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This is the rags to riches story of a lottery winner. One day he is living out of his pickup after being evicted because his old roommate couldn’t pay their half of the rent. His pickup is in need of repairs as his job barely makes enough to pay off the loan sharks he borrowed from to buy it. He’s gotten by working as a handyman - doing whatever he has to to pay the bills - plus the occasional scratch ticket, bets on races, or even a lottery ticket. He isn’t a subsistence gambler or anything. And he always paid his bills. But after his roommate bailed on him, he was left out on the cold.
Poor as he has been, he’s always been on good terms with people on the streets - who offer him all sorts of advice - about money, jobs, whatever. And he listens. He’s been known to use ‘extra’ money to buy a little extra food for the occasional kid living on the street. (He’s been there.)
He doesn’t look like much. He can’t afford a decent haircut most of the time. His diet is questionable. He eats to keep enough calories in him to work. But he looks like he’d clean up nice - though he’ll probably never shake the bad boy look.
One day this Sin City Kid, wins big. Suddenly he has way more money than he knows what to do with. But he is savvy. Realizing he doesn’t know what to do, he consults the “experts.” He goes to the internet and does a little research. Turns out he has a little time and does the smart thing. He follows any of the advice that makes sense.
Your Character
You live in Sin City - Las Vegas. You are single and unattached - unless you count him. Maybe he is a regular at some diner you work at. Maybe you are the actress wannabe whose life is going nowhere. Maybe you are a nurse who he has been in to see after being roughed up a few times. Or the one who was being harassed by some Ex who wouldn’t take no for an answer. Or maybe he does yard work at your home of apartment complex. Most people see him as a sort of poison - a guy who will drag you down with him. And they might have been right. But his heart always seems to be in the right place. But you do have a relationship. (If you knew he was living out of his car, you’d probably have insisted he stay over. Of course, he’s the sort who’s a little too proud for that.)
This is the rags to riches story of a lottery winner. One day he is living out of his pickup after being evicted because his old roommate couldn’t pay their half of the rent. His pickup is in need of repairs as his job barely makes enough to pay off the loan sharks he borrowed from to buy it. He’s gotten by working as a handyman - doing whatever he has to to pay the bills - plus the occasional scratch ticket, bets on races, or even a lottery ticket. He isn’t a subsistence gambler or anything. And he always paid his bills. But after his roommate bailed on him, he was left out on the cold.
Poor as he has been, he’s always been on good terms with people on the streets - who offer him all sorts of advice - about money, jobs, whatever. And he listens. He’s been known to use ‘extra’ money to buy a little extra food for the occasional kid living on the street. (He’s been there.)
He doesn’t look like much. He can’t afford a decent haircut most of the time. His diet is questionable. He eats to keep enough calories in him to work. But he looks like he’d clean up nice - though he’ll probably never shake the bad boy look.
One day this Sin City Kid, wins big. Suddenly he has way more money than he knows what to do with. But he is savvy. Realizing he doesn’t know what to do, he consults the “experts.” He goes to the internet and does a little research. Turns out he has a little time and does the smart thing. He follows any of the advice that makes sense.
Your Character
You live in Sin City - Las Vegas. You are single and unattached - unless you count him. Maybe he is a regular at some diner you work at. Maybe you are the actress wannabe whose life is going nowhere. Maybe you are a nurse who he has been in to see after being roughed up a few times. Or the one who was being harassed by some Ex who wouldn’t take no for an answer. Or maybe he does yard work at your home of apartment complex. Most people see him as a sort of poison - a guy who will drag you down with him. And they might have been right. But his heart always seems to be in the right place. But you do have a relationship. (If you knew he was living out of his car, you’d probably have insisted he stay over. Of course, he’s the sort who’s a little too proud for that.)