Alexandra Lambert

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Dr. Alexandra Lambert, Ph.D.

Portrayed By	Lacey Chabert
Gender	Female
Date of Birth	May 3, 1982
Age	27
Zodiac Sign	Taurus
Aliases	None
Place of Birth	New Orleans, LA
Current Location	New York City, NY, USA
Occupation	Engineer; ORS, Intl., NYC/East Coast division
Known Relatives	Julie (mother), Tony (father)
Significant Other	None
Known Abilities	Terrakinesis
First Appearance	When There's Trouble You Call DW

I'd like to make myself believe that planet Earth turns slowly. It's hard to say I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep, 'cause everything is never as it seems.

Alexandra Lambert is your typical introverted, quiet, patient engineer. Despite her small frame, she has a large heart, a big spirit, and a tenacious personality, completely embracing her association with the earth. She's in NYC working for an engineering firm, using her Ph.D. to help them research and design strategies for Atlantic Ocean oil field development. Only a handful of people know that she's involved in this traditionally male-dominated field because of her abilities.

History

Alexandra Lambert was born on May 3, 1982 New Orleans, Lousiana. She is the only child born to parents Julie and Tony, French-speaking Cajuns with little formal education who operate a successful bed & breakfast and restaurant in the city's French Quarter. Childhood was a fairly standard affair for her. She attended public school and worked at the family business in the evenings (after school) and on weekends. For the most part, she was a quiet, introverted child, not without friends, but placing a bigger emphasis on family and education. Compared to some, her childhood was remarkably unexciting; there were few traumatic events to speak of, neglecting the standard fare of deaths in the family. No kidnappings, no child abuse, no remarkable, fabulous riches, no nurses or maids, no celebrity child treatment. For that, she earned high marks throughout her school career, eventually graduating second in her high school class of 382, no small feat. Her marks and hardworking nature earned her a partial scholarshp to USC, where she majored in chemical engineering. Continued high marks earned her admission and funding in a PhD program at the University of Texas, where she wrote her thesis in petroleum engineering involving enhanced drilling and extraction methods from exhausted fields.

Aside from her education, Alexandra considers herself special in only one other way: her ability. She first discovered her ability in her late teens, while she was on the west coast for school. The US west coast is notorious for its earthquakes, and there were many a time that the ground quaked and rumbled in the night. Oddly enough for Alexandra, it never seemed terrifying; it was merely an interesting natural phenomenon to her. Of course, it wasn't until later that she discovered that the temors never seemed to grow severe around her; if she remained calm, the tremors were little more than gentle undulations. Once, after a particularly rough quake, enough to cause clefts in the ground, splitting sidewalks and churning the ground, making it impossible for students to pass, Alexandra found herself drawn to the aftermath. Who in that situation wouldn't want to make things right? While standing outside the orange construction fence, she merely held her hands up, and imagined pushing the ground together, smoothing it out, closing up the crack. Much to her suprise, the earth did as she imagined, rumbling and pressing together, sealing up the small cleft even if the sidewalk stayed churned and wrecked. Where some people might be surprised, 20-year old Alexandra was more pleased. She had always felt a strong connection and great strength from the Earth, hating to fly and avoiding the ocean, so this result (combined with the less-intense tremors around her) was more comforting and explanatory than anything else.

Now, 27-year old Alexandra, armed with a Ph.D., has made her way to NYC as part of her job. She's been hired by a multinational oil company to help with their research and development into Atlantic Ocean oil fields, and effective ways to transit the product to Europe and the States. She's found a nice penthouse suite, a place with a large rooftop garden where she can find solace in the urban jungle of concrete and asphalt, a place where she can dig and be near her beloved Earth after stressful days at work.

Timeline

October 2009

5th | When There's Trouble You Call DW |: A hard day at work turns a lot more stressful for two innocent women trying to relax in Central Park; Alex makes her powers known.
10th | It's Society's Way |: Alex runs into Sydney in the Oldcastle Pub, and finds herself drawn into a conversation she wanted little to do with after Laurie's prodding gets Syd angry.
11th | Whodunnit |: A trip to the museum turns into an opportunity to practice her French as Alex meets Camille while the museum visitors are detained.
15th | Liberty's Sunset |: Alex meets Peter, and gets both a warning and an invitation.
18th | Yoga is Relaxing? |: Alexandra and Sydney attend a yoga class, but are kicked out for being noisy. After, the two go for coffee and Alex gets a pep talk over what Peter told her earlier.
23rd | Stop This Train - Hellbound |: Peter and Sydney have convinced her to help, and Alex shows up to help spring the children prisoners from from the train.
24th | A Good Night |: A night out is just the thing following the harrowing train rescue; dancing, booze, and even some power shenanigans ensue!
29th | Blood and Ink |: Sydney convinces Alex that they need to have tattoos! A trip to Slinging Ink Tattoos introduces them to Dani, and they get (almost) matching kanji tattoos!

November 2009

2nd | Stop the Press, Who's That? |: What starts out as a relaxing dinner at a fancy restaurant turns into something Alex isn't quite prepared for when she's involve in a little relationship spat!
4th | Bookworms |: Alex meet Lee in a local book store and the two brains get to gabbing about this that and the other, from education to engineering…and partly in French!
5th
- | Uncommon Grounds |: Alex gets a chance to clear some things up with Hallis while out and about grabbing a tea; Lena is the catalyst!
- | Guy Fawkes Day |: After getting home from the coffee shop, Alex makes another trip out to go to Sydney's, where Joel makes an unexpected appearance to show that he's still alive.
13th | Freaky Friday |: One of the last people Alex thought she'd be giving advice to calls up to meet…to get some advice!
15th | Dirty Little Secrets |: Hallis meets up with Alex to tell her how the incident with George went over…and finds out that Alex is one of them.
20th | Tzatziki Tete-A-Tete |: Alex and Hallis grab lunch in Central Park and they realize they have a friend/therapist in common!

Powers

Alexandra is a terrakinetic, that is, she possesses the ability to control and shape quantities of earth (dirt, clay, soil, rock, etc) in any way that she chooses. To this point, she is untrained in this ability, and is severely limited in the ways she can control the earth. So far, her abilities are limited to manipulating the 'classical' earth elements of dirt, rock, and soil, shaping and sculpting it by using her hands. She surmises that concrete and asphalt may be under her control as well, but has not attempted to manipulate these materials yet. She is underachieving, one might argue, and has yet to discover what additional feats she may perform using her abilities.

Once fully powered, she may be able to manipulate metal, ore or crudely refined, as well as crystal, as these are of the earth. Additionally, concrete and asphalt may be under her control (for the same reason, being composed or rock aggretage). To this point, however, she is only versed with the shaping of dirt, rock, and soil in limited quantities/small scale. She's yet to use her abilities in an offensive way, and only a handful of people in her family knows she possesses these powers. To her, they are simply part of her, help to explain her personality, and are used in making her happy via her gardening hobby.

In order to use her powers, she merely needs to think about what she wishes the earth to do, and typically manipulates the earth using her hands. For example, to open or close clefts in the earth, she would only need to think about the earth opening or closing and part or close her hands. Quite obviously, for her powers to work, she must be in contact with the earth. If suspended (for example) in water or air, devoid of her connection to the earth, she's completely powerless. If suspended by metal chains (at this point) she will be completely helpless; in the future (if she gains the ability to manipulate metal) this may not be sufficient.

Stunts

Earth Shaping-This is the basic application of her power, the shaping of earth elements in whatever way she desires. Currently limited to dirt, rock, clay, soil (though may extend to metals, ores, and crystals in the future). The smaller the quantity, the more precise she can be in shaping; larger quantities require more exertion and result in less precise control over the materials. Limited in mass to approximately two tons (though may grow in the future).

Earth's Fury-This is her ability to sense and control earthquakes. Currently, this is limited to the ability to sense and unconsciously dampen the effects of otherwise dangerous or damaging earthquakes in a small area around her body (a circle of earth approximately 15-20 feet in diameter). In the future this is likely to grow in scale (Richter scale, appropriately), and diameter of effect. Great duress may cause this ability to activate involuntarily (small aftershock-type effects around her), or may cause a voluntary use to achieve much greater scale.

Earth Shield-A specific application of her ability to shape the Earth. She can suddenly and violently call forth a wall of solid rock to shield herself on any side. May only be used when in contact with the earth, where typical earth (dirt, soil, etc) may be found. While she can use this to make a shield appear through concrete or asphalt she cannot yet use the concrete or asphalt to make the shield. May also extend into making the shield smaller and finer, more spike-like. Limited to defensive, involuntary responses currently.

Quotes

[in French] "Yes…I'm full of surprises." - to Camille, in Whodunnit

Trivia

Is a mere 5'3", maybe 100 pounds.
Afraid of flying to the point of panic attacks if made to travel by air.
Right-handed.
Has a B.S. degree in ChEng from USC; Ph.D. degree in Petroleum Engineering from UT Austin.
Speaks French, but it's more Cajun-French than pretty French (though she's not all crude Cajun-French, since she took a few years of real French in school).
Closet nerd, so don't hesitate to bring nerdy things up in scenes!
Now has the Japanese kanji for 'ROCK' (see below) tattooed on the back of her neck!