a hangman's knot | [d10 train]
Jun 5, 2024 10:26:29 GMT -5
Post by dars on Jun 5, 2024 10:26:29 GMT -5
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D U C H E S S
"I'm not too sure how this is all supposed to work," I said, trying my best to overpower the frown that kept trying to split my face. I put my hand on my chest to settle my nerves, locking eyes with every other person in the room: Blue the escort, the victor mentors, even my District partner. "But I reckon I'd be willing to do just about whatever it takes to live." Maybe that was obvious. There was a voice in my head telling me that everything was going to be okay as long as I was in control, and that's what I was listening to, desperately trying to maintain some semblance of control in a situation where I had none.
"My great great aunt was in the Hunger Games, way back when!" I said, hoping to sell myself to them, to show them there was something of interest in me, something worth a second glance, "Yara Ealey. My Momma's middle name is Yara for that very reason! Ain't that interesting? She got reaped with her boyfriend and they were gonna work together to make it to the end..." I kept my hands in my lap but with each passing second of me speaking with no one else having anything to say, I could feel the tension rising. It was like when I got a really tough question in the interview portion and I could tell the judges weren't impressed with my answer. Rather than just keeping my lips shut and moving on, I just kept rambling on and on, hoping someone would put me out of my misery.
Interview was always the hardest category and I could always feel the moment when I started to crash and burn. That moment was happening now, but maybe it was destined to happen regardless. After all, the entire ordeal was quite the strange phenomenon. I reckon I should have been panicking right about then. Anything else would've just been plain inhuman.
"Course, some crazy career killed 'em both almost right away... Y'all don't think that'll happen to me too, do you?"