Tia ~ Wanderer

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Tia
Wanderer- soon to be STAR
Female
22

I'm feeling sexy and free

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Tia is not just another girl- or another person for that matter. One of the things that sets her aside form everybody else is her usually outrageous appearance. Born with a love for neon, blinding patterns and unnatural hair colors it really is no wonder that she ended up this way. Always a little out there, Tia insisted on "keeping up with the latest fashions" most of which she saw on Capitolites during the Games.

Her family didn't really approve of such actions but there was no stopping the girl, she bought ink just to "accidentally" spill it in her hair to change the color. She'd cut it into odd styles and she'd stain her lips with odd colors. She managed to look pretty Capitolish for a normal citizen in District Six. Of course resources were limited and she'd usually make a fool of herself, Tia thought she was merely a blossoming star. Everyone else thought she was crazy.

When she wasn't all done up in her "performance wear" Tia looked pretty normal. A regular young women with pale skin, blue eyes and cute dimples. When she isn't polluting her hair with chemicals or covering it up with wigs it's black, cut bluntly at her chin. One of the reasons Tia likes to dress up and make her face up so much is that her features aren't very feminine. Her jaw is very strong and pronounced and her nose is wide set across her face. Very blocky, her whole face lacks the girly softness her mother had. Her lips are larger to match her wide face. Generally Tia is wide set everywhere. Her shoulders, her hips, her feet are larger than a girl would care to admit. She's as tall as most men but she's not self conscience about it as other girls might be. In fact, Tia favors the ridiculously tall, neon colored heels of the Capitol although she doesn't own any herself. However, she does manage to paint some of hers the obnoxious colors of the rich fashionistas.

Clothes are hard to come by too. Most of time the aspiring singer sews different pieces together, dyeing them and crafting items together to create something entirely new and... special. Sometimes it can be as simple as cutting a few holes in certain places that develop the look, and others it can take quite a long time. If you were to ever to see Tia on the streets in some District you'd probably skirt to the other side and try to avoid the loud eye sore of her appearance than talk to her. Needless to say people would prefer if she went to the Capitol and took her florescent wardrobe with her.

Even if people don't want to see her too early in the morning to prevent the risk of blinding themselves, they have to admit that the girl always has a smile on her face. A comforting site in a cruel world. There's something heartwarming about watching someone walk by with their chin up and a grin plastered across their face.

My heart beats out of time

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No matter what, when you ask someone what Tia is like they will not doubt answer with something along the lines of "She's... special." It's not that Tia is particularly unpleasant to be around but she is a little stubborn... and hardheaded. Deciding long ago at the tender age of seven that she would move to the Capitol to sing in front of all the stylish people there, she has yet to give up on the endeavor. She's already taken her stage name too (as you might have thought her parents did not name her just "Tia" and her actual, and full, name is "Glady Theresa Whelhurn" not exactly the easiest thing to picture up in lights outside of a club). All in all Tia is completely ready to hit it big time- it's just no one else is. Sure, she has an okay voice but who is going to let a regular citizen, who is past the Reaping age, into the Capitol? That's why she's kind of AWOL right now to the authorities, but to her she's on tour.

Charismatic and optimistic, Tia is a fairly nice girl. Full of smiles and laughter but ready to do hard work if it meant getting on stage. She will and has gone to extremes trying to get people to hear her sing- most of which ends with a quick sprint that has shaped her legs up well. Tia is not one for secrets. She likes to know everything and then spill all that information to anyone within earshot. That trait has earned her very few friends but she's so caught up in the whirl wind of traveling from district to district and stepping closer to her dream that Tia has hardly noticed that's she's alone. Of course there are the moments by herself in the woods that the chill of being alone hits her head on. Those times pass and she's back on the road before anything can really root in her mind that could cause permanent damage.

Tia is more than a little promiscuous. It's not that she just sleeps around with everyone she sees; they are calculated encounters that could help get her out of the district before the Peacekeepers figure she's there. Or it could be a Peacekeeper who's willing to turn a blind eye on the situation. She's not afraid to use her sexuality to get ahead- on anybody. She wasn't blessed with incredible book smarts but she's an expert on social interaction and when which touch is needed to get what she wants.

Take me down like I'm a domino

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The youngest of three children, Tia was spoiled beyond belief. Her old siblings (Garius and Grindalyn, both named as hideously as Tia) were practically her parents while she was growing up on account of her actual mother and father working all the time. She didn't know them very well so it made it easier to leave the district without missing them too terribly bad. Her siblings actually encouraged her to, as Garius had put it, "follow your dreams." They probably thought it better to get her out into the world than have her eat up all their money on lavish clothes.

Knowing that if she ever step foot in the Capitol that'd she probably get arrested, her sister has suggested doing a, sort of, "Tour of Panem." Thinking it was a brilliant idea, Tia followed her advice and started her trek to District Twelve to begin her big adventure of a life time. While singing is very important to Tia, staying alive is a little higher on the priority list and she'll occasionally skip on her "concert" to escape getting throw into the Detention Center (although a concert in there wouldn't be half bad either- you know, cover all the spots). Most people would see this trip as fruitless and stupid but Tia is so determined that there is just now stopping her. Sometimes, on the road in between districts, Tia will cross paths with another wanderer. If it is near nightfall they'll make camp together and swap stories (if they're nice). However, even the nice ones scoff at her dreams. She's taken to avoiding others, going out of her way to keep from being mocked and laughed at. However word gets around- even in some Districts they already know who she is by one look.

Tia The Wanna-Be. Not a very flattering nickname, but it has stuck all the same. Tia hasn't had a whole lot of luck with names in her life time. However, she pulls through with her head held high because every upcoming star goes through low valleys. There is a little voice in the back of her mind that tells her that she'll never make it to the Capitol, much less hit it big there. Everyone will know she's from a lower district the second she hits One. When dark thoughts cloud her mind Tia just reminds herself that no one gets anywhere thinking on all the negative aspects of the journey. Positive. Always think positive.

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