Open Minded (Tori)

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MASON POE

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Even though it's winter, when Mason walked out his house in the morning, the sun was pretty bright. But, he was cold. The morning was young, and good for that, he didn't have any responsibilities to take care of at home. Mason decided to just go sit down on the docks, that was a thing he usually does. But just as he was about to leave, he remembered how cold it is, and grabbed a gray jacket. While running towards the main part of District 4, he zipped up his jacket quickly.

Dang, it's pretty crowded here. Thought Mason.But crowded for Mason was about ten people, so really, there wasn't too many citizens.While walking around Mason felt the cool air hit his skin, he felt himself shiver, and he knew he should have taken an extra jacket. "Oh well." He muttered to himself. He wasn't going to go walk home and come back, that would take about half a hour. But really, Mason had time extra time. Actually, if it was possible, he could kill time. But he was bored, and didn't talk, or didn't talk. Mason then felt like he regretted something. I really shouldn't have not talked all these years. I missed a lot, and I doubt starting to talk at seventeen will really help my social life.

Mason was going quite hard on himself, so he tried to cheer hiself up. "I'm sure everybody in Panem has a regret. he started mumbling to himself, "District 6 people would regret turning down a scholarship, District 12 people would regret turning down a meal, and I regret not talking, but, I'd rather start talking now than never." Mason still didn't know what to do, he sat down at a table and thought about it, and thought about it.

And thought about it.

Then Mason had it decided, the person to sit down at his table, he'd talk to, boy or girl, old or young, short or tall,pancake or waffle. deaf or blind, he was going to talk to them. Or at least communicate in some civilized manner. And truthfully, Mason could't help feeling excited, anxious, and a little happy. Maon was doing something he finally gained the guts to do. And to Mason, it felt extra good, so he thought it was a good idea, and he should use it.

[Tori]

Harmony Lunster left the house in a rush. There was no food in the house. Why the hell was there no food in the house? There was always food in the house. She hugged her small jacket closer as she headed towards the district square. Were her parents trying to tell her something? Oh, well. It really didn't matter. All she knew was that she was hungry.

The square smelled heavily of fish and salt. The wind from the storm the other day was still a bit present and carrying the smell of the sea with it. Harmony noticed the district was a lot emptier than it usually was. That was a bit odd, but she ignored it and continued. Before entering the nearest restaurant, she counted how much money she took from the house. Ten dollars. It was enough for a meal at least.

She entered and suddenly realised why the square was so empty. It was like eveyone in the district decided that it was time to eat. All the tables in the restaurant seemed to be occupied with people. There was an old couple by the door. A bunch of tiny kids shared two booths in the back of the restaurant. there seemed to be a boy sitting alone at a table. And the empty seat across from him seemed to be the only place.

Harmony didn't want to intrude, but her stomach growling reminded her how hungry she was. She walked over to the boy and tried to be polite. "Excuse me. Is this seat taken at all? It seems to be the only one and I wanted to know if I could join you."

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Of course after a while no one seems to sit near Mason. But then again, no one else walked in the buzzing restaurant yet. Mason truthfully didn't mind if nobody decided to sit next to him, although, across from him was the only street left. To interrupt his train of thought a girl walks in, she looks at all the taken seats, then walks toward Mason. "Excuse me. Is this seat taken at all? It seems to be the only one and I wanted to know if I could join you." The girl asked. Mason was a little surprised, but he was going to stick to his 'plan'. "Sure, you could sit here." Mason replied sheepishly. But already he could feel himself being a little more talkative.

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[Tori]

Harmony nodded a thank you and took the seat across from him. She placed her backpack on the back of her chair and picked up the menu. Even though it was breakfast time, she had a craving for chicken fingers. She found them on the menu easily enough. Thank goodness they were in her price range. As she sat the menu down, she reached into her bag and pulled out one of her hand mirrors. Harmony checked to main sure she looked okay. After she placed it back in her bag, she turned around to face the boy once more. “So how come you’re here all alone?”

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_{Mason saw the girl give a nice nod, probably indicating a brief thank you, or something. He looked at the girl and noticed she was flipping through her menu, Mason did the same. He opened up the page and skipped all the pages that didn't interest him, like the SOUPS AND SALADS page. After a minute or so, he came across a page labeled BREAKFAST, he immediately looked closer. He saw the usual breakfast stuff, pancakes, waffles, eggs, toast, so and and so forth. He instantly forgot he might not have money. He reached into his pockets and he wanted to feel the rush of sweet relief, joyfully, it came. He had enough for some pancakes and milk. “So how come you’re here all alone?” Mason was surprised when she asked that. For one, he totally forgot the girl was here, and two, he didn't know what to say. He didn't have an answer at the top of his head, and again, talking wasn't his strong point. "Uhh.... I'm here alone because.. because my sister is sleeping, and.. and my mother, she's cleaning? Cleaning." Mason stuttered the words out to the girl. "And, what's your.. your name?"}