Paprika Miller | District 4 | Done

Shrimp, chipmunk, squirrel, these are all names that Paprika has had her share of encounters with. She seems to be called those wonderful terms of endearment more than her actual name, but there is a very good reason why. Paprika literary got the short end of the stick when it came to genealogy. Reigning tall, both her parents seem to have managed a height around 5"8 when Paprika on the other hand is staying nice and close to the ground with her petite figure of 4"5. Laugh it all in, seems everyone else done. So yes, her lovely nicknames do seem to fit her perfectly.

Obviously the rest of Paprika has to match her height. She has very small hands and her friends find it really amusing to give her a high five only to laugh at the size differences. She's a very skinny girl, but doesn't resemble a twig.

However, it's not just her adorable and pathetic height that merits those names but she also has the face to match. Paprika has a face of a little child, a face that seems to scream " oh look at me, I am sweet and innocent and adorable!"She could easily be mistaken for a little girl if it wasn't for her attitude and the way she talks, not to mention wardrobe. Her face completely contrasts her real personality.

Paprika has soft delicate eyes, which seem to sparkle a nice brown, especially in the sight of adrenaline. You won't see a trace of make-up near those eyes. Once in a very blue moon, she'll wear a thin line of simple black eye liner, but when she does all hell breaks loose with her friends and she'll never hear the end of it.

On that note, Paprika does wear a bit of lip gloss to add onto to her already very pink lips and that's it. No more make up. End of story. Paprika is a bit of a tom-boy, which looks a bit odd on her little girl appearance. You'll never catch this girl in something other than her jeans and plain T's. Many of her jeans have rips in them that she could really care less about. That being said, she's not a complete slob, in her opinion at least. She doesn't wear clothes that are filthy or anything, a bit mucked up is fine, but not something covered in filth which seems to be the case with a lot of her stuff. She's almost always doing laundry because whenever she comes home there's always some form of dirt on it.

Not only does she not wear much make-up but jewelry is also a rarity. She wears simple black studs on her small ears that are very inconspicuous.

Her hair is a deep shade of brown that resemble her eyes, but has a tinge of red in it. Paprika's hair is cut very short and is shagged.

If Paprika could wear some make-up, maybe style her hair so it looks brushed and like a girls and not some strange ball of mess, put on girl clothes other than her jeans she would be drop-dead gorgeous. But those things will never happen.

Don't be fooled by Paprika's sweet and innocent child's appearance. The sweet part is true, but deep down is a very rampant teenager ready to explode at any time. Rika is a very nice girl, she's kind and loving, to most people that is, to others, a complete nightmare. It's as if she has two personalities.

On the one hand, Rika fits that little child illusion perfectly, and can be that sugar-pie girl that she looks like. She's easy to get along with and loves hanging around with friends and socializing. Rika has good values, she holds her friendships close to her heart and makes her loyalty to them her top priority. When it comes down to it, her friends are her true family and she would never want to hurt her family. She always has her friends’ backs and will be behind the entire time if a situation ever goes south. Her definition of hanging out, is different from most of the girls. Rika hates just chilling. She needs to be out doing something exciting. And if she is just chilling, she'll probably be with guy eating and talking about some crazy stories. She can't stand girl talk about shoes and boys.

Paprika is a wonderful friend, but you defiantly wouldn't want to get on her bad side. No one understands how such a tiny thing can hold so much rage. Rika has some anger management and temper issues. She can be set off by the smallest things, so sometimes it feels like you have to walk around eggshells when with her. Most the time she can handle her temper, she normally a clam person, but when it's set off, it's a like a gunfire. Out of nowhere comes a loud and angry who just needs to punch something. Although she looks like a goody-goody this girl can fight, and can become a very violent person. You would defiantly not want to be on the other end of her punch. Her anger can get the best of her, and she can't even control when it goes off, especially around people she hates, and she has no probably showing you she hates you. She makes that one wide and clear.

Paprika is an adrenaline junkie to the fullest. Anything remotely adventurous, she will hands down be a part of. At times her need for adventure blinds her better judgment and all her logic is thrown out the window. She loves the thrill. Even if the majority of the time her mind is clouded with thought of fun stupidity, such as cliff diving, she does have some brains. Brains that rarely see the light of day, but still brains. At times this girl can be cunning and can weasel her way out of situations with lies. This is why she doesn't mind the fact she looks like a child that plays with dolls, she can easily deceive people with a little smile. Who would every suspect such a cute little thing capable of breaking someone nose?

Being an adrenaline lover, she naturally gravitates towards guys, she doesn't have many female friends. She really hates perky girls who talk about clothes and boys. She loves chilling with the dudes and pretending to be one, though most the time they just pick on her size. When that happens Paprika just laugh along with them. Rika laughs at everything! Even if the joke was lame, she'll laugh.

Rika likes hanging with the dudes, she feels that's where she belongs, only problem is sometimes she has tendency to get crushes on her best friend making the situation awkward. But only for her, Rika is awful at sharing her true emotions about anything, she keeps them locked up inside where no one will ever find them. So when she's falling for her friend, they will never know.

Rika also has a jealousy problem. She can become extremely territorial and wants what she cannot have. On top of that, when Paprika is bad she can turn into a potty-mouth, which her friends find hilarious to witness because from the looks of her she resembles someone that would always say her please and thank you's.

Even is Rika seems a bit temperamental, she is a very down to earth person and isn't into materialistic objects. She loves sitting underneath a tree on a summer’s day a just think to herself. At times she can be thoughtful, but those are only kept to herself, she rarely shares them. One thing she really thinks about are the games. Paprika plays the "I am not afraid of dying" card all the time, when in hindsight she really is, it's a fear of hers, even if she tells all the guys she's fearless.

Paprika had a good upbringing. She grew up in a busy household. Three older brothers, a father and an annoying mother. Their family owned a small fish store where each family member had a job, at nine she was forced to learn hers. Her dad and brothers were in charge of catching the fish only to bring them home where her mother and her would gut and clean the fish and stand behind the counter waiting to sell them. Years passed and already at eleven Paprika was fed up with cleaning and selling fish. She was tired of watching her father and brothers come home laughing and smiling, telling their crazy stories. Paprika wanted that, she wanted to have fun.

Paprika asked her parents if maybe one day instead of working in the shop she could go out on the boat with her head. Without hesitation her mom shunned the idea. The ladies duties was in the kitchen, not on a boat. Paprika's mom was very old-fashioned and stubborn. She wouldn't let Rika do anything that wasn't proper lady-like.

This was very frustrating, especially in their household. It was if her mom let her brother do whatever they wanted, but when it came to Rika was as strict as they came. Her father was a very laid-back man, same has her brother. They were always cracking up jokes and goofing off. Her dad and brother loved playing sports in the yard, especially tackle football, but whenever she ran out to play her mom yelled at her, stopping her in her tracks. Young ladies do not play violent sports, we cook or sow or create art, not fight, her mother would always say. But the more her mother forbids her, the more she so desperately wanted to be part of the excitement. Her brothers would always tease her about being “lady like” and playfully fight with her. Rika enjoyed it, she loved playing with her brothers, but as soon as her mother saw her she would get upset.

Finally Paprika had had enough, she was fourteen when she decided to start taking some control of her own life. She talked to her dad who agreed that she should at least be on the family boat once. So they created a plan to sneak her away from her high-controlling mother for one day.

Rika loved it up there and her father enjoyed having her. They had a bond that now one could really describe, they were more buddies than father and daughter. After that day Rika ditched her duties at the shop. Sure, she got yelled at by her mother... a lot, but it was worth it, and her father had her back, trying to explain that Paprika belong on the ocean. Something in Rika snapped that day. From there on, she never listen to her mother.

Even without her mothers permission she left the shop to hang out with her brothers. Of course everyday she got a mouth full, but it was worth it. On the boat she found something even better than fishing, jumping of the boat and swimming. She found so much fun that she started "accidently" tossing things over so she was "forced" to go retrieve them. That was around the same time in her life where she went on a screaming rampage through the house throwing out all her girly clothes her mother made her wear. Her mother became furious with her new behavior. She claimed that Rika was transforming into a monster. How was she a monster for having likes different from her mothers? She slept over at her friends and when she came back home the next day, her long hair was cut short, her mom actually fainted while her brothers laughed their butts off, she even saw a slight smirk from her dad, who only said "nice hair" as he retrieved an ice pack for his psychotic wife.

Meanwhile, at school, kids were all hitting their growth spurts and poor little Rika was staying the same. She was beginning to get picked on. Little lines like, " Oh look, how cute, the shrimp sells shrimp," were all Rika heard for what felt like years.

Finally she had enough. One day after school, a boy was picking on her for resembling a tadpole. Without realizing it she had thrown her fist at his face breaking his nose sending him to the hospital. She felt extremely guilty, but at the same time good to have finally gotten that out. That was the day her temper starting becoming a problem. She was still a sweet girl, but just wouldn't take shit from people anymore.

Her mother refused to talk to her anymore and her father taught her to laugh at her height rather than fight and her brothers.... well her brother loved every single minute of Violent Rika and became even closer. It was a strange relationship. Just as she was becoming extremely close to her brother, Vorth, her oldest was reaped and died in the fifth day. very since then Paprika has been afraid of death and has been trying to live her life to the fullest my acting stupid and being reckless, she does it for him.

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