Austin Barrett

Austin

**Austin Barrett** is a player role-played by itstriple\_a.

## Early Life

Austin Barrett grew up mostly out of foster care & orphanages within LS, Austin would constantly run away to live on his own terms rather than forced in the directions that social services programs threw him into. Austin never knew his parents or whom they were but was always curious at his situational difference from others leading him to investigate and discover bits and pieces of information such his father being a weapon smith, specifically Guns.

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Early in his mid teens, Austin escaped for good faking his documents as unqualified to be re-admitted as his current care takers were doing a sufficient job. During these times Austin lived a homeless life, working odd jobs, mostly deliveries, some very risky, some legal. At the time, Austin didn't see no wrong in him trying to make an honest living till it caught up to him with the years into his adulthood to unwrap the truth behind his risky deliveries discovering himself as a mule.

## **🗡️Austin "Shank" Barrett🗡️**

As Austin tried to escape that life, Austin ended up meeting with the Shanks one day at the legion square bank where Austin met Rico, Marcus, Alexo & Michael Shank. Whom were all brothers and a gang of their own. Being the silly brothers they were, Rico was left as the other Shanks drove off from Marcus as the Shanks were having a small silly dispute, Austin and Marcus had a chat and Austin was able to get them all back together resolving the situation which was really over a small amount of money. The Shanks invited Austin to hang out with them and they all started becoming more than just friends.

With the Shanks, Austin found himself being free and turned into somewhat of the families council. Austin played a major role in the gangs "diplomatic" operations, discussions and turmoil within the gang and other gangs. Austin quickly turned into a key man for the family knowing well of their operations, hideouts, affiliations and meetings. Due to Austin's nature the family trusted him enough to make decisions for the family and even head on discussions with other gangs. It was because of this that Austin developed a threatening nature as Austin would approach others with warn of blood. A specific situation stands out when Austin approached another gangs head with his members, without discussion advised them saying "Y'all got 5mins" in relation to them leaving the area which was essentially the Shanks home rather than "turf". Quickly, in panic, one decided to attack Austin causing the Shanks whom were at the time guarding Austin from different locations to shoot down the entire gang and taking Austin out of the area. This situation spiralled Austin into an extremely threatening individual, as he would continue behaving in such a manner.

Whilst none of this was in Austins true self, he was young and unrealizing of his actions, while people viewed him as a Threat, gangs as someone with stature, Austin simply found the matter funny when people freaked out rather than talk to him about the situation at hand which was always attempted. Austin began noticing and realizing what he had become, hiding, concealing who he really was as a person all this time.
The person whom got brothers back together and resolved matters rather than be the perpetrator, in this case, in the name of the Shanks.

Austin had a conversation with the Shanks attempting to explain him not wanting to partake anymore but the Shanks didn't take kindly to what they viewed as a betrayal, turning Austin yet again into a threat of a person except this time for his people. Austin was black bagged and taken to a undisclosed location where he was Shanked in his arm to be marked as someone who is one with the Family and cannot escape. Austin was left bleeding and told to come back. Austin had to suture his own arm as him going to a hospital wasn't an option at the time due to the nature of the situation or at least he thought. The family operations had already reached a significant level and the family ended up blatantly growing a mixture of opioids & weed quiet blatantly in the middle of an open field, the drugs were a mixture Opium, Heroin, Cocaine & Weed. This caused the police to respond very quickly and very aggressively to the matter and eventually arresting the entire family and other affiliates.

This is where Austins life changed for the better. Austin ended up meeting Sheriff Vic Vindrel, "The Animal". Vindrel was a very objective, goal oriented man rather than someone whom chased a praise or validation while also had his vices and criminal tendencies. Austin managed to convince Vindrel that he'd do him more good being out of prison with a clean file as a Criminal Informant than charged and in jail with no records of him being anywhere anyway. Austin was released as others were charged, unbeknownst to other officers or the department of such an arrangement. Luckily Austin didn't have to actually be a Criminal Informant which wasn't something he'd have done anyway, as in a short time, Vindrel was removed from his position as sheriff due to his constant conflict with most governmental factions specifically the DOJ. Since Vindrel himself wasn't exactly clean, Vindrel ended up leaving the state before any charges or evidence surfaced of his antics and matters.

## **3.0**

Back to where Austin once was, Austin started working random legal jobs again struggling to keep things together but managed to stay alive. One day, further down the future. Austin went fishing where he met Sai Kou whom reintroduced him to the criminal world by giving him small bits and pieces of information. Austin realized what he was getting himself into knowing hes letting himself succumb to whom he really isn't what he potrays decided not to do much with the information but still remain friends. Austin ended up seeing an ad in the yellow pages from a Han Velsing advertising hiring positions for the Department of Corrections, Austin decided to apply and see where it can take him promising himself to never go back to where he was and simply try and be himself.

Austin was hired within the Department of Corrections where he started his journey being trained by Oscar Bowman. Austins journey was long within the Department of Corrections taking a break at one point when things took a very intense turn post the death of Charles Lafayette. Austin since spiralled into whom he once was as a Shank except with no purpose, goal, or ability to lay vengence thus describing himself as a blackhole which was nothing more than his demon within rather than an actual self thought of being a blackhole something only one person ever knew of at the time being Stella Brand.

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Whilst in the Department of Corrections Austin met Stella Brand whom was another Correctional Officer at the time. Austin and Stella had a working relationship for a while which grew into friendship over a short time. Austin didn't realize how much he actually liked Stella up until one day he randomly described her as cute out loud. Austin thought to himself why he even did that but decided not to dwell on it too much. Eventually they started dating and after a while Austin proposed to Stella. Austin was happiest with Stella, however, noticed she was happier away from him than with him. Austin thinking of that being the case till one day in July 2023, Austin had just arrived from a short trip as multiple Officers were outside the training facility where everyone was welcoming him back. Stella came running from the prison entrance yelling "I wanted to be the one to hug him first" expressing her frustration. Austin was shocked by her reaction and frustration his eyes watered with joy seeing how much he meant to her, luckily he had his glasses on, no one would've noticed. Whilst that wasn't only the case, the ultimate disrupter was the presence of Harvey Holden whom without hesitation within 5 minutes of Austins arrival immediately wanted to have a meeting  , A Harvey classic.
Stella a few days later spoke with Austin about wanting to get married. They also spoke in the beginning of August of her wishes to leave the deparmtent and while they had planned for their wedding to be in August, both didn't have the time to get things arranged, they ended up rushing the wedding whilst Austin lingered with thoughts of loss and bad omens, somehow, the day of their wedding night a thought lingered in Austins head that Stella will collapse at the wedding, his mind began racing into many thoughts, trying to block such an omen. Eventually, at the wedding day Stella did collapse while she was saying her vows. Austin was able to remain calm and address the situation simply because hes played the scenario many times in his mind and lived through it. Though imagining it is one thing, it happening is another, After Stella was out of surgery and Austin was informed of her being in a coma, Austin no longer could hold himself to not show his true emotions as he usually wouldn't and since he tried harder than enough, the strain caused him to stroke.

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Thinking that hes caused it to Stella, in addition to seeing and thinking shes happier without him, Austin sent her a text in October 2023 saying its time for her to be free from him as he believed hes a cause of sorrow to her. It took him a long while to do this as its not something he ever wanted but he'd rather see her happy than not and to him it seemed she was unhappiest with him. Much like he once wrote to her, that he'd be willing, to take away her pain and sorrow to watch her smile tomorrow.

Austin and Stella tried talking things out but they couldn't seem to listen to each other, with time passing they eventually met again where Stella decided that they needed sometime away from each other, whilst to Austin it felt like hes completely lost her, Austin told her he'll fight for them and that he loves her. Unknowing of whether hes to ever approach her again simply out of fears of causing her anymore sorrow, Austin wanted to figure out what they are but the state had collapsed and since lost contact with her.

## 4.0

Devasted from the suffering, losses, from feeling unable, Austin travelled to another state where he established a charity anonymoulsy through Syn Costillo a lawyer he knew from his days as a Shank. Syn helped Austin create the charity under the name he chose, "Priceless Beings", inspired by Stella's description of a poem he shared and his origins. Austin spent all of his money earned towards making the charity be self sustaining causing him to lose all of his money however it never mattered to Austin as what he had it for wasn't possible anymore.

The charities goal was to aid orphans and foster care into better systems than they were and help support these systems through multiple chains carrying the Priceless motto, Priceless Meals, Priceless Electronics, Priceless Transports and other establishments that were established to support the charity and all be self sustaining. Establishing all this work kept Austin busy for 2 years but did no more than cause more and more strain, Austin being who he is, taking in any stress and being somewhat of a frontliner when it comes to dealing with stress. Austin ended up collapsing due to his extreme lack of care of himself. Austin ended up in a coma for roughly another 2 years.

Austins medical bills quickly started racking up as he was maintained at the hospital with his lawyer friend Syn Castillo making sure to pay back what he once used to do for her. However with no source of income and working essentially for free to establish the charity Austin was left to figure out things on this own as he didn't want all the work to go to waste with him dipping his hands in the charities cycle. Austin refused Syn's suggestions of the same or taking any money from her as well. Austin stayed with his friend Brie post his release from the hospital and spent some time doing minimal tasks with her like teaching her how to drive.

Austin spent his time trying to figure things out but couldn't, Austin overdrove himself in all of his thoughts, almost going insane, to him he doesn't know if it was a memory, a vision, a dream or something that was real. In this depiction, Austin was walking along a grey stone path surrounded by green nature with his head low to the ground, as he passes he bumps an old lady with her old man, dropping a basket she was carrying. Stunned by the event as Austin was lost in his repeating thoughts. He looks at the lady and man whom both were wearing a hat similar to chinese farmers. Austin quickly thought hes ruined their fruit which at a glimpse looked like apples, before Austin could take a look the Old lady spoke "Peace lies at home". Austin stunned by the statement and the couple leaving without the basket takes a look again to see nothing on the ground and the couple having everything as they continue on their path.

Austin contemplated many ways as to what this meant, leading him to check the news on the once old state of LS where he was born, became a criminal, guard and almost married. Seeing the news of the state and its undergoing developement from the collapse it once was, Austin decided to return and fix his debt situation through the same. Austin thought of Stella as well and whether he'd see her there whilst it affirmed his decision, whilst he tried to get in contact with her with no success of finding her post collapse, Austin knows that if he does find her he'd be too afraid to contact her as he doesn't know where he stands with her and after 5 years, he doesn't know if there is anything of him left there or if it would hurt her if he did.

None the less, Austin had to figure out his situation, collected his left overs and sold what he had from remnants, to get himself back into what was his place to be. P.s. Brie had a traffic accident on her way back from the airport. 🤣