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From Down Under // Bailey x Petra {Blitz} Jun 11, 2016 16:42:28 GMT -5

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Post by Arrows on Jun 11, 2016 16:42:28 GMT -5

District 10 Female Tribute

73rd Hunger Games

Bailey Truus

There is nothing to fear if you don't fear death.

Everywhere Bailey looked around the Capitol expectations and stereotypes seemed to burn as bright neon lights. Perhaps the biggest of all the stereotypes which hung over Bailey and several other tributes was the weakness of the lower districts. How compared to the careers they were simply mice caught up in a game for cats. However Bailey knew much better than to fall for the falseness of these beliefs. Knew better than to believe herself as less than a career. Sure they were trained and prepared, but was any of them ever fully prepared? No they weren't, just like the rest of the tributes the careers always struggled even when they were victorious. Which Bailey knew quite well actually hadn't been very often over the past two decades. Now when or where that could shift Bailey was uncertain, but she was certain of a single thing. Since she did not fear death she had no true fear of the careers. All she was towards them was curious.

As for the other lower District tributes this year Bailey wasn't sure how they felt towards these beliefs. Yet she really was intrigued to learn which only drove her out of her constant seclusion towards the sword sparring station. There Bailey could see the girl from District Twelve doing her best to master her blade as well as she could given their ever burning amount of time. And Bailey had to admit as she watched the girl move she wasn't too bad. Bailey even wondered if her blade would be one to end the beating heart of a career when the time came. But more pressingly Bailey's curiosity pushed her to grab a sword and padding as she walked up to the the other girl.

"I would say the careers have to watch their backs for you. You're pretty good, care if I attempt to join you?"

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From Down Under // Bailey x Petra {Blitz} Jun 13, 2016 8:01:33 GMT -5

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Post by D6f Carmen Cantelou [aza] on Jun 13, 2016 8:01:33 GMT -5

The blade can wound, injure and kill a person. And it can happen so quickly; within a moment, someone can be limbless and desperately trying to find the silver lining. I've seen all it before: the decapitation of tributes and people turning to less than human, as they rely on their allies to keep upright and to move.

I pray, this will never happen to me. My independence is fundamental and is one of the building blocks on which my personality is built. I'd be a mess without it, and I'd be reduced to a vegetative state: a prisoner within my own body.

Still, the sword sparring station drags me towards it like a moth to light, and I find myself within the weapon in my hand, darting around the dull floor, lunging towards a dummy.

"I would say the careers have to watch their backs for you." A voice calls, and I quickly turn, armed as I am, towards the source. "You're pretty good, care if I attempt to join you?"

Before me is the female tribute from District Ten. No longer blonde haired and blue eyed—I'm no longer seeing tributes transcend between games or suffering from double vision. She is Bailey Truus.

"Of course!" I say, giving half a smile as I look to her. "I'll help you out, then we can both pose a threat to the big guys." I chuckle slightly.

She stands before me with a sword in her hand, and I look to her, raising an eyebrow.

"You're holding it well, so you're off to a good start." My voice says, before my eyes bolt down to check my footing, to which I give a modest nod of approval.

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