COIN

Coin was born into money. Originally going by their real name 'Nicholas' for most of their life, almost their whole family was in the medical field in some form, either physical medicine or psychology. The same path was encouraged toward them, and luckily, Coin did have genuine interest in it as well. They loved to hear about what their parents got up to at work, often asking for them to try and explain in more detail, and would similarly try to ask their science teachers to explain more advanced concepts as well. Coin was a very smart kid early on, and would continue to stay that way, often in advanced classes from the moment the school's would begin offering them. They could have easily skipped a grade and graduated early from high school, but specifically asked not to because they enjoyed learning so much. Though they'd get a bit quieter over time, their curiosity never left, they'd simply just stopped asking questions in school, opting instead to write things down and then extensively look into it on their own later.

This behavior didn't change much in college either, starting as soon as they graduated high school, Coin would immediately be accepted into a very sought after college, beginning their next step in education mostly in medical related classes and its prerequisites, but also in business, in the case something didn't work out. It would though, managing to speed through these classes and advance faster than most through sheer will and their excellent memory and application of the topics being taught. Shaving what would normally be an 8 year education into 6 years. With their medical degree in hand, their parents money and impressive skill combined allowed them to start a residency at one of the best hospitals in the country, which happened to be in the city they already lived in. Their residency wasn't always the smoothest, mainly out of other doctor's there being frustrated that Coin already seemed smarter than most of their seniors, and they hadn't even gotten a proper medical license yet. But their insecurities around Coin wouldn't become too much of a roadblock, and Coin would receive their license as a diagnostician fairly quickly.

Coin would be hired by the same hospital they did their residency at, and would willingly do regular GP work alongside their diagnostician job they were actually hired for. Coin was still a rather quiet person like they'd been in high school and college, but would open up a bit more with patients in order to do their job better. They liked being able to help people, and stuck by this regardless if it might've benefit them more to 'be lazy' at times. They'd quickly become a very sought out doctor at the hospital, thanks to their impressive accuracy in figuring out what was wrong with people, and Coin loved this. They believed wholeheartedly that it was their duty to make sure people DID get better, or at the least, have accurate information on themselves to keep in mind. They've had their fair share of breaking their silent personality to berate other doctors for their lazy work when patients would talk about their experiences with other doctors, especially those at other hospitals. The city they lived in was a very popular place to live, but it was no secret that a lot of it's healthcare was subpar, especially terrible in it's treatment of mental health. A lot of Coin's patients would be people who were disregarded by other doctors out of negative bias for their mental health states, often not taking them seriously. Coin was definitely no expert at handling the mental, most of their skill was entirely in the physical, helping someone mentally was far beyond their reach, but they would listen still, and take patient's concerns seriously regardless if they might've been "lying" or not. Coin could cause some frustation for their superiors at times, always being extremely thorough and running tests when possible, and sometimes going behind other's backs to get these done. They'd get scolded often, but were usually given a pass, given the popularity they brought to the hospital.

This level of popularity around them grew quickly, but after around 7 years of working at the hospital, Coin was finally burning out. They still had immense passion for medicine, but everyday was feeling the exact same. They'd eventually stop doing casual GP work, using the extra time to instead start getting into fashion. It was something they'd always been a bit interested in, they'd made some of their own shirts and ties to wear at work, but now they were getting more serious about it, trying to make things a bit more 'out there'. About a year later, Coin would meet Nova at a bar, and the two hit it off very strongly, and would start dating after a few months. Nova was far more in the mindset of doing whatever she wanted, whenever she wanted. Coin found this admirable, seeing someone just as smart (even if it was a different type of smarts) having more control over their life and what they wanted to do with it. Nova was a model as well as her own manager, and Coin would begin making clothes for her to wear at her suggestions. The two would grow even closer through this, and Coin found their particular style for clothes, enjoying creating bright saturated fashion, especially with a sort of space theme to it all. Coin would also start to realize they were likely nonbinary around this time, and started going by they/them pronouns exclusively.

2 years after the two began dating, they'd decided to start up their own business. They'd entertained the idea of having their own club and bar before, often during visits to various locations in the city. They'd make elaborate plans of how they'd go about it for fun, but eventually Nova suggested doing it for real, and with Coin still remembering a lot from the business classes they'd taken in college, they decided to agree, and the two would buy a location thanks to the help of both of them having rich parents that were willing to invest (though Nova's moreso, Coin's parents were a little confused why they'd go this route, but still assisted) as well as further loans. Coin would officially quit their job after buying the location they'd planned to create this dream. They would slightly regret taking what they viewed as an incredibly selfish action after being a source of hope for so many patients, but the excitement of it all would overpower that feeling, deciding that this was as good of a way to help people as any. It wasn't like to had to stop renewing their license, they could still give plenty of people advice on where to go and what to say. And everyone needs fun in their lives to be happy too of course, this club would be a great way to spread more fun into the city. So FELIS SUPERNOVAE was born. After the creation of the club, Coin would finally decide to start going by the name 'Coin', having fun with a new name in the same way that Nova did.

It didn't take long for the club to already have a great start, the city was in desperate need of something new, just as Coin had thought, and while it was officially a club, the more it grew, the more variety of things to do there would be added. Within a few years, the club was also a casino, a concert hall, and a place for Nova and Coin to continue making clothes for her to model on stage. There was an investigation early on in the club's life, people being suspicious of how fast the place was growing and suspecting criminal financial activity, but there was none to be found. Coin had gotten as into researching handling finances as they had with medicine, and combined with Nova's excellent communication abilities with people, the two were simply able to utilize their profit and their own money as efficiently as possible. Prices on space travel between galaxies were also finally getting cheaper and cheaper, creating a boom of excitement both in space themed places, as well as richer tourists coming by to the club as well

As the club was getting bigger and more popular, Coin and Nova would eventually find someone unconcious behind their home. The two assumed it was simply someone drunk that accidentally passed out in their backyard, but Coin would quickly notice how wounded she was, and would bring her inside to help fix her up themself. The two would never find out what happened to her, when she finally woke back up, she couldn't remember a thing besides how old she was and the city she was in. Whatever had happened to her had severely scarred her leg, left a large scar on her torso, messed with her vocal chords, and evidently; fucked up her memory badly. This person they found decided to give herself a new name, beginning to call herself 'Maggot', after what she was told some of the more gruesome details of what happened to her leg. She liked the grimy vibe it gave off, and Coin and Nova found amusement in it too. She'd quickly grow close with the two of them as well, and eventually would join the two romantically, as well as joining it at working the club. Maggot wasn't dumb, but their lack of memory made them ill suited for the kind of work Nova and Coin usually did. But she had a knack for getting rowdy people under control whenever she hung around the club, and the two (mostly Nova) would help her hone that, eventually making her the new head of security.

The club would eventually start leveling out financially, making it harder both to expand and keep up the pace with everything else they were doing. But Maggot would have a burst in her memory, and suggested getting into some...less than legal activities in space. Specifically using Nova's wide connections with people to offer a service of connecting people who want someone gone with people who could get the job done. Nova accepted this pretty readily, Coin however was a bit more concerned with the idea. They would still go along without questioning it, as long as it was kept completely separate from the club itself, which Nova had already planned to do. It still didn't entirely sit right with them, but whatever helped keep the club going, Coin was willing to go along with. They stay mostly uninvolved with it all, only really partaking to handle the financial ends of it, like finding ways to launder the money without it being traceable to the club.

The club's still going up to the modern day, and doing better than ever with this extra money from Maggot's plan. Coin feels a bit uncomfortable with it all still, but they've grown used to it by now, enough to push the feelings aside. Their passion is in the club and people having a good time there, and that's still been going plenty strong. They continue to stay mostly uninvolved with it all, keeping more focus on the club's actual patrons and upkeep rather than Nova's strange side gig.

One day, a familiar face from the news would start showing up frequently at the club's bar. Robin Sparrow, who'd been spoken about nearly everywhere for supposedly 'killing his wife in another country for her money' had kept showing up. This initially seemed like a PR disaster if he were to keep showing up here, but as Coin spoke to him, and got Nova's opinion as well, they concluded that Robin was definitely innocent, and if they could fix his reputation, even just a little, then he'd be someone who could also help the club financially. He clearly didn't want any of the money he'd suddenly inherited, and the club could sure use it. So Coin would start getting closer to him, and eventually advise him a lawyer that could help mitigate this disaster he was in. It didn't work perfectly, but it got Robin to be talked about far less, as long as he kept away from being in the public eye too much. While it was initially just a financial play, Coin did find themselves enjoying Robin's company. Nova had her strange fixation with an assassin she'd hired, and well, Coin had one too now with this strange sad little man that would frequent the bar. Robin's visits have gotten a bit spottier, both from troubles becoming a werecreature, something that he's only shared to Coin, and Coin takes great interest in that for many reasons. But also because apparently Robin's adopted a new son. Coin doesn't really mind though, and still tries to get Robin to have as much fun as possible whenever he does show up at the club. It's an escape from the growing concern about what Nova's been getting herself into.