Jane Erik

Jane Erik is a character role-played by Kiwo.
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== General Description ==
Jane Erik is a Resident for Los Santos Medical Group.
Previously, she was the most hands-on of all the shift managers at Snr. Buns. She worked beside colleagues in the kitchen and at the front desk, resolved disputes, influenced shift policy, hired and fired staff, and ensured that loyal Snr. Buns staff have every opportunity to earn - in and out of the kitchen. She kept the kitchen on track during the busiest shifts, was fiercely loyal to her colleagues who wanted to work and respect the job, and has developed many contacts across the city. Though she is frequently underestimated, Jane has the potential to become a major mover and shaker in the city.
== Appearance and Style ==
In a city full of outlandish characters and over-the-top personalities, Jane is remarkable for appearing to be a completely normal and demure young woman. She wears her brown hair back in a practical bun, and her confident walk stands in contrast to her relatively goofy - and unexpectedly fast - running style. She is of short and curvy build, and has a half-sleeve tattoo on her right forearm, a full-sleeve one on her left arm, and one on her lower left leg.
Jane loves the colour yellow, and features it prominently in all her outfits. She originally wore a skirt and a loose, baggy sweater as well as baggy socks and sneakers. After stepping in dog droppings, those shoes were thrown into a bush and replaced. As Jane grew more confident, her casual style became more figure-fitting, including aviator goggles to make driving her scooter more comfortable. After her throat was cut by a disgruntled customer, she often wore scarves, and when snow descended on the city she developed a cozy winter outfit.
At work, she wore yellow short shorts with the company red polo shirt that she picked out herself. During the height of winter, the yellow shorts were replaced by warmer blue trousers. She later designed and debuted a manager's uniform including a yellow variant on the company polo shirt, before changing to a blue tank top and jean shorts upon obtaining her hot dog stand.
== Personality ==
Jane's personality fluctuates between a charming, awkward nervousness outside of work, and assertive confidence when she is in her element. She has no patience for people who act inconsiderately towards others, such as by being egotistical, needlessly aggressive, disrespecting minimum wage workers, driving like maniacs, parking in dedicated spaces that block vehicle access, and hurling uncreative and repetitive insults.
In direct confrontation, Jane sometimes shuts down in the moment, but is growing increasingly confident handling conflict. Despite her ability to hold and act on a grudge, she is a firm believer in redemption and second chances, if the offenders are willing to learn and grow from their mistakes.
== Background ==
Not much is known about Jane's past before coming to Los Santos. She has made repeated references to having a therapist, who advised her to get out of her comfort zone and try new things. She has also made reference to a fairly unimpressive ex-boyfriend, whom she may or may not have tried to kill by crashing her car while he was a passenger. She has also mentioned attending university, possibly in a creative field, though it is unclear whether she finished her degree. At some point in her past, she worked as a waitress.
While healing someone in the hospital Jane revealed that her mother died in a gas leak. She also mentioned that she has a foster mother.
== History ==
=== Junior Buns ===
Jane originally wanted to become a police officer, but the city had other plans. She began her journey in Paleto Bay, having just been robbed and left miles from the city. After hitch-hiking from Paleto Bay to Los Santos with the help of a kindly tow-truck driver, and then being robbed and briefly kidnapped by a pair of extremely pushy taxi drivers, Jane went to get a job at Snr. Buns. There she met Alfredo "Fredo" Bonucci, who showed her the ropes. Within minutes of being hired, Jane was involved in interviewing new staff members, and helped pick out the official Snr. Buns staff uniforms. As it became apparent that most of the city relied on Snr. Buns for food, and the timely delivery of that food required at least a modicum of structure and organisation, Jane quickly stepped into a leadership role in the kitchen and service areas, and quickly became a manager.
=== Super Size It ===
Working extremely long shifts and sleeping only a few hours a night, Jane quickly became known as the face of Snr. Buns. Especially among staff, whom she worked beside, trained, and encouraged. Though many believed the other senior manager Speedy outranked Jane, due to her unassuming nature and Speedy's prior reputation. But in fact, they were equals, leading to consternation as many people thought they could go over Jane's head by speaking to Speedy. The Snr. Buns workforce expanded rapidly, requiring Jane and Speedy to institute a queue system to ensure all people can work. A distinction began to emerge between dedicated, core workers, and temporary workers who were just there to make a quick paycheck, or who though they were too good to work in fast food and couldn't take direction. Gradually, Jane's management style became more assertive, as was necessary to represent the interests of the core workers. Soon, Jane was a force to be reckoned with in Snr. Buns.
=== Breaking Buns ===
Recognising that Snr. Buns’ core workers were finding it difficult to get shifts against the steadily rising influx of temporary workers, and that their paychecks were not adequate compensation for the constant abuse they suffered from bad workers and rude customers, Jane began exploring outside sources of income. Having made significant contacts across the city among police, civilian, and criminal enterprise, Jane began to set up opportunities for loyal and trustworthy workers to help them to get to where they wanted to be in life. Breaking Buns was the codename decided for a select few core workers who began experimenting with illicit income sources, guided by Jane and her network of contacts.
=== The Bun Who Knocks ===
With the New Year approaching, Jane had plans to fly back to her home country of Britain to see friends. Concerned that a week away from the city could see her fall behind in the constantly evolving political landscape, Jane began moving quickly to sure up her alliances and set plans in motion. She arranged one of the first professional hits in the city since its economic collapse on a disrespectful former employee who was threatening her, securing her legacy as one who is not to be underestimated. She and her Breaking Buns network successfully dried cannabis, allowing them to be among the first to market. She also laid out plans for the Bunderdome, an underground fighting ring for employees to work out their differences and supplement their income with gambling and entrance fees. When Jane boarded the train for the airport, leaving for her holiday, she was a different woman to the unsure girl who had arrived in Los Santos. Jane had become a force to be reckoned with.
=== Flair of the Dog ===
In early January 2024, Jane was approached by potential future local government to discuss the future of Snr. Buns. They offered Jane the potential opportunity to put her name as owner of Snr. Buns so the managers could gain better control over the business and its future. When attempting to explain this to Speedy, miscommunications were made from both parties and Jane left the building when Speedy exclaimed "I am Snr. Buns". The following shift Jane was strong-armed out of employment at Snr. Buns, by Speedy, the self appointed top executive in charge.
Within a few hours she managed to open a boutique hot dog stand called UpDog.
=== Up Good at UpDog ===
Jane met with hospital staff to begin operating out of the CMC cafeteria. She managed to hire more staff to work at UpDog and began catering events and parties around the city, getting the brand out there. Two songs have been made in honor of UpDog.
=== I Am A Doctor :) ===
In order to keep hot dogs on the table, Jane decided to earn some extra money working at the hospital. First helping in reception and EMS ridealongs then quickly to getting hired as a Doctor. Her first surgery was a Breast Implant removal. She assisted in a Brain Surgery, and unfortunately had her first death not long after. Jane is a good doctor and makes sure people know that she is a doctor.
==Momentous Dates within the Government==
===Los Santos Medical Group===
Rank 	Insignia	Note 	Date
Intern 	- 	Hired to the LSMG 	January 23rd, 2024
Resident	 	Promoted to Resident	February 5th, 2024
== Relationships (WIP) ==
=== Alfredo "Fredo" Bonucci ===
Fredo was the first friend and ally Jane made in the city. He was involved in her hiring at Snr. Buns, and at first she regarded him as her boss. After a while, Jane came to be commonly regarded as a senior manager (though she insisted on the title Shift Manager), while Fredo was regarded as a Junior Manager. While briefly irritated with Fredo's conduct, Jane kept it from Speedy that Fredo had worked at Snr. Buns longer than her, so as to get back at him. Soon after, they made up. Jane and Fredo work well together both in and out of work, engaging in a range of activities, such as "pounding" (deliveries) and socialising outside of work. Fredo remains one of Jane's closest confidants, involving him in many of her more clandestine activities. Fredo asked Jane out on a date, which may end up being a double date with Sunny and her future husband the Sewer King. This date has yet to occur.
After Jane was strong-armed out of Snr. Buns, Fredo made the choice to stay by Speedy's side and left Jane behind.
=== Anne Droid ===
Anne was an employee of Snr. Buns when she began disrespecting Ursula Leichenberg, the manager on shift. Ursula went to Jane, who told Anne to respect her managers. Anne began hurling insults at Jane, who fired her on the spot. Several Snr. Buns employees later overheard Anne talking about attacking Jane, so Jane contracted a hitman in retaliation, and also to send a message to those who don't respect the Snr. Buns family. Anne later jumped the queue and clocked into work, to which Jane had her removed from the building. After being coached on how to apologise without slinging backhanded insults, Anne attempted to approach Jane to apologise, but by this stage it was too late, as the hitman was on his way. But it was also clear that Anne simply wanted her source of income back, and felt no remorse, believing it wasn't a big deal. Shortly afterwards, Anne was kidnapped and shot using a stolen police firearm. Jane considers the matter closed, and has stated that she is willing to let Anne work again, if she learns from her mistakes and conducts herself respectfully. But given Anne's penchant for violence and seeming difficulty in understanding human interactions, this seems unlikely.
=== Dequarius Johnson ===
Dequarius was hired by Maxx during Jane's first shift, identifying himself as a Michelin Star chef who had helped many restaurants steer away from bankruptcy. Dequarius later became a manager during a consistently busy shift, and his passion for cooking, leadership skills, and professionalism quickly earned him Jane's appreciation and admiration. To which she earned his loyalty in return.
=== Maxx McAllister ===
Maxx was hired moments after Jane, ranking her as one of the original crew. She specifically requested that her uniform be as "slutty" as possible. Maxx impressed both Fredo and Jane with her skill, so they decided she was the "boss lady" for the difficult first shift. Maxx immediately instituted a policy that "you can sext on shift - I guess, or whatever". Maxx's brutal honesty in telling customers off for being rude may have influenced Jane's future character development.
=== Raia Kaine ===
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=== Speedy ===
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=== Sunny Brooks ===
Sunny was hired shortly after Jane and quickly became a regular at Snr. Buns. She was later promoted to manager, as Jane felt she was extremely trustworthy. Sunny gave Jane a tour of the sewers, and asked Jane to be her maid of honour in her upcoming wedding to the Sewer King.
Sunny also decided to stick by Speedy and Snr. Buns, which caused Jane to cut Sunny out of her life.
=== Tanner Phillips ===
Tanner is Jane's roommate. The day Jane was strong-armed out of Snr. Buns, Tanner was there to support her. He has stuck by her side ever since and is now a Co-Owner of UpDog. They frequently post selfies on Twatter and enjoy a bit of PDA. But they're roommates...
== Trivia ==
Kiwo incorporates puns into all her character names. Jane Erik is a play on the word "generic".
== Quotes ==
* "Enjoy your meal, have a BUNderful day!"
* "It's a judge of character when you are mean to fast food workers."
* "Umm... err... oh geez... umm... I'm sorry."
* "No bun-on-bun violence. The only beef is between the buns."
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