Characters from the Choices: Stories You Play story Laws of Attraction.
Main Characters
Quinn Michaels (Main Character)
The protagonist of the story- Hello, [Insert Name Here]: As always, you can name your character whatever you wish. The default name in this case is Quinn Michaels.
- New Meat: Quinn is the newest hire to the law firm of McGraw Byrne at the start of the series.
- Wide-Eyed Idealist: Is very much this, being an optimistic Crusading Lawyer.
Gabe Ricci
Quinn's boss- Developers' Desired Date: In Book 1, he's the preferred love interest, not only because he is Quinn's boss, but also because his scenes are written with more sexual undertones, and there are more opportunities to flirt with him, even though Aislinn Tanaka, Quinn's colleague and other love interest, has roughly the same amount of screen time as him.
- Took a Level in Jerkass: He becomes noticeably more irritable and sharp when interacting with people in Book 2 (including Quinn), likely as a result of the stress he's under from running his own law firm for the first time.
Aislinn Tanaka
- Determinator: Any efforts to make her give up on a case she's been assigned to have only ended in failure.
- Performance Anxiety: Aislinn had a tendency to have trouble with the people interfacing part of the job until Quinn helped her.
- Promotion to Opening Titles: She appears on the cover of Book 2.
McGraw Byrne
Sadie McGraw
Founder and former CEO of McGraw Byrne- Amoral Attorney: She has been helping Koenig cover up his crimes throughout Book 1.
- Broken Pedestal: Gabe is heartbroken when he learns that Sadie was working with Koenig all along.
- The Bus Came Back: After being ousted from her firm at the end of Book 1, and only off-headedly mentioned from time to time throughout the first half of Book 2, she contacts Quinn at the end of Book 2, Chapter 9.
- Evil All Along: Chapter 15 reveals that she has been in cahoots with Peter Koenig the entire time.
- Karma Houdini: Surprisingly downplayed. While she does get ousted from her own firm (due to Quinn, Gabe, and Aislinn exposing her collusion with the Big Bad) and made to sign an NDA to keep the firm from going under, she doesn't suffer any legal repercussions for her crimes (which include evidence tampering and aiding and abetting a murderer). She might not have her position at McGraw Byrne anymore, but she's still out there...
- Reasonable Authority Figure: She's a fair boss for the most part, and has spent years building her reputation as the moral compass of the firm.
- Taking You with Me: In Chapter 16, if you get Sadie voted out of McGraw Byrne, she says this to Quinn.Sadie: And the road to hell is paved with my opponents, Quinn. So if I'm going down, I'm taking you with me.
Beau McGraw
Sadie's nephew- Demoted to Extra: He is a supporting character who appears in every chapter from the start of Book 1 to Book 2, Chapter 4 (the point in the series where Quinn, Gabe, and Aislinn quit McGraw Byrne to start their own firm). Once they form "Ricci and Associates", Beau only appears briefly in a few subsequent chapters.
- Lonely Rich Kid: As he mentions while they were trying to protect a girl’s trust fund, it can be easy to take advantage of a kid’s trust when they’ve been sheltered and lonely.
- Nepotism: Played with. Sadie promises that she won't play favourites at the law firm, despite Beau being her nephew. However, when Beau steals the credit for finding out important information in Book 1, Chapter 7, and Quinn tries to tell Sadie, she refuses to listen. Beau eventually confirms in Chapter 16 that Sadie hired him.
- Nom de Mom: As revealed in Book 1, Chapter 15, Sadie is his mother's sister, which makes him an example of this.
- Stealing the Credit: In Book 1, Chapter 7, after Quinn and/or Gigi discover the solution to annulling a girl's marriage to a con man, he claims the credit for the discovery in front of Sadie and the girl's father.
Gigi Sinclair
- Bookworm: She's read just about every book in the bookstore. She loves books, but hates rereading, which she calls her gift and curse.
- Crazy-Prepared: Chapter 7 shows Gigi has a go-bag for when she has to travel anywhere immediately like Reykyavik, Bali, and in this case, Las Vegas.
- Hard-Drinking Party Girl: Downplayed, but she hints during her time off she’s this.
- Photographic Memory: Chapter 2 shows off Gigi's photographic memory by having her recite stuff she read or saw years ago, no matter how exciting or boring it was. For Beau, she remembers the party he was involved in; For Martin she remembers he majored in sociology; For Aislinn she remembers she writes summaries for the ABA.
Martin Vanderweil
McGraw Byrne's acting CEO in Book 2- Amoral Attorney: He only cares about rich and powerful clients and only wants to accept those with shining academic records into the firm, preferably Ivy Leaguers, not to mention he represents a Corrupt Politician who kidnaps rich elderly people and steals their assets to fund his mayoral campaign.
- Big Bad: One of the main antagonists of Book 2, as McGraw Byrne's despotic acting CEO.
- Competition Freak: Throughout Book 1, he is obsessed with the competition, questioning the rankings at every opportunity, getting annoyed at Quinn for getting ahead of him, and badgering Gabe as to precisely what will and what won't affect his standing in the rankings (even during the team bonding exercise in Chapter 8). When Sadie is ousted from her firm at the end of the book, his immediate reaction is "What does this mean for the competition?" (Gigi promptly tells him to put a sock in it).
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: Of the law firm partner kind.
- Evil Is Petty: Much of Martin’s resentment towards Quinn in both Book 1 and Book 2 stems from Quinn’s legal successes despite a distinct lack of Ivy League credentials. Ironically enough, despite his Ivy League training, there’s a significant amount of in-universe commentary to indicate that Martin is not as good of an attorney or a partner as he seems to think.
- Lucky Rabbit's Foot: A premium scene in Book 2 Chapter 15 has Joaquin reveal Martin keeps one on him since his law school days and jealously guards it. He steals it for Quinn to mess with Martin.
- Tyrant Takes the Helm: While Sadie is revealed to be an Amoral Attorney like him in Book 1, Chapter 15, for the most part, she was a Reasonable Authority Figure. He on the other hand is a downright despot.
Elijah "Eli" Byrne
Co-founder of McGraw Byrne- Number Two: As McGraw Byrne's co-founder, he's the firm's de facto deputy CEO.
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