Melody 1 : Action/Voice [Backdated to the afternoon of Wednesday, 12/4]

[rutagraveolens]

[Action around the village]

[With the laws of the land already explained by Katniss and the stores in the village pointed out, Rue sets out to do a bit of exploring and gathering up items. Feeling a bad over borrowing some of Prim's clothes, Rue first heads to the clothing store.

The amount of clothes and the different styles are staggering to a girl used to wearing worn, drab hand-me-downs. She takes her time going through the store, feeling all the different textures, admiring the colors. That everything is free is astounding as well; as Rue puts her selected outfits into a bag, she'll look around warily before carefully leaving the store.

Her next stop is the grocery store and the experience is also as remarkable. The rows and rows of food, it's almost too much to take. A single shelf could last a family in District 11 the whole year. Rue takes her time, reverently going through each aisle. Most of the packaged foods in bright colorful boxes and containers are things she's never seen, though the pictures and some of the names are descriptive enough.

After stocking up on food, Rue takes a final trip to the weapon shop. There she'll take her times looking over small knives and any slings that might be around.]

[Action for House 34]

[Once Rue returns to the house, she dutifully puts all the food away in the kitchen. A few things - some candy, a box of cookies, fresh apples - will be placed on the counter with a note near by ("Thank you. -Rue). From there, Rue begins to explore the wonders of the house.

She's never been in a house so nice. The soft carpet, the drapes on the windows (the windows open and close too!), running water, electricity, Rue takes her time marveling over everything. She'll open every door to peek in side. If it looks like a bedroom, she'll quickly close the door. Everything else is fair game for the curious girl.]

[Voice - early evening]

[The journal is a strange, strange thing. A book that can be written into to communicate with others, it's remarkable. Rue spends some time flipping through the pages and trying to familiarize herself with everything before making her first recording.]

Um, hello? I hope this is recording. To anyone that can hear me, my name is Rue! I just arrived. I'm from Panem, District 11. Katniss says I was here before, though I don't remember any of it, so I'm sorry if we've met before and I don't remember you!

[A brief pause as she tries to figure out what to say.]

Um... what's your favorite thing? It doesn't have to be something here, it can be anything you really like. I like music a lot, singing especially. Does anyone else like music?

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[Voice]

[swordprincess]

[Hearing Katniss's name mentioned pings Karla. Now how to start the conversation...?]

Ah, hello. I'm Karla. I've only been here for a few months myself.

[Voice]

[rutagraveolens]

Do you like it here?

[Voice]

[swordprincess]

It's...all right, I suppose. I can't really complain...

[Except for the whole thing about not being able to search for her brother. That's the only thing she can find wrong in this place. But Rue will likely hear about that soon enough.]

[greenjacketed]

[ richard sharpe is a terrible reader. and yet, he's stretched out on his narrow bed -- squinting at the cream-coloured page of a book missing its cover. so when the youngest and newest housemate peeks into his bedroom -- by accident, he assumes -- he's grateful for the distraction.

before rue can shut the door: ] Whoa, now. Hold up a moment, lass.

[ booted feet swing off the bed and the rifleman pushes to his feet. ]

[rutagraveolens]

[Oops, caught. Rue pauses and shifts a little more against the frame, but slowly opens the door again. She knew Sharpe was living in the house and would trust him since Katniss did, but it was still scary.

Especially when most adult males in her life were Peacekeepers quick to deal punishment with the whip.]

I'm sorry for intruding. [She says quietly, adverting her eyes.]

action;

[prims]

[ Prim hadn't had any issues with the clothes borrowing, if she'd been consulted - and even if she hadn't, Katniss would have known she'd never begrudge a change of her clothes to anyone, and especially not to someone dear to her sister.

She'd never met Rue, of course, but she'd watched those games. And she knew what Katniss felt about the girl.

When Rue opens her door, Prim's sitting at her bed, Buttercup curled firmly against her side, reading. A medical textbook, and she has a sheet of notes, too - probably work better suited to being done at her desk, but.

The room used to be Katniss', and on the wall is a painted forest, courtesy of Peeta. The reason her sister didn't want to reclaim it, even after the addition was built. Otherwise, it's fairly neat; the bed is made, and few things are scattered about, though there's a vase on the bedside table with a winter arrangement in it, done by Prim.

She glances up at the sound, curious. ]

Oh, hello. Did you need something, or are you exploring?

[ She doesn't mind either. ]

action;

[rutagraveolens]

[Rue ducks back when she realizes someone is in the room, but returns quickly. There was only one person the young blonde girl could be. Rue remembers the footage of Katniss bravely volunteering in place of her sister. Katniss had said she was here too.]

Exploring. This place is so big and there's so much to see.

[The door opens a little more as Rue quickly looks around the room. The painting is very pretty.]

You must be Prim. I'm Rue.

action;

[bided]

At the grocery store, she'll find Trisha, who tends to hang around just to sort of...clean up. Sort things out.

She keeps meaning to somehow make this official, taking care of things there, but she never quite gets around to it. It keeps her busy, either way, and she's just sweeping to keep occupied when Rue comes in. ]

Oh, hello, dear. Can I point you to something in particular?

action;

[rutagraveolens]

[Rue looks up at Trisha shyly.]

I... Idon't know. I've never seen so much food before. Is everything really free? [She heard it from Katniss and trusts Katniss, but it's still a lot to take in and process.]

[Voice]

[savedtheworld]

[Rue. That's a name Katniss has mentioned before - when talking about the Games. He didn't get much detail, but now here she was.

She sounded so young and nice, he already felt hurt thinking of what she could have gone through on that world she came from. But he kept himself calm when he replied.]

Hello, Rue. It's nice to meet you. My name's Aang! I've never met you before, but I'm glad to meet you now.

My favorite thing... Do I have to pick just one? It's tough! But I do love music a lot!

[Voice]

[rutagraveolens]

Hi, Aang. It's nice to meet you too.

Oh, you don't have to pick just one!

[calmbeforethe]

I do not know about it being a favorite... But I do enjoy music, myself. I play the piano, when I can.

[rutagraveolens]

What's a piano?

[voice]

[250mhzwabl]

Hello Rue, I'm Jack Holden. Nice to meet you.

[The lilt of Jack's accent might be something alien to the girl - English, albeit nothing too fancy or coarse, tone easy as he records his reply. It's just a really cute first transmission, and says a lot of anyone in his mind, that they figure out what the area is like before they start broadcasting everywhere. That the person doing it is a kid, and handling all of this so cooly? He's sort of impressed.]

My last job was playing music, actually. Well, and doing all sorts of other radio broadcasts, but the music was a big selling point.

[voice] I love that there's a ZR cast here.

[rutagraveolens]

Hi Jack. Nice to meet you too.

[It's an interesting accent. It's almost like the one Capitol citizens have, but much nicer.]

Radio broadcasts? What are those?

[action]

[tokennonbender]

[Asami is in the back at the weapons shop, working, when she hears someone moving about up front, so she pokes her goggles-covered face out of the door for a moment to see if they need any help. Oh, it's a kid. A kid she doesn't recognize in the least. Hmm.]

[So she puts down the glove she's working on and heads up front, pushing said goggles up into her hair.]

Hey there. I'm Asami. You need any help?

[action]

[rutagraveolens]

[Rue looks up shyly when Asami comes over. She puts the knife she was looking at back on the shelf - it was too large for her anyway.]

Um, do you have any smaller knives? Or slingshots?

voice:

[ablankpage]

[He has a particular fondness for music. Even more so after a few instances many years ago.]

What sort of music do you like?

voice:

[rutagraveolens]

Songs with words that everyone can sing along with! Folk songs and mountain songs.

[Voice]

[geniustheveil]

[The girl in the picture window is clearly Asian, perhaps in her late teens or early twenties. She starts easily, because it worries her to see Rue again (trapped here) and because Rue is still young.]

I'm Ami Mizuno. I'm sorry if it seems confusing, but we've met before.

[Voice]

[rutagraveolens]

[Rue frowns slightly, only because it's troubling to not remember someone.]

Hi Ami, it's nice to meet you again. I'm sorry I don't remember you. [She knows she already said that in the journal, but it bears repeating.]

[voice]

[untrueheart]

[The name catches her attention first. It's hers, after all. Only once she replays all the noise to herself does she realize that now she must share.]

What did you say about your name?

[voice]

[rutagraveolens]

It's Rue. Like the flower.

voice; - /late, shhhh

[universal_charm]

_{[ It was the "Katniss" that got his attention. And of course he was up - he wasn't fond of sleeping lately, so he was always up, reading, doing something that he pretended was productive and healthier than sleeping. ]}

You know Katniss? Like from her world?

voice;

[rutagraveolens]

Uh-huh! We're friends!