A Fire Starts a Spark (Marlin) [open]

Milen Roxen

My friend cringes next to me as my knife slices through a dummies head. In the whole eighteen years she had lived here, apparently she had never been to a career center so I wanted to show her how much fun it is. I never realized she would be so squeamish about the fake blood pouring from the piece of plastic, but now I realize how many times she told me she doesn't see the hunger games and killing as an art like the rest of us. I remember rolling my eyes at her earlier that day.

I sigh and place an arm around her shoulder.

"I see that there is absolutely no hope of getting you to be like me." I say teasingly to her as we start to walk out.

She nods and grins, "Yep. Now can we go the bonfire everyone was talking about earlier."

My eyes alight with excitement. I had totally forgotton about that. I brush a lock of brown hair out of my face before saying to her in a voice that is supposed to sound calm, but really isn't, "Sure. Can we go to my house first? I need to change real quickly." I motion towards my fake blood soaked shirt and shorts.

After I get to my house I tiptoe inside, hoping to avoid all encounters with any of my siblings so that they don't mock me for something as they always can. My friend is still outside, waiting for me. I quickly hop into my room and throw off my clothes before finding new ones swiftly. I creep back towards the outside world.

I step into the sunlight in a pair of denim shorts and a loose shirt. My friend and I then start off towards the beach, the sun starting to dim in the sky. When we get there, I can't seem to find anyone. It was a huge beach and the bonfire could be starting any minute now. They could be on the opposite side of the whole beach for all I know.

I plop to the ground and lay in the sand.

"Are you sure this is where we are supposed to be?" I asked my friend, annoyed.

"We are where I heard it's supposed to be, we may just be super early. Do you remember who's hosting it?"

I shake my head and sigh, "I guess we will just have to see."

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OOC: hi little foot! It's really nice to meet you if you want me to change anything feel free to send me a pm or a dm on slack

Milen Roxen

I sigh, looking up into the sky as my friend surveys the beach one more time. My thoughts race, trying to come up with a reasonable explanation. Maybe the times off? Maybe we came on the wrong day? Are we late? Are we early? Did they move the location? My head swims with thoughts before I stand up and sigh again brushing the sand off my shorts and shirt.

"Any luck yet?" I ask, starting to get bugged with whoever planned this bonfire. My friend just shakes her head and I sigh again, before a smooth, charismatic voice speaks behind us.

I turn, wondering who the voice could belong too. I brush some hair out of my eyes to see a guy who looks only slightly older than me. In the back of my mind I hear my mind's voice whisper shrilly, omg he's hot.

I try to ignore the small voice in the back of mind as I try to respond to the person standing in front of me as a small blush comes on my face, easily masked by a tiny bit of my hair.

My friend was about to respond, but before she could utter a word I cut her off. "If you mean the bonfire, yeah. We're a bit confused as well." My smooth voice flows through the air towards him. As I try to think of something else to say to him.

"We thought it was supposed to have started here already, any ideas?" I ask him.

Milen Roxen

I survey the newcomer, my friend at my side. He seems rather familiar and I try to remember his name and where I might have met him. Maybe the career center? School? He started speaking again and then I nodded.

"Sure." I say in my lighthearted voice, sending the boy a small smile, my dark brown eyes fixated on him.

I hear my friends small voice in my hear, saying that she has to get home. I turn to her and roll my eyes, nodding at her. Before turning back to the boy as she trots off. "Sorry, she gets a bit shy."

He begins speaking again and I pay full attention. Marlin... nice name. I think to myself.

"I'm Milen." I say to him, leaving off my last name. Whenever someone hear's Roxen as a last name they start becoming annoying sympathetic. Curse having a sibling in the games.

I smile at him again, shaking the annoying thoughts of my siblings out of my head.

"Which way should we walk?" I say to him.

Milen Roxen

I thought about Marlin for a minute. He seemed terribly familiar and where I had known him from was on the tip of my tongue. Maybe career training? Yeah. That's probably where I had seen him before. Because of how many hours I spend training and how many of the district four youth train for the hunger games we must have bumped into each other at some point. I also notice his well muscled career body which must mean he is a career, strengthing the idea in my mind that I must have met him at training.

I let out a small laugh after he speaks, grinning a bit, and then we start off walking in that direction. My feet brush against the soft sand lightly as I walk across, leaving small footsteps in my wake. It will take us about five minutes to walk there, and in that space of five minutes I will need to figure out what to do. Fortunately for me, Marlin solves that problem by introducing a conversation.

"Oh, I found out from a friend." I say in my light voice, smiling a bit and brushing some hair out of my face. "He knows that I like things like this and decided to tell me. I think he might be here today."

We keep walking for a few seconds before I respond, "and you?"

Milen Roxen

We near the bonfire, the smoke already drifting into my nose. I hear the sound of some music mixed with laughter and chatter in the air as we get closer and closer. "You should come more often, they can get really fun sometimes." I say grinning at him. Maybe I can get some fun out of tonight. My mind starts to race and as we get right up into the heat of things, music starting to engulf us, I grin again as my eyes lock upon what I was searching for.

I grab his hand and yell above the music, "Follow me!" Along with a small giggle I pull him through throngs of people until we reach an ice bucket. I pull an alchaholic beverage out and toss it to him. "Have some fun." I say to him with a large smile, revealing my pearly white teeth. I grab another drink, but instead of an alchaholic beverage it's some fruit punch. I want to stay sober for tonight.

Milen Roxen

I grin as he downs the whole bottle and reaches for a second. This is going to be a lot easier than I thought it would be. He grabs is second and pops it open. The better half of my mind decides that it shouldn't be to easy just yet. As it pops open I reach out lightly grab it from his hand, placing it down on a table. I grab his hand lightly and pull him out towards the throng of people.

I laugh and firelight flickers in my eyes and brightens them up. "At least dance with me once before you get totally wasted!" I say to him, tugging on his hand towards the dancing area. My smile still large upon my face. I want to have some fun before the real fun begins, or the real fun wouldn't be fun at all.

Milen Roxen

"You're doing great!" I say with a large smile as I dance next to the boy. The fire warming me up and the beautiful ocean in the background, the moon shining down on the whole event, glimmering in the water. We dance for a few minutes before I call out again. "Thanks for dancing with me. This whole thing is a blast!" I grin and laugh again as the song ends and is swiftly changed to a new one. I kind of wonder for a moment how they get all these capitolite songs here. Maybe it's because of the officials' kids are hosting it really.

"Want to take a short break?" I ask him, starting to sweat a little bit from all the dancing, my feet starting to get a bit tired. This party is amazing, just a bit more to make it even more fun.