David Beckel's Questionnaire

1. What town or city do you live in? Why do you live there instead of anywhere else? Describe your home.

Link Answered after Contract 2, To Russia With Love

David lives in a homeless shelter in Coco beach Florida, He spends most of his time their helping the staff any way he can, often utilizing his overwhelming strength in order to assist in renovation or hauling. He has neglected his search for employment as he does not like taking money from people ( even when they insist ). Due to David's constant assistance at the homeless shelter, the staff keep "extending" the time on his stay ( although they couldn't bring themselves to throw him out anyway). David's room at the homeless shelter is adorned with crocheted items such as dream catchers, murals of elephants ( his favorite animal ), and coasters. These decorations change fairly often due to David giving them away to people as gifts during holidays and birthdays. 

2. How do you get your money right now? What do you spend it on?

Link Answered after Contract 2, To Russia With Love

David receives money from donations and "lottery's" he wins at the homeless shelter, ( which are rigged to give him an excuse to take the money).he spends his money on yarn for his crochet projects, food, water, and clothes ( although he has only been seen buy clothes once). David spends any money he does not see as necessary on donations to local charity groups. He also attends local power lifting competitions in order to make up money for the shelter he is at. Overall David is a broke man by nature as apposed to circumstance, being that his parents abandoned him at a orphanage, he was inspired by the staff to give everything he can to others.

3. Describe your Ambition. What are you striving for? How far would you go to achieve this? Would you kill for it? How close to death would you come for it?

Link Answered after Contract 2, To Russia With Love

David has an innate desire to help people and defend the weak, which often overpowers his self preservation. David will not kill to obtain his goal unless absolutely and the person is truly evil . His ambition is to become a protector of the disenfranchised and powerless, to overcome adversity through strong will and strength. David discovered that his desires where not only just a part of his personality, but also strong enough to manifest as extraordinary power and strength via the contracts, which he uses in his downtime to defend people in his local area from street crime and hoodlums. He would rather die than kill an innocent person as it goes against his very being. David would sacrifice himself if it meant saving an innocent life.

4. What was the most defining event of your life (before signing The Contract), and how did it change you?

Link Answered after Contract 3, Seas the day:A loop of mystery

David, at the age of 15, hung out in his orphanage and said good night to everybody before going to bed. When suddenly, David heard a noise outside that sounded out of place. When he went to investigate, he saw one of his fellow orphans being taken by a strange man in a balaclava, which he can only assume lured them out there verbally since he did not see any broken windows or attempts to break in immediately. David lept into action and fought the grown man with all his might. While David was successful, he was badly injured, scaring his face terribly. In the aftermath, even though David was pretty hurt, he felt a rush of warmth he had never felt before; from that day forward, David knew that he must defend the innocent and fight for justice.

5. Name and briefly describe three people in your life. One must be the person you are closest to.

Link Answered after Contract 3, Seas the day:A loop of mystery

David's best friend is Mrs. Blum, a 75 year old homeless woman who runs a garden in the backyard of the homeless shelter. David talks with her about her different plants and soil enrichment techniques, and David talks about his new crochet techniques, Mrs. Blum has tried to learn crochet from David, but she says her hands would rather be working in the soil. David in return makes sure to water her orange tree which she named Allen, after he late husband. Outside of Mrs.Blum, David is also friends with the owner of the homeless shelter, Chris Appleton, of which David sees almost as a father figure. Finally, David's other best friend (he doesn't believe in only having one) is his gym buddy named Paul, he's about 100 pounds lighter than David but has just as big of a heart, Paul pushes David on the treadmill, and David pushes him on the bench press.

6. How was your childhood? Who were your parents? What were they like? Did you attend school? If so, did you fit in? If not, why not?

Link Answered after Contract 3, Seas the day:A loop of mystery

David was abandoned at 1 month old at Crosswinds Youth service in Coco Florida. The staff where well meaning but underfunded, although David was never bothered by the lack of material things he received at a young age, although he was often bullied by his peers due to his facial deformity which made it seem like he had had a knife drawn across his face at odd angles at birth. Overtime David became obsessed at a young age with the old Mr. Roger's neighborhood tapes that where donated to his orphanage, taking in everyone of Mr. Rogers words, and embracing them in his day to day life, helping his fellow children and the care givers when he was old enough. David went to public school and did considerably well, given his circumstances, he would often be the one to help the teacher with putting away chairs and sweeping the classroom at the end of class. The bullying was also a staple of his school life, mostly in the form of taunts and name calling which David didn't particularly care for. David found comfort in the shop class, where he could be found making bird houses and little dioramas of elephants.

7. Have you ever been in love? With who? What happened? If not, why not?

Link Answered after Contract 3, Seas the day:A loop of mystery

David feels compassion and empathy for everyone. He has had crushes in the past, but constant harassment over his appearance deterred him from ever asking any girl out on a date. David is a big romantic and believes that one day he will find someone that he will fall deeply in love with. His ideal date is a moonlit dinner on the pier ( a local restaurant) where he and his sweetheart can speak on the beauty of the world. Alas, his priorities as of late have shifted, as now he is focused on becoming the penultimate guardian of the innocent, and that takes up quite a lot of his time and energy.