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Submerged [Elegant] Jul 1, 2017 10:49:37 GMT -5

Post by * on Jul 1, 2017 10:49:37 GMT -5

"What? Was it something I said?"

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Water.

Wendell hated water. It wasn't the fact that he couldn't swim. He could, barely enough to stay alive but he could. It was the simple fact that he hated cleanliness and being wrinkled beyond belief as staying in water often did to a person. The temperature wasn't a problem for him, because half the time he was always into a bath after it turned cold. But here in the training center, water was going to be his mortal enemy as would be in the arena if part of it.

"Let's see who I can drown in here." He stated, coming into the musty odor of a chlorinated pool. There was only one tribute in here and as he watched him swim, he wondered what it would be like to suffer under the surface. If any others tributes had suffered the fate. "I can't believe I'm about to do this."

He walked up to the edge of the pool and jumped in with no grace at all creating an echo as water sloshed on the surface and his face submerged beneath the wave. Freedom surrounded his body in the depth of the water and just as soon as he opened his eyes, a feeling of depleated air made him fight for a grip but the water gave none. Scrambling to the surface, he gasped as he inhaled the air in one swift breath.

"Damnit." He coughed.

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Submerged [Elegant] Jul 5, 2017 19:20:04 GMT -5

Post by gamemaker kelsier on Jul 5, 2017 19:20:04 GMT -5

I figured that swimming would be important.

Like, I don't know, last arena didn't have much water, it just makes sense to me that this one will, if only to just shake things up a little bit. The only problem is, the only place for swimming in Nine is the river that splits the slums with the middle class, and despite the fact that there are pockets of quiet where you can bathe, the current is kind of too strong for swimming.

So I can't swim.

But I've always been one to try.

I like it more than I thought, especially when I was able to schedule a trainer. The water is cool against my skin and the fear that I initially felt is long gone. After an hour of lessons, the trainer left and I let myself float into the deep end, arms spread wide to keep me on top of the water.

Thoughts consume me and my thoughts wander off. When someone jumps into the water, I don't notice until my body is flailing, trying to handle the waves from the inelegant entrance.

"Yo, you could have drowned me," I say in annoyance when the guy comes to the surface.

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Submerged [Elegant] Jul 5, 2017 21:53:15 GMT -5

Post by * on Jul 5, 2017 21:53:15 GMT -5

" Too bad I'm damned."

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In reality, it had been a while since Wendell had went swimming. His body was no longer acclimated to the water's pressure against his lungs and his body. The impossible need to have a solid grip on something was discerning to him, but the moment his head broke the surface, he seemed to relinquish the fact that he wasn't at all okay with this swimming deal. Even the boy, who had claimed the pool first, seemed to be angry at him for something that he couldn't control.

"Yo, you could have drowned me." He tried to compliment but Wendell only paddled around, keeping himself afloat while trying to wipe the water from his eyes.

"Yeah?" Wendell's head slipped beneath the surface and came back up, this time with water entering his nose, burning all the way into his throat. Another cough emerged as he stabilized himself in the water no longer dipping under. "Believe me, I had all those intensions and more, but I figured I'd let you off with a warning instead."

He joked with him and found a way to float with ease while his breath evened out. His direction was set to the edge of the pool until he firmly gripped the edge and held on, experiencing the amazing feeling of floating, his toes unable to feel any part of soil or solid ground.

"Either you're district four or you're thinking the arena might have water, too. Sure would help weed out the weaklings." Wendell's grip on the pool released and once again, set out to test the waters depth again.