Oceana Rays District 1

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Family:
Mother: Skylar Rays
Father: Jason Rays
Brother: Philip Rays (20)
Sisters: Sasha Rays (18), Claire Rays (14),Astrid Rays (12)

She was born to two wealthy parents, one of the younger daughters in the household. A family with only one son, they thought the world might end for them because of it. Her father, the strict Jason Rays, wanted a line of sons to carry on his bloodlines into years to come and to take over his business working as a high class merchant. Though he started to train his son when Philip turned 9 years old, it was soon realized that at least in Jason's eyes the boy was too weak to fend for himself.

Feeling shamed he did the only thing he could, try for another. He ended up with four daughters and continues to blame his wife for it. Oceana though one of the younger members of the household is situated as next in line after her sister Sasha and brother Philip. When her father had her, he detected that he might be able to make something of her, and pushed her mother hard to allow the girl to go to train to become a career.

Skylar refused knowing her daughter could be killed. But Jason insisted that for the family Oceana and her younger sisters might provide a way out. In the end, Oceana was the first of the two younger sisters to be sent to the school at age 11.

For Oceana it was a hard life, not something she really wanted brought on herself from that point on. She had a rough time at first adjusting to how things were done, and eventually started to distance herself from her family. She began to feel as if she might be little more than a pawn in her father's schemes, and wasn't sure that was something she could take. When her mother eventually revealed what her father was planning, she started to shut down.

Oceana saw every year the Hunger Games on the screens, she saw the blood and gore featured in it. And at school she was taught how to inflict it,yet, she still had to go through a mental struggle with death. Oceana feels that death is a distant fear, at least, that's what her instructors claim. Yet, for a moment, she felt horror at the thought when at age 14 she saw her two younger sisters, one whom she had little contact with, start training. In her mind, she saw their blood on the ground. She knew she was the one to go...if indeed she had to go to the arena. Something inside of her has always told her that she stood least likely for her father to care about her death.

As the years went on she became a solid adversary. Not the best in her instructors books but, surely, one to watch just the same. As time keeps ticking on, and the games keep passing her by, her parents want her to volunteer the first chance she gets. In light of something better to come she wonders if maybe it isn't such the bad idea she once thought of...

Personality:
Oceana is a girl who is emotionally cut off. She is more independent than some would like, though she does have a keen eye for tactics. Oceana has a survivalist mentality, meaning quite simply she is not as big of a combative person unless she has no other options. She tends to weigh things in her mind before committing to them. She is a quite natured girl, who finds it hard or rather pointless to talk. Yet, she is extremely loyal. This is seen in her relationship with her father, that despite his pushing her away, she still finds herself with a shred of family loyalty left.

She is not a super girly girl or a tomboy, she simply lies in between. She sometimes falls into bouts of depression though she finds ways to get around it. She is a bit of an actress, able to hide the truth behind a thin veil that few seem to care to look past. The scars she bears are more mental, the rejection of her father, and the reality of her life bog her down. In this sense she can come off as older, and more mature than others her age without really meaning too.

Her one solace is novels which she uses as an escapist means. Her instructors and her own family could care less as long as she fulfills her roles what she does on her free time. She is also a bit of a people watcher, and some would describe her as an intuitive, being able to feel the emotions and reliability of others from time to time with remarkable accuracy. Though she comes off as soft in some ways, she is also remarkably hard to deceive.

Looks:
Oceana has soft brown hair, and her mother's looks. She has one sea blue eye and one brown, an oddity that earned her the name she bears. She stands at 5'4 in height, and is to be one of the shortest of the family's daughters. She has a lean, supple form that bears some hidden scars from school.

She is dressed simply for a girl from her family, inspired by past fashion. She tends to wear floor length gowns when she is not schooling, and rather elaborate jewels and headpieces that her father has picked up and then forced on her. This was because she was a member of the family, and a representative of him, whether she liked it or not.

She does have one birthmark in the shape of a heart near the small of her back. Her mother claimed this meant she must have been blessed when she was born, yet, Oceana doesn't feel it. This is rarely seen in the clothes she wears.



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