Brailee Styles | Capitol | FIN

Cascading past her shoulders is an unexplained lock of blonde hair. Where does she get such a hair colour from? Daddy has black hair? Only the odd feature she has the same as her dad, her nose for definite but not the eyes. Eyes the colour of earth’s kiss of autumn, reflecting the leaves that shatter from the hibernating trees. Nestled in the middle of her mouth are a set of oddly shaped teeth, even a few seem to be missing from the collection. Although time will bring a new puzzle to the ivory soldiers and the milk privates will just have to continue marching across the fine food of the Capitol until their time is up.

Reaching to just under four foot tall, there is a lot of growing for Brailee although her small stature seems to be a positive for now. Usually draped in the finest clothes that her daddy buys from the many Capitol stylist, Brailee is yet to reach the age where she has a say in what she wears. Really she does not care if the colours a bright or dull, as long as everyone praises her for her style then she is happy. A nice spread smile across her face following compliments, even if a few of her teeth are missing.

Imprinted just below her neck is a small birthmark, it doesn’t resemble much but her daddy says it is like a stain of food. Most likely aimed at the times when she used to spill her dinner all over and leave a mess on the floor. Although Brailee doesn’t care for the mark her daddy insists she has it removed when she comes of age. Forced to wear a set of “fake teeth” until her new ones come through, it seems it hard for Brailee to have control of her own appearance, even if she is too young to say anything.

Being a “daddy’s girl” it is no wonder that Brailee is considered a very sweet girl. Forever being a well behaved citizen, she is one to do as her told. Hard discipline has created this etiquette around her and despite a few rebellions as an infant; her daddy has been able to mould her to exactly how he wanted. Just stepping out of line on the odd occasion, time will help her be the perfect girl her father wants to be although hidden inside is a rebellious teenager that is likely to burst out once puberty hits. It will just be a surprise for her daddy, when the time comes.

Despite trying greatly hard to have the perfect child, there will obviously be the odd glitch here and there, that her daddy will have to put up with or fix. Brailee can be very hyperactive from time to time and with her father being very inactive, it is hard to control this sudden burst of energy that Brailee has. Many wish they had a slowdown button for her or maybe a volume button. Candy has been banned because of this as it is usually the source for her hyperactivity.

Socially, Brailee is very good with her friends. Having no restrictions to who she is friends with, because every child in the Capitol is worthy. One of her many pass times it to play with her friends and she is usually the leader in the endeavours. Bustling with creativity, Brailee enjoys conjuring up random games for them to play. Usually she creates scenarios for them to act out, maybe an action adventure scenario. Most of the time, she likes to act out games. Despite never seeing a game in her life, she just goes by what she has heard from her friends and the people around her. Most “hunger games” that she plays involve saving unicorns from deadly mutts and of course she is always the winner, everyone else has to forfeit by smashing an egg on their face or eating bad food.

Born in the best place in Panem, Brailee was fortunate enough to have every commodity at a beck and call. Doused with the finest things, Brailee is really unaware to how fortunate she is. Since birth she has been wrapped up in cotton wool before being moulded into the perfect child. To her father, she is just an accessory, something that he can show of in front of all the other citizens of the Capitol. Brailee is unaware of him taking advantage out of her right now but in the meantime, she just relishes in all the attention. Many times of the day, she his smothered in kisses by random people she has never met before but it has become too much of a regularity for Brailee for her to care about it.

Unaware of her mother’s whereabouts, she hasn’t been told where she is and she has never questioned it. The only person in her life that she knows is her father. Really she doesn’t know much about him, they never tend to bond with each other, talk or play. But she still looks up to him, she still craves his company even if it is usually silent. Most days she tries to grab his attention by showing off her painting masterpiece or shouting really really loudly. Most of the time she gets ignored but she still continues to try and grab his attention.

Not being in schooling for long, Brailee was easily able to make friends with the people in her classes. At the moment there are no classes that she deeply enjoys but she is learning lots. Only when she returns home with homework is the time that her dad notices her, he likes to make sure that she is doing well. For a perfect child is no good when they lack knowledge.

Soon Brailee will realise that she is her father’s toy, his play thing, a piece of clay that he has crafted. Her father hopes that the day will never come but time will tell when she faces reality and grows up.