..:Impossible to Eat:..{Hiccups}

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Words could not describe the amount of anger bubbling around inside of Mercury's head at that very moment. Not that she would say anything about it to her alliance members, but she was completely disappointed that she wasn't even involved in the death of Ocean Jones. She hadn't paid very much attention to any of the tributes, let alone the fact that she didn't even know a lot of their names, but Ocean was one of the few that she did remember apart from the members of her own alliance. She had wanted to kill Ocean Jones more than she wanted to kill any tribute in that arena. She had been her target, and the girl had slipped through her grasp simply because she arrived too late. It had taken only seconds to end the girl's life, and she hadn't even made one attack.

Not one stinking attack.

The worst part was that she couldn't even complain about this fact to her alliance members. Well, perhaps she could.. but it was no smart decision to be complaining and acting horribly to those who held her life in their hands. They could kill her at any moment, as was the nature of the Games. It was best not to piss them off, or she would surely end up dead in her sleep.

Asleep. Gone. The end of Mercury...

What a sad thought.

No, but I won't die.. She told herself. What was she even doing, thinking such a thing? She was Mercury, she was the best. The best tribute, the best person, did not die. There could only be one winner, and that winner would be the best. So by default, it had to be her. Obviously. And then would she really give up her life so easily anyways? Would she go down without a fight and a lot of hell and a lot of amusement on her part?

Not a chance.

Shrugging the thought away, Mercury's mind snapped back into focus when she heard an all-too-familiar nickname ringing from the mouth of one of her allies.

Merky..

A sudden memory collided with her as if she had just slammed straight into a brick wall, and her breath caught for a moment as she struggled to keep herself in the present instead of slipping back into her thoughts. She was there, in the arena. Not home. Not painting her fingernails a vibrant shade of red. Certainly not drowning her baby sister as her high-pitched shrieks echoed along the empty walls.. No, nothing like that at all. Except maybe for the murder part. There would be plenty of murder within the next few days.

And then there was a situation progressing right in front of her. She hadn't been paying attention hardly at all to her allies- hell, she rarely ever paid attention to anyone other than herself- and of course she hadn't noticed what was happening. Turning her hazel eyes towards the ground, she focused upon one of her alliance, the girl named Ember. It was almost as if the poor thing (Not that Mercury felt any sympathy for her) had gone completely and utterly insane. Or had she always been? Mercury wasn't sure, of course, because she knew little to nothing about the girl.

And these were the people whom she trusted with her very life.

Though that wasn't important at that moment. Their whole alliance (or most of them, anyways) was completely insane. Well, except Mercury. God, I'm the only normal one here.. she thought, stroking a spot on her face where she had painted Ocean's blood upon it.

She sent another look down towards her alliance member and she almost smiled. "It'll be alright, darling. Seeing your first kill is always a bit traumatizing. Or so I've heard." Her voice was almost sweet, but she still lacked any sympathy for the girl. This was the Games, it was supposed to be fun! It was no use sniveling over some silly girl dying.

The situation was of little importance to her. Ember would get over it; she would have to get over it. Stepping around the girl, Mercury walked, shirtless and all, over to the pile of items that they had accumulated from Ocean, and, apparently, some other tribute as well.

Did I miss that fight too?!? She wondered, glancing at Luyu curiously. A moment later, she threw the thought out of her mind and grabbed the alliance's water jugs from amidst the other items. She paused for a moment, tilted her head up towards the sky, and smiled. For whatever reason (she didn't even know why she did it) she lifted her empty left hand and waved up at the clouds with a silly grin upon her face. "Hi, clouds." Though thankfully she kept herself from laughing. She had acted as such before in her life, but never before had it actually been legitimately true. It was always some silly mask to manipulate someone to make them think she was stupid and innocent.. but this was no act.

Maybe she was going crazy.

Crazy? No, I can't go crazy. That's impossible.. Mercury thought, and she immediately began glaring at the same group of clouds that she had previously been waving at. In another instant, she dropped her gaze and kicked the dirt nearest to her right foot and shook the water jugs to see if any were filled with water. No sound responded to her, so she smiled and strutted over to the creek and filled all of them up. She was almost about to bring the water to her lips when she realized that it was probably unsafe to drink, so she looked around at her alliance members.

”Anyone know how to start a fire?” Or did they not have any fire-making tools? She hadn’t yet had a chance to look through all of the items. The only items that she was completely sure that they had gained were her spear, her water jug, and the knife that had fallen from the sky as a gift to her.

Of course, she didn’t know how to start a fire herself. Mercury, making a fire and being the woodsy out-doors type?

Ha. Ha. Ha. Like that would ever happen.

[[[OOC: Hmph. I think I need to start RPing her in first person, because my opinion of her and her opinion of herself keep clashing in my post and it's making it very difficult for me to write, and it sounds horrible. Blargh.]]]