The Capitol
Magnus Lynx
District 12 is terrible.
After growing up in the Capitol, I'm accustomed to luxury. The most poverty I've seen came from my days as a Peacekeeper in District 4, and even District 4 is considered one of the wealthier Districts. And it's not like I ever had to deal with the poverty myself.
But now I'm forced to be a citizen of District 12. After fleeing the attack on the President's Mansion roughly a year ago, I went to District 12, which is the only place with security lax enough for me to hide. I heard that Divine is still looking for me - although, he doesn't seem too invested in the search anymore.
I have to be a stupid miner, now. I slam my pickaxe into the rock, miles beneath the District. It's terrifying. I hate feeling like this. I'm just a common District 12 miner, with absolutely no authority and barely enough money to survive.
Honestly, I'd rebel against the Capitol if I got the chance. I hated rebels when I was on the Capitol guard, but anything's better than this. Especially now that I've been publicly whipped by a Peacekeeper after stealing a loaf of bread. Was I really that bad?
I have less respect for Peacekeepers now. I knew facts about what the Districts went through, but I kind of thought they were just exaggerating their pain.
As much as I hate Alexandros, I have to admit he was right - knowledge is nothing compared to experience. After experiencing the pain of a District 12 citizen, I've began to hate the Capitol.
And I will do what I can to bring them down.
This was a super quick chapter for two reasons: first of all, nothing very important happens, it's just a check-in with a character from Flames. Second of all, I already wrote the Day 9 chapter since I had no inspiration for this one, and I wanted to get it posted soon.
I initially was going to have a more action-packed, longer chapter but then I decided to switch it out with the chapter for part two of Day 9, so you won't be seeing that more exciting chapter yet.
EULOGIES:
11th: Yael Harident (D11F): Throat spit by Rachel Ivy (D12F) - Yael was one of the most interesting tributes I received, and I had a lot of fun playing around with her sanity (or lack thereof). I'm seriously kicking myself right now because while writing her POV when she killed Dennis, I incorrectly thought she hadn't murdered anyone yet, completely forgetting about Sprucen. I'm not going to fix it because I'm lazy and it's a pretty important detail of the POV, so… let's just ignore that little error. Anyway, I really loved Yael but it was her time to go. She lived out her plotline and it's obvious she was never a contender for the Victor. I was glad she was somewhat popular despite her villainous status, and I was glad people had sympathy for her. It's difficult to decide whether someone so conflicted was good or bad. She wanted to do the right thing, as she said many times, but just couldn't. I think one of the most tragic things was that she knew it would be better if she died, but couldn't control it. I think one of the reasons she was so well-liked (for a villain) was because the only people she killed were absolutely hated, but she probably would have killed more innocent tributes had she gotten the chance. For a while, I made it seem like she had overcome the voices, but unfortunately, I thought that would have been an unrealistic ending. As much as I loved her, it just made the most sense for the voices to get the best of her. I thought Yael was very unique and I had a blast writing her. Some of her POVs were my favorite, but I can't say it was very easy to write for her at first. I can vividly remember the pain of writing (and rewriting (and rewriting (and rewriting))) her Reaping chapter. She was one of my favorites, which may be evident by the fact that her eulogy is longer than the chapter itself XD. RIP Yael.
- Lilah