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[enjoythe_ride]

OOC INFORMATION
Player: Emily
Age: 23
Personal Journal: iluvroadrunner6
Contact Info: AIM – iluvroadrunner6, iluvroadrunner6@gmail.com
Other Characters: N/A

IC INFORMATION
Character’s Name: Bela Talbot
Age: 24
Canon Point: post-her death in 315: Time is on my Side
Species: Human
Gender: Female
Orientation:

Hetero-probable. Bela isn’t show romantically inclined in canon beyond flirting with the Winchesters to screw with their heads (I count Sam’s sex dream about her in 310 in that, headcanonly speaking, because given what she did at the end of the episode, I believe that it’s possible she could have dreamrooted Sam to throw him off his game.) That being said, given her past history, Bela’s might not be the keenest on men. She uses her sexuality to get what she wants, but is reluctant to pull the trigger unless it’s someone she trusts. That + her shortened lifespan due to her deal didn’t lead to a lot of time for actual relationships.

I’m rambling. My point is, odds are, given the amount of flirting she did with the boys (and the heteronormative tendency of the show), she probably identifies as heterosexual, and would thus be comfortable with a husband, but could be open to the idea of a female partner. (I’m also requesting a specific husband for her, so there’s that.)

History: History via SuperWiki
Appearance: Bela is tall and attractive, at about 5’ 8” with long brown hair, green eyes, and a curvy figure. She dresses professionally, in business suits and skirts, and takes a lot of care in her appearance.

Personality:

Bela Talbot is the poster child for bad life choices.

No really.

Every decision she’s made throughout her life, she’s made the wrong one. As a result, she comes off as a selfish, self-centered thieving bitch, and at her core, she is. From the outside, she looks as though she’s someone that had it all—she’s beautiful, intelligent, from a well off family. It was the perfect recipe for success, and somehow, she came out the other side as a shady dealer of the occult with no family, no friends, and dead at the age of 24. It’s actually a fairly tragic story, when you think about it, but most people don’t.

Born Abby, Bela’s life of promise started out just like that—a lot of promise. She was born to a wealthy upper class British family, the only child of what probably looked like two outwardly doting parents. The problem is, however, that her father was a little too doting. He sexually abused her from a young age, something she couldn’t find her own way out from under. Her childhood was one of isolation, where odds are she tried to tell people what was going on (most likely her mother), and no one believed her. She exhausted every option until the day she met her first demon.

She didn’t know the girl was a demon at the time. She just knew that the girl was offering her a way out of her problems, and she had tried everything else. The demon offered her a solution with no reprocussions for ten years, and when you’re fourteen, ten years can seem like forever, and her problem could be solved today, as oppose to a few years from now when she would be able to get out on her own. So with that, she made the first of her Bad Life Choices, the one which opened the floodgates and lead to every other bad decision she would make. She sold her soul in exchange for getting away from her father, which resulted in her father’s death, and her own life on the line for the next ten years.

Eventually she comes to the realization that ten years is not as long as she thought, and that she’s running out of time. She then uses the money she inherited to become the most self-reliant person on the planet. Or she tried, at least. No one can truly be self-reliant, and Bela learns that lesson the hard way for the rest of her life, but she never really learns it. She makes decisions, things backfire, and occasionally she gets bailed out, but most of the time she’s doing it on her own. She doesn’t like the idea of being in anyone’s debt, and tries to clear them as soon as possible, or do it herself. She doesn’t trust other people to have her best interests at heart. She believes that she can only rely on herself, and because of that, she doesn’t know how to ask people for help, at least not until it’s too late, and she’s desperate.

You’re starting to see a pattern, right? Bela is in trouble. Bela tries to solve it on her own and fails. Bela awkwardly asks other people for help and expects it because they have consciences and souls. Lather, rinse, repeat.

On the outside, Bela projects complete confidence and assurance. She knows exactly what she’s doing, and even when things don’t go her way, she always manages to come out ahead. She’s always out for herself, and is willing to let people think the worse of her, because not only is it easier than having actual feelings, it means she doesn’t show weakness. She doesn’t want other people’s pity, because pity isn’t going to save her life. In the end, all she wants to do is live.

Bela’s feeling on the family unit is complicated. She thinks less of it than she does people in general—if anything she sees it as a weakness, especially where Sam and Dean are concerned. Regardless of the fact that her own family life was terrible, being attached to people is a weakness she can’t afford, but she always knows how to exploit it. In fact, she shoots Sam, because she knows it will get Dean to pay attention. She plays with relationships the way she plays chess pieces—they’re weaknesses in other people to help her get what she wants. She hasn’t been afforded the time to care about people, and she didn’t want any more weaknesses than she already had. This is probably going to be one of the most interesting things about her coming to Holly Heights.

I think that coming in to the game, after her deal has been followed through, and it’s not hanging over her head anymore, it’s going to offer her a lot of freedom she didn’t have before. Once she determines that this isn’t Hell (though it’s likely she’ll think it is) and that it’s not some new form of torture, she’s going to have a choice to make—she can either keep living the closed off life she has been, or she can try and branch out and make friends, which as far as she’s concerned is a much scarier prospect. Never mind the fact that she may have a family unit of her own that she’s supposed to take care of. She’ll be faced with the opportunity to be an actual person as oppose to just a human who’s living in the world. Odds are, she isn’t going to take it at first, but if enough people get under her skin, she could prove that she actually does have a heart and can look out for people other than herself. This is what I’m looking to explore with Bela here, and see how she handles having something closer to a real family, even if she’s been shanghaied into it.

Abilites: None. Bela is completely human through and through.
Other: N/A

SAMPLES
First Person:

[Bela looks less than pleased. She’s not entirely convinced that this isn’t Hell yet, but she is going to roll with that for now.]

Well. As charming as this is, I believe they outlawed marriages that you aren’t conscious for. That being said, with the position I was in, I suppose I can’t afford to be—picky. Even if the décor is … less than desirable.

[Bela is used to living with a certain element of style, after all.]

Please tell me there is some kind of … shopping district? Five hundred dollars isn’t much, but at least it’s a start.

[There’s no need to be emotional. There’s no need to be concerned. She just needs to make certain people aware of her presence, and see what the fallout is. There’s a brief pause as she considers this. She’s already put her face out there, might as well call them out the rest of the way.]

And while I have your attention—Sam, Dean? Let’s play nice, yeah? There’s no need for unnecessary gunfire.

[and with that, she’ll close the connection and leave it at that.]

Third Person: Have a thread from a previous game.

OTHER
Housing Request?: I’d like her to be married to Alaric Saltzman, providing they’re both accepted.
Did you read the rules and FAQ?: Yes! o7