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Post by Crimson Strider on Dec 9, 2014 0:37:59 GMT
"Hey, at least he was a good shot," Crimson said, laughing. Crimson was best with a gun too, but she was good with almost any weapon you put in her hands. Crimson was the kind of person that felt like she always had to be the best at everything or she wasn't good enough. From what she could tell, Flax was the same way.
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Post by Crimson Strider on Dec 8, 2014 5:21:41 GMT
Crimson laughed slightly. "He was a good man. I wish I could have gotten to know him better." Crimson hated admitting it, but she really did barely know Flax. She loved him. She knew that. But Crimson fell in love much easier than most, and when she really thought about it, she hardly knew the man that was the father to her son.
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Post by Crimson Strider on Oct 14, 2014 2:18:18 GMT
Crimson noticed the girl's tears, and she could almost feel her heart breaking for her. Crimson had never had anyone to call family, but even in the short time that she'd spent with Flax she could tell how much the two of them cared for each other. "You know, your brother really missed you while we were in the Capitol. He hardly ever stopped talking about you," she said, unsure of whether or not it was best to bring up memories of Rena's brother to her or not.
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Post by Crimson Strider on Oct 13, 2014 15:32:24 GMT
Crimson hesitated. It wasn't that she didn't trust Rena, it's that she was naturally overprotective of her son. She'd spent the past two weeks terrified that someone would try to take him from her. But this wasn't someone trying to take her baby for political gain. This was just a young girl trying to hold on to whatever she had left of her fallen brother. So Crimson nodded. "Of course," she said, handing the baby off to Rena. "He looks like his daddy." Every time she saw the little baby smile, she caught a glimpse of Flax with it.
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Post by Crimson Strider on Oct 13, 2014 2:45:27 GMT
Crimson smiled slightly. "Great," she said. Flax then giggled in her arms, and she smiled at him. "I wish I'd contacted you sooner. I don't know why I hadn't thought of it. I've just been kind of busy and out of it lately." Crimson felt bad for not reaching out to Rena, considering she was the only family of Flax's that she knew about. But with going back and forth to the Capitol, it never even crossed her mind.
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Post by Crimson Strider on Oct 13, 2014 2:35:52 GMT
Crimson smiled down at her son. "He's the happiest baby I've ever seen," she said. Crimson had never wanted to be a mother, but now she loved her son more than anyone in the world. He was her world now. Something told her that even if the Games had never happened, somehow she and Flax would have gotten together and started a family together, even if neither of them had actually wanted children. They didn't know each other for very long, but there was no doubt in Crimson's mind that she was in love with Flax. "Do you, um, want to come to my place for dinner or something?" she asked. "I'd love to talk to you more."
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Post by Crimson Strider on Oct 13, 2014 2:26:03 GMT
Crimson nodded. "You don't watch much tv, do you?" she said before realizing it was slightly insensitive. She'd just had so many cameras in her face for the last two weeks that it was hard to think that there was anyone in Panem who didn't know about her baby. "I named him after his father." Crimson hoped that maybe that might make Rena happy, but it had potential to just make her sadder.
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Post by Crimson Strider on Oct 13, 2014 2:16:17 GMT
"Oh my god," Crimson said quietly. There they were. Those same doe eyes that Crimson just couldn't let die. The ones she volunteered for. "Rena. I'm...I'm so sorry about your brother." Crimson suddenly felt extremely uncomfortable, unsure of what she should say or do.
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Post by Crimson Strider on Oct 13, 2014 1:43:48 GMT
"You okay there?" she asked, unsure why the girl looked so shocked to see her. It occurred to her that maybe she was starstruck or something, but Crimson tried not to assume things like that. She hated her fame almost as much as she hated how she had obtained it.
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Post by Crimson Strider on Oct 12, 2014 22:01:45 GMT
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Post by Crimson Strider on Oct 12, 2014 21:55:31 GMT
Home at last. The President had practically forced her to have her baby in the Capitol since it was 'good publicity'. After all, everyone loved a good tragedy, right? What better thing to celebrate than the birth of a child with a murderer for a mother and corpse for a father? Crimson thought it was sickening. But when she saw her son's eyes, none of the Capitol's bullshit mattered.
"What's his name?" the nurse had asked her.
"Flax," she said. "Flax Strider." He was named after his father. The father that had died in her arms while she stayed there helplessly sobbing. The memory flashed back to her every time she closed her eyes.
But now she could escape all of the cameras and reporters, and just relax. Well, relax as much as she could with a two week old baby to take care of. She'd just gotten off of the train, Flax curled up in her arms, and she was about to begin walking home when someone walked into her back. She spun around, ready to spit some rude comment at them before she caught herself. She was moody and tired, but she wasn't going to be rude because of it. "I'm sorry," she said quickly.
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Post by Crimson Strider on Oct 10, 2014 13:42:08 GMT
Name: Crimson Strider Age: 19 Face Claim: Amanda Seyfried Original District: 8 Occupation (over 18s only): Victor Capitol/District 13: Capitol Have you read and understood the rules of this board?: Yeah
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