Payton Carrera

Payton Carrera is a resident of Lower Duck Pond.
== Biography ==
=== Early life ===
Payton was born on 23 August 2000, to Greta van Roojendakkerdammer-Carrera and Chinabadam “Heehoo” Carrera, in Gouda, the Netherlands. Payton has two siblings: Gale Carrera, her older half-brother through their mother, and Connor Carrera, her younger brother. 
Payton grew up in a small townhouse in Gouda. She grew up speaking both Dutch and English, which his dad spoke a lot while still learning Dutch. 
Growing up, Payton's parents were always very busy with work, and would sometimes only be able to come home just in time to tuck their children in bed. As a result, Payton spent a lot of afternoons and evenings at her aunt's farm. She would sit outside looking at the birds and had dinner with her cousins.This led to her interest in birds, and decided early on to become a birdkeeper.
Her father always told her stories about his life in Lower Duck Pond, but she wasn't very interested in them.
==== High school years ====
Payton started high school in 2012. Like her brother, she received advice for the havo level and also like Gale, she excelled in biology.
At some point, she met Winona Sparrow.
On her thirteenth birthday, Sparrow allowed Payton to name a bird, and to imprint the bird on her. Payton picked a snowy owl and named it Blizzard.
For her fourth and exam year, Payton chose the specialization profile Nature and Health.
She acquired her havo diploma in 2017 with mediocre grades.
=== Becoming a falconer ===
After high school, Payton was not interested in studying at a university. She had her eyes on falconry and birdkeeping instead. A few weeks after graduating, she started working at Avifauna in Alphen a/d Rijn. Simultaneously, she was getting training by Winona Sparrow.
In 2018, Payton earned her bird keeper's license. She first hoped to continue working at Avifauna, but later decided to join the Sparrow Aviary in The Hague. 
=== Life in Lower Duck Pond ===
==== Moving in ====
“I poured my heart and soul into the aviary, promoting it and making sure it is a success!!https://www.reddit.com/r/HaveWeMet/comments/fhhy1k/theres_a_stupid_statue_in_front_of_our_aviary_and/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x”On 6 March 2020, Payton visited Lower Duck Pond with Blizzy, who managed to escape her cage and fly away, causing chaos and property damage, before Payton was able to capture the bird again. The next day, she moved into the Tracey building and immediately became friends with Krystal Amythest.https://www.reddit.com/r/HaveWeMet/comments/feig2i/im_moving_here_and_i_have_a_surprise/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2xhttps://www.reddit.com/r/HaveWeMet/comments/feig2i/im_moving_here_and_i_have_a_surprise/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2xhttps://www.reddit.com/r/HaveWeMet/comments/fwo8ka/my_brother_threw_me_out_of_my_house_need_a_new/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2xhttps://www.reddit.com/r/HaveWeMet/comments/fehycj/the_krystal_estate_apocalypse_is_nigh/fjoa0yj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x
==== Meeting Nova Petrova ====
As more and more birds were expected to join the Aviary, it was decided that the Aviary would buy up the abandoned aquarium nextdoors and repurpose it. These plans were cancelled soon, as Nova Petrova bought it up, to the annoyance of Payton. She immediately complained on the online town forum, where she criticized Petrova and mocked her name. 
On 19 June, Payton started dating Derek Steele. The two seem to balance each other out.
At some point, Payton met Mari Ann Kelly and the two became friends.
On 6 July, Payton scored a 17 on the FOG index. She proudly announced this on the town forum, stating that she is an intellectual.
==== Becoming enemies with Jeremy Wheeler ====
From July until the start of September, Payton spends her time at the aviary, with few significant events happening. On 5 September, she and Lennon Morillo bonded over frikandellenbroodjes. On 25 September, she had an encounter with Jeremy Whinger, who called her out for using people for her own benefit. Payton, under the impression that Whinger called her a drug user, reacted by screaming at him, (falsely) stating that both her siblings are drug users, not her. The two began a screaming contest. The conflict ended with Payton pushing Whinger, who was on crutches at the time.
About ten days later, on 6 October, Whinger was abused by Claude Corbin in front of Payton's apartment building. Payton, who was just leaving the building, ignored Jeremy's begging for help, stepped into her car and told Whinger to call her brother instead.
==== 2021 Mayoral Election ====
"STOP 👏 PRETENDING 👏 YOU’RE 👏 MORE 👏 CAPABLE 👏 THAN 👏 ME!!!! #KRYSTALAMYTHESTWILLNEVEREVEREVERBEMAYORASLONGASIPAYTONCARRERAAMRUNNING2021!!!"On 7 November 2020, Payton announced she had nominated herself for Lower Duck Pond's 2021 mayoral election, proposing a plan primarily focused on tourism. Payton's target group seemed to be mostly young adult women.
A day later, Payton's best friend, Krystal, announced her own participation in the mayoral race. This caused a feud between the two girls, involving discussions in caps lock about which one of the two is more capable, which of two is prettier and which of the two is more intelligent. Although the disagreement between the two is very loud and fierce, they seem to not want to hurt each other emotionally, resulting in them yelling at each other, but in a careful way, of some sort. 
Payton lost the primaries, ending in ninth place with 2,88% of the votes. 
== Personality ==
“What the fuck did you just say about my precious birds?https://www.reddit.com/r/HaveWeMet/comments/feezl1/has_anyone_seen_a_very_huge_aggressive_owl/fjnvzlm?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x”
Payton is a very enthusiastic person. In any situation involving her birds, she will get extremely excited; she is obsessed with them and would put other people at risk just to keep them comfortable and safe. When it comes to interacting with people, she can be very rude. She's demanding, believes she is always right and hates being told otherwise. She does whatever it takes to achieve her goals, even if it involves controversial actions. With the exception of people very close to her, she doesn't really care about others and refuses to help people if it doesn't benefit her. Payton likes to make fun of other people's mistakes. She is seen as insane, reckless and dangerous.
== Trivia ==
“That's stupid! I'm suing you!!https://www.reddit.com/r/HaveWeMet/comments/fitrg7/my_trip_to_the_hague_has_been_canceled/fkljpxq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x”
* She loves Safari, which is a strong, fruity liqueur.
* It took Payton 8 tries to get her driver's license.https://www.reddit.com/r/HaveWeMet/comments/g3lmfb/to_kill_some_time_lets_share_our_most_beloved/fnty3mz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x
* She always drinks her caramel-chocolate mocha dream milkshake, which is made by creaming ground arabica coffee beans, salted burnt caramel sauce, a scoop of vanilla ice cream, 87% dark chocolate, powdered brown sugar, small brownie pieces and a small amount of Safari together in a blender. She considers the drink an essential part of her morning routine.https://www.reddit.com/r/HaveWeMet/comments/fn2e9l/stop_putting_shit_in_your_coffee/fl7lzsn?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x
* Payton can't stand spicy food.https://www.reddit.com/r/HaveWeMet/comments/g37x4p/i_have_a_jalapeño_problem/fnpoto9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x
* Payton managed to piss off Quentin Wells on multiple occasions, which is considered to be an insane feat.https://www.reddit.com/r/HaveWeMet/comments/fpfaxb/the_new_birdies_escaped/flkl12r?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x
== References ==
Category:Citizens