History Roleplay / TheSydneyScroungers

%%* MemeticHandGesture: [[spoiler: The Blessing of Acid.]]

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Miranda earns Seiko's loyalty after finding him bleeding out on her couch and deciding [[AfterActionPatchUp to take care of him and stitch him up]] instead of turning him over to the cops. [[spoiler: Also part of why fiVe is very protective of Miranda, because Miranda took her in after Sylvie "abandoned" her.]]

%%* BigGood: After the end of the first arc, [[spoiler: Rachel Zhu]]

* [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim Break Her Heart To Save Her]]: The first time Seiko leaves Miranda, he simply disappears without warning because he feels he's gotten too close to her for her own saftey, knowing that doing so will hurt her.

* InnocentCohabitation: Miranda and Seiko started with a mutually beneficial agreement that involves her giving him a place to stay and off-the-books first aid in exchange for any useful information he can offer her.

%%* FiveManBand: The group parses fairly well:
%%** TheLeader: Katie
%%** TheLancer: Miranda
%%** TheBigGuy: Seiko
%%** TheSmartGuy: Sylvie
%%** TheChick: Eleanor

* AnchoredShip: Seiko and Miranda.
* AntiHero: A good portion of this team of morally-questionable criminals.

* AuthorAppeal: Just about everything in this story, honestly.

* BadassBoast: Quite a few over the course of the campaign. Zhu and Wulagu are both notable for throwing these out.
* BadassCrew: The Scroungers certainly count, when they manage to get their act together.
* BadassInDistress: Also common enough, when the team get themselves into some rather compromising positions.
* BadassIsraeli: Netanya Malach.
* BadassLongcoat: Katie is rather fond of her long coats.

* BigDamnHeroes: With a crew like this, it happens occasionally, of course.
* BigGood: After the end of the first arc, [[spoiler: Rachel Zhu]]
* BilingualBonus: Seiko and Miranda have both been known to use Japanese on occasion.
* BlatantLies: [[spoiler:"I'm sure it's nothing."]]

* BreakThemByTalking: Eleanor's favored method of interrogation.

* CloneDegeneration: [[spoiler: What Sylvie believes has happened to fiVe. [=FiVe=] would disagree, saying that:]]

* CrushBlush: Katie, upon meeting Rachel Zhu for the first time.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Most of the crew, though Seiko's history stands out in particular.

* DeadpanSnarker: Each of the crew has their moments, but Rachel Zhu stands out in this regard.

* FiveManBand: The group parses fairly well:
** TheLeader: Katie
** TheLancer: Miranda
** TheBigGuy: Seiko
** TheSmartGuy: Sylvie
** TheChick: Eleanor

* MemeticHandGesture: [[spoiler: The Blessing of Acid.]]
* MauveShirt: Greg certainly. An argument could be made for Samil as well.
* MookFaceTurn: Greg, Samil, and Tara after they all ditch Wulagu's team to help the [=PCs=].

* TheRoleplayer: Thanks to the way FATE Core runs, all of the players qualify.

* ThereAreNoTherapists: Subverted by Eleanor, who is a PPDC trained psych analyst.

* QueerAsTropes: Averted, thankfully, seeing as a good portion of the writers identify as some form of queer themselves.
* WarriorTherapist: Eleanor, when she needs to be.
* [[WeAreStrugglingTogether We ARE Struggling Together]]: The team may all be on the same payroll, but they've got more than enough disagreements to go around. Some of which break out into physical conflicts, because what's a team without a few fist fights?

* WickedCultured: Karen Wulagu, a crime boss with a "cultured Australian accent."

* YouMonster: Sylvie's favorite nickname for Seiko.

* {{Texting}}: Quite a bit between crewmembers, when there is sensitive information to be shared privately or the comms aren't working. Katie even recieved an [[{{Spammer}} automated restaurant promotion]] in the middle of a battle one time.

* QueerAsTropes: Averted hard, thankfully, seeing as a good portion of the writers identify as some form of queer themselves.