Void Engineer (2)

A former Void Engineer with a gift for cartography, Jessica got her start helping the Engineers map the Web. After several violent encounters with Virtual Adepts, she questioned the animosity between the Union and the Council. She talked with the staff at the Spy's Demise, and they offered her a position of neutrality between the two camps. She accepted and worked behind the bar for several years. For the first few years, she wore her gray Void Engineer jumpsuit and stylish avant-garde jewelry to boast her harmony with order and progress. After the fight in 1995, Jessica's mysterious employers requested that she moderate her icon's "dress" to avoid provoking partisan fights. These days, Jessica puts her artistic and diplomatic talents to work reconstructing damaged sectors. A talented CGI artist, she designs new and better "buildings," and has personally formatted several rooms in the Demise itself (including Ghastenburg Castle, where she plays the royal confidant Lady Jessella). Although she enjoys making friends with patrons, she pulls away when and if she senses that a relationship (romantic or otherwise) is getting too close. Jessica lost several friends in the Great Crash, and she secretly fears another disaster. Although she wouldn't leave the Net if her life depended on it (to her, it does), Jessica is deeply afraid of losing more loved ones. Even so, her natural friendliness undermines her attempts at emotional distance. To many patrons of the Spy's Demise, Jessica Young is far more than a bartender; she's living proof of the hope the Digital Web offers.

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