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defining moments [madelyn/marr] Apr 30, 2020 6:52:07 GMT -5

Post by k!ah on Apr 30, 2020 6:52:07 GMT -5

E V I E ♣ H A R L O T

"Doing everything that I believe in,
Going by the rules that I've been taught, "

The sound of waves crashing into the shore surround me. I listen as the earth pushes and pulls, I watch as the water cascades down on itself. It was a ironic really, the way the waves crashed into the earth. It illustrated todays event to a T. I was the earth, taking the pounding waves one after another, after another, but never really pushing back. Just like in the ring. My opponent had pushed me around, me taking too many hits that in the end I couldn't fight back. I wasn't quite sure where I had gone wrong. I had failed today and it had hit me harder than I initially thought. I had gone in so confident, so sure that I'd win. But I had not, and everyone I cared about had come to watch. Watch me fail. Darla had watched me fail, watched me get beaten to a pulp and I knew how much that hurt her. I had asked her to come, I knew that she had not wanted to come, that watching events such as these made her feel sick. Especially when it was me down there in the ring. She didn't like watching me get hurt, but she had time ago asked me to stop.

The sun had disappeared a while ago now, leaving the beach draped in darkness save for the moon shining brightly in the sky. I liked it like this, when there was no one around. I could hear myself think and that what I needed right now. I knew that I wasn't supposed to be out here, the district was under strict instructions to stay indoors after 7pm, but I couldn't be trapped indoors. I needed to be out in the open, feel the salt kissed air against my face. I needed to be free, not cornered. It hadn't been all that difficult to sneak out either, seeing as I lived on one of the few house boats anchored at the pier. No one had been around, and I had easily been able to find a small secluded spot near the tree line. Out of view.

Closing my eyes I block out thoughts about today. I had to get over it. You get knocked down, you pick yourself right back up. Thats what mum always said. She was right of course. This wasn't going to be the first time that I get knocked down. I was only young, I was going to be knocked down hundreds of times. And each time I was going to bounce back 10 times stronger.

I was not going to let this moment be a defining moment.

"All that you see is me,
And all I truly believe"

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defining moments [madelyn/marr] Apr 30, 2020 18:13:36 GMT -5

Post by * on Apr 30, 2020 18:13:36 GMT -5

Madelyn Sinclair

Derecho could care less what I do. He might try to get me in trouble, but as for stopping me from doing what I want to do, well, he'd rather get rid of me as a sister then put up with me. So, even though I saw him look at me as I snuck out through the kitchen door, I knew I'd get away with it. As for the peacekeepers that might have found me, that's a totally different story. Somewhere in another district or two, they were on lockdown for whatever reason. It caused us to have a curfew but as the first night settled into the new rules, I wasn't having it. Night surfing was my stress reliever, not to mention people couldn't see the ugly scar on the back of my neck from the tournament.

I was free to be myself and put my hair up for once and as I held my brother's surf board in my hands, I quietly snuck onto the beach noticing how eerily silent it was except for the salty ocean air that danced around me and the sound of the waves crashing on the shore. The moon always helped with the waves.

I grinned.

"Ready? Let's catch a few sets then, shall we?" Throwing my stuff down on the shoreline of the beach near the trees, I took off running until my feet touched the water and the initial wave crashed against my body igniting a wave of adrenaline before I threw my body on the board. There wasn't no way anyone could stop me now. No amount of curfew could keep me from the waves I desperately need. Not even Derecho could stop me now.

I can't help the giggle that leaves my lips when the waves push against me that make my arms dig deeper into the water to carry me across the lapping waves. With a glance back at shore, I look for any sight of lights or silhouettes that might be patrolling the beach.

"Freedom -" I take a mouthful of ocean water without notice. My throat began to burn and a violent cough escapes me before I sit up on the board and my feet dangle beside me. It takes a moment to compose myself before I feel the waves. "Come on... where are you. One good set is all I ask."

It's a simple prayer to the ocean.

That's when I feel the pull on my foot. The water dragging itself out into the endless background and as I listen, I can hear it. I lay down on the board and the momentum carries me quickly as I stand. "YES!"

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defining moments [madelyn/marr] May 4, 2020 4:02:36 GMT -5

Post by k!ah on May 4, 2020 4:02:36 GMT -5

E V I E ♣ H A R L O T

"Doing everything that I believe in,
Going by the rules that I've been taught, "

Sitting up straighter I plaster a smile to my face. That was enough of my moping. Picking myself up off the sand I stare out into the ocean once again, finding joy in the feeling of the chilled wind against my exposed skin. The ocean was dark, the surging waves angry. If I didn't know any better it would be intimidating to watch how the surging black liquid move. There was something ominous about it. But when I looked out there I saw something different. Yes it was dangerous, but it was beautiful. There was something calming abut listening to them crash against the shore, the sound reminding me of everything that I loved about my home.

The sound of rushing footsteps followed by the thud of belongings, draws me from my thoughts and I duck down slightly, suddenly worried that I might be caught by the watchful eye of a peacekeeper. The last thing I needed at the moment was to be arrested for breaking curfew. I silently curse my idiocy for thinking I could pull something like this off. This was right down Darla's path, she lived for things like this. Not me. I was the good girl, the one who stuck to the rules, not liking to deviate. But I couldn't be more wrong because in front of me, racing for the surging waves was a small blonde figure. She had to be a daring girl, if she was out at this time of the night, knowing that she was breaking the rules.

She dives into the, what I assumed to be, ice cold water her board in tow. I watch silently as she temporally disappears from sight before reappearing coughing up a lungful of salty water. I can't hold back the growing chuckle which escape my throat as I watch. It reminded me of the many times I too had raced out into the ocean with barely even a second thought, so preoccupied by just wanting to get out there, forgetting about the waves and copping a face full of liquid that burns your throat and eyes.

Then suddenly she was climbing to her feet, her body carried away on the top of an ocean wave. Excitement buzzes through me as I watch the wave behind her building. I wished I was out there with her, feeling the water against my bare legs, the solid board under my body. I wanted to feel the drag of the water beneath me. I wanted to feel it drag me out as it prepared to come surging towards the shore line, reaching for the tree, but falling short as it is dragged back into the swelling depths.

Leaving the safety of the tree line I am lured towards the shoreline. I hadn't even realised that I was walking until I am brought back to reality of the feeling of the surging ice cold water around my ankles. "Hey. You've got skill."

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And all I truly believe"

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defining moments [madelyn/marr] Jun 3, 2020 7:53:28 GMT -5

Post by * on Jun 3, 2020 7:53:28 GMT -5

Madelyn Sinclair

The ocean's chill warmed by body but not in the sense of temperature. It gave me something to look forward to. It was the marriage of my soul to the waves as this set took my board and as my feet were planted against the board, moving muscles to guide the wave, the darkness was only just one factor. It was like what I hear when the people in district ten ride horses. They have a mind of their own and if you close your eyes, they will never truly deliver you into harms way. Such as the waves I ride and when I close my eyes, despite no being able to make out much in the first place, I trust these waves with my life.

Only when the wave loses strength, the push against my board lessens, I know shore is just within reach as the sand is just a shade lighter than the water and before I fall off the board I see the shadow of a person. My heart grows colder than the ocean I deposit myself in, hoping that whoever was coming my way, wasn't some authority figure - or worse, my mom.

The salty water burns my nose as I break the surface and there's no hiding my presence now. The voice calls out and it's not one I recognize, nor is it of an authority figure. It's just another girl and by the sound of it, another who refuses to be kept by the simple curfew that had been laid out for us.

"Hey. You've got skill."

A fan? Or maybe just someone who happened to be in the wrong place at the right time. My board is captured and brought to my person before I fix my suit from riding up any more then it was and shifted the strap around my neck. A gentle cough escaped my lips and I give her a court nod.

"Thanks - just surfing? Happens when you're raised in four." My tone a little biting but I have to wonder where she came from and was she here to seek out rule breakers? "You a spy for the white knights in padded armor?" I step onto the sand with a grin on my face. All the while, I feel the breeze against my skin chilling me to the bone.

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