Post by Alina Vania Kerl on Oct 26, 2008 14:14:41 GMT -5
Alina Vania Kerl
Basic Information;
Basic Information;
Character's Full Name: Alina Vania Kerl [although to most people she's called Alin because she doesn't want them to know she's a girl]
Nicknames: N/A
Age && Birthday: 3rd June // 20
Occupation: Barber
101 Baker street, a small barber shop that has a small apartment on top. The shop is large and holds many different perfumes
Class: lower-middle class. She has some status, but she lingers between poor and middle
Appearance;
Alina, when not portraying herself as Alin lets her hair down. Her hair is quite long falling past her shoulders. Her hair is 'yellow' and usually wild and untidy. Mainly because she doesn't have time to tame it and because that is its natural style. Her hair as small strips of brown in it, which makes her blonde hair look darker then the usual bright blondes that you see parading around London.
Alina is roughly 5ft 8, so for a women she's quite tall. And she uses this to her advantage when she 'dons' the appearance of her 'brother' Alin. However, because she is quite slim, people mistake Alin for an unrushed young boy. Alina enjoys the fact that she is tall. She has to fool a lot of people, so being tall comes in handy. She does wish sometimes that she was a little taller. But overall she's happy
As 'Alin', Alina tucks her hair into a wig [with difficulty] and puts a hat over the wig to keep it all confined in. She ten throws away all the nice dresses and corsets that she owns and put on a casual suit. Thankfully, the majority of those who ever see Alin don't tend to notice the feminine face and just judge her for the clothes she wears, Which she is extremely thankful for
Alina hates her weight and doesn't much line her knees. She's quite slim and light, and no matter how much she eats she rarely puts on any weight, which annoys her because she wants to be healthy. And on the subject of her knees? Don't even try asking her about them because she'll quickly snap at you if you mention them. Then again, what are the chances of you seeing them?
Personality;
Alina is what you could call... broken. After years of abuse she's very unstable and quite closed off. She's never really experienced true happiness. But she's seen it, so she puts a mask on to make others believe she's as normal as everyone else.
Her personality is quite complex, from a young age she was very withdrawn and she was able to understand the cruelty and darkness of the world. She learned that there was no justice or mercy. Most children would laugh and dream about rainbows and fairies, but not her. Alina was able to recognise that such things only existed in the minds of fools.
Alina is a very nervous person, and although she is cruel and has a rough outer layer. Her inner layer, the true Alina is a frightened little lamb who is very afraid of the world and of physical and mental pain. For such a young person, she's been through more then most people will go through in their entire life. Alina is constantly afraid of getting hurt, and that alone can break her when she's in disguise.
In some ways, Alina's personality is split. When she becomes Alin, her whole personality changes. She knows she is medically unstable, but for some reason, her duel personality is able to hide this. Both of her sides are able to maintain a high level of stability. So generally she appears sane to the world.
Alin is a lot kinder then Alina, after all. He might share her body but he never endured her pain. Alina is more kinder towards people and sees salvation in others. But generally Alina is the one driving the actions. So its rare that the 'true' Alina comes out.
In Depth
HOBBIESBecause of her rough background, Alina never really got a chance to actually try anything, other then being a tool for her father's knives she experienced nothing. Although she would consider her job as her hobby.
LIKESAlina would like to tell you that she likes puppy dogs, flowers and rainbows. But that would be a downright lie. She only really likes her job and loves the power she holds over someones life when she shaves them. She also likes foods like steaks which are 'forbidden' to women
DISLIKESAbove all things, Alina hates and despises pain, she's endured too much of it. And if you wanted information out of her, torture would be the way to go.
Alina also has a small disliking towards mankind, in her eyes. Everyone is the same and is capable of the injustice and cruelty that was thrown at her. She can see people for what they truely are and knows that there is no kindess within the world
BEST MEMORYAlina has no good memory's unfortunatly, her whole life has been nothing but pain. Alin however, would say that his best memory was getting his first ever customer and doing a pleasing job for them
WORST MEMORYAlina would probably say her whole life, but more spercificaly it would be when her father broke her arm, and she had to bite the pain and had to watch as no doctor seemed to notice what was really going on.
History;
When Alina was growing in her mother's womb, her mother started to slowly deteriorate and when she was born her mother only had a few minutes with her before dying. But before she did Alina was given a small present. Containing a necklace with a picture of her mother.
Her father was blind with anger and hate; he blamed Alina for the death of his wife. So from an early age she was abused. She could hardly do anything to stop it. She never understood the reason for it.
From a very early age she often looked at the pictures of her mother, longing for love she slowly began to create her own image of her mother. But slowly she began to give up on this hope.
Her father was a barber and a drunk, he was a career rival to a certain 'Benjamin Barker', Alina would sometimes help out, and she was lucky if she didn't get hit or cut by her father. Watching her father, she picked up the skill, and would sometimes practice when her father was out at the Tavern or too drunk to notice.
When Benjamin Barker got shipped off to Australia, business got better for the Kerl's, but instead of using the money wisely, her father spent it on more drink. And every day Alina wished for someone to come along to act as a business rival to her father so that he'd have less money.
As she went into her teen years the abuse got worse. Her father felt she resembled her mother too much so the abuse got worse. Alina often wore clothes that covered her up completely to hide the bruises. As a result of the continuous abuse, she started to become withdrawn and closed off. But Alina also started to have quite violent outbursts. Believing that the reason she was still abused was because no one stopped it.
But she found solitude in her secret passion, and her father finally noticed it and saw her talent. Although his cruelty never ended, he helped her. But on one condition, she must never publicly use it. Over the next year her knowledge became much greater.
One day, near towards her 20th birthday, her father came home drunk. Fed up with him and his abusive ways. Alina offered to give him a shave, as soon as he was in the chair, she cut his throat. Leaving all evidence behind, she made it look like a suicide attempt.
These days, Alina has the persona of Alin; Kerl's son from an affair. She dresses, acts and does her best to look like a man. She knows most people wouldn't be happy with a woman shaving them or cutting their hair. So she makes everyone think she's a man, its the only way for her to get on in life. Only a select few people know who she really is.
She then had a small rival in the barber business. A man named Pirelli, she found him distasteful, especially because he was more about publicity then actual skill with the barber's knife. So when he made a 'miracle elixir' and spent more time trying to sell it; she was more then happy.
Recently, Alina [or Alin] has heard tale of a new barber in fleet street by the name of Sweeney Todd. She has high hopes of meeting him to get to know him and to make a deal with him. She has heard he's an excellent barber, and fears she'll loose her business. So she wants to see if they can't come to an agreement. If not, then she'll just do her best to keep up regular income.
Family Relationships;
Father: Annon -dead-
Mother: Susan -dead-
Your RP;
Here it was, the infamous Sweeney Todd's barber shop. Word had it that he was the best barber in London, and that he gave the closest shaves anyone had ever experienced. Alina had always looked up to those wth great talents and skills, and she was hoping to meet this 'Sweeney Todd' and offer him a proposition. After all, her buisness got by slowly, and she needed money. But if Mr Todd took all her customers, she'd be forced out onto the street. And she didn't want that happening any time soon.
So with her wig and hat on, and the clothes she wore when she was Alin, she had made her way over to his shop. She knew full well that it would be foolish to make a proposition to this man if she was dressed as a woman... as Alina. No, she had to put her duisguise on, the very duisgise she used when she had a customer and go over to speak to him as Alin, Alina's 'brother'
It often puzzled Alina how naive the world was, and how foolish and blind they were. No one ever saw through her duisguise, maybe it was because of her height, or the fact that she knew how to act like a man. What ever it was, she still couldn't believe that people were blind enough to think she was truely a man. They never looked at her properly, if they did. They might see the feminine face and the feminine body. But no one ever did, they just saw her clothes and assumed what she wanted them to believe.
Walking up the stairs, she watched as a customer went passed her, a smile on his face. He'd obviously been shaved. Alina didn't need the smile to tell that. She could smell it.. she could smell the shaving cream still on the man, and it gave her a very comfortable and familiar feeling. This was what she did, she was a barber, it was all she knew and it was all she enjoyed. Nothing else in the world meant anything to her. And she was quite successful one two... she had a good nose, and could tell which odurs would suit a person. But with the arrival of a new barber, times had become hard.
Adjusting her clothes, Alina gave a heavy sigh and knocked on the barber's door. She would only enter when invited, she may be pretending to be a man, but she didn't have to be completly and utterly rude. After all, she was first and foremost; a woman. And although she hated humanity and saw the world for what it truely was, a world without justice and mercy. She still knew that it was best to create a false image then show her true colours
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name;; Char
years roleplaying;; 7ish
location;; England
How You found us;; You know
