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Gimme Three Steps (Lulu) Dec 1, 2008 19:54:39 GMT -5

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Post by Gorim on Dec 1, 2008 19:54:39 GMT -5

Well, this can't be good.
Peter muttered darkly as he wandering the ruins of District Thirteen.
"'It really is seeing at least once, Peter.'" He snarled. "This is the last time I bother with anything, anything, that Walter says. I don't care if he's telling me to run; I will assume the worst!" He'd gone all the way here, and for what? Some old houses, some not-even-houses, a chance to get cancer?
"You'll be shipped off to the happy home the second I get home Walter, you hear?!" He screamed into the sky. "The SECOND!"
That's not true...
"Well... If I die..." He snarled. "They all better stay away from my funeral."
If I have one...
He raised his arms to the rubble.
"Part," he joked, defeated. "Part and give me a break."

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Gimme Three Steps (Lulu) Dec 1, 2008 20:34:50 GMT -5

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Post by Lulu on Dec 1, 2008 20:34:50 GMT -5

Left. Right. Left. Right. Left. Right.

Ugh.

A small teenager tore through the silent woods of her country, Panem. All was quiet, including her head. All she concentrated on was putting one foot in front of the other. Left, right. Left, right. Running was one of the few things that came naturally to Kiara. That, and the pissed off mood she constantly felt.

She hadn't noticed that she was near the District Thirteen ruins until she actually came upon the ouskirts of the place. She was mildly surprised. How far had she run?

Then she heard someone else nearby. She quickly hid behind a crumbling wall of stone and peered out silently.

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Gimme Three Steps (Lulu) Dec 1, 2008 21:13:34 GMT -5

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Post by Gorim on Dec 1, 2008 21:13:34 GMT -5

Peter sighed and sat down, taking out food.
"This sucks," he muttered, cramming bread in his mouth. Eating wouldn't make anything better. In fact, it'd probably make things worse in the long run. But he didn't feel very good right now, and eating usually helped.
"It really is very worth it, Son," Walter said cheerfully, eating his oatmeal.
"Yeah, sure, Walter." Peter said absently, washing dishes, not even listening to his father anymore.
"It is!" Walter insisted. Peter sighed.
"What is, Walter?" Peter asked. Walter blinked in shock, then his eyes narrowed.
"You haven't been listening to me, have you Peter?"
"No. What's worth it?" Peter asked again. Walter smiled.
"Going to District Thirteen." He said happily. Peter groaned.
"Walter, that's a crime." Peter said, returning to his dishes.
"Well, many things I've done haven't been entirely legal," Walter pointed out. "And that goes double for you, Son. It's worth it; seeing District Thirteen. It's quite interesting."
"Uh-huh..."
Peter groaned. Stupid, stupid, stupid. The idea grew on him. If you're going to do something illegal, might as well make it educational too, yeah?
No.
Instead, it was expensive AND dangerous, AND boring.
"That's the last time I listen to your ramblings, Walter!" He yelled to no one, his voice echoing across the ruins.
Snap! Peter stood quickly, fingering the knife at his belt. "Hello?" He called. "Anyone there?"

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Gimme Three Steps (Lulu) Dec 2, 2008 15:30:01 GMT -5

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Post by Lulu on Dec 2, 2008 15:30:01 GMT -5

Kiara shrunk down even more, placing her hand on the sheathed hilt of her own knife. The fourteen year old had never used any bigger of a weapon, nor did she need to. Thanks to her brother, she was handy with a small blade, and knew plenty of tricks to leave an enemy weeping in pain.

She didn't think whoever was roaming around the ruins was an enemy, but from past experiences, Kiara knew you could never be too sure. Not many people came here; it wasn't a very inviting place, and only served as a reminder of what the capitol could do to a District if they wanted to.

Well, she thought, It wouldn't exactly kill me to have a little fun, would it?

With an internal smirk, the District Eleven teen answered the other person's call with a witty reply. "No," she called out, her voice dripping with sarcasm.

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Gimme Three Steps (Lulu) Dec 2, 2008 18:01:24 GMT -5

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Post by Gorim on Dec 2, 2008 18:01:24 GMT -5

"Well, excuse me for being cautious," Peter snapped at whoever said that. "I didn't WANT to come here, so if you're planning on killing me, know that, somewhere, there an old man a few french fries short of a happy meal that's going to suffer because of your poor judgement."
He sat back down. The voice wasn't far, but it sounded like a girl. A very small girl, he figured. He took out more food.
"You want some, or not?" He snapped in the general direction of the voice. He was bored, and company always helped him calm down. He craved contact, needed connection. Too little of it in the past, he supposed.

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Gimme Three Steps (Lulu) Dec 2, 2008 18:20:59 GMT -5

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Post by Lulu on Dec 2, 2008 18:20:59 GMT -5

"You're excused."

Kiara held in laughter. She knew she was being stupid, and that it was idiodic to find taunting someone else funny, but she didn't care. She'd been so pissed off lately that she could get into a fight with her best friend and she wouldn't notice. Of course, Cadence or Ember would. So she wouldn't do that.

"I'm a fourteen year old girl who looks to be about ten. Do you honestly think I'm standing here laying on the sarcasm when I'm plotting to kill you?" She came out from behind the stone structure she had used to conceal herself and looked at the man. He was probably around seventeen or eighteen. Lucky him, he wouldn't have to deal with the Hunger Games for much longer.

The pixie-like girl cautiously took a seat on a bolder, never taking her deep, dark green hued eyes off of him. She hesitantly took her slim fingers off of her knife hilt and shook her head. "No. I'm set," she replied, pulling a few slices of apple out of the small leather pouch that hung from her waist.

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Gimme Three Steps (Lulu) Dec 2, 2008 18:31:22 GMT -5

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Post by Gorim on Dec 2, 2008 18:31:22 GMT -5

Peter nodded. "Well, it's there if you want it."
"So... I'm Peter. I'm here in this godforsaken place because my borderline insane father said it'd be worth it. Feel free to doubt my sanity in this case. I am myself. Anyway, I'm from District Five. I have a chicken called Chick, who is appearently a rooster. I have a friend who hates Chick who has a cow called Gene, who I in turn hate. Mainly because she eats my lawn. A lot. Technically, Gene should probably be a pig."He scowled. "Anyway, that's me. Who're you?"

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Gimme Three Steps (Lulu) Dec 2, 2008 22:08:02 GMT -5

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Post by Lulu on Dec 2, 2008 22:08:02 GMT -5

Kiara stared questioningly at Peter in the way someone would stare at a person who started dancing in the middle of the district streed; mouth open slightly, with a 'What just happened?' expression on her face. Gosh, this guy liked to talk. Unlike her.

"Er...I'm Kiara." She introduced herself, still looking quizzical. "I'm from District Eleven. I...harvest stuff." Compared to his introductory monologue, hers was puny. But she really couldn't care less right now. Nor did she think she would ever.

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Gimme Three Steps (Lulu) Dec 3, 2008 18:49:40 GMT -5

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Post by Gorim on Dec 3, 2008 18:49:40 GMT -5

Peter nodded.
"District Eleven? I've been there. Lot's of interesting people. Gambled myself out of my shirt there." He smirked. "Fun, fun, fun."
"Well, you know what I'm doing here, so why are you here? Needed to get away from the old harvesting grind?" He sipped his tea, watching her curiously.
"What's a girl like you doing in a place like this?"

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Gimme Three Steps (Lulu) Dec 3, 2008 19:09:19 GMT -5

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Post by Lulu on Dec 3, 2008 19:09:19 GMT -5

Kiara narrowed her eyes ever so slightly. This guy was very curious, and was asking her a lot of things. One, he was an enemy, and he wanted to find out all he could about her before he killed her. Or two, he was just an inquisitive person to begin with. She suspected the latter.

"I really don't know what I'm doing here. I was just...running." She refrained from saying that she ran pretty much everywhere, though she wanted to. It might sound like braggingand Kiare absolutely despised braggers. But it was true; she was incredibly swift on her feet for such a small girl.

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Gimme Three Steps (Lulu) Dec 3, 2008 19:32:20 GMT -5

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Post by Gorim on Dec 3, 2008 19:32:20 GMT -5

Peter tilted his head to the side slightly, frowning.
"Running? You in trouble or something? Cause, you know, I may be from a district full of chickens, but I'm a pretty good fighter. If you need that kind of help, I mean." He shrugged.
"But maybe you don't."
But, for some reason, he kinda got the feeling that, somehow, she probably did.

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Gimme Three Steps (Lulu) Dec 3, 2008 19:57:39 GMT -5

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Post by Lulu on Dec 3, 2008 19:57:39 GMT -5

"No. I just like to run."

Did she need help? Yes, she desperately, totally did. But it wasn't a physical thing, not at all. She didn't need the help of fists or knives. She needed someone to mend her mind, mend her heart, get her back on the track of where she had been before the Capitol had so inconsiderately taken her brother's life through their thrice damned Hunger Games.

She was tired of being pissed off all the time. She was sick of the fact that she seemed to have lost the skill of friendship and socializing. She was done with feeling like the life had been ripped out of her when she had witnessed Colton's violent, bloody slaying on TV. It wasn't something a little sister was intended to see.

But there was absolutely nothing Peter could do for that. So reluctantly she replied. "No...I guess I'm fine. I don't need help."

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Gimme Three Steps (Lulu) Dec 3, 2008 20:28:11 GMT -5

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Post by Gorim on Dec 3, 2008 20:28:11 GMT -5

Peter sighed. "Alright." He said reluctantly.
Damn.... He felt an incessant need to help people. Got it from his mom, no doubt. And sometimes, that required heart-to-hearts. Plus, he liked to show all his bad cards first. A bad habit (he'd lost perfectly good girlfriends because of it), but sometimes, people need to know what they're up against.
"You know... I bet you've had a really crappy life. Me too. What're the odds?" He raised an eyebrow questioningly. But not in a way that didn't give her a choice.
You don't have to answer if you want.

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Gimme Three Steps (Lulu) Dec 3, 2008 20:42:35 GMT -5

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Post by Lulu on Dec 3, 2008 20:42:35 GMT -5

Yes. This guy was spot on when it came to how Kiara was feeling lately. Crappy life? That wasn't even the half of it. Take that, add on a discombobulated mind, little to no friends and nonexistant support when it came to her parents. Zero. Zip. Zilch. Nothing. Nada. She was virtually alone. She didn't mind the actual alone part, since the black haired teen had been feeling far to numb to feel lonely lately, but she just wished she wasn't tormented by all the shit she had to put up with lately. And she knew she brought most of it upon herself, but she really couldn't help that.

"Crappy life is my middle name," she mumbled, staring off into the distant trees. Then she suddenly whipped her head around and smirked, ready for a little more witty sarcasm. "Actually, no. My middle name is Forest. Kiara Forest. But I should get it changed, shouldn't I?" she laughed.

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Gimme Three Steps (Lulu) Dec 3, 2008 20:49:10 GMT -5

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Post by Gorim on Dec 3, 2008 20:49:10 GMT -5

Peter laughed.
"Hey, I'd change my name too! All the crap my dad did; it's like he wanted me to have no friends." He shook his head, grinning.
"You know, you're pretty cool. So, shall I tell my story first? Or will you take the memory stick?" He grabbed a stick and held it out to her, then whipped it back, then held it out to her again.

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