Atrice Duckstein

	Ducky

Atrice Duckstein (Scenesys ID: 5105)
Profile
Name:	Atrice Duckstein
Superalias:	Ducky
Gender:	Female
Species:	Metahuman
Occupation:	Grief Counselor & Ghost Expert
Citizenship:	American Citizen
Residence:	NYC
Education:	Bachelor's in Mortuary Science
Theme:	Original (OC)
Groups:	Mystic Arts, SHIELD
Details
Apparent Age:	28	Actual Age:	28
Date of Birth	6 Feb 1995	Played By	Miss Deadly Red
Height:	5'9"	Weight:	160 lbs
Hair Color:	Vibrant Red	Eye Color:	Mismatched
Twitter:	Everything'sDucky
Theme Song:	TBD

Character Info

Profile

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Atrice 'Ducky' Duckstein is a bit of a Ghost Wrangler that works for the BPRD when she's not counseling others on their grief while ignoring her own. She's got a lot of baggage, but she tries not to let that effect her work life...which is far more exciting than her personal life by any means!

Timeline

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Timeline:
1995: February - Born to unknown parents as she was left at the local hospital in Chicago.
1995: March - Unknown to anyone there is an entity that has attached itself to her.
1995: Spends most of the year in the NICU given her condition.
1996: Entered into the foster care system. She was not fostered a lot. Spending time in orphanages.
2005: Was taken in and fostered by a Miss Odile Cranworth of Chicago, owner of Cranworth Mortuary.
2006: Started collecting Ghost Stories as a way to have a constant in her life.
2007: Miss Cranworth continues to foster different children, but is never able to find a home for Atrice.
2008: Starts helping Miss Cranworth around the mortuary, doing small things like talking to the children of grieving families.
2010: Miss Cranworth married Harold Duckstein and moved herself and Atrice to New York City. Helping to start the Duckstein Mortuary chain.
2011: Did not settle into local schools well. Was labelled as too shy. Given a therapist.
2012: Had to go back to the foster system in Chicago after there was a bunch of files that went missing at the original foster care office.
2012: Winter - Under a lot of stress, she starts to be unable to pick up some objects without being overwhelmed by memories. She talks to someone about it and they refer her to a therapist. Who calls a friend.
2013: Never officially adopted by the Duckstein family, but she asks Harold if she can take his last name since he's the only father she has known and he agrees.
2014: Meets Professor Broom in a stroke of misfortune and is recruited into the BPRD as a budding intern. One that has a lot of knowledge on ghosts for one so young.
2015: Spring - Entered college for Mortuary Sciences. Got the nickname of 'Ducky' given her last name from her peers in College. It has stuck around.
2015: Autumn - Starts to grow very weak from her blood disorder, admitted to the hospital for numerous blood transfusions and ICU care.
2016: January - Returns to work at BPRD. Also accepts a job as a grief councilor with a local community center.
2019: Summer - Gets engaged to her longterm boyfriend. Sadly he is killed in a freak accident. The woman is shocked to learn that he left his life insurance in her name and his mother is unhappy about it.
2020: Puts part of the money towards college and starts towards her Masters in Mortuary Science.
2022: Goes to the UK to work with a few historians to start collecting more knowledge of ghosts. Has an absolutely great time...but ends up being told by a fortune teller that she is cursed and death follows her.
2023: Spends most of her time giving counseling at the Duckstein's funeral home when not working with SHIELD and the BPRD.

IC Journal

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Personality

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Cautious:
Atrice tends to be a bad luck magnent, so she tends to be very cautious when new situations or opportunities arise. It is just due to a very bad history of things!

Hidden Romantic:
Atrice reads romance novels and dreams of having a huge wedding with friends, but the chances of that happening are mostly slim (in her mind!). She doesn't let everyone know that she is a romantic, but the truth will come out someday.

Loner:
Atrice has always been alone. She doesn't know who her blood parents are and she was never adopted by her foster parents. She feels like the proverbial outsider in most situations. This causes her to keep to the fringes of work and social situations.

Soft Hearted:
Atrice has had her share of losses and she feels like she is a walking curse, but if there are circumstances where she can help she does so.

Character Sheet

Powers

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Death Magic:
Atrice's bloodline is unknown to her, but she is capable of pretty strong magics when it comes to things that are dead, but she needs the practice that goes with this. Her powers do extend to animals, but she has never used this. Her studies will come with time and lots of weird components!

OOC: This is a plot point for growing with her not something she can do unless under a lot of duress.

Psychometry:
Atrice is able to touch objects and read their strongest memories. Just one. Not multiple. If the object is brand new or doesn't hold any significant memory then nothing will come of it. The power doesn't work on memories older than fifty years unless something DRASTIC happened and it was involved. Atrice has gained the ability to use this over the years. In the start she was unable to control it which meant she had to wear gloves when touching things for a long time.

Skills

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Ghost Wrangler:
Yes, it's absolutely a thing. Atrice is who BPRD calls when they need a ghost caught without a lot of onlookers. She is of course happy to do this.

Grief Counseling:
Atrice has underwent the training and certification for being a Grief Counselor. She takes her job very seriously and it sometimes takes its own toll on her.

Languages:
Atrice speaks a number of languages. The list is below:

Fluent:
Latin
English
German
Welsh
Dutch
Romanian
Hungarian
Slovak
Swedish
Italian
French

Shield Training:
Atrice has been through SHIELD training. She's been taught how to use a gun and all of that jazz. She doesn't like to shoot or fight, but it happens sometimes. She knows the basics and is working on trying to become a better shot with a gun.

Resources

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Bprd & Shield:
Atrice was recruited into the Bureua of Paranormal Research Division when she was 19 given her ghostly knowledges and her potential for the future. She worked as one of Professor Broom's assistants for quite a few years as well. She has the clearance she needs to do field work which her specialty general keeps her going to the more bizarre cases that don't always happen on this side of the Atlantic.

Occult Library:
Atrice has one of the best libraries on ghosts lore, research and miscellaneous on the subject in the Tri-State area. She's young and still collecting and making copies of old worn out books, so it's not like it's a world-wide thing. It is her pride and joy and feels like one of her biggest accomplishments so far.

Savings Account:
All of the money from Atrice's dead ex is in a savings account that is collecting interest. She used a small amount of it to pay off debt, otherwise she is using this money to try to find manuscripts and other occult items. The stuff gets expensive!

Weaknesses

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Abandonment Issues:
Atrice has issues with abandonment in SPADES. It's why she doesn't try to get close to too many people. She is working on it though after her therapist told her she should get out and try to connect with people.

Aplastic Anemia:
The ailment that is always around. Atrice has down times when her disease is a pain and she has to have transfusions and that is something she's tried to keep out of the work and public light.

Unknown Origins:
Atrice doesn't know who she is bloodline wise. She's searched and found nothing. It bothers her to no end. And the reality of who she is related to is something that could haunt her.

Role-Play

Logs

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Atrice Duckstein has 15 finished logs.

Title	Date	Scene Summary
The Open Door: Salty Wounds	April 28th, 2024	After being dragged to a strange demon ritual, heroes work together to attempt to stop the slugs from offering them treasures untold.
Happy Birthday, Tom!	April 1st, 2024	Ducky takes Tom out for his birthday!
The Open Door: Vigil	March 8th, 2024	Atrice meets with Lucifer about the hellgates.
The Open Door: Maybe we should talk	February 27th, 2024	Information's shared, the heroes learn a little more than they knew before, but of the utmost importance, Kib's wasn't really running away.
The Open Door: The Demon Ank'galah	February 25th, 2024	A demon presence is found at an Apartment in the Flatiron District, NYC -- and is far worse than any of the previous locations. A demoness is confronted!
The Open Door	February 16th, 2024	The hellgate in Chelsea gets addressed by SHIELD and friends.
The Open Door: Cracking Open	February 11th, 2024	Demons bubble out of the house in Chelsea, NYC ... and several heroes are there to stop them.
The Open Door: The Slugbat	February 10th, 2024	Corben shares his demon 'pet' with Atrice.
Not Ominous At ALL	February 5th, 2024	A talk. But it goes alright.
The Open Door: The Obsidian Crow (NYC)	February 5th, 2024	Various heroes respond to a house of demonic influence, and find mysteries within ... and on the lawn.
After The Gunfight	January 29th, 2024	Ducky and Tom meet up after the Punisher situation at the Triskelion.
Punishment for the wicked	January 25th, 2024	Moving day for Frank Castle, headed to Rykers island and a group from the PMC Omega attacked the Triskelion. After an initial shock surprise attack, they SHIELD agents organize themselves and push the defenders back. Frank, however, faces off against two masked individuals who leave him wounded, but alive. Whatever happened, it's only the beginning.
A Very Late Dinner	January 12th, 2024	Tom and Ducky get late night dinner after seeing each other after ten years. There are some sore subjects brought up, but a light at the end of things!
Briefing	January 10th, 2024	Fury has a quick meeting specifically for introductions. What one reads in files is one thing; in person is something completely different.
Well This Is A Surprise!	January 8th, 2024	Ducky runs into Tom and there is that awkward moment of 'oh I know you...' but it passes!

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