Missy La Costa

> I've ALWAYS wanted to kill a huntress! I'm going to have sooo much fun smashing your skull in!
>
> Missy La Costa to Anna Atwood

## Missy La Costa

### Nickname

MisCrazy-Head

Melissa (by Sable)

## Media

### First Appearance

"The Mystery Cat Part 2"

Missy La Costa is a side character and former minor antagonist in Team OPRA's story. She is a member of the Six Merry Murderesses, having joined them while serving a prison sentence for murdering her husband by arsenic poisoning. Her weapon of choice is a flail/morning star combo.

## Appearance

### Physical

Missy stands at 5'6 and has a slender body shape. She has fair white skin with short wavy ginger hair that measures to just below her chin. She has a round head shape with a pointed chin and dark, gunmetal blue eyes.

### Attire

Missy's original attire consists of a dark grey tube top with a black short sleeved jacket over the top that is zipped up on the right side and features white trims around the sleeves and collar. On her legs, Missy wears a pair of tight leather pants and a pair of black ankle boots.

## Personality

Missy is shown to be an incredibly unhinged and violent individual. She shows glee in inflicting pain on others and will always take the chance to fight anyone that can fight back. She is not afraid to make threats. Despite this she is shown to also care deeply for her fellow Merry Murderesses and will often charge into a fight if it means protecting the others.

Missy is also shown to be easily intimidated by people such as Sable, indicating that despite her arrogance and violent nature she can be easily broken down.

## Background

Not much is known about Missy's upbringing other than she was born as 'Melissa'.

At some point she marries a man and later finds out that he is of a faith that includes having multiple wives, something she was not noted about. This caused Missy to suffer a breakdown and kill her husband by poisoning him. She is then arrested and sent to Vale Women's Correctional Facility to serve her prison sentence.

During her time in jail, she meets Celia Kelly and joins her newly formed Merry Murderesses. Eventually she is released on good behavior alongside the other Merry Murderesses.

At some point she and the other women are approached by Sable Vedova to kill Team OPRA for their interference with the assassination of Mei Lin Xun.

## Abilities and Powers

Missy is shown to be a brutal and heavy-hitting combatant. With her weapon she attacks from short to medium ranges with heavy swings that do massive damage. She is described as having immense strength for her size.

### Weakness

Missy is shown to be an incredibly reckless in fights which has led her to being easily bested as shown by being taken out first by Anna Atwood. Despite her weapon being immensely powerful, she is also shown to be a slower combatant who can be easily outsped.

### Weapon

Missy's weapon is shown to be a flail-morning star combo. It features a 10 meter chain attached to a hefty-sized, spiked metal ball.

### Semblance

Missy's semblance has not been shown in Team OPRA's story.

## Relationships

### The Six Merry Murderesses

* Celia Kelly: Despite Celia often having to pull Missy back from doing anything violent or reckless, Missy has high regards for Celia and is shown to be responsive and obeys the orders of her leader.
* Gertrud Festini: Missy is often shown doting on Gertrud and treating her like a little sister of sorts. Despite this Missy is often dismissive of Gertrud's true feelings, shown to site it as the adults making the decisions.
* Earta Dominic: While Missy is often annoyed at Earta's need to pull her from having quote 'fun', the two women are shown to have a tight bond with each other regardless.
* Florine Wilcoxon: Florine is one of the Merry Murderesses that Missy gets along with the most. She enjoys Florine's brutish nature and is often seen teaming up together in fights because of their synergy.
* Cora Arthurs: Similarly to Florine, Cora is the other Merry Murderess that Missy gets along with. The two's narcassistic and egotistical personality harmonize well and are often seen being catty together, as shown when they gossip about Sable.

### Others

* Sable Vedova: Missy is shown to have low opinions of Sable, thinking of her as nothing more than a power-crazy bitch. Despite that she is also shown to give into Sable's threats and intimidation, showing that Missy is also scared of what Sable is capable of.

## Trivia

### Allusion

* Following the allusions of the other Merry Murderesses, Missy alludes by the character of Mona from the 1975 musical *Chicago.*
	+ Both she and Mona kill their husbands in the same way by arsenic poisoning.

### Colour Naming Rule

* Missy is a variant of the name Melissa, which means 'Bee' or 'Honey' in Greek.
* La Costa is an Italian surname meaning 'Slope, Coast.'