Alex Laurens

The Basics

• About Me I Guess

  Name: Alex Laurens
  Nickname / Alias: "Lizard," "Snakeskin," "Fluffernutter" - None that they actually like. "Scout" was alright. "Strawberry Marshmallow" was weirdly not the worst. "Hotstreak"
  Gender: Androgynous
  Date of Birth: March 22nd
  Place of Birth: Somewhere in Italy.
  Residence: Varies
  
  Height: 5'1"
  Weight: Twiggy.
  
  Hair Color: Black
  Hair Length: Chin-ish, mostly.
  Eye Color: Brown, mostly.
  Handedness: Ambidextrous. It's a practiced skill.
  Tattoos / Marks: "Toasted Skin" Syndrome. Calling it a tattoo makes it sound cooler than it probably is, but they'd try it if they thought they could get away with it.
  Species: Part human, part phoenix (from their mother's side). Or, if you were to ask them, "Human. I'm human. It's not really anybody's business right? I'm just human like anybody else. Don't ask weird stuff like that. I don't feel good, I've got to go."
  
  Education: Some EMS training. Some disaster management training. Some technical school. Certificate in Food and Environmental Sciences.
  Work History: Internships and job-hopping with grocery stores, farms, fire departments, mechanics, summer camps...they like the idea of being heroic, pick up skills fairly easily, are decent with kids, but mostly will do most odd jobs that are open wherever they land.
  
  Skills: General survival skills. Mechanically and Nature...ally...inclined. Can lift more than they probably look like they can by merit of hiding a small frame under big clothes. Good at holding breath for a long time without realizing they're doing it.
  Phobias / Fears: Housefires. Not a phobia but more like something they think about a lot. Not in a planning way. Well, in a planning way, but to fix it, not start it. Not "frozen in fear" fear but a "wary and ready to jump in response" "I really hope I don't cause this while I'm sleeping or something" fear.
  Bad Habits / Vices: Spacing out. Cheek-biting (theirs, not other people's). Hair-chewing, same thing.
  
  Best Qualities: Adaptable. Ready for action. Aware and alert. Always prepared.
  Worst Qualities: Cautious. Overthinker. Sometimes restless. Sometimes anxious.
  
  Key Childhood Experiences: Moved around a lot. Lots of good experiences with places. Sometimes good experiences with people. Military "brat". Eventually homeschooled by high school and got therapy to help with anxiety from a friend of the family who could work via skype and keep a secret.
  
  Favorites (food, clothing, art, music, TV show, book): Filled marshmallows, Roast Chicken ramen with lots of spices, Cheese cup ramen with lots of spices; hoodies and loose t-shirts, military-style jackets, capris (they make them look taller); abstract stuff with thick paint and lots of colors; no preference in music, it's all sort of background to them; Star Trek; anything with infographics, even though nothing is as good as those DK books from when they were a kid
  
  Languages: English, awkward Japanese, kind of some Italian sort of, really bad German, they haven't used most of their Portuguese in a really long time but they still remember all the swear words.

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