GARNET, Septima - CAPITOL [done]

septima adsecla garnet
actions - DFDDD1 // words - 916E9C
thoughts - B76DCE // ♪ - BC9FC6

female
born in The Capitol
15 years old
heterosexual

appearance

You would never expect her to do the things she does, especially when she looks like that. In fact, the first thought that might pop into another Capitolite's mind when they first glimpse her would be frail. For she truly is so short and scrawny that one might feel that she was an 11 year old, rather than 15 years of age. She walks timidly - small steps with shoulders hunched upwards, eyes looking back and forth as a small hand shakily holds a cup of illegal beverage. At only 5 feet tall and 100 lbs. soaking wet, the girl is surprising, to say the least.

Perhaps one also might not expect skin to be tattooed this early, but alas, her parents must keep their daughters up with the trends in order to look all high class, and therefore the girl not only looks a bit oddly-colored (right now she is technically her normal skin color, but due to a particularly strong dye that resulted in her turning dark green, she still retains a slightly sickly glow) from all of the skin dyes that have been forced upon her, but throughout her body there are swirling, intricate patterns that look like she has gone through hours upon hours under the needle, and that statement would be correct. The tattoo itself beings at her back, flowing upwards (like a branch) until it reaches her back neck, where it explodes into a euphoria of colors and hues that swirl across her shoulders and down to her ribcage.

She absolutely hates it.

Her hair has already become thin and stringy and damaged from numerous hair dyes, all occurring due to her mother's eccentric style that has caused Septima's hair to have been every single color in the rainbow (or at least, that's how she thinks of it). There have been at least twenty shades of blonde and 5 shades of chestnut brown that have adorned her hair (and all at the same time too), and right now her hair has been styled to be a copper with fire-red highlights. "You can be like Topaz, only more sophisticated," the mother says, but Septima only feels more like a freak than usual with all the trips to Style Street for the perfect look.

She seems to be a clay model for her parents - they discuss her looks on a daily basis - she is somewhat famous among the socialite crowd after all. Who wouldn't be famous, being the daughter of these two upper-class aristocrats? Mother absorbs herself in the latest magazines, reading the newest and hottest trends, thinking ahead for the long term effects as well ("We shall have to get you breast implants darling - you're perfectly flat and that simply will not do," or "Sweetheart, how about we give you some injections here, and maybe over there; you will look ravishing, especially if we can compare your lips to the President!"). Perhaps they feel like they can change her because she is already somewhat pretty, but for Septima, it seems that after every hairdo, every single colored contact that must replace her tattered glasses and cover her muddy brown eyes - every single change makes her slightly less Septima, and slightly more Capitol-chic. And she doesn't necessarily like that.

personality

One might ask why she seems sullen and quiet all the time, save for the few moments where the alcohol has been flowing and pale cheeks have turned pink. The answer to this is still unknown by most people - after all, she has it all, doesn't she? Her parents are rich and powerful, she lives in an extravagant house, her grades are excellent and she's always caught up in the latest fashions. Yet the girl's problems may be rooted in the fact that she does have all of this. For her parents feel that they must keep up with the latest trends, that Septima must be a walking advertisement for clients that they meet with. Janice, her sister, would be a much better spokesperson of a sort, but for some reason Septima has been graced with this "wonderful opportunity".

For her, it's anything but. She's already had more hairstyles and skin dying procedures than a good chunk of children her age, and the fact that she managed to skip a grade just makes her seem more freakish than before. Children can be cruel, and this is shown by the taunts, the jeers and laughter that Septima hears behind her back at school, the whispered rumors that she's only here because her father paid the school district, that she's a whore and gave the principal a blowjob in order to get ahead (who else besides a slut would get all of these changes to their body so quickly?). She's far too shy to make a retort to these rumors, preferring to simply hide, hoping that it goes away. But that only reinforces the idea in her classmates' minds that she is quite simply, someone who they should not be hanging out with, or should, depending on her viewpoint ("It's not like she has to work hard - maybe if I become her friend, she'll share some of her luck with me.")

But on the contrary, Septima is one of the hardest working girls one might ever meet. It takes great strength to put up with her overbearing parents, and to study her brains out for the exams that she's been forced to take ("After all sweetheart, if you want to succeed, all you has to do is become the valedictorian and complete a good amount of extracurricular activities - how else are you to stand out from everyone else?"). And it's not like she can talk to anybody about this - Janice already doesn't like it when she follows her to parties, why would she put up with her problems as well? Mother and father are a good chunk of the problems, and the avoxes that tend to her can't speak.

And this is why she's reached for the alcohol bottle, traveled to parties with her sister, who may or may not enjoy her company. To escape from it all. For if nobody else could help her with her problems, why couldn't alcohol? Of course, the school had always said that one shouldn't drink, but when a good chunk of kids actually were drinking, how good would that knowledge be? Perhaps this was an incorrect decision, but Septima had soon realized that just for a little while, her problems would vanish with the flavorful beverages. The music would seem a tad bit brighter, the atmosphere almost pleasant. And she'd be happy.

history

Like many Capitol births, she hadn't been planned. Her parents had been perfectly content with two-year old Janice, and the news that they were expecting yet another baby girl was a shock, although not unexpected. Many would have gotten an abortion, preferring to live their lives without too much baggage - live in the Capitol was rather liberal, after all. Much more liberal than the districts; one could walk around with cat whiskers at 3:30 in the afternoon, holding a particularly savory cake and nobody would even glance at you. A child would pin someone down from this life, forcing them to pay attention to the economy, to the fact that they had to care for one more life. Avoxes would have to be bought (who took care of their children at birth anyways?), jobs would have to be gained, etc.

However, her parents were high up in the government. They actually had careers, had money that they had made by themselves, not just by the wills that their equally wealthy parents had written. Therefore, it was easy for them to afford to take care of their new daughter. Her entrance into the world didn't impact them much - a new avox was hired, and that was truly it. Both parents continued to work long hours and make a large amount of money. Both daughters were left at home for extended periods of time, able to do pretty much anything that they pleased. That is, until Septima entered school. It was obvious that she was gifted, yet the rules of the Capitolite school system did not let her advance into other grades unless if she took a test. And that test always fell on her mother's birthday, and she was absolutely forbidden to miss it. Parties were always her mother's thing, and if one did not show up, they were off of her list.

She had to wait until she was 14 in order to take the test, which had been scheduled that year to fall the day before the birthday. She passed with flying colors, something that many found astonishing. As years passed, it always became more difficult to move upwards, making her entrance into the next year near to impossible. But she had done it, and for a week or two, she was the talk of the town. And this inspired her parents, who had some connections to local stylists, to use her for the Capitol's own benefit. It was simple, really. In order to help up-and-coming stylists, the parents had organized an internship of sorts. The winner would have their designs adorn Septima's ensemble, with or without her permission.

She really did hate it, when stylists would arrive and throw random crap into her wardrobe, expecting her to wear it to school. Oftentimes, it was rather skimpy and made her extremely uncomfortable, and created the impression that she was a particularly out-there slut of sorts. Short skirts barely covered her underwear, and even her skin was changed in order to match the ensemble. At least once a month, she would be sent to Style Street to change everything about herself - her eye color, hair color, skin color; all of that was changed in order to be a model for some aspiring Capitolite and to please her parents. The parents loved the idea - Septima was doing something for society. But it just made the girl feel trapped and need an escape. Rumors were spreading about how she had made it into the school, and most of them were not PG. Bullying began, taunting, teasing - her life became hell.

The first time she drank, she didn't like it. She had been dragged to a party with kids that were her age, and in a fit of peer pressure, she ended up getting drunk out of her mind, and she loved the moments that were recalled into her memory - feelings of euphoria and happiness and being a part of a group, of being accepted and loved and feared and wonderful all at the same time. And she needed more of it to stay sane, just to get through the next week, or month, maybe even year. So she started traveling with her sister's crowd - they had the booze, the drugs - all of it. And she gets drawn into the atmosphere that leads to no good every single time. So far, she's only drank, but if she isn't careful, other things may become involved. And there's a large chance that she will never be careful about this. For if you have nothing to live for, why even bother?

other

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