Laura Dukes

Laura Dukes is a DMS agent in the Video Game division. She is written by PoorCynic.

Appearance
Laura is 5' 8" and a touch overweight, particularly in the hips. She has shoulder-length red hair, blue eyes, and a slightly crooked nose (due to an improperly healed injury). She usually wears a baggy black sweatshirt and a pair of blue jeans. Very few people have ever seen her when she wasn't wearing sunglasses. Additional images of Laura may be found here.

Background
Laura was recruited to the PPC in late 2007 HST and assigned to the Department of Intelligence. Her tenure there was marked with incident; 142 formal complaints were issued about her from her coworkers for myriad reasons including foul language, dereliction of duty, aggravated assault, and failing to refill the coffee pot after taking the last cup. She was not present during the Macrovirus Epidemic and following Mary Sue invasion due to being on an extended in-universe investigation of the Kingdom Hearts Generic High School AU at the time. She was involved in the 2009 Gender Bender incident but refuses to speak about what happened in any great detail.

Laura was eventually transferred into the Department of Mary Sues in July 2010 after knocking out the DI computer database by downloading a pirated version of the Sam and Max video game. Rumor has it that the only reason she was not fired is because the SO lost a bet with the Sub Rosa and was forced to take in Laura as payment. She was partnered with Danny Richardson upon her transfer into the Video Games Division of the DMS. The two of them were also assigned the intern Rachel Calendar for training.

In mid-September 2010, she and Danny were temporarily reassigned to the Department of Improbable AUs following a premature exorcism of a Mass Effect bad parody and their subsequent taking of a week-long vacation. Their new supervisor at the DIAU was Cornelius, an artificial intelligence program. This arrangement lasted until November 2010.

She has two minis: Wich the mini-Tank and Commander Shepherd the mini-Colossus.

Personality
Some people would describe Laura as 'self-sufficient;' everyone else would call her 'an uncontrollable pain in the rear.' She's a consummate rule breaker and delights in openly defying the orders of the Flowers (up to a point; she isn't suicidal, after all.) Those who get on her bad side will often find themselves being barraged by screams and curses. She relies a great deal on twitch reflexes, and often will leap into a situation without thinking. Her sense of humor is crude, focusing mostly around colorful language and practical jokes. That being said, those who get to know her say she is incredibly loyal to those she works with and is often willing to put herself on the line to bring a mission to a successful close.

Laura is a hardcore gamer, with all the baggage that comes with such a title. She will stay up for hours on end playing video games, powered only by sheer determination and several cases of energy drinks. Gamer speak has drifted into her normal conversations, resulting in her calling people 'noobs' and telling them to 'Ess-tee-eff-you' - a habit her partner is desperately trying to break her of. Her devotion to this hobby has made her view large alterations of video game canon to be one of the worst crimes a Mary Sue can commit.

She has expressed a fear of having her body changed without her knowledge, which is something that apparently stems back to the 2009 Gender Bender incident. She also has an intense hatred of high school AUs.

Her favorite weapons are a pair of daggers that she carries with her on every mission, no matter where it might actually take place. No one quite knows where she got them. She also usually carries a backup pistol in continuums that allow for such weapons.

Mission Reports
Site: Video Game Division

Partnered with Danny Richardson

 * Prologue - Player Two Has Joined The Game
 * Laura gets transferred into the DMS and decides to give her rookie partner Danny a quick video game quiz.
 * Mission 001 - You Want Nobody To Love (Kingdom Hearts)
 * Organization XIII throws a pool party to welcome their new Mary Sue members. Guess which two Assassins decide to crash?
 * Mission 002 - Dead Weight (Left 4 Dead)
 * Laura and Danny head into the Left 4 Dead continuum to deal with a Survivor!Stu.
 * Mission 003 - With A Side Of Chips And A Soda (Left 4 Dead)
 * A mishap with the Words results in a bizarre Stu, an irritated Danny, and an incredibly amused Laura.
 * Mission 004 - Night Of The Living Stu (Left 4 Dead)
 * Sandwich!Stu is back, and it's up to Laura and Danny to bury him once and for all.
 * Mission 005 - A Very Special Mission (Mass Effect)
 * Laura and Danny are promised a week off provided they handle a scriptfic from the Department of Bad Parody.
 * Mission 009 - Stus. Stus Never Change. (Fallout)
 * Laura and Danny take Intern Rachel along on a training run into the Wasteland to take out a rather odious Marty Stu.

Partnered with Danny and Cornelius

 * Mission 006 - Buy Victory Bonds! (Kingdom Hearts)
 * Laura, Danny, and DIAU agent Cornelius find themselves in the middle of a wartime romance between Vexen and Marluxia.
 * Mission 007 - A Failing Grade (Kingdom Hearts)
 * It's back to school for the DIAU crew as they try to rescue three Organization XIII members from a gang of Sues.
 * Mission 008 - We Were Sailing Along... (Kingdom Hearts)
 * An Axel!Sue (yes, Sue) is by far the least horrifying thing Laura and Danny are forced to face in their last mission with Cornelius and the DIAU.

MSTs

 * And Not a Sandwich in Sight (Mass Effect)