dunno if we were supposed to post here or in ooc, but anyway here goes

Name: Avril Mattix
Age: 23
Gender: female
Appearance: [hider=pic] [img]http://hdw.datawallpaper.com/abstract/cyberpunk-girl-hd-wallpaper-335848.jpg[/img] [/hider]

Personality: Avril is brash, crass, and altogether vulgar. She swears too much, she drinks too much, she's tactless and blunt and hot-tempered. Avril takes much too many risks for most people's liking, and she frequently puts herself in danger for pretty stupid reasons. She won't take anyone's bullshit and confronts any trouble she has with anyone or anything head-on. Avril is more stubborn than a mule and more aggressive than a bulldog. She's regarded as a truculent individual with no respect for anything, someone who seemingly lives to have fun and to party and to get into fights with not a care in the world. Despite all her obvious flaws, Avril is very steadfast and ferociously loyal. She is determined to the point of being headstrong but devoted to the group of Scroungers that she considers her only family. She can be much too sarcastic or snarky for her own good, but if she genuinely cares about somebody like she does the Scroungers she tries not to hurt anybody's feelings with her abrasive ways and her general fuck-it-all attitude. If she sets her mind to something then she does [i]not[/i] quit, no matter what. Failure, in Avril's eyes, is unacceptable. She can be an extremely volatile person with an acerbic tongue, but when it all boils down to surviving, Avril is surprisingly adept at it. She can smooth-talk her way out of conflicts with the UCPD if needed. Avril loathes them, but even she isn't reckless enough to make a fuss if confronted by the UCPD. Avril views life as a party and refuses to acknowledge people who try to crash this party of hers. She's not in it to help the world; she's in it to enjoy the experience, however gritty and uncomfortable that it may be.

Background: Avril never knew who her father was, but she, her mother, and her older sister were members of a fairly influential smuggling gang in Undercity before the whole operation was busted by the UCPD when Avril was fifteen. The bust resulted in the death of her mother and sister. Avril barely escaped with her life. Through various connections Avril had acquired from being a part of the smugglers, she managed to find a group of Scroungers and begin a new life with them. She began a part-time job at Sandy's and found herself taking a strange liking to it. She is also good at haggling with people and engages in petty thievery from time to time, but it's not strictly necessary as she currently is not starving to survive with the job at Sandy's. Avril is definitely not a tech-genius, but she knows enough about the technology of the Undercity to use it, rework it for her own motives, and destroy it if necessary. Basically, Avril knows how to make things do what they're supposed to do and rewire them crudely so that they do something else, but she has very little knowledge of the inner workings of the technology. The only hack-job that Avril has gotten is getting a metal plate inserted where her cheek bone usually is after breaking it when the UCPD busted the smuggling ring she was a member of. She is thinking about getting more, if it is possible, but she definitely isn't counting on it anytime soon because of her limited funds. 

Within the Scroungers, Avril would probably be known mostly as the party girl and the girl who likes to drink. She likes riding fast, taking risks, and enjoys getting drunk for some inexplicable reason. She can usually be found hanging around at Sandy's, either working or drinking. Although Avril doesn't strictly [i]need[/i] to steal to survive, something about the rush of adrenaline that accompanies thieving is strangely satisfying to her. She lives to feel the buzz of alcohol, the high that comes with simply not doing what you're supposed to be doing. So, whenever the Scroungers ask someone to steal this or that, Avril's always among the first to volunteer. Avril knows that she's not going to live a long, fruitful, or comfortable life. She knows it very well, and she's accepted that she will probably die young and violently. Avril has always been one about not dwelling on the bad and instead living in the moment, so she figures that when the time comes there won't be much else she can do and it's best to get the most out of the life she has instead of always reaching for unattainable things. Avril does not have many close friends due to her belligerent attitude and her personality, but those that she makes she truly treasures and she loves to death. 

Other details: Avril has a strange penchant for anything blue for reasons that she won't disclose. Most assume that she just likes the color and leave her alone. She's dyed her hair midnight blue and her eyes are naturally blue. If she can afford it, Avril will also buy blue cosmetics from time to time. Her birthday is September twelfth.