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Player
Name: Okami
Personal Journal: fairyblue
E-mail: ouuuuka [at] gmail [dot] com
AIM/MSN: ouuuuka
Timezone: EST
Current Characters in Route: Vanitas shadowdive and Cheria fairycircle

Character
Name: Jane Crocker
Series: Homestuck
Timeline: Just before lil Seb throws the fridge through the wall.
Canon Resource Links: Beginning of Alpha kids arc., Wikia

Personality:
Bright, chipper, and generally a friendly person, Jane Crocker is one of the most sane and normal kids of the series. Well, as normal as it gets for a girl who puts on a costume mustache and her beloved fedora to try and slip past her father so she can get the mail and dodge assassination attempts because she's, oh I don't know, the heiress to a highly successful company. So yes, normal. Due to her love of detective novels, movies, general gumshoe antics, Jane is definitely far more skeptical of the wild and crazy things her friends tell her could (or will) happen once they begin playing Sburb. While part of it is needing to see to believe, Dirk has said in a conversation of theirs that it's going to be rough when it comes time for her to see.

Other than the fun she gets from a mystery novel, Jane also enjoys baking... which may coincide with the fact that she's the heiress to the Betty Crocker corp, but it doesn't change that she loves baking, and is the companies number one fan; she has all the latest high tech gadgetry of cooking, as well as using a large spoon as her "weapon". When the logo undergoes a change (due to the "Batterwitch", or rather, the Condense) to a fork, Jane vows to change it back to the spoon when she takes over the company (she sure loves that spoon). Another hobby of hers is that Jane really, really loves mustached comedians. One might think it has all to do with her prankster lineage and that's only part of it! While she has a copy of a slightly abridged edition of Sassacre's text, there is the heirloom, unabridged edition downstairs. Under her stuffed Poppop's arm. Stuffed. Yup.

While she is a very good sleuth in her own right, the fact that she's so skeptical until literally shown cuts a lot of her ideas short. There's the knowledge that she finds enormous, scary animals interesting, but doesn't believe they exist. Out on Jake's island in the middle of buttfuck nowhere? Giant, terrifying creatures are everywhere, and he has to deal with them every day. Dirk regularly tells her to be more like Jake; open minded. At the same time, he's generally telling Jake to be more like her; not believing everything right off the bat. She's still a bit too curious for her own good, however. Jane had a case of "hey there goes a shiny, let's follow it" while Dirk's Auto-Responder tried to get everyone into the game. She saw Lil Seb go into a portal that leads to Derse, and left her game planet through the same portal... only to wind up in the middle of the Red Miles attack and get killed. It's not that she was intending to get herself into trouble, but she stepped outside the safety net knowing the Auto-Responder told her to stay put.

Strengths/Weaknesses:

+ Excellent at baking
+ Quick thinker
+ Excitable about situations that resemble mystery novels
+ Pranking is in her bloooood
+ Very kind; since she's so rich, she thought about opening a charity to help other kids go to booncollege

-/+ Skeptical about most things still at this point
-/+ Probably has a green thumb but she gave up when her plants kept disappearing

- Her disguises really aren't disguises
- Busts under pressure; Jake confronted her on the idea she liked him and she friendzoned herself out of nerves.
- Curiosity kills the cat. Aka, hey Lil Seb went into this portal, I'm going to ignore the Artificial Intelligence and go there OOPS RED MILES GOT ME!

Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Trainer
Starter: Buneary
Password: scrambled eggs

Samples
First Person Sample:

Mr. Strider, I have a request for your attention? Lil Sebastian has ... well, I can't really say he's gone missing, but I'm a bit confused. You said he had a stuffed rabbit beneath his exoskeleton, and now he seems to be wearing it on the outside. Was that some sort of "blending in to get the tactical advantage" setting I don't know about? It's bad enough that I still have to repair Poppop when I "return home", but I don't think Dad will take to a sunglasses wearing critter running about.

Honestly, this entire little charade going on around me is nothing short of eyebrow-raising. I can't really have been transported somewhere when all that's happened is Lil Seb looking ready to drop the fridge; I haven't even had the opportunity to get my game yet!

[There's at least a good five minutes before the next text shows up.]

This isn't some ironic test to make me less skeptical about what I'm hearing and seeing, is it? Or is this suddenly one of the occasions where I'm being caught by a giant, squishy, foam butt and have yet to wake up from the weird dreams?

Third Person Sample:

With how the lab assistants and the Professor himself kept far out of Sebby's reach, it was up to Jane to get control of her very un-robotic rabbit. The Pokemon may only be at level five, but by rolling his ears up and springing them open in a simple flick, Sebby was punching some fine cracks into the wooden door that led outside. Rubbing her face and ignoring that her curly mustache was beginning to slide a bit too far to the left, Jane started a slow approach.

"Sebby, that's enough. They aren't wanting to hurt me, so you really don't need to go breaking the door down. I appreciate the heroic sort of rescue, but there isn't a need for it."

Keeping her voice calm and steady, she slid her foot a little closer, one hand reaching with her palm turned up. The Pokemon didn't pause in roughing up the door until Jane was right beside him, and even then, those pointed glasses glinted as if he were going to outright ignore her. Simply offering Sebby a smile, Jane waited, her hand remaining offered even if she was now settled on her knees beside the little rabbit.

"See? I'm fine, so please stop assaulting the door. It certainly didn't do anything to you."

Suspicious bunny hesitates, still being suspicious, but eventually unrolls both of his ears and lets them hang floppy. With that, Jane simply scoops the Pokemon up and stands with a relieved sigh. Reaching up and straightening her mustache, she tipped her hat then to the confused lab assistants.

"I do apologize for the trouble and the door. I should be off now! This mystery isn't going to solve itself and all, right?"

It's less that this is a mystery and more like a full blown what the fuck, but Jane didn't have much of a choice. She was in the middle of the roller coaster ride, and it didn't seem to be pulling into the finish gate anytime soon.

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The reason Jane is so skeptical is not just from growing up reading detective novels or watching movies; she also hears a lot of really out there things from her friend Roxy. Things like, she's from the future where an alien overlord has flooded the planet, or that there aren't any humans, or living things other than carapaces and mutated cats all around where she lives. Roxy has even told her that her mother is dead, and Jane still couldn't believe her for a long time as she was still alive from Jane's perspective. It's only when the game is close to starting that she begins to open her eyes to the idea that the Batterwitch really is an alien Tyrant. Jane even sees her ship approaching as her house gets pulled into Sburb, and really can't deny it anymore at that point. Really though, Jane just doesn't have her head in the clouds; she's very grounded with reality.

Behind why she really enjoys the detective stories, it is likely because her normal life is fairly average. She lives with her Dad, has a swing in the yard, goes to school (probably more like homeschooled), and the only unaverage thing in her life is being the heir to the Betty Crocker Company; even then, the only bonus is that she gets the latest Crocker Tech, even when it is still in the prototyping stage. I wouldn't go as far as to say she gets what she wants because she's rich, but she really hasn't had to seriously work for much when it comes to how she lived before the game. Who wouldn't want to be part of something exciting like that, after being generally stuck in her house when she's not taking a few stolen minutes in re-learning what grass feels like? Jane spends too much time stuck indoors, due to assassination attempts.

Being stuck inside led to the indoor activities of baking and pranking. It would be weird if the heir of the Betty Crocker Company wasn't into baking at all, honestly, but that isn't the only reason she bakes. It makes her feel outright happy with things; it's her relaxing hobby. Pranking is the hobby that lets her feel connected to her Popopp. She never got to really meet him before he passed away, but having his stuffed corpse in front of the fireplace in the living room is almost awkward. On one hand, Jane thinks the placement is bad because what if there's a bump and he falls into the fire? On the other... well, Jane does sometimes treat him like he's there. Before slipping out of her house, Jane acts like he asked if she was going out unprepared; she whipped out her copy of her joke book and shook it, saying how it is a perfectly adequate book and no she will not get the unabridged one, and no, she won't be taking his! Even if moments later, she's taking his because there's a note her pre-scratch self wrote for John and she wanted to read it.

With being homeschooled most likely, Jane's friends and Dad are really the only other contact she gets from being stuck at home all the time. Her dad had a period, when she was younger, of trying to express the same interests as her and it led to arguments, but now that they're both older? They've calmed down, and the overabundance of mustached people has been limited mostly to Jane's room. There's maybe one or two posters downstairs in the living room, but he isn't smothering her with them. Jane does mention how her dad is a bit of a hardass, but knows how to spoil his little girl leads me to think that for the most part, Jane and her Dad are very close now that the awkward, just turning thirteen years are over. He doesn't keep her locked in the house just because he feels like it; it's to protect her because of strangers trying to assassinate her! There's a brief time after an attempt that Jane thought about pranking her Dad, but felt instantly guilty moments later because he looked outright horrified in thinking she was blown up from the mailbox bomb! Instant grounded and with a bathtub in front of the door, but it was to protect her.

Roxy? Is her best friend and they are the tightest BFFSTIES ever. Jane does apologize for not believing Roxy about everything she's said later on in canon, especially since she really does trust Roxy with anything and everything. She could go for Roxy not drinking so much though, but overall, she likes her for everything she is. Calliope? Is someone else who has various wild things to explain, but she doesn't go into nearly as much detail as Roxy does. Jane sees her as a very kind, courteous lady and while she doesn't quite buy the troll stuff she explains, Jane doesn't see her as bad ever. She wants to trust what Calliope says, but her skepticism is getting in the way. Dirk is another who talks about the future, but he and Jane have a bit of an interesting relationship. They act like parents, in a way, to their little group, as well as to the little robot rabbit that he made for her on her birthday. Dirk is the one who pulls the strings, while Jane is the headpiece that is the optimistic, friendly leader, who is more friend than leader any day; she trusts Dirk completely though. He knows what he's doing, and there really isn't any doubt in her mind that what he leads them to is nothing short of good for all of them.

Now, Jake. Jake, Jake, Jake. Jane and Jake are really good friends, and even have a little bit of fun with each other in terms of a rivalry. Jane poked fun at Jake's love of "blue ladies", so Jake sent her some pictures of blue mustached men. Even if she wasn't into the Manhattan poster, she hung it anyway, because that was part of their game. Due to Jake being such a ridiculously natural charmer and for being outright kind and believing everything his friends say, Jane has quite a crush on him. Unfortunately, she borked it up when he asked her point blank if she had feelings for him, and ultimately friendzoned herself because nerves? They were a bit frayed at being put on the spot like that. When it comes down to Roxy, Dirk and Jake, she really doesn't value one over the other though. They're all very important to her! It's almost ironic that with her love of comedy and being a prankster, she's actually the straight man in the joke of her circle of friends. To other people, it really does take a not creepy first impression for her to listen to them. While roaming her planet in Sburb, she comes across Gamzee and declines his offer of being her guide with a firm hell no. She's not quite as likely to do that if she had a better idea of the person, or that they aren't wearing a load of purple and face paint and have scars entirely across their face.