Name: Ashton Jack Carver (cousin to Ren Carver / Lt. Mourite; permission to use last name obtained from Scowl)Nickname: Jack, sometimes. Rarely.
Gender / Pronouns: Genderfluid; swaps between she/her and he/him, will accept they/them at all times
Age: 20
Birthday: November 27th
Sign: Sagittarius
Gemstone: Citrine
Blood Type: A-
Fav. Food: Anything legitimately strawberry-flavored; this doesn't include sickeningly-sweet faux-strawberry
Hated Food: Pineapple anything, due to a combination of a minor allergy and general distaste
School: Sovereign Heights, aiming for pre-med
Hobbies:
vulture culture: Ashton has no time for the down and dirty of full taxidermy, but he loves dead things; when he finds them, he'll go through the traditionals to make sure bugs eat all the flesh off the bones. He has skeletons in his closet, very literally; squirrel, bird, lizard - all the little things. Sometimes roadkill, too; raccoons, part of a deer, once. His room is full of little glass cases with skeletons delicately mounted in them.
reading: It's a good way to spend an evening, isn't it? Ashton likes medical texts, historical fiction, anything that gets bloody and descriptive while it does it. He likes it raw and explicitly gory. Anything that's a record of people, metaphorical or not; he likes photo albums, old diaries, war stories. Anything like that is his favorite reading material.
charity work: Ashton likes being praised. Doesn't everyone? Sometimes the easiest way to have people thank you is to do things out of the 'goodness of your heart', so even if there's an ulterior motive (networking, usually) it's a good way to spend an afternoon.
Virtues:
a sympathetic ear: It's easy, to listen to other's problems and offer advice if needed; or at least Ashton finds it that way. He's a shoulder to cry on whenever he's needed, and he always seems to be willing to make time for a friend in need.
pragmatic: Ashton won't curl up his lip in disgust - what needs to be done will be done, even if it's messy, even if he has to slog through the worst. He's willing to do the things others might not volunteer for. His mind isn't often clouded with flights of fancy; his feet stay on the ground even through the storms.
level-headed: Ashton likes to poke things that shouldn't be poked, but it's not out of carelessness; he's fully aware when things might be a bad idea, or when it'd be wisest to defer to someone else's leadership because they're more suited to this sort of thing. There's a difference between being an idiot and intentionally disregarding what you know is best, after all. He's a hard person to really ruffle.
Flaws:
manipulative: Other people don't necessarily matter, really. Ashton likes to be in control of the situation, even though he doesn't want his control to be known; it might not be particularly scrupulous, but he wants to have control over where things are going. One word at a time, one wink at a time -- he'll get his way.
pragmatic: Ashton will get his hands dirty as much as he needs to. There is nothing he considers unthinkable, nothing that's too far, too disgusting -- he will play underhandedly to get what he wants. Other people might balk -- Ashton never will. What's wrong with being a little immoral if it gets the job done?
tempted: The more someone says no, the more Ashton wants, wants, wants. The more something is forbidden, the more he wants to get at it, wants to know how it ticks; in conversation he'll push the boundaries when you're clearly uncomfortable. Under his skin lies someone who just wants to know - and the more someone wants to prevent that knowledge, the more valuable it is, even if it's something as little as your childhood fears or something like religion. Always in the restricted section -- he was 'precocious', as a child, before he learned to hide the behavior. Now, though, it's just mean, really.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Eyes: Bloodstone-hazel -- dark green, red speckles
Hair: Pale blonde, somewhat past shoulder-length, straight. Usually unstyled; occasionally thrown back in a casual updo.
Face: Think Stav Strashko without the piercings. Androgynously narrow, leaning towards feminine.
Skin Tone: Moderately pale, generically white.
Body Type: Think Stav Strashko.
Clothes: Ashton is a trashy ******** hipster. Polyvore one. Lots of layering, primarily greys/dark blues/dark greens with some accenting of whites and reds. If at a loss, assume a flannel overshirt and jeans.
