Misty Laker

Misty Laker is a character role-played by bagelEm.

About
Misty moved to the city after the death of her sister. She tries her hardest to be kind and friendly to everyone however she sometimes struggles socially due to her lack of experience socialising growing up. Not only is she indecisive in general she also lacks direction in what she wants to do in her future, with her only main desires to live a simple life surrounded by people who she loves and love her in return. Because of her sheltered upbringing she doesn't have a clear view of right and wrong. Her main moral guide is not to commit acts that hurt people. While she would like to think that she would be able to defend herself or her loved ones, she is unsure of herself in that regard and is terrified that a moment would come where she would need to act and be unable to do.

She is very weary of people who are controlling, especially when they try to be her friends and claim to have her best interests in mind. She is generally mistrusting of cops and law enforcement, while she has no desire to be a criminal, she believes law enforcement are either incompetent or corrupt, so she always has her guard up whenever she comes across any.

Background
Misty was raised in the sleepy village of Great Lissenden, located in the South East of England. Misty was raised by Joanna and Eric Laker and lived with them and her older sister Marina for all her adolescence. Her father was absent for much of Misty’s childhood, taking many ‘business trips’ overseas. To this day, Misty still doesn’t know what her father does for a living.

Misty and Marina were close despite their seven year age difference. Marina was rebellious, often getting into heated arguments with their mother. Misty would ask her sister why they fought so much but Marina would brush these questions off. Still, Misty adored Marina and without many kids her own age in the village Misty spent most of her time playing with Marina. Their mother always seemed slightly agitated by the girl's closeness, especially as Marina grew more and more rebellious. She often tried to separate the girls and stop Misty spending time with Marina so she couldn’t be a ‘bad influence’ on Misty.

Misty was home-schooled, while she didn’t mind this at first but as she grew older she found herself longing for more. Age nine Misty begged her mother to send her to a real school, but she was denied.

Around when Misty was thirteen, her sister began dating Joey. Joey worked for Misty’s father. Things in the Laker family started to deteriorate from there. Her mother was deeply unhappy that Marina was dating Joey. Misty never figured out why. Arguments between her mother and Marina were constant. Marina started spending less and less time at home. The autumn Misty turned fourteen marked one of the last times Misty saw her sister in person. Marina gifted Misty a cheap burner phone to contact her with and told her not to tell their parents about it. Two weeks later Marina moved to America with Joey.

Without her sister Misty felt more alone than ever and she blamed her parents, especially her Mother for this. She tried to bottle up this resentment, since she still spoke to Marina in secret however this was shattered when her mother found the burner phone and read all the messages between the sisters and decided to destroy the phone. Misty confronted her mother, who first reacted calmly about this, however halfway through the argument her Mother struck her across the face. Misty left home that night.

After leaving home Misty started living independently. She got work as a Barista and began renting a room. Independence was strange, Misty was so used to being coddled that she found she didn’t know many of the basics of taking care of herself. After just a few months Misty fell ill. When her parents found out about this, they insisted she moved home. Misty deliberated on this for a while and begrudgingly agreed.

Misty’s recovery was long, but it gave her time to think about moving forward with her life. She began applying to universities and catching up with the education she missed when she left home.

Things were looking up for Misty, she moved out again after her recovery and worked part time while studying. All was not forgiven with her parents, but their relationship was stable for the most part, with Misty still seeing them on occasion.

The summer right after Misty graduated, she suddenly stopped hearing from her sister. No calls, no texts, nothing. Misty grew suspicious and reached out to Joey, who claimed not to have seen her in months, despite her sister telling her that they were still together just a few weeks back. Misty reached out to her parents who claimed to have not heard from her since she moved to America. It was five weeks until Misty heard news of her sister. She had been found dead, cause of death unknown.

No one had answers, her parents and the police eventually claimed it was an overdose, however Misty never believed this. Misty didn’t know what to do with herself. She continued to work, walking around the café like a zombie. Her parents tried reaching out but she brushed them off.

Misty tried pulling herself out of this depression, but she never seemed to quite make it out completely. She decided she needed a complete change of scenery, so she decided to do what her sister had done when she was roughly the same age. Move out to America, more specifically, Los Santos.

Day One
Misty began her first day by renting a car and driving aimlessly around the city. She found herself up in Paleto and decided to explore the farmer’s market. Up there she was approached by Jack A. Roo who was working at Bogans, asking her if she’d like anything. Something about Jack felt all too familiar to Misty, reminding her of someone she knew a long time ago. He suggested that Misty work there, as they were currently hiring. She interviewed with Alice Liddell and was hired as a trainee. After being taught the tricks of the trade and completing her first shift Misty asked Jack to show her some nice spots in the city.

He first took her to UWU Café for a ‘date’. While they both commented it was like a date, Misty is still unsure if it was a real date. She hopes it was a real date, something about Jack gives Misty butterflies. He bought her a bento box, inside was a Robber Kitty plush. After their meal, Jack then showed her a few more spots around the city, including the different spots in the Southside that gangs have claimed as their territory. Finally, he showed her his apartment, also in the Southside, telling her he belongs to a gang called the Aztecas. This slightly concerned Misty, however she couldn’t shake the feeling that Jack might be very important to her.

Blooming Romance
Misty and Jack continued to spend more time together, with Misty’s ease around him growing with every passing moment. They spend most of their time together driving around and exploring the city or going on impromptu dates. The first of these impromptu dates (excluding their date at UwU Café) was at Two Hoots Falls, which the pair discovered accidentally while driving around in a fancy stolen car. They agreed it would be a perfect spot for a picnic and a photo. While they had no food for a picnic, they did take some photos in front of the falls. Their next impromptu date was at the Rooster’s Rest, where Misty bought them both a meal and a fortune cookie. Jack ate his fortune cookie before he could read it and when Misty opened hers the ink was all smudged. She decided to look at this as an opportunity that she should write her own future.

One day while browsing PDM Jack expressed his interest in the Rebla, with the salesperson suggesting it was a good car to take kids around in. Jack turned to Misty asking her if they should have kids. Misty was caught by surprise by this, saying that was a conversation for way down the road considering he hadn't even asked her to be his girlfriend yet. He then asked her, and Misty eagerly accepted.

The End of the World
While driving around on what seemed like an ordinary day, Misty, Jack, Ellie and Carlos were approached by Benji Ramos who told them the world was going to end and they need to stock up. After getting food, bandages, weapons, armour and an outfit for the apocalypse they went back to the block. Misty and Jack were joined by Blake and Jason.

With things continuing to get worse, they went to Clean Manor and helped to hold it down until they were overwhelmed by a large demon wielding a flamethrower and zombies infiltrating the manor. They fled to Grandma's house but were met with the same demon and even more zombies. They next went to Humane Labs in hopes there would be a cure there however this turned out to be a bust. There were rumours of a dark tree which could be used to somehow fix things. They first stopped at Burn Island however the island with this tree was said to be north of the lighthouse. On the way there Misty got separated and lost in the mountain. After running around for a while Misty thought she was saved when she saw Jack. However as he got closer she noticed he was walking strangely and began calling out her name followed by the word 'brains'. After calling out again with no coherent response Misty knew the Jack had been bit. She hesitated but she was left with no choice but to start shooting him with the gun he had given her. Her hesitation here cost her everything as she was quickly overwhelmed by Jack and other nearby zombies and was consumed. She woke up again somewhere in the mountains and began violently vomiting everywhere as she tried to find some help. She was slowly consumed by the need to eat brains and it wasn't long until this feeling consumed her completely and she was left with nothing else accept the need to eat brains. She followed this urge and began to mindlessly attack anyone she came across. Eventually she was summoned the dam along with a horde of other zombies. She was shot and woke up again in the nearby mountains. Still following the urge to eat flesh she continued when suddenly a large bright light opened in the sky and a portal opened consuming everything in sight.

Misty woke up the next morning with a strange headache and her mouth tasting like bile. As she woke up more she slowly started to remember the strange dream she had last night, one with zombies and the end of the world. She decided to go to work to distract her from her strangely vivid dream. At work Jack called her and he stopped by alive and well. They discussed their dreams, with him having a similarly strange dream. Misty carried out the rest of her day relatively to relative normality, however she couldn't quite shake the feeling of the strange dream.

Joining EMS
Misty had been a citizen of Los Santos for a while but never quite new where she fit in. She enjoyed spending time with Jack and her other friends like Alice Liddell & Kat Atla or working at UWU Café and the Tuner Shop however Misty still found she lack purpose. She had tried out crime but was always hesitant, Misty knew deep down she would never be alright with hurting people, only feeling able to when absolutely necessary. Things only got worse for Misty when Jack left to find his sister. Misty felt even more directionless with Jack gone, with no clue if or when he was coming back. It was when Alice came to Misty about joining EMS when Misty's dulling spark was re-lit. It was just Misty's less than stellar criminal record that was stopping her. Eventually she was able to start the expungement problem and was hired to EMS in late December 2022. Since joining EMS Misty felt a strange sense of peace, almost as if it was where she was always meant to end up.