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thorns {Hal & Jericho} Feb 4, 2024 14:42:59 GMT -5

Post by Knuckles on Feb 4, 2024 14:42:59 GMT -5

Hal
Being away from home is quite the adventure, and Hal isn't sure how well he's adapting. Structure isn't something he's used to, but here, it gives him life. Train, eat, train, eat, sleep. It's something that will assist him once he's inside the arena, but Hal knows nothing will really come to his aid except his own mind and strength. Most of his free time comes at night when everyone is sleeping, yet while he's here, he has to learn to readjust his schedule so that he has a chance to maybe make some friends.

A heavy sigh leaves his chest as he walks around looking at the different stations. All of them are of the most importance which is why he wants to go to as many as possible, but the first one to catch his mind is poison. It can help in situations where it is needed, or it can completely end his life as poison courses through his veins.

Being from district seven, Hal learned a lot about figuring out ways around different types of plants, but most of the time, he never had the chance to really look at them. Of course, it's easy to get lost in the forest and have to figure things out. Even then, maybe it'll help him, maybe it won't, but right now, the only thing on his mind is learning as that is more important that pretending to know everything.

He flips through some of the pamphlets and books looking at the different types of plants and trying to take in all the uses for them. Some are stronger, and some can just knock a person down for a bit and make them violently ill. None of them are the same, and they all work differently. Some make rashes. Some bother people more than others depending on if they have a sensitivity to it. There's a lot to learn, and with little time to do so, Hal wants to make the best of it.

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thorns {Hal & Jericho} Feb 11, 2024 1:15:14 GMT -5 via mobile

Post by Izzabel Bennet D8A (Jorg) on Feb 11, 2024 1:15:14 GMT -5

J E R I C H O

I’m unsure how to feel about Váli. She seemed ice enough, but after everything that happened with Mason joining the Church of Todd; I don’t think I can truly be as open minded as I once thought about cults. I can’t help but wonder if it was something I did in our relationship that pushed him towards the cult. Maybe if I saw the signs earlier, or tried harder, he wouldn’t have become so wrapped up in their ways. For once I’m grateful that one of their members wasn’t reaped or volunteered. Elijah died early in, and Hank was no where to be found once the Games actually started. We’re still unsure of what happened to him. I like to think that Elijah’s ghost got to him. That’s just conjecture though, and I can’t stop worrying about the past. I’m only doing it to punish myself anyways.

I end up making way towards the plant station, trying to figure out ways to use plants as medicine or what’s edible. To be honest I’m too familiar with plants, I’m not even too familiar with the different types of cannabis that’s become readily available in Ten. Not sure if it’s entire legal by Panem’s standard but when most of the peacekeepers partake, it’s become one of those laws that isn’t really enforced. Sage and I managed to find some and smoke on the rooftop, which was helpful, but I highly doubt that I’ll have time to smoke in the Games.

What I was interested in was something that was really popular last year. How to use poisonous plants. It ended up proving crucial in certain fights, and I can’t help but wonder if the Gamemakers are going to tie that in because it was so popular, or find ways to diminish the use “in an effort to keep things balanced”. I can’t imagine what goes on in the heads of Gamemakers. I wonder if they’re forced to this job, or if they willingly apply for it. I notice a boy sitting looking through a pamphlet of various plants, which stops my train of thought from becoming even more derailed. He seems quiet, and calm. He seems safe enough to approach given the other experiences I’ve had so far. The only few people I’ve gotten along with have been Sage, Garnet, and Rhys. I make my way up to the boy, trying my best to not be alarming.

“Hey, I introduce myself softly. “I’m Jericho, from Ten. What’s your name?”

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