| “ | like i said, i'm jealous. it's hard for me to connect with people… to get them to see my best qualities.
— Alex to Max Puckett (Chapter 5, Page 180
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Alex is a seventh grade student at Mayview Middle School in Paranatural. After making several cameo appearances throughout the first four chapters, she became a focal character during Chapter 5, where she confronts Max Puckett over the Activity Club.
Appearance[]
Alex has short, brown hair and wide, circular brown eyes.
In Chapter 1, Alex wears a red t-shirt with a pink stripe, brown pants, and a pink backpack, and her bangs are swept towards the middle of her face. In Chapter 3, she wears a white sweater with pink unintelligible writing and now brushes her bangs behind her left ear. During the Hitball game in Chapter 5, she wears a dark pink shirt with the phrase "prefers science class" on it in a darker pink text and a light pink pair of shorts; in the school store later in the same chapter, she has a light pink shirt with "E=MC2" printed in white text and a light blue pair of shorts.
Personality[]
Alex is a quiet, awkward kid with self-esteem issues. She has a hard time connecting with people, and for this reason expresses jealousy over Max's quick popularity. She speaks and writes in lowercase, and uses circles as periods and to dot 'i's.
Background[]
According to her own account, Alex has been abducted by aliens at some point in the past[2]. The experience has stuck with her to the present day, to the point where she carries a book entitled "ALIENS BE CRAZY".[3]
Paranatural[]
Chapter 1[]
Throughout Max's first day at Mayview Middle School, Alex can be seen walking around, dropping her books, and attending Max's class with Mr. Starchman.
Chapter 3[]
While riding the bus to school, Alex pokes her head through the emergency exit window after Suzy opens it for Max and witnesses him jump through it.
Chapter 4[]
During Mr. Starchman's English class, Alex is seen listening in on Johnny Jhonny tell his gang about Isaac O'Connor's weather powers and Max seemingly flying above a fence.[4]
Chapter 5[]
After gym class on Chapter 5, Page 85, Alex tucks a lined paper note into Max's pocket from behind him before disappearing into the crowd. On Chapter 5, Page 121, the note's is revealed to read: "i know your secret. meet me at the school store during lunch."
At the School Store, after Max's conversation with Cody Jones and Collin Sloinne, Alex greets Max and revealed her knowledge of Max's bus-jumping, as well as her suspicion of the Activity Club secretly being an extraterrestrial club. Max shuts her theory down, but tells her that he enjoyed their conversation and reassures her that, if she did so with other people, she could make friends.
Chapter 6[]
As she's packing up to go home, Alex is visited by a gray alien in a saucer. She screams as it opens its UFO and advances towards her.
Quotes[]
- "this is all rather traumatic"
- — Alex after Max jumps over her into the bus (Chapter 3, Page 25
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- "this is why we don't have world peace"
- — Alex while seeing Johnny and Isabel argue (Chapter 5, Page 68)
- "it's okay, i understand… my character design has been changing a lot lately, after all."
- — Alex to Max (Chapter 5, Page 176)
- "because the real secret i know is the word before "activity". that's right… the extraterrestrial activity club!!"
- — Alex to Max (Chapter 5, Page 181)
- "wait! please, at least ask me my name! even if you can't help me with my alien problem, i know you're the main characters in some kind of story! i might not deserve better, but… i don't always want to be in the background! so please!"
- — Alex to Max (Chapter 5, Page 183)
- "thank you for talking to me and please forget any weird or bad stuff i said"
- — Alex ruining Max's dramatic exit from the School Store (Chapter 5, Page 183)
Trivia[]
- The back of Alex's note to Max in Chapter 5 can be seen on Chapter 5, Page 180 and (roughly) says, "unless you don't want to, which is fine. thank you for taking the time to read my note."
Gallery[]
- Note: The majority of the pre-School Store images below were taken from a timeline tweet by Zack Morrison.
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- ↑ "a timeline (1/2)" Zack Morrison [@paranaturalzack] (2 February 2017)
- ↑ Chapter 5, Page 181
- ↑ Chapter 3, Page 24
- ↑ Chapter 4, Page 30