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porcelainandsteel) wrote2016-04-26 01:38 am
porcelainandsteel) wrote2016-04-26 01:38 am
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For Ayu
Sansa hasn't been in the Capitol very long, but it's long enough for her to get some idea of what's expected of her. This city, for all its glitter and wonders, turns out to be just like every other court in that way.
Keep your head down. Make yourself sweet, and unthreatening, and as loyal-seeming as you can. And, given all she's been told about the Arenas, make friends. Or at least allies. Anyone who will hesitate before killing her is an improvement.
The Youth Programme is a good opportunity for all of those things. She spends most of her time there working dutifully, writing the letters she's told to write and listening to the speeches she's given. But during the breaks, when they're all turned outside into the fragrant, still air, she watches her fellow Tributes closely. And sometimes, she approaches them.
Like now. She couldn't put her finger on why, exactly, he's the one she goes up to, except that he's alone and she hasn't seen him on any of the Arena footage, which might mean he's as lost and new as she is. He looks a lot more suited for a deathmatch than she does, though.
She smooths her skirt and sits down nearby - not too close, but close enough to talk. After a few moments, when he hasn't moved away, she says, "Don't you think the trees look beautiful? All red and gold?"
Keep your head down. Make yourself sweet, and unthreatening, and as loyal-seeming as you can. And, given all she's been told about the Arenas, make friends. Or at least allies. Anyone who will hesitate before killing her is an improvement.
The Youth Programme is a good opportunity for all of those things. She spends most of her time there working dutifully, writing the letters she's told to write and listening to the speeches she's given. But during the breaks, when they're all turned outside into the fragrant, still air, she watches her fellow Tributes closely. And sometimes, she approaches them.
Like now. She couldn't put her finger on why, exactly, he's the one she goes up to, except that he's alone and she hasn't seen him on any of the Arena footage, which might mean he's as lost and new as she is. He looks a lot more suited for a deathmatch than she does, though.
She smooths her skirt and sits down nearby - not too close, but close enough to talk. After a few moments, when he hasn't moved away, she says, "Don't you think the trees look beautiful? All red and gold?"