A Familiar Darkness [Cato]

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Tobias Pine--

“To District Four!” And with that I raise the clear glass to my lips, downing the tawny liquid in one swig, shutting my eyes as the burn singes my throat before setting the glass down with more force than I had planned upon. I eye the table across the way, debating as to whether the necessary effort to acquire more of the golden fire was worthwhile or not. Meh, maybe later. The day one festivities were well under way, and even though I was dressed out in the clothing of a competitor, I had wandered off to the life of the party, where I had then received disapproving stares as to say “You shouldn’t be competing intoxicated.”

First off, I’m not competing today.

Secondly, even if I was, I believe it would be quite the crowd pleaser to have an intoxicated competitor. Hell, I could probably do better than those who were completely sober. Maybe loosening up would help them to find their footing—it had for me.

I pull myself to a standing position (though an unstable one, at that), and make my way towards the white clothed table against the back wall. I pass many of those whose names I at least know, including a few family members (where the hell is Kronos, I could’ve made him get me a drink so I didn’t have to get up), but I push the notion away as I bump into the back of another.

“Hey, twinkle toes, watch where you’re going next time, why don’t you? If this glass would’ve been full,” And with that I halfheartedly raise the glass to shove it in his face to make a point before continuing, “it probably would’ve spilt over one of us, and considering my awful luck, it probably would’ve been me.”

[Cato]

Leo Pine
cause you search for years
but you lose everything you find

Someone bumps me in the back. The little shit probably didn't know where he's going. I have half a mind to gouge out his eyes for annoying me. Except if I did carry that out, I would probably end up whipped by a peacekeeper. Now this guy has the nerve to address me like its my fault? If I was any angrier there would be smoke coming out of my nostrils. I turn around only to see him nearly smash the glass in my face. I am at my breaking point with this kid. I'm not in the best of moods due to my performance here in the Olympics. I came here to forget my failures for a while not to deal with some idiot bothering me. "Listen you little shit. Bump into me again and you won't have legs to walk ever again."

Perhaps I'm being too harsh with him, but I need to get my point across and that threat should do it. I'm already pissed off as is. The Olympics are obviously rigged in four's favor. If these events happened before they won the last games they would not be performing as well as they appear to be. I look forward to competing against some of them. I've forgotten how many events has my name signed up. I'm still very much confident in my abilities to get things done. I will not go home without gold medals around my neck. If that should happen someone will be pay for costing me what I desire.

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Tobias Pine--

“Listen you little shit. Bump into me again and—”

Though he keeps talking I can hear nothing, for upon his turning to face me I see the face of Ares Pine, a face I was never supposed to see in the flesh ever again. The glass threatens to slip from my hand and shatter at my feet, and I grip it tightly with both hands in attempt to stop the numbness that’s spreading to each finger at quite the alarming rate.

I can feel the color fading from my face as I attempt to steady my locking knees, and the only thought that can make itself known in my mind is the fact that it must be the alcohol in my system causing me to see him. It can’t be Ares; it’s simply impossible. Ares had died with a sword through the neck, no one could survive that, regardless of how strong they were, mentally or physically (and oh, how he was both, lost somewhere in his own strength with no chance to find himself).

I shake my head and rub my eyes as I attempt to make sense of the swarm of questions that linger in my mind, and many do make themselves known, but thinking them and speaking them were two different tasks that now seemed impossible to complete in rapid succession, and though I try to put together the two the result is nothing less than a failure as only one word is spoken in a tone that’s almost inaudible, “Ares?”

[Cato]

Leo Pine
cause you search for years
but you lose everything you find

This guy mentioned someone named Ares to me. Is he asking if that's my name, if I knew him or what? I don't know how to respond to this guy seeing as I've never met him in my entire life. I glare at this kid as if he should know who I am. "Yeah and what of it?" I give him a light shove for good measure. I'm still very angered with my current run of failures in the events I've done. There's still plenty more for me to etch my name in history, but this isn't how I wanted to announce my arrival. I wanted to show everyone just how good I can be at a variety of things not suck at them. I cross my arms waiting for this guy to do something else. If he wants a fight, I will gladly give him one. I could use something like that to vent my frustration.

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