Sparks Fade Into Darkness {Spark Family JB Blitz}

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Sparks Fade Into Darkness {Spark Family JB Blitz} Jun 5, 2018 10:41:07 GMT -5

Post by kap on Jun 5, 2018 10:41:07 GMT -5

Industria Spark
District Three

"Dusty, it'll be okay. Shhhh, it's okay." Her mother tried to soothe her with these words, but to no avail. Industria Spark was still sobbing. It seemed like nothing would stop it, either.

"It'll never be okay! She's leaving us! It's not fair!" she cried to her mother. The young girl didn't know what to do at this point, as she couldn't take her sister's place, and this just meant that another one of her siblings was being taken away from her.

Luckily, the Spark family was allowed to visit Florence in the Justice Building before she left, so that's exactly what they did. Dusty was the one to swing the door open, immediately running to Florence and wrapping her arms around her in a tight, hugging embrace.

"They can't take you! It's not fair!" She yelled this and the family's mother shut the door gently behind her. Clearly, Mrs. Spark wasn't quite sure what to do at this point. There was no way to calm down Dusty, so she assumed it would be best to just let her have her moment with her sister.

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Sparks Fade Into Darkness {Spark Family JB Blitz} Jun 5, 2018 11:34:44 GMT -5

Post by Sleepy Fluttershy on Jun 5, 2018 11:34:44 GMT -5

I'm a warrior.
Axiomatic.
I'm gonna get up and be.

Florence can't remember how her feet got her into the Justice Building, it just happened. On the stage, she was holding herself together, but inside, where nobody could see her, the girl went into a shock. She could feel that deep inside she wasn't empty. There was hope. There was love. There was courage. But something was blocking all of it out and she couldn't reach herself through the wall. Her body was stiff and her head felt numb. Florence didn't want anyone to see her like this, but her family still came to say goodbye.

When her little sister Dusty rushed inside and hugged Florence, the child felt like she was melting again and her strength was coming back to her.

"It is all right, Dusty. Everything will be all right."

Florence smiled and kissed her sister on the forehead.

"We are family. It means that you will always be in my heart and I will always be in yours. Nobody and nothing can take this away from us. The distance doesn't matter."

The girl knew she would hold the warmth of this hug within herself forever.

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Sparks Fade Into Darkness {Spark Family JB Blitz} Jun 6, 2018 10:48:44 GMT -5

Post by kap on Jun 6, 2018 10:48:44 GMT -5

Joule Spark
District Three

Losing those you love is something that seems inevitable when said loved ones are selected for the Games. Joule had hope for Bolts's return, but her hope was proven to be misled, as his return was only his lifeless corpse coming back to them, not him reigning victorious. Joule didn't want to admit it, but she didn't think that, if Bolts was incapable of making it back, Florence even had the slightest chance of doing better. She hated to think something about that about her sister, but it seemed to be the thought that was reigning ever-present in her head.

When Joule arrived in the Justice Building with her family to say goodbye to Florence, the scene was all too familiar. She was going to be saying goodbye for what may end up being forever. Was this the last time the were ever going to get to talk to one another? Joule really hoped that that wasn't the case.

Upon entering the room, Dusty immediately enveloped Florence in a tearful hug. The words Florence spoke in response, however, were more meaningful than Joule thought she'd ever hear from her sister.

"She's right, Dusty. Nothing can really take her away from us. No matter what happens, we'll always be family." Joule said this with a weak smile on her face, trying to seem reassuring. She then looked at Florence gently and spoke to her.

"Please, be strong, okay? Don't give up."

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Sparks Fade Into Darkness {Spark Family JB Blitz} Jun 6, 2018 11:22:41 GMT -5

Post by Sleepy Fluttershy on Jun 6, 2018 11:22:41 GMT -5

Cordelia Spark.

She knew there was no way out of this nightmare. With Bolts gone, life sometimes looked like an endless labyrinth to her. She was trapped, she had no idea what to do without him. She was used to being helpful, but she could not be the big girl in the family. The responsibility was too much.

And now, walking to the Justice Building, Cordelia realized that it could get worse when it seemed that it couldn't. Even though she couldn't always see that, Florence with all the childish games, all her cheerful running and yelling, was a distraction. Her love was a ray of sunshine at the end of that twisted tunnel and now the Capitol was going to take it all away and lock the door.

In the Justice Building, she looked at her sister in Dusty's embrace, trying to memorize every feature of her face, her skinny body before anyone would get a chance to deform it like they did with Bolts. Florence's words bounced off her wounded mind and broke into a set of meaningless pieces. But she couldn't stop rewinding that phrase in her brain. It could be the last thing she heard from her sister.

you will always be in my heart... and I will always be in yours... Nobody and nothing can take this away from us...

For a few moments, everyone seemed almost at peace with what was happening. And Cordelia's heart trembled. She had never really been the one to hold this family together.

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Last Edit: Jun 6, 2018 11:23:28 GMT -5 by Sleepy Fluttershy

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Sparks Fade Into Darkness {Spark Family JB Blitz} Jun 8, 2018 1:08:26 GMT -5

Post by kap on Jun 8, 2018 1:08:26 GMT -5

Catherine Spark
District Three

Having your loved ones ripped away from you can be one of the most difficult things to try to cope with in life, and I was going through it yet again. First, it was my brother, all those many years ago, chosen for the Games, taken away from us all and killed in the process. He came back to us, but most certainly not alive. The next one to go was my husband, taken down by a despicable illness that could have been cured, had we had the medicinal resources that the Capitol has. Of course, we don't have access to such things, and he is gone now, just like my brother.

Bolts, my eldest son, was the next to join the ranks of the dead. Like my older brother, he was reaped for the terrible Hunger Games and forced to fight to the death, failing to survive. It wasn't his fault that he didn't make it. No, it was the cruel person who stole his life from him, and there was nothing I could do about it. Now, I was afraid that I was about to lose another loved one when Florence was reaped for the seventy-ninth annual Hunger Games. I wasn't sure what to do, other than say goodbye and hope that my words wouldn't fail me.

When the lot of us arrived in the Justice Building to say our goodbyes to Florence, it was beyond difficult. I was the third and final one to speak in our time there. Surprisingly, Dusty, my youngest daughter, had been the first to do so. Sure, her words were panicked and clearly on the verge of despair, but I felt the same way- I just couldn't show it. I was her mother, so I had to be strong. I went over to Florence and placed my hand on her shoulder, looking her kindly in the eyes.

"You can do this, Florence. You're a tougher person than you know you are."

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Joule Spark
District Three

What more could she possibly do? What more could she possibly say? For a few moments, Joule Spark was at a loss. All of the remaining members of the Spark family were trying to hold themselves together, but it was beyond difficult. They all had similar words to what one would expect to hear in the Justice Building. From "It's not fair" to "Stay strong", surely, they'd said it all. What else could Joule do?

Perhaps for a moment or two, the girl remained unsure. Then, it came to her. In her pocket was a small object that she'd kept with her for good luck. It was a small gear from the 'firefly' robot sort-of thing that Bolts had made her for her twelfth birthday before he was reaped. He'd taken the light from it at his token after the robot firefly broke, and she'd held onto one of the gears ever since. Pulling it out of her pocket, she handed it to Florence.

"Do you remember that firefly toy that Bolts built me before he left? This is part of it. I've held on to it for good luck, and I think that you should, now. That way, Bolts and I are both with you, in a way. What do you say?" she said to her with a small smile across her lips.

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