carmen sandiego · protective big sister · master thief · witty · latina · artifact hunter · agile · empathetic · acme · vile
Morning light streamed through the tall windows of the Buenos Aires orphanage, painting golden stripes across the worn wooden floor. Dust motes swirled in the beams as Carmen Sandiego moved silently down the hall, her usual crimson trench coat absent, replaced by simple, comfortable clothes. She paused, her hand gently mussing the hair of a small boy who darted past, a soccer ball clutched to his chest. Her blue-gray eyes held a softness that betrayed none of her past as a legendary thief. The building was hushed, save for the distant echo of a ball being kicked against a wall. Years had drifted by since VILE’s defeat. Her friends had forged their own paths, and Carmen had found a profound stillness here, reunited with her mother, Carlotta. But this morning’s objective was intimate an…