* skid coalder \ district one . (fin)

( we stopped checking for monsters under the bed when we realized they were inside us )

years (gender) district

APPEARANCE
Blond, almost brown hair reaching his neck. Dark, dirty large eyes. Grimy nails. Skid doesn't care at all. He believes that caring about how he looks is a waste of time and stupid. Skid is rather well-built, tall; 6'3; strong, and weighs 164 pounds. What do you expect? He does live in one of the wealthiest Districts. Like his voice, Skid often walks flat. No pep in his step, no tripping. All Skid does is walk and he doesn't fall. Although Skid seems like the non-caring type, he walks almost perfect, making sure never to trip because he doesn't feel like getting himself back up.

As stated before, he has blond - almost-brown - hair. Very curly and wavy, it is very hard to control it, but Skid manages. His hair is very greasy and rough from lack of washing. His hair just about reaches the middle of his neck. His eyes are very dark compared to his light hair. They are opened wide, not missing one thing going on. He has thick, dark eyebrows and eyelashes. His eyelashes are short, and his eyebrows arch. His nose is on the larger side along with his ears, and his mouth is very unclean and rarely brushed. His has thin lips, but his upper-lip is more so.

Skid has some muscle, and he usually wears clothes that are very dark. A leather jacket with black boots and black jeans. Old T-shirts with shorts and sneakers. His stomach has the slightest hint of abs that are visible, which wasn't very hard to achieve. It was pretty much just eating right - which he hardly does - and exercise...well, not exactly 'exercise', but I think you know what I mean. It's actually a really good work-out if it's a routine type of thing.

PERSONALITY
Most people that know Skid see him as cold, blatant, sociopath. And that is a close as it gets to being the truth. His traits have been affected by nights of morphling and clubbing, dirtied by straight-up honesty, and ruined from his little affection; Skid is not the most friendliest person. He doesn't care though, and that's him being honest. All of the therapy he had gone through, it was all a waste of money and time. When someone is crazy and won't admit it, though, you know they have a bit of stability behind the broken glass.

Growing up, Skid had never been like other boys. Not that Skid shared the same interests as girls; the color pink, unicorns, boys; none of that interest him. He enjoyed death. He didn't enjoy that fake TV death during The Games, because he knows that when people are in there they don't want to kill, they have to. Instead, Skid liked the torture kind of death - which was still in the games - the fun kind. Sure, Skid had killed maybe one or two or a dozen more girls in his life, and he still hadn't been scarred by it in any sadistic way. Killing isn't a crime when it's so easy to make things look like accidents; poison means over-dose on drugs, knife in neck means they were cooking and slipped; and there is no way they can prove it.

Besides his extreme fascination with death, another thing that sets him apart from other kids his age is how he spends his days. While all of the other District One kids spend their time training in the gym like there is no tomorrow, Skid is having drinks at three o' clock in the afternoon, bringing a chick home, getting high, having fun, and if she's not fun, killing her. Also, Skid skips many days of school at a time, and he had been held back about three times now; often contemplating whether to drop out; but whose counting?

Socially detached from all other living things besides Karina it's hard for Skid to show emotion. Perhaps it's because of how he was abandoned as a kid. He casually confronts people, instead of making a big deal of it, he just states it. It's the same way when someone asks of his opinion; he won't lie, even if it's rude. Along with that, he has a dry sense of humor; which is actually only when he replies to jokes.

It is hard for Skid to stay committed to anything besides the drugs he induces and the girl of the night. He never actually had a relationship that meant anything. He had, though, experienced some physical relationship. Ya' know, one-night-stands, make the girl think you have a chance, then act like you never saw their faces. Works like a charm. Skid just really doesn't want to get emotionally attached to anyone because there is no point of getting stuck to someone if in the end you're just going to be disappointed. And he had tried so hard not to feel affectionate for Karina, but it's so hard bottling his emotions.

Part of Skid had never been properly trained to communicate to people well. He often speaks flat, no tone to his voice, no recognition that he cares. The only thing the person he is talking to can register are the words he's saying, but the emotion is never there. But the thing is, Skid is smart. He can recognize a car by it's motor, and he can tell what kind of person a girl is, but he can't connect to them. The feeling is never there, it never will be.

Kids stare at Skid in the hallways, and he wouldn't want it any other way.

HISTORY
Skid's life was complicated right when he was born.

Skid's dad and mom were dating until they accidentally had Skid. Skid's dad left - they were eighteen and nineteen - and Skid had never met him.

Perhaps that's the reason why Skid always feels unwelcomed.

Skid had always felt like people were too bust for him, so he just decided to grow up by himself. He had walked to school; which he rarely does anymore; and he had studied by himself. He had made his own dinner (cereal or eggs) and had cleaned his own clothes. The only other thing to do was to buy the stuff, and so that was pretty much covered.

School was always difficult for Skid because he often missed a bunch of days, and kids would question him (along with teachers) and it just got awkward. He was smart, but the effort was never there. Therefore the reason why Skid had stayed back a few times. But he had honestly given up on school, and decided that clubbing and morphling and killing and drinking. Seems anything ending with 'ing' grabbed his attention.

It was always hard for him to form a relationship with someone because of the lack of attention he had received. It's pretty much a chain reaction.

But that all changed when he met Karina.

She was different. She made him different. And even though the thoughts of bringing her home and then killing her was there (it always was), he felt something different. Not that his humor softened up or he shows his emotions; it's almost the complete opposite. The slightly sociopath is a bit shyer around Karina than anyone else. It was only a few years ago when Skid started going through the fence. It was a one-time-thing, at first, only to see where Karina hides out, but it turned into almost a second-home.

Like the air around him, the night-life just slowly crept into him. And it's always gonna be there.

CODEWORD
odair

OTHER
Short idc leave me alone.