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-Appearance-
Original:
[img=http://i.imgur.com/j8ltOvc.jpg]
Cosplay:
[img=http://safebooru.org//images/767/3a2ae7e932209c95be46f052306727ef12923834.jpg?772854]

-Name-
Alicia Martin

-Cosplay-
Katou Keiko of the anime series "Strike Witches"

-Age-
20

-Gender-
Female

-Occupation-
She works as a courier pilot, i.e. she usually transports mail and such around in a twin or single engine rotary plane. Pay is fairly low. 

-Personality-
A friendly, social individual who always tends to be rational and straightforward when dealing with any sort of situation. Alicia keeps a clear and focused mind about her and is fairly knowledgeable and clever. Sometimes she may come off as a bit bossy or controlling as she always tends to naturally fall into leadership positions if given the chance to, but overall she is someone who is willing to listen and change her opinion. 

-Short Bio-
Alicia has always loved flying. She stared as early as the 6th grade and hasn't stopped ever since. One could probably safely say that she is a flying prodigy of sorts. Her parents where a big influence on this outlook, with her father a former Air Force pilot and her mother who worked as an Air Traffic Controller. Sadly, however, they died in a drunk driving accident. 

Alicia at the time had a close friend named Caroline. Caroline was..... for lack of a better word, a total anime freak. She completely buried herself in manga, anime, and the merchandise that came with it. Alicia served almost as her rope, pulling her back into the real world to remind her friend its pretty awkward when she goes out into public wearing a cat ear headband or some other form of costume. When Alicia's parents died, she ended up staying the rest of her high school career with Caroline's family. Caroline's family had happily taken her in and enjoyed the positive influence Alicia had on her friend in making sure she didn't loose touch with the social world. Eventually they graduated high school and moved out of the house into an apartment together, with Alicia working hard to get those valuable hours of flying in and Caroline working at a cosplay cafe in the nearby city. 

Alicia, through her otaku friend, was a casual fan of anime. She always enjoyed a good story or plot, but would probably be the first to point out all the ridiculous fanservice, sexualization, and just plain weirdness that also accompanies that genre. Nevertheless, she still watched her fair share of anime with her friend. One day, Caroline challenged Alicia to a bet while they argued over laundry day. If Alicia could beat her in a Naruto fighting game, she would do both of their laundry for a whole two weeks, but if Alicia lost, then she would have to come to the next Anime convention with her int the cosplay of her choice, no questions asked. 

After a long and hard battle, filled with many ties and close calls, Caroline won, leaving Alicia to hold up her end of the bet. Since Alicia did put of a serious fight, Caroline decided to go easy on her and choose one of Alicia's favorite animes, Strike Witches, as the cosplay. Still, Alicia had to cut and dye her hair brown, and dress in an outfit that not only had fake fox ears and tail, but a somewhat uncomfortably breezy skirt. 

"Aaaand there we go! We're all set to go!" 

".....Ughh... Well, I do have to say, I definitely look a hell of a lot like Keiko....."

"Yep! You'll attract a lot of attention from the fanboys! He he he..!" 

"I hate you.... I hate you soo much."

-Other-

She carried a fake Type 99 bolt action rifle as part of the costume as it was one of the main weapons the character used. 

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