Micah Rain/Character Arc

== Character Arc ==
Arrival & Getting a Job (and an uncle?)
Micah landed in Los Santos with nothing to her name but her identification papers and a couple thousand dollars of starter money that her dad had given her. After catching a bus into the city, Micah set out to find work. She knew her money would only last so long, and she needed to work on padding her bank account before things could get bad. So, remembering that many people work in fast food for their first job, she headed for Up-n-Atom.
Once at Up-N-Atom, Micah asked the man working the front counter if they were hiring, and was told she could interview right away as soon as someone named Tammy was done taking a massive shit. The man introduced himself as Petey Pacino, and chatted with Micah. Extremely anxious about her impending interview, Micah struggled to keep up with Petey's conversation. 
Tammy eventually emerged from the restroom, and the interview was announced. Much to Micah's dismay, the Up-n-Atom interview process involved crowding every available employee into the office along with the person being interviewed. Following the interview, which had been comprised of some oddly specific scenario questions, Micah was trained on the job by Brad Lee. 
While working at Up-n-Atom, Micah met a seemingly endless stream of fellow employees. With so many people coming and going, and daily stabbings, shootings, and domestic disputes, things were a little overwhelming for Micah early on. Petey Pacino would often stop to ask Micah how she was doing whenever they ran into each other, and even started asking her to go along on random errands. Micah appreciated that, and anxious to make new friends in the city, she asked Petey to be her bestie while on a trip to the clothing store. He declined gently, telling her that he takes a while to get close to people after everything he'd been through, but told her that she could call him Uncle Petey.
Getting Behind the Wheel
As a result of the traumatic car accident that left her in a coma for 5 years until she was 20, Micah never learned how to drive. Although she didn't remember much of the accident, the fact that it sent her into a coma left her with a great deal of anxiety when it came to the thought of getting behind the wheel of a car. So she'd been running everywhere across Los Santos on foot, and hadn't been to the DMV. However, she was working up the courage to apply for a job with the PD dispatch, and realized it wouldn't look good if she was a ghost in the government system. 
Hauns Beschützer graciously offered to drive Micah down to the DMV, where she asked Danny Brooks if they could just fill in her information and take a photo. She told him she didn't need a license becuase she didn't know how to drive. Danny was kind, and also informed her that the DMV was going to start doing driving lessons, and offered to note down in her profile that she was interested so that they could follow up. 
A few days later, Danny texted her about doing a lesson when she had time. Micah was extremely anxious about getting behind the wheel, but she'd been running around for days, desperately checking Twinsta and the directory constantly for any sign of the one person who could sell bicycles. She was glad to get her steps in, but very, very tired of how long it took to get everywhere. So she arranged a driving lesson with Danny. 
Danny Brooks, along with Jaxon Jones, picked Micah up so that she wouldn't have to run on foot all the way down to the DMV. They drove down to the docks, where Micah was then made to get into the driver's seat. 
The lesson went well enough, although Micah drove arguably too slowly, had trouble staying in one lane, and made excessively wide turns. There was also an unfortunate first attempt at using cruise control that resulted in a crash that seemed to shake up both Micah and Jaxon Jones. 
Eventually, Danny told Micah had done well enough and they headed back to the DMV. As she was parking, Micah learned that the car was Jaxon's, and apologized for crashing his car, but he too was kind about it. 
As they walked back to the DMV, Danny asked Micah questions regarding the driving laws, and she was given a license shortly after. She immediately ran to PDM and bought a cheap Karin Rebel. 
Upon returning to the Up-n-Atom for work that evening, she ran into her co-worker Brad Lee. She convinced Brad, who had somehow been given a license despite not knowing how to drive—and had only recently been taught to drive at the Alamo Salt Flats—to go to PDM and buy a Rebel of his own.
Micah had only been driving for about half an hour at that point, and navigating through busy Los Santos was anxiety-inducing, but still not the worst to come. They bought Brad's truck and decided to take Micah's truck up to the Alamo Salt Flats to practice driving more. They decided Micah would drive them to get food, and then from there Brad would drive them up to the Salt Flats, because Micah hadn't driven on the highway before. However, they took a wrong turn, and Micah found herself driving perilously onto the highway entrance ramp. 
Micah was panicked. Traffic swarmed at what seemed like breakneck speeds, and there didn't seem to be any exit in sight. With Brad attempting to guide her off, Micah managed to get them off the highway after nearly being T-boned by an oncoming truck while attempting to do a U-turn. 
When they finally made it up to the county, they began taking turns driving. Micah, who struggled with traffic, turns, and was anxious about going faster than 20-30mph, practiced flooring it in the Salt Flats. Brad even taught her how to do turns with the hand brake, and how to do donuts.
They had a blast, and after a long while, eventually headed back toward the city. On their way through the county, they saw a cat and stopped to go look at it. They pet it for a bit, and then eventually left the happy, completely healthy cat to his nap before getting back in the truck. They finished the adventure off with a trip to Fried Out! for celebratory treats.
First Dates
Micah had been getting to know some of the people that worked down at HVTU and Papa Dom's Apizza, as the food truck was consistently open when she was around. She'd gone hunting with a few of them, and starting helping out with growing produce for the food truck. She had also taken a liking to Clyde Davis. 
Micah asked Clyde one day if he had time to go do something fun together. She picked him up from HVTU, and they drove up to the Alamo Salt Flats. They drove around the flats a bit, before heading up Mt. Chiliad. Unfortunately, Micah made a mistake that sent their truck and them hurtling over the edge. When they landed, Micah was flung from the truck and was incapacitated. Clyde scooped her up, put her back in the truck, and drove them to The Bay Care Center in Paleto Bay. Before taking Micah inside, he took off his leather jacket and wrapped her in it. 
After Micah was seen to by the doctor, she and Clyde headed over to get food from a food truck near the Gay Bay Autos. Clyde, a recovering sexaholic, told Micah that if the sex cult, Osiris (which he'd told her about when they'd gone farming and exploring Mt. Chiliad before) invited them to an orgy or something of the like, there was a significant chance he'd say yes. Micah told him she'd make sure they didn't go. 
After they got food and the truck repaired, Clyde took Micah to Hookie's, a biker bar on Great Ocean Highway in North Chumash. He told her about how he wanted to open it, and they looked around a bit at the property. Clyde hotwired a bike to take for a spin, and he and Micah rode down the beach and through Lago Zancudo, where they eventually lost it in the water. They had to hike up to the vineyard, where Clyde told Micah his friend had left a car they could borrow. On the way, Clyde received a call from Vern Winsmore, who upon hearing of Clyde's wet, shirtless state, insisted on a video call. Vern urged Clyde to focus on his recovery and think of his chip, also insisting that Micah not seduce him. 
After hanging up, they continued to the winery. While Micah ran around the back of the winery to look at the vineyards, Clyde hotwired a car. They took the car off road, looking at houses and things on the way back to Hookie's where they'd left Micah's truck.
Clyde noted that it was nearing sunset and suggested they enjoy the roof for a bit while watching the sunset. As they looked out over the ocean, Clyde told Micah about how he lost his job as a police officer. Micah listened closely, and told him that she didn't really think the situation was his fault. She told him she thought it just seemed like a terrible accident. 
Micah told Clyde that she wouldn't be hanging out at the shop as much as she had been. Keeping in mind what Clyde had said about his MC being a 1% club, she knew as a dispatcher that that would put them on edge. She told him she didn't want to make his friends uncomfortable, and that she didn't mind if he couldn't tell her things. She said that if he couldn't tell her something, he could just say that and she'll just say "Okay." 
As they were leaving, they talked again about Clyde opening Hookie's, and about how it could be cool if they opened a North Chumash or Chumash chapter. As they drove back through Chumash, they took a look at the houses there and talked about how the guys could live there. 
When Micah dropped Clyde off back at HVTU, he pecked her on the cheek before quickly making his exit from her truck. 
The next night, Micah had a date with Damian Graves, who had texted her a couple of nights before to ask her out. Micah had only met him the one time at HVTU, so she decided a date was a good enough opportunity to get to know him better. 
Micah was with Adelyn Adair and Decker Gahn at Tequi-La-La for their emo karaoke night, and planned to go on her date with Damian afterwards. She let Damian know, and Damian came to the event. 
They left the bar early for their first date. Damian pulled up to the front to pick Micah up driving a deep blue convertible with blue neon underglow. Micah loved it; she loved anything blue. Damian told Micah he needed to change first, so they went by his apartment. As he got out of the car to go into his apartment, he let her know that there was a piece of paper in the glove box for her. Micah took a look, seeing both a piece of paper and a phone, and took the paper. She realized it was a poem he had written for her. Damian came back out to the car in a blue vest and slacks. Micah, as always, wore blue as well. 
Damian took her to the Chumash pier. They'd decided to go fishing, which neither of them had ever done before. Micah very quickly ended up going over the railing into the water and drowned, despite Damian quickly following her in to try to get her. He pulled her out and they waited for EMS. After promising the EMS that she would see a doctor if she felt worse later, they went back for attempt two. 
This time, they figured it out and fished for a while. However, Damian also eventually ended up going over the railing. Micah, fully aware now that she would only drown as well if she followed him in, didn't jump in after him. She called 911, however the dispatcher let her know that there were no EMS, and said they would see if they could try to get a PD unit over there. Now panicking, Micah called Addy, who told her she would hurry over and to ping her with her location. She did, and almost immediately received a text saying she was kidnapped. Panic heightened, Micah called Petey, who also happened to be running his “Bang Bus” taxi, and he said he’d hurry over. A police officer showed up before anyone else, and jumped over the side to grab Damian. 
Although Micah texted Petey not to come, he called, worried, and insisted on coming anyway. He showed up while the cop was tending to Damian. As the cop was leaving, Micah told him about Addy being kidnapped, and then she and Petey followed the ambulance back to the hospital. 
Petey drove Micah and Damian from the hospital back to the pier. On the way, he let slip that he’d been part of the situation with Addy, and that it was Haymen that had kidnapped her. Micah let her feelings about that be known, scolding Petey and telling her she was upset with him. Back at the pier, Damian and Micah took his car up to Paleto for food. 
Remembering what Clyde had told her about the motor club in Paleto, she was a little more wary and was watching people closely. Damian ordered them food and they left to go to a spot he liked to spend time at. He took her to the vineyards, and again Micah couldn’t help but remember being there with Clyde the previous night. She and Damian ate and talked a bit about themselves and what they did. Damian told her about himself, because Micah said she didn’t know much about him at all. And Micah told him about herself. When she mentioned how she was starting to work growing produce for the Papa Dom's Apizza food truck, Damian asked if they needed fish. Micah realized at this point the awkward situation this was definitely heading toward, but said she’d ask. She hoped Clyde would say no, but he said that they did. So Damian suggested they go down there, and Micah reluctantly agreed. They showed up at Papa Dom’s, all dressed in blue in a blue convertible with blue neons, and sold fish to Clyde. Then they quickly left. 
Damian pointed out the phone in the glove box, which Micah had seen at the start of the date, and told her it was for her, that it had the number for a burner of his, and that they had aliases for the two of them. He said that he did this for everyone he trusted. Micah was a little confused, as they barely knew each other, and had only met once before this date. Soon after, Damian dropped Micah off at her truck behind Tequi-La-La with tentative plans to attend the Vespucci Queens block party.
Micah Gets Stressed
Micah attended the VQ party that was being held for Charlotte “Letty” Cohen, although Micah didn’t know Letty at the time. She met up with Damian there, and Damian gave her another poem. Micah found this a little strange, as they’d only been on one date and had now given her two poems, but said nothing about it. Putting that aside, they found a nice spot to listen to the musical performances, and settled in to enjoy the party. At some point, Tammy texts Micah, asking if that was her at the couch, as she’d spotted her from a distance away. Micah got up to go talk to her, and Damian followed. They chatted for a bit, and then Damian got a call for a taxi fare, as he’d forgotten to take his ad down. He left to pick the caller up, and Micah took this opportunity to try to vent some of her stress and confusion. 
Micah didn’t have much experience with relationships, as she’d completely missed her high school years and didn’t do much socializing for the couple of years after that. She told Tammy she felt a little overwhelmed, like her relationship with Damian was being made to feel much more serious than she was ready to be. And it was starting to make her feel bad, like she was doing something wrong by dating two guys, even though she’d only gone on one date with both of them. She was confused, unsure if she was just making a problem out of nothing, or if Damian was rushing things. Tammy wasn’t giving clear answers that Micah was happy with, so when she spotted a woman nearby, she approached her to try to get her unbiased opinion. She didn’t know who this woman was, or that it was Letty, the birthday girl. Letty gave Micah answers she liked, though, confirming her feelings that one date with two guys wasn’t any reason to have to tell either of them about each other. At some point in the conversation, Tammy mentioned Clyde, and Micah exclaimed for her to shut up, not wanting to actually bring names into this, especially with someone there that she didn't really know. 
Damian reappeared, and conversations continued about other topics. Micah at some point mentioned that she was still trying to find a third job, and Letty immediately offered to hire her on to Tokyo Soul. 
Later, Micah went to meet Brad at Up-n-Atom. She vented to him as well, laying out her night and the stress she was feeling. Again, she didn’t really get the answers she wanted, as Brad thought she also needed to talk to both of them honestly about it. So Micah went to find Brad’s boyfriend, Alex. From him, she again got what she wanted to hear, with him telling her that she didn’t need to feel bad having only gone on one date with both of them. Feeling relieved, Micah went to bed. 
The next day, Micah planned to open up Tokyo Soul, and found out that Damian had also gotten hired during the party the previous day when he proposed that they open up the shop. Micah was a little stressed by this, but agreed as she really wanted to check out her new job. They worked for a bit, and then met up with Addy and Jared, who had been at the Silver Moon Smoke Shop nearby. The four of them drive up to Paleto Bay to check out the King's Arms Meadery. Upon realizing that it wasn’t actually open yet, they decided to change and go enjoy the beach nearby. They sat in the sand, enjoying the sun and waves. Feeling a little tired, and stressed, Micah ran off to explore the beach on her own. Later, the group was joined by Brad and JoJo. 
The next day, Addy texted Micah about how Damian seems to really like her. Micah asked why she said that, and Addy told her that Damian was texting her about it. Micah replied, “oh.” 
Micah busied herself with planting seeds for Papa Dom’s produce and working at Tokyo Soul. While working, she had an idea, and called the DMV. She talked to Lauren Forcer about a motorcycle license, asking if they expired, and how much they cost. She also asked Lauren if she thought it seemed crazy if she was only looking to get the license because the guy she liked rode motorcycles and she wanted to be able to help if something happened. Lauren assured her that no, she was just trying to plan for the worst, and there was nothing wrong or crazy about that. Micah told her she’d come over later, also offering to bring food if the workers at the DMV needed anything, and hung up. 
Soon after, Damian showed up at the shop. At a certain point, Micah realized it was time to harvest her crops. She told Damian she had things to take care of and would be back. She felt bad being vague, but she didn’t want him to offer to take her or to tag along, as she really didn’t want to go back down to HVTU and possibly see Clyde with Damian in tow again. 
Later, after Micah decided to close Tokyo Soul, she told Damian she needed to go pick up Addy and left for the FIB Headquarters. Addy hopped in, along with Sunny the dog, and they headed up to Paleto for food. 
On the way, Micah told Addy about how it felt like Damian was doing way too much way too fast. That it wasn’t just that it felt like he was trying to spend time with her constantly, but that she was starting to feel bad for wanting to do other things without him. And that she didn’t like that she’s feeling that way. She felt like the poems when they had only gone on one date, receiving the first one on that very date, was way too much. 
Micah asked Addy when she’d first met Damian, and she said it was the previous night when they all hung out and went to the beach. Micah said that she felt it was very weird that he was already texting Addy for advice about her. Addy, now fully grasping that they hadn’t actually known each other long, told Micah that she was a bit concerned for Micah now. That she felt that the situation was a little strange. She told Micah she really needed to talk with him, and deal with the situation. Micah reluctantly agreed, and told her she would. Addy made her promise to do it when she was around, and make sure she tells her when the conversation is going to happen.
Micah's Bad Week
Things Look Up and Then Micah Falls Down