Peri Barclay

From Survival Of The Fittest

Current revision as of 16:43, 4 August 2006

Name: Peri Barclay
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Grade: 10th
Extra Curricular Activity: None
School: St. Johns Prep, Minnesota

Appearance: Long blondish brown usually hangs down over his pale features even though every couple of steps he would raise a hand to try and pull the long hair from his eyes but it never succeeds. Mismatched eyes seem to be his key feature adding to that overall odd look that he pulled off so easily. His body itself was close to six foot and with his his lack of weight he seemed to loom when he stood still. What little fat he did have would be toned as much as possible thanks to lots of spare time and a pair of his fathers weights.

Biography: The British born sixteen year old was raised with his two parents in London, they lived an average life. His father was a plumber and his mother a cleaner. The family left England for sunnier lands when Peri was just eight years old, a large influx from an unknown source had caused the sudden change of location. Where did the money come from? From the London gangland, and so the family’s change of location was more a evacuation than a choice. His father had taken a chance with some friends, they had pulled a job off together destroying one of the many gangland boss’s. The funds that they plundered from the boss’s car was split and the small group never met again.

The gang the boss had belonged to soon came looking for revenge striking down the other members of the group who had attacked the boss and then finally Peri`s father came. The heavily built men stormed their little house and beat his father till he was red raw and still his father claimed he knew nothing. His mother was raped in front of the bleeding form of his father and all the while Peri knew nothing he simply played in his room with one of his friends, David. His father was beaten and his mother raped but still his father claimed he knew nothing. Heavy footsteps were heard and up the men went to Peri`s room accompanied by the yells for him to run and try to escape all the while. The men arrived at the top of the stairs, the two boys fled for a nearby closet. The door knob turned. Their small feet beat at the ground, the door knob turned, Peri`s hands shot out and pushed David. The boy stumbled and the door opened, Peri sat in the closet watching the scene as a gun was leveled at David’s head and tears flowed from the boys eyes. His two parents begged to leave the boy alone, the young Peri watched this all from a slit in his closet. One of the goon’s handgun exploded into life causing that disgusting gray brain matter to slap against the doors of the closet. The Boy was dead and worst of all Peri knew that should have been him, he knew he should have died but no he had sacrificed his best friend instead. Sirens were heard and the gangland goons left running away into the night. Two weeks of bed care for both his parents the money was shoved into bags and they left the country to leave and never look back. So the family fled into America and the parents began to work and Peri continued his schooling disregarding a social life.

Smoking was taken up when he was twelve and all chances of friendship was ignored, his response to a friendly comment was always the same: that lazy grin and sometimes (when he was feeling particularly vocal) "Its for you’re own Good, Sweet-cheeks. Trust me. The dead don’t lie.".His scores were average on all his tests. He excelled only at Art and English where his writings and art were considered too "dark".His pictures were too strong, too ugly, too empty of only he knew what, and his writings were considered too graphic…graphic meaning gore. With the occasional self harming and fight; he was always more of the background members of the class. Only speaking when someone spoke to him, Only lashing out when someone pushed him.

One incident where he was forced to lash out was the constant shoving and pushing by a group of youths outside of school. Everyday he would be pushed by them as he passed them, then one day he emerged from his house on the way to school although today he was drinking a glass of milk. Taunts were thrown as he descended the steps to the lawn. Steps were taken and the glass was smashed directly across the Pack`s leaders eyes. Needless to say he was left alone. The Boy is a wallflower but like the best flowers, he has thorns.

Number: B39

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Designated Weapon: Colt mk. V Revolver (Anaconda, .44 Magnum)
Conclusions: He's already seen death, so I don't think killing for this guy will be too much of a problem. Unless, of course, it triggers the memory of his best friend dying right before his eyes. That'd be a rather interesting sight to see.... I have a feeling that B39'll speak up more, and lash out even more during the SOTF ACT, since the ACT seems to bring out things in people. I have a feeling he'll get crafty with the way he'll kill his opponents.

Game Evaluations

Kills: Four; Andrew Mutaeneau, pummeled with the Ingram inside the dark caves; Umi Martin, shot in the chest at the warehouse; Thom Chuck, shot at the hillside cliff; Ian Hargrave, beheaded along the dirt path.

Killed by: Adam Dodd; decapitated at the lighthouse

Collected Weapons: 9mm Ingram, Shuriken stars, Ghilli Camoflauge suit, Saber, Magnum, Colt Magnum

Allies: Stevan Hyde, Eh-Sun Choi, Dorian Greywood

Enemies: Jacob Starr, Elise Aversano, Angharad Davies, Shinya Motomura

Mid-game evaluation: Peri's stint on the island began harmlessly enough when he awoke near the waterfall after his crash landing from the terrorist chopper and recovered his issued daypack to make a brilliant discovery in the form of his issued weapon. Almost immediately thereafter, Peri discovered a corpse lying near the falls, and that was when something clicked. While most of the students seemed to be protesting the game, Peri had no qualms about killing the other students to survive. Looking into the face of the dead body before him, Peri knew something wasn't right. He felt no remorse, no sympathy for the dead boy. Instead, he simply disposed of the body in a bush, hoping the nearby corpse wouldn't cause someone to immediately count him as an enemy. After removing the area of the body, Peri sat down in silent contemplation on whether or not he would play the game, but was eventually disturbed when another student by the name of Elise Aversano fell upon him. Almost nonchalantly, Peri pointed his newly acquired weapon at her and demanded she hand hers over lest he end her stay on SOTF island abruptly. However, things didn't go Peri's way, as the British girl adamantly refused to cede her weapon. In fact, the girl asked him matter-of-factly if he'd even killed anyone with his weapon.

In a blatant lie, Peri informed the girl that he'd killed another student with his bare hands in order to confiscate the gun. To add to his tall tale, Peri even indicated the corpse of the boy he had stumbled across earlier and thrown in the bushes, claiming that to be the boy he had killed. By this point the girl was beginning to lose her composure, and though she was trying not to let it show, it was blatantly obvious. Inevitably, it was Elise who gave in to the standoff and complied with Peri's request to forfeit her gun to him. In what could almost be considered an act of mercy, Peri simply ejected the magazine from the gun and gave it back to the crying girl, then even went so far as to offer her one of his prized cigarettes. After a slight discussion Peri even offered up the idea of the two aligning themselves. Elise reluctantly accepted his offer, and after returning her weapon to her, the two set off for a new destination: Lookout Point.

Note: It is during this scene that Peri actually expresses thoughts of the game being a fake, people not really dying, and the gun in his hand simply being a toy. At this point, Peri isn't sure whether or not he believes the mayhem and murder surrounding him is even reality.

After the long and lonely trek to the Lookout Point, Peri and his companion found their spot of choice to be completely devoid of life. Peri offered to keep watch while Elise took a moment to rest, but the rustling of nearby bushes quickly changed the mind of his companion. Quickly dismissing it as nothing, the duo continued to plan out their next course of action. Their discussion was soon interrupted as the cracking sound of a gunshot rang out nearby, causing both parties to turn their full attention toward the source of the sound. Moments later the voice of Stevan Hyde resounded from the nearby treeline, after which Peri instructed Elise to call him out. Peri hid in the shadows, meanwhile coaching Elise into her next move of approaching the newcomer. The standoff between Stevan and Elise got nowhere fast, and inevitably ended with Stevan approaching Peri's hiding spot. Peri retaliated by pointing his weapon at the incoming boy, and another standoff ensued, with Stevan finally dropping his weapon and, ironically enough, offering Peri a cigarette. As introductions rotated around, Peri demanded proof that Stevan wasn't just another player out for a kill.

Note: At this point in the game, Peri has some vague recollections of a childhood friend by the name of Stevan. However, he has yet to put two and two together, and simply blows off the idea, telling himself that the odds that this Stevan was his former best friend are slim to none.

Peri instructed the other two to build a fire in an attempt to keep the group warm and dry them off from the oncoming storm raging outside of the shack on the lookout point. Meanwhile, something sinister was lurking in the bushes just outside. The whimper let out by their stalker was enough to send the trio into fits of paranoia, and Peri was the one who finally decided that they should leave the area immediately and find some sort of real shelter. After some deliberation between the group and the failed suggestion that they go to the school building, their destination was finally decided: the small house. With that, Peri set off in the lead, leaving Elise and Stevan to follow (or try to catch up with, depending on whose perspective you were looking through) him.

To be continued...

End-game evaluation:

Memorable Quote(s): "Youre lucky,God loves fat kids" and " He didnt do the truffle shuffle...so I cut his had off.

Other/Trivia

• According to their profiles, Peri Barclay attended the same academy as fellow SOTF contestant Cody Jenson.

• In the original rendition of Peri's profile, Peri and David were accompanied by Stevan Hyde during the Mafia's attack on the Barclay family.

• After computer issues which rendered Peri's handler, MismatchedEyes, unable to post for nearly two months, Peri was forfeited to Slacker, who is roleplayed the character up until the time of his death.

Threads

The following is a list of topics containing Peri Barclay, from beginning to end.

• Starting Point For Male Student No. 38
• The Arrival
  
• Travelling Circus
  
• G19 - Drag The Sunrise Down
  
• Travelling Circus
  
• G19 - Stings Like A Bitch
  
• Girl #30: Awakening
  
• Starting Point For B#54
  
• On My Own
  
• Dude! FORTIFIED! Pt. 2
  
• Truth Be Told, The Child Was Borne
  
• Like Lambs To The Slaughter
  
• The Morning After The Night Before
  
• The Adventure Of Meatboy
  
• '99'
  
• Sunshower
  
• Taking Stock
  
• Girl #50 - Let It Bleed
  
• Enter The Hero
• Violence Fetish - Slacker assumes control of Peri during this topic.
• Home
• Emotional Catalyst
• You Better Shape Up
• A Link To The Past

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