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sixthiterationlogs2016-11-05 03:34 pm
fishermansweater) wrote in sixthiterationlogs2016-11-05 03:34 pm
ψ i've got a friend he's a pure bred killing machine
WHO: Finnick Odair
WHERE: Outside the Police Station
WHEN: November 4
OPEN TO: EVERYONE
WARNINGS: Animal death, gore, possible PTSD
STATUS: Open
It's been becoming increasingly clear that the weather is taking a turn towards, not away from, winter. Not the mild winters of District Four, either, but something colder, harsher, and the first snowfalls had made him turn his thoughts back to when he'd first arrived and he and Annie were wondering if freezing them out was going to be part of the Gamemakers' strategy.
The snow's cleared now, but it's still cold enough that Finnick is wearing the woolen coat that had been in his backpack when he first arrived on his daily fishing trips. He's spent a lot of time lately carving a thin, strong branch he'd cut from a tree into a suitable haft for the spearhead that had been in the gift box he'd received, and since he's been using the spear, he's been doing well. (The trident is still a work in progress; he still hasn't found anything suitable to use for the tines, though he's thinking it's probably going to be animal bones.)
The spear has helped him increase his fishing yield enough that he can, occasionally, drop some fish by the Inn for Kate Kelly to use. Not that he stops to give them to her: he leaves them in a woven basket by the back door where he knows she'll find it eventually, as his way of thanking her for helping him and Annie when they had too little food to get by. That's the sort of thing a lot of people talk about here, help and be helped in return, more like life in the districts than he'd ever have expected in any arena.
It's still early morning as he heads away from the Inn, spear in one hand and a few fish strung on a cord over his shoulder. He's planning to cut off into the woods again to throw anyone watching him off his trail before he goes back to the house he and Annie are using, but just as he's about to turn away, he notices something bright red on the path just in front of the building labeled Police.
Something big and bright red, and he feels a jolt of fear kick into his gut, the fear that sets off all his instincts. making him draw back from the path, into the cover of the edge of the building. Making him draw his pocket knife, and extend the blade so that when he steps out of the shadow to see what the mangled mess in front of the building is, he has his spear and knife both ready.
Nobody attacks. There's no flash of movement in the edges of his vision, no prickling sense of otherness that suggests hes being watched by someone other than whatever cameras are always on them. But that's no reassurance when he sees what's there. It's a deer, or what's left of one, its throat torn nearly in two, its stomach and back a mass of mangled flesh, torn and worried by what looks like some sort of bite marks.
Finnick's hand tightens on the haft of his spear as he takes a couple of steps backwards, suddenly wishing he didn't have his back to the path. Or anything.
WHERE: Outside the Police Station
WHEN: November 4
OPEN TO: EVERYONE
WARNINGS: Animal death, gore, possible PTSD
STATUS: Open
It's been becoming increasingly clear that the weather is taking a turn towards, not away from, winter. Not the mild winters of District Four, either, but something colder, harsher, and the first snowfalls had made him turn his thoughts back to when he'd first arrived and he and Annie were wondering if freezing them out was going to be part of the Gamemakers' strategy.
The snow's cleared now, but it's still cold enough that Finnick is wearing the woolen coat that had been in his backpack when he first arrived on his daily fishing trips. He's spent a lot of time lately carving a thin, strong branch he'd cut from a tree into a suitable haft for the spearhead that had been in the gift box he'd received, and since he's been using the spear, he's been doing well. (The trident is still a work in progress; he still hasn't found anything suitable to use for the tines, though he's thinking it's probably going to be animal bones.)
The spear has helped him increase his fishing yield enough that he can, occasionally, drop some fish by the Inn for Kate Kelly to use. Not that he stops to give them to her: he leaves them in a woven basket by the back door where he knows she'll find it eventually, as his way of thanking her for helping him and Annie when they had too little food to get by. That's the sort of thing a lot of people talk about here, help and be helped in return, more like life in the districts than he'd ever have expected in any arena.
It's still early morning as he heads away from the Inn, spear in one hand and a few fish strung on a cord over his shoulder. He's planning to cut off into the woods again to throw anyone watching him off his trail before he goes back to the house he and Annie are using, but just as he's about to turn away, he notices something bright red on the path just in front of the building labeled Police.
Something big and bright red, and he feels a jolt of fear kick into his gut, the fear that sets off all his instincts. making him draw back from the path, into the cover of the edge of the building. Making him draw his pocket knife, and extend the blade so that when he steps out of the shadow to see what the mangled mess in front of the building is, he has his spear and knife both ready.
Nobody attacks. There's no flash of movement in the edges of his vision, no prickling sense of otherness that suggests hes being watched by someone other than whatever cameras are always on them. But that's no reassurance when he sees what's there. It's a deer, or what's left of one, its throat torn nearly in two, its stomach and back a mass of mangled flesh, torn and worried by what looks like some sort of bite marks.
Finnick's hand tightens on the haft of his spear as he takes a couple of steps backwards, suddenly wishing he didn't have his back to the path. Or anything.
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It certainly seemed like a message now. Her stomach lurched as she stared at the poor creature, eviscerated in the same way that Bushy had been. She felt sick, but unable to look away, rooted in place by the horror before her.
"Gods." She didn't want to consider that there might be someone watching them and planning these things, as Finnick had said once before. But it was undeniable that there was something happening.
"What are we going to do?" She asked him, though not expecting an answer. "It's beginning to seem like a message."
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She'd been kind to Annie, though, and she'd had no gain from her generosity, so Finnick's willing to take that as a possible genuine gesture. He lets the spear move back to a less aggressive position, resting the haft on the ground.
"This has happened before?"
He tries to keep his voice a little more gentle, steps a little forward so he's closer to the carcass than she is, because she looks stricken, sickened, by the sight.
Finnick's seen enough horrible deaths that he tries to look away from them now, but the remains of an animal are more concerning for their possible implications than the gore. At least it's not one of his fellow tributes.
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As he lowers the weapon, she feels her heart beginning to beat again. Though she doesn't fully relax. There was something about him that set her on edge, whether it was the spear or his insistence that this was some game where they were all meant to be competitors against one another. She didn't feel the same sense of safety that she once did.
"Only a few days ago. One of my rams was removed from the pen and killed, just like this." She said with a measure of disgust in her voice. "None of my other livestock were disturbed, just one of my rams."
Part of her suspects it's a message, but it's still to early to be sure. This could be a coincidence.