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regrets [GXK ; blitz] Jan 26, 2012 20:39:47 GMT -5

Post by semper on Jan 26, 2012 20:39:47 GMT -5

The room was horrible exquisitely designed and decorated. Dominic felt horribly out of place in the Justice Building, like a cat thrown into a large lake. He wasn't meant to be there, but the Peacekeepers, with a harsh hold on him, had thrust him into the room, told him to wait, and then shut the door. Ever since then, it had been eerily silent.

He hadn't sat down ever since he entered. The fear had him literally shaking like a leaf, trembling hand resting on the back of a chair to keep him upright. What was he getting himself into? There was no way he could possibly survive the Games, so what had he been thinking? Nothing, as usual.

[/color] He took a sharp intake of air, clenching his free hand into a clammy fist. Emerald green eyes frantically searched the room to find something to occupy himself with and clear his mind, but there was nothing. The room seemed to be filled with antiques, and if Dominic knew anything, it was to never touch an antique. It could break and the Mayor, or whoever, would be on him and take him out before he even reached the Games. He shook his head, absentmindedly beginning to pace the perimeter of the room.

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regrets [GXK ; blitz] Jan 26, 2012 20:51:02 GMT -5

Post by gxk on Jan 26, 2012 20:51:02 GMT -5

~Jana Hale~

This wasn't supposed to happen. Not to her, not to Dominic. It was supposed to go like every other reaping. Two kids she didn't know well would get reaped, she would be sad, they would die, the end. Now it was someone Jana knew, someone she loved. When Dom was reaped she couldn't breath for a moment, it was like she was being choked at the same time someone kicked her in the gut. Her father didn't even try to comfort her.

The Justice Building loomed in front of Jana, this could be the last time she saw him alive. Pale hands shaking she opened the door. That's when she snapped, she bolted at Dominic as the sobs started to take other. Throwing her arms around him she struggled to find her voice. "Why? Why do you have to go? I-It's not fair." The words came out so jumbled she wasn't even sure he understood what she was trying to say. But what could she say to someone who would be dead so soon. Her mom died, but she had time to prepare for that. The illness took time to progress. This was sudden and shocking. Dominic didn't have any fatal illness, he wasn't old, he shouldn't be worrying about dying. And what ate at her the most was that the Capitol would love every minute of his suffering. Maybe, just maybe he could make it home. But Jana knew better than to get her hopes up, still she couldn't help up try to believe he would win. "Come home, you've got to come home."

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regrets [GXK ; blitz] Jan 26, 2012 21:02:08 GMT -5

Post by semper on Jan 26, 2012 21:02:08 GMT -5

He couldn't take the silence; there wasn't even a clock in the room to make a faint, persistent ticking noise. There was nothing. The noises of the outside were all blocked and it drove him mad. When the door burst open, Dominic nearly jumped out of his skin, a cold wave of panic sweeping over him, fearing that it was another Peacekeeper coming to take him away. He saw a familiar head of red hair and instantly all sorts of emotions overwhelmed him as he quickly put his arms around her and held her tightly.

What could Dominic tell her? There was nothing he could say without fabricating some lie out of it. He knew he wasn't going to be alright and that there was a very good chance that he was going to die, and there was nothing anyone could do to comfort someone when they faced that. "Nothing's ever fair," he said, failing at trying to hide the fear in his voice. Emerald green eyes hid behind tightly shut eyelids. "I can't make any promises, you know that..." His voice, weak and faint, had cracked. He didn't want to leave her, but he had no choice. He had already accepted. "No one would take my place anyway, so I couldn't get out of this even if I wanted to."

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regrets [GXK ; blitz] Jan 26, 2012 21:26:48 GMT -5

Post by gxk on Jan 26, 2012 21:26:48 GMT -5

~Jana Hale~

Jana's panicked frenzy started to calm when Dominic wrapped his arms around her. It was sometime so familiar, it killed her to think they may not ever get to be like this again. That they may never be able to do anything together anymore. Her father had just started to accepted her relationship with Dominic. He too had been horrified when he was reaped. Not only for Jana's sake, but for Dominic's. The arena would be torture for him, the voice would drive him mad. Tears resumed falling from glassy green eyes. She desperately tried to think of some way to make this easier for them, someway to make goodbye a little less painful. But nothing came to mind other than her fear of loosing Dominic.

"I know you can't, but... I just wish it didn't have to be like this." Jana struggled to keep her voice even, trying hard not to upset him anymore than he already was. The color had long since drained from her face, and she was shaking visibly. Why was it that when things were finally going right for them that this happened. The reaping wasn't supposed to happen to people she knew. In her whole life she had never been close friends with anyone reaped. This year just had to be different because she was finally happy again. For the first time since her mom's death she was truly happy, and now that had been taken from her too. "I'm sorry I can't do more for you... I should have volunteered to go with you."

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regrets [GXK ; blitz] Jan 26, 2012 21:55:10 GMT -5

Post by semper on Jan 26, 2012 21:55:10 GMT -5

He didn't want to let go. Burying his face into the side of her neck, he also began gently rubbing her back, using the gesture to comfort himself, too, reminding himself that she was really there. The boy couldn't think of anything to tell her. To feel her body shaking against him was almost like a nightmare in itself. He knew she was scared, but he couldn't do anything. It was almost one of his last years to be reaped, too, and of course he just had to draw the short straw.

"I wish that too..." He replied, voice muffled slightly. "I'll do whatever it takes to come back to you." Never mind the fact that you'll have to kill people to achieve that.

[/color] Dominic didn't even bother to chase the voice away. Instead, he was focused on her saying that she would have volunteered to go with him. He knew without a doubt that he couldn't bear to see her die and go through the hell of the Games, but it wouldn't be very justified for him to say that when he would be the one going off in a few hours. Instead of answering her, he simply tightened his embrace on her. "You've already done more for me than you know. I love you. You're the reason I hung on ever since we ran away together. When everyone abandoned me, you were there. Thank you, Jana. Thank you for everything you've done for me."

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