|
|
Post by Gwendolyn Fisk on Dec 14, 2015 21:14:29 GMT -6
Gwendolyn knocked on the door a few times before entering.
"Hello? Anyone home?"
|
|
|
|
Post by Valeria DeMasque on Dec 14, 2015 21:41:27 GMT -6
Val opened the door to her hotel room and smiled happy to see her friend had decided to join her.
"Hey Gwen come in," she said leading her into the common area.
"I guess..." she started saying, "I guess I just want to be on the same page as you. Millie included me into the secret conversation at last and I think its a good idea. When push comes to shove I don't want this game to end like all the others. I mean, who would?"
Valeria plopped down on the couch, "Look you could be a peacekeeper and for all you know I could be one too. But if you listened to my interview you'd know my feelings on the matter. Whether you're a peacekeeper or a tribute they expect us to kill each other and no decent human being this side of Agni Sparks is ok with that sort of thing."
Val smiled, "So I guess what I'm saying is that even if you are a peacekeeper I trust you and I trust our team AND if you choose to trust Millie's I will trust them as well."
"Wow," thought Val to herself, "I don't think I've ever used the word 'trust' that many times in a sentence before."
"But," she added, "and I hope this doesn't sound corny."
"No matter what, whether you're planning on guarding my back or stabbing it, I want to stick together," she smiled, "I want someone I can trust and I guess its you."
|
|
|
|
Post by Gwendolyn Fisk on Dec 14, 2015 21:56:18 GMT -6
Gwen smiled warmly at Val. That trust word was getting thrown around a lot.
"I think we should do it. I have no combat skills so I think this is our best bet. Worst comes to worst it's at least a bit more interesting than just blindly attacking people. The thing is, I don't know about Demetri. His interview seemed a bit... aggressive. And if they already talked to Holly, why hasn't she mentioned it? To be honest, I think the only person in our drinking crew I trust is you." Gwen sat on the couch next to Val and put her head on her shoulder. "Also, I slept with Cal. So, there's that."
|
|
|
|
Post by Valeria DeMasque on Dec 14, 2015 22:00:50 GMT -6
Valeria laughed loudly and genuinely and playfully hit Gwen with the couch pillow, "and I'm just finding out NOW?"
"C'mon Gwen where are the details?" she play pouted, "and here I thought I was special to you..." she said with another laugh.
|
|
|
|
Post by Gwendolyn Fisk on Dec 14, 2015 22:15:54 GMT -6
Gwen laughed and grabbed a pillow as well in self-defense, "I mean it kind of just happened. I didn't think it would be with him. I mean, come on. With all the line I put out I figured I would get someone else, but we kind of just... I dunno. I don't want to get too attached. At the same time I can't help but feel like I'm going against my words and denying one of the biggest things worth living life for." She hit Val with a pillow, "I would say you missed your chance, but that would be a lie. What's the meaning of being in a committed relationship if we're just going to die in a few days? The only commitment I'm making is to the people I trust to be by my side in the arena. Speaking of, do you think Millie could pull it off?"
|
|
|
|
Post by Valeria DeMasque on Dec 14, 2015 22:40:51 GMT -6
Val was lost in thought for a second. What she was about to say was hard, "Look, I like you." she started, "I mean I REALLY like you and I've never had a better dance partner and I'm no stranger to dating either sex and," she rambled. Valeria took a deep breath, "All I'm saying is that if things were diferent I'd have totally asked you out by now. I mean I'm not saying I won't. I just...don't...hopefully Millie can get us out of there," she finished. She looked around the room and leaned in close to whisper. "but look there's something I have to tell you. Something I AM planning on telling everyone once the alliances merge."
She sighed, "this could ruin EVERYTHING," she thought to herself.
"I'm a peacekeeper...not by choice but out of necessity," she started to tell her friend. "My friend. The only person I've ever felt truly close to besides you was Darien Zuri. We grew up together in District 8. I know it sounds corny but I never really knew my parents. They got an opportunity to leave the district behind for District One when I was really little through some sort of back room deals with the powers that be in the alley ways of District Eight."
She looked around the room, "there was just no room for a baby in their new lives so I was left behind. Zuri more or less was both a big brother and father to me and we got by working for those same back room business men that my parents struck a deal with when I was little."
Val looked away, "Now I was young and stupid and I thought they were just nice benefactors and Zuri sure as hell wasn't going to let the hideous truths of District Eight taint a little kid's mind so he did his best to keep me occupied doing odd jobs for them. Spying on a contact here, collecting data on a business there. For all I knew they were just a rival company to these businesses but...as you can already probably tell...it was just organized crime."
Her eyes misted over a little, "I mean I couldn't have known right? And Zuri...as I got older I needed to get more clothes, eat more, and the jobs he was picking up from them weren't paying the bills any more so he turned to selling morphling. Things got tighter and tighter and my eyes got more and more opened to reality and soon I was slinging the stuff too. I stopped being as appreciative towards Zuri. He held on to the morals he had tried to instill in me, sticking together, watching out for each other, but I thought I could do better."
Val sighed, "and I could. I was a better seller than him and I got... I wanted to show him that I wasn't just some weak little kid he had to look after. I thought I'd out perform him and I fed him some false information."
She looked into Gwen's eyes, "I thought it was just a fake drop spot. How could I have known that peacekeepers were staking out the location?"
Val composed herself as she continued the story, "He got caught and they roughed him up really good. From then on their eyes were on him and our benefactors wouldn't take him back...and he wouldn't take me back either. I promised myself that was the last time I would ever turn my back on a friend. The last time i would ever put myself first."
"So I did what I had to," Valeria sat up, "I joined up with the Peace Keepers solely to feed them false information. To get them off of his scent. Obviously I couldn't tell him what I was doing or it'd all be for naught. He disowned me and so did all of the other contacts I had built up. It worked though. He started getting jobs again better jobs than slinging drugs. Before I knew it he was wearing a suit in those backrooms."
Valaria continued, "and of course now I had to wear a suit too. A suit I hated every day more and more. But about six months in I got the memo. I was going to the hunger games and here I am."
Valeria looked into Gwen's eyes pleadingly, "Look I understand if you don't trust me and I understand if you just want to leave and never talk to me again but you're the first person I've ever felt at home next to since I lost Zuri."
"I meant every word I have said since getting here," She tried to smile, "and I promise that even if you don't want to be my friend anymore. Even if YOU are a peacekeeper. Even if it means my own death by your hand. I'll fight by your side because I DON'T want to lose this feeling for a second time."
"I'm going to tell this to everyone else as well. In full. I just wanted you to hear it first. One on One."
She smiled, "and if you're not just done with me I'd really like to take you on a date sometime." |
|
|
|
Post by Valeria DeMasque on Dec 14, 2015 22:43:11 GMT -6
Val leaned back into the couch expecting the worst but secretly hoping beyond hope for the best.
((OOC: If you can't see the whisper in the post above let me know immediately))
|
|
|
|
Post by Gwendolyn Fisk on Dec 14, 2015 23:09:25 GMT -6
Gwen paused for a moment. Taking it all in. Gwen leaned over and kissed Val, pulling her into a hug. "That was the most roundabout way to ask a person out, you know that? I don't mind if you're a Peacekeeper. I'm not one, just so you know. We are all in the arena under the same terms. I trust you would have told me differently if you knew anything. I still trust you. I still want you by my side in the arena. And yes. I will go on a date with you if we end up surviving this."
|
|
|
|
Post by Valeria DeMasque on Dec 14, 2015 23:13:55 GMT -6
Valeria was so happy to hear those words that there was nothing she could do but kiss her back and sob happily into Gwen's embrace.
Tomorrow she'd have to do this all over again but right now,
"Thank you." she managed to get out.
she was happy.
|
|
|
|
Post by Valeria DeMasque on Dec 15, 2015 19:40:47 GMT -6
((OOC: To save time I'm gonna copy paste that long whisper into the Kitchen. Editing The romantic parts out obviously))
|
|
|
|
Post by Valeria DeMasque on Dec 15, 2015 20:07:13 GMT -6
((OOC: For Sake of our RP the post in the kitchen shouldn't be a word for word/action for action repeat of our conversation. I'm just saying this so that IC Gwen doesn't think that' it's a "pre planned speech" because they're both genuine. Just copy pasted to save myself time))
|
|
|
|
Post by Gwendolyn Fisk on Dec 15, 2015 20:29:15 GMT -6
(OOC: Yea I figured.)
|
|
