Augusta Carlin/3.0/Relationships

## Interpersonal Relationships

Being socially awkward and easily frustrated when people misunderstand her, Gus has a difficult time developing close interpersonal relationships. She frequently misunderstands social cues and believes women are hitting on her when they aren't and is completely oblivious when they are.

### Penelope Farthing

*"Gus, you are like the second or third most dramatic person I know in the city. And that's really saying something, because do you know who the other two are? Lang and Harry."* - Penny

* Overview
* Mixed Signals
* The New CEO
* Denzel's Campaign
* DNF

Gus and **Penny** are former best friends who spent a lot of time together during the early days of **Rooster's Rest** and **Rooster's Reef**. **Penny** and Gus gradually grew distant after Gus misinterpreted what she believed were romantic cues during their time together and was turned down when she asked **Penny** out.
Tensions between them were later compounded when Gus' close friend, and the CEO of **Nest Holdings**, **Petunia Brookshire**, was ousted by **Lang Buddha** for undisclosed drama and **Penny** was promoted to the position as her replacement. Overtime Gus would forgive **Penny** for taking the position and they grew to be cordial again, with Gus often acting as a personal confidant to **Penny** when it came to interpersonal issues between employees at **Rooster's Rest**.

Due to feeling like she'd been led on early in their friendship, Gus later adopted asexual habits when courting women and would go on to struggle with understanding whether or not someone was attracted to her. This often lead to awkward situations where she'd find out women such as **Emma Gaine** or **Riley Carter** had long term crushes on her several months after the fact.
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**Penny** was a major proponent of Gus interning and acting as security for **Denzel Williams** during his mayoral campaign and term in office.

### Cara Lynn

*"Are we in a Neil Breen movie?! I feel like this is a fever dream."* - Gus

* Overview
* Dean's World
* Gus' Paleto House
* Dating
* Cara's Paleto House
* The Breakup

**Cara** is Gus' ex-girlfriend. They met at **Dean's World** while **Cara** was working a booth for the **Green Agricultural Company** and eventually started hanging out together on the beach regularly while **Cara** was between shifts.
Weeks later **Cara** would ask Gus out while they were on a hiking trip, but Gus' no drama lifestyle ended up clashing with some of **Cara's** melodramatic friends and co-workers from her second job at LSPI, a private investigator firm.

Eventually Gus would break off her relationship with **Cara** because she felt she was becoming too physically and emotionally demanding. The experience caused Gus to swear off dating women.
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On July 17th, while on a hiking trip, **Cara** asked Gus to be her girlfriend and Gus said yes. Despite being enthusiastic about making things official, they'd functionally already been dating for several weeks and had already gone on multiple outings together.

Even though they were official, Gus was reluctant to give **Cara** keys to her home and instead elected to let her sleep on the couch when she would stay the night.
One day, while on a beach date with Gus, they spent some time snooping around some of the other yards in the neighborhood and **Cara** fell in love with a house at the end of the street. Unsure of whether Gus was going to be comfortable to move in together in the near future, **Cara** rushed to get a loan to buy it, despite Gus urging her to hold off.

The house would later become a point of contention in their relationship when Cara decided she wanted Gus to sell her home and move in with her.
During the intervening weeks, **Cara** began venting to her friends about Gus' unwillingness to move in or be physically intimate with her, in particular how Gus would often make her sleep in a different room or with a pillow partition between them. Eventually **Cara's** friends encouraged her to approach Gus about the state of the relationship.

### Riley Carter

*"I do, I do like it, it makes you... not you. Is that weird? Wait that's actually fucked up to say to someone, I take it back!"* - Riley

* Overview
* Robbing a Bank
* Riley asks Gus out
* Group Therapy
* Feud with Doll
* Rekindled Feelings

**Riley** and Gus are longstanding friends who met while working shifts at **Rooster's Rest**. Even though they've known each other for quite some time, their friendship didn't truly blossom until a year later when they started working shifts together at **Ottos Autos**.

Despite **Riley's** obvious romantic interest in her, Gus didn't clue in on her advances until **Riley** began to aggressively pursue her. They've since agreed to date, but things became muddied when **Riley** continued to be in her relationship with **Malakai**. **Riley's** continued possessiveness and territorial posturing surrounding Gus has lead her to believe that **Riley** is attempting to "have her cake and eat it too" despite neither Gus or **Malakai** being interested in an open relationship.
On September 15th, **Riley** began hitting on Gus after seeing her hair in a ponytail. After a faux pas where **Riley** suggested Gus looked better with the ponytail because she didn't look like herself, **Riley** went on an apology tour and attempted to get other people to compliment Gus' appearance. After finding out that **Riley** was dating **Malakai Anderson**, Gus became angry at **Riley** for hitting on her.
Later on, Gus went to repair her motorcycle at **Ottos** while in disguise to attend a bike race and **Riley** jokingly said **Ottos** doesn't repair bikes, causing Gus to sarcastically get back on her bike to leave. Thinking she offended Gus, she impulsively got on the back of the bike to apologize and Gus ended up taking her to the race because she was already running late. Halfway through the race **Riley** assumed she was slowing Gus down and jumped off the bike, hitting her head on a concrete barrier in the process and caused Gus to DNF.

Gus then took **Riley** to the hospital, afterwards she asked if Gus would be interested in doing a bank with her. Having never done one, Gus agreed after discussing doing one with **Pilbis** and **PST**. Later in the evening **Riley** and **Malakai** took Gus and **Artorius** with them to rob a **Fleeca** on Hawick Avenue.
On September 19th, **Riley** and **Malakai** invited Gus and **Artorius** to another bank robbery and things became awkward during the escape when **Malakai** vented frustrations about a perceived double standard in his relationship with **Riley** where she was allowed to be jealous of women talking to him, but he wasn't allowed to be jealous of men talking to her. After a long winded back and forth they returned to **Ottos** and **Riley** began hitting on Gus again.
**Malakai** then told everyone to get in his car and put the child locks on, insisting that they go to Sandy Shores for an undisclosed reason. Upon arriving in a secluded area, he gave everyone LSD tabs because he wanted to celebrate the bank robbery. Everyone aside from **Riley** began having bad trips involving clowns and **Malakai** ended up getting hit in the head with a bat. **Riley** then attempted to gaslight Gus into thinking she was the one who did it and tried to convince her to abandon **Malakai** in the desert with her. Instead Gus suggested that they take him to Grandma's and **Riley** reluctantly agreed.
Once at Grandma's, **Riley** began flirting with Gus more and made it clear that she was feed up of **Malakai** being passive aggressive and jealous. After leaving, **Riley** attempted to ditch him several times on the side of the road and eventually made him and **Artorius** leave the car at gunpoint. She then made Gus drive and asked her to be assertive and pick a destination.
When Gus said she felt bad about ditching **Mal** and **Art**, **Riley** pulled a gun on her and asked her what she wanted; with the implication that she believed Gus was dancing around their mutual attraction. Gus then began rambling about her various wants and desires but didn't delve into discussing relationships until **Riley** persisted on prying about her prior relationships. Gus then talked about her time with **Cara** and how they broke up over Gus never holding her hand, at which point **Riley** interrupted the story to hold Gus' hand. They then got back in the car to return to **Ottos**.

During their drive back, **Riley** got into a crash and ejected through the windshield. Insisting that she was alright to put on a tough girl persona, she got back in the car and crashed several more times before Gus insisted they pull over near the casino. **Riley** then got into another argument with **Mal** over the phone and mentioned that she had a serious crush on Gus and wasn't sure what to do. **Mal** then said that sounds tough because he considers them an exclusive relationship and that she'd have to break up with him to date Gus. She then hung up on him and pulled Gus aside, asking if she'd be interested in dating her. After some stalling Gus said yes, but on the condition that it's an exclusive relationship because she doesn't share people. **Riley** agreed and said the next time they saw each other they'd spend the day on a date.
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### Cora "Doll" Ramirez

*"I think you'd look cute in green, maybe someday I'll get you to come around."* - Doll

* Overview
* Beef with Riley
* The PCJ-600
* Continued Beef with Riley

A prospect for **The Families**, **Doll** is a women who Gus developed an intense crush on while repairing cars at **Ottos**. Despite not being a fan of racing, Gus convinced her to regularly ride with along as a pit-girl so she'd have someone to talk to during races.
**Doll's** no nonsense attitude made her fast enemies with Riley when she didn't have patience for what she perceived as juvenile possessiveness of Gus. **Doll's** since developed a harsh view of **Riley** and feels pity for **Malakai** as she believes he's being exploited and emotionally abused, making note to Gus that if **Riley** were to break up with him - she'd likely begin treating Gus the same way once she found someone new to fawn after.

**Doll** would later try to expose Gus more to the Southside lifestyle and introduce her to other members of **GSF**. Though she briefly panicked when Gus told her she was interested in poaching an unowned home in **Marabunta** territory, believing she'd made Gus too comfortable around Southsiders.
Shortly after meeting **Riley Carter**, **Doll** developed an intense dislike of her jealous attitude after she'd caught **Riley** snooping on a private conversation she was having with Gus. Afterwards **Doll** became the target of several of **Riley's** jealous tantrums towards Gus and the situation eventually lead to a 3-person intervention between the woman as **Doll** felt **Riley** wasn't being fair to Gus or **Malakai** and that she was leading Gus on while emotionally abusing **Mal**.

**Doll** presumed that would be the end of the matter, but became bewildered several weeks later when **Riley** continued her passive aggressive attitude and began deliberately calling **Doll** by the wrong name, instead referring to her as "Love" or "Dove" as a slight.
In early October, the motorcycle scene went through a revival, which lead to Gus wanting to pick up a new mid-range bike as she felt the snappy acceleration of the **Double-T** she'd bought from Mila was making her an overly cautious driver around corners. At the time Gus had fallen in love with the **Esskey** but had missed her window to pick up the last one in stock, so she purchased a PCJ-600 instead.

After doing a few races with it, she decided that she just wasn't feeling the motorcycle scene enough to warrant the asset fees, so she gave the bike to **Doll** to hold onto and use at her leisure while she tried sorting out which vehicles to get rid of.
On November 12th, tensions boiled over again when **Riley** confronted **Doll** and Gus after a concert at **Ottos**. Annoyed at **Riley** for continuing to call her by the wrong name, and flagrantly acting jealous over her spending time with Gus, **Doll** got into a public argument with Riley that caused a large crowd to gather.
After airing things out and causing a scene, Gus pulled **Riley** aside and confronted her about being mean to **Doll** for no reason. Just as Gus had gotten Riley to "simmer down", **Hal** poured more gasoline on the fire when he interjected into their conversation and stated he thought **Archer** was the woman Gus was pursuing, not **Doll**. Apoplectic that Gus was interested in another woman who she didn't know, **Riley** then began insisting that they tell her who **Archer** is. **Hal** then mentioned Gus calls her **Archie** as a nickname and said she wrote Gus a love note calling her hot. This revelation tilted **Riley** and she decided she was going to retaliate by doubling down on calling **Doll** the wrong name. Gus eventually talked **Riley** into calming down again and then mediated the conversation after they returned to the group.

### Nico Kanto

*"Gus, you tryna smash? I mean, are ya crushin' or not? What's the deal?"* - Nico

A member of the HOA, **Nico** is a "pretty boy" who Gus started crushing on in early 2022. Gus was first introduced to **Nico** by **Scruffy Doodle**, who commissioned **Nico** to give Gus the authentic "drug dealer living in a frat house" experience. After selling Gus metamorphine, she took it in his driveway and momentarily blacked out and hit her head on the curb.
Over the summer months, Gus would occasionally run into **Nico** at **Ottos** where he would regularly troll her by calling her **"Rose"** to piss her off as she'd grown her hair out into a ponytail and had dyed it sandy blonde.
In early October, Gus began openly flirting with **Nico** to make **Riley Carter** jealous, and because Gus thought he was cute. But she later began regretting it after **Nico** became confused with whether or not she was a lesbian as Scruffy had referred to her as a mega-lesbian upon their introduction as an ironic callback to another person who Gus had crushed on months prior.

### Charlotte "Archie" Archer

*"Gus, ur hot. Ps. ur hot and fuck that frog."* - Archer (note)

**Archie** is an **SDSO** cadet that developed an aggressive crush on Gus while she was fixing her CVPI at **Ottos**. Gus initially reciprocated the crush and flirted back but has since become warry that **Archie** is crazy and would potentially become a stalker if she rejected her.
Despite this, **Hal** continually ships them and has advised Gus that crazy and unstable girls are "the best" after finding out that she slipped Gus a love note, though, Gus considers it "more of a lust note." The note would later cause drama between Gus and **Riley** when **Hal** casually mentioned that Gus was crushing on **Archie** while Gus was trying to break up an argument between **Riley** and **Doll**.

## Relationships with Criminal Enterprises

### **The Blocks**

* Ottos Autos

Following an incident where Gus was abducted while working a shift at Rooster's Rest, **Mike** and **Ro Block** attempted to recruit her and **Fingle Dan** into their gang as honorary **Blocks**. Gus tentatively told **Ro** that she'd consider it as an excuse to weasel out of the conversation and she never contacted him again.

### **NBC & PST**

* Hitman Services
* The Ruiner
* Falling out with Pilbis
* Ottos, PST, and NBC

While working shifts at **Rooster's**, Gus developed a close friendship with **Pilbis Shonley** as he felt bad for her because she was incredibly awkward. **Pilbis** later offered to give Gus a makeover to make her more of a badass but the offer ended up in limbo for several months as Gus kept flaking.
Months later Gus and Pilbis would reunite while she was in the process of advertising her loan company. Erraticly upset that she'd seen someone else with the name "Gus" advertising their Bus company on Twitter, she called **Pilbis** to put a hit on him. **Pilbis** would eventually fail to find "Gus Bus" in the intervening days before Gus met him and decided to call off the hit.
Shortly after the hitman incident, **Pilbis** sold his **Ruiner** to Gus as he had decided to replace it with a **Massacro**. Gus decided to purchase the **Ruiner** after she'd received encouragement from **Penny Farthing** to begin participating in **DNF** races.

She'd later become disillusioned with racing it, as the **Ruiner's** lack of traction frequently lead to spin-outs that would nearly cause her to rage-quit racing on several occasions.
Roughly a month later, Gus had a falling out with **Pilbis** after she refused to give him spare keys to her Paleto home after he'd given her a makeover. The incident left them on non-speaking terms for several months.
In late 2021, Gus began working at **Ottos Autos** with **Pilbis** and several of her other old friends, including **Mila Smoak** and **James Arsenal**. After spending more time together Gus was approached by **Pilbis** and he offered for her to join his "sub-gang", **Pilbis Street Team**.
Despite the name, it wasn't a real gang and is mostly comprised of civilians and petty criminals as a parody of **Street Team**, a subdivision of **Chang Gang**. **PST** also functioned as spin-off of **Cerberus 2**, another organization which **Pilbis** had formed with **Scruffy Doodle** and **Carmine Costello** as a parody of **Cerberus**. Despite being underneath **Pilbis**, he often goes out of his way to introduce **PST** as not being affiliated with **NBC**, as to avoid having them become collateral in gang wars.
Together with **Scruffy**, **Delver Lee**, and **Selena Gomez**, Gus would go on to spend several months getting into various shenanigans and schemes that never went anywhere, which **Delver** frequently cited as *devious licks*.

### **The Neon Tigers**

A motorcycle club founded by ex-boyfriends **Sebastian Ableton** and **Jerry Mané**, Gus has had relatively close connections to their motorcycle club since before it's inception and would frequently participate in races and boosting with them prior to them getting serious about wearing kuttes and growing their club.

### **Diamond Dogs**

Gus' first exposure to **Diamond Dogs** was through the grand opening of **Sai Carter's Gun Emporium**, where **Sai** gave her a choice between a free pipebomb or AK as a gift. Gus chose the pipebomb and later re-gifted it to **Sarah Ableton** in an attempt to bribe a recommendation to be formally hired at **Dodo**.
Gus would go on to be snubbed by Dodo in the immediate near-term but she was picked up by **Sai** and **Levi Smith** to be a potential middleman for their illegal gun trade. Initially apprehensive about her inexperience in the trade, they started her off with selling advanced lockpicks and thermite to boosters and bank robbers. Though, things would later hit a snag when weapon parts became more scarce and **Diamond Dogs** lost its ability to produce illegal goods en masse just as Gus had worked up their confidence to allow her to middleman bulk orders of weapons.
Despite the shakeup in the gun market, **Diamond Dogs** moved forward with it's plans to network it's way into having gang app access when **Reed Dankleaf** began proposing various plots to **Yeager**, and got in contact with **Nancy Drew** and **Lucy Hellman** to push a business proposal for a front business gym named **"Bench Access"**. **Levi** would later talk to Gus briefly about the business but informed her that details were sparse while they waited for approval from the mayors office.
In the weeks following, Gus mused about having a meeting with **Iridoe Capelle** and other members of **PST** to pitch a potential merger with **Diamond Dogs** to consolidate their members into a single organization, as **Pilbis** often went missing for months and made little effort to keep in touch.

### **The Families**

After **Doll** began regularly seeing Gus, she became enamored with the idea of exposing Gus to the Southside lifestyle and potentially "seeing her in green". Gus has generally found Doll's interest funny, and has humored her fantasies on several occasions, even going as far as to joke about buying a house in Marabunta territory for **PST**; as Gus found the idea of **Selena Gomez** waking up there and getting mag dumped hilarious.
Gus approached **Doll's** interest in seeing her join **GSF** with trepidation as she preferred to avoid being wrapped up in groups that would expect her to get involved in wars over situations that she doesn't care about. Despite this, **Doll** continued to press Gus on the topic over time and slowly introduced Gus to other members of GSF; including **Kai Alexander**, **Walter Melon**, **Nico August**, and very briefly, **Dexx Martin**.
In late November, Gus and **Doll** were nearly arrested by **Brian Knight** after they were caught on camera loading boxes of packed weed into the back of Gus' Massacro for **GSF**. **Brian** cut them loose in exchange for handing over the boxes.