HALIMA BADJIE ( YANDEH SALLAH ) is an EIGHTEEN year old from AMSTELVEEN, NL. SHE is known around the island as THE QUICK LEARNER because she is HARDWORKING and DEVOTED but can also be STUBBORN and REACTIVE. SHE reminds of an all-black wardrobe on a sunny day, a strange collection of miscellaneous objects, the classic pairing of coffee and cigarettes.
BASIC INFORMATION
NAME: Halima Badjie
NICKNAMES: N/A, though her brother calls her limaboon (lima bean in Dutch)
BIRTHDAY: May 12
AGE: 18
HOMETOWN: Amstelveen, NL
BIRTHPLACE: Amsterdam, NL
RELIGION: Atheist edgelord
ETHNICITY: Gambian
NATIONALITY: Dutch
EDUCATION: Finished secondary ed, only a few months of uni under her belt
RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Newly single...ish :/
SOCIAL CLASS: Middle
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
HEIGHT: 5′3″
EYES: Brown
HAIR: Brown
BUILD: Slender
DISTINGUISHING MARKS: Scar on her knee and one near her temple along her hairline
NOTABLE FEATURES: Nose piercing, hot as hell
PHYSICAL DISABILITIES: Fibromyalgia that acts up if she doesn’t stay pretty active and her left thumb is broken
ALLERGIES: She has about a million food sensitivities (dairy, gluten, eggs, etc.), but no life-threatening allergies
PERSONALITY & BEHAVIOR
HOBBIES: Making miniatures, collecting things from almost everywhere she goes (a bottle cap, seashells, a dead flowers, an animal bone she found once, etc.), jewelry making (she really enjoys metalwork and started a chainmail purse project before she left for the retreat), watching morbid YouTube documentaries about murders and stuff before she goes to bed, adult coloring books (that’s a secret), keeps a dream journal.
LIKES: Almost every genre of music, cooking, working with her hands in general, reading biographies and poetry, pottery, WWII movies and tv shows (she’s ready to quote Band of Brothers every other day), fantasy movies, Godzilla <3, smoking weed, consuming too much espresso, cycling (she’s Dutch... duh), talking shit, people who have very specific or unique hobbies, developing sudden intense relationships that eventually implode, going for long drives, being in nature, traveling but not airports, energy drinks, playing with fire, etc.
DISLIKES: Blonds but more often blond men, big bodies of water, swimming, having her head/neck/hair touched without permission, naggy people, people who use religion as an excuse to be an asshole, assholes, being forced to make a sudden decision, people who laugh at jokes to be polite when they’re objectively not funny, the government, school and teachers by affiliation, tourists, cops, eating at regular mealtimes, etc.
QUIRKS: Is the fact that she had to get braces twice a quirk? Otherwise: can’t stay still for very long, fully thinks she’s a bit psychic/commonly experiences déjà vu, when home she changes her shirt 2-3 times a day because she’s afraid of B.O. and is convinced she sweats a fuckton, talks emphatically with her hands, her motto is “I need to be warned if I’m walking into a sober situation”, has basically no neutral opinions, wears a lot of jewelry, her wardrobe is almost entirely made up of black pieces of clothing, etc.
STRENGTHS: Reliable, pretty levelheaded in an emergency situation (unless her big sister is around and then it’s Jahou’s job to figure shit out :)), fairly pragmatic after her initial emotional response, trustworthy, takes direction well (when she agrees the task is worth her time aha -- all of these come with stipulations you see)
WEAKNESSES: Stubborn, lashes out easily, rarely listens to advice, etc.
POSITIVE TRAITS: Generous, determined, artistic, honest
NEGATIVE TRAITS: Possessive, self-indulgent, inflexible, blunt
MENTAL DISABILITIES: PTSD, recently tentatively diagnosed depression hmmm
SHARE 5 FUN FACTS ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER
She’s in a fairly dysfunctional on-and-off again relationship with a boy back home named Xavi. Before she left for the retreat they decided to put their relationship on “hold” and vowed to have a more serious discussion when she got back. At the time of her leaving she was fully convinced they’re going to get back together and that they’re lowkey soulmates just because they’re basically the same person.
Halima is the baby of her family. She has an older sister named Jahou and an even older brother named Kelefa. She has very weird, complex relationships with both of them, but she is closest with Jahou. Though her sister has historically judged her a lot, and has been incredibly passive aggressive aha, Halima does jokingly and fondly refer to her as “my other mama” <3
Her family has two ginormous Maine Coon cats named Bram and Stoker, named by her dad... a lover of all things horror and who she got her love of fantasy from.
Halima can speak four languages: Dutch, English, some German, and European Spanish (her chosen language to learn in school). She can also speaks bits and pieces of Wolof, or at least enough to tell her grandparents she loves them over Skype.
I feel like I’m running out of things to say uhhh. Her favorite snack is chips and salsa and multiple times over the course of her childhood she ate so much salsa that she threw up... and then she went in for more. xoxo It’s called living on the edge.
WHAT WAS YOUR CHARACTER WEARING ON THE FLIGHT?
- 1 soft brace for a broken thumb
- 1 pair of black denim shorts that come down about mid-thigh
- 1 vintage Bob Dylan tour t-shirt
- 1 pair of white crew socks from a pack her dad gifted her literally right before she got on the plane for some dad reason
- 1 pair of busted pair of black Doc Martin canvas sneakers
- 1 thrifted black pleather jacket that she wore onto the plane from Amsterdam because it was cold af there
- an assortment of rings that she has collected from thrift stores and antique shops over the years and gold chain bracelets
- 1 pair of Frida Kahlo inspired earrings
PLEASE LIST 3 PERSONAL ITEMS OF YOUR CHARACTER THAT WASHED UP ON SHORE
- this joint/cigarette holder sdjkfnsg
- her aforementioned dream journal, waterlogged at first but she dutifully dried it out over the course of a few days and can safely get back to logging her prophetic visions
- her Stanley water bottle that she brought on the plane
EXTRA
Her personal playlist that she put together for the plane ride













