Matthews, Clarice

Physical Description and Characteristics

Clarice has slate gray fur with a large patch of white on her back that almost resembles a heart pattern. Her tail from about the mid point down is white and slightly longer then the average kats. Hazel eyes with black hair that’s long enough to brush the base of her tail. She’s bit somewhat curvy. She practically ‘lives’ in tee shirts and jeans when not at work.

Clarice has plenty of ‘flavors’ she goes through. At work she’s a brash military like woman. Wearing her hair in a bun and sunglasses. Any attempts of her fellow SWAT members to date her has been in vain. She hasn’t had the desire to date anyone she works with. She doesn’t socialize that much with her fellow SWAT Members only because she doesn’t have the time. When not at work she’s home studying scripts. Clarice is a aspiring actress and she’s more focused on that. When she isn’t spending ‘Mommy time’ with Melody.

She’s a friendly she kat when she finally gets to know someone.

Abilities

Fairly good dancer, with background in undercover work and acting. She’s also a sharp shooter and has the uncanny ability to fit into small areas and get herself into sticky situations. She loves to read and (doodle in the margins too)!

Relationships

Previously married, has a five year old daughter named Melody. Dating Tony Katpone.

Past History

Much of Clarice’s past is heavily guarded. She was raised by a tom named Nathan after her mother had discarded her on his doorstep. Nathan wasn’t her biological father, in fact Clarice has no idea if who she thought was her mother even was. Nathan treated Clarice like his own kitten and she had always seen Nathan as her real father. When Clarice was twenty she married and chose to move out of the house she shared with Nathan. It wasn’t long before that she joined the SWAT Team and began to work her way up the ranks. She took the allotted time she needed to have Melody and when she returned to work rumors of her husband’s ill nature had come to light. After a quick divorce Clarice at the age of 21 found herself ‘undesirable’ to the opposite sex. She became unhappy and chose to focus her energy on her daughter instead of her own misery.

She had a brief romance with a bouncer she knew as ‘Mad Mave’, that only lasted for about a month. They parted with no ill will towards each other. Clarice met Tony Katpone after she was assigned to do undercover work for The Enforcers. At first she had been appalled by Tony’s play boy ways and wanted nothing to do with him. After pressure from her Superior Officers Clarice stepped things up and chose to tell Tony about her daughter, and allowed him to know more about her. Expecting the tom to balk when he found out about her daughter. Her daughter soon became infactuated with Tony and apparentally Tony soon began to care for the small she kat.

The news of her farce was soon discovered by Cyrillic and the cyberkat soon told Antonio of Clarice’s true colors. Out of fear of her daughter’s welfare Clarice made the choice to ‘step down’ from her job in the SWAT team and aline herself with Tony and his family. The SWAT hadn’t truely let her go, only put her onto a extended leave of absense. Giving the excuse that Matthews had been under alot of stress and pressure because of her daughter and her ex husband. Clarice has found herself developing real feelings for Tony that go against her morals and her job as a SWAT team member.

When the EMP bomb hit the city and the bridges were being destroyed Tony had Melody and Clarice move in with him. So far Clarice has found the arrangment pleasant and comfortable. Melody has enjoyed it quite well herself.

Present History

She and Melody live with Tony in his apartment, and currently they are in the market for a larger place.