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Dale Barbara "I've seen you sacrifice yourself for total strangers"
vital statistics NAME: Dale Barbara NICKNAME(S): "Barbie" AGE: 30 BIRTHDATE: April 22nd ZODIAC: Taurus HEIGHT: 5' 10" WEIGHT: 190 HAIR: Blond EYES: Blue-grey SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Heterosexual RELATIONSHIP STATUS: With Jessica Wakefield PB: Mike Vogel District: 1 Score: 11
history Dale Barbara was born to a small family in District one. As a child, he was brought up to think The Hunger Games were something to be admired and celebrated. As soon as he could, he began training for them as a Career with the intention of making his parents and his district proud. He was happy to discover he was a pretty quick study and proficient at nearly everything he set his hands to, although he specialized in hand-to-hand and blade combat. In a few year’s time, he became incredibly deadly. When it was his time to volunteer as a tribute, he did so without hesitation and went into the Games with every scrap of confidence in him. As they had in training, he and the other Careers stuck together during the Games, taking from the cornucopia what they wanted and hunting down the other tributes. It was Barbie’s idea to set traps for the other tributes by constructing trip wires and making holes that were covered by foliage so no one was the wiser until it was too late; this was how they culled a good number of their competition. However, they were not infallible. Even Careers fall to the Arena’s traps and a couple of them fell to other tributes as well. In the end, it was Barbie and a girl from District 3 who were the last two. His curved blade to her sword meant a drawn out duel that resulted in more than a few wounds on both sides, including a particularly nasty one to Barbie’s left bicep and hip. She disarmed him and had him on the ropes for a bit before he managed to force her into one of his more shallowly dug holes, causing her to fall and allowing him to cleanly snap her neck. After his win, Barbie lived the life he’d always dreamed of growing up: the celebrity status, the parties, even the mentoring carried him along for a few years. Then, one year, he ran into the sister of the girl from District 3. She despised him for killing her sister and denounced not only him but the Games themselves, calling him a murderer and a number of other nasty things. At first, he was able to play it off as nothing, but it never left his mind. He spent the next five years slowly watching as his perspective of the Games changed. He didn’t see something to be celebrated, he saw a bloodbath and the dead faces of people’s children and he began to think of every child he had killed during his Game. He saw his family, happy and content with their lot in life and thought of what they would be like if he’d died instead of the girl. He began to change his mind. After that, his public presence dimmed somewhat. He still attended parties and talk shows and whatever else called on him, but he stopped mentoring and stopped watching the shows that led up to the Games themselves. The Games he did watch, to remind himself of why he’d gone more quiet over the years and why his dreams felt more like nightmares every now and again. He didn’t want to fall into the gilded ideals of the capitol again. When the announcement went out about a new set of tributes from other worlds, he began watching more closely, intrigued with this idea. He thought maybe, because it wouldn’t be the children or relatives of anyone he’d meet, that it might feel different, but he found it didn’t. Sure, they didn’t actually die and that was a relief, but the whole institution had been blackened for him beyond repair. That was when he had the idea of taking up mentoring again. His hope was to be able to help these new tributes somehow while also probing around the rebellious sentiments that had sprung up during the 74th Hunger Games.
personality Presentation: Generally, Barbie acts very laid back and easy-going. He’s the sort of guy who lets things roll off his back if they’re not that big of a deal. In fact, more often than not, what Barbie displays is his wry sense of humor. Barbie uses sarcasm like it’s an art and has a sardonic comment or two for others both out loud and in his head (and they’ll stay in his head if he’s better served staying silent.) For example, in canon, even after he’s just had his ass handed to him and he’s not completely certain he’s going to see the next morning, he still has a moment where he thinks to himself ‘there probably won’t be those little mints on the pillow’ upon hearing his jail cell called a ‘suite.’ Another thing that shines bright in his presentation is his charm and charisma; he’s the type of man to demand and hold the attention of others when necessary. When combined with his kindness and general appreciation of others, it makes him a fairly likeable person all around. (Unless you’re a power-hungry bastard, then you might feel threatened.) Motivations: Other than the comments he keeps to himself, Barbie is a fairly genuine person. He holds a general kindness and caring for everyone; there’s even an instance where he shows concern for the well-being of someone he plainly doesn’t like. However, he’s not afraid to call people out when it’s needed and he has the ability to be frighteningly stern and stubborn when the situation calls for it. He’ll put someone in their place if they’re stepping out of bounds, though not without an initial warning. Barbie has a strong survival instinct that will kick in when he’s in trouble, allowing him to either remain calm or fight back, depending on which would serve him better. Not everything is surface-level with him, though. (As in canon) he suffers from extreme guilt over the people he killed and while it doesn’t affect his day-to-day life, it’s a constant undercurrent he’s incapable of fully shaking. It’s the main push for his desire to mentor and his desire to join the rebellion. He actually comes with an interesting perspective--having once been a Career—because, while he appreciates what the capitol has done for its people (for the most part) he doesn’t agree with the cost of it. This is what allows him to be able to say the positive things he does to the capitol’s ‘face’ without sounding like he’s lying while still having his rebellious sentiments.
other notes Barbie’s arena was a circle maze. The tributes rose up to the cornucopia in the middle and all the twists and turns went out from there with a few pockets here and there for shelter. Barbie was part of the career pack and they were ruthless. They got their supplies from the cornucopia and then went on the hunt. A few of them were taken out by the maze’s numerous traps and a couple by other tributes, but when it came down to the final two, it was a nasty fight between Barbie and the girl from District 3. He won the fight by snapping her neck. After his victory, Barbie spent several years living it up and remained firmly on the government’s good side and in their pocket. But as the years went on and the parties and limelight lost it’s luster, Barbie stepped off center stage and left the scene for a little while. He still kept some contacts, he still played to the Capitol’s expectations and he still watched the games, but now it was with the rose-tinted glasses removed. As he’s stepped back into public view, he’s begun toeing the line here and there, never doing anything to get himself in trouble but sometimes pushing the envelope when he can. His charisma and charm is the shroud over his growing anti-capitol sentiments.
ooc contact NAME: Lysoke AGE: 21 CONTACT INFO: Lysoke TIMEZONE: CST
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