$tealin' Life [Jimmylost, Closed]
Apr 27, 2011 18:38:52 GMT -5
Post by Bane on Apr 27, 2011 18:38:52 GMT -5
[/b][/u]Cai Frazier, Orphan of District 12
Upon waking my hand instantly clenches on the knife resting in my hand. My eyes scan the room quickly, confirming that no one is here. With a groan I sit up, my rough torn blanket sliding off my upper body, causing the coat of coal dust just from over night to billow up. I don't cough. My lungs have been breathing the stuff for so long, this doesn't even slow down my breathing.
Rising into a crouch, I scurry across the floor of the dark room to the small box in the corner. I open the top slowly, revealing the rest of my food stores. All that's left is a very thin slice of bread and the dregs of water in the bottom of a jar, which even though it's sealed has a gray tinge. I pick up the slice of bread and eat it slowly, trying to fill myself up as efficiently as possible. After licking the last crumbs off the floor, I open my jar of water and take a sip, then quickly close it again and put it back. It hasn't rained, so I can't waste any water.
Finally I'm ready to leave, and look at the door cautiously. No shadows flash across the line of light around it, but you can never be too cautious. That door is the same door the Peacekeeper came through. I can see him, barging in through the door, glancing around before coming towards me and grabbing my arm, fist coming towards my mouth...
In a hustle of frightened movement I burst out the door and close it behind me, panting loudly, sweat streaming down my face. It's not real. All a dream. All a dream... The scar on my face disagrees.
I sneak out the hall and into the main Hob, which is already starting to be active. These people have nothing worth stealing, they won't be worth my time. I slip into the street, coal dust clouding up around my knees. There's the place where he dragged me. Blood, my blood, splatters across the cobblestones...
I break into a sprint, panting resuming. Memories coming this easily, the only safe place is the stores, away from the Seam. They are richer anyway, I might be able to make a big catch today.
Arriving in the Town Square, one shop immediately catches my eye. Not very large, not very flashy. Owned by poorer people, who can't bribe the Peacekeepers to look for a thief if they find things missing. The perfect target. I enter the store slowly, going straight around the walls until I've sneaked behind the counter, which is currently unmanned. My venturing fingers find a small cash box. I smile, and pick the entire thing up, putting it under my rag of a shirt. Then I start trying to sneak out of the shop.
OOC: I wasn't sure what the store sold, so I just had him steal some money. Does this work?
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