penny vanburen, district one | finished, cb
Feb 1, 2021 13:55:25 GMT -5
Post by d8a lucia ✃ valentine ✁ tris on Feb 1, 2021 13:55:25 GMT -5
✦ penny vanburen ★ sixteen ✦ district one ★ career ✦
People like to call me Penny Vanboring.
And by people, I mean the other kids at school. I try not to let it bother me. When you think of people like my sister, Posy, and my cousin, Paris, trying to fit me into the family portrait becomes... difficult, to say the least. I guess that's the nicest way to word this. My relatives have many skills, from charming strangers to hitting them right between the eyes with a knife — and me? Um.
Well, let's just say that target practice is not on my training schedule these days. Don't get me wrong, I tried my best. I'm not really the type to hear, "This isn't for you, kid," and just give up without a fight. But after a few arrows in the ceiling here and a few knives in the wall there, can you really blame my trainer for benching me? When you're training potential victors, you don't want someone else maiming them.
"All careers are good at something. We'll figure it out eventually."
Hmm, let's dissect this really quick. I've never pinned anyone in hand-to-hand combat, the longest I've lasted before having my sword knocked out of my hand in a spar is two whole minutes — and, yes, I was yelling the whole time — and we don't even need to bring up that weekend lesson on how to properly use fire. My mom is still paying off that fine, and I'm still hearing arsonist jokes at school.
Maybe... endurance is more my thing? Not the running-a-mile-without-fainting kind, no way, but I've always been an optimist who never knows when to quit. Really, have you ever seen me without a smile on my face? That has to count for something.
Uh. Here's hoping.
