A D D Y S P L E T Z E R
"What, you suddenly worth writing about or something?"|
Adette Caillea Spletzer
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November 3rd | 17 | Caucasian
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Bisexual | ♀ | “Taken”
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Junior | No Conduit | No Familiar
| D E T A I L E D A P P E A R A N C E:
Addy’s a well-known figure around the school to most, given her active involvement in the school’s newspaper. Despite the school’s rather drab yearbooks, The Raven is an award-winning publication that sees praises from critics at every newapaper competition it’s entered into. What it lacks, however, is readership. Though the paper’s distributed weekly in classrooms and via mail to all families affiliated with the school, and available online daily to bibliophobes, the number of readers never seems to grow, and this has been an accepted fact of living in Crestwood Hollow. This is not, however, an accepted criticism of the paper, or at least not according to Addy, and she’s open to making this known to anyone who might say otherwise.
As a co-head of the news column, she’s the better half of the whole force in charge of wrangling new stories out of the existing and frankly quite boring student body, and she finesses that with a small team of reporters and a whole lot of nagging and ethically questionable sleuthing. Having “relations” with the student editor-in-chief opens up a lot of possibilities since the teacher who’s actually responsible for editing the paper gave up their censorship powers a while ago, and if you ask her, she’s just getting started.
With her position in the paper as her primary definer on campus, Addy’s either a harsh critic or a bitch, depending on who’s asked. She’ll take either descriptor since she’s been called worse on multiple occasions, usually as a result of her choice to cover the negative and arguably better left alone. That fifth unsuccessful application for the dance team’s own room? Covered with no sympathy for the sloppy applicants. The lax standards of and on teachers on tenure? Highly controversial and one of her best and worst mistakes, considering that some alums never forgave her for ruining their curve. Naturally, she’s garnered somewhat of a reputation for being a “no nonsense unless you want your dirty laundry very publically aired” kind of person, but hey she’s managed not to get expelled yet. While Addy is now and forever a fair and objective journalist, she’s only impartial in her writing, not in selecting what she chooses to write about. Call her a bad writer and look forward to the top story on The Raven's site the next day because frankly—and this is true—she’s anything but.
Notoriety aside, Addy still comes off as a bitch. She’s uptight and controlling, impatient and stubborn. How Clarence, bless his gentle heart, manages to deal with her on the daily is a mystery that she won’t answer. As she’s constantly in a rush, she walks and talks fairly quickly, her tone sharp and impatient unless she dials it down. She’s well aware that she’s physically attractive, has the body of someone who works out even though it’s actually a combination of twice-a-week sessions and a nonexistent appetite, and she tops it up on the daily with light makeup and some simple accessories—earrings and a necklace, and maybe a ring or two if she’s feeling it. She stands at a slim average in height with blue eyes and a closet of clothes set for the chic streets of New York City, and that entails a lot of monocolor pieces that she’s thrifted over the years. Peacoats and blazers, blouses and high-waisted pleated pants. Shoe-wise she prefers booties and flats depending on the season, only broaching the realm of sneakers when she visits the gym. Although she owns jeans, she rarely ever wears them, favoring a comfy set of sweatpants and sweaters when she’s short on headspace. Her hair’s usually tied back or bunned atop her head, and despite—or due to—the fact that she often ends up looking too put together compared to her peers, she’s fairly happy with where her effort gets her. |
M O T I V A T I O N S & G O A L S:
At this point in time, Addy’s primary motivation is to get where she wants to go: out of Crestwood Hollow and into the only big city that matters. To do this, she needs to attend into college there, and to do that, she needs to keep doing as well as she has since she’s counting on a combination of her grades and her journalistic accomplishments to land her scholarships—plural. Secondary goals include dealing with the mess that she doesn’t call a relationship and trying to survive another year of Tabs’ presence.
When magic is introduced to the current equation, Addy will feel and fight through conflicting pressures to better understand her place in the world. Her dislike of her current position is tandem to her discontent with things she can’t control, which are a lot of things. She’ll be able to experience what it’s like to have the option of loosening up, to sit back and enjoy life, not that she will. At the very least, it’ll force her to reevaluate her goals and worldview since magic has a tendency to do that.
As for why I wanna write her, it’s a combination of wanting high school antics and drama and challenging myself to write said antics and drama. Emphasis on drama.
C H A R A C T E R C O N C E P T:
Addy’s the newspaper girl who takes her small role on campus way too seriously, mostly because she sees it as her best and main feature. She deals with some interesting figures in the journalism room, which struggles to match the drama it hosts with productivity. Though it’s her fifth-period class held after lunch, Addy’s often found in the room regardless of the time of day, regularly pulling late nights to edit articles. In fact, Addy’s a subscriber of the “six hours is enough” club and functions as both a night owl and a morning bird, courtesy of caffeine and sheer willpower. She’s the workaholic with zero chill and loves everything about being stressed and overworked if only because she hates not being both. Between school, the newspaper, and her night job as a barista at a local coffeehouse, she’s gearing up to do big things—just not right now.
Her can-and-will-do attitude stems from her desire to be more since she comes from a family of less. While not destitute, her parents’ jobs haven’t always been as stable as they are now, having been subject to the changing tides of the economy and times. Both her parents have jumped jobs and careers multiple times, working whatever pays best with their scattered skillsets. Although Addy’s always appreciated their love and care, her respect for them has faded through the years, and she longs to be more than just a girl in a small town.
S U P P O R T I N G C A S T::
Clarence Monroe || Old money, Catholic, and quite properly swoon-worthy, Clarence is both the benevolent head of the school paper and the boy who Addy’s entertaining an undefined relationship with. Anyone with eyes and ears knows that the two have something going on, but as far as his disapproving parents are concerned, he has nothing to do with the non-Catholic girl from an unremarkable family, however much she may disapprove of his ‘god-fearing’ ways.
Tabitha “Tabs” August || According to Addy, Tabs isn’t on her level. According to Tabs, Addy needs to catch and choke on a dick. They might both be reporters for the school paper, but never let it be said that they get along. Only time will tell who’ll get the editor-in-chief position next year because it’s a competition of dogged force and honey-glazed manipulation here in the editing room and no one’s letting up. How the two will manage to get the news column together every week is both a miracle and a mystery.
C H A R A C T E R N O T E S:
A Hexenbrut in a family that hasn’t touched magic in generations, Addy’s not too familiar with the supernatural—doesn’t even believe in it, in fact. When she does get familiar with it, her conduit of choice will be the silver necklace she always wears, which features a delicate chain from Clarence after the original chain broke. The pendant is a locket with pictures of her dead grandparents, only one of whom she’s met. Wearing around pictures of people she isn’t familiar with is a bit weird, yes, but she’s always found that it feels right.
As for a familiar, Addy doesn’t do pets. Dislikes animals and thinks they’re dirty and more trouble than they’re worth. When the time comes, she’ll grudgingly be forced do adopt the slinky calico hanging around her neighborhood who’s frankly too humanlike for her comfort anyway. More on the ‘cat’ when the cat arrives.
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Dirge,
Eddie Brock,
Sep,
Kalas,
RPM,
Mao Mao,
Cyberlad,
Captain Uni,
Melissa,
Stein
