Dead Man Walking (OPEN)

[absolutelyclueless]

~~Peter D'Amethyst~~

Peter woke from the darkness yet again to find.. oh. More darkness. Great. As Peter stood from his bed, a small beam of light shone from his bedroom door, shining upon a little trinket of his former self. By his bedside sat a small dice, barely the size of a small child's palm. As he reached for it, the door creaked open a little more as a familiar, yet so distant, voice spoke out to him.

"Hey, Pet- Oh god sake, son! Put some damn clothes on!"

Peter stood in his room entirely naked before slowly turning around to his mother, or at least what he once called mother, and smirked before the door slammed shut on him. With dice in hand, Peter threw the numbered cube across the room before getting dressed, the usual plain black tank top, black leather jacket and blackened jeans being donned in under a couple of minutes.

After a poor attempt at making breakfast, Peter walked from the front door he now considered a lodge and looked around. 5 A.M. Joggers passed by, avoiding eye-contact with the weirdo stood in the dark, while everyone else remained asleep. This was the one time Peter could truely relax..

..Well, only when he wasn't disturbed. But chances were, some career dude would feel a need to talk to him. They always do.

can't complain, i guess. They keep me from being put in the games..

But nonetheless, they aggrovated him. So as soon as he sat down outside his grandfather's door, his instincts took over. A voice began to speak, by the osunds of things it was directed at him, but before the suddenly appearing person could finish their sentence Peter stopped them.

"whoever you are, leave now before i make you leave."

His voice was sharp, much like the knives that some assume dig through his wrists every night, and heartless.

[angel4030]

Aurora sighed, taking in the quiet morning from where she stood on the front porch. She quickly rubbed her hands together, trying to save them from the crisp air, when she suddenly heard a high pitched squeal behind her.

"Catch me Aurora!" came her little cousin's cry before the toddler took off down the street and around the bend.

Wow, for a toddler, the girl sure is fast Aurora thought before running after the girl. Reaching the bend, Aurora felt a wave of panic wash over her as the little girl was no where in sight. Calling for her and searching, Aurora finally gave in to the nagging thought in her mind and began asking anyone if they had seen the toddler run past. The final woman she asked, a elderly woman with a kind face, nodded and pointed further down the street where the path took a sharp turn.

"Thank you so much," Aurora gasped, making sure to put real effort into being polite to the woman although that was not normal for her, before sprinting in the direction she was pointed towards. Once again, Aurora found herself unsure which way to go as the road split into a fork.

Ugh when I catch her, Lilliana is going to be in so much trouble Aurora groaned as a group of joggers pranced past, not pausing despite Aurora's attempts to ask them if they had seen the toddler. Just before Aurora was about to admit to her mother what had happened, she noticed a boy near her age slouching outside a house door.

Approaching the boy, Aurora began, "Hey, have you seen-" before the boy's cold voice cut her off.

"whoever you are, leave now before I make you leave"

Fury bubbled up in Aurora and she felt her fists clench at her sides. Narrowing her black rimmed eyes, Aurora ignored the stinging in her palms as her nails began piecing the soft skin. Jerk!I doubt he even heard a word I was saying, Aurora thought, of course what should I expect? All the guys here are the same. Cold, brutal, and jerks.

"I'd like to see you try," Aurora found herself muttering before taking a calming breath and trying again. "As I was trying to say, have you seen a toddler run past here?"