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D3B Safina Roy [Tyler]
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The Innovator. The Dreamer. The Creator.

break in the circuit [Safina x Vera blitz] Jun 21, 2024 7:04:25 GMT -5

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Post by D3B Safina Roy [Tyler] on Jun 21, 2024 7:04:25 GMT -5

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Safina Roy

break in the circuit - I

I am bad at archery. I have spent the last few hours at this station, bow in my hand and launching arrow after arrow at the training dummies wheeling around, and so far all evidence seems to just strengthen this hypothesis with each missed target. I watch the pile of arrows lying haphazardly at the back of the training field and feel the weight of my flaws press down a little stronger.

After a lifetime of being told how great I was at everything I did, this is a hard pill to swallow. I'm a brilliant mind, I have an eye for invention, and now I'm a terrible shot. I never really considered before that maybe I never went out of my way to pursue the things that didn't come naturally. Why bother, when I could rest on my laurels and let the chorus praise me for it all? I wore my talents like an armour, and the bow and arrow now feel like a glaring chink I'm desperate to repair.

I launch another arrow, my eyes lasered in focus on a dummy near the front. The trainer already elected to switch to stationary targets for my benefit. Instead though it just seems to add to the weight that pushes me down. I breathe, I release. This time, finally, an arrow meets its target.

The trainer is congratulating me and I feel a bit of the weight lift from my shoulders. At least now I can at least hit something standing still with a bow and arrow. If everyone else in that arena stands stock still I'll be set. I sigh. Maybe it's better to just stick with learning the other weapons.

I'm about to give up when I see the girl from District 8's joined us at this station. Back home she'd be the kind of girl I'd be a bit jealous of, in here that means she's got a bit of power over me that I need to desperately keep secret. I can't help the blush that has flushed my cheeks.

"Sorry, have you been waiting here long?" I ask. God, I hope not, or she'd have had a front row seat to the discovery of my achilles' heel.

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d8 : vera jeon 🎀 sucy
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break in the circuit [Safina x Vera blitz] Jun 21, 2024 9:12:40 GMT -5

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Post by d8 : vera jeon 🎀 sucy on Jun 21, 2024 9:12:40 GMT -5

v e r a .

"gimme just a little bit (more)
a little bit of excess"

"Oh, me? Just a little while," I say, flipping my hair back over my shoulder. And then, with only the slightest hint of sarcasm in my voice, I add, "Nice hit."

I do mean it, just a little bit. She's getting better, even if the progress is slow, even if she doesn't realise it. Who knows what she'll be capable of with a couple more days of training? Who knows what she'll be able to do when real adrenaline starts pumping?

"You're from Three, right?" I ask, turning away from her to look at the selection of bows and arrows. There's something so regal about them, I think. Something about putting distance between you and your kill makes you seem so above it all. I've been focusing on training my strength overall in the hopes that it'll benefit me all around, but now, with so little time left, I've started considering the merits of poison arrows.

But being above it all, being far away, makes things feel so impersonal. That's not me. I don't know how the others feel. Maybe they're still convinced that any killing they'll do is pure necessity, nothing they have a say in. Not me though. Where on that spectrum does Miss Aimless land?

"You look smart. Probably why none of those arrows hit. You're thinking too much, babe."

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D3B Safina Roy [Tyler]
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break in the circuit [Safina x Vera blitz] Jun 21, 2024 10:47:26 GMT -5

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Post by D3B Safina Roy [Tyler] on Jun 21, 2024 10:47:26 GMT -5

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Safina Roy

break in the circuit - II

"Oh, me? Just a little bit. Nice hit." In other words, the girl from Eight had seen enough to see that I couldn't put my life in the hands of a nice bow and some deadly arrows. I could pull the sarcasm out of her words and I was already branding it into the part of my brain already burning with the self-doubt that was spreading like wildfire.

"You're from Three, right?" With a flip of her hair she turns her eyes away from me as she asks me. "Yes, I'm Safina," I respond, trying to mask any embarrassment in my voice under a layer of neutral curiosity and unsure if I'm having any success. "and you're from Eight, right?" The girl's eyes stay focused on the bow and arrows lined up at the station. I don't know if she's heard me, I don't know if she even needs to have heard me. She reminds me so much of the girls back home surrounded by friends wherever they go. Just like sweet Dina, attracting admirers and friends with such ease, as if its as natural and automatic as taking a breath. I wonder just how many people back in District 8 are already crying tears at the thought they may lose such a shining light in their lives?

The next words out of her mouth are unexpected. "You look smart. Probably why none of those arrows hit. You're thinking too much, babe." I feel like I'm back in school in District 3, getting an invite to sit with the socialites. It eases the embarrassment, replaced with a pang of happiness. Yes, I am smart, and I just needed a reminder of that. The wildfire of doubt stops its spread, on the brink of burning itself out. I crack a smile.

"I don't know if I'm capable of thinking any less," I laugh, "but thanks for the advice." As I free myself from the dark cloud it becomes easier to start a conversation. "It's rare tributes want to help each other get better at murder. Or am I just too lost with this weapon to really be anything too deadly?" It's been a tense day, I can't help myself from trying to joke around.