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Name: Cherish Abney

Nickname: Cherry by exactly one friend. Cher by dead men.

Age: 18

Birthday: July 25

Sign: Leo

Gemstone: Peridot

Blood Type: The kind generated by her body (A+)

Fav. Food: Fish because they'd eat you first if you let them; noodles, pretty much most things.

Hated Food: Fugu, any poisonous food. ******** YOU NATURE.

School: Cherish is actually at the Police Academy learning how to keep the peace.

Hobbies:

Cooking - Cherish learned to cook as a young girl out of necessity for her mother, grandfather, uncle, and older brother, especially when she began bringing her best friend over to add to the insatiable teenage boy appetite pit. Cherish learned quickly to cook well, and make a variety of dishes, and cooking brings up many fond memories of experiments gone by and successes, with the occasional failure. Cherish adores making food for groups and seeing people come away with a satisfied grin, and she constantly tries new recipes from all over the world. Her favorite, however, is a Mouse House fondue, being sourdough hollowed out and filled with delicious fondue cheese.

Crafts - Cherish finds crafts to be a soothing practice after a day that's just a little too much. She doesn't quite scrapbook, but she does enjoy assembling house decorations, or putting together holiday decor for her family, and sewing. She's well adept to working with her hands on many projects, and has made many things, especially a 'Cloak of Invisibility' for when she wants to hide. (Note: It is not really a cloak of invisibility - just a cloak she hides in.) While most crafting began from enjoying hobby stores, sewing became a must when she began living on her own.

Virtues:

Loyal
"I'll never leave you again."

When Cherish bonds, she bonds to people for life. Cherish will upkeep that friendship or relationship and make it clear over time that you matter to her with small and large gestures, from bringing your favorite food when you're sad or ill, to punching a bigger person in the face, thereby swallowing her own fears, for you. In short, Cherish cares about the people she's bonded to and will drop everything for her people if asked. Her loyalty is not readily given, but when it is, she is one of the fiercest, most dependable people a person knows, and her people know she's got them until she drops dead.

Caregiver
"...It's okay. Eat this, it will help."

Cherish is a caregiver. She enjoys helping and looking after her people, and - sometimes, when she's not afraid or there is need - the people around her. Her gestures are not grandiose or dramatic, but small and catered to the situation. She tries to feed others if it is mealtime, or if someone is ill she may gently remind them to eat, or to drink or sleep; if it's a person she knows well she may come over to feed them, and help around the house, or simply surprise them with fresh clean clothing, although her preferred trademark is a hot meal. Cherish tries to welcome new neighbors as well, rare they are, by offering to help them move in, and bringing a fresh dinner the first night they're in a new house. It's the right thing to do, and Cherish enjoys looking after others, even if she doesn't readily admit it. At all.

Discerning
"...Not sure if want."

Cherish is a surprisingly discerning person. Not only in terms of the quality of projects she takes on and the pieces or ingredients she needs, but in people as well. She's very careful to read body signals and eye movements to identify whom is lying, whom is honest, whom is kind, and who might try to attack her. To this end, she's a very good judge of people and of things and this is not bad. She doesn't use it to discriminate and will happily chat up a kind bum, followed by perhaps the rich investor if both suit her, but if you may harm her or hers, while she may still be kind, she may come across as slightly short. Many people trust her judgements, even if she might not trust the person, simply because of how careful her choices and internal rulings are, and if it's a food or project, they know she'll make something truly good, turn out great.

Flaws:

Theatrical
"NO. HELL NO I'M HIDING RIGHT. ********. HERE. PISS OFF."

Theatrics are a funny thing. Cherish will often hide her sensitivity or fear under a truckload of them and will genuinely try convincing you the over the top theatrics are HER. Cherish's most common response is a lot of bluster, acting ferocious and fearless and confident when she's scared and can't hide, or she might turn her theatrics into a cataclysmic world ending scenario when she's afraid a close loved one or friend is angry at her (THEY HATE MEEEE! is a common cry). When the theatrics get going, it's sometimes difficult and frustrating to work through to get her admitting she's really just afraid, but it can be done.

Act first think later
"I see no danger here."

Sometimes, Cherish's survival instinct can be best described as LACKING. She doesn't see the same threats other people do, and sometimes doesn't THINK before she does something, resulting in Cherish being dragged away from a hazardous situation by the collar. Other times, she might just do without asking why something occurs or said no. Just because YOU think something is stupid doesn't mean SHE does and she will gladly bounce along to prove her point. Usually she eventually realizes she acted before thinking though... Usually when the screw-up catches up and bites her in the a**.

Hostile
"...First, I'm gonna break your kneecaps, and then I'm going to feed you your own heart with some bitters and rosemary..."

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, so, when it comes to Cherish, once scorned she sucks up the timidity, and hypersensitivity, to turn into... Something entirely terrifying. Cherish is somehow able to make people feel two inches tall with the right glare and turn of phrase, and once in intimidating mindsets, will commonly become what amounts to hell on Earth until her point is made. Nobody quite knows how she turns from a softspoken loving fluff to a ruthless elderich terror without a second's notice, but she does, and a lot of her opponents in arguments really, really tend to regret making her angry at all, especially with some of her more... Creative threats. After all, she seems very inclined to follow through if someone doesn't step down.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Eyes: Gold-brown mix, generally more English or French region than a mix from America.

Hair: Cherish has wait length, platinum blonde near-white hair. It's pretty straight and commonly she wears it loose, with a feathered hairclip from her grandfather in it at times..

Face: Cherish has a long, heart-like face with average lips and a clear complexion. Sometimes she wears makeup, usually she does not.

Clothes: When not at the Academy, Cherish wears shirts and comfortable jeans, or skirts, and always wears a beaded necklace from her mother. Secretly, she envies JRPG fashion.

Hi Nova!

Civilian side looks good! Everything is balanced! Her name is super cute as well.

Powered side: For her first two attacks, can you clarify for me what you mean by unable to sense her? As in they won't be able to read her aura? or she loses physical presence but her aura remains?

Thanks!

Okay! Then my only suggestion is to expand on that effect in your disturbance of sense, She can't fully hide her aura, even through magic, but she could...radio disturb it? So basically like to the person, they feel her but its like a untuned radio station. Lot of static, not a lot of action!

Let me know if you edit and I'll drop you a stamp!

Boom bam then! Here's a stamp for you! I don't think she clashes with Kraken at all, and look forward to seeing what you do with her!

Made a change to the attack! Let me know if it works.