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Safekeeping [JackLexington] Feb 12, 2012 16:01:08 GMT -5

Post by semper on Feb 12, 2012 16:01:08 GMT -5

Devroux Southern-Hymn Creighton

Me? Incredible valuable? Me? He can't mean that. I mean, yeah, I've been to the majority of the Districts, but hell, I can get you to any District you want, but finding my way around winds up getting me lost. How do you think I ended up here in Jack's house again? But the thought of someone needing me because of what I know is.... it baffles me. Not only that, but an uprising. Another chance to get back at the Capitol for all the shit they put us District people through. We could get back at them. The first Uprising I joined -- the one where Jean had shot me in the shoulder because I nearly shot her by examining a gun -- but they haven't done anything lately. I nearly look down at the scar on my shoulder from the bullet for reminiscing purposes, but my gaze is glued to Jack as he continues on with his story.

They can glue bones back together?! What?! I agree with Jack wholeheartedly: they need to share this medicine with the Districts. It would've made my femur heal faster instead of Zentaal's mother having to drill or nail or somehow attach a metal rod to the bone fragments so they'd grow back together slowly over time. Holy shoot, Jack is incredibly lucky. I'm probably staring at him with my jaw dropped and eyes wide, but I don't care. I'm in shock and awe of his story. But if they have that technology, what else were they capable of? Maybe they could cure blindness, deafness, muteness -- and Avoxes. Maybe they had some sort of prosthetic tongue that would allow me to speak again. Oh, that would make my entire life. All the things they can do, but they're selfish and keep it all to themselves instead of reaching out and saving thousands of lives. I nodded in agreement with Jack. Those people are selfish bastards.

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Safekeeping [JackLexington] Feb 12, 2012 17:26:45 GMT -5

Post by Jack Lexington on Feb 12, 2012 17:26:45 GMT -5

Suddenly I find myself rambling. The emotions that have been bottled up for so long about my brothers being killed by capitol force. The fact my family had to suffer and we're all being kept in the dark how much better of even the people just three districts above us are but we have to endure starvation and power outages during the winter time. The fact that my father has been bed bound for almost half a year when some capitol pills could cure him and enable him to make the family living again. All these things I'm incredibly upset about but have never dared to speak my mind and now I'm exploding.
"I can't belief these freaking bastards. They take everything from us. The most important things like humanity, the people we love, the ability to speak our minds openly and live in freedom. I hate them! I wish I had never gotten this glimpse of how things could be...it makes me want to scream and run out and bash their heads in. What the hell gives them the right to cut out your tongue?"

By now I'm so angry and loud that I can hear my fathers voice from the bedroom and my mother comes rushing into the living room with her brows raised.
"What on earth has gotten into you?" She scolds me and then slaps me upside the head.
Then she's gone again and tending to my worried dad.

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Safekeeping [JackLexington] Feb 13, 2012 18:57:50 GMT -5

Post by semper on Feb 13, 2012 18:57:50 GMT -5

Devroux Southern-Hymn Creighton

Jack is literally saying everything that I've longed to yell for so many years. I nod in agreement to everything he's saying. Ever since I saw how easy things were in the Capitol, I had felt nothing but rage toward them. They have these things called "cars" and they yell at people. Screeching metal, honking like some demented person yelling out. Scared the hell out of me, too. Luke, though, he's a really good guy. I bet you he's the only good person in that entire candy-colored place. I miss him, actually... he's the reason I found Lily and Colton again.

But, in a way, they kind of did have a right to cut my tongue out. Well, maybe not a right, but a reason. I was a part of a group of radicals that threatened the governmental structure of Panem. That was the reason and they took "appropriate" action in "teaching" me. And believe me, I was taught well. Having no tongue made me somewhat more submissive and obedient, more so than I had been before. The Capitol had won against me. Sure, I was in the Uprising and still acting out, but I'm incredibly obedient to everyone in the group. I don't fight back as much. I look up as his mother comes in and smacks him and goes back, my gaze drifting from Jack to the doorway his mother disappeared in, and then back at him. Absentmindedly I reach out and take up the glass, taking another sip of the water and having trouble swallowing, as always.

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Safekeeping [JackLexington] Feb 14, 2012 8:43:12 GMT -5

Post by Jack Lexington on Feb 14, 2012 8:43:12 GMT -5

JACK LEXINGTON

My mothers slap has only made me more angry because she's trying to silence me. Not because she thinks I'm wrong or what I'm saying should not be heard but because she is afraid. "See that?"
I point to where she left.
"They even controll us when they aren't here. They instill so much fear!" I ball my hands into fists and grit my teeth. "Bastards. Something needs to be done against them. We can't let them ruin our lifes like this!"
With that I'm on my feet angrily kicking at the sofa he's laying on. It's probably a good thing I have no feeling in my foot because it would probably hurt because I kicked so hard.
For a moment I pace back and forth and then lower my voice while I point at Devroux. "I'm no longer going to play this game...I'm going to do something!"

With these words I head for the door, grab my still wet coat on the way out and smash the door shut.

Of course my parents have heard my words and the door, which sent my mother in a flutter.
"Oh no." She whispers and runs into the living room. "What's going on?"

OOC: He looks much nicer in that gif

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Safekeeping [JackLexington] Feb 14, 2012 15:36:18 GMT -5

Post by semper on Feb 14, 2012 15:36:18 GMT -5

Devroux Southern-Hymn Creighton

My parents never really made a big deal about talking about the Peacekeepers and the Capitol, but that didn't mean that I said things about them. It wasn't until my brothers planned a revolt that I really began to see the evils of the Capitol. Jack is right. They do instill fear into everyone, forcing us down and giving us the bare minimum to survive and holding a wealth of supplies above our heads the way you hold a raw steak above the head of a starving dog. Everything we need to survive, they have it and use it to their advantage with us.

He kicks the sofa I'm on and then starts pacing, my eyes following him as he goes to and fro. Jack then points to me and says the words I've longed to say for quite some time: I'm going to do something about it. Those seven words inspired me. I watch him as he picked up his coat and leaves the house, leaving me alone. I do kind of feel awkward just sitting all by my lonesome, but then his mother comes back in, asking me what was going on. And what do I tell her? That her only remaining son left and could very well not be returning? No, I can't do that. I take the blanket off my legs and stand up slowly, using the nearby table to balance myself, my head still faintly throbbing. I grab the pen and write down on the paper a simple, yet meaningful sentence:
Jack's going to change the world.

I tear the piece of paper from the notebook and hand it to her, giving her a very sincere and thankful smile, along with a respectful nod of the head. I then pulled on my socks and boots, which were both fairly dry now -- and warm -- from the fire. The blizzard seemed to have died down a good bit, or at least there was no wind howling outside, so that was good. My shirt and jacket were both also by the fire and nearly dry, so I pull them both on, slipping the paper and pen into my pocket. I then head to the door and close it gently behind me, keeping my bandaged hand up safely in my sleeve to protect it from the cold air as I followed after Jack.

((I must say, this is my absolutely favorite GIF of him so far. xD <3 ))

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