>{Anastasia Fortescue}< - D1
Oct 19, 2010 22:22:57 GMT -5
Post by shrimp on Oct 19, 2010 22:22:57 GMT -5
>{anastasia}<
You are the dancing queen, young and sweet, only seventeen
You are the dancing queen, young and sweet, only seventeen
{THE BASICS}
THE NAME: Anastasia Oliviae Fortescue
THE NICKNAMES: Ana, Tasia, Fleur
THE AGE: 17 years
THE DATE OF BIRTH: January 6th
THE GENDER: Female
THE DISTRICT: The 1st District of Panem (Luxury Goods)
SEXUALITY: Heterosexual, slightly bi-curious
THE CODEWORD: <img src="http://i41.tinypic.com/16h2ibt.png">
THINKING/LIVING - E2924E
SPEAKING - 7AADB0
FLASHBACK - FDDDB9
{PERSONAL PREFERENCES}
FOOD"Personally, I like ribs. Don't judge me, they're amazing and saucy and all-around heavenly. Other foods that I happen to adore consist of those fried potatoes (they have something to do with that ancient country - france, correct?), as well as fish. But we rarely have that anyways."
"I hate marshmallows. They're too sweet, and tend to get stuck to the roof of my mouth, just like peanut butter (which I'm also not a fan of)."
COLORS"My favorite colors consist of a peachy orange, as well as a grey-teal shade. They go well together too. I really don't like lime green though - it's too bright for my eyes."
WEATHERI like the rain. It soothes me actually, the sound of the pitter-pattering of drops of water is relaxing. In contrast, I dislike it when it's ridiculously sunny out. A sunburn is not only uncomfortable and painful, but unhealthy."
TIME OF DAY"The cool nighttime air is soothing, as is the ability to see stars in the sky, and lights in people's homes. It's very beautiful. In contrast, dusk is not my favorite time - everything just looks spooky, you know?"
{THE FACE BEHIND IT ALL}
HEIGHT
The graceful Anastasia waltzes across the stage in a rather gentle manner, a feat that is quiet surprising given the fact that she is 5'9". In this sense, the girl is a few inches taller than the average female of this era. She stands properly, her back slightly arched, giving her an eloquent air of pride. She doesn't even bother to look at the passer-bys as she makes her way through the oncoming traffic of District 1. In fact, she tends to simply weave in and out in a rather delicate fashion, her feet on slight tip-toes, accentuating her slightly above average height even further. She subconsciously does this, for her mother constantly must remind her that proper people walk heel-toe.
WEIGHT
The female is of an average weight, weighing in at 135 lbs. Her somewhat light frame calls for suspicion when other Careers see her at the gym. But with her weight comes increased agility, so they're quickly overwhelmed when she's able to beat many of her opponents with her skill and prowess alone. It's rather hard to fathom this skinny girl yielding a trident or sword, but once they've seen it, they know that she's much stronger than she appears. In fact, she works out often, making her able to use these weapons with ease.
SKIN
Anastasia has skin that tends to be unmarked by blemishes or pimples. Her genetics have allowed her to not have extremely greasy skin, therefore leading to less blackheads, whiteheads, etc. Of course, she has break-outs like normal people, but they occur less often than one would expect for a teenager. Perhaps that's because she has already stopped growing, causing puberty to halt; lessening the amount of oils produced.
Most of the skin on her body tends to be this way - except for her hands. Due to long years of career training, her hands have developed scars on them. Of course, for the most part they are small, but noticeable. However, there is one longer scar on the back of her hand from being cut by a knife recently - sometimes, the kids at training get a bit carried away... That scar hasn't healed properly, making it look puffy and pink.
FACIAL STRUCTURE
The female's face is slightly narrowed on the bottom, but relatively round throughout. The girl's forehead is large, making it easily noticeable by others - especially in the sunlight, when the sun's rays almost seem to reflect off of her forehead.
Due to living in the luxury goods district, Anastasia's cheeks are not bone-thin, but they are not considered to be pudgy either. Instead, a happy-medium is created between the two contrasting traits - her cheeks are not too narrow, but not too chubby. They are in a aesthetically pleasing ratio in comparison to her face as a whole.
Ana has a cleft chin - a trait which she dislikes profusely. To her chagrin, like many cleft chins, it's visible. She feels that it makes her look more man-like. Her mother dislikes it as well, blaming her husband for giving her daughter that "butt-chin".
HAIR
Golden-brown locks flow from the girl's hair in a wavy pattern, ending at her shoulders. Normally, with the use of hair products, it is kept at a relatively smooth texture. However, it becomes frizzy after a period of time - the hair products can only keep the frizziness in captivity for so long.
Normally, she wears her hair down. It tends to fall in front of her eyes, making it hard for her to see clearly. However, when engaged in certain activities such as training for the Games, her hair is tied back into a ponytail, held back with a simple hair tie.
EYES & LASHES
The eyes, with their cliches such as being the window to the soul, most certainly do not follow this example for Anastasia. Instead, her true feelings are masked behind a closed curtain, a stoic yet slightly irritated look on her face at all times. There is no glimpses into this girl's true emotions unless you can count yourself as one of her good friends, which means that you must have done something so amazing as to gain her respect.
The actual eye is composed of three visible layers. The white part, or sclera, is normally shadowed with blood vessels. The girl likes her sleep, so along with grogginess and annoyance, the many branches or red will be one of the more visible consequences of waking this girl up. So just leave the sleeping girl where she lies - she'll get up eventually.
The iris itself is a golden-brown color. She is rather partial to her eyes, and dislikes it if anyone tries to point out significant flaws, such as her lazy eye. It's slight, so she didn't really need to do anything about it. But when she stares at something for a long time, her right eye starts to drift to the right a bit, causing people to feel a tad bit uncomfortable, especially when she's looking at them.
Her eyelashes are short, not very noticeable in the scheme of things. In fact, even if she puts on makeup, they're only slightly more noticeable. They stick straight out, not curving an inch.
NOSE
Ana absolutely hates her nose. Not only is is somewhat large, but the large bridge and undefined nostrils make it (in her point of view) seem like there is a gigantic mushroom growing out of her face. She has even resorted to wishing that somebody would break her nose - it might heal incorrectly and make her nose look different. However, Ana still knows that it's not a good idea to leave your face vulnerable, so she will never attempt this.
MOUTH & TEETH
The female's lips are a nice shape. The lips are defined, and are somewhat plump. They're occasionally chapped however, causing them to be uglier during the wintertime, when the instances of chapped lips occur at a frequent rate.
Her teeth are in a similar shape to her lips - the pearly whites are kept clean and straight. Luckily for Ana, her parents had enough money to pay for fixing her teeth, leading to straight, uniform bone. It is good that Anastasia didn't think of this "treatment" in a bad way. For years, she stayed away from all sticky foods so the instrument holding her teeth in place would not break. This abstinence from all things sticky has made her become unaccustomed to eating candy, therefore it is not in her diet.
NECK
Ana has a rather long neck. Due to the constant teasing of her fellow peers, Ana quickly becomes frazzled after comments about this body part is made, subconsciously raising her shoulders in an attempt to make her neck look shorter than it actually is. However, her mother thinks it looks elegant, and thinks that it will help her stick out amidst all of the other gorgeous girls that reside in District 1, to Ana's chagrin. The neck is actually comparable to a pencil - long and slightly skinny.
ARMS & HANDS
Toned arms and hands are attributed to the girl. Due to working out in the Career gym, she is able to wield heavy instruments with ease - she's trained specifically to weild these items. In fact, the trident happens to be her specialty. She is also rather handy with a sword, although if necessarily, she is somewhat decent with a knife. She prefers to fight far away from the opponent - so they can't injure her.
Her hands are a different. Long fingers, covered with tiny scars from many scratches and bruises that have occurred over the years, overshadow the mere beauty of her genetics. The many scars actually look grotesque in a way - there are just so many of them. Recently, she has acquired a long cut on the outside of her hand, a rather eager Career had gone a bit overboard. Although it is currently healing, it is healing incorrectly, causing it to look puffy and pink. She has also developed Carpal Tunnel Syndrome from using her wrists too often in training.
TORSO
Her torso has a well-defined stomach area. Due to strenuous Career training, as well as a rigorous dance schedule, the girl has visible abdomen muscles. Of course, being of the female gender, she has gone through different kinds of workout methods. Therefore, her abs are toned instead of bulky. She would rather not expose this part of her body. However, sometimes dance recitals require different costumes, some of which would require her belly-button to show. She grudgingly puts these on to perform, although one can see the look of distain on her face whilst performing.
LEGS & FEET
Long, slender legs have been graced on this girl - the smooth muscles making up a tad bit less than half of her body. Ana feels that she is much too tall, her body parts elongated to disproportional measures. Her neck is too long, her legs are too long - her nose is simply... ugly. Her horrible view on her body has caused her to simply wish that she could be shorter, but that hasn't prevented her from walking upright- her mother demands that she have a proper stature.
EVERYDAY OUTFITS
Ana prefers to wear long-sleeves, covering up as much skin as possible. Her shirts vary from warm sweaters to thin cotton. Colors are usually muted, burgundy and gray, black and dark purples. She really does not own many bright colors. During cold days, she puts on her favorite maroon sweater over two layers of long sleeved shirts.
The bottoms that she prefers to put on consist of Grey-toned sweatpants and longer shorts. Oftentimes, there are very slight stains from dropped food and such - Ana can really be a slob when her mother is not around, dropping tidbits of greasy food (such as ribs) onto her favorite pants, which are rather worn out from the wear and tear. Eventually, Ana succumbs to her mother's devastating attacks on her wardrobe choices and returns to her room to pick a cleaner looking pair of pants. These consist of dark blue jeans, and so on.
TRAINING UNIFORM
The girl regularly attends a Training session, training to give her family honor. She isn't extremely fond of training, but she excells, her dancing routine helping her maintain balance. Her attire consists of her normal clothes - to her mother's chagrin, she refuses to wear anything that would stand out to men, insisting on wearing neutral colors and bulky clothing to training. In her opinion, you're getting the same amount of training no matter what, so why should it matter what you're wearing during it? She tends to wear black capris, with worn out white sneakers.
{UNDERNEATH THE MURKY WATER}
ALOOFOnce, a student, new to the Training Center, asked her fellow careers about that tall girl with the trident. It had just so happened that the witness had spotted Ana in training, wielding her trident spectacularly, almost as if she were dancing. Most of the class ignored her question, except for one kid. His response was:
"Oh, that's just Ana. Just ignore her, she isn't a people-person."
If a passerby were to hear this statement, their response would probably be in the affirmative. Truth be told, Ana's outwardly appearance is cold and isolated. She rarely speaks to most people, preferring to walk about with an air of power, making sure that nobody dares to talk trash about her in front of her face. She dons an impenetrable expression on her face, and at times appears to not be listening to the conversation. In some ways, it's like talking to a stone statue.
However, Ana merely keeps this façade in order to prevent herself from hearing things that she'd rather not keep in mind. Rumors spread quickly in District 1, where the people can afford to chit-chat amongst others. She's been called "icy", or "a total bitch, don't go near her." The crude ones even call her "silent but deadly", because they simply must associate somebody with flatulence.
You would think that Ana is simply able to brush this off of her shoulders. But this simply is not the case. Insults, comments that are mentioned offhandedly by a person, all stick to her mind like duct tape on... well just about anything. She keeps these comments to heart, hoping that someday, she'll have the guts to simply change her outward persona. Perhaps in the future she'll be showing more of her inner self to others.
ANGER, PASSIONATE
Speaking of her inner self, occasionally these certain traits shall emerge under extreme stress or whilst talking about something that she absolutely loves. However, for Ana both anger and passion come hand-and-hand, for the one thing that she loves most is forced upon her by her overbearing parents, causing her to dislike her hobby a lot more than she should. In some senses, she hates the activity that her parents have signed her up for. It takes up so much time and effort that she may simply scream in frustration. But the end result is just so beautiful that she feels like she's on top of the world. An attention-grabber at heart, Ana simply wants to be noticed in a good way. Therefore, dance is a wonderful option for her.
However, many people consider dance not to be a sport. Perhaps they consider this to be too feminine, too artistic to be classified in the realm of broken bones and pulled hamstrings. Ana can easily become furious over this. Essentially, she believes that they are somehow inadvertently insulting her by stating that she does not perform a sport. Her Career-tendencies kick in, causing her to attempt to look as professional and deadly as possible, and deadly people play sports. After a while, the rants on how dancing cannot possibly fall into the same category as baseball gets to her, and she explodes, her eyes sparkling with both fiery ferocity and a faint glimmer of pride. Deep down, amidst all of the turmoils, she truly appreciates the strenuous effort it takes to finally perfect a dance.
INDECISIVE
Due to the fact that Ana cares much about how she looks and is viewed, it is rather hard for her to make up her mind about many actions. Should she go to the party, or stay home? What color shirt should she wear today? All of these questions take a rather long time for Ana to answer, for she simply would rather be left alone to her own devices, simply living a life without having to care about her social standing. However, this is impossible, causing her to be forced to face reality and eventually make a decision. Making a decision may cause her to become frustrated for some time, making her very irritable during this time of decision-making.
However, once she finally does choose what to do, she definitely acts upon it. Once it's been decided, there's no turning back. Sure, this hasn't exactly come in handy when she decides to react to tormentors, but she has the strength and skill to make up for her rather sluggish social outspokenness. Therefore, she is able to demand respect from her peers. However, this does take a long time - while she is deciding on something, she simply must delve into the possible outcomes for her decisions. Perhaps she will break her arm if she goes to practice. But if she stays home, she will get an earful from her mother. There are just so many options, yet so little time.
THOUGHTFUL
All of that time deciding has made Ana a thinker. Her thoughts contemplate the surroundings, the events, the people around her as well. She can simply be an observer, watching for any trouble, or noticing something amiss in a conversation. She does have a tendency to become somewhat of an accidental yenta, wondering what is going on in the world, and accidentally wandering into conversations. In fact, she could have been a "gossip queen" if she decided to talk about what she sees. Well, she'd actually be a gossip princess; her mother is the queen of the yentas.
Even though she does notice things, she maintains her aloof stature in order to keep people from noticing that she's really curious about other people's problems. That way, she doesn't have to talk to them.
SOMEWHAT OF A SLOB
Occasionally, the girl can simply look bad without really trying. In front of her mother, she appears to be a polite, well-bred girl. She eats very carefully, making sure not to spill a drop onto the plate, the table or especially herself. But when her mother is gone, conversing with other ladies whilst sipping tea or something of the sort, Ana stops trying to be something that her mother has programmed her to be. She drops crumbs and greasy food onto her clothes, causing her mother to be horrified when she returns from lunch to see her with a large grease stain on her sweatpants. However, this doesn't happen often, for Ana hides her greasy clothes from her mother's eyes, preferring to throw them into a washing machine by herself.
Sometimes she wishes that she were more careful, but laziness wins out, causing her to continue the sloth-like persona when her mother leaves for the afternoon.
GRACEFUL, TRAINED
Perhaps one would assume that due to her slightly sloppy attitude, Ana is somewhat of a klutz. After all, it would make up slightly for her wardrobe, a twelfth of which has some food or grass stain. But the people who assume this are completely off the mark. Anastasia happens to be a person with an extremely balanced posture. The weight is spread out evenly when she walks. She makes sure that she travels using "heel-toe" formation. Therefore, she travels not only faster than others, but with much more prowess and ability. It's an extremely rare sight to catch this girl trip on her own feet. It's just something that never happens to the girl - who has been simply trained for ages not to slip up, in anything really.
Not only has she been trained to quietly watch out for anything that might hinder her traveling ability, she has been trained to be polite, conversing with people with the utmost dignity. She doesn't necessarily do this often, but she will be cordial when it is expected of her to do so. Obviously, the girl tends to stay near the outside of a group, only responding to direct comments or questions that are directed towards her. In this way, one might call her shy, but she isn't. She just prefers not to have somebody inadvertently insult her in any way possible. But either way, she is still programmed to respond to comments in a polite way, unless someone has sparked the anger and passion in her eyes once more.
DANCER
The anger and passion, the constant frustrations this girl must face come from two sources. One of them is fairly obvious for a girl who resides in District 1. But the other is slightly harder to guess at. Ana happens to dance. Every morning, she goes to a small "studio" of sorts near the outskirts of District 1. Sure, it's a small building, and an old one as well. But it's the only one her mother would allow her to go to - dancing was never something very important in her mother's eyes; she found it to be too strenuous for her frail body. Her father however, loved dance - he met his wife on the stage. But this story shall be touched upon later.
Ana goes to this slightly crumbling building everyday - right after school. Teaching the class is a rather old woman with a strict attitude. Only a few students actually apply to go to this studio, so practice becomes personalized. Ana has consistently thrived on constant screaming and precise movements. In a way, the teacher is somewhat like her mother - always yelling, requiring exacting movements to be perfectly copied. In this sense, Ana absolutely loathes dancing - the constant smack of a wrist for not bending it enough - the remarks on her posture, her movements. Everything that she feels is correct is met with scalding remarks by her teacher.
But there are positives to her strenuous training. Once her teacher approves of a movement, it is most definitely able to be performed to perfection. In this sense, Ana has somehow managed to "perfect" not just one routine, but three of them. A tango routine, as well as two ballet routines. It is rather astounding - one requires sharp, quick movements, while the other contains smooth flowing steps. They contrast each other, which makes it a wonder that Ana is able to perform them to near-perfection. She does tend to get a few sharp remarks about her tango, but her ballet is close to flawless.
Once in a blue moon, the troupe of dancers (there aren't a lot of them) perform in a pageant of sorts. Of course, the fact that merely a handful of dancers attend this school means that it does not happen to have a lot of money for costumes and the likes, but many of the dancers themselves have enough money to make a costume or two. Ana has enough arts and crafts skill to make something of a costume. Her mother simply sits there and complains about how much money the girl spent on fabrics out of all things! But when Ana is performing on stage, she catches a glimpse of her parents watching, slight emotions presented on her father's face, an annoyed yet slightly pleased expression on her mother's. You see, her mother doesn't like the fact that she dances, but she can't deny that it has helped the girl do well in career training. So she doesn't force her to quit.
CAREER
Hailing from District 1, Ana is one of the many children who attend Training Sessions. These take place three times a week for Ana, and occur during a later session. After all, Ana practices dance for around two and a half hours everyday, so she only has a few hours to actually do her homework. Therefore, she takes a later schedule in training. Not a whole lot of people practice later at night anyways, so she's able to try out a lot of different tactics.
When she's acting like a Career, she's simply focused on learning about how to survive. She doesn't care about what anyone else thinks at this stage - after all, the spotlight is on her this time. She can wield a knife relatively well, and she can shoot arrows into the target (although when you tell her to hit the colors her face becomes a tad bit paler). But her specialties are the trident and sword. It's ironic really, excelling at another Career district's weapon. But Ana simply twirls it similar to a baton, using both as a delicate instrument and an extension of her arm. If she had these weapons in the arena, perhaps she might actually make it out.
But the games themselves simply require one to provide entertainment, so the Capitol wouldn't care whether she had a sword or a tiny fork as a weapon - it's a television show to them.
But Ana would fare well in that part of the show. When she fights, she seems to dance across the scene, twirling her weapon in an almost majestic-like pattern. There's no doubt to her that she wouldn't go unnoticed in the arena.
But then again, sometimes getting through the day requires you to simply sink into the crowd.
MAMA'S GIRL
One's mother can be a nurturer; simply helping one feel better during the day. But Ana's mother could be described as "ridiculous". The crazy views of Evangelina Fortescue simply wear her daughter out. Her overbearing mother is attempting to make her delicate and polite enough to marry her off. The girl dislikes this profusely, but she feels that she has an obligation to her mother - for Ripred's sake, she shucking gave birth to her! But sometimes, Ana just can't take it anymore. She doesn't yell at her mother or anything, but she quietly rebels; refusing to sit up straight, not combing her hair, all of the pet peeves that her mother hates are quickly noticed.
Ana hopes that her mother will soon realize that she just doesn't want to get married at young age. She simply isn't ready for that type of commitment.
LOST DREAMS
Ana is a dancer, yet she is a career as well. She must also maintain her aura of aloof-ness, as well as succumb to her mother's desires. All of this acting and hard work has not given time for the girl to truly understand what she wants to do with her life, and it scares her. Sometimes, she just lies awake for hours, wondering what is going to happen with her life. Other kids know that they're going to be careers, or jewelery store owners. Some contain the innate desire to become a victor. But Ana just doesn't know. Sure, she has a slightly soft spot for training, and she likes dancing as well. However, Ana just doesn't have any clue as to what she should continue once she escapes the Reaping ages.
So she simply hopes that one day, her desire will be realized. Of course, she will probably end up going into the Luxury goods field, creating jewlery and whatnot for the Capitolites; but she knows that she won't like this. She would rather have a job that she likes than sit in a factory, building toys or connecting beads together on string.
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{DIGGING THROUGH THE ROOTS}
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It was the kind of relationships that nobody would expect to last - Evangelina and Ross were complete opposites. He was blond, she was a brunette. His eyes were a golden hue, her eyes were dark blue. He was jolly, easy-going. She on the other hand, was whiny, fussy, easily angered. Nobody expected their fling to last long. They had only met on stage - dancing.
It had been an odd kind of relationship. For years, they had been dance partners. He loved it, she loathed it. She only stuck with it in order to please her parents, who wanted her to do something other than Career Training. He practiced to spite his parents, who simply wanted him to win the games. Their conversations were brief. A simple "hello", or "watch your step" was all that they said to each other for years on end. But slowly, they warmed up to each other.
It was small talk first - talking about the weather, other kids, etc. But soon, they were able to be more comfortable. As their friendship grew, their dancing improved. Evangelina began to smile a bit more. Ross began to take things a little bit more seriously. Their friendship changed each other for the better it seemed. They laughed more often. Soon, it was rare to see the two apart - they did so much together. Running around, playing pranks, the kind of activities that one would expect for eighteen year olds.
But alas, that age would come to haunt the two of them. Of course, they wouldn't have known at the time. The two of them were just starting to realize that they might have different feelings for the other than before. It took a while for Ross to actually tell her. In fact, he only told her a month before the Reapings themselves. She accepted his proposal, and they began to go out almost everyday, simply hanging out - but in a different sort of way, more awkward. Less friend-like. Others really didn't believe that it was possible, for the two of them to become so attached. But like some people say, opposites attract.
Then the reaping came. Ross' parents expected him to volunteer. After all, he was their one last chance at becoming famous, at living the good life. They had already lost a daughter some time ago - she had been killed by a pack of mutts during the Top 12. But Ross remembered her, and he simply did not want to go through the hardship that his sister did before her untimely doom. So the reaping ball was drawn, and someone else volunteered. He simply waited for it all to be over, for his parents to yell at him or something. It couldn't be that bad, could it?
It was. He was kicked out, ostracized by his entire family, shunned by his friends. Well, except for one. Evangelina let him stay at her house - against her mother's wishes of course. But what type of girlfriend would let their boyfriend suffer in the wilderness? She had a fight with her family about the whole ordeal, but they finally relented.
He got a job, working in not only the factory, but training other Careers for the long journey ahead of them. For his hard work, he earned enough to give him a small profit. Day by day he earned more money, dropping it into his savings, little by little. Evangelina had gotten a job in the local bakery, helping serve little treats to the residents. After all, this was District 1, where the people could actually afford to buy a little something once in a while.
After a long time, the boy finally got promoted up the ranks. He was wealthy now. But alas, time had gone by so quickly for the duo. A decade had passed since that fateful day, and her family was getting tired of him freeloading. So they kicked both of them out as well. But they had enough money to buy a house of their own - a nice one at that. Life was wonderful for the two, and they became married in the summertime.
Their first born daughter - Eliza, was a beauty. She had a gorgeous mane of golden hair, with her mother's mysterious blue eyes. Day after day, they would watch as their little girl grew up before their eyes. Anastasia was born not long afterward - Eliza was 7 when Ana was just out of the womb.
At the age of 12, Eliza was enrolled into Training, where she seemed to excel. The older sister had enough time to play with 5 year old Ana, teaching her life lessons, playing dolls with the young child. But one day, she was just gone. Of course, seeing that Ana was 7 at the time, she barely remembered a thing. But her sister had vanished in the same way that her father's had. She died in the bloodbath - betrayed by her own district partner.
Ross and Evangelina were never the same afterwards. The mother began to exhibit strange wishes that all culminated with Ana's survival of the reaping. She wanted to forbid her from even attending Training. But at the tender age of 12, Ana simply wanted to do whatever her classmates were attending. She cried and begged to go to Training. Finally, her father relented, allowing her to fit in, but only if she took dance classes as well. So one day, father and daughter walked down a road which was eerily familiar to the man.
The teacher recognized him, promised that she'd take good care of his offspring. She'd teach her how to excel in the art of dance. So Ana began her daily ritual of dance and training, each one helping the other in a wonderful way.
"She's like her father, that one."
The teacher's words were encouraging to Ana, comparing her to the dad that she loved, the one who was increasingly called away to the Capitol on business. The one who started to have fights with her mother. But she paid them no mind. After all, that was how normal marriages went, right?
But along with the strained relationship of her parents came Ana's initiation into puberty. Kids began to make fun of her long neck, calling her "swan face", and other names that she felt was ridiculous. She cried herself to sleep every night, wishing that she could just not care anymore. So that's what she did, or at least tried to do. Her parents noticed the stony silence that penetrated the atmosphere whenever their daughter walked by. They were worried, but assumed that it was just a phase, similar to the strain in their marriage.
Ana continued on her path, dancing, training, learning. Eventually, the teasing was downgraded to simple whispering behind her back. She did mind, but the emotions playing around in her head were not shown on her face. So in that sense, she became almost like a rag doll - the same face drawn on every day, being flopped around, twisted and turned into something that not even Ana could recognize. She was simply a robot - following the orders computed by others.
So why did she continue on this pathway that everyone else followed? She didn't know. But one thing was for sure - somewhere along the line, the girl had become disoriented, her aim in life becoming unclear. However, the girl felt that there was nothing to do about that.
So she simply walks through life, watching the moments passing by in a blur, and praying that she made the right decisions. But either way, they'll come to haunt her in the end.
embodiment of the unknown
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