guess who forgot to make an intro post ahaAHAHAHA THIS GAL so this is my second child ( it’s still me, m ) alandra valdez ! i think i have a thing for using latina fcs but they’re all so beautiful so i don’t mind. lemme bulletpoint some shit for u
BEFORE THE OUTBREAK. she spent most of her childhood avoiding her fam ??? she wasn’t v fond of them, and had an aunt who practically raised her even tho her parents took the credit. she was raised in new jersey to a teacher of a mama & a lawyer papa, so she was upper middleclass basically.
she loved her aunt wholeheartedly, and they spent most of her youth together bc alandra had quite a lot of troubles as a child. she didn’t speak for yEARS and spent several years not being able to voice her troubles, and only her aunt managed to understand.
once her speech came, she was put into private school after being homeschooled until she was twelve. her previous lack of speech made her be percieved as dumb, but bitch was smart aight?
her parents wanted to make her aim for a job similar to theirs, but she had entirely different ideas. she wanted to get into law enforcement. as a compromise with her persistant parents, she managed to get them to agree to a crime scene analyst. she’d be nowhere near the action until after, so it seemed ok.
she worked diligently once she was out of uni. her bright mind was often doubted by many forces, since she had that clean-cut nice girl appearance with a sour expression, but she quickly made them realise ok.
she worked in new jersey, but after three years she asked for a transfer because her parents kept prodding her. even as an adult, she could not get away from them, so a move & a transfer seemed fit, eh? so she ended up in new york, bc they needed extra hands w literally everything.
AFTER THE OUTBREAK. seeing as she was already quite a loner, with a handful of trust issues & only a handful of people she trusted, she was alone for long periods of time during the outbreak. she dealt with her own injuries, and had to handle herself by her lonesome.
she had a few people from her lab & force with her, but she watched some of them wither away, and it terrified her? so during those years, she became more & more closed off, reticent to a fault. but she also grew tired. grew tired of running, grew tired of the constant fear & pain. so once she heard even a mutter of a sanctuary, she split.
she tried to convince the others, but they wanted to find their families, their friends, they didn’t want to leave the city. so she quite literally split. constant guilt follows her, but she’s good.
so now, she’s been at aela for THREE MONTHS, and is still quite closed off??? she tries to help, but her entire being is exhausted. ( she needs a serious hug and a mouthful of whiskey. )
and that’s the foundation of alandra. unlike most of u, i do not come prepared, so come & brainstorm plots w me????
