Post by issaquah on Oct 28, 2018 14:39:48 GMT -5
Pumpkin Candelle McBay + 13 + Female
District 6
[Hello, first character, BIG WIP! A lot of this is dumps of words describing her and what she's about, it's not cohesive enough yet.]
Appearance:
If someone were to meet Pumpkin and talk with her for an hour, and then were asked to describe how she looked, they’d (possibly) say something about her:
Curly burnt orange hair that doesn't make it past her chin, bright freckles sprayed over chubby cheeks, crooked teeth, short height, slightly chubby build, right eye and it’s dim hazel color, and empty socket beneath burn scars and bandages replacing (what should be) her left eye.
Due to how much she’s playing outside, her hands are often cut up and poorly bandaged (by herself), while her nails usually have dirt beneath their broken tips due to how much she pokes around the scrapyards outside of the factories.
Her ankles are covered in light scratches and scars from scraping against sharp roots and thorns while running about outside, and her feet are always covered in bandages and ripped old ballet flats. (Her mother always frowns when she goes out barefoot. Pumpkin feels sick when her mother frowns.)
Personality:
Pumpkin is very quiet because she doesn’t feel like talking sometimes unless necessary, and weird-has no boundaries, She WILL touch your face if she’s curious about how it feels, and this has often gotten her in trouble with other Adults and Peacekeepers.
Due to an incident having to do with her missing eye,
She spends most of her free time making dolls out of sticks and leaves and helping her auntie work around the house.
History:
Pumpkin was born one week after her father’s death- she was seen as a beacon in the darkness, thus her middle name. Her mother was, of course, devastated; She loved this man, and he'd given her the most precious thing you could have in Panem- A child. Her child. Their child.
In his memory, she was given the nickname her father would call her, while she was still in the womb-"Pumpkin".
Growing up, she was raised by her mother, Pony, and paternal Aunt, Cabbie. She doesn’t get to see her mother a lot, due to her busy job trying to make ends meet, in a hovercraft assembly line.
When she was 10, her only school friends - 3 older kids, known for making most of their families incomes through morphling deals - beat her and burnt her eye with stolen cigarettes. 1 of them was on a bad Morphling trip, while the rest were trying to find where she kept her birthday Monday she'd mentioned having accumulated for the past 4 years.
The only person who came to help her was her teacher, who was just leaving the school as it happened; the other child walking by prior either watched or pretended not to notice Pumpkin's cries for help.
Since that day, the only people she can find herself to trust are adults, and she often skips school so she can avoid her peers.
Other:
She has severe trust issues towards other kids due to the incident (where she lost her eye) from when she was younger, and thus she lacks in social skills with children around her age.
Most of her friends back home are her mother’s coworkers, who she sees from time to time.
Due to only having one eye she has terrible depth perception.
Her pain tolerance is incredibly high, especially for someone her age.
She’s the least likely person to hesitate while stabbing someone.
