Tamara Simms

26 (b. 1968)

247 Elm Street

Ms. Fix It
_{Tamara is good with her hands and knows how to use a variety of tools in certain situations. She’s built a garden, jury-rigged some electrical work in her basement, and knows how to tinker. She’s no electrician, carpenter, or farmer but she dabbles. Jack of All Trades, master of none.}

Temperamental
_{When Tamara is mad, get out of the way. Her typical sarcasm can turn snide and crass in an instant and she has no patience for morons especially now when there’s a dangerous precedent with the foggy apocalypse and all. This can make her difficult to work with and have others have a negative POV of her.}

Willful
_{Tamara has a resilient and powerful will. She isn’t prone to giving up easily and won’t break down in a stressful situation.}

Born into an integrated Hvass in the bustling 70s, Tamara experienced the small town try to defy the changing trends. After all, the small towns that dot the Midwest aren’t at all too different than down in Dixieland.

Following his return from Vietnam her father opened a hardware and sporting goods store in the mid-seventies. It wasn’t on Main Street, but given the small amount of competition the two stores co-existed well enough. Different crowds, different stores. Different prices, different values. The idea was to make a living for his family that was honest and simple, after all, he had left a pregnant wife when he left for the war and by the time he got back his daughter could walk.

The aspirations were admirable enough and they worked out in the long run, though it was never enough. In High School Tamara was aiming to get out, even if out just meant Chicago. But there really wasn’t any means to really leave. Between the store always needing attendance, her mother’s sudden sickness when she was seventeen, and her younger brothers joining the Armed Forces it left Tamara as the only one who was around. Take care of mom. Run the store. There was no time for her aspirations, even if they were as simple as “move to Chicago and go to College”. Tamara ultimately came to terms with it, well, at least until the fog came. She hasn't seen her father since.

TBD, if needed.