Can you tell me about all the (main) characters of TINASW?? :D
Absolutely!
MC/POV:
Cash - Former Bounty Hunter, Human (Black but for the purposes of the story ethnicity is not important except for how you’re picturing the character!) Wears all black including her stetson (don’t look too deep into this, yes my inspirations are transparent, shut up) except for her ‘bandana’ which is red (bandanas are actually ‘macrofiber’ breathing filters but *aesthetic*. She’s a whole lesbian. Used to run a crew but won’t talk about it. The fact that she has to recruit a whole new crew for this story can give you some idea of why she retired. She’s very flirty and gruff on the outside but she’s clearly got a soft side she keeps heavily protected. Rides a ‘horse’ which is actually just a hover-motorcycle that she turns on with the custom spurs on her boots. She’s a gunslinger, duh. She now runs a successful Moonshine Operation (Moonshine is actually distilled through exposure to a specific type of deadly radiation and her process is her best kept secret and makes it the best in the galaxy) and begins the story essentially a hermit on ‘the ridge’ which is mostly occupied by her and a menage of deadly wildlife. Eventually gets an eyepatch but no spoilers (eye emoji).
LOVE INTEREST:
Boss - Human (haven’t really decided what she looks like yet) Runs the Casino named “Sweet Water”. She’s a bisexual Former Sex worker (which is how she met Cash). Picture her like an Irene Adler type. Devastatingly beautiful and even more cunning. Pre-story she settles down with a banker/developer and has a child with him. She inherits his fortunes after his death and uses that money to start Sweet Water which is the only Casino to be able to stand up to the pressure from Calvera the only other Casino in Lead Belly (the only city on al-Sufi). She is an accomplished singer and still takes the stage every once and awhile. Her fashion is classic western debutante with a sci-fi twist.
CREW:
Gideon: Vox (little anthro-fox aliens that are nomadic space pirates) - Thief, is involved because she tried to steal from Boss and got caught. In exchange for commuting her sentence she agrees to do this job (joke is that they approach her with this offer literally as she is breaking out of the jail). in it for the challenge.
Csy: Therian (shapeshifter, non-binary/aromantic) - The Con, is involved because they live for the drama(tm). Is a b-list actor who does a lot of "serious" theater but can't seem to make it into film.
Asimov: (Cyborg, an organic race that fused with tech after a devastating plague, no more can be created but they live a looooong time) - Go Go Gadget, had to be convinced to be involved. Is really in it for the money and probably the one with the shakiest commitment to the heist. He runs a scrapyard which is kind of like being an undertaker for a Cyborg and is kind of macabre.
Tate: Jotun (4 armed lizard giants) - The muscle, involved because he owes Cash one from back in her bounty hunter days. It's implied she was supposed to kill him and didn't. Tate is Asexual which is one of the only reasons he’s alive at his age because the females of his species decapitate their mates like preying mantis.
