Kaitlyn Trist

"Freedom is a truly electrifying sensation. I feel like a new person."

- Kaitlyn Trist

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Appearance
Kaitlyn believes that she is much shorter than average height, and dislikes people commenting on her height or body, even if it is to compliment her. She has pallid caucasian skin from years of being kept indoors and dressing herself in many layers of clothing to make herself seem taller, and small hands. She has a petite frame and a round face, as well as a button nose and light green eyes. Her hair is a vivid red-purple, cut short in a very messy fashion. Her hair often looks dishevelled and filthy because she cannot be bothered to style it and instead uses large amounts of hair gel in an attempt to make it stay flat. Her teeth are very white, and she is known for her sneer. Two of her molars have been knocked out, and one is made out of ceramics.

She wears a red leotard made out of swimsuit material, trimmed with white lace. Over this she wears a white shirt and a red jacket with short, puffy, sleeves, and three thin black stripes down the middle. The jacket is made out of a rubbery material, similar to a rainjacket, and is hard and smooth to the touch. The jacket parts into two sections over her legs., one of which is tipped with white. It is buttoned up at the back with very bright green buttons. She wears green armwarmers and pink-purple displaced sleeves with pointed white cuffs that completely cover her hands. These sleeves are made out of a very shiny, soft, fabric. She wears black leggings striped with grey and white boots with grey diamond patterns on them. She has a green ribbon tied around her neck and is often found looping ribbons and string around her arms.

Kaitlyn's clothes are either very stiff or very tight, and do not allow for much comfort, but are easily removed. This is important to her as she enjoys swimming. She also believes that loose and otherwise comfortable clothing limits flexibility and agility.

Personality
Kaitlyn is, at her core, an exceptionally greedy optimist. She is known for hoarding things and reacting negatively when people try to take them away from her, and feels satisfaction at the thought that she owns the most in her class. Her side of the dorm is piled with her own possessions, as well as other students' that she never bothered to return. She gets embarrassed and flustered very easily, however, and will become ashamed and apologetic if someone confronts her about what she has taken. Despite her affinity for possessing things, she is by no means a kleptomaniac, and knows when she is being too much.

She is a very social person, and enjoys partaking in school events and meeting new people. She is easily excited and easily flattered, and takes great pride in others acknowledging her accomplishments. She feels accepted when she manages to make people happy, and will sometimes tail people. As well as being praised for her skills, she likes to watch other people demonstrate their skills, and feels a sense of pride even if they have nothing to do with her. She does not get jealous very easily, but is not an oblivious person. She simply chooses not to confront others about the way they treat her. She is not a very good judge in character, as evidenced by her choice in friends, and tends to let her friends act for her. If she befriends a confident and emotionally stable person, she will step aside and let them do what they want, often going as so far to mirror their actions and agree with whatever they say. She has very strong opinions about everything, and will only step up to a person when they explicitly mock these opinions. She enjoys trying new things, and often disregards safety issues. In fact, if someone tells her not to do something, most of the time she will go out of her way to defy them, even if it means that she becomes worse off for it. She hates feeling suffocated and feeling as if she's being controlled, and dislikes mundane events such as schoolwork. She is often found skiving off class in the Beacon grounds, and goes out of her way to avoid teachers when she is inside the building.

She does not get along very well with most of her family, as her extended family emphasise control, and she hates making other people feel the discomfort that she goes through on a daily basis. Her own parents believe that she should not be so cruel in her actions, but still exercise a sense of responsibility and prestige. Like her younger sister, she dislikes this and her parents for putting her up to such expectations, and returns to her friends' homes instead of her own in the holidays, lest they disapprove of her accomplishments. She is used to being put down and shielded by figures of authority, and will react violently and sometimes with tears when she is at Beacon. She is usually well-spoken and polite, and possesses a deep fear of people in higher positions of authority than her.

Kaitlyn is constantly rapidly alternating between being overconfident in her ability, and having no confidence at all. She will often charge into a situation without giving it much thought, then berate her peers for not following her. If it does not go well, she becomes extremely emotionally unstable for the next few weeks, constantly apologising and even bursting into tears at random. When she knows she is forgiven, she is still quiet for a few more days before returning to her cheery self. Sometimes in battle she will hide behind others, only fighting when ordered to. She is often embarrassed for her cowardice later on, but will not apologise and instead give people time to forget about it.

When she is angry, she is extremely irritable and even easier to fluster. Her face will be red and she will be constantly twitching. Even the slightest move to provoke her or beat her will turn her cold and distant, and she will constantly insult others for every tiny thing that they are doing wrong in her eyes. She is much more determined when she is angry, and will fight with much more drive to brutally maim instead of incapacitate or just execute. When she is no longer angry, she is still very easily flustered, and will defend her actions, stuttering and stammering all the way.

She enjoys gardening, as she believes that plants are simply companions that cannot express their thoughts, and makes frequent trips to various greenhouses. She also likes swimming, for fun and for competition, and running by herself, as the rhythm calms her. She enjoys competing.