OOC BIO: Alice
PLAYER INFO
Name/Nickname: Sayomi
Age: 33
Journal: pinktintedgamon
CHARACTER INFO
Character Name: Alice/Bloodstained Black Rabbit
Canon: Pandora Hearts
Point taken from canon: The end of chapter 28, after Oz's Uncle Oscar brought alcohol for them all to try.
Age: Looks 13, is actually 113 after spending 100 years in the Abyss.
Gender: Female
Appearance: Alice in both girl and chain form:
Background:
Born one hundred and thirteen years before the beginning of the series, Alice was once a human. Unfortunately, much of her life is an unknown - both in the series and in her memory. What is shown, however, is the definite fact that Glen Baskerville had Alice locked in an isolated tower in the Baskerville estate. The exact reason for her isolation is part of the mystery, however, there is heavy implications that she is Glen's daughter, born to his possible lover/wife Lacie (both suppositions unconfirmed).
Interestingly, it is revealed that Alice was born a twin. She was born in the surface world as a human girl, yet her twin, also named Alice, was born in the Abyss when their mother was sacrificed.
The twin born to the Abyss became known as the Will of the Abyss and had the ability, through their connection as twins, to take over Alice's human body for up to twelve hours a day.
The differences between Abyss Alice and Alice, aside from physical features, could be easily noted in her human form - Where Abyss (Will) was soft-spoken, preferred to dress in pale or softer colors, and seemed properly lady-like, Alice is and has always been loud, brash, and anything but lady-like. She prefers darker clothes, is more prone to smirk than smile, and will speak her mind without thought or hesitation.
And the only person, aside from (Will)Alice's cat Cheshire to notice these differences appears to be Jack Vessalius - Glen's closest friend. After meeting her, Jack visited her at the tower regularly, claimed to be her friend, and even told her he'd take her for a visit to his own estate. He noticed a disconnect within Alice - how at times she has a softer, more 'pure' gentleness to her, while at others she seemed more brash and plain-spoken.He noticed how her cat, usually so clearly attached, would at time reject her completely. Differences in books and interests, demeanor and expressions - he noticed them all. And when he finally asked her, Alice finally explained the truth to him about her connection to the Will of the Abyss, her twin.
However, this didn't stop Jack from visiting. And later, when Jack brought Gilbert and Vincent with him to greet Alice, (Will) Alice immediately made fun of Vincent's red eye - which in turn caused Gilbert to pull her hair out of a defensive anger. This incident fueled Vincent's hatred towards Alice, because her words had made Gil "show that kind of expression again" and made Jack worry. This hatred later manifested when he gouged out the eyes if her cat, Cheshire, in retaliation.
Shortly thereafter, during the Tragedy of Sablier, Alice - still wearing the paler colors preferred by Abyss Alice - was killed in her tower. Though her killer was never shown, the bloody scissors found beside her dead body strongly implicate Vincent.
After which, she spent 100 years in isolation in the Abyss, all memory gone save for the name 'Alice', waiting for... something.
That 'something' turned out to be young Oz Vessalius. Banished to the Abyss at age 15, during his Coming of Age ceremony, Alice first met him when a path opened up from the Abyss to his Ceremony. She saved him from the Baskerville Zwei, right after she opened the path by controlling Gilbert and forcing Gilbert to stab Oz. Alice also fought and defeated two other Baskervilles that night - Zai and Fang - easily switching between her human and B. Rabbit forms as she did so, before finally being sent back to the Abyss, where she waited on them to send Oz to her.
Once there, she eventually found him and saved him a second time from first a low-level 'Trump' chain, after which she gave him her name and offer him the chance to take her contract so that they could both escape the Abyss. Unfortunately, 'Sharon' saved him from Alice before they could actually make the deal and began leading him away. 'Sharon', however, made reference to something Oz hadn't shared with anyone - namely the 'dream' where Alice strangled him - which made him suspicious. When he hesitated the stronger Chain, Red Baby, revealed itself.
Just before Red Baby's attack on Oz could strike, Alice appeared between him and the other chain, saving him a third time.
Unfortunately, with her powers sealed due to the lack of a contract, she was caught by the other chain. She told Oz to run just before Red Baby ate her. Oz, after a moment's hesitation, attacked Red Baby and forced his way into the chain's mouth, to go after Alice. He accepted the contract, which released the power of the Bloody Black Rabbit. The other chain was destroyed in an instant and Alice sealed the contract with a kiss before being absorbed into Oz's body.
Together they opened up a path to Oz's world, landing unconscious in the ruins of Oz's home, where the Coming of Age Ceremony had been held...ten years earlier.
Fortunately, there were a few familiar faces there when they arrived. Namely Gilbert "Raven" Nightray, Xerxes Break, and Sharon Rainsworth. They took Oz back to one of the Rainsworth estates, where he was given the explanation of why chains need the contractor to stabilize them and informed him that they'd have to take him captive as an 'illegal contractor'. With this threat, Alice took over Oz's body and took Sharon captive by holding a knife to her chest.
Break, however, had anticipated such an move and activated a containment barrier the held Oz and Alice in place. He knocked Alice out of Oz's body, where she appeared in her human form, in order to determine her intentions upon escaping the Abyss. Alice informed him, rather bluntly, that she was determined to regain all of her lost memories and tried to move to standing within the barrier. At that point, Break started to beat her with the cane that concealed his sword and Oz saves her for the second time, claiming acts against his savior made him their enemy.
They were released from the barrier to discuss the intentions of the three Pandora members, when interrupted by a trump chain trying to come through the path opened by the memory stored in the pocket watch, however Gilbert released the seal on Alice's powers so that she could fight. She destroyed the chain with a single blow, then returned to human form, where they all experience the first memory returning to Alice.
After which, she and Oz made the decision to work with the three and conceal Oz's return from both Pandora and his family because of his illegal contractor status.
She and Oz began working for Break as his subordinates, fighting other illegal chains as they searched for their memories, until Cheshire - a fanatical subordinate of the Will of the Abyss - took Alice and Break into his dimension, where he revealed himself to be the guardian of the memories she feared remembering the most.
She fled those memories, inadvertently leaving Break's side, where Cheshire had the memory of breaks own past pull him through the looking glass to detain him. Alice however, tried to run from the memories, never escaping, as Oz and Gilbert arrived in search of Alice and Break.
In the ensuing fight, Cheshire injures Gilbert, who, upon separation from Oz, meets the fragment of Jack Vessalius's soul. Jack, in turn, saves Oz from his fight with Cheshire and explains to them both that Alice doesn't have a lot of time before the memories make her disappear. Jack sends Oz off to find Alice, only to experience the memory of the Tragedy of Sablier, recognizes Vincent (Gilbert's younger brother) as the child in the memory surrounded by corpses, then follows the memory of Vincent to Alice's tower - where he arrives just in time to see her fall, dead.
It is then that Jack reveals to Oz that Alice was once human.
Oz continued on after Alice, though some of Cheshire's madness seems to have taken over a bit as he starts to break apart the dimension, until Gilbert stops him. Together they went to where Alice was chained to a wall, seemingly unaware to the world around her. Oz managed to snap her out of it and back to herself right before Break and Cheshire show up, then Eques, Sharon's Chain, arrived to pull them back to their world - and dropped them right into the meeting of the Four Dukes at Pandora Headquarters, with Alice released in B. rabbit form.
The two tried to run, however, were quickly surrounded by Pandora members and their chains when the fragment of Jack that resided within Oz took control of his body to seal Alice back into her human form and speak to the members, to give warning of the return of Glen Baskerville and declare Oz's role in the upcoming fight to prevent a second Tragedy.
Now accepted by Pandora, Oz's uncle Oscar took Oz, Alice, and Gilbert to Oz's sister's school so that they could be reunited. Alice's jealousy over the attention Oz gave his sister Ada while there was made worse when, she and Gilbert were separated from him at the Academy and Oz managed to borrow her powers without her permission in order to fight the Baskervilles that had shown up and kidnapped Ada. After forcing Jack out to deal with the Baskervilles and their escape, the four returned to Pandora Headquarters.
It was there, when Gilbert and Oz were both melancholy over Elliot's harsh words to them and Alice sat eating in a sulky silence, that Sharon tried to befriend Alice, drawing her out to get her to speak of what was bothering her before deciding Alice had to call her 'Sister Sharon' and needed to be taught what romance was.
Interestingly, Sharon is the second person after Oz that Alice calls by name rather than nickname.
And it is shortly thereafter that Uncle Ocsar arrived with a cart full of glasses of 'fruit juice' - otherwise known to the rest of the world as wine. The last thing Alice remembers, before passing out, is fighting with Oz because it was just so hot... and she was wearing too many layers...
Personality:
As Alice: At first glance, Alice appears to to be a loud, obnoxious, and utterly fearless little lady. There’s a confidence in her actions that cannot be faked, for all that she has survived for a century with her name as the only memory she’s retained. This confidence, often taken beyond the point of cockiness, usually leads Alice to say or do things considered ‘inappropriate’ for a young lady - which is perfectly fine, because she’s never claimed to be a lady.
She’s brash and bold and absolutely unapologetic for her rough-around-the-edges demeanor - and more importantly, she always has been. Not that she can remember that just yet. Even so, it's her determination to find herself again, to remember herself, that bolsters her strength and conviction to be who she is today, no matter what her memories hold.
There is no dissembling with her - if asked, she probably couldn’t tell you what that word even meant.
Alice wears her emotions on her sleeve, unapologetic for the fact that she always revels in the experience of feeling exactly what she feels in that moment. Because for Alice, each feeling - happiness, sadness, loneliness, hopes, joy, pain, confusion - is something of a new experience for her. Each and every one is a treasure found that needs to be embraced and understood, much as she’s able to do so.
Thus, when she’s sad, Alice will cry; when she’s angry, she will shout and yell and make demands; when she’s lonely or overwhelmed, she’ll reach for Oz (even if she won’t admit to doing so); and when she faces any and everything that causes fear, save her own being, she will bluster and rage and refuse to give in or back down.
The fear of who she is or was, of whether she is really human or not, now however, is enough to push her back into that feeling of complete isolation, deep in the silence of her mind. That fear is powerful enough to stay her hand from reaching out to others.
This is where the true frailty of the girl resides.
Her loss of her memories has, in many ways, given her back an almost child-like innocence. Many things that the average person would take for granted in the knowing give her pause, confuse and interest her.
And much to the chagrin of those around her, her first instinct is to take an unknown and see if it can be eaten. She’s been known to eat flowers, weeds, and poke at carpet with a fork. If something unrecognizable as 'person, place, or thing' is mentioned to her, her first question is always "Can you eat it?".
To be fair, however, she spent a century in the Abyss as, quite likely, the only Chain that doesn’t eat people - so she has a hundred years worth of starvation to make up for.
Her childish behavior is made glaringly apparent when Oz spends too much time with anyone not her - be it Gilbert, Break, Elliot, or even Oz’s sister Ada or Uncle Oscar. When this happens, she either becomes sullen and withdrawn and prefers to spend her time pouting and eating gluttonously or will cut right in the middle and attempt to take Oz back, yelling at him that he is HER manservant and thus was required to give her all of his attention.
Thankfully, Oz seems to understand the root of such behavior, as he’s never gotten angry at her for these intrusions or demands.
As the Chain Bloody Black Rabbit:
Alice's personality remains quite similar in chain form - as a matter of fact, she's confident to the point of extreme arrogance. Quick to insult and taunt an enemy with how she'd like to tear them apart, she's utterly fearless while in chain form.
Her blood-lust while in chain form is something she cannot really control and has, occasionally, required Oz to step in and stop her by controlling her own power when she gets too far gone.
Abilities/Strengths: While as Alice, she's got the size and strength of a normal thirteen year old girl.
Chains & B. Rabbit form: When her power is partially released, Alice can freely use her chains. They shoot out from behind her - as many as she needs and as long as she needs them.
When she's fully released, she becomes an overlarge black rabbit that wields a blood-red scythe, can control her chains with chilling accuracy, and has the ability to destroy other chains. She is, in fact, the strongest chain there is.
Weaknesses: Alice both wants desperately to find her memories, yet is almost petrified to remember what they'll tell - especially after leaving Cheshire's place. Even so, she's determined to push through and find them, regardless, though at times that fear does make her steps falter.
Due to the fact that her power is too much for Oz's body to contain, she has to rely on Gilbert's ability to seal and release her in order to minimize the damage done to Oz. When sealed, she cannot draw on her powers at all and is, essentially, reduced down to the size and strength of a normal thirteen year old girl.
Unexpectedly, for her, Oz has the power within himself to draw on her power - to steal borrow her power and either seal her back into her human form or if he needs to, he can manifest her scythe to use.
Defining Quote(s):
"Nobody touches my PROPERTY! And Oz is my manservant; therefore, he is my property!"
"Shut up, Seaweed Head."
"I'm scared that I'm not human. I'm scared that I'm different from other chains... I fear the things I don't know. I fear the things I already knew... and at every moment... I always... more than anyone... fear myself the most!"
"If you were to say being 'alone' means being 'cold' then I understand. I'm a chain, but I understand... you're sad. For making that brat experience something like that, right?"
"You're not Alice because you're human...and you're not Alice because you're a Chain, either. By your actions, your thoughts, your expressions...each of those... Those are the things that make you Alice! Alice! I will always look at you, so just be yourself, Alice!" - Oz to Alice when he finds her in Cheshire's place.
"What is jealousy? Can you eat it? Is it sweet?"
"Those things! I've known that since Cheshire's place! ...But I will seek for it, the reason why I exist in order to continue being who I am now! If fear clings to me, then I will bring fear with me! Snatch whatever I want! Beat up whoever's in my way! This is who I am now! The Blood-stained black rabbit, Alice!"
"She is me, and I am her. Our existence is both the same and different. Alice. That was the name we were given."
Other: Because her only memory was her name, and the fact that the only person she's allowed to call her name in a century was Oz, the use and application of a name has a deeper, more intristic meaning for Alice. It's recognition at the most basic of levels and something reserved thus for for Oz and most interestingly, Sharon - though even then, she calls Sharon 'sister Sharon'. Otherwise, she addressed Gilbert as 'Seaweed-head' and Break as 'Clown'.
Action Writing Sample: DREAM
Alice…
…Alice…
That’s me, right?
Laughter, bright and clear, a clarion ring of childish delight draws violet eyes filled with doubt, filled with confusion, the need to know and understand burning bright as you watch her (She is you, of course, but this is not you, it’s her. Always her) run past, clutching the stuffed bear that he gave her.
(Why her? Always her? Why can he only see her? Does that make her more 'me' than me?)
And you watch as he smiles, golden hair caught in the breeze like strands of spun gold, a rope of golden silk coiled down his back, his smile warm as the sun as his emerald eyes brighten at the sight of you.
(Her. Her. She is not me. That is not me. Look at me.)
His touch, that gentle way his hand smooths over her hair… it looks so nice. Soft and gentle and you know it, you just know it’s warm, that hand.
(Isn’t it, Alice?)
But when it’s you, when he steps through the door and it’s you that he sees and it’s finally, finally, finally your turn to feel that warmth and life and love, when you can finally wrap your arms around his waist and feel that embrace…
(Is this caring? What is that? Is this ‘affection’? Why does she want that?)
He hesitates.
He knows.
The touch isn’t warm. It’s not warm at all.
It’s a lie.
Liar. Liar. Liar. Why do you lie to me?
“Who are you? You’re not the Alice I know.”
Your chest feels heavy, hollow, like it can’t hold air. Or maybe it’s just you. Maybe you’re not the one that’s supposed to be allowed to breathe in his smiles or his laughs.
Maybe you’re the one who isn’t real.
Why are you Alice?
Why?
Why?
Why me?
Why you?
…Am I Alice?
Are you really?
…Am I real?
Soft strains of a whispered melody reach your ears, touch on the faint hint of a memory long forgotten, followed by the wisp of a familiar-yet-not voice.
It’s saying something. What is it saying? Louder and louder, sure. It sounds so sure…it’s so loud, yet distorted, like listening through water, then--
Emerald eyes and a messy golden halo of spun silk. A warm touch, so warm. It feels almost real. And then a smile more brilliant than the sun.
“Alice! Alice, c’mon! It’s time to wake up! Time to eat!”
Why are you Alice?
Maybe…maybe because he believes I am…
[Alice, however, doesn't wake. Instead she tosses back to her side, the sheets tangled around her legs, her sleep-shirt half undone, long chestnut locks covering what blankets and clothes fail to hide as she curls around her pillow.
The hint of moisture spiking dark lashes give proof of the tears that escape even in sleep, before...]
Breakfast ready, Seaweed head? There better be meat!
[... the feed cuts out.]
Third Person Writing Sample:
Why they were going to watch that stupid seaweed head work, Alice didn’t know. Nor did she care, really.
What she cared about was why, if he was busy, her manservant was still giving that stupid man more of his attention then her.
But that was fine. Just fine.
It just meant, according to Sharon’s book, he still needed more training.
For the moment, however, he was in his proper place, walking beside her, and taking her to the place where Seaweed Head worked. Though the smells that were getting stronger were quite distracting… and her belly was growling
So when Oz opened the door to such a nice, warm bakery, with all kinds of delicious things on counter displays, Alice’s eyes lit up with an unholy glee and she dashed around Oz, ignored the hand that shot out to grab her, and leapt over the counter, neatly kicked that stupid man square in the chest (to make him move away from her food) as she grabbed two very tasty looking bun things that smelled like meat and hollered, “Why didn’t you tell me there was food here?!”