Beatrice Draques -- District 7

Beatrice Draques -- District 7 Jan 16, 2012 2:46:41 GMT -5

Post by Python on Jan 16, 2012 2:46:41 GMT -5

B E A T R I C E // D R A Q U E S

GENDER:

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AGE: Sixteen
DISTRICT: Seven

APPEARANCE:

Hair color is the only quality Beatrice shares with her beloved cousin Dante. It is a rich chocolate brown shade that gently lightens to a shimmering bronze during the summer. It spills over her shoulders in an organized mess of curls, waves, and layers, strengthening her captivating facial features. Her matching eyebrows are thin and rest beneath a small forehead that is occasionally brushed by sideswept bangs. Her pale complexion accentuates her sapphire irises and her baby pink lips. Her face is completed by a nose that is a bit prominent for her tastes, an angled jaw, and a straight smile. Her ears can rarely be spotted past the waves of chocolate locks, but she prefers it this way to conceal the fact that they are are wide and oddly shaped.

Beatrice is stands shorter than her cousin at 5’7”. Her body is curvaceous, leaning more towards the petite category, and slightly toned from consistently swinging an axe in the forests of District 7. She is self-conscious about the size of her arms because the muscles cause them to appear large and masculine for a woman her size. There is no preventing it, however, since her occupation is a lumberjack. The remaining areas of her body are proportionate and suitable for a female her age. A flat waist, wide hips, and an average sized chest leave her feeling confident and normal. There is one last flaw that is worth mentioning, however. Scars carved into the sides of her hips. Long, fleshy streaks that taint her delicate skin - a direct result of knife abuse.

For the most part, her parents are well-off in relation to income, providing her with a bit of freedom when choosing what garments to wear. Beatrice is fond of creating elaborate outfits with the little material she possesses, especially when the outfits emphasize her curves and eye color. She normally wears tight tank tops, strapless shirts, or in rare cases, a cheap but flattering dress. She feels obligated to look attractive, especially if she wishes to divert the attention of her love interest. ~~We’ll get to that in a minute~~.

PERSONALITY:

”Normal” and "Compassionate" are not adjectives that can be used to describe Beatrice. Beatrice is the physical definition of cold and obsessive. Anybody she does not care for in a deep, intimate manner is treated like garbage. In school she is considered a bully. She preys upon the weak, beating them and taunting them for her own entertainment. Secretly, she takes no pleasure in drawing the blood of others, but she does so to impress her cousin, whom she knows is a closet sadist. Cruelty is another part of it, though. Beatrice was never a kind, warm-hearted girl. She was damaged and angry - angry at herself for keeping secrets from the one person she could confide in. With all of this anger and frustration building within, her peers became objects of release. Younger children and other girls were her main victims. She didn’t care about their well-being or their emotions. She was more important.

The only instances where she can be spotted expressing true emotions is when she is with Dante, or when she is weeping over him. She is emotionally unstable and does not cope well with stress regarding her own fears of rejection. Acceptance and love are the only things she craves, and so far, she has only reached the half-way point. Pure bliss overwhelms her when she spends time with Dante, but she weakens herself with her own fears of confessing her love. She is afraid that because they are related, he will reject her and discard her forever. Rejection is not something she can handle. Insanity would be the ultimate result. This is why she chooses to keep her love a secret. As each day passes, her infatuation slowly morphs into obsession. Any girl who even dares to glance at Dante while she is around will become her next target. Her world practically revolves around his existence. There is nobody else that she cares more about, not even her parents. Not even herself.

When fighting is involved, pain is normally a major obstacle when attempting to stay alive and maintain physical strength. However, pain is no weakness to Beatrice. On the contrary, Beatrice is infatuated with the feeling of pain. She is a thriving masochist. She laughs in the face of pain when it attempts to drag her into the depths of misery. The sensation is pure pleasure to her. This is why she believes that she and Dante are a perfect match - he is the sadist and she is the masochist. They would both thoroughly enjoy each other ‘s company if an intimate relationship were to develop. If she only she could prove how destined they were to be together. She desperately tries to gain his attention by hurting others. She would kill in cold blood for him. She would volunteer in the Hunger Games just to prove herself worthy of him. There are no limitations as to what she would accomplish for him.

HISTORY:

Mental defect is the only cause of Beatrice’s issues. As a child, she was a relatively normal girl. She and Dante were related on their father’s side and lived only a few houses down from one another. They both struggled to fit in with the other children their age, so naturally, they grew together and developed a close relationship. The two played innocently and shared giggles and secrets in the forests of district seven. When Dante was teased by his peers for being scrawny and weak, she comforted him. When her father suffered from fits of drunken rage, Dante was there to mend her cruises and dry her tears. They were inseparable.

Their mental issues did not start until after puberty struck. Dante began to have dreams and fantasies about bloodshed and murder. Beatrice began to realize that she was crushing on her own cousin, who was her protector and savior. The only person Dante could trust with the information was her, so he revealed his secrets. She assured him that she would never judge him based on his passions or his fantasies, even when torturing forest creatures became a temporary hobby for him. She supported him until he begged her to make him stop.

As several more years passed, Beatrice was overjoyed to see Dante content and satisfied with his life. The only dilemma was that she was not happy with her own. Her father's drunken fits had subsided, but her newfound crush on her cousin had transformed into something greater. Something she could not bear to acknowledge. When she finally did, she was overwhelmed with despair and disgust. She was in love with her own cousin. A blood relative. Incest. It was pure taboo. Frowned upon in their society. She considered herself a freak and started to harm herself, much like her father did to her, except the pain was not unbearable. It was pleasurable. Soon, cutting herself turned into an addiction. It was one of her methods of releasing bottled up emotions, similar to the way she harmed other kids. The only way she could avoid harming herself or others was by spending time with her cousin. He was the only person who brought her happiness. Her father was merely a drunken buffoon, and her mother was just a woman who cooked food everyday. They were nothing extraordinary.

Nowadays, Beatrice’s odd behaviors still continue. She has not yet revealed her true feelings for Dante, nor as she ceased her abuse of herself and other children. She ignores her mother's feeble attempts to spend quality time with her, and rarely acknowledges her father when he returns home from work. In the forests, Beatrice aggressively chops down trees and smiles when she is given the luxury of working alongside her cousin. Sometimes, when he passes her house, she will sit by the front window and watch him. Sometimes, she will follow him into the forest and observe him curiously, wishing that she could just confess her love and live happily ever after with him. She tries to frighten any girl that speaks to him or flirts with him, and spends as much time with him as she possibly can. He has not yet discovered the reasoning behind his cousin’s strange demeanor.

CODEWORD: Odair
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