Astoria Kent (“Astra”)

Astoria (better known by her nickname, “Astra”) was disowned by her family for coming out as a lesbian during her early college years, but even prior to that was always sort of the family ‘black sheep’ for being non-conservative in both attitude and aesthetics. She moved to NYC after college, determined to carve out a life for herself and prove everyone wrong. Her dream was to create and run the kind of eccentric nightlife venue she'd longed for in her hometown, so she got her business-starting loan from Audrianna’s dad, and ended up forming a friendship with Audri herself after she started coming in to Eocene once Astra got it up and running.

Eocene Nightclub was styled as a 21st-century almost-homage to CBGB, and as such began attracting some attention from the start from a subculture curious to see whether the shoes of nostalgia could be filled at all, or only failed to be. It was still in its infancy as a venue when Bryluen booked a few acts there, after stepping off the catwalk and onto the stage. She was flattering of the club and Astra's vision for it, and seemed enamoured with the idea of being able to help a fellow woman grow her branding in the world, and she and Astra’s mutually-beneficial-business-arrangements ended up a friendship instead.

Even with Bryluen’s support and business starting to take off, though, Astra found rent resources stretched a little thin, and put up an ad for a roommate...which was eventually answered by a young woman from Mississippi: Coahoma.