A short update just to get things going again.
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"Kim Takada."
A sophisticated looking girl walked on stage. People screamed and cried out in distress for her, but nobody would volunteer. Kim Takada, 16 years old. Daughter of one of the richest people in District Five. Not that people there were very rich.
"And now for the boys."
The escort had to stand on his tiptoes to reach into the bowl. He delicately plucked a name out, shuffling to the microphone and murmuring into it.
"Ryuzaki Rue."
A boy walked up to the stage. All was silent. His wild black hair fluttered in the wind, his baggy clothes merely emphasizing his bad posture and weak appearance.
"And here we have our two tributes for the 67th Hunger Games. Kim Takada, sixteen, and Ryuzaki Rue, seventeen."
Even though the escort, Near, was speaking into the microphone, it was extremely difficult to hear him. He almost whispered, and didn't seem to care if people heard him or not.
They shook hands. Several people noticed the boy was barefoot. But he didn't seem to mind. He looked out into the crowd, his face devoid of emotion. But if one looked at his eyes, they could tell he was deep in thought.
Through the pitifully thin walls of the Justice Building, Ryuzaki could hear people sobbing in the room next to him, where Kim was. She received heartfelt farewells that Ryuzaki would never get. Nobody had visited him. Then again, why would they?
About twenty minutes into the remaining hour here that he had, the door slowly creaked open, a head popping through. The rest of the body followed, and was soon sat opposite him.
"Beyond. Thank you for coming to say goodbye."
Beyond Birthday. A peculiar name, but it was what he wanted. All the children from the orphanage were nameless. They chose their own names.
People were almost positive Ryuzaki and Beyond were brothers; they were the spitting image of eachother. Their almost exact replication of the other attracted them to each other, and they grew to be close friends.
Beyond gave Ryuzaki a piece of spare wire. It was bent into the shape of a strawberry, and painted red with green on the top. He turned it over to see the bit of wire left over had been bent into a circle shape, like a ring.
Strawberries. They had only had them once, when they found a raggedy old bush of them by the fence. Only a few were remotely edible, but they were both starving. They never had enough to eat in the orphanage. They shoved them into their mouths, hoping they wouldn't be poisoned. Both fell in love with the fruit, but never found it again.
Ryuzaki smiled at the simple gesture, thanking Beyond and pulling him into a hug. He was positive they would not meet again.
"Ryuzaki, you are smart enough to win this."
"Goodbye, Beyond."
"...Goodbye, Ryuzaki."
And with that, Ryuzaki's last remaining family member got up and left the room.