Jessica

**Jessica B. Wallace** is a potential character in *Universal Rides* and *Adventure Squad*. She is Janice and Baldwin's fraternal triplet, and later succeeds Liam and Gordon as the third user of **Siren Racer 1**.

## Biography

Unlike Carmen, Seymour and Charlotte, Jessica and her siblings were born on a deliberate effort by Lysander as part of his attempts to further his mechanical abilities, her DNA samples coming from his family members. Because of this, the triplets were given much more immediate acceptation into the community and team. Despite technically being of the Wallace family bloodline, the triplets were placed under the legal guardianship of the Leonold family, becoming official cousins in this arrangement. Much like with Carmen, Seymour and Charlotte, Tom and Lysander elected to hold off on giving them identifying features until they properly developed as individuals. As such, they were only referred to by their wheel configurations. Jessica was later named for her similarities to Lysander's late mother, and was later given her current labels. After Gordon chose to retire from active service, Jessica, with Liam's blessing, replaced him as the user of Siren Racer 1, and as the lieutenant of the Siren Racers.

## Personality

Jessica is very different from most of the other tender engines on the Island of Sodor, being playful, curious, and generally energetic compared to the likes of Emily, Gordon or Edward. Because of this, her disposition is more akin to that of a tank engine, which she is more than fine with.

While Jessica is generally proud of her peers, she can be offended if others comment on her status due to her tender, and she doesn't tolerate any potshots with that regard. Much like her siblings and cousins, Jessica is very protective of her friends and family, and when prompted will not hesitate to kill any offenders.

## Appearance

Jessica is based on Baldwin Locomotive Works #26, one of several stock 0-6-0 shunting engines. She has numerous modifications in comparison to the real design, in that she has a different set of coupling rods and cylinders, she has a different boiler design and dome setup, her cab, tender and frames are different, her cab sits farther forward than on the real locomotive and she has buffers and chain couplings instead of the cowcatcher and permanent knuckle couplers on the real locomotive.

Much like her sister, Jessica has complete heterochromia; her left eye is blue, while her right eye is yellow, which she shares with her siblings. While her eyes retain these colors under normal circumstances, Jessica at her angriest will instead sport "Killer Eyes"; her pupils become purple, her irises become all black, and her scleras turn yellow with red bloodshot veins. Unlike her default eyes, the "Killer Eyes" affect both of her eyes in the same way, making her eyes symmetrical.

When she was born, Janice was painted a plain grey with a red bufferbeam and footplate and silver coupling rods. After receiving her name, she was painted charcoal black with gold lining surrounding colored panels, painted in a dark blue. Her footplate and wheels are also painted black, while her coupling rods are now red. Her lamp is painted white, while the NWR lettering on the side of her tender is painted gold over a blue drop shadow. She has silver nameplates on her smokebox, while her number is painted on the side of her cab in blue with gold trim.

## Mech

Jessica's Guardian of Nature mech is the exact same one used by Liam and Gordon, though it was overhauled as part of the transfer.

## Notes

* Much like her siblings, Jessica's colors and number are references to *Kamen Rider Hibiki*, the former representing the main three Riders and the latter representing the series' numerical statistic within the franchise. In Janice's case, her blue and gold colors evoke Kamen Rider Ibuki, while her number represents the series' status as the 19th *Kamen Rider* television series overall.