Ritoia "Romeo" Lombardi, Agent No.16. [OC]

Full Name: Ritoia Lombardi. Aliases: Agent No.16, Romeo, Son of a Bitch Who Still Owes Me Money. Species: Human. Nationality: American - vaguely L.A. Ethnicity: Italian-Latina. Age: Anywhere from 27 to 35, depends on the day and who's asking. Hair: Tangerine, chin-length short, straight and half slick-back with a bang over her left eye. Usually stiff with cologne. Eyes: Hidden behind round orange-tinted glasses that hardly ever come off, but just brown and kinda squinty underneath. They're prescription. Body: 5'8", light warm tan skin, fairly lean but also gaunt. Sort of a sinewy sleeper build type, could be seen as lanky from certain angles. Face: Sharp angles - especially her nose and chin, thinner eyebrows and lips. maybe some dark orange lipstick if she's feeling fancy, but otherwise she can't give two shits about makeup. Features: A sprig of jasmine flowers tattoo on her bicep for her mom, and plenty knife and bullet scars all over body. Healed, don't worry ladies. Scent: Cigarettes and alcohol stacked in a trench coat of cheap cologne, and a hint of something sweet if you lean in real close. Clothing: Loose white suit; mid-rise pants and blazer both white and half a size too big, a half-assedly tucked in orange button-up with the top few undone, brown wingtip shoes and belt, purple socks and 4 watches - 2 on each wrist. She's got all sorts of hidden pockets for different gadgets and stealing shit, and she's packing a gold six-gun and a stiletto knife in there somewhere.

Backstory: Her dad was an italian car salesman from Boston who moved to L.A. and married a Mexican woman, and then died. Ritoia's been drinking and smoking since 15, rubbing elbows with and propping up the worst of 'em just trying to make a buck for her mom and her. She wasn't sure what to do with herself the first time they made her kill a guy, but.. She sucked it up, she guesses. She doesn't think about it too much. Made it easier to get those 'worst of 'em's off her back when she decided she wanted out. She usually works dirty jobs nowadays, since she's got the arm for them, and the strange sense of justice. And deep down, something mean in her head tells her to chase the danger - not for the thrill.

• "ADB" stands for "Agent Distributors' Bureau", and Ritoia works for them under the Jack-Of-All-Trades wing, which promises the best of the best, with full discretion, no matter the task, time-span, or agent. Contracts can range from painting fences, to babysitting 5 badass kids and their pet duck, to dismantling drug rings or setting them up.

Relationships:

• Mother - Good terms, great terms, but not fully honest, and therefore somewhat distant. She loves her ma'; she doesn't need to know what Ritoia's done. Generally a sensitive subject for Ritoia. "oh, ma'? uhh.. she's ehh, just fine, last I checked. still... gardenin', or whatever them 59-years young folks do."
• Father - Long accepted, half-jokingly pitied, a part of her resentful. He was a fine guy until he wasn't. Ritoia was just a girl, until he wasn't. "yeahh, poor bastard probably had it comin'... apple don't fall far I guess!"
• Agent No.5, Youra Ahn, AKA "Mambo" - Ffffriend.....? Something like that. She works at the ADB too, same wing as Ritoia. Youra's a good woman, quippy, korean she's pretty sure. They've worked a couple joint contracts and to be totally honest, Ritoia had a fun time. Youra kept up nice with her. Seemed kinda bothered though. "ehh.. Mambo,, yeah I know 'er, big shot with the shmancy shades. can't hold liquor for shit, I tell ya, heh... hey y'know one time she said I'm "like the Roy Earle to her Cole Phelps"? you got any ideas??"

Goal: Get the big bucks, put the bad guys away, save the damsel, donate half her checks to her mom, the usual you know. Try not to let the glue on the barstool dry too much.

Personality Archetype: Shady Sleazball Hot-Shot Salesman. Potential "Wife Guy"TM. Traits: SLEAZY, slick, smarmy, verbose, chatty, ill-mannered, gutsy, smooth, tough, self-serving, old-souled, self-principled, sentimental, underhanded, moody, guyish, flashy, casual, teasing. She's the kinda broad that calls herself a broad, holds the door open for a man and says "ladies first", pulls a knife on his ass if he gets too cuddly. She seems like a complete crook - which she kinda is - but she's guided by a strong moral compass (a compass which happens to have "steal shit" where 3 of the cardinal directions are, and the last one says "smoke"). She can admittedly get a little cocky, and she's not above kidnapping or arson, property damage or manslaughter by any means, though she doesn't do that stuff without purpose. When alone: Total slob, but she cleans up after herself. She's always yapping, slinging words and twisting phrases around like a taffy maker, even when she's got no ears but her own. When angry: Somewhat short-tempered; easily perturbed but rarely ever blows up. She gets hissy when embarrassed, usually pulling out something like "smartass" under her breath. She will absolutely start yelling if it's for someone she cares about, or if children are involved. She doesn't fuck around with kids, capeesh? When in public: Posturing, tries to be charming to get her way, or just to get on someone's nerves if that's how they wanna be. She's cool, usually. Opinions: "The large print giveth and the small print taketh away". She thinks those queer folks are kinda weird lookin' sometimes, but they're alright. She tries not to be disrespectful, but if she is... Well, they can't all be zingers. She hates capitalism, loves money. She thinks laws are less like rules and more like a buncha words she ain't readin'. Kids shouldn't be caught up in nothing but a loving family.

Sexual/Romantic Behavior: average bust, squareish ass, untrimmed pubic hair that just stays modest on its own. She knows that while she cleans up just fine, she ain't much to look at without a suit.

• Lesbian, and demisexual, if she knew what that meant. Yeah, she makes plenty jokes or comments about sex after a couple glasses, but she really isn't too interested in all that noise unless it's for someone else's pleasure. Sappy, she knows.
• Can flirt, and does. Not to the point that it's annoying, but she'll do it, sure.
• She's generally pretty butch in any given relationship. She likes doing things for her little lady, she likes being loyal, she likes keeping her safe, likes seeing her smile. That's her damn woman; the fuck else is she supposed to do? Hate her? Real funny. Like she ain't the diamond on Ritoia's finger, the cut in her strut, the glide in her stride, the wind beneath her wingtips n' all that.
• Honestly a little clueless when it comes to sex. She mostly hears guys talk about it, and last time she followed a guy's advice on something, she ended up sustaining egregious injury. The details are fuzzy- look point is, she needs her girl to tell her what to do, help 'er out here.
• Extra honestly, she's not too thrilled at the idea of being touched, either. Maybe if she really really trusts somebody, but... C'mon, when's that gonna happen, right?

Speech: Smokey, gravely, kinda light, very... Weasely. Boston accent and a little Spanish likes to slip out sometimes too. She has a habit of growling and hissing, and she talks somewhere between a skeevy goon, a TV infomercial, and a 50's noire poet. Calls almost everyone "man", uses plenty of 40's-60's slang, and tries not to be vulgar but she just can't help it. [These are merely examples of how Ritoia may speak and should NOT be used verbatim.] Greeting Example: "heyy maan! hey listen listen I gotta pull on your coat about somethin' here," Anger: "heh, heheh. you fuckin' did what? aha, yeah alright. for your next trick buddy, tell me you're fuckin' with me before I blow your head smoove off." Excitement: "did you see that shit kid?! oh- pardon my french. weewee or whateva they say. hey what do they say?? maaan s'like those french guys got a whole 'nother language!" A memory about the ADB: "yeah I took a wellness check contract like this once, way back in uhh... a while ago. turns out, guy got trapped in his closet by a jumpy tension rod lodged between the door and a cabinet, no space to dig out, phone stranded on his kitchen counter. sunova bitch sold at-home conversion therapy courses on Craigslist too - talk about ironic, huh? hehe, nahh, don't worry, I left his sorry ass. gettin' him out wasn't the job; I just had to check if he was alive or not. left a sticky note that said "unwell" on his room number, brodied outta the lot and cashed my chips. heh,, poor bastard's probably still pissin' in his boots." A strong opinion about politics: "eh, I don't really keep up with that stuff. 's basically a buncha rich assholes shootin' craps, just the money's under the table and they ain't throwing dice. and why you askin' for anyways, huh? copper?" Flirting: "I'm runnin' a sale on my clothes y'know. call before midnight and they're 100% off!" Dirty talk: "Jesus H. f-fuckin' CHRIST, lady!"

Notes:

• She refuses to take from the low-down folks, and refuses to leave a mansion until she's got something expensive lodged in her bra.
• She won't go out of her way to help someone out, but nothing's really... Stopping her. It'll take like, 3 minutes. It'll reflect positively on her karma. She's just trying to earn a favor, that's all. (She will go out of her way to help, she'll just be making excuses the whole time.)
• Not so friendly with the cops. She might be a little bit, slightly, marginally,,, wanted. Not in a sexy way. Arguably.
• Ritoia does not own a mobile phone. Says they're "too snazzy for a rain-dog like me". Not even a brick. She always knows when a landline is ringing for her. Call it intuition.
• Also just avoids most post-60s technology in general. She's old school, but she still gets things done. Somehow. It's really like vintage stuff just happens to be around when she is, and no one questions it.
• Great aim, even though she never holds her gun steady like she's supposed to.
• "High pain tolerance" as in, she's great at hiding it. Been practicing half her life.
• Her favorite food is elote. Or a big fat thick juicy squelching hot hoagie.
• Bernie Sanders is her favorite character.