Barbara "Bebe" Dahl

Registry of the Evolved Database

File #08 Feb 2009 03:00

Summary

Name Bijou Baxter Aliases Barbara Dahl Status Unregistered Evolved Ability Magnetokinesis Gender Female Race/Eth. Caucasian Birthdate March 15, 1989 Age 20 Height 5'3" Build Slender Eyes Brown Hair Brown Residence Unknown Employment Burlesque (?) Parents Mother and Father, Baxters (deceased) Siblings None Known Marital Status Unmarried Children None First Seen A Night Out Last Seen Profile A "working girl" employed by John Logan at the Happy Dagger — yes, boys and girls, she's a real, live whore! Or, at least, she was…

portrayed by Natalie Portman

Background

Bijou Baxter was kidnapped and killed by pirates while sailing off the Somali coast with her father nearly four years ago… at least, that's what everyone who knew Bijou Baxter is meant to believe. In truth, she and the yacht named for her were both stolen, but she was (un)fortunate enough to avoid her father's grisly fate. She went from being a spoiled brat to a spoil of war. In the beginning, she'd fought back against her captors and she was made to suffer for it. There passed many a long night during her initial captivity that she longed for death in lieu of escape.

But, while "Bebe" - so dubbed because her monogram was on everything - was young and still somewhat naïve, she was not ignorant. She swiftly learned that the way to survive was to submit. She consigned herself to be the plaything of a man named Jack. He became her sole salvation while she remained otherwise adrift in a sea of dark-skinned infidels and she clung to him fiercely, lest she be left to drown. She became infatuated with him; dependent on his every kindness. They call it Stockholm syndrome.

Days became weeks became months became years. Bebe had almost completely adapted to her life of subservience at sea - until an encounter with a gunboat changed everything. Chaos ensued. In the heat of the moment, Bebe found herself with Jack backed into a corner and a gun at her feet. She was so close to touching freedom! She made a decision that only someone madly in the throes of Stockholm syndrome could make - she put two bullets into the back of the man who had cornered Jack - thus allowing the two of them to escape custody.

After their little law enforcement escapade, Jack wasn't quite the same. Neither was Bebe. She never could reconcile how that gun found its way into her hand. She couldn't recall bending down to pick it up; it seemingly flew from the ground upwards, entirely of its own accord. While Jack got busy losing himself, Bebe got busy trying to find herself in the ruins of what was once a great city - New York. They drifted apart and crashed together like lonely waves until, one night, when Jack's addiction had plunged him into the red, he bartered her over to a man named Logan like so much chattel for trade. Bebe felt lost and betrayed. She didn't then understand the nature of the exchange but she was quickly schooled.

Now nearly half a year into her 'employ' as a whore at the Happy Dagger, Bebe has begun to delve dangerously into the same dark depths of addiction that Jack all but lost himself in - only she finds herself longing for Logan more and more with each passing day. She doesn't quite understand what it is, but there's something about him that she just can't seem to get enough of… and it very nearly makes her skin ache when he's not around…

Psych Profile

Before her encounter with pirates on the Somali seas, Bebe - then Bijou - was pretty much the epitome of a spoiled little rich girl. Her mother dies when she was still a toddler and, as an only child, she grew up with her father wrapped around her little finger. She got whatever she wanted whenever she wanted and put up quite the fuss if things didn't go her way. Understandably, her encounter with pirates on the high seas subsequently changed her world view dramatically. She was broken under Jack's sadistic thumb and became his willing supplicant, fully succumbing to Stockholm syndrome and even going so far as to kill a man in his defense.

She is not so much weak-willed as she is easily led. She lost her naïveté a long time ago but still remains startlingly trusting - at least in so far as Jack and Logan are concerned. To everyone else inside the Dagger, she's cordial and sweet but keeps her thoughts to herself. The outside world is kept at arm's length, though she wouldn't be averse to developing a 'normal' friendship - if such a thing were even possible at this point. She does miss having girlfriends her own age who aren't half-naked right along with her all the time…

She has become somewhat guarded since the gunboat entanglement and isn't so sure if she should reveal her new-found ability to either of her 'masters' just yet. She knows that Jack is something special, too, but until she gains more of a mastery over her power (and herself) she isn't ready to share her secret just yet.

Evolved Ability

Bebe has the ability to control ferrous metals such as iron, nickel, and cobalt at will via magnetic field generation. She's capable of exerting up to five-thousand pounds of force at a maximum range of two-hundred feet - however, she doesn't know this yet. Baby steps. Through application of that force she is able to bend, tear, and stretch materials as well as lift, push, and toss them. For Bebe to affect an object in any way, it must have a molecular structure that is composed of at least thirty percent ferrous particles.

Bebe is also able to generate a coherent magnetic field around her own body that prevents the passing of any ferrous object smaller than her maximum lift rating. (Yes. That means she can deflect bullets.) This magnetic field will also disrupt any instrument or device that operates using a magnet or magnetic materials (ie. a compass, an old floppy diskette, VHS tape, etc.). However, maintaining a coherent field for more than a few seconds is extremely difficult and physically draining.

Finally, Bebe can also locate any ferrous metals that lie within approximately one hundred feet, though this unique sense operates in a very general yes/no, near/far sort of fashion.

Appendices

Fade, made to fade Passion's overrated anyway Say, say my name I need a little love to ease the pain I need a little love to ease the pain It's easy to remember when it came 'Cause it feels like I've been I've been here before You are not my savior But I still don't go, oh… Massive Attack Dissolved Girl

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Skills

• Equestrian: Bebe was one of those spoiled rich kids who literally got a pony for Christmas when she was six. She learned to ride both English and Western and even used to compete in junior dressage events before that whole 'kidnapped by pirates' thing happened. She still knows her way around a stable, though.

• Fast Learner: You don't have to tell her how to do anything twice. While she's not preternaturally practiced, Bebe is an exceptionally astute young woman and she picks up on new skills with ease that most other people envy.

• Ninja: Not really. But, Bebe is pretty adept at hiding, sneaking up or away on people, and generally just keeping quiet most of the time. You turn the corner and there she is - suddenly Bebe. Someone really needs to put a bell on her or something…

• Pilot: Yes, believe it or not, Bebe actually knows her way around a cockpit. Her father didn't just sail the seas - he flew the friendly skies professionally - and Bebe was often along for the ride. She could feasibly operate a handful of small, personal aircraft without having to look at the manual more than once.

• Pistoleer: Bebe's first experience with firearms came in the form of firing shotguns with her father in the backyard of their ridiculous mansion. She used to be a competitive skeet shooter and, thus, her primary source of familiarity is with shotguns and rifles. However, she's held and fired a variety of pistols even before she totally wasted that poor bastard on the boat. Give her a gun again and odds are she'll know what to do with it. (I was >< close to calling this skill 'Skeet Skeet Skeet'. Be thankful.)

• Private Dancer: That's right, she's a dancer for money and she'll do what you want her to do - and that takes skill. (And stamina… but, mostly skill.) Being a working girl actually requires a very specific subset of 'survival' skills - conversation, observation, negotiation, anticipating a client's needs - and Bebe's adequately acquired these over the last several months.

• Seafarer: Bebe grew her sea legs before she could rightly walk on land. Her father was a yachting enthusiast and she, in turn, came to know all about the technical ins and outs of boating. Also, there's that whole 'years spent with real life pirates' thing. You put her on a ship of just about any size and she'll have a clue.

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Trivia and Notes

• Bebe speaks fluent French. (In fact, she's the one who taught Jack most of what he knows of the language.)

• Bijou's mother was a French socialite and jetsetter; her father was an influential Canadian business magnate. Presumably, there's a pretty substantial fortune out there somewhere for Bebe to inherit since she has yet to be declared legally dead.

• Bijou Baxter held dual citizenship in France and Canada. That makes her an honest-to-goodness French Canadian.
  • Barbara Dahl is listed as an American citizen according to John Logan's fabricated paperwork.

• Bebe's alias, Barbara Dahl, was invented by Logan.