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stand my ground and never back down [kay-jb] Oct 15, 2018 20:35:53 GMT -5

Post by Cato on Oct 15, 2018 20:35:53 GMT -5

Yusei Rhee

My face is a blank canvas, but my heart is screaming begging for an escape, yet I know the escape will never come. Impressing a girl is difficult, and this was probably taking it to the extreme. I had no choice though, and now I can't take it back. All I can do is focus on my future and think about what will happen. My heart is heavy as I place my hands on the wooden table in the center of the room. I don't think anyone will come to see me. My family is gone. I don't have any friends because I'm always lingering in the shadows while watching from afar. Life is hard, and yet I find ways to make it worth living.

I turn away from the door, and my eyes lock on the beautiful curtains hanging from the ceiling guarding the inside from what lives just behind the glass. It's so pleasant outside. Nobody seems to care that I'm sitting inside wondering what I've done. Sometimes I've done spontaneous things, and this is definitely one of them since I'm not promised to return home alive. My eyes drop to the floor as I push the curtain away. An escape is lingering just before me. All I have to do is break the glass out - I can't do that.

I know the rules of the reaping. I know that volunteering is dangerous, and that I am representing district one. I am one that will fight for the crown that hasn't been one since Justice Fray. Perhaps things can change. All it takes is a little fight, and a little luck, and maybe I can win to. Maybe winning will impress the one I love who thinks I'm invisible. I know what I did would change my life, and I just hope it somehow changes it for the better even if it's only for a moment.

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stand my ground and never back down [kay-jb] Oct 17, 2018 16:09:47 GMT -5

Post by garnet beauford d8 [earthling] on Oct 17, 2018 16:09:47 GMT -5

CIRQUE ISOSCELES

Another year, another reaping. It's all gotten a little routine for Cirque. Now it even feels like an excuse to dress up before five o'clock. Of course, she's not in any danger of actually going into the Games. Sure, she's ostensibly a Career, but if her name was drawn, someone would volunteer for her. Maybe someone she knew. Maybe a total stranger. That was the way of in District One.

And she had no plans to volunteer herself.

Apparently, the same could not be said for everyone. She'd already taken out her lipstick to apply a fresh coat, after shrugging off the two names she didn't recognize, when she heard a familiar voice declare his intention. "Oh, for f-," the rest was drown out by her gloss. She dropped the tube into her sparkling clutch and then pushed her way forward. There was a brief interview with the Peacekeepers, and then she was shown into the Justice Building.

She closed the waiting room's door behind her, and leveled her best death stare at Yusei Rhee. "I don't know why I'm here," she admitted, folding her arms over her chest. Then with a huff, she broke the fold and stalked forward until she was mere inches from him. "What were you thinking, Yusei!?"

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stand my ground and never back down [kay-jb] Oct 21, 2018 14:41:42 GMT -5

Post by Cato on Oct 21, 2018 14:41:42 GMT -5

Yusei Rhee

Standing here is lonely. I have nobody. No family. No friends. I'm just me standing here pretending that someone cares enough to come say goodbye. I already regret those words, but maybe I can make a difference. I saved a kid, and he didn't seem grateful, but how could I let him go into this mess and possibly die? Sure there's other ways to make someone notice me, but what can I do? I've tried and tried to no success. So I hope this works. Maybe it will, but I honestly feel like it won't make a difference, and I'm just wasting my time.

It doesn't take long for the door to open, and I immediately think I'm being taken away to head to the train, but boy am I wrong. Someone enters, and the person who enters leaves me dumbfound. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine Cirque to enter this room. After all I've been admiring her from afar for so long, but to actually be standing in front of her makes it all seem different. I don't know what to say to her, or what to do for that matter. But I don't have to worry about speaking because she's doing it for me, and when she's getting closer it makes me extremely nervous. My hands are shaking, my heart is racing, and I can feel the beads of sweat starting to roll from my brow. Girls shouldn't make me this nervous, but she's different. This is Cirque Isosceles the girl I have a crush on.

She asks what I was thinking, and I can't give her a straight up answer. Can I tell her that I wanted her to notice me for so long? That I always feel like she's more superior to me? That I'm just an ant she can easily squish beneath her feet? None of them seem right. I can't even bring myself to open my mouth because a lump is sitting in my throat. I hate it. I take a deep breath trying to calm myself down. Trying to figure out what to do. And that's when it comes to me. Maybe being honest is the right thing to do? Or maybe I should lie? I don't know what to say. "I....uh...."

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stand my ground and never back down [kay-jb] Oct 24, 2018 14:34:31 GMT -5

Post by garnet beauford d8 [earthling] on Oct 24, 2018 14:34:31 GMT -5

CIRQUE ISOSCELES

"I....uh...." he chokes out, and Cirque realizes just how close she's gotten. With a heavy sigh, she takes a step back. He's much taller than she is, physically, but somehow she feels as though she's towering over him. She takes another step away. Now she can easily see his face without craning, can read the vaguest flicker of emotions there.

"Well I hope you have a good reason," Cirque mutters into the quiet air between them. She crosses her arms, turning slightly towards the windows. It's a beautiful day. She ought to be out enjoying it. But instead she's in this stuffy room, talking to a boy she hardly knows, who is going off to hunt death. "Whatever it is."

Slowly, so as not to spook him, Cirque extends her hand. "I guess I came to wish you good luck."