Calvin "Freckle" Allen McMurray

NAMES
NICKNAMES
Freckle
Baby-Face
Torpedo Boy
Cupcake
PERSONAL
GENDER
Male
AGE
18 (1927)
HEIGHT
approx. 5'3"[1]
NATIONALITY
American; Irish descent
BIRTH
March 10, 1909
BIRTHPLACE
St. Charles, Missouri
EYE COLOR
Light brown
LOVE INTEREST(S)
Ivy Pepper
RELATIVES
Carroll McMurray † (father)
Nina McMurray (mother)
Rocky Rickaby (older cousin)
Ransom Rickaby (uncle)
Sophie Rickaby † (aunt)
CAREER
AFFILIATION(S)
Lackadaisy crew
Lackadaisy

Freckle has a rather circular design, which seems to contrast the design of Rocky. He is mostly orange in coloration, and has yellow eyes with orange irises. He also has slightly darker orange markings in multiple places, as well as some white markings on his chin, near his eyebrows, and on the inside of his ears. He has some fur coming from his cheeks.

Freckle is shown as a shy person who is unsure of himself and gets worked up about the situations he gets into. He hates the idea of drinking and smoking. Despite his timid nature, he still will do risky acts for people he trusts, such as Ivy and Rocky. However, he seems to have a sadistic side that he cannot control. If Freckle is given a weapon, he becomes wild and manically laughs like his cousin Rocky. He seems to be very skilled with guns, most likely due to him wanting to become a police officer, though this behavior caused him to be rejected from the police academy.

He is of Irish ancestry.[4]
He enjoys reading sports almanacs, especially baseball almanacs, and is in general a sports fan.[5][6]
With regards to Freckle's voice, Tracy stated, "Polite and fairly soft-spoken in the 'nice boy next door who'll mow your lawn without charging' sort of way. There are some faint traces of Irish brogue in his voice as well, which he would have picked up from his mother. “TH” might sound more like "T" wherein words like "throw" sound a little more like "trow". Where Rocky's crazy-laugh is all manic glee, Freckle's is more like cathartic rage - it would come across a little meaner".[7]
Tracy has noted that while Freckle may have had admirers in high school, he is shy enough that he would tend to avoid rather than pursue them.[7]
Sandwiches are his favorite food, while chocolate milk is his beverage of choice.[8]
He is a non-smoker.[9]
Freckle has a fear of butterflies, bees and oatmeal.

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NAMES
NICKNAMES
Hotsy-Totsy
PERSONAL
GENDER
Female
AGE
18 (1927)
HEIGHT
approx. 5'1"[1]
NATIONALITY
American; descent unknown
BIRTH
May 20, 1909
BIRTHPLACE
Kansas City, Missouri
HAIR COLOR
Black
EYE COLOR
Brown
LOVE INTEREST(S)

1. Chad (former)
2. Claude (former)
3. Cecil (former)
4. Freckle McMurray (current)
   RELATIVES
   Reuben Pepper (father)
   Effie Pepper (mother)
   Atlas May † (godfather)
   Unnamed younger brother and sister
   CAREER
   AFFILIATION(S)
   Lackadaisy crew
   Lackadaisy
   Little Daisy Café
   OCCUPATION(S)
   Flapper

Ivy is gray in coloration, with yellow eyes and black hair that is styled in a bob. The inside of her ears are pink, with a black tip.

Ivy is perky, confident, hotheaded, temperamental, romantic and often saucy to those who get the better of her, especially Viktor (though the two actually have a friendship of sorts) and Rocky. She is prone to rash outbursts and is moody: once she discovered Rocky was indirectly responsible for the pig farmers' attack on Lackadaisy, she furiously attacked him with her school notes, though moments later she joyfully agreed to help Rocky scour a field for hidden alcohol. Even though she tends to be violent, she is also very sweet and affectionate towards her dear Freckle (for her, more preferably Calvin), freely expressing her infatuation with him and kissing him on the lips more than once. While Rocky's impudence and incautiousness are something of a thorn in her side, she nevertheless cares about him as a friend and became very concerned for him once he shared how his unfortunate childhood influenced his closeness to the McMurray home and how poorly he thinks of himself.

"Freckle" McMurray
In the chapter Lackadaisy Surreption, Ivy is introduced to Freckle by Rocky while the latter treated Freckle to getting a sandwich at the café after they burned down the Pig farmers' barn. Upon first interaction with the socially-awkward young man, Ivy instantly develops a crush on Freckle, with her playfully closing in on him as he tries to cover his face with newspaper while she states "...you must be the cutest thing this side of the river!". She manages to succeed in courting and asking him out on a date to the Lackadaisy club by gifting him a pin after she distracted Rocky by tipping syrup on him.

However, it isn't until Lackadaisy Academia where they see each other again. Later in the chapter when the trio heads to Viktor's apartment, Ivy introduces him to Freckle, saying she has decided that he is her boyfriend much to Viktor's skepticism.

In the next chapter, Ivy accompanies Freckle upstairs to assist with him helping Mrs. Bapka fix her sink faucet. As she lovingly gazes at him, she then asks Freckle if he was really the one who took out one of the Pig farmers and finds herself finding it difficult to believe as Freckle continues to behave clumsy. She then questions on why he joined Lackadaisy to which Freckle responds with the fact of him needing a job. Ivy disagrees and states that he just wanted the "dark life". They then proceed to joke about Freckles desire of being paid with sandwiches to which Ivy playfully calls out as an evasion.

Ivy after angrily leaving Viktor's apartment kisses Freckle out of the blue in Lackadaisy Correspondence, leaving Freckle stunned. She then asks if she would get to meet Freckle's mom to which the Freckle and Rocky hastily say no to. Ivy then reminds Freckle that she owes him a date but is interrupted by Rocky attempting to hide her from Ms. McMurray and give Freckle a letter warning him to not tell his mother of Lackadaisy business before he and Ivy ride off for "location scouting".

Her hairstyle is inspired by Louise Brooks.[2]
She is a member of her school's rifle team.[2]
Tracy notes that, "Ivy wears bright colors I associate with spring and youth".[5]
She enjoys reading, "McCalls, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Red Book Magazine (Redbook) and perhaps just about anything else that'd give her an excuse not to read her coursework".[5]
Attending college in St. Louis was Ivy's idea; she was motivated by the idea of working for Mitzi and gaining access to Lackadaisy and jazz.[5] However, Viktor isn't thrilled that she keeps finding ways to be ever more entangled with the speakeasy.[6]
With regards to her voice, Tracy has stated that Ivy is, "Pert, cute, high pitched, but with a self-aware, sardonic edge. There's a bit of deliberately disarming con artist beneath the daintiness".[7]
Ivy is of above-average intelligence.[8]
Though it has not been made explicitly clear in the comic, Tracy has noted that Ivy is going to college at SLU.[9]
Ivy is fond of petit fours, and will claim to enjoy drinking a Tom Collins, a Parisian, a White Lady, or other drinks that she has heard others discuss. In fact she has not drank alcohol often and does not care for it, though she has enjoyed champagne punch. Ivy took piano lessons as a child, though not happily.[10]
Ivy will smoke on occasion around her friends or to maintain her image, but does not care for it.[11]

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