IC Hunger Games Discussion

The deaf girl shoved her hands into her pockets and walked down the streets, head looking at the cobblestoned ground that covered the District Square. It's Hunger Games time. Everyone's jittery. Usually, at this time of day, Bastet would be at home watching TV - with subtitles, of course - examining the tributes within the deadly game that forced the country into calmness. Today, the deaf girl couldn't bear to look at the flashy pictures of death, and forced herself to get out of the house before she burst into tears, or threw up her guts. Signing to her parents a quick goodbye, she grabbed a dark blue jacket and went outside, trying to get some fresh air. Breathing the moist air choppily to prevent herself from crying, she breathed in and out, in and out.

That eventually led to the District Square, where she was at now. The merchants called out different goods, such as food, even though Bastet was probably the only one that couldn't hear anything. Feeling the buzz of the Square through her feet, she advanced down the road with her head held down, her blond hair covering her face like a veil. This Hunger Games might just go quick the deaf girl thought, lipreading and thinking about a nearby person's conversation. Nine dead already, and it's not even Day 2 of the games yet. The average for a bloodbath kill was usually six, but nine! Nine was unimaginable, and the Capitol must be eating that number up. Lifting her head up, she realized she was in front of a television store, and of course, the Hunger Games were being displayed.

Dragging her shoes into the store, she was greeted by the clerk with a hello, to which Bastet replied with a sign language hello. Confused, the clerk pointed to his ears with a questioning look, and Bastet nodded. Pointing his face down at the counter, the clerk continued to count the money for the day. Bastet, on the other hand, directed her attention to one of the TV's, grabbing the remote and turned on the subtitles. Oh, that boy and girl Bastet thought as she looked at the two scarred tributes named Midas and Elise. Midas seems like he could win. He just gives off this... aura of courage, I guess. But then that girl seems like she could be an extremely good Victor too...

After Elise had caught the most gorgeous fox, the scene switched to the Cornucopia, displaying all of the unfortunate faces of the dead - people who didn't deserve to die, but did anyway. Alliance was first. I thought she was going to be kickass. She would have done amazing. Sapphire Ross came next. I personally thought she was deceiving everybody by getting a low score on purpose to throw off the competition. Even if it was what she aimed for, she was a Victor's sibling for god's sake. It wasn't her fault though, her own district partner stabbed her in the eye, what was there to do? Many different faces flooding the TV screen, many which Bastet had never really seen before. None of the other tributes besides Midas, Elise, Sapphire, and Alliance had made an impression on her.

With a sigh, she continued watching the situation of Charas Harp, the girl from District 12. They are all good people, I can just see it in them. They shouldn't be put to death. Bastet's eyes clouded with tears, and silently, she slipped out of the store, the clerk looking oddly after her. Running away from the TV store, she ran to a beautiful flower stand, and admired the flowers to forget the tragedy that was going on in the TV.

((ooc; did I even do that right? XD))