Lara VanDusk

Lara VanDusk is a character role-played by ItsElnari.

General Description
Lara VanDusk is a person?

Life before Los Santos
Originally from Manchester, Lara VanDusk was born [REDACTED], the eldest child of 6, growing up in an area where knife crime and poverty was her way of life. Her family didn't have much money; so as a teen, she began shoplifting and committing petty theft to provide some financial support. This led to her becoming involved with a street gang, who showed her ways to make even more money and connections. Eventually, Lara was caught shoplifting and sent to a Juvenile Detention Centre.

Upon her release from Juvie, her parents kicked her out of the house and got a court order to prevent her from seeing her siblings, not wanting her to be a bad influence. With no other support system Lara fell back into the gang life, but she would not let the court order stop her from helping her siblings - sending them the money she earned from crime. She began dealing drugs, eventually smuggling them around Europe for her gang, making use of her charisma and charm to not alert the authorities.

Eventually, Lara's parents figured out what she was doing, threatening to send her to court for violating the order. Now that it was clear that she had lost her family, Lara decided to start over in a new city and move to Los Santos. An opportunity soon arose for her to flee - the gang had asked her to transport drug money from England to New Jersey. She stole the money that she was meant to deliver, using it to reach her new city and alter her appearance.

The life of crime had been rough, many close calls with death, knife fights and even a few dodgy back alley surgeries had changed Lara. Her eyes had become permanently bloodshot from many fights where people had attempted to gouge them out - so she decided to tattoo them black, leaning into her gothic style. She's often wearing glasses as well to disguise them further. Lara has multiple spider tattoos, and blacked out arms to cover the many knife wounds and gunshots she acquired over the years.

She now had a tough exterior to match her determination and illustrate her rough life experiences. After changing her name to Lara, her new life began.

Welcome to Los Santos
Lara VanDusk moved to Los Santos on the 1st of December 2022. She received her first vehicle - an Emperor, from the city as a welcome gift.

Needing a source of income, Lara decided to check out Dodo Logistics where she earnt her first job in Los Santos. She made a few friends there and started learning the ways of the city.

Meeting Yokai
One night, while working in the kitchen at UWU Cafe, Lara was surprised by a mysterious figure sneaking up beside her. The masked woman wore an interesting black and red jacket, adorned with Kanji and carrying a katana on her back. Crouching so they weren't seen by the others in the restaurant, Lara helped her out with buying some food. The figure snuck out the back door, and Lara later learned that this was one of the Yokai - a notorious group of street racers known for their high speed crimes, criminal connections and fearsome personas.

Lara was intrigued and found her new purpose. To learn more about the Yokai and hopefully find herself a place within their organisation.

[In progress]

A Mikomi at last
On the 22nd of July 2023, Lara was officially invited to become a Mikomi by Enma-Daio, who would continue Lara's training as her Kumi-In.

While waiting in the YoLot for her 2nd Yokademy to begin, Lara recieved an anonymous ping. She rushed over to her mustang and immediately went to the location of the ping. She had been summoned to the cable car station, where 6 Yokai were waiting for her in the darkness. Enma-Daio informed her that Yokai had noticed her progress. He asked if she was willing to throw everything else away and commit to Yokai under his tutelege - a deal Lara gladly accepted.

After officially welcoming Lara as a mikomi, the Yokai vanished in a cloud of smoke and katana glow.