Alessandra di Fiorenza

"It's magic!"
— Alessandra when asked about the contents of the soon-to-be-sold syringe
Alessandra is a minor character within the Gray Zone.
She is pharmacist as well as a self proclaimed witch, she's a curious spirit that probably was at one point in every point of interest in the Gray Zone.
She wears a gray suit as well as an oversized hat with a bell attached to it.
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== History ==
Alessandra was a well known prodigy in the Beretta University trying to earn herself the future with pharmacist degree, she was known to be reliable and dependable girl who also lived on her own. Normally the last year of the course meant focusing on the thesis and perfecting one's craft. But this wasn't the case for Alessandra, she was keen on taking additional classes and consulting with professors in order to extend her horizons in the industry as well as her research. 
Fiorenza refused to get a job, she already had very little time for herself in between writing the thesis and perfecting her studies. The very little leisure she had left was spent on improving her writing. A hobby that was initially supposed to help her in writing documents quickly became a passion for storytelling, she wasn't going to give it up for some change. 
However, the self imposed expectations and stress caught up with her in no time. The conclusion after contacting a doctor was simple, she couldn't afford the prescribed anxiety drugs. How ironic, even a prodigy like her was would have to rely on someone else's work. But she wasn't going to have it, she had the skills and knowledge and the only thing that was missing were the tools. Which her school fortunately had abundance of. 
After contemplating the moral implications of what she was planning, Alessandra decided to manufacture something to ease herself at the school's laboratory. She had quite a lucky streak with that plan, for a time she had a way to ease up the mental strain that stress earned her. 
Her actions were discovered after about two months, having no excuse she admitted to everything like the good girl she was. Some of these things however, she had no affiliation to. After expulsion and disowning, Alessandra had come to a grim realization. It really was the lowest post if her life, and the anxiety medicine she had wouldn't help. 
Alessandra was quick witted, a scholar prodigy she was after all. She found the proper contact, an old cracked cellphone, she pulled out her life savings, few days later she had a proper stash of psychoactives and no restraint with using them. It wasn't long before she got into addiction, and right from there the road to her first and possibly final overdose was quite short. 
She was dying, she knew that much, of course she did. After all she was a prodigy, she knew everything there was to know about drugs. Irregular breath, weird skin color, the swelling feeling in her chest and neck. She was already half way to the oblivion, that much was certain, she had to do something really fast. Was there a point? Probably not. But she didn't spend really feel like dying just yet, she bumped into her tiny library. Something fell on her head. Why is her luck always so ill? 
It was a book with some runes on it, it was given to her by a mysterious person in a weirdly cut out hoodie. Quite big it was, way bigger than any book she had out there, it could easily be split into at least several modern novel releases. Alessandra decided to absent mindedly reading the inscriptions from a random page, she lost consciousness. 
On the following day she woke up quite suddenly, switching to a sitting position as she looked around. Her chest wasn't aching, ears weren't ringing. She didn't feel the overwhelming guilt in her stomach for just a moment. Alessandra looked to her side instinctively, the giant tome was still there. She smiled, there was a way for her to get her future back after all. 
Her feeling of addiction was moderate to say the least but her curiosity was somehow able to hold them off until she understood the book a bit better. She spent her every moment in the following weeks on studying the tome and rewriting it's sections into smaller, easier to carry volumes. She learned some quite useful incantations for the daily life use, such as telekinesis which helped her carry things around her house as well as a levitation spell to enjoy moonlight from her block's roof. 
With the book's assistance she was able to successfully combat the Drug Withdrawal Syndrome, and started developing her own hard drugs. Her goal was quite simple and self serving, creating a psychoactive that one wouldn't be able to overdose on.
Naturally, she started selling the newly discovered formula to sustain herself as the leftover life savings quickly ran dry. Her fortune was however short lived as one of her clients managed to overdose on her product, from that point a chain of bystanders and other clients made it possible to trace the unique new drug back to the girl. 
Alessandra grabbed her tomes, case full of tools and her newly sewn silly hat. She was heading for the only place she wouldn't be traced at, the Gray Zone. She'd rather stay somewhere a bit more obscure and die right there than choose life again and rot in a cell for rest of her awful life. 
Alessandra has only one dream, to develop a drug that nobody could overdose. Whether she can get a hand in that or if she needs to do it on her own, she can do it. 
She is a prodigy after all. 
== Personality ==
Alessandra does not struggle with a superiority complex of any kind, she's perfectly fine. Even if she had such a problem, she'd rarely show symptoms of that. She does however feel quite lonely at times and her flirty sides can show up at most unexpected moments. The girl knows exactly what she wants, believing that art of possession lies in building subtle foundations and slowly moving the pieces across the chessboard. 
Hardships build the spirit, it doesn't matter what she faced before. The only thing that matters is what's in front of her, because if not the future then what else? She has the skills, she has the materials. All that's left is to finally get to the real work.
== Abilities ==
=== Pharmacist Internship ===
Naturally Alessandra aced her internship and acquired herself an A+ grade by proving herself to everyone as someone capable of making pretty much any remedy. Additionally, the prodigy is capable of making pretty much any psychoactive drug thanks to her own studies.
=== Magical Opus of Everything ===
The enormous tome she found on that fateful day contains pretty much any spell one can imagine. It's size however left a lot to desire, forcing the girl to rewrite the tome into a bunch of much needed compact volumes. Though her pocket archive is incomplete, it does not seem to limit her combat capabilities. Though Alessandra enjoys using levitation and wind related spells the most, she very much enjoys showing off her fire magic. Alessandra considers her azure flames to be an icon of status and the difference between herself and any other magic user.
== Relationships ==
===Schützerin Mädel===
Mädel's incredibly resilient body makes for Alessandra's perfect test subject, one of the first light drugs she has made in the Gray Zone was originally tested on the horned girl as the witch claimed it may help with her heartache. 
===Azura===
Azura paid the witch a visit after his partner came back to their apartment "acting like a cat in heat". Although she admitted that her solution had too many pheromones than she planned to add due to an accident, his complains would not end. After a long conversation about the relationship of the two, Azura explained their story to the witch. From that point onward Alessandra regularly works on aiding the pair with memory retrieval by trying out new solutions. The witch is quite amused by the situation.
===Apollo===
Alessandra met Apollo by a complete accident, she was doing her usual levitation schedule by visiting the tallest buildings in the city and her eyes met with a wonderful greenery. As she was about to step down the doors to roof opened, a relatively packed man with a cardboard box on his head came out. After a short conversation the two became friends who enjoyed talking about growing food, herbs and many more things. Since that day, Alessandra often visited Apollo on the roof, not wanting to make problems between the two by awakening the bratty side of his sister.
===Bucket===
Alessandra was tasked with taking care of the girl when she was grounded by her brother, although the brat was as cold and insufferable as always. Alessandra's kindness slowly grew on the girl and the two started to develop a relationship, the witch sometimes jokingly calls Bucket a "younger sister" though never to the girl herself. Ever since that happened, Alessandra regularly visits shop to chat with the siblings.
===Harmonica===
A particularly interesting individual approached the witch one day. Though at first he seemed like an average bum, Alessandra couldn't be more wrong. His request of physical performance enhancers instead of usual cognitive focused drugs surprised the girl. After a short exchange she realized it was the average bum that everyone used to talk about few months ago, after signing a mutual agreement she sold him a few. 
Not even three days later, her drug received an 8/10 mark in a local newspaper snip. At first Alessandra didn't know what to think of it, later she realized her next product must reach a 10.
===Sal Montana===
At first just another client. However after Alessandra heard about the results of his drug intake, she decided to start writing down her clients and demanded a short screening test before any transactions would be made. Gangs as institutions would however be unaffected. 
Alessandra denied any responsibility.
== What the Gray Zone Thinks of Her ==
* Sasha: "Well uh, she's real nice and understandin' and pretty..uh. Pretty cool. Ahuh, yup."
* Blaise: "Oh the drug lady? Barely remember her but hey, drugs!"
*Nyozari: "I think... She's pretty cool, with the magic stuff. Gotta learn... That stuff someday."
*Hiyori: "Hell yeah, Harmonica wasn't kiddin' when he rated her stuff pretty high! Would like to have a session with her sometime."
*Amber: "What an interesting character - I do wonder how she makes this stuff."
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== Trivia ==
*Alessandra particularly enjoys teasing shy men.
* Although she quit hard drugs altogether, she does not have disdain for lighter things like cannabis.
*Alessandra has 2370 ELO points.
*Her name can be translated to "Blossoming friend of humanity".
*The "A" on her hat is a reference to a certain book series about wizards.
*Her favorite spell is levitation, she often pretends to fly on a broom. In order to fool people of gray zone further she added a serial number engraving as well as footrest onto her vehicle
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