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51. Bonny Hoffman
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Bonny Hoffman is one half of the Body Doubles, and is the half that one would consider to be the straight-man. They are a pair of mercs who made their debut in campaign 1 for us, utilizing some positively ridiculous methods of combat to try to capture Spirit (Hombad's child character) for the League of Assassins. Which is to say, weapons that used butter. Not sure where this idea came from from Scar, but it was the right kind of ridiculous to turn the pair into a hilarious group of NPC's. Carmen, the more airheaded and ridiculous one, and Bonny, the brains of the outfit.

In this campaign, the Body Doubles were working for Animal Vegetable Mineral Man in Dayton, trying to hunt down Black Alice in the area. By the time we went back, we had already extracted Alice, but they were now trying to deal with an army of animated clothing that Alice had left behind. Of course, we teamed up with the clothing. Given that the pair were such favorites from campaign 1, we did our best to only knock them out and take them home as prisoners.

Bonny, as a prisoner from the Society (the Earthling group working along Darkseid to conquer everything), gave us a lot more insight into the role of a select merc working with the villains who betrayed the human race. Carmen is fun, and silly, yeah, but Bonny has the depth that could be explored. Fear on turning against the Society and having them do something to hers and Carmen's loved ones. Lamenting how annoying her partner could be and how life had just turned out in a way to put her with someone she had trouble working with at times but was one of the only people she could trust.

Perhaps because she is so mercenary, it has been easier to build relationships with this character. She hasn't had any philosophical reasons to hate us or not work with us. A lot of it is business, and of course, planet getting conquered is not necessarily the best for business.

Bonny recently suffered a tragic injury due to miscommunication when Silhouette (Scarlet's roommate's character) shot her after we had Kobra execute an attack on our base from within. They released all of the prisoners in exchange for them assisting us, and then joining up with Kobra. The Body Doubles said that Death Cults were a no go, and Bonny got shot with an arrow before she could say as much. However, she lived, and the pair finally decided to join on with our version of the Suicide Squad.

Bonny has a way of referring to past operations and the nature of her job and history in a way that suit the more neutral-leaning characters in our PC party. At her core, though, is a character with a rather normal background, who is thrust into a variety of ridiculous situations due to her working with Carmen and usually going up against Resurrection Man. The straight-woman in a world of crazy. It's an interesting perspective, and one that is a delight to explore.