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motion sickness [stare] Jan 9, 2021 12:31:59 GMT -5

Post by ryan on Jan 9, 2021 12:31:59 GMT -5

She leaves the house sparingly when she doesnt have any obligations to the captial. Annie is lucky, havign another victor to rely on in order to appease the show up to events theyve been requested too. She wasnt sure how Beck had been managing, but that was mostly her fault. She had been too focused on the fact that Shy had won to really care.

She still hasnt seen him since that day where she told Glamour that she wanted to beat the shit out of him still. She meant that. After what her and shy had been through, it had almost been her right.

She left the front door cracked up, and sign on the door that she had been in the back laying on the beach. She had been a trained career, so if anyone really wanted to attack her, she dared them to try. She still was nimble as ever, helping Trish with perfecting her craft. She didnt want her to go into the games ever, but the Capital didnt give a shit about sentimentality. If she was reaped, she was going in. That was all there was to it.

She left the door open because she knew that Axel probably forgot his key, and if she was being honest, her doors were almost open to everyone and anyone that wanted to see her. She had nothing to hide behind her four walls.

Less stress, more time for her to sit back and look at the ocean. Though after a couple minutes, she realized that someone was behind her. "You dont have to sneak up on me." she says with a small smile, not looking back.

She relied on blind faith just a little too much.

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motion sickness [stare] Jan 9, 2021 13:49:30 GMT -5

Post by Stare on Jan 9, 2021 13:49:30 GMT -5

Ridley loved the ocean.

She hadn't expected to. In spite of all the prose written in honor of the sea that she had read in Pax's old books, she'd expected something smelly and murky and ruined by the grit of the sand. The first time she'd visited Four, on her Victory Tour, she'd been startled. Certainly it wasn't as crystal clear and shimmering as those ancient authors had made it out to be, but there was something unmistakably soothing about it. There were stones washed up on the beach, beaten smooth by the tides, and Ridley had a feeling that if she had stayed by the waves long enough they would have done the same to her.

So she was glad when, on her visit to see Annie, she discovered that she was lounging on the sand by the water. Ridley made her way back to the beach with the same practiced grace that she'd exercised her entire life. One did not live in a den of lions without learning how to move like one. At Annie's words her mouth twitch up into a smile. "Been out of the Arena that long, have you?"

It was, perhaps, a grotesque thing to joke about. Their scars were nothing to laugh at. And yet the smile remained as Ridley dropped down beside Annie, breathing in the sweet brine on the air. "How have you been? Since... everything?"

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motion sickness [stare] Jan 9, 2021 19:11:14 GMT -5

Post by ryan on Jan 9, 2021 19:11:14 GMT -5

When she heard the voice of Ridley Le Roux behind her, she simply smiled. She had good memories of her, someone that was always invited to her house at any point in time.

Sure, they might have been at odds with each other for various reasons, but none of that mattered. Annie already proved herself worthy in the eyes of the capitol.

Mentions of the Arena and Annie couldnt help but snicker. Sure, traumatic and triggering, but nothing that Annie hadnt already worked past. "Y'know, I dont miss it. That is for sure. My father always told me to watch my back though..." She said plainly as Ridley joined me. "I hate that man." Annie grabs a handful of sand and tosses it into the incoming tide.

She knew that Ridley and her shared some commonalities, but they had both been so busy that it was hard for them to connect all the time. "Well, I am still a little shocked that Shy went in and came out of the games." Annie spoke with honesty. Im wading by the water for whatever might be in store from the capitol. Annie speaks calmly. "Do you ever wish you could just run away?" She asks with a bit of a joking tone.

They would never be able too anyway.

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motion sickness [stare] Jan 9, 2021 20:04:23 GMT -5

Post by Stare on Jan 9, 2021 20:04:23 GMT -5

Ridley kept her eyes on the shifting sea as she listened to Annie, careful not to interrupt. In the past few years she'd learned that it made such a difference just to have someone listen, even if it was only her cat.

When she finished Ridley tugged her knees up and settled her arms around them, her lips quirking into a smile. "Oh, sure. Just gather all the Victors and put them on some safe little island somewhere. Except, of course, if we did that I'm pretty sure everyone would start trying to kill each other." The Victors weren't her blood family, but she spoke about their rivalries with the same amusement that she would if they were. None of them seemed to actively hate Ridley too much which suited her just fine. It was a welcome break from the Le Rouxes.

"Are you sleeping alright? Getting enough water?" Ridley turned to peer at Annie closely. It was so easy to forget the little things. After Emmett had died she'd averaged only a few hours of sleep a night for weeks. "The shit they put us through is exhausting. We've got to take care of ourselves, you know."

She was half teasing, nudging Annie with her elbow, but there was something genuine beneath her words. It felt good to care about another person without any ulterior motives. It felt good to talk about their feelings.

And they were both certainly overdue for something good.

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motion sickness [stare] Jan 9, 2021 20:39:32 GMT -5

Post by ryan on Jan 9, 2021 20:39:32 GMT -5

Annie noticed Ridley smiled, and she simply smiled back. It was nice to have someone that wouldnt judge her. She had that in Shelby as well, but Shelby had just been a little too busy now and again. Annie didnt pay too much mind to it. Victors made time depending on when they could. That was all there was too it.

Annie just hated being alone all the time.

"Im sure alliances would form early on, and Cricket would be the first to try to kill everyone." Annie shrugged before looking back at the ocean. "The capitol would go nuts. Im sure." Annie smirked. "However, were more valuable alive than dead." Annie said honestly.

The tone changed to something more caring, and Annie could see why she liked to stay around Ridley more than anyone else. She had always tried to check in on her, and it made Annie's inner saboteur go bananas. "Yknow, I am actually am. Ive done well the last couple weeks, less wine, more water." Annie smiled, "Sleep has always been a fickle thing." she said honestly, feeling the nudge from Ridley's elbow. "I usually catch up when the games arent going on." She is honest.

Her head falls on Ridley's elbow for a second, not realizing it at first but pausing there long enough to take in the view of the ocean. "The victors life can be a lonely one I must admit." Annie said, sighing before lifting up her head and giving Ridley a small smile. "Though I guess I forget that I do have people that are in my court."

Ridley Le Roux is one of them.

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motion sickness [stare] Jan 9, 2021 23:17:57 GMT -5

Post by Stare on Jan 9, 2021 23:17:57 GMT -5

Ridley wasn't sure when she'd started looking out for the other Victors. She'd spent a lifetime watching out only for herself, shunned and twisted and never quite good enough, but then she'd gone into the Arena and people had cared about her anyway. They'd whispered their dying words to her as if she was a friend. And though the word friend felt almost as foreign in her mind as the word love, they were becoming more common in her life. There was a boy with eyes like the sea in front of her. There were other Victors who looked after her like Pax once had. And there was Annie.

"Of course you do," she said, certain that she would unleash the full extent of her power - all the debts owed, all the secrets carried - if any of the people she'd come to care about were threatened. It was a strange thing, love. People always said it was a weakness, but Ridley was certain it had only fueled the burning in her chest that was determined to tear the entire world to pieces. "But I know what you mean about being alone."

Ridley had been used to the loneliness until her Games, and then suddenly she'd gotten used to the idea of people looking out for her. She'd gotten attached. The commentators noted that it was her worst weakness, pointing out that it had almost caused her downfall. Ridley Le Roux, they'd said, expressions grave, cares too much.

If only they knew.

"But I'm only a train ride or a phone call away, right? I don't have a beach, though."