Post by effie on Jul 18, 2011 16:58:58 GMT -5
Cbox Name: Meekseh
Nicknames: Lots of thiiings! Meeks being the most common =P
Main Account: Anya.
Who else do you play?: Anya Jenkins, Cordelia Chase, Glory, Ellen Parsons
How did you find us?: Used my grand pappy’s treasure map, I did.
Category: Book/Movie - The Hunger Games
Name: Effie Trinket
Alias: I’m sure there are…a lot of things people call her behind her back xD..
Age: 32.
Ranking: Civilian. XD She’s here for the lulz, not ‘cause she’s gonna rock anyones socks with her non-existent awesome superpowers.
Physical Appearance:
Click here for Effie. Absolutely. Ridiculous.
Effie…probably would look like a normal human being. Except for the fact that she is constantly doing the most utterly bizarre things imaginable…to her hair. It’s considered somewhat fashionable where she’s from to be dying your hair all sorts of crazy colors - and she’s sported the majority of the rainbow. Her favorite, and the color her hair currently is now, is a bright and slightly obnoxious shade of bubblegum-pink. I know. She thinks she’s cute. Naturally, her hair is actually a light honey-blonde, but it’s not like anyone would actually ever know that considering how much she changes it.
Otherwise she comes off mostly as a fairly normal chick, standing at about 5’6 with a light, slender build. Her skin is pale, smooth and utterly flawless, almost as if someone…polished all the imperfections right out of it. Actually, that is basically what happened, not that it seems like a plausible theory in today’s society. Effie’s eyes are bright sapphire blue and she has something of a dazzling, almost creepily perfect smile - the kind that makes her look airbrushed and a little…well, fake. There's quite a lot about her that's...rather unnecessarily extravagant, actually, including the way she dresses. She definitely dresses to show off the money she has, and given that a) she's from the future and b) The Capitol is known for their outrageous fashion choices anyway, she's known to garner a few odd looks as she walks the street. Though...given that she's been yanked into current time, she's probably gonna have to start dressing a little more normally. Gawd. How will she survive...
Lastly, Effie has a light, chirping sorta way of speaking - a bit posh, with her voice raising ever so slightly at the end of her sentences as if she's always asking a question - a slightly odd accent, to say the least. It's a bit comparable to British accent, though with some noticeable differences if you were paying attention - good luck placing exactly where it's from, though. Unless you're familiar with The Capitol.
Personality:
Effie was born and raised in The Capitol, which happens to be the wealthiest part of the world she's from - so yes, she is rather used to luxury. She's the prim and proper type, the kind of oddball who, if you insult her, will probably do nothing more than purse her lips and give you a rather disapproving glare - but if you spill something on her clothes, then yes. She just might try to kill you. She is an extremely neat person to the point of being rather OCD about, well...just about everything. She's also extremely organized and punctual - there's probably nothing she hates more than tardiness, and she seems to have an obsessive need to keep her life (and the lives of the people she's responsible for; thankfully there aren't too many of them) run by a tight schedule.
Another thing about Effie - manners are treated like her moral code. Seriously. She tends to judge people based on their etiquette, and she absolutely cannot stand any amount of rudeness or disgusting habits. Effie is an extremely well-groomed, well-spokenand uptight individual, and...she kind of expects everyone else to be the same way. She also maintains an air of seeming superiority and would-be maturity. I say would-be because while she constantly tries to stick her nose up and be the 'mature' person in a situation, she tends to randomly get all bubbly and excited about the strangest of things. As for the superiority angle, well, there's something you have to understand about Effie - she was brought up in a place where it was drilled into her head that having lots of money makes you better than everyone else. She's never really been taught anything different; though recently through her association with Katniss, Peeta and Haymitch she has begun to change her perspective a little. Baby steps. That's about the best you can expect from Effie.
On another note, you might like to know that Effie is...an very, very fun person to irritate. Mostly because she gets annoyed so easily, and...her reactions tend to be nothing short of hilarious. She's mostly harmless, really, and isn't even one to start throwing out insults left and right - but what she will do is huff and make various appalled faces and fan herself rather spastically - one might even think she's about to faint. She really is a ridiculously over-dramatic person, which is especially noticeable if and when she actually comes to care about you. Effie has a strangely protective, maternal nature and can go from being a cool, collectedpink-haired woman to a fussy, teary-eyed wreck if someone she cares about is threatened. However, it is times like these, when she gets completely overly emotional, that it becomes evident that she's actually...kind of an airhead. She really can say the most offensive things at the most inappropriate of times, mostly thanks to her Capitol upbringing and the mindset that she can actually get away with these things - but after awhile you'll learn that this is just Effie being...Effie, and she really doesn't mean any harm.
Despite the fact that most of the time she doesn't come off as much more than entirely superficial, Effie does have a few redeeming qualities. Though you'd never know it, she really does become more attached to people (even the ones that frequently annoy her) than she ever lets on, and when it comes down to it she's actually an extremely loyal person. And surprisingly, she's actually probably the kind of person you'd benefit from having on your side - she has resources, and she's not afraid to use 'em. And when there's something she decides she wants to achieve, she displays a shockingly fierce determination that many might find difficult to rival.
Powers/Abilities:
NO MAGIC FOR EFFIE Dx. Here are some of her strengths, though...
Equipment: Well...not unless you wanna count an outrageously large parasol, some pink-tinted shades and a variety of bizarre futuristic accessories...
Psychological Flaws:
Physical Flaws:
Other Flaws: whatdoyoumeanlulzeffietrinketizzflawless!!!1!!1
Brief History:
Well, Effie was born...100+ years into the future. Or one possible future, anyway, the whole 'time flux' thing made the whole affair a bit blurry. Anyway, the world she was born into, in a place that was once known as North America, is called Panem. Panem is a nation of twelve different districts, all tightly reigned under the absolute, unquestionable control of The Capitol. Effie herself was born into The Capitol, so while most of the other districts had to struggle to survive, she herself was pretty well-off.
Being raised in The Capitol instilled in her a certain way of thinking that explain a lot about why she is the way she is today. The Capitol teaches superiority to its citizens, as well as a certain level of superficiality and ridiculous frivolity - and, to an extend, a disregard for the lives of the 'lower' citizens of Panem. Effie herself is actually one of the less despicable Capitol citizens, if that tells you anything about what most of them are like.
Growing up, Effie received a proper education and in adulthood began the career of being a Hunger Games escort. Now if you're unfamiliar with the term, The Hunger Games are without a doubt one of Panem's most despicable practices. As a punishment for a past rebellion of the districts and a reminder that such a thing must never happen again, The Capitol issues the Hunger Games each and every year. The Games themselves are a practice of drawing the names of twenty-four children, two(a boy and a girl) from each district, between the ages of twelve to eighteen...and sending them into a massive arena where they are forced to fight to the death...all of which is filmed on live television. For the Games, each district got a mentor and an escort to aid them - Effie was the escort for District Twelve. It was her job to draw the names of the two tributes, escort them to the Capitol, and prepare them for the Games.
She wasn't very far into her career when, during the 74th annual Hunger Games, she drew the names Peeta Mellark and Primrose Everdeen to represent District Twelve. Primrose, however, was only a twelve year old girl - and her sixteen year old sister Katniss Everdeen immediately volunteered to take her place.
Initially, Effie wasn't exactly fond of Katniss, Peeta, or their mentor - an older former winner of the Hunger Games, a drunken man named Haymitch. All three of them, in her opinion, were as uncivilized as anyone from the poverty-ridden District Twelve. However, as time went on and she watched Katniss and Peeta train, she inevitably began to grow attached to the pair of them - and when they ultimately did the unthinkable and won the Hunger Games together, Effie was inspired to a level that brought her sharply out of her Capitol-induced shallowness. When the next year The Capitol issued a cruel new twist to the Games that demanded that all the former tributes return and compete again, Effie was this time firmly on Katniss and Peeta's side - rooting for them against The Capitol government itself, who had all but made certain that at least one of them would die.
...What she didn't know; what no one knew except Haymitch and the select few that were in on the plot, was that there was a plan to extract Katniss, Peeta, and a few other contestants from the arena - and to bring them to District Thirteen, an underground base thought to be destroyed...but in reality, the site of a slowly boiling new rebellion. After Katniss was taken from the arena, however, Peeta and a few others were captured - and those suspected of knowing anything about where Katniss might have gone were taken to the Capitol as well...meaning Effie herself.
Effie, perhaps a bit foolishly (and certainly without thinking any of it through) told the Capitol that she'd known nothing of the plans to rescue Katniss - and also fiercely proclaimed that she'd be a part of the rebellion group that the Capitol seemed to fear so much. Well...that wasn't such a good idea, it turned out. Effie ended up becoming more or less a prisoner of her own people. It was only out of sheer chance and luck that she ended up...well, here. More on that below!
Reason for being on AM: Well, she didn't exactly plan on being here. But during the time she spent imprisoned at the Capitol, Effie underwent some very strange...events.
Everyone knew that went down behind the top-secret walls of the Capitol government was...well, questionable to say the least. And in the face of the oncoming rebellion, they began working on new weapons - things that had to do with nuclear devices, mutations, and yes, time travel. Unfortunately for them (but perhaps more fortunately for her), they weren't exactly able to predict the ramifications of these tests - and ended up sending her aaaall the way back to present day. ....oops?
**okay okay, there's no actual proof of time travel existing in THG. But srsly, with all the other crazy technology they had at their fingertips (creating wolf-human mutations and wasps that have insanity-inducing poisonous stingers , wtf
) it certainly isn't implausible - and as for testing it out on Effie, well, they obviously did eff her up somehow in the books when she came back all empty-eyed. tell me if this is okay!
Sample RP:
Theme Songs:
-insert something ridiculously happy and bubbly here...I'll probably update this later-
....HAPPY HUNGER GAMES! AND MAY THE ODDS BE EVER IN YOUR FAVOR <3.
Nicknames: Lots of thiiings! Meeks being the most common =P
Main Account: Anya.
Who else do you play?: Anya Jenkins, Cordelia Chase, Glory, Ellen Parsons
How did you find us?: Used my grand pappy’s treasure map, I did.
Category: Book/Movie - The Hunger Games
Name: Effie Trinket
Alias: I’m sure there are…a lot of things people call her behind her back xD..
Age: 32.
Ranking: Civilian. XD She’s here for the lulz, not ‘cause she’s gonna rock anyones socks with her non-existent awesome superpowers.
Physical Appearance:
Click here for Effie. Absolutely. Ridiculous.
Effie…probably would look like a normal human being. Except for the fact that she is constantly doing the most utterly bizarre things imaginable…to her hair. It’s considered somewhat fashionable where she’s from to be dying your hair all sorts of crazy colors - and she’s sported the majority of the rainbow. Her favorite, and the color her hair currently is now, is a bright and slightly obnoxious shade of bubblegum-pink. I know. She thinks she’s cute. Naturally, her hair is actually a light honey-blonde, but it’s not like anyone would actually ever know that considering how much she changes it.
Otherwise she comes off mostly as a fairly normal chick, standing at about 5’6 with a light, slender build. Her skin is pale, smooth and utterly flawless, almost as if someone…polished all the imperfections right out of it. Actually, that is basically what happened, not that it seems like a plausible theory in today’s society. Effie’s eyes are bright sapphire blue and she has something of a dazzling, almost creepily perfect smile - the kind that makes her look airbrushed and a little…well, fake. There's quite a lot about her that's...rather unnecessarily extravagant, actually, including the way she dresses. She definitely dresses to show off the money she has, and given that a) she's from the future and b) The Capitol is known for their outrageous fashion choices anyway, she's known to garner a few odd looks as she walks the street. Though...given that she's been yanked into current time, she's probably gonna have to start dressing a little more normally. Gawd. How will she survive...
Lastly, Effie has a light, chirping sorta way of speaking - a bit posh, with her voice raising ever so slightly at the end of her sentences as if she's always asking a question - a slightly odd accent, to say the least. It's a bit comparable to British accent, though with some noticeable differences if you were paying attention - good luck placing exactly where it's from, though. Unless you're familiar with The Capitol.
Personality:
Effie was born and raised in The Capitol, which happens to be the wealthiest part of the world she's from - so yes, she is rather used to luxury. She's the prim and proper type, the kind of oddball who, if you insult her, will probably do nothing more than purse her lips and give you a rather disapproving glare - but if you spill something on her clothes, then yes. She just might try to kill you. She is an extremely neat person to the point of being rather OCD about, well...just about everything. She's also extremely organized and punctual - there's probably nothing she hates more than tardiness, and she seems to have an obsessive need to keep her life (and the lives of the people she's responsible for; thankfully there aren't too many of them) run by a tight schedule.
Another thing about Effie - manners are treated like her moral code. Seriously. She tends to judge people based on their etiquette, and she absolutely cannot stand any amount of rudeness or disgusting habits. Effie is an extremely well-groomed, well-spoken
On another note, you might like to know that Effie is...an very, very fun person to irritate. Mostly because she gets annoyed so easily, and...her reactions tend to be nothing short of hilarious. She's mostly harmless, really, and isn't even one to start throwing out insults left and right - but what she will do is huff and make various appalled faces and fan herself rather spastically - one might even think she's about to faint. She really is a ridiculously over-dramatic person, which is especially noticeable if and when she actually comes to care about you. Effie has a strangely protective, maternal nature and can go from being a cool, collected
Despite the fact that most of the time she doesn't come off as much more than entirely superficial, Effie does have a few redeeming qualities. Though you'd never know it, she really does become more attached to people (even the ones that frequently annoy her) than she ever lets on, and when it comes down to it she's actually an extremely loyal person. And surprisingly, she's actually probably the kind of person you'd benefit from having on your side - she has resources, and she's not afraid to use 'em. And when there's something she decides she wants to achieve, she displays a shockingly fierce determination that many might find difficult to rival.
Powers/Abilities:
NO MAGIC FOR EFFIE Dx. Here are some of her strengths, though...
- She's definitely a 'people person', so to speak. When she really wants to, she can be extremely charming - or, alternatively, quite sharp-tongued. Either way, she has an unusual talent for talking people into things they'd normally never agree to. She can be very...persuasive, when she wants to be.
- When it comes to getting somewhere ON TIME...or getting anything she wants, actually, Effie is basically an unstoppable force of nature. Seriously. She's not the giving up type, and if you get in her way she will RUN YOU OVER with the ridiculously high heels she'll probably be wearing at the time.
- People have a certain way of...underestimating her. She's just a normal human after all, with no real special powers - why should anyone be worried about her getting in their way? Well, Effie can use that sort of oversight to her advantage - and, because of her unrelenting stubbornness and determination, will often end up shocking you with what she's capable of.
- She doesn't take crap from people. Ever. Try manipulating her or walking all over her in any way and she will call. you. out. She's surprisingly tough, which you'd never guess from her exterior or even the type of person she seems to be - but Effie is definitely the kind of girl who'll go down fighting if you push her that far.
- She's actually a very trustworthy person. If you need her to keep track of something, or keep a secret, or just plain keep your hectic life organized for you, Effie's your girl. She's extremely professional and efficient when it comes to that sort of thing.
Equipment: Well...not unless you wanna count an outrageously large parasol, some pink-tinted shades and a variety of bizarre futuristic accessories...
Weaknesses
Psychological Flaws:
- First and foremost, Effie...is from the future. Or a future of some bizarre alternate timeline, at least. And her world really could not be more different from this one - needless to say, she's gonna be more than a bit lost during her time here.
- OCD MUCH?! If her hair gets messed up, she tends to freak out. If her clothes get dirty, she tends to freak out. If someone displays a blatant disregard for any manners whatsoever, she tends to freak out. IF EVERYTHING ISN'T COMPLETELY, FLAWLESSLY PERFECT 100% OF THE TIME, SHE TENDS. TO. FREAK. OUT.
- She...well, she has a very strong personality that takes some getting used to. She's very, shall we say, opinionated...and most of the time her opinions most definitely aren't the most popular ones around.
- Effie may have the brightest hair of anyone in a 100-mile radius, but she most certainly isn't the brightest crayon in the box. Seriously. She can kind of be a ditz sometimes, and there are definitely moments when it would benefit her to shut up, stand still, and look pretty. Try convincing her of that, though.
Physical Flaws:
- She is extremely...human. In the most blatantly obvious way. Not only is she not gonna survive being shot or something of that nature - but she'd probably be deterred from a fight if she broke a nail, to be honest. Unless...you really, really piss her off.
- She has no particular skills with weapons. No bad-ass fighting moves. Effie's a pretty normal gal, all things considered, and all she has under her belt are a few basic self-defense maneuvers...and pepper spray. Don't underestimate pepper spray.
Other Flaws: whatdoyoumeanlulzeffietrinketizzflawless!!!1!!1
Brief History:
Well, Effie was born...100+ years into the future. Or one possible future, anyway, the whole 'time flux' thing made the whole affair a bit blurry. Anyway, the world she was born into, in a place that was once known as North America, is called Panem. Panem is a nation of twelve different districts, all tightly reigned under the absolute, unquestionable control of The Capitol. Effie herself was born into The Capitol, so while most of the other districts had to struggle to survive, she herself was pretty well-off.
Being raised in The Capitol instilled in her a certain way of thinking that explain a lot about why she is the way she is today. The Capitol teaches superiority to its citizens, as well as a certain level of superficiality and ridiculous frivolity - and, to an extend, a disregard for the lives of the 'lower' citizens of Panem. Effie herself is actually one of the less despicable Capitol citizens, if that tells you anything about what most of them are like.
Growing up, Effie received a proper education and in adulthood began the career of being a Hunger Games escort. Now if you're unfamiliar with the term, The Hunger Games are without a doubt one of Panem's most despicable practices. As a punishment for a past rebellion of the districts and a reminder that such a thing must never happen again, The Capitol issues the Hunger Games each and every year. The Games themselves are a practice of drawing the names of twenty-four children, two(a boy and a girl) from each district, between the ages of twelve to eighteen...and sending them into a massive arena where they are forced to fight to the death...all of which is filmed on live television. For the Games, each district got a mentor and an escort to aid them - Effie was the escort for District Twelve. It was her job to draw the names of the two tributes, escort them to the Capitol, and prepare them for the Games.
She wasn't very far into her career when, during the 74th annual Hunger Games, she drew the names Peeta Mellark and Primrose Everdeen to represent District Twelve. Primrose, however, was only a twelve year old girl - and her sixteen year old sister Katniss Everdeen immediately volunteered to take her place.
Initially, Effie wasn't exactly fond of Katniss, Peeta, or their mentor - an older former winner of the Hunger Games, a drunken man named Haymitch. All three of them, in her opinion, were as uncivilized as anyone from the poverty-ridden District Twelve. However, as time went on and she watched Katniss and Peeta train, she inevitably began to grow attached to the pair of them - and when they ultimately did the unthinkable and won the Hunger Games together, Effie was inspired to a level that brought her sharply out of her Capitol-induced shallowness. When the next year The Capitol issued a cruel new twist to the Games that demanded that all the former tributes return and compete again, Effie was this time firmly on Katniss and Peeta's side - rooting for them against The Capitol government itself, who had all but made certain that at least one of them would die.
...What she didn't know; what no one knew except Haymitch and the select few that were in on the plot, was that there was a plan to extract Katniss, Peeta, and a few other contestants from the arena - and to bring them to District Thirteen, an underground base thought to be destroyed...but in reality, the site of a slowly boiling new rebellion. After Katniss was taken from the arena, however, Peeta and a few others were captured - and those suspected of knowing anything about where Katniss might have gone were taken to the Capitol as well...meaning Effie herself.
Effie, perhaps a bit foolishly (and certainly without thinking any of it through) told the Capitol that she'd known nothing of the plans to rescue Katniss - and also fiercely proclaimed that she'd be a part of the rebellion group that the Capitol seemed to fear so much. Well...that wasn't such a good idea, it turned out. Effie ended up becoming more or less a prisoner of her own people. It was only out of sheer chance and luck that she ended up...well, here. More on that below!
Reason for being on AM: Well, she didn't exactly plan on being here. But during the time she spent imprisoned at the Capitol, Effie underwent some very strange...events.
Everyone knew that went down behind the top-secret walls of the Capitol government was...well, questionable to say the least. And in the face of the oncoming rebellion, they began working on new weapons - things that had to do with nuclear devices, mutations, and yes, time travel. Unfortunately for them (but perhaps more fortunately for her), they weren't exactly able to predict the ramifications of these tests - and ended up sending her aaaall the way back to present day. ....oops?
**okay okay, there's no actual proof of time travel existing in THG. But srsly, with all the other crazy technology they had at their fingertips (creating wolf-human mutations and wasps that have insanity-inducing poisonous stingers , wtf
) it certainly isn't implausible - and as for testing it out on Effie, well, they obviously did eff her up somehow in the books when she came back all empty-eyed. tell me if this is okay!Sample RP:
Brace yourself for some extremely shocking news: Effie Trinket...wasn't really sure what the hell was going on.
Yes, WHAT a surprise. All she knew was that one moment, the Games had seemed to have gone straight to hell - chaos, children dying left and right, Katniss and Johanna trying to set some sort of trap for the other contestants before Johanna quite abruptly turned and attacked the District Twelve tribute - and then...cut to black. The Gamemakers didn't usually do that unless something had gone very, very wrong. Which Effie was beginning to gather...it had.
And then, only moments later, they were being gathered - the entire prep team, Portia, and Effie herself - Cinna and Haymitch were strangely absent, though she had no time to note this - and being hauled off like a bunch of...of criminals! Well, she most certainly wasn't going to stand for this. This was not how you treated an upstanding Capitol citizen under any circumstances...and, they were wrinkling her outfit! Badly! With an absolutely infuriated squeal, Effie twisted in the grips of the two large Peacemakers that had taken hold of her and were currently dragging her off to God-knew-where in the most ungracious of manners. Her legs. Were actually dragging. On. The. GROUND. This atrocious display of inconsiderateness absolutely would not stand; not if she had anything to say about it. "Of all the - this is absolutely unacceptable. Get your filthy hands off me, now! Haymitch! HAYMITCH!" Struggling violently, the pink-haired woman gave a very violent, unladylike kick at the air - desperate times called for desperate measures, after all. But it seemed her efforts were in vain, because the Peacemakers did not even waver, and Haymitch did not come.
Where was he? They were supposed to be a team. Him, and her, and Katniss and Peeta...what had happened to Katniss and Peeta? What had happened at the Games? Effie was no genius, but even she could piece together the evident fact that something had gone wrong. ...Something that warranted the two tributes' entire team being dragged off like animals. There was no doubt about it...Katniss had done something outrageously stupid. Again.
With a very dramatic sigh, Effie closed her eyes and stilled her resistance for a brief moment. No. If Katniss had somehow cheated at the Games again, there would have been some sort of direct retribution against her, not against her team. But if everyone close to the girl was suddenly being dragged out into the Capitol streets to...well, wherever it was they were being taken, if Effie herself was one of the people they were taking their anger out on instead...it meant that for some reason, they didn't have access to Katniss. That somehow...she was out of their reach. But...how was that possible?
She needed time. She needed to figure this about. And, above all, she needed to speak to Haymitch - but first things first, she really needed these people to treat her like a respectable human being first. Gritting her teeth slightly, Effie twisted her arm into a rather painful, awkward position, and...sunk her ridiculously long nails into the flesh of the man who had the stronger grip on her shoulders. With a resounding howl he released her, probably more out of shock that this silly prim and proper girl with the bizarrely-colored hair could inflict any sort of pain than anything, which was enough to allow Effie to twist herself sharply out of the grip of the almost equally-startled other man.
It...wasn't exactly graceful, the way she landed herself promptly on the ground. But she sprung to her feet none the less, her nose wrinkled slightly in disgust as she worked to brush the invisible floor dust of doom off her dress, and then glanced up to fix the pair of Peacemakers with a her trademark disapproving glare. "I can walk. Thank you." she informed them briskly, but in an astoundingly civil manner considering the amount of indignance that was currently coursing through her. No point in running now. They'd catch her - or shoot her down if they didn't. But the least they could allow her was the decency to walk out of here like a respectable Capitol citizen.
The Peacemakers exchanged a glance and then shrugged, probably thinking something similar in regards to her chances of escape. They didn't make an attempt to grab her again, although Effie noticed that they did make a point to flank her rather closely. How perfectly obnoxious. With a slight sniff, she tossed back her hair, tilted her chin up, and stepped out into the night.
It didn't matter if they were taking her straight down to hell - if she was going to go, she was doing it her way.
Theme Songs:
-insert something ridiculously happy and bubbly here...I'll probably update this later-
....HAPPY HUNGER GAMES! AND MAY THE ODDS BE EVER IN YOUR FAVOR <3.
