Amber

Amber in her typical getup.

## Appearance

Typically seen in a black facemask and with her green jacket on. The jacket's pockets are always completely closed. She has flowing red hair and glasses. She wears jeans. While it is normally unseen, she has a bandage on her right arm.

## Personality

Calm, cool, and collected, Amber always tries to avoid conflict; She just wants to get her job done and get out. Under this persona, she is still nervous when talking to new people when it isn't work-related.

## Abilities

Amber has exceptional sniping abilities, being able to hit targets up to 1,500 feet away. Her close combat abilities aren't all that good, though. Sniping is where she excels. While not an ability, she uses drugs to give herself a time slowing ability to line up shots.

## Backstory

EARLY LIFE

Amber was raised in a nice, small town with wealthy parents. While young, Amber enjoyed the riches and the status her family name gave her- even when she went out of town, people seemed to know her name. As she grew older, however, she learned how her wealth was attained- her parents ran an unethical drug manufacturing ring that enslaved low-income families. Amber put on a facade and pretended she was unaware of the situation, but ran away as soon as she turned 18. She left with the clothes on her back, some money, and a small pocket watch her father had given to her. For the next couple months, she travelled from city to city, looking for a place where she could squat for a while. It wasn’t long before she heard of the Gray Zone.

ARRIVAL IN THE ZONE

Upon entering the zone, Amber was attacked within minutes by a small gang in purple suits. Amber had little combat experience at this point, and was sure she wouldn’t survive this encounter. Suddenly, one of the men’s heads burst open, and before he hit the ground, the other men ran away. Amber looked over to where the shot came from, and saw a trail of smoke coming from the barrel of a rifle inside a window, the darkness inside the room obscuring the wielder’s face. She stood, still in shock, as a shadowy figure made their way to the window and hopped out, taking no damage when they hit the group three floors below them. Amber was frozen in place as the figure walked up before grabbing her hand and running. Amber, with no other choice, followed behind.

THE COOL TRAINING ARC

The identity of this figure was a man who went by the name of Ruby. He had taken Amber back to his small hideout. On arrival, Amber fell to her knees and thanked the man. She offered up all her remaining cash, but Ruby refused. Instead, he wished to train Amber so she could defend herself. Over the course of the next year, Amber was trained with a sniper and honed her skills to perfection at an accelerated rate. It wasn’t long before Ruby gave her her first job- to find the leader of the goons who jumped her when she first arrived, and to kill them.

ENCOUNTER WITH JASPER RHODES

With a little bit of intel collection, Amber found that the gang that jumped her went by the name of the Rose Quartz Boys, led by a man named Jasper Rhodes. Amber then waited on the outskirts of the Zone to see if the RQ Boys would jump any new entrants, and sure enough, they did. Amber lined up a shot and shot one of them in the leg before the others ran off, She then questioned the man while aiming her loaded sniper at his head, point-blank. When she received the intel about the gang’s hideout, she shot the man in the other leg and left. She climbed onto the roof of the building next to her and ran atop buildings to get to a good angle on the hideout's supposed location.

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## Relationships, Thoughts on others

Alessandra di Fiorenza - Supplier of the time drug.

Amber's thoughts: "What an interesting character - I do wonder how she makes this stuff."

MilitriKat - Owner of a bar Amber frequents, as well as a past sniper who teaches Amber some tips and tricks.

Amber's thoughts: "That bar she runs is the only good one left in this whole damn zone. I don't like how she talks down to me sometimes, but she is better than me at sniping, so I guess she gets the right to."

Sasha Majewski and Aika Yasuda - Aika once approached Amber at MiltriKat's bar (accompanied by Sasha). She asked for one of Amber's candies and Amber shyly agreed, and handed her a purple one as it matched her clothes. The next time they crossed paths, Amber gave her a large bag of exclusively purple sour candies without saying a word. Sasha hasn't spoken with Amber, but she "approves" of her.

Amber's thoughts: "That blue-haired lady seems scary. It's odd to see her with such a nice kid. Looks can be deceiving, I guess."

Aren Badjoy - Crossed paths with Amber once when Alessandra was unavailable. Amber didn't end up buying anything, but Aren insisted his stuff was "the same shit."

Amber's thoughts: "I don't think I'd be here today if I took the drugs he offered me. Did seem like a cool guy though."

## Trivia

* Amber has never tried ketchup.
* Amber's favorite food is bacon cheeseburgers. While on the job, she prefers sour candies.
* Her rifle is an IWS 2000. She has named it Solstice.
* Her jacket has many pockets. Items inside include the time drug, an old business card for Aren that she never threw out, sour candies, and bullet casings from high-profile targets (she keeps them as souveniers).
* Amber's unofficial themes are https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGMWL8cOeAU and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41tIUr\_ex3g.