Ayla Farrow
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Victor of 3rd Hunger Games
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District: 5
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Post by Ayla Farrow on Aug 3, 2014 22:56:30 GMT -6
Ayla laughed and smiled. "You goof. It's not supposed to taste good- it's supposed to get you drunk!"
He was holding her around the waist, and she liked it. She sat down on the bed behind them, grabbed his hand and pulled him next to her. "You've really never has alcohol before? I think that drink is too strong for a first drink. Try this, it's better." She handed him a drink.
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Post by Arnie Thistle on Aug 3, 2014 22:56:41 GMT -6
Arnie was walking to his room when he heard a rhythmic pulsing coming from the district 11 hotel room. Pretty reserved, Arnie thought about whether or not he could feasibly join the room. He had spent some time in the gym with Ox, that was enough of an excuse for now.
Knocking on the door Arnie was surprised as it swung open to reveal a room of tributes he had seen quite a bit over the past few days. Derrick Voss was leaning against a door, while the rest were spread throughout the room.
"Mind if I come in?" Asked Arnie, "I think this is just what I need right now." Arnie hoped it wasn't too awkward for him to join in.
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Post by Derrick Voss on Aug 3, 2014 22:57:29 GMT -6
Derrick backed away from the door, thinking he had done his job. He grabbed another drink and saw a card game going on.
"Blackjack? Count me in!"
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Post by Derrick Voss on Aug 3, 2014 23:01:32 GMT -6
"Heh. Guess I better stick to drinking."
Derrick downed his drink again and saw yet another person come in. The new guy questioned if it was alright if he could come in. Derrick gestured for him to come inside.
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Post by Alicia Swather on Aug 3, 2014 23:03:31 GMT -6
"Hey!" Alicia shouted over the music, waving for Arnie to join the blackjack game. "If you want to hang out you have to beat at LEAST a five!" she laughed.
Alicia playfully punched Derrick in the arm. "I hope our luck isn't THIS bad in the arena!"
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Post by Derrick Voss on Aug 3, 2014 23:05:02 GMT -6
Derrick laughed, "I'll drink to that!"
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Post by Seth Judkins on Aug 3, 2014 23:12:04 GMT -6
Seth took a sip of Ayla's drink.
"You're right! That's way better!" he laughed and took a bigger sip.
"Being the son of the Head Peacekeeper I grew up in a very strict household, so there's a lot of things I've never tried before." He gave Ayla's hand a squeeze.
Seth paused before adding, "By the way I'm not what came over me during my interview today. I was just really caught off guard and nervous in front of that big crowd and I felt like I had to say something to spark their interest. And... I do find you very attractive."
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Post by Taylor Shorthorn on Aug 3, 2014 23:19:26 GMT -6
Rosa made sure her hair was passable and that the dress she was wearing didn't hang TOO awkwardly on her slightly broad shoulders before peeking her head in the room.
Rosa had been so absorbed in what was to come that she hadn't really stopped to get to know people. But this blonde girl from District 11 had invited her up so she might as well give it a go.
Upon peeking her head into the room she was greeted with a rather obvious smell of liquor and a loud cacophony of shouting coming from what looked like a card game.
Maybe this wasn't the best idea after all she thought to herself. After all with liquor in her there's no telling what he would say...
But she was past the point of no return as half her body was already through the door and turning around now would be more awkward than anything else this room could throw at her.
She tried to stride confidently over to the other tributes in the room but it was much harder to do this in a dress than she imagined it would be. Hopefully by the time she got over there she would have thought of something witty to open with.
"Well... Hi."
She hadn't.
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Post by Arnie Thistle on Aug 3, 2014 23:19:43 GMT -6
Alicia waved Arnie in and motioned for him to join in blackjack.
"Better than a five. No problem!" Arnie laughed as he drew from the deck.
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Ayla Farrow
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Post by Ayla Farrow on Aug 3, 2014 23:21:46 GMT -6
Ayla smiled at him. "I really like you Seth, I'm so glad we're district partners. You don't have to be sorry, I actually really liked it. Anyway, were you going to say or do something before you tried that drink?" Her cheeks flushed.
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Post by Taylor Shorthorn on Aug 3, 2014 23:27:12 GMT -6
Rosa stood there in what she feared was rather stupid fashion as the boy from tribute 9 walked right past her. The other tributes at the card game seemed to be...flirting?
Maybe this was going to be more awkward than she anticipated. She went to take a step back but hesitated. Would it be weird to just walk into a room and then back out...
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Post by Seth Judkins on Aug 3, 2014 23:31:20 GMT -6
"Yes," Seth said boldly. "I wanted to tell you that no matter what happens over the next few days, I'm going to protect you. And also I wanted you to know that we're in this together, the whole way through."
Seth pulled Ayla closer. "And one more thing..."
Seth planted a big kiss on Ayla's lips.
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Post by Alicia Swather on Aug 3, 2014 23:36:24 GMT -6
Alicia took a swig with Derrick and she could feel the alcohol starting to take effect.
"If I was a Game Maker I would make the Hunger Games one big drinking game. Every time you failed to hunt a deer or escape from a trap or something you'd have to take a shot. And the finale would be amazing. Two drunken tributes stumble over each other, both too uncoordinated to land a hit so they give up and decide to order take-out together. That'd be SO much more entertaining."
Alicia then saw the girl she met in the common room enter the room.
"Hey! You actually came!" Alicia said excitedly. "So? Did you whittle me a portrait yet?"
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Ayla Farrow
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Post by Ayla Farrow on Aug 3, 2014 23:37:59 GMT -6
Seth was so sweet to her. She could really trust him. Before she saw it coming, Seth was kissing her. It was nice, she kissed him back. She pulled away after a few seconds and touched his cheek.
"Mmm... that was nice. We should probably make Derrick let us out of here, we need to recruit!" She hated that she had to be all business. She would have loved to stay and talk to Seth for hours, but time was short.
She banged on the door. "Derrick, let us out! It's been seven minutes."
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Post by Derrick Voss on Aug 3, 2014 23:44:43 GMT -6
"I like the way you think, Alicia!" Derrick said about the new hunger games. Alas, I hear a knock on a certain door. I must see what it's about."
He stood up from the table, bowing at the new girl to walk in. He made his way over to Ox's bedroom, stumbling a bit from the drinks.
"Who is it?" he opened the door. "Did the two lovebirds have a good time?" Derrick said, grinning.
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Ayla Farrow
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Post by Ayla Farrow on Aug 3, 2014 23:48:28 GMT -6
"Shut up!" Ayla said as she pushed Derrick out of the way.
"What did we miss?" She noticed a lot of people who weren't there before. "Hey everyone, I'm Ayla and this is my partner, Seth."
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Post by Taylor Shorthorn on Aug 4, 2014 0:03:49 GMT -6
Yep, it was going to be for the better if she could just slink out unnot- "Hey! You actually came!" Alicia said excitedly. "So? Did you whittle me a portrait yet?" Crap. Well no turning back now. She fumbled with the small would carving she had in her satchel bag of the girl from tribute 11. It had actually come out pretty well, complete with "muffin holding action." But she suddenly felt very awkward about showing it maybe she could just drink the awkwardness away like it seems the rest of them had. "Actually, I realized how silly of an idea that was," she lied grinning. "Sorry to get your hopes up!" She looked over the strange hodgepodge of liquor around the room. "Is this just for anyone?" she asked reaching towards an unlabeled bottle. The awkward movement of lunging forward in a dress while trying to not be too obvious tripped her up for a second and the wood carving of the tribute tumbled out of her satchel onto the floor between them. Rosa looked at the tribute. Then down at the wooden version of the same. And them back at the girl from district 11. "Well would you look at that..." Rosa ventured awkwardly.
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Post by Seth Judkins on Aug 4, 2014 0:05:33 GMT -6
"Hullo!" Seth announced to the party, feeling quite pleased with himself despite the kiss ending so abruptly. Quite a few more people had entered since he was last out in the living room. The party was really escalating.
Seth grinned and patted Derrick on the back. "Thanks for the assist, bro," he said quietly. "I knew we'd make a good team."
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Post by Jessie Zwinkler on Aug 4, 2014 0:06:06 GMT -6
Jessie wandered over to the noises he heard down the hallway when he suddenly saw the party. "Oh wow, I didn't expect to find this. How is everyone? Sorry that I haven't been socializing much. Time sure does fly." Jessie looked around the room and saw some people gambling. "Well, well if you guys wouldn't mind dealing me a hand, I'd love to play. Too bad my dad hasn't taught me how to cheat yet haha."
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Post by Jessie Zwinkler on Aug 4, 2014 0:08:47 GMT -6
"Oooh not bad. I swear my sleeves are clean guys haha."
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Post by Alicia Swather on Aug 4, 2014 0:13:56 GMT -6
Alicia picked up the wooden figurine of herself eating a muffin and burst out laughing.
"Oh my god! I can't believe you actually made it! I was totally kidding, but this is AMAZING! Hey Ox, look at this!"
Alicia held the figurine up next to her face and made a goofy smile. "Un-fucking-canny resemblance, right?"
Alicia turned back to Rosa. "I'm making you a drink, girl! What do you like? Don't answer that. You'll love this!"
At that moment the young tribute from District 12 came in and topped everyone else's cards.
"Aw shit, everyone drink!" Alicia pounded the drink she had just made for Rosa.
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Post by Taylor Shorthorn on Aug 4, 2014 0:25:08 GMT -6
Rosa eyed the drink that had been handed to her. It was a weird off-purple color and she could swear there was something red floating in it. But before she had time to consider what exactly was in her cup a set of cards came crashing to the floor and before she knew it the room was being ordered to drink.
Rosa hesitated for a moment. His sister would never drink something like this. But he didn't have to be her ALL the time...right? As long as Rosa died it would all be fine.
Before the thought had even finished playing through Rosa's head, however, the cup had already been emptied.
"Oh well."
She slammed the cup down on the table and very much more like the person she was used to being exclaimed, "I'll have another of whatever that was!" She addressed the table, "Rosa Shorthorn, pleased to meet you!"
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Ayla Farrow
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Post by Ayla Farrow on Aug 4, 2014 0:34:03 GMT -6
Everyone was excited to have a night off. Ayla admitted it was fun, but she also thought it was irresponsible with the games approaching so closely.
Ayla drained her second drink. "You guys are crazy! Do you realize that the games are about to begin? Am I the only one here that wants to strategize?"
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Post by Taylor Shorthorn on Aug 4, 2014 0:41:01 GMT -6
"I don't really see the point for strategizing," Rosa replied between finishing a drink and refilling her cup, "we're all going to die anyway."
She stopped and thought for a second while looking around the room at all the strangely happy faces considering the situation they were in. Was that really what she wanted?
She had to though...
"It's not like I have anyone to strategize with regardless," she admitted, "heck the last time I saw my district mate he was more interested in unlocking the secrets of peanut butter than putting together a plan of any sort."
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Ayla Farrow
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Post by Ayla Farrow on Aug 4, 2014 0:52:42 GMT -6
"We're not all going to die, one of us will live, and we've got more of a chance to survive if we have numbers. It's not to late, Rosa! I'm sorry your district mate is not interested in being an alliance. However, Seth, Derrick and I are!"
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