Veronica "Ronnie" Alvarez

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Creator: KocoCoko
Roleplay: The Harbinger Syndrome
Nickname: Ronnie

Name: Veronica “Ronnie” Alvarez
Age: 21
Pronouns: they/she
Sexual/Romantic Orientation: Pan. Anyone will do! Ronnie isn't exactly the type for 'caring' about such trival things. As long as you're not a prude, Ronnie's down for anything.

Personality: Ronnie is one to remember. They find something to joke and smile about no matter the situation. Someone’s sick? Let’s bet on how many times they whine! Somebody just died? Well, rest in pieces! They were getting boring, anyway. If there’s currently nothing to joke about, they’ll make something happen. Her prankster trait has been doubled ever since she got the virus. Now, she can make people faint or get annoying little paper cuts all over whenever she wants! Unfortunately, it doesn’t make her very popular among the Perimeter (especially those boring FEDRA people), but she doesn’t mind. In all honesty, they don’t care about anything. How they look, what they eat, how others see them– All nonsense. Ronnie simply wants to live however many years she’s got left to the fullest and have some fun while doing so. No point bogging themself down on meaningless things when they’ve got twenty years left, maybe less, right?

Appearance: They have a warm olive skin tone and jet-black hair in a short, messy style that covers just their neck. She hasn’t brushed her hair in weeks, and it shows. They try to keep it as androgynous as possible. She wears almost the same outfit every day: a leather jacket with a pin or two on it, a basic shirt underneath, some jeans (worn and ripped from years of use) and a choker they got as a gift years ago. They’re too poor to buy many other clothes. Ronnie always tries to keep a lighter and a pack of cigarettes in their pocket.
Usually, she can be seen with a cigarette in her mouth. If not, they probably have a bottle of vodka in their hand. On rare occasions, both can be witnessed.

Ability: Blood
Ability Strengths: Ronnie is an intermediate blood harbinger (mainly from practicing so many "pranks" as other people). She's act first, think later. She focuses on how much hurt she cause in the shortest amount of time. They're much more a damage dealer than a healer, but when it comes down to it, they can improvise some makeshift blood clots and scabs. Her favorite thing to do is make sharp, stake-like weapons made of blood and send it flying. Sometimes it does damage, other times it just scares the target, but Ronnie finds it fun.
Ability Weaknesses: Ronnie's main source of blood is herself. After all, she doesn't exactly show the most care for herself and her body. (They don't shy away from using stray blood stains, though. Blood's blood.) It takes quite a lot of time for Ronnie to recover from a battle. The more blood used, the more lightheaded and therefore more rest Ronnie needs. Sometimes she just needs to sit down, other times it takes days for her to stand properly.

History: Ronnie will gladly tell anyone her terribly turbulent past, as long as they buy her a drink first. She entered the foster system at age five due to both parents ending up in jail, and stayed there until she was adopted by her godfather at age twelve. Then, their godfather went to jail. Then, when Ronnie was 16, she went to jail to; if only for a week. By that point, it was far too late for them. They had already dipped their hands into some bad things, and she was too deep to pull out. Cigarettes, drugs, alcohol, you name it. She made a lot of poor choices and met a lot of bad people before the age of eighteen. Eventually, she was kicked out after he found what she hid under her bed and has lived on the streets ever since. Occasionally, she’ll find herself crashing at a friends, but they always end up back in an alleyway. Despite it all, they find a way to laugh at life with a cigarette in their mouth and enjoy whatever time they’ve got left. Sure, they’re ruining their health day by day and probably won’t live past fifty at best, but at least they’re having fun with it!

Where were you during Quarantine?: Where they always were: out on the streets. This time, Ronnie was actually pranking people by using their power to make them puke up blood. Ironically, her laughing so hard is what got them caught as the perpetrator and thrown into Perimeter.

What is your stance towards FEDRA?: They dislike them, but doesn’t fully hate them. Ronnie’s too fun-loving and carefree to hate anyone. Instead, she’s mostly known for pulling pranks on them with her newfound powers whenever possible, whether it be poisoning their rations or giving them delusions. Ronnie is all for spreading the VAD-12, as it would allow for the floodgates of science and invention to open. A cure would simply make things back to the way they were, and where’s the fun in that?

Other: Although Ronnie has a tendency to not care for the life around her, she has a huge fondness of animals. Rats, birds, dogs– doesn’t matter! They’ll protect them with their life. When she does come to care for a human, though, they’re fiercely protective and will do anything to ensure they have the most enjoyment as possible. Ronnie’s philosophy is that a lot of problems in the world would be solved if everyone just kicked back, relaxed, and had some fun every once and a while.