Magpie Jones. District Six. Fin.

You would expect someone with the name of Magpie to be attracted to shiny objects. You would be wrong about Magpie Jones. Generally referred to as Jones, rather than his real first name of Magpie, this boy is quite focused on the things he enjoys - which doesn't happen to be jewels and glittery pebbles. He doesn't get distracted by pieces of foil or coins in the street - though he wouldn't turn money down if he found some. Instead, Jones has one love above them all: drawing.

You would expect someone with the name of Magpie to be flashy, or arrogant. You would be wrong about Magpie Jones. Jones likes to keep to himself, generally off in some corner or other with a pad of paper in his lap. In fact, he's often not the cleanest person, with charcoal ingrained in the creases of his fingers and hands and hair that never sits flat even when he tries to make it do so. He looks constantly ruffled, though in reality he's usually just a little overwhelmed with the presence of other people.

You would expect someone with the name of Magpie to be loud and obnoxious. You would be wrong about Magpie Jones. Perhaps one of the most quiet people you will ever meet, Jones rarely speaks to anyone. He will speak if spoken to, but the chance of him initiating a conversation is rare. In fact, he will only start a conversation with someone who really interests him, or someone who has spoken to him multiple times before. Otherwise, he remains quiet unless approached.

You would expect someone with the name of Magpie to be in the middle of other people's business. You would be wrong about Magpie Jones. Jones keeps to himself, and while he may overhear someone else's problems - and potentially know a solution - he has become very good at shutting out the chatter of others. Focusing on his drawings or other work he tunes out the world and only deals with the issues that directly affect him, usually by running from them.

You would expect someone with the name of Magpie to be skittish and flee from confrontation very quickly. You would be right about Magpie Jones. He avoids people whenever possible, but he will actively run from someone if the situation becomes tense or uncomfortable for him. Some may call him a coward, and perhaps that's true in some sense. In others, it's a rather clever strategy. It prevents - at least for the foreseeable circumstances - any harm coming to him. Withdrawn as he is, it isn't surprising that he errs on the side of caution when it comes to interacting with people.

You would expect someone with the name of Magpie to be the son of eclectic parents. You would be right about Magpie Jones. His father is a bookbinder, a profession that sees little work outside of the Jones' house. His mother, to balance out his father, is an author and book collector. Between the two of them, they account for the library that exists as a whole room in their tiny house. Jones spends a lot of time holed up here, reading and gathering information. Namely, he looks for interesting things to sketch out and later draw fully. His favourite things to draw are birds, and most particularly those he was named for.

Magpie Jones. District Six. Sixteen. Male.