Purple Haired Idiot (please read OOC)

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Only the most dedicated fishers where out on the day of the Bloodbath, and 'the most dedicated fishers' tended to gut their own fish. So that meant yet another free day for Anna. In fact she didn't have a choice all the community home children had been counted and herded out to the district square to watch their tributes on the big screen. She could have slipped away, she saw more then one of the orphans near by do so, but that would be talking an unnecessary risk for no good reason. It was strange though this year Anna really wanted not to watch The Games, well she never wanted to but this year the urge to sneak off and find a place to hide was stronger then ever.

Was this really all because of that stupid purple girl?

It didn't matter anyway, they where there and the careers among the parent-less where running forward, making sure they had the best view of the carnage to come. The young and scared shifted to the back to hide against the far wall of the square with their hands over their ears. This left Anna in the center standing mostly among the adults of the crowd. Not standing out or making trouble. Anna made no effect on the people around her, as always.

Like that idiot, who was about to throw her life away, Anna had done nothing to change her way of thinking and now she was going to die because of it.

What the hell this is not my fault! Anna asserted as she turned her eyes to the screen.

The capitol seal was just fading out, the long and boring speech leading up to the first footage of the bloodbath had been completely blocked out by Anna's own musing. Replacing the seal was the shining cornucopia up to an aerial viewpoint of this years arena. The careers and childless began to cheer at the sight. The image was held long enough for the arena to be admired then faded to a closer angle circling around the cornucopia as the tributes where raised in. The camera then used the thirty seconds before the gong to focus on each tribute's face. Deafening cheers rose from the entire district as the focus was on the tributes from four. The cheers lasting almost the remaining time but settling down before the gong. The silence lasted only a moment however, replaced quickly by the whole square counting down with the timer on the screen.

Anna remained mute. Watching silently right up until the triumphant scream of “ONE!” from everyone around her, well almost everyone, she assumed some people in the square wouldn't be joining in. Anna's eyes twitched toward the crowd wanting to see who else was staying silent, but a screaming chorus from the front of the crowd told Anna that something had already happened on the screen Returning her attention to the bloodbath she realized it was something that had not happened.

Takeba wasn't moving, she was just standing there looking at her locket. Anna felt a pang of dread, how many other people in this crowed knew what that locket represented. Certainly not the careers screaming for her to move.

Don't you dare idiot girl! Get out there and start fighting now! Thought Anna.

Seemingly in response to her she closes the locket and takes off toward the fight, the entire front row cheering her on. Anna's not sure how she got up there with the careers but she stands her ground as close to the screen as she can manage watching the girl with the violent locks. Not always is she the star of the show but she's easy enough to pick out from the background and Anna is concentrating solely on her. She hears a unified grown from the careers as Takeba gives away a weapon clearly suited for district four. Anna just rolls her eyes.

Didn't these idiots listen to the interview? Takeba's a carver, her skill would clearly lie with the shorter knife.

It's not long before Anna is proven right one, two, three, tributes fall to Takeba's blade. The career's cheer but Anna can't join in. Don't they know their tribute, know what she stands for? She was the polar opposite of Anna, Takeba made that clear the one time they met. Anna lived to keep herself alive and Takeba lived solely for others, how much was it destroying the girl to kill? Anna didn't want to watch but somewhere she felt she owed the purple haired girl that much.

Soon enough the bloodbath was over, ending with a bang clearly or created by the Gamemakers. Of course the spectacle that ended the bloodbath also ended the life of their male tribute (bets immediately getting cashed at the back of the square). Anna couldn't help but try and will the camera back to Takeba, even though she knew they wouldn't stray from the carnage of Bolcco, she wanted to make sure she was still alright.

What am I worrying about of course she's alright, she's clearly gotten in with the career's, not to mention she's kicking some ass out there. She could probably win this thing.

That was when something terrifying happened, Anna started smiling

OOC: so obviously this can't last very long, and I'm busy so this will probably end up being all of three post long. So that being said this is what I need a rude career for Anna to slap. Then she'll run away... the end ;D . Or you can PM with a better idea if you have one.