Reggie Katz | |
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Portrayed By | Tania Raymonde |
Gender | Female |
Species | Human |
Date of Birth | May 1, 1983 |
Age | 18 |
Zodiac Sign | Taurus |
Aliases | Reg, Ratchet |
Place of Birth | Detroit, MI |
Current Location | Los Angeles, CA |
Occupation | Grease Monkey |
Known Relatives | |
Significant Other | None |
Special Powers | None |
First Appearance | Drifting Through Starbucks |
One of L.A.'s homeless, Reggie is an off-the-books mechanic who has also picked up a knack for rigging up traps and weapons. She helps out Team Gunn in exchange for their protection.
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History
The Basics
Regan Katz was born the daughter of a brilliant but troubled mother and a mechanic father. She learned to work on cars from her father, until her mother's drinking finally drove him away when Reg was eleven. When drinking was no longer enough to drive the voices away, her mother would begin falling in with dark magic users. Reggie got picked on frequently at school and had to learn to fight back. She started to use her mechanical aptitude to build traps and defenses, but one of them misfired and cost a classmate two fingers, she was expelled from school. Things at home were getting worse, especially when her mom's magic-abusing live-in boyfriend started wanting to use Reggie's innocence to serve his spells. She finally split at 17 and began roaming around the continent, looking for answers about this supernatural stuff her mom had become mixed up in. Her searching brought her to LA where she would eventually cross paths with a young man named Gunn. She fixed his truck and he saved her from some vampires. So they struck a deal: she helps out Team Gunn in exchange for protection.
Details
Timeline
- December 21, 2001 Drifting Through Starbucks: Three drifters meet and chat in Starbucks.
- December 22, 2001 Punch and Pie: Team Gunn has a pre-holiday feast.
- December 26, 2001 Plan A: Reggie hips Gunn to what's happening… down on Skiiiiiid Rooooowwwww o/~
- December 27, 2001 So Very Awkward: Dan arranges a feast. Reggie thanks him in ways neither of them intended.
- December 30, 2001 Lip Service: Girls ain't nothin' but trouble.
Quotes
- "I earn my keep. But generosity is always helpful in that. People will pay more. And there's a lot of food. Except then sometimes they try to convert you."
- "If he's a warlock, I'd say he's already trouble."
- "And I haven't ever trapped a warlock before. I would want to do it right the first time."
- I don't trust [magic]. It makes the bad worse than it makes the good better. It doesn't take much to use it wrongly. And I don't understand it. I can't trust something if I can't see how it works."
- "People don't believe me when I tell them to steer clear. But you should probably tell the people here to stay away from that florist. They'll listen to you."
- "I think- I think maybe I should just go. There's something very wrong with me."
Trivia
- Mechanic: Reggie is an ace mechanic, and does repairs for cash under the table. She doesn't ask any questions and never screws anyone over, making her ideal for those who have perhaps acquired their vehicles through less than legal means.
- Builder: Reggie also starting building makeshift traps and weapons to keep herself safe on the LA streets. She'll do custom work for anyone willing to pay the price.
Friends, Foes, & Acquaintances
Team Gunn
- Gunn - The man, the myth, the legend. Or he might be if Reggie brooked with that sort of thing. But he's the boss and he's saved her skin enough times to appear on the very short list of people she can trust.
- Ava - Reggie isn't sure what to make of this magic weilder. She sort of likes and respects Ava almost in spite of herself, but would rest a lot easier without the shows of magic.
- Nicolae - He's won some respect for also not trusting magic, though she's not sure she believes that anyone can be trusted to use it well. But she's always happy for his help on her traps.
- Lilith - Another one of those supernatural types, but at least she doesn't go around wielding magic. And she's saved her from kissing a cursed Cordelia.
The Streets
- Dan - A fellow soul from the streets, Reggie knows Dan from 'around'. Itinerant folk have to stick together. Of course, things might be awkward now that she's kissed him twice without warning.
Others
- Nadira - Having only just met Nadira, Reggie doesn't know too much about her, but she seems friendly. And knows a lot about turkey.
- Cordelia - Reggie really doesn't trust her right now.
Hooks
- For Hire: A girl's got to eat. Reg will do what she needs to do to survive, and is happy to build or repair anything for cash.
Tunes
- Dark On Fire - Turin Brakes
- Shadowland - Youth Group
- Me Myself I - Joan Armatrading
- A Thousand Kisses Deep - Leonard Cohen
- Daylight Fading - Counting Crows
- Clumsy - Our Lady Peace
- Ice - Sarah McLachlan
- Live and Let Die - Guns n' Roses
- Fix You - Coldplay
- Basket Case - Green Day
- Tonight, Tonight - Smashing Pumpkins
- Devil's Dance Floor - Flogging Molly
- Make It Home - Juliana Hatfield
- These Days - Nico
- Little Drop of Poison - Tom Waits
- Set Free - Katie Gray
- Just Like You - Three Days Grace