rutagraveolens: (Elm)
Rue ([personal profile] rutagraveolens) wrote2014-01-13 05:17 pm

Melody 2 : Action

[Morning]

[Ever since the fireworks the previous day, Rue was on edge. The fireworks were too much like cannon fire, each boom a notification of another tribute gone. That the fireworks were to announce the departure of people didn't help any.

Nor she get any sleep the previous night. Rue dreamed of whippings and executions, a reaping she couldn't escape from, a game she couldn't win. She saw the boy from District 1 - Marvel - raise the spear, throw-- and woke up tangled in blankets on the floor.

Silence surrounded her as she had breakfast in House 34. She left Melody sleeping in her room and made sure her knife was on her before she slipped out for the day.

She did her usual rounds - library to return some books, bakery to pick up a snack, convenience store for a drink - before wandering the south path parallel to the river. She'd never traveled down the road before and was curious where it went. Eventually Rue found herself by the Art Gallery. After some hesitation, she entered the building. It was nice and quiet, peaceful inside. She roamed the gallery, taking her time looking over the different pieces of artwork there.

When she came across Peeta's paintings and found herself staring at her own face, her face crumbled. She reached up to touch the paintings, drawing back she realized she shouldn't do that. The wings were the right color; the yellow of her own feathered wings, the blue of the dress she wore on stage in the Capitol. Her breath quickened and caught as Rue burst into ugly sobs.]


[Afternoon - behind Slash 'n Crash]

[After calming down, Rue went to Slash 'n Crash for target practice. Bow in hand and a quiver of arrows on her back, Rue methodically shot arrow after arrow into the targets. Her aim wasn't the best, but she was still hitting the target each time. She remembered Katniss' lessons as she drew, notched, and shot each arrow.

When she shot the last arrow in her quiver, Rue went to the targets, pulled out every arrow, put them back into her quiver, walked to her starting place, and began shooting again.]

((ooc; Now with links! The first painting is the one of her looking over a puddle and her reflection, the second is her holding a bouquet of flowers.))
wise_maiden: [ pureoptimism @ lj ] (you're up all night thinking it's over)

[personal profile] wise_maiden 2014-01-27 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
I think I have it well in hand now, thank you. But you're welcome to look around as much as you'd like.
wise_maiden: (there is something curious about this)

[personal profile] wise_maiden 2014-01-27 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, that's right. Have you studied plants a lot?
wise_maiden: (should we try and stay)

[personal profile] wise_maiden 2014-01-27 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, that's something I've been doing myself for a while now. I wish I could say I have everything identified here, but I still have quite a long way to go.
wise_maiden: (by the lives that wove the web)

[personal profile] wise_maiden 2014-01-27 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
Sounds fine to me. You could check my lists of what I've already compiled as well. I wasn't aware the clinic was actively in need of it, since they always could come check here at any time... [And things were quieter now, with more on hand doctors and less actively injured patients.]
windandrain: (Default)

[personal profile] windandrain 2014-01-27 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
I hope so, dear. And if you're interested in learning an instrument, Chopin is a wonderful piano player. And my fiance and I both practice with an instrument from my home.
savedtheworld: (laidback)

[personal profile] savedtheworld 2014-01-27 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
That's right, Rue. We all have to stick together if we're going to make it here and make it back home where we belong.
savedtheworld: (duckface)

[personal profile] savedtheworld 2014-01-28 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
[Something about the way she looks and says that gets to Aang. He looks on in concern.]

Is something wrong, Rue?
windandrain: (Bemused)

[personal profile] windandrain 2014-01-28 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
It takes time, much like anything. And I play a shamisen and koto, which are like a guitar and a harp but with a different sound.
windandrain: (Masked Musician)

[personal profile] windandrain 2014-01-28 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
Of course, that's perfectly alright. Just come by my house in the evening. That's when I play, and it's an everyday thing.
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[personal profile] windandrain 2014-01-28 07:53 am (UTC)(link)
Well, Helios and I earned a lot of points on missions that we decided to use to make the house bigger. It was a little cramped.
savedtheworld: (legend)

[personal profile] savedtheworld 2014-01-28 04:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[That does give Aang pause. There is one reason he would definitely want to stay in this world, and that's Ikki.

He knows his life will end before she's born. He knows this is the only time he'll ever have in his granddaughter. So he treasures every moment. And while he knows Ikki will be safer at home, that she belongs there, selfishly... he doesn't want it to end.

He looks down towards Rue, looking somewhat glum.]


Not everyone has to leave right away. [He may not know Rue's fate, but he knows that Prime and Clove have both died. He thinks maybe she might be thinking of one of them.] Even if home's where we belong... I think we should have a right to stay here if we want, too. For however long we want. Because... the good thing about this place? Is that it has lots of second chances. Second chances that people need. Lots of people deserve that chance... to really live their lives and be happy. And... I wouldn't want to take that away from people.
windandrain: (Threatening)

[personal profile] windandrain 2014-01-28 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
At the moment? Myself and my fiance, Helios and Chopin, and Poland. And the pets. Helios has two cats, two baby dragons named Maggir and Luminair. And Yuuna and I have dog from home named Keiko.

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