If I Only Could // {Willow
Jun 16, 2011 19:00:25 GMT -5
Post by Baby Wessex d9b [earthling] on Jun 16, 2011 19:00:25 GMT -5
There, she'd finished. Genie slumped on the stool, and let all of the exhaustion she'd been holding off find her. It happened in her arms first - always did. They felt filled with lead, heavy and achy, the muscles too big for the tiny cage of flesh in which they lived. She reached up, stretched her back, biceps, lats. Felt each muscle creak and burn. She'd been in the shop since dawn, as they hadn't had school that morning. It was a very long time for such detailed work, as she'd been stamping the Alder name on each of the latest shipment of pistols. Usually she did so over several days, but this shipment, it just couldn't wait.
She wondered if the Capitol was hiring more Peacekeepers, or if they had just gotten lazier or more forgetful. Why else would they need so many weapons? It was disconcerting to know that they were shipping at a higher volume than ever, but the smarter, rational side of Genie told her to keep her mouth shut. As far as she could tell, her family ascribed to the same philosophy, although they never talked about.
These thoughts followed her as she hopped off the bench, only to discover that her left foot had fallen asleep. Genie hobbled over to the wash basin, kicking out to wake it up as she scrubbed her face clean of soot and sweat. She did a passable job on her neck and hands as well before grabbing her grey sweater off the rack. As she emerged from the smithy, she immediately felt cold, even though it was a toasty seventy-five in the rest of the building.
Much to her surprise it was still late afternoon, not even dinner time yet. Which left her with some free hours. This was an unusual thing in the world of Genesis Alder, and she didn't quite know what to do with herself. She considered going for a walk - exercise would definitely help her - but instead she decided to spend more time around the guns her family made. Because, well, they were the only thing she really loved.
Up two stories and down a hallway and Genie found a small crowd of people milling around the Alder's tiny museum. They had put some of their older weapons on display, as well as some of their pet projects. She glanced at the clock and realized the next demonstration of the pistols was only moments away. She slipped along the edge of the gathered families until she came to one particular case that held a rather ordinary looking gun. It had a longer barrel, to be sure, but no gold filigree, no fancy trigger. Nothing flashy, in short. But oh, how she loved this gun.
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