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| Ravenbait |
Ravenbait was created by the Trickster Spirit Raven for a bet he had with Ošin, the All Father of the Norse pantheon. Raven collected on that bet, although the Ferryman did accuse him of cheating for borrowing technology belonging to the Weapon X Programme. Raven shrugged this off, pointing out that the equipment was lying around in his back yard, and no one else could have genetically engineered a product of the Divine and Sapphic union of Tank Girl and Ellen Ripley from Alien Resurrection. That no one else would ever have bothered or even wanted to was besides the point. Anyway. Accusations of cheating from someone known to his friends as 'Backstabber' and 'Oathbreaker' were a bit rich.
They have been arguing about it, off and on, ever since. She has been on the Ferryman's payroll for most of her life, outsourced from Raven Holdings Inc., and has resided in a cottage in one of the backwaters of the Seventh Level of Hell for several years. Well-known throughout A-Time as one of the Ferryman's troubleshooters, she is a regular with Hell's Demon Wheels CC and has held the top spot in their DCC points category for the past three years. Ravenbait founded the Temple of the Triple Goddess of Cycling after Geri and Freki, Ošin's wolves, were involved in an RTA and the Ferryman had to spend a painful and frustrating few hours in the company of Rolf Harris. Needless to say, that particular episode of Animal Hospital never made it as far as broadcast. She is primarily aligned with the Road Goddess, and sports Her colours, although can occasionally be caught in MTB Goddess kit on her mountain bike. She became involved with the Cake Stop shortly after its inception, upon discovering it on her way home from the Temple one evening and stopping for a cup of tea and a slice of malt loaf. Although the League of Gentlemen Cyclists initially found her largely amoral character somewhat unappealing, her commitment to the cause eventually led to her becoming a founder member of the Intrepid Sorority, although this was partly provoked by Ladies' Night, being on Thursdays, clashing with her T'ai Chi class and RB not seeing why the boys should have all the fun. It is rumoured that Ravenbait was not the only product of that particular experiment, but the rumours have so far failed to provide any supporting evidence. As the combination of genetic codes from her parents produces occasional bouts of behaviour that is not considered appropriate by the League, this is probably for the best. She favours Specialized, Lusso, Castelli, Protective and Assos clothing; Specialized BG gloves and shoes; usually wears a Met Stradivarius (although sometimes just wears a black Assos cap); and has a custom set of Rudy Project Freons adapted for her by Wayland the Smith. Ravenbait's primary steed is Fingal: a custom-painted black and silver Orbit Harrier running a Campag transmission on an SRAM block, Mavic T520s with Hope hubs and suspiciously puncture-proof Schwalbe Comfort Slicks. He sports a 50W Lumicycle set-up on the front and has been awarded the Steven Spielberg Close Encounters award on no fewer than three separate occasions. Although a quirky machine, he is unspeakably loyal and tireless. He has a tendency to bite anyone other than his mistress, with whom he is in constant communication by means of an adapted CatEye OS1.0, which she takes with her should she have to leave him for any length of time. Fingal really does not like rough surfaces. As well as Fingal and Max, the stalwart Specialized Hard Rock, Ravenbait also owns Peregrine: a Pinarello Galileo with a Chorus groupset and Proton wheels. A relatively young bicycle, Peregrine is still being socialised and can get a touch over-excited at times. Lacking Fingal's battle experience and Max's robustness, Peregrine usually stays at home. FROM THE FILES OF THE ABD Sex: Female Height: 5'7 (170cm) Weight: 140lb (64kg) Eye colour: Black. Completely. Hair: Crew cut reddish black Race: Apparently Caucasian Distinguishing features: If the black eyes aren't enough and you can get close enough, she has a large raven tattoo on her back. MEMO: As far as our tech boys have been able to ascertain, this female really is some sort of genetically engineered freak, which means she has to be treated as an indigenous inhabitant of A-Time, with all the problems that entails. No one knows what the bet was between that feathered sonofabitch and the Ferryman - or if they do, they're not telling. She has been a thorn in our sides since our Lord and Master first decided that political campaigning was insufficient and it was time to instigate Project Carmageddon. We thought we had her during the Armstrong campaign, but His Obeseness had to do the evil mastermind gloat rather than using his bullbars for their designed purpose and she escaped. Our next best chance was getting the Hierophant on-side, but since that contract fell through we're going to have to find some other way - incidentally. Can we stop using our funds for paying off speed camera fines earned by the Board? We might have been able to pay off the Hierophant if they hadn't drained the account. Taking out Ravenbait won't stop the rest of them, but it will limit their access to A-Time, which would be to our obvious advantage as we have not yet found a way to use A-Time without outside help. It was one of our guys that ran over the Ferryman's dogs. The Humungous does not see the funny side. |