Gina Costa

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Gina has a small business in the Sea District where she has one worker who handles the shop while she is away at sea bringing in the fish, does tours out in the sea for whaling sight seeing.  One other worker joins her in the boats to make it easier handling the customers.  She even has a smaller boat for river tours and taxi services to Willow Creek for those that wish to take the scenic route.  But all of this is just a front for her real business.  She is a smuggler for Safe Haven.  

She works for James Martan, who runs Safe Haven. Those that work for her are tight lipped. They know what she does so they turn a blind eye and deaf ear. She brings in supplies and out when needed.  For the creatures under Safe Haven, she would bring items like blood bags for the vampires, rare ingrediants for witches.  Even regular items just to attempt for them to live a normal life.  Gina would even ferry creatures in or out depending on their need.  There have been times she had to go overseas for large or rare orders.  In these times she would say she was going further out to sea so not to overfish in one spot.  Or taking a tourist out into open waters for their holiday.

Gina is loyal to those she works with.  Anytime she was questioned about any potential illegal activities, she would give a false statement that her workers would always confirm.  If the officer, agent, etc is a bit of a crook, she would bribe them to 'forget' or look the other way.  

Gina had lived most of her years in her birth town, Munich Germany. When she was a teen, her parents moved to America because of her father's work. She had spoken a little English but her accent was thick.  Eventually she lost the accent by learning to speak from months of watching Family Guy.  It's only when she is angry or overexcited she will speak in German without a second thought.  She grew restless in the American town.  Eventually she started travelling when she was of the legal age, and saved up to get started on road tripping

When curly head first came to town, she had nothing but a few meager belongings in her backpack and clothes on her back.  Being a drifter she travelled a lot from town to town, only stopping to get work to earn more money before the travelling bug kicked in. Gina headed to the docks to get an easy job and quick bucks.  One of the local fishermen hired her since turn over was high.  She was given all the back breaking tasks and she did them without complaint. 

Surfer girl stayed longer than she expected to.  Weeks turned to months and then to more than a year.  At that point her employer brought her into the fold of his secret job.  She had seen some of his more odd stash before but said nothing, thinking it was none of her business.  There she learned about the supernatural that lurked in Crawford.  Her boss had shown her photos of werewolves and vampires, and pretty much told her blunty that the supernatral were real.  She didn't believe it at first,e ven with the pictures, but working on the job she soon came to believe it.  

Eventually she opened her own business along the Sea District with all the other fishermen.  Thanks to her work from her former boss, she had made contacts in the secret network.  Gina ferried creatures, cursed and others in and out of town, as well as artifacts, potions, etc.

During one of her trips into the city for her "deliveries", she had met a one armed man in an alley.  First she ignored him as she went back and forth with her boxes.  On the way back to the van, finally, she paused and watched Handy again.  There was something about him that made him a oddity to her.  After they had introduced themselves, she ended up giving him a trial run for her job, like gutting fish, moving actual stock.  Finding out he had no where to live, she offered for him to use the break room in the store.  It had an uncomfortable cot but it was better than the floor.  Eventually she let him move into her apartment in the city.  It was only a small two bedroom but they made do.  After a year of him working for her, she eventually welcomed him to the fold of her real job.

She came to work with/for James by a mutual friend.