Alipheese Fateburn XVI

As a Lamia, the most notable thing about Alice is her serpentine frame: from the waist down, she has a heavy snakelike tail, uncoiling to a full thirty feet long. Dark red scales cover it, gradually becoming lighter as they reach the tip, where her scales are flame red. Small groups of lighter colored spots dot her tail. Ribbed, lighter crimson scales line her belly. Though large and powerful, her tail moves with a predator's grace, effortlessly maneuvering around obstacles as she slithers from place to place. Her tail's movements reflect her mood. When confident, it sways with hypnotic playfulness. When excited, it wags like a puppy dog's tail. When sad, it droops like dead weight. Even putting her tail aside, Alice tends to draw attention. Her exotic features and confident, clearly powerful demeanor make sure of that. The tall lamia's skin is soft purple, with darker purple marks swirling down her left side. They begin on her cheek, spiral down over her arms and torso, and end at her hips. She has a light silver hime cut, reaching down to where a human's knees would be. Her thick bangs reach below her eyebrow, decorated in the middle by a dark red eye-like marking. Large, dark purple horns crown her head, flopping downwards towards her face like curving rabbit ears. Her sly eyes are yellow, with thick, dark eyelashes. She has elven ears; long, pointed features that gently sweep upwards. Her tongue is prehensile, and can extend to two feet long. Overall, her facial features are sharp and feminine. Her frame is slender yet toned, with very large breasts. Due to her desire to appear stoic and noble, Alice tends to make sure her body language and expressions are minimal and controlled. However, she's hardly a master of wearing masks; when excited, depressed, or angry, this quickly slips. Her happier moods - the ones where she has trouble containing her gushing - tend to come alongside lots of indignant stuttering and blushing, proving her embarrassment at being caught without proper control of herself. Alice's preferred human form is merely a slight modification of her lamia form. Her skin tone turns rosy, and her tail disappears in favor of long, shapely legs and feet. The dark purple markings on her right side continue to trickle down, painting her right leg down to the ankle. Alice tends to wear very little clothing - she prefers light, skimpy armor that barely covers what it needs to. This is normal around her world's monster population - she wears the small bit she does not because of any notions of modesty or issues with nudity, but as a fashion statement. She often adorns herself with elaborate, fancy jewelry, and has a notable preference for gold and rubies. Dark colors make up most of her wardrobe. She always wears two pink flowers in her hair. Though they look like a simple decoration, they are actually a living creature under Alice's command. Alice's scathing, superior, and often outright insulting demeanor makes her hard to get along with. The monster lord's high birth gave her a sheltered outlook, and she's used to getting what she wants when she wants. Compliments and nice words from Alice are astonishingly rare, and tend to come back-handed or accompanied by larger insults. Alice always speaks her mind and never sugarcoats her harsh words. No matter who you are, if she thinks you're stupid, hypocritical, or useless, she'll tell you. Constantly. Alice is more intelligent and introspective than a first glance betrays, and she's constantly struck by the posturing and self-deception of those around her. Although she doesn't mean ill, her cold mouthiness is doubtlessly a fault. She's slightly harsher towards humans than monsters. Monsters are her kin, her friends, and her "cute little subordinates." Humans, however, have caused her anguish and suffering, and she has little experience with them. However, after traveling for a few months alongside a kind, selfless human, Alice's outlook has softened considerably, and she can no longer deny that humans are people too. Once, she would eat any human on a whim; now, she has to actually dislike them first. Nevertheless, she still has a notable preference for the monstrous races, and is more inclined to show them assistance and kindness. Alice tends to form strong opinions about others, both good and bad. She's very loyal. When someone shows her kindness, respect, and empathy, she's quick to warm up to them. Since Alice doesn't like others knowing she cares - it's bad for her reputation, and makes her feel vulnerable - she does have an unfortunate tendency to ramp up the verbal abuse and ice when she realizes someone's wiggling into her heart...but the growing traces of sugar and compassion that reluctantly accompany it makes her true feelings clear. On the other hand, it's easy to get on Alice's bad side, and once you're there, her hatred is endlessly petty and cruel. Cross her in a small way and you'll never hear the end of it; cross her in a big way, and she'll have no qualms about ending your life on the spot. Her grudges tend to extend to anything and anyone related to the object of her scorn, once to the point of damning an entire race to oppression due to one member's selfish actions. Alice has a "live and let live" outlook regarding morality. She believes the world is composed of shades of grey, and is slow to declare any act evil. She despises people who judge others and claim they're righteous; since no one is perfect, it's all hypocritical posturing in Alice's eyes. Alice is quick to point out that even history's greatest villains believed they were doing what was necessary, and tries her hardest to understand all sides in a conflict. (The exception to this philosophy is religion, which Alice believes is nothing but pure, irredeemable slavery.) She sees war, oppression, and suffering as inevitable parts of life, and rolls her eyes at those who claim to fight for justice or peace....even though deep down, she longs for a world where everyone can live in harmony. This hands-off neutrality reflects Alice's own moral code as well - despite often engaging in immoral acts, she basically has a good heart, and is never actively malicious unless she believes the target brought it on themselves. Food is almost always on her mind. Stuffing her face is a surefire way to get Alice over any bad moods, or to stop her from protesting when something is upsetting or annoying her. She's excited to try absolutely any new dishes she hears about, and has a seemingly bottomless appetite. She's eaten intelligent beings before without a shred of remorse. Beneath her confrontational nobility, Alice conceals a more childish side. When excited, it springs to the forefront, even though she'll try to conceal it. New, interesting things make her hyperactive and giddy, eager to let loose and play around. She has a low tolerance for boredom, and has no shame amusing herself with silly little tasks like drawing in the sand or collecting bugs when the current "main attraction" is too dull to keep her attention. Alice has a fair amount of internal conflict and angst due to the one big mistake she made as a child. Thanks to her, her mother's death was completely in vain...and the same action indirectly caused death, terror, and warfare all around the world. As such, she places little value on her own life, and would give it up in a heartbeat for a worthy cause. Alice's longing to martyr herself and pay for her crimes is outright suicidal - although explicitly her ultimate goal is to end the war between monsters and humans, her biggest plans to do so always revolve around her own death, as if she subconsciously sees her own existence as detrimental to the happiness of others. Her mother died for peace, but since Alice ruined that plan, she thinks it's only proper that she should sacrifice herself in the same way.