CIPHER, Bobby Ratcliff

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PERSONALITY: Aggressive, assertive, and a hot-blooded table flipper when she catches a dirty pig-lipped cheater in a game of poker. There's no mistake; Bobby Kiss is not a nice person. There's good reason her fake friends whisper "there's a rat on the loose" when she stomps past with her steaming temper. In some ways, she's more honest when she's angry. On a typical day, she's a considerate busybody just trying to make everyone happy and keep a little pocket change for herself (she's far from broke, but she swears she needs more). She's a bundle of giggles and gifts for the people she likes. [break][break]

With friends, she's loud and abrasive. With the person in charge of her next paycheck? Here comes the batting eyes, the pet names, and all kinds of lovey-dovey affection to show she's worthy of her next raise. She might seem shallow and spoiled, but she'll be dammed if people forget that she's a hard-worker when she's the one that worked her way up to the manager position in the "Half-a-Way There Motel". Broken lamp? She won't just clean it up, but she'll hound whoever broke it like an angry hen and force them one way or another to pay it off. If her precious employees are sick, she'll be one of the first to stand in for them and juggle multiple jobs just to get through the day. She's hospitable enough to bring soup and visit her employees at home, making sure they're well. Just get on your knees and pray she doesn't find out you've been slacking off from work and faking illness when she knocks on your door.

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TW: Drug mention, sexual harassment[break][break]

BIOGRAPHY: Life is rough in Pyrite Town, and it certainly isn't the ideal place you'd want to raise a child. Originally Bobby Kiss was born and raised in Phenac, but hard times sent the family packing to Pyrite when she was as young as 10. At age 18, Bobby bitterly remembers her step-mother yelling at her to 'get out of my house and don't come back until you can start paying some rent!' while her mom filled the house with the scent of cheap cigars. Those hiring mentioned that she was too cute to smoke at her age, and wrote her off as a problem child just because she couldn't get the smell out of her clothes. Her bad attitude might have contributed to that, but she hated to admit it at the time. Considering it was Pyrite, that was to be expected. But with no work experience on her resume, they simply didn't want to hire her.

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So she lied. Actually, she started lying and sucking up a lot after that. 'Yes moms, I have a job. Yes boss, I worked at so and so and know how to do this and this and that', and if she couldn't keep track of the lies? Whoopsies! Tee-hee. [break][break]

Her first part-time job put her as a waitress at a local diner, but the creepy customers brought out the worst in her. Apparently you can get fired for smashing a glass cup on the table as a 'defensive reflex' after some dude caught a feel. Whoopsies![BREAK][BREAK]

So she might've flopped a few jobs here and there, but her favorite job started at age 21 at the "Half-a-Way There Motel", located halfway between Pyrite and Phenec. It was a comfortable setting which most importantly, offered discounted lodging for its employees. She didn't even blink at the chance to move out of her parent's crusty apartment and immediately signed up as a maid. Maid soon turned to secretary when one of their employees was sick for the day, and she was desperate for hours and gladly took the shift. Getting off the shift for the night, she discovered the clearly not sick secretary laughing her drunken neck off at the nearby bar. Snap snap, Bobby Kiss took a pic on her phone and promptly sent it to her boss, who then fired the secretary, and promoted Bobby. It was a savage win that kept repeating itself in Bobby's career.[break][break]

Years go by, and a couple marriages come and go, and now Bobby acts as manager for her favorite motel. She still sucks up to her boss, and yes, her boss knows that in reality she's like a bat demon from hell, but it works out. [BREAK][BREAK]

The deeper she got into the motel business, the more she realized just how corrupt it really was. Their motel wasn't just collecting a garbage heap of misfits and trouble makers because it was close to Pyrite. Oh, no. The motel happened to be a popular meeting ground for members of Cipher, and her boss fully supported the extra business! What a shock. Spoilers: it wasn't a shock. But now she knew not to butt in unless she knew she smelled drugs going on in the rooms she just painstakingly cleaned by hand! [break][break]

Now she's a massive suck-up to Cipher and a ferocious mama to anyone that dares to take away her job and home.

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GUT PUNCH ♂
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Dazzling, Lonely
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Shadow Sky, Shadow Mist, Shadow Panic, Shadow Blitz
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HISTORY: Received as hush-money from a Cipher member after Bobby discovered something unpleasant about a regular customer. Gut Punch is sometimes on display at the motel like the mascot he deserves to be.


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DOROTHY ♀
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Overcoat, Hardy
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Shadow Break, Shadow Storm, Shadow Panic, Shadow Hold
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HISTORY: Received from a Cipher Member as a reward for ensuring them multiple safe getaways. Dorothy typically rests on the motel roof at night as a lookout.
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[b]Ace Attorney[/b], April May
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