Liisa Virtanen

Liisa 'Li' Virtanen is a character role-played by Elzethel.

General Information
Liisa is a Prison Lifer currently serving her time at Bolingbroke Penitentiary.

Demeanour
As an inmate, Liisa is known to be timid, polite and non-violent. She has a special fascination for sciences and love of books both fiction and nonfiction.

Li embodies finnish characteristics of her heritage.

''“Finns have a reputation for reticence, thoughtfulness and unemotional behavior. They are quiet, reflective, somber and, for some, seemingly stubborn and standoffish. They are unwilling to speak unless they have something of importance to say. There is a saying that when a Finn says something, they really mean it”''

Despite Liisa's reserved nature, she is known to be helpful and kind to those who engage her in good-natured conversation. Liisa is a good listener and comfort to those who seek to unburden their worries.

Appearance
Liisa is small and petite, with hazel eyes and freckled face. She is naturally blonde and dyes orange highlights into her hair to honour her mother. Liisa’s speech is strongly accented, and varies from high-pitched whisper when she is nervous to lower-pitched grumbling when she is agitated.

Liisa prefers cargo pants and sturdy boots. In her hands Liisa always wears gloves to hide the ugly scarring on her hands and forearms. Scarring is the result of an accident she suffered while working on fixing the Prisons' ancient electrical systems.

Early life
Liisa is the daughter of career criminals Anya and Reino, who operated in the 90s Finland. The couple made their living by robbing houses, stores and transports. The last heist was supposed to be a bank robbery, where their luck ran out. Reino was forced to leave his pregnant wife behind along with the corpse of a Police officer.

Liisa was born in Finland, Helsinki Katajanokka Prison where her mother Anya was incarcerated for life sentence. Liisa was allowed to remain with her mother during early childhood and taken into her fathers custody at the age of 6. Reino soon noticed his daughter's nack for the electronic and the mechanical. He set out to cultivate those traits in his daughter. Liisa was raised to work hard and obey, all missteps were harshly punished by locking Liisa into a small room and denying her active mind from the stimulus she desperately needed.

Moving to americas
Liisa’s mandatory visitation obligation to Anya expired at the age of 18, and Reino decided to move his criminal activities to the Americas. In the U.S.A he found a big market for those who can manipulate governmental information systems. In Liisa he had the perfect tool and he set on forming a crew around himself and his daughter.

New transfer
In the aftermath of losing both her father and the rest of the heist crew, Liisa arrived at Bolinbroke. She was traumatised and barely able to speak. Liisa was met by Winifred Doe, who did show Liisa around and set her to work. Liisa worked hard but mostly kept to herself, terrified of other inmates and the DOC alike. Over time her mind healed and she became able to express herself more.

Gambit
Winifred Doe and Edward Baker formed a prison gang Gambit and invited Liisa to join as a prospect. Liisa kept working for the gang and was elevated to full membership after 3 months. Joining the gang emboldened Liisa to be more vocal and confident. She formed bonds with members of the gang, and adopted Nikolai Petrov as her brother. Nikolai was the first person in prison that Liisa could fully trust.

Liisa was able to form friendly relations with some of the Corrections Officers. One of which was solo-cadet Misha Standal, who was a misfit among the DOC. They spent many quiet hours together on the roof of the cafeteria, talking. Liisa developed feelings towards Misha but was unable to express them. Liisa knew that relationships between the DOC and inmates were forbidden and therefore Misha would be unable to respond to her feelings, even if he wanted to.

Love & independence
Misha quit his job as DOC and Liisa thought she had lost him forever. To Liisa's surprise, Misha kept coming to see her in the visitation room every day. A week later he confessed his feelings to Liisa, who was overjoyed to respond to his feelings with her own. Liisa and Misha started dating. Around the same time Gambit lost most of its members and ceased to function. Liisa decided not to seek another group or gang to join, preferring to stay independent and dedicate her efforts into making the relationship with Misha work. Over the time her feelings for Misha have just grown stronger.

Towards brighter future
Liisa’s greatest wish is to regain her freedom and join Misha in the outside world.

Memorable dates

 * 06/02/2022 - Wakes up in Bolingbroke Penitentiary for the first time & meets Winifred Doe
 * 01/05/2022 - Liisa receives 3rd degree burns to her hands and forearms, scarring her for the rest of her life.
 * 21/05/2022 - Liisa joins Gambit
 * 28/09/2022 - Liisa meets Nikolai Petrov
 * 20/10/2022 - Liisa and Misha Standal start dating
 * ~01/11/2022 - Liisa retires from Gambit
 * 15/02/2023 - Liisa and Misha get engaged
 * 27/02/2023 - LiMi Limited is approved as official business
 * 14/03/2023 - Liisa takes position as Lead of the Prison's Commissary. Commissary is restocked and reopened after almost a year of inactivity.
 * 01/04/2023 - Liisa receives Old Lady's kutte from Chaos Legion MC's president Frankie Fitch, in the presence of Misha Standal.
 * 4/8/2023 - After holding CLMC's Chaplain rank unofficially for some time, Liisa sews on her patches with blessing of Frankie Fitch.
 * 8/9/2023 - Liisa receives transfer papers and leaves CLMC.