Vinyl

Vinyl is one of the five core members of the Bomb Rush Crew. Claiming to be a “freelance” writer despite being seen with FUTURISM, she ends up helping play an important role in solving the mystery surrounding Red.
== Role in the Story ==
The first time Vinyl appears in the game is during a cutscene in Versum Hill, where Red is confronted by one of the Franks early on. She is observing Red from a nearby rooftop, with her face not shown on screen just yet.
She’s next seen alongside the rest of FUTURISM and DJ Cyber when they show up after BRC beat the Franks in a crew battle. After Tryce accuses the DJ of breaking the code of the street, the FUTURISM members restrain Tryce and Bel, while Vinyl restrains Red when he tries to charge at DJ Cyber. He is then forced by Vinyl and the DJ into the latter’s dream machine.
Vinyl reappears again while BRC are in Brink Terminal. Much like with her first appearance in Versum Hill, she is only shown partially on-screen, just observing BRC from afar. In this case, she watches them from the very top of the central tower as the crew battle between them and Eclipse is started.
She makes a more direct appearance at Millennium Mall, once BRC are in the mall’s entrance area. She is waiting in one of the hallways on the middle floors of this part of the mall, where Vinyl introduces herself. She states that she knows the mall like the back of her hand, and offers to show BRC around. Tryce is immediately distrustful of her due to her association with FUTURISM, while Bel thinks she’s not trying to trick them. Vinyl leaves the decision to follow her or not up to them, as she heads off.
Speaking to her again at the top of the mall entrance area, Vinyl will direct the player to the mall’s warehouse in order to find a way to get deeper into the mall. There, the player will be able to find the switch that opens the shutters that were blocking the way into the mall’s main section.
Once there, Vinyl again meets up with BRC. Red questions if DJ Cyber had sent her after them, but she insists that she works for herself, which sometimes “involves working for others”. Bel points out that Vinyl has been seen hanging out with the DJ and his crew a lot of the time. However, Vinyl counters by saying that “graffiti is not going to pay any bills any time soon”, implying she is only working with the DJ as a paying job.
She goes on to state that she is currently here on her own interests, also mentioning how she’s not too attached to her “current boss” due to the rumors of him decapitating other writers. When she saw BRC win their crew battle at Brink Terminal, she figured she could follow them instead. Vinyl also mentions how, if BRC do manage to go All City, it will definitely put the DJ in a bad spot. That way, BRC have a genuine chance of getting Red’s old head back.
She then brings up Faux, saying she knew him personally. She asks Red if he happened to “see” Faux somewhere recently, more specifically in his mind. Red questions how she knows about his dreams, but Vinyl states that she’ll tell him only if he and the rest of BRC can beat DOT EXE and conquer the mall.
After beating DOT EXE, Vinyl congratulates BRC on their victory, though also warning that DJ Cyber might start taking them seriously now. She wants to tell Red something about his head, but then the DOT EXE leader is found dead nearby. Vinyl thinks that the leader was killed for knowing too much, and that “he” is starting to make moves. She then warns BRC to protect themselves, while the sight of the dead Eight Ball causes Red to blackout into another dream.
After Red’s third dream stage, Vinyl meets up with BRC back at their hideout, waiting for them on one of their couches. Bel thanks her for her help at the mall, while Tryce questions why she’s here. Vinyl insists that she’ll be part of their crew from now on. When Tryce tries to reject Vinyl from joining them, Vinyl interrupts by saying that she can tell them what’s causing the blackouts and dreams that Red is dealing with.
She explains that they are actually memories that are coming back to Red as he keeps doing graffiti and conquering the boroughs of New Amsterdam. With every borough they win, more of Red’s memories come back to him, and the more capable he becomes as a writer. Vinyl thinks that soon, with enough memories, Red will be skilled enough to face DJ Cyber himself. When Red asks if the memories belong to Faux, Vinyl states that they actually don’t belong to Faux at all.
Before she can explain who they actually belong to, Escher rushes in and shoots Red at point-blank range with his sniper rifle. Before he can shoot Red again, Vinyl manages to knock the sniper out by hitting him in the head with her skateboard.
With the reveal that Red’s cyberhead contains another human head inside, Vinyl tries to get Tryce and Bel to promise to not speak of this to anyone else. However, Tryce insists on getting Red to a doctor, which leads to Bel’s suggestion of finding the Flesh Prince. After this point, Vinyl joins the crew, insisting on helping out.
Once BRC find the Prince and have him fix up Red, Vinyl explains that the head inside of Red’s cyberhead is “public enemy number 1” and that a lot of people want to kill him on sight. They also need to get him back to his old skills before it’s too late, particularly before who he is really is gets out to other people. Vinyl states that going All City and Faux are the keys to figuring out Red’s true identity. Once that’s done, he can stop DJ Cyber from chopping off another head.
She suggests that they go after Pyramid Island next, but also warns BRC about Devil Theory, who currently control the island as their turf. From then on, Vinyl can be found on the field like the rest of the crew, and will give tips and comments on the current situation when spoken too.
After beating Devil Theory, Vinyl is captured by DJ Cyber, who brands her as a traitor for working with BRC. He then traps her inside the central cylinder of the island, and proceeds to fight Red himself. Once Red is victorious, he has another dream which leads to the revelation that he is Felix himself. In part of the dream, Vinyl also appears, warning Felix that she has a bad feeling about Faux before Felix goes to meet with him for a one night graffiti session.
When Red Felix wakes up, it is revealed that Vinyl was actually still working with the DJ the whole time, to help Red regain his memories as Felix and get him back on top. She mentions that time is running out, with DJ Cyber further explaining that it’s because Faux, via Project Algo, is using the police to kill all other writers in the city. They need Felix’s help to stop him, though Red Felix admits he doesn’t know how he could do that.
Vinyl brings up how the DJ told him that going All City would bring his memories back, and thus allow Red Felix to know how exactly to bring down Faux. Thus, BRC head back to their hideout to plan their next move. Vinyl explains that FUTURISM will try to expand their territory while the other major crews of the city are down and out. Thus, she suggests that they move quickly to strike against them and take over Mataan, FUTURISM’s home turf.
With FUTURISM defeated and Red Felix finally regaining all of his memories, Vinyl is there with the rest of the crew when Faux appears in person at Mataan’s main plaza to attack them. Even after Red Felix defeats him, he comes back in a gigantic serpent-like tank, proceeding to rip off Red Felix’s head and kidnap Solace.
Along with the rest of BRC, Vinyl helps track down Faux after Red Felix is given his original body back by Rietveld. Once Red Felix actually beats Faux for the last time, Vinyl, DJ Cyber, Tryce, and Bel hold open Faux’s armor in order to allow Felix to deal the final blow.
At the end of the game, Vinyl is there with the rest of BRC to celebrate them going All City. In the postgame, she can still be found in the hideout, seemingly a permanent part of the crew from then on, not just there on behalf of DJ Cyber. She says she’s looking forward to seeing where the crew will go from here.
==Outfits==
See also: Outfits
Her spring and summer outfits are unlocked by default.
Her autumn outfit is found on Pyramid Island. It can be seen on a rail above the starting area, but to get it you need to access the rest of the island beyond the gate that Rise is guarding. Once you're able to get to the second floor with the smoking holes and series of quarter pipes, you can drop down onto the rail from here.
Her winter outfit is also on Pyramid Island, but is found inside the shipping container maze.
==Gallery==
Vinyl Gallery	
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File:VinylSpringTexture.png|Texture file for Vinyl's Spring palette
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==Trivia==
* In the game's files, her textures and model are labeled as "girl1".
* In concept art, she is shown with some sort of device on her hand holding a vinyl record. This might have been the reason for her being named Vinyl in the first place. However, this device does not appear anywhere in the final game.
==References==
Category:Bomb Rush Crew