Name: Bebe Aimée Durand
Nickname: Baby
Age: 17
Birthday: January 23
Sign: Aquarius
Gemstone: Amethyst
Blood Type: B
Fav. Food: Rare Meat, Sushi, Steak Tartare, etc. Raw or rare meat dishes are yum. Prefers her dishes to be served with the heads still on.
Hated Food: Tasteless/greasy/salty/overly cooked food.
School: Crystal Academy
Hobbies:
Poetry - Bebe is a great admirer of poetry, and can often be found with a volume around her person. Her preference is usually for classical verses, usually romantic, or morbid in nature, but she is known to recite a 'humorous' limerick on occasion. Unfortunately, she's usually the only one who laughs, as she often decides that a 'good time' is during the most serious moments possible. She has never written her own, as her other 'art' is far more interesting to her, but takes every spare moment to flip through her dog-eared books, and is ridiculously fond of quoting verses at any moment possible.
Acting - Throughout her life, Bebe has always been acting. From her everyday habit of putting on airs and falling into the role of a 'lady', to dressing up and performing in amateur plays. She finds it easy and comforting to slip behind the mask of someone else, and has spent so long doing this that it has become second nature. She is also a enormous ham, when the mood strikes her.
Fitness - Bebe is one of those people who consider their body a temple, and makes sure to get exercise each day. She's found skipping rope to be the most enjoyable, as it's a quick, low-strain workout, easy to do in any place, and doesn't require a full team behind you. Plus it's clean, and not too undignified sport for a lady. Apart from that, she makes sure to eat well, sleep well, and meditates for a short time every day.
Virtues:
Easygoing - Never getting overly worried or flustered, Bebe can take life in with a cool eye and clear head. She isn't too bothered when people lash out or insult her, and goes along happily with what people want her to do without complaint. She never seems to get angry, or upset, and can be counted on for a relaxed, friendly face in any situation. This is mostly due to her not giving too much thought to what people around her do, as they are usually background to her own thoughts, but makes her amicable and easy to get along with.
Outgoing - Bebe doesn't mind being the center of things, in fact if she can get an audience she delights at sharing her imagination with the world at general. She doesn't care what people think of her approaching them, and is always pleased to find a sound board to bounce her voice off of. If you're shy, she'll keep the conversation going for the both of you, and is quick to approach people who she thinks look like they'll be interesting or fun. Treating friend and stranger alike, she can talk as openly with one as the other, and never seems to get tangled in preliminary introductions and awkward silences, and usually has at least a passing knowledge of whatever you might be interested in.
Ladylike - Bebe chafes at the way vulgarity and crudeness has become the social norm in our society. Growing up, she was exposed to classical literature, and draws her role models and actions from the women in them. Wherever she goes, she has a strict code of how to conduct herself according to her ideals on how to be a proper young woman. Never raise your voice, never cuss. Be polite, be refined, be respectable, be demure. Don't be undignified, preserve your modesty. She doesn't force her ideals and views on other girls, as that would be impolite and rude, and indeed sometimes enjoys watching other people making idiots of themselves in ridiculous displays, as it allows her to live a little through them. Overall, she tends to choose friends that emphasize dignity and refinement over crudeness.
Bright - Gifted from birth with a brain that functions better than most people, Bebe is approaching the higher ends of the IQ scale. She learns faster, remembers better, and generally keeps ahead of the average person with little to no effort. Carefully never flaunting the fact, Bebe appreciates and makes use of her intellect, striving to pass her classes with flying colours (allowing her a place at the prestigious crystal academy). Outside of classes, Bebe takes a lively interest in anything that crosses her path, picking it up, looking at it, and remembering a few key interesting facts about it before dropping it and seizing something else. This has allowed her to build a rough knowledge of most common activities and interests that a dignified young woman might run into.
Flaws:
Vicious - Although it's hard to see now in the graceful and poised young woman, when Bebe was a child she was quite vicious. Revelling in fighting with other children, trying to hit squirrels with rocks, and doing impromptu dissection on unfortunate insects, she took pleasure in the pain and suffering she inflicted on others. Now Bebe limits herself to being a spectator, and while she cultivates an air of disinterest in violence and pain, she often forgets to give sympathy to people who have been physically hurt, instead focusing, ghoul-like, on getting them to relive the gory details. Under duress and stress, Bebe's mask sometimes slips and displays the side of herself that she works so hard to hide. When her back is to the wall, or really, when she knows she can get away with it, she has no problem at all with happily hurting people.
Fair-weather Friend - She'll smile, she'll nod, she'll pat your hand, and she won't give a s**t about your problems. Bebe lacks any desire to ever put herself in your shoes, she doesn't care about your heartbreak, and she certainly isn't listening to a word you say about how your parents divorce is tearing you apart. Due to her detachment from people, Bebe finds that she has immense difficulty sympathizing with others, and the effort required to try tires and annoys her. So, she doesn't bother. When life's good and the sun is shining, Bebe will be with you, laughing, grinning, and offering you a stick of mint gum. However, when things start to crumble apart don't expect her to stick around and watch you sigh. If you pull through, she'll be back with more pretty butterflies and funny stories, but she'll disappear again the moment life gets dull for her. There are so many more interesting people around!
Unbalanced - Something is not right in Bebe's head. She sees the world differently from how people should, most often in small and unnoticeable ways. However, if you probe deep enough into her, it's clear to see that things are missing or wrong in her thought process. Clever enough to realize this, Bebe goes to great lengths to cover up and mislead people, keeping them at a distance to avoid unpleasant confrontations and disruptions. One of her largest problems is her lack of empathy towards other humans, and the fact that she has a incredibly difficult time viewing others people as little more than homo-sapiens, animals, amusing dancing creatures to entertain her. Most of her social problems stem from this gap between her and other people, and end up displaying themselves as her reacting to situations differently from how most people would. She also tends to treat others like you would a cat or dog, using carrot-and-stick training to get others to act how she would like them, and talking down to people. The one way Bebe finds she can understand people, and connect with their emotions, is through poetry. To her, the verses seem to make sense in a way that body language and facial expressions never could.
Prideful - While Bebe has no problem at all with being verbally insulted, thought badly of, or ignored by others, as she never really cares what other people think, she takes great pride in her appearance, competence, and abilities. If she believes she was made to look like a fool, there will be hell to pay sooner or later. She also tends to chafe and grumble at grunt work, believing herself far too talented to be messing around with jobs a less-skilled person could take care of. While she has no desire for a position of power, she has difficulty working under other people, and tends to gravitate towards calling the shots, even if she shouldn't be doing so. Additionally, she tends to leap for the spotlight, jumping for opportunities to show off her talents, and woe befalls the person who tries to take her glory, or is standing in the way.
Appearance:
Eyes - Large and brown, usually half-open in a sleepy way. However, utterly obscured by her large and very thick glasses.
Hair - Purple and long, pinned up at the back with bangs and long strands in the front. Naturally curly at the ends, and puffy.
Face - A small round face covered in freckles.
Body - Lightly tanned skin. Short and fragile-looking. Slight amount of freckles all over.
