“Ivy” Espinosa-Rodriguez

age	16–17 (2012), 22 (2017)
height	5'04"/162.56cm (2012), 5'07"/170.18cm (2017)

Half of the “disaster duo.” Begrudging waitress by day, more enthusiastic music-mixer by night, and responsible 24/7 for Nico’s will to live.

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2012: withdrawn, albeit not entirely by choice; never seen without trusted dog Buddy.
2017: has taught herself how to be a functional human being, and really really really wants Nico to do the same. (He doesn’t appreciate it much.)
Could go the rest of her life without seeing another lonely man’s grimy apartment. Has always followed a social script and does not like deviation.
Legal first name is Ana but privately went by “Ivy” as a kid. Nico still uses the moniker and she thinks that’s sweet.
Met Tara as a kid over unpopular opinions about anime, most of which Ivy still remembers (despite herself).
Listens to murder mysteries in the car, all of which are blissfully easier to solve than Nico’s neverending mental health crises.

main shape: Oval; no right angles.
color association(s): Cyan, which was faded as a kid.
Until 2012 (and a bit into the next year), had to wear a purity ring.
In 2017, has a (small, often heavily-covered) scar down her lower lip, and (less-covered, outside work) tattoos around her wrists and at the clavicle.

“Ivy” is based on “Ivory,” one of the pre-English-release names people gave the Pokémon Black2/White2 girl protag. The original plant correlation ended up, ahem, clinging.