Barbara "Bebe" Dahl
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File #08 Feb 2009 03:00
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Appendices
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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.
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