Calypso Pearl - District 4

Appearance: Caly is only 5'5", but she is all streamlined muscle in her body; she is quite strong and her stamina is impressive, especially when she's doing one of her favorite things - swimming.

She has long black hair framing a lovely face with long dark lashes around big brown eyes. Her slightly wide mouth is usually smiling brightly, her eyes sparkling.

She is tan from the sun, and as long as the weather is hot, Caly wears as little as she can and still be decent, if she is near the water.

Personality: Caly is happy and outgoing, even bubbly at times. She is also fiercely protective of those she loves; she would do anything for her family, and has.

She also has ADHD, it makes her life interesting to say the least, at school. She is less sure of herself around boys, not her established friends or brother, or grown-ups, just boys she finds attractive.

Mentally, Calypso is a clever thinker, quick on her feet. She isn't really intellectual, but she is intelligent. Caly is a hard worker and plays hard too, if she is interested in what she is doing, she is fully engaged in it, and can be a bit vicious in sports or games, though under it she has a kind heart.

And when she is drawing, just for a switch, she becomes quiet and introspective. The only person she tells ALL her secrets to is Vega, and she dreads when he will find a girl and gets married and leaves.

History: Calypso's part time job is the same as her mother's and older brother's full time one: fishing - the same job doing which her father lost his life in a storm when she was 4 years old. She does not remember him, really. And she does not for one minute mind the work she does or the thought of fishing for her living, because she loves being on the water in a boat as much as in it, swimming.

Going to school is another matter: though she is more than intelligent enough to handle the lessons, she cannot stand being still that long, sitting and sitting, unless the subject really interests her; she is often on the verge of being seriously in trouble over her attendance, also.

Caly loves her mom and her big brother Vega a lot, the three of them are a close family, and the two sibs share a very dangerous secret: Vega was trained as a Career Tribute, and last year, his 18th, he was due to volunteer, but instead there was an accident a week before - he got tangled in the nets, flailing on deck, falling overboard in front of half a dozen other fisher-people for witnesses.

Caly is the one who dove in and began cutting him free. In the process, as planned, she cut the tendon in his leg half-way. Though she saved him, a tragedy, really, he could now barely walk, let alone volunteer. The games came and wet, while he healed, and turned 19. And that they had together schemed up the whole thing to save him was not discovered.

Caly isn't worried about the games, herself: she is no career. Besides fishing, and swimming, she enjoys spending time with her friends, and drawing, which she is quite good at. She often has a minor crush on one boy or another, but she is in that aspect too shy to act on it; she hopes to fall in love one day, with a sweet, fun, and handsome but sensible boy.