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Alexandra Schröder (she/her)
18, 24–26 Bisexual
Wielder of the Fallax’s Eye
AKA: Alex, Lexy, Altaris
Alex doesn’t know much about herself. This wasn’t by accident. Her parents, Sonia and Bert, have known there was something different about her since her infancy, and are so terrified of that something coming out that they have effectively locked Alex outside of her own body.
Alex is a shy girl whose “shyness” really goes much deeper than either she or her parents are comfortable confronting. Panic attacks, bouts of aggression, headaches, mind fog, memory loss…it sounds like the symptom soup that comes with something like panic disorder, but what most doctors fail to notice is the supernumerary gland in her brain by her frontal cortex. This gland, the Fallax’s Eye, is an inherited trait that Alex has been conditioned to repress all her life, but its violent power is starting to surface now that Alex has moved out, and beginning to see more and more danger around her every day. If you see her eyes begin to develop an odd yellow glow, it’s best to walk away immediately. You shouldn’t corner a threatened animal like that.
Natalia Calaveras (she/her)
18, 24–26 Lesbian
AKA: Natalie, The Crossbones Killer
Natalie’s job put her in a really shitty place, and occasionally snarking at a certain annoying, mousy nerd girl in her grade who she saw vomit into a trash can is about the only release she can get. She’d like more, though. So when someone posted photos of her working after school all over the wall on prom night, she decided she was done with school. Nobody knows what happened to Natalie after that night.
Six years later, a serial killer is on the loose, tagging their kills by arranging a skull and crossbones with their victims’ bodies. It’s advised that you keep your doors and windows locked at all hours of the day, and that you don’t let any bottle-blondes with lavish fur coats or red lipstick follow you home from the store.
After all this time, Natalie is really coming into a lifestyle that suits her: a nice cozy place in the woods all to herself, new clothes, new hair, and plenty of time to sharpen her ax (on somebody else’s head).
Elise Schröder (she/her)
59 Heterosexual, celibate
AKA: The Elder
Elise is missing her daughter, or rather, her best one: the girl who inherited her divine power. Alexandra's value to the Family cannot be overstated, and Elise will go through hell and high water if it means finding her. She envies her brother and his wife for having raised Alexandra themselves, having produced her. At the same time, she resents and relishes that they decided to practically disown her, throw her into the world without a clue of where to go. On the one hand, what a stupid decision when you have such a powerful gift in your hands. What a waste. On the other, what a wonderful opportunity for her to finally be the mother Alex so clearly needs.
CITW started because im a little gay fuck... :(
Alex and Natalie mean a lot to me as characters; to me, Natalie embodies a sort of female/queer rage that's indiscriminate and uninhibited, but that she's rarely faced the consequences of head-on. meanwhile Alex is a very bottled, untapped rage that takes a mental and physical toll. the kind that leaves you fatigued from all the continuous pressure of holding it in. they are both very unhealthy people, but in very different ways. of course the other side to this story is that they are really fucking gay and are barely restraining themselves from having sex w each other or whatever. i'll make it make sense. :)
Alex's Eye is in a constant state of mutation even after her birth; the most noticeable changes start happening after she's kidnapped by Elise, when her eyes begin shining purple instead of yellow and her pupils start to pinch & split, a la mitosis. here's her having a moment about it :heart emoji:
a diagram explaining how Alex's Eye works. i fucked it up the first time around it was rly embarrassing but this one is correct i prommy. girl's got fear up to HERE. her Eye causes her to go into an intense fight or flight state whenever it senses she's in danger, which is so intense and in fact beyond her psychological capacity to handle that she partially loses consciousness. harsh
Alex when she gets captured by the Family...Elise likes turning her into a perfect little princess guaaaaaa (she is an absolute freak about it)
Natalie bust. girl you can say that again *hides in the forest forever never to be seen again*
scenic piece of Natalie. POV you are about to get the worst head of your life (or die)
a host of Natalies. from left to right:
a younger Natalie before she shaves her head; she still got a lil bit of that clockwork look. this isnt rly canon but i like how her face turned out a lot.
Natalie's finalized design and name, drawn before her ref sheet....that girl is so dangerous
trying out different looks for her and figuring out what's going on with her eye...plus all those wigs
FULL timelines for both girls! Including high school looks. when I said prom gone wrong I meant more like personally