Olivia Manco

A cynical, exasperated service worker who spends part of her week in the fast-food front lines and the other part assisting Godfrey Boivin with his culinary festivities. She often complains about being subservient to her bosses and customers, though she has no other options for financial stability.

Life is a prison.

• From childhood, Olivia learned self-sufficiency and responsibility in the stead of absent/unstable parental figures. Because her mother tended to spend money irresponsibly (whether on gambling or other indulgences), Olivia always hid a separate fund whenever the Mancos needed food and resources. And birthday presents.
  • From middle school onward, she had to balance school and a part-time job. This continued until college, where she eventually dropped out due to tuition costs. Now, she works full-time.
• Avoidant of vices by nature, she eventually became a chain smoker the longer she worked in the food service industry. She claims that everyone with such a job copes in a similar way, and cigarettes arent as expensive as alcohol or hard drugs.
  • During her smoke breaks, she likes to scroll through social media and send evil energy to whoever seems the happiest. Her expression will be oddly calm, as if this is her true peace.
• Since high school, she has maintained a clerical/server role at Kelly’s Garden (or Kelly’s, as it is colloquially known) - a popular American multinational food chain founded by entrepreneur Kelly Erin McSubwich. Customers have noticed that Olivia bears a strong resemblance to Kelly herself, which is likely why the company pushes her towards the more visible clerical services rather than kitchen duty.
• Though personally disloyal to her employers, Olivia has committed to her job under even the most dire circumstances. Including being held at gunpoint. Anything to get paid at the end of the day.
• For the weekends, Olivia works underneath Godfrey Boivin as an assistant of sorts. Though she doesn’t indulge in the festivities - maintaining her typical deadpan expression as the patrons are blasted out of their minds - the pay is much better than her weekday gig, so she feels that it’s worth sacrificing the days off.
  • Unlike at Kelly’s, her responsibilities at the Boivin estate are much more flexible. She even contributes to food preparation, which she admits is more satisfying than kissing up to people.
  • Godfrey’s other assistant takes after his boss much more and tends to shirk his duties to fraternize with/manipulate the guests. Rather than picking up his slack, Olivia devotes certain hours of her shift to talk shit about him, making sure that whatever he’s up to fails.
• Olive was their committed Color Code from a very young age. But they spent years oscillating between names, such as Olivia, Oliver, or just Olive. (Creativity was never their strong suit)
• One of her idols is culinary whiz Lawahiz Shakshuki. Olivia claims to have no noble higher pursuits in the food industry, as her own food standards are remarkably shallow. But she still admires Lawahiz’s trained palette and exquisite cooking skills.
  • In her cluttered mess of an apartment, some of the Shakshuki cookbooks can be found. They’re stained with grease and dog-eared.
• Due to her grocery responsibilities as a child, Olivia became well acquainted with the intricacies of local food vendors. She coordinated her outings to target end-of-the-day sales, even asking for items that would’ve been thrown out otherwise. She kept the more unsavory details a secret from her family.
• Clover, her older brother, takes her verbal abuse in stride, stating that her honesty is her best quality. And as much as she scorns him for his lifestyle, she still makes the effort to keep in touch with him.
  • After all, he did all the cooking and housework growing up.
• Her fridge is full of leftovers and other surreptitiously swiped food from her jobs. Hence, her diet primarily consists of breadsticks - though she wouldn’t have it any other way.
• Arch-nemesis and peer since elementary school Wheaton Mamilov is an ever-present thorn in her side. She would first meet him in homeroom and develop an instant dislike for him. However, she adored the Mamilov bakery, as well as its owner and his mother, Virginia. She elected to make pleasantries with the matronly Mamilov only, hoping to ignore her detestable son as much as she could. But she would reunite with him as adults when Godfrey hired him to be his other assistant; he is, sadly, a terrific chef.
  • Virginia considers Olivia the daughter she never had, while Olivia is desperate for her approval.
• Italian, Gaeilge, and English are her native tongues. She is also proficient in Spanish, French, and German.
  • Traveling internationally is a pipe dream of hers, as she doesn’t have many vacation days.
• Needlessly passionate about the ‘true’ properties of the sandwich, Olivia stands firmly behind the traditional definition - a vertically-layered dish with bread slices on the top and bottom. No bread wrapped around.
• Even though CLONE allows Olivia to multi-task with superhuman efficiency, the physical toll stacks once the duplicates return to their host. As a result, she is a fantastic worker with horrible long-term endurance.
• Due to her budget, Olivia’s free-time activities largely revolve around what’s the cheapest.
  • She likes to go to history museums. Even though summoning Specters is prohibited, she likes to show her Saurowich the dinosaur sections. For brachiosaurus-esque enrichment.
  • She has completely given up on dating, as she already has enough on her plate.