I Don't Bite... I Fight (open)

Perdita:

Without any one of my friends out here with me, I feel lonelier than ever. It doesn't help that you can't see anything that isn't really close to you.. But then I catch a glimpse of something; something that's definitely not an animal. A fellow hunter. But my mom said that if you don't know the hunter it can get very dangerous. I need to leave before they see me. But somehow I'm frozen in place, unable to leave from watching this unknown person. And then their body turns my way. I can't see it, but I know they did. They know I'm here. i should be fleeing, but I hesitate, wondering if I run they'll mistake me for game.. So I close my eyes tight and hope they haven't spotted me.

When she suddenly bursts into giggles I open my eyes and give her a hard stare. I knew I wasn't going to be invisible, but I thought I might get away as being something else. And then laughing? Was it really that funny? "And no, I'm allowed to talk to strangers. So long as they're not hunters. Like you. And me. But I can talk to myself, because I know me. Not that I'm saying I talk to myself, but.." I realize I'm completely disobeying my orders. I'm not even supposed to be this far out! So now what?

"And what's that supposed to mean?" I ask. "I'm differenter.. then whatever you mean!" Why was she so set on talking about random things? "And, you know what? I'm going to follow you around while you hunt and watch you. Or maybe I'll stand here until you tell me to leave. And then I might not even leave! Maybe I'll stand here until you atleast give me a name to call you," I know i'm babbling, but I don't really care anymore. i really wanted to know who this girl was.. I'd never seen her before.

She goes on shouting about something about people and the Hunger Games and I just stand there blinking. "Well, my name's Perdita," I say out of total confusion over what she's talking about.. Quistet. What Quistet is talking about. I tilt my head sideways.

"Well, that could be difficult. I don't really know exactly where my only actual friend is. So that makes it pretty hard to tell him," I say. "Well, I guess I do have another friend.. but I don't know where she is either! If you want me to leave, I will, but I'm kind of lost in here, not really sure which way D.9 is.." I look each direction but I only can see a few feet in front of me. A few feet of endless, tall grass.

"If you want help, just ask," Quistet says. "But I'm going to ignore you, the whole way." She starts to leave in a direction that I don't bother to check. I just hope it's the right way. And so I follow her, after only a moments hesitation. I come to the conclusion that being stuck with this weird girl is probably better than being lost out here.. I realize that we're in an open spot, and Quistet has stopped, and is now lying down. I can't really just go on, having no clue what direction my house is in, so I sit down where I am and just think. All of them are just random thoughts, like trying to remember what i had hunted yesterday. And what would be the special treat we could afford for the next time something exciting happens, or there's a celebration. And so on, until I have one thought that somehow bugs me. My name. And how accurate it is for the event that's happening now. At this very moment. First off, Perdita sounds like penguin, and I hear that they just waddle after something, or maybe nothing in particular. Like how I'm following a girl I just met that I'm not even sure is trustworthy. And second, my name means "Lost" which is so true right now. I'm very lost, and not just in the literal sense.. But no matter how much I thought about my name, it wouldn't change magically into something that means "Found" or something. So I just wait for Quistet to get up so I can be lost and found.

ooc: to Perdita she just seems weird edging on crazy. But reading in Quistet's POV, she does seem harsh. But that makes her completely in character.. Not to be saying she's harsh, but she thinks like you described her, making her the perfect harshness(that sounded like I was typing a really lame speech..So I think I'll cut off here.)