User blog comment:DrewlovesKuinn/Don't Play With Fire; Play With The Games: Season 1!/@comment-5824375-20130126014422

Name: Mason Minor

District: 2 Male

Age: 17

Personality: Mason is very kind. He is wise and he walks with a cool aura. If it wasn't for the fact that he was blind, he would probably be popular. Because of his lack of sight, people treat like him an outsider, an alien. His only "friend" is his service dog, Ben, and even then, Ben still dislikes Mason and he bites him if he gets too close. Mason mourns his parents during 12:00 am every day because this is the time whwn his parents and he lost his eyes. He still manages to live because he adapted to his surroundings despite his lack of sight. He lkves with his uncle who treats him harshly after his parent's death and when he lost his eyes.

Appearance: He has long, black hair because no one, including his uncle, will give him a haircut, leaving his hair to grow out of control wildly. He has pale skin and he is sloppily dressed because no one will help him him get dressed. He also has many scars on his body after the fire and his uncle gives him new ones everyday. As you are already aware of, he has no eyes but he still has his eyelids so he always keeps them closed.

Strengths: He has a high endurance which he obtained from his uncle's repeated beatings. His skills with a staff is like second nature and it helps him find out what his surroundings are. His feelings of touch, smell and hearing are all heightend and he relies on all of these, being able to identify plants through the way they feel and smell and what kind of animals are near by the way they smell and how they sound.

Weaknesses: Although his staff helps him find out his surroundings, he still has a hard time finding out where he is or who he is talking too. He also trusts easily and he can easily be manipulated.

Fears: He has a fear of being alone, despite being alone for the majority of his life. If he stays alone for a long time, he'll freak out and he might faint from the fear.

Weapons: Wooden staff

Weight: 130 lbs.

Height: 6'1

Backstory: He used to live with his loving parents and he still had his eyes at the time. He had many friends and no one disliked him for the way he was. But then the fire happened. He was only 5 when their house was set on fire. An old enemy of their parents had a grudge against them. Mason's parents were in debt and they had yet to pay up. The loan shark was getting impatient so he sent his men to set fire to their house. And so they did. They had no time to get away from the house and Mason's parents died from the falling, burning wooden beams. Mason's eyes were damaged by the smoke and tiny debris but he managed to get out with a few burns. He fainted the moment he got out as the house slowly burned away. Mason's parents were killed and his eyes were damaged at exactly the time the new year started, 12:00 am. Mason was swnt to the hospital but his eyes were beyond repair. They had to remove them. A year later, he got out of the hospital, he was given a service dog and he was sent to his uncle, Theo. His uncle treated him badly and the only reason why Mason was still alice because his uncle said he would take mercy on him since he is his last realitive that is still alive. His uncle still blamed for his parent's death though, even though it was their folishness that got them killed, not Mason. His friends no longer played with him. They treated him like a freak and an alien. The adults were no better and all of them threw stones at him when he walked by. Mason didn't understand why they were treating him like this. He was still him, even though he was a little different. The change was too sudden for him. He had to change and he had to change fast, nothing was going to ever be the same for him. Through the years, he replaced his exciting, arrogant personality with a wise, kind personality. Despite his attemps to gain friends, everyone still didn't like him. He gained thoughts of depression so he volunteered for the Hunger Games, knowing no one would care if he died and he was unable to commit suicide.

Token: His father's ruby fragment, he can tell it is it through it's scent and it is always in his right pocket. When he was scared or nervous, he holds it in his hands, remembering all the times his parents' have been through with him.

Alliance: Anyone, he trusts easily but he prefers not to go with the careers.

Bloodbath Plan: He run in a straight line and he will call for his allies to help him. Hopefully, they will obliged and he will gain a staff. He will hit anything that is near him so he will tell his allies to avoid his radius. He will later go with his allies to where ever they plan to go.

Games Plan: He will stay with his allies as he needs support. He will try to help them the best he can even though he knows he is a nuisance that's slowly them down.

Interview Plan: He will answer all the questions kindly but he will get silent and shaken up if the interviewer asks about his past. He prefers not to go there.

Training Score Guidlines: He will be escorted to the room and he will use his hands to find his way to where they keep the staffs. He will swing it around and he will hit what he presumes are dummies, giving them a large gash to wherever he hit them. He will also try the plant center, showing that he can tell what is what through their scent and how they feel.