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Alice Ackerman Reference — Description

There’s something a little off about Alice!

Posting her bio first so the rest makes sense!! HERE WE GO

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Alice Ackerman was born and raised on her parents’ farmland, and, despite farming being their primary income, was quite well off. Her mother is a retired schoolteacher, and homeschooled Alice her whole life. Even though she received an exquisite education, this led Alice to have very little contact with other children, so she turned to books instead! As a child, her imagination ran wild, and her time was filled with made up adventures. As she matured, she eventually followed her mother’s footsteps in becoming a teacher, and although she never actually had a formal college education, proved to be quite good at it!! Her mother was extremely strict in her practice, resulting in Alice “Graduating” and getting her first teaching job at 17!! From then until she was 25, Alice was well respected (and although not as…harsh as her mother, proved to challenge her students!) However, in her last year of teaching, she found that many students no longer had access to the bountiful supply of food they usually did. Puzzled, Alice decided to take matters into her own hands, and confronted her father for advice, as they had always been close.

Alice’s father worked extremely hard to achieve the success he had, and to him, competition was no exception. So naturally, when his competitors started to use shady tactics, he had to counteract. Alice was disgusted her own father would resort to petty measures, and demanded to know more. She threw a fit, and finally her father revealed that he had voluntarily taken a curse that allowed him to “even the playing field.” (Pun extremely intended.) Alice, in the heat of argument, demanded that they share the curse, as obviously, her father could not be trusted with it. However, this resulted in her father sarcastically offering her the full deal, and Alice accepted without hesitation. To her father’s dismay, the curse was then passed down to Alice, who had no idea what it entailed.

Originally, the cursed was burdened with the task of turning into a flock of crows in the middle of the night, always anonymous, and kill off the weaker crops so the stronger ones could continue to grow. Also, the crows were responsible for scaring off any animals that were destroying or stunting the growth of food. Traditionally, more than one person held the curse at a time so that the task was shared, but as more and more farmers started to accept it and use it for personal gain, only Alice was left to pick up the slack. Alice was so angry at her father when she accepted the curse, however, instead of a flock she became a GRUESOME MONSTER . This didn't slow her down though, and in her first night, she found and intimidated every other curse bearer, or at least the ones known to her father, and demand it be passed onto her, again. Despite her good intentions, the town assumed she had been the one destroying all of the crops AND bullying it’s residents. Alice decided that, in order to keep her father’s honor, she would accept full responsibility and go into hiding.

Alice never really minded living in hiding, but after two years got terribly bored. She resided in a small cottage and protects the forests, but still found herself with an unbearable amount of free time. Naturally, she got the idea to send May Flower a letter describing her predicament, and when she didn't get a reply, she sent seven more! May Flower offered her the position of teaching at the newfound Holidays University, provided Alice would still fulfill her duties.

WOO Sorry that’s so long BUT IT’S NOT DONE YET

BASIC INFORMATION

Full name: Alice Ackerman
Pronunciation: Al-ice Acker-man
Nickname(s) or Alias: Ms. Ackerman
Gender: Female
Species: MURDER. (it’s another name for flock of crows alright BUT SOUNDS SO COOL)
Age: 27
Birthday: December 3rd.
Sexuality: Straight
City or town of birth: Thanksgiving Town
Currently lives: Within the forests of Thanksgiving Town-Nighttime. In the University-daytime.
Languages spoken: English

Native language: English
Sounds like: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8yPH6… This!
Accent?: Almost a hint of British!! Always eloquent! Just not always ladylike, haha!
Relationship Status: Single~

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Height: 5’6
Weight: 120lbs
Figure/build: Athletic/thin! She looks almost fragile sometimes, too.
Hair colour: Blue/Black. And then a little blacker!~ Originally she was blonde, however. BEFORE THE THING HAPPENED. Being cursed altered her appearance more than she would have liked. :I
Hairstyle: Short, messy and almost curly. If you look closely, there are some feathers in there, too!!~
Eye colour: Blue. If she’s upset or feeling mischievous, her eyes flash red for JUST a fraction of a second. If you’re quick though, you’ll notice it!!

Skin/fur/etc colour: Slightly tanned from being outside so often.
Tattoos: Nope.
Piercings: One in each ear. She wears a single black stud in each.
Scars/distinguishing marks/makeup: Her face is brushed with freckles, and she has more around her body. Her makeup is usually very simple, just enough to look professional.” You only need as much makeup as it takes to look like you don’t need any at all!! ”
Preferred style of clothing: It’s pretty much black classy mori girl fashion. Usually pertaining to (But not limited to) long skirts and button-ups, usually with a larger sweater or cardigan. She always, always wears boots. Looking presentable is of the utmost importance!
Frequently worn jewelry: Earrings! Usually rings here and there too. I’LL BE HONEST she just throws random stuff on and is like “Yeah aight”

HEALTH

Smoker? “It is inappropriate for a lady to smoke!!” She totally does. A pipe, once in a while!!
Drinker? “OH, I SUPPOSE.”
Drug User? Absolutely not!
Addictions: Reading!! She reads a ton. Probably more than one person should ever read. And then, a little more!! Plus she’s like…really, REALLY into tea. And wordplay/puns.
Allergies: Nada!
Any physical ailments/illnesses/disabilities: Nope nope nopeeee
Any medication regularly taken: Nope! She drinks herbal tea like it’s HER JOBBBB.

PERSONALITY

Personality: She TOTALLY plays up the crow thing, loser. She acts with an air of sophistication mixed with a hint of creepiness! When she's excited or comfortable, she lets her guard down and is totally a tomboy who just wants friends. She's really headstrong and independent, which makes it pretty hard for her to suck up and ask for help. Therefore, she usually takes too much responsibility and thus, is a walking ball of stress. :U She's never show it though! Furthermore, she uses her smarts as her advantage, and is kind of a know-a-little-about-everything kind of person. She has six backup plans for everything!
Likes: Reading, tea, any form of company that’s HUMAN, sweets, relaxing, wordplay, PUNS, vivid and important conversations, writing, teaching, and daydreaming, going to new places, ADVENTUREEEE.
Dislikes: SCARECROWS. Carrion, greed, cooking, meat, when her plans fall through, bad grammar, not getting enough sleep (Which is always), really hot days, animals in the forest constantly BUGGING HER, when you put ink on your quill and it just like…BLOTS? FOR NO REASON. AND WHEN YOU CAN’T FIND ANYTHING TO WEAR UGH.
Fears/phobias: SCARECROWS. THOSE PATHETIC, SEWN-ON FACES. THEY TAUNT ME. Failure, falling to selfishness, hurting others. She USED to be scared of crows, BUT…
Favorite color: Red, black, white.
Hobbies: Reading, writing, looking after the forest. She loves teaching with a passion though. She plays the violin, too!
Taste in music: Jazz, instrumentals, a capella singing.

SKILLS

Talents/skills: Alice can do a lot! She’s played violin for a good deal of her life. She can write in calligraphy, and used to send everyone she knew handwritten letters all the time! (She probably will write anyone she meets at HU. Like. Everyone. You could have said “hi” once and you get a handwritten letter. ISN’T THAT CLASSY.) She has a lot of knowledge about seemingly random/obscure things from whatever books she could get her hands on. She’s fairly athletic too, seeing how all night she’s running around as birds,

EATING HABITS

Omnivore/Carnivore/Herbivore: SIGH... Pretty gross, but most of her diet is carrion. Please don’t bring it up. Makes her sick to her stomach. Asdfghjkl.
Favourite food(s): Sweets! She doesn't get them very often though, sob.
Favourite drink(s): Tea. Specifically Earl Grey. ~HELLA
Disliked food: Carrion. Again, sooo ashamed. Sob.
Disliked drinks: Blood. (HAHA that sounds so weird BUT.)

CAREER

Level of education: Her mother homeschooled her! Alice never actually went to a formal university, but studied so much as a student she was offered a teaching job right out of high school. She actually held it until recently, too!
Current job title and description: Head of the Thanksgiving Department at the Holidays University. ALSO SECRET BIRD RELATED THINGS… She TRIES to keep in a secret because MOST of the Thanksgiving town population is aware there's a bird monster on the loose and isn't too fond of it!!

COMBAT

Peaceful or aggressive attitude? Whatever it takes! POETIC JUSTICE AT ITS FINEST.
Fighting skills/techniques: She’s totally a warrior in combat.
Special skills/magical powers/etc: Woo, let’s do it!!! She can turn into a huge, grotesque crow-monster. Yeah. You heard that right. Her arms become her wings and she can fly, but also can harden her feathers and use them to cut through stuff. She only really takes this form if someone is doing putting the forest in danger, and even then it’s to scare them away. Alternatively, she can turn her body into a “Murder” (Which is the word describing a flock of Crows) and spread around. They could probably peck at you. (But she PROBABLY wouldn’t do that…)
Weapon of choice (if any): Beaks, plus sharp feathers. Bring it on.

FAMILY, FRIENDS AND FOES

Parents names: John and Margaret Ackerman
Are parents alive or dead? Alive
Is the character still in contact with their parents? Asdfghjkl. She writes them once in a while! Can’t really see them though because of…BIRD THINGS.
Siblings? Relationship with siblings? Nope.
Other Important Relatives: Nope.
Partner/Spouse: None.
Children: None.
Best Friend(s): Moooorrgaaannn!<3333
Other Important Friends: None yet!!
Pets: The whole forest is her pets. She talks to them. The sad part is she can’t understand them or anything, she’s just THAT LONELY. Loser hahahaha BUT SHE does have a white Persian kitten named Sweetie, if for anything just to mess with all the crows that follow her around muahahahaha
Enemies: The other previous cursed people. THANKS GUYS, THANKS A LOT.

Extraaaaaaa: (If you made it this far 4 for u)

-She’s very careful not to alter the ecosystem of the forest she lives in, and therefore lives VERY minimally. She had next to zero personal belongings and will totally “Borrow” books from Thanksgiving Town in her crow forms. (If youre thinking she casually breaks into people’s houses, takes their books and brings them back later, you’re %100 right)

-However this ALSO means no hunting or gathering, so she ONLY eats in her bird forms. Sadly, crows’ diets are not very diverse, so her whole diet is carrion. Sob sob sob

-“Carrion” is the meat of recently killed animals. Ooooh yeah. It’s already super gross, BUT SHE WAS A VEGETARIAN TOO. SOB SOB

-Because she’s not the holder of one curse, but many stacked, she can transform into approximately 50 crows per night, while normally 15 is the cap. NOT TO THRILLED ABOUT IT but its whatever!

-She really likes to mess with people. She TOTALLY plays up the crow thing, and tries to act dark and mysteriousss!~~~ Really she’s just read too many romance novels sigh

-Really though, above all else, she just wants to be around people again. She doesn’t regret her decision, but the responsibility weighs her down a lot. After a whole life of wishing for adventure, she wants to pretend she’s normal, even if just for a little while!

-She is like %99.99991 done with birds. FREAKING they come into her cottage and follow her around like they OWN THE PLACE???

-SPEAKING OF WHICH ALL THESE CRITTERS THINK THEY CAN JUST LIKE, PARADE INTO HER HOUSE?

UH NO BIRDS YOU CANNOT DRESS ME GET THE HELL OUT??!?

-SHE’S SUCH A TROLL I’M JUST WARNING ALL OF YOU sorry

Tlldr; Took a curse, made it her bitch, now wants to work with college kids for some reason. Eats dead animals. Has a kitten.