassembly. It was here that the girl found her love of tinkering and all things speed related. She was introduced and flourished in her new environment for a time. Anything leaving her station was known to be top quality, and within 2 years of service here, she was a part of the leader's personal crew of mechanics that boosted whatever he may have needed.

As their influence spread and the ego of her bosses grew larger, demands began to pile sky high. More threats were made to the team to increase output or risk punishment. Several incidents occurred as somebody that Valerie had known for years had been the outlet of frustration by their brash leader. The sight of her tools, caked in blood from others frightened her. Enough so that Val made the decision to leave. A formal notice was given to the leader in person, as she tried to approach him peacefully as to not cause any harm to her. She was promptly beaten within an inch of her life and warned that leaving would. Bloodied and bruised, she begrudgingly continued slaving away the warm days and cold nights, trying to numb everything else away. It had been a normal morning as news of an impending attack by a certain group had come to her ears.

When ORTHRUS had all but dissolved her gang, Valerie slunk away and went into the alleyways as she was left to fend for herself yet again. She performed odd jobs every now and again, but found herself terrified of people from what she had seen. The many nights of remaining awake and dreading hearing some small branch of her leaders had banded together and would take her back. The only way to push these thoughts away were to focus on her small bits and pieces of work. Eventually, she was found by a mysterious woman, @keira , that took note of her skill with jacking bikes and the like. All it took was a meeting with Jack Magnus for Valerie to be welcomed aboard.

Ever since, Val has been a proud member of ORTHRUS, working underneath her fellow members at the gang owned business, Mauville Mods & Repair. It's been a relatively long road she's walked, but for as welcoming as they are, she can't help but feel...odd?

PERSONALITY & TROPES

Val lives and breathes the Criminal Found Family trope, and much like the rest of her gang, is neither aligned with the League nor Team Rocket. She's devoted to serving the gang since rescuing her from the streets and her loyalty will likely never sway away from them. Even if she's doubtful of herself, she'd never betray any of them.

She's just as lively and hotheaded as many of the street world tend to be. She loves competition and isn't afraid to speak her loud and boisterous mouth no matter who listens. Despite this, she's very easy to get along with and does take an interest in things she's never done or experienced before. It's why there's been long conversations at night when Valerie wanders into somebody's room and asks them all about what's outside of Hoenn and what they did at their home regions. It's common to see her interest in the world remaining despite the hardships she's faced, but at heart, Valerie's just a punk that wants to learn more about things she's always wanted to. It's very common to see her talking about a subject or topic she's hyperfixated on before switching to something different a week later.

Every shell does have its cracks. To those who manage to keep her still long enough to check, it's evident that Val has some unresolved tramua by several reasons. She hates people discovering her flaws, viewing them as parts of herself she wants to tear out entirely but can never fully rid herself of them. She's doubtful of her presence in ORTHRUS; that her gang puts up with her only for her mechanical work and nothing more. They always reassure her and say they're a family, but she's never really had one anyway. So how would that even work?

This causes Val to work herself to extremes well past her limit. Because she can't let the team think she's some dead weight around. It's led to a perfectionist streak as she can't turn in or finish something unless it's absolute perfect. Some have watched her stay late at work to attempt perfect a customer's order and either come out at the crack of dawn or be found asleep on the floor surrounded by energy drinks.

CURRENT PLOTS

ORTHRUS
Val is a member of ORTHRUS, a gang led by Jack Magnus . She works as one of several mechanics in the gang owned business, Mauville Mods & Repair as an apprentice underneath @deimos . While not responsible to much of what goes on in the recruitment and operations end, if there's ever a need for a bike or a way to go fast, Val and the rest of the crew are always ready!

SEEKING:

• League (civilian) and Rocket (unaligned) characters interested in joining ORTHRUS
• League and Rocket characters wanting to hire ORTHRUS for jobs
• Jobs and vehicles to work on inside of Mauville Customs. (You may even get to pet her Dunsparce!)
• Conflicts with gang rivals and law enforcement

A PAST LEFT UNRESOLVED
Years ago, you were making good money, maybe more than your average grunt. You were either a high ranking lowlife sitting on top of an up and coming gang in Rustboro or whipping the new recruits into shape. That's when it all came crumbling down. You were left from square one and a most prosperous source of income, now stamped out. And the one thing that's left you to go on is a rat in the group.

From your information gained so far, a certain somebody would have good reason to snitch...

SEEKING:

• Any aligned characters a part of her previous gang, must have some level of officer status
• Detectives or officials on the trail for evidence or a testimony to charge the leader with before he's released.
• Mentioning this will cause Valerie to dive deeper into her trauma, probably lots of anguish!

OTHER PLOT HOOKS

PAST CONNECTIONS

• Members of her previous gang from her early teen years
• Authorities or League officials who have chased her before
• Family or friends of family that have a child lost to the foster care system

NEW CONNECTIONS

• Friends and allies on the wrong side of the law
• Business contacts
• Racers or Silph Cup enjoyers
• Any kind of motorbike enthusiast!

RELATIONS

ACQUAINTANCES

FRIENDS

• Jack Magnus - Beloved leader of ORTHRUS. He's the reason she's not starving in an alleyway somewhere.
• @marshall - Second in command. Val respects him, although tends to shy away when he's upset.
• ozias ambrose - She sees him on occasion, but nothing too concrete just yet.
• @keira - The woman that began everything. She's an older sister to Val, loves her dearly.
• Leilani Ka’uhane - One of the hostesses at Olympus. Val's always thought she was pretty. Tends to blush while speaking with.
• Jasmine Blair - Another hostess at Olympus. She seems nice, although they've never talked. Still pretty!
• @deimos - The master mechanic. She's learned a ton from him and trusts him in every regard. Has a weird pigeon fetish.
• raphael dos plumas - She knows he's close to Keira, but isn't sure if he extends the same to her.

LOVERS