GOOD MORNING SUNSHINE THE WORLD SAYS HELLO
Name: Sunny Dyer
Nickname: Uh, her username in any online circle is Vertigo, and she's been telling people to call her that for years? Sounds more badass than Sunny, really. (You could call her Sunny D, but, uh, that will officially end any hope of her being friendly to you ever.)
Age: 20
Birthday: October 17th
Sign: Libra
Gemstone: Opal
Blood Type: O+
Fav. Food: Don't let Sunny near rolls and butter, because if you look away, she'll try to stuff them all in her mouth like a chipmunk. Only after buttering the rolls, though! She's not a savage.
Hated Food: Oranges. Look, when you got subjected to so many Sunshine State and Sunny D jokes, you kind of develop an automatic hatred for anything associated.
School: None! Works at Geek Squad, and helps people rig up custom PCs and consoles in her spare time for a fee. (She should probably go to college, but you know, not really feeling the need to focus all her time and energy and money on a stupid education and a stupid degree.)
Hobbies:
Binge Gaming -- There are people who play video games, and there are people who play video games. Sunny belongs to the latter group: when she gets in the mood and the routine, she will play until she is the best at it, disregarding things like sleep. And then she'll keep her spot at the top through fire and blood -- but never cheating, never cheating. Consoles and PC, and very rarely any multiplayer that isn't local; Sunny does puzzle games, roguelikes, and things that would probably cause anyone sane to break their controller.
Technology Junkie -- You can't play games without the absolute best technology, can you? The newest model of phone, the newest everything: she can go without new clothes for a bit, it's cool. But Sunny has to have as much new and amazing technology as she can...as long as it works. Discoveries like vantablack and new prosthetic limbs she is also SO THERE for, but -- you can't really buy that sort of technology! She's only really interested in the technology that she can use.
Sunny's laptop barely looks like the original anymore -- it's a Sunnystein's Monster of cobbled-together replacement parts to better the specs. She's jailbroken her phone and trades up at least once every year and a half. Considering the fact her laptop isn't winning any visual awards because that would require her making it technically worse (look, if her actual desktop breaks down she needs an alternative), and the fact this is where most of her paycheck goes, Sunny ain't judging you if your tech isn't brand new -- unless if you're under 45 and have a flip phone, because really? Really.
Volunteering -- Volunteering makes Sunny feel less like she is an a*****e! She prefers animal shelters because animals don't typically judge you, but any sort of volunteer work is fine; the work is its' own reward and she doesn't want anything much for doing the right thing. It used to be her girlfriend's thing, but in the wake of her death, well...taking up the mantle seemed a good way to honor the dead. Every weekend, 10-4 both Saturday and Sunday, at the ASPCA: and anything else that comes up.
Virtues:
Kind-Hearted -- Okay, yeah, the world kind of sucks nowadays -- especially in Destiny City -- and her girlfriend is dead -- but it's not worth taking out your anger on other people. Sunny just wants people to be safe, and things to be okay, and she loves the ******** out of animals like whoa. She'd have pets! But she has an apartment, and that's not allowed. If you want a shoulder to cry on or someone to tell you that you are a good person, Sunny's your gal, and she will protect you like the best friend you will ever have because she honestly gets really attached to people and she loves you and cares about you. (She desperately tries to be this all the way through, but, uh, there's a core of desperate bitterness in there too, because everyone she has willingly devoted herself to is gone. But even with that -- Sunny will never hurt someone on purpose if not provoked, and she's pretty good at keeping her temper.)
Moral Standards -- Sunny is a good person, or at least she is desperately trying to convince herself that she is, and she likes to live by Good Moral Rules: do unto others as yadda yadda yadda, be kind, be selfless, don't do anything without thinking of who it might hurt, don't be an a**. All that! She tries very, very hard to live by these rules, and is absolutely desperate to be the person who could do it without trying.
Carrying the Torch -- There is one thing that gets Sunny Dyer to take responsibility, and it's carrying on for anyone who no longer can in whatever their cause might be. She will carry them with her in whatever way she can: her father died in a car accident when she was thirteen, and she took his toolset and tried to do what he'd always done, which was help people with anything they need. Her girlfriend died a year ago, and Sunny bleached her hair to be blonde too and started volunteering -- it's what she would have wanted. She's closed herself off a little more every time someone is lost, but at the same time, Sunny is fiercely devoted to making sure that people are never truly lost. She believes in the good in people, and takes a trait from everyone she loses to keep their memory alive. Don't speak ill of the dead, right? She will believe in you and she will remember you, and she believes in legacies.
Flaws:
Kind Of A Bitter a*****e On The Inside -- Sunny tries desperately to appear nice and sweet and the kind of girl your parents would like, but she has a lot of pent-up undirected bitterness and anger about the fact she has no close friends and, did we mention, her ******** girlfriend died. (She doesn't trust that coma bullshit, her babe did not get on well with a lot of people.) She's good about surface niceness, but upon spending further time with Sunny, many find that she is abrasive and uncomfortable with real emotional closeness. It doesn't stop her from getting attached to people anyways, but then she goes and plays video games and spawncamps people until the server bans her because she doesn't want to ever be that mean. She'll ignore your calls and make up an apology about how her phone didn't ring/she was in the shower/she was gaming -- but the odds are she heard that ringtone, she just doesn't want you to get hurt in this shitty town.
What's A Genuine Solid Happiness -- It's debatable if Sunny is ever actually happy -- she never smiles when alone and rarely laughs, and as soon as she's not in the physical company of other people spends her time occupying herself in any activity that'll keep her busy. Her girlfriend died the night after they went on a date and got in a fight, her father died of a stroke -- she comes down really hard on herself for any perceived failure, and although she can attain some measure of genuine peace with other people...well, yeah.
She thinks the deaths were her fault, and they've stuck with her for years; and she doesn't want to be responsible for someone else dying in this shitty hellhole. There are murders every night -- but if she doesn't know you, she can try not to cry her eyes out, so she lets herself get a little close to people because that's natural; and then she pushes away hard because she loves you but she is terrified.
What's A Responsibility -- Sunny does not do well in any sort of leading position. She's fine with being told what to do, but -- she hates taking responsibility for people, and hell, she can barely take care of herself. Having to be a fully functioning human being with command over others is terrifying to her, and she's perfectly happy to have her own limited sphere of influence just be over her apartment. Deadlines are okay, deadlines are fine, and animals are fine: but as soon as it's other human beings she needs to take command over Sunny begins to panic and make progressively worse decisions, ranging from just silly to actually dangerous for the people she's commanding.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
OKAY SO: Sunny originated as a character from Cyberpunk 2020! She is not exactly like this in here, but, you know, it's a decent enough reference.
Eyes: A yellow-green gradient; eyeliner, and a bit of mascara on her lower eyelashes.
Hair: Bleached-blonde undercut (I don't know if that's the right term)! Her bangs are mostly swept to one side, the right set of her head is shaved but growing out, and the left side is long and braided -- about waist-length. (Her roots are mahogany.)
Face: Oval face, a couple of freckles, simple piercings in black. Kind of a 'lazy punk' vibe?
Clothes: This, basically. Layers, navy/black/white/green-yellow; boots and leotards. Lace, stripes, but never words or squares.
Etc Cetera: Sunny's natural hair color is a dark reddish-brown; it's bleach-blonde and has been for about a year, but you can see her roots .
She has a tattoo in white ink on the back of her neck, near the hairline; it's an interface plug.
Sunny is Hispanic and speaks fluent Spanish.
She has a gauge in both ears. Visible in the given pseudo-reference.
