Nickel

A "journalist" working for the Quarter Bureau. Codenamed "Nickel," real name left unknown.

As a teen, Nickel got involved with the Cerberus Triad, doing small errands for them, and eventually becoming a proper Red Pole. But after spending some time in a jail cell, he started to rethink his life. Leaving the Triad would paint a target on his back, but continuing to run with them would mean more and more extreme tests of loyalty in the future. In the end, his salvation came in the form of Vilina Quarter.

Quarter offered him a job at her then up-and-coming Quarter Bureau as her first journalist, seeing potential in his connections to scrounge up information she otherwise wouldn't be able to obtain through more legal channels.

His former affiliation has barred him from being allowed to legally acquire a freelancer license, but thanks to the efforts of Quarter, he is employed.

Nickel isn't a particularly skilled fighter, but he's a slippery individual with a silver tongue, able to escape many situations with words alone. And maybe a hidden knife behind his back. Still, he's definitely fallen way over his head into some sticky situations that required Dime or Quarter to bail him out. Very hard to hate the guy though.

Nickel is laidback and outwardly very affable in a disarming way that people find very charming. He can talk to anyone he bumps into, and they'll be smiling like old friends afterwards. Mostly. To others, he's kind of slimy.