The... Nobody?!
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"W-why me?! Oh my God... w-why is all this happening? And w-why is it always m-me?!"
To the outside world, Gemma Smeith is a perfectly ordinary resident of New Mercury. There is absolutely nothing unusual about her. She resides in a cramped, unremarkable apartment on Clive Avenue and works a mundane job at the district office of the 🚗 Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) 🚗 , where she recently was passed over for a promotion... yet again. In a crime-choked metropolis like New Mercury, it is a quiet, peaceful, and delightfully boring existence — one she has successfully maintained for three years.
By all accounts, she is a complete nobody...
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In her case, however, she truly is a nobody.
Gemma Smeith is such an ordinary, spectacularly unlucky person that her entire life story could easily be condensed into four or two pages. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, she attended an average school, earned a thoroughly average education, and never once misbehaved. She barely spoke to her peers, and her most thrilling romantic adventure never escalated beyond an awkward kiss on the cheek. She also holds almost no criminal record, has never touched a drop of alcohol, and avoids cigarettes like the plague.
After a brief, unremarkable stint working in New York City, Gemma was demoted to New Mercury. For three years, she has passively existed there, dragging out a monotonous life while being frequently bullied by her coworkers and tyrannical boss.
Everything was perfectly fine — if completely depressing — until Gemma's life derailed. Waking up on what should have been a normal morning, she suddenly (and horrifyingly) realized that she has inexplicably become the number one assassination target for every major crime family in New Mercury! To make matters worse, all gangsters across the city somehow genuinely believe that this timid DMV clerk is some legendary, bloodthirsty killer, and they are out for a revenge!
...For what?!
...Why her?!
...What the hell is going on?!
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