The Hunger Games---1x1 With Cybele

[Cybele]

||Zea Briony||Female||District 11||
>>Zea rolled her eyes at his comment and crossed her arms. "Please. That's no way to treat someone who just helped you." she said, trying to not show any fear as she eyed how close his knife was to her face. "Now stop moving. It's hard enough to mend broken bone, but it's even harder to help the skin heal." she said, grabbing him a little rough as she applied a new paste to the wound. She knew she was being forceful, but it seemed being just plain nice wasn't going to cut it with this Career. Especially when he took one glance at her before brandishing his weapon. Z supposed she understood though. This wasn't a game for them, it was life or death.

[EchoOfShatteredIce]

Pin

He gasped in pain as she applied the ointment roughly. "Okay! Okay! I'm sorry!" he said quickly, his voice tight with pain. He was certain that the girl was being rough just because of his initial reaction. "I'm sorry, alright? Please stop," he said, his voice nearly at a beg as his leg involuntarily twitched, trying to move away, causing him even more pain. He had never been this injured before, and it hurt.

[Cybele]

||Zea Briony||Female||District 11||
>>Zea pursed her lips and changed her grip to a more light touch. "By the way, I know what I'm doing. I'm not gonna let you die. What happened anyway? Why did all of the other Careers kind of just leave you to die? I thought you were their leader." she asked, a bit confused. It was an odd thing to see happen. Usually in the Games, the other Careers would fight whatever hurt their leader or they would do what she was attempting right now: save their life. To her, them leaving felt like a coward's way out, something she personally could never bring herself to do.

[EchoOfShatteredIce]

Pin

Pin just wanted her to take her hand off of him. He hated being touched, as whenever someone had touched him it had been his father who had hit him. He looked away from her, his jaw tight with pain from his leg. "They.... I don't know. Would you stick around if some guy you barely knew got mauled by a huge bear who could potentially be a threat to you becoming victor?" He stopped at that, since that was pretty much what she had done. He exhaled forcefully, and lifted his eyes up to hers. "Why are you helping?" he asked, his voice quieter.

[Cybele]

| | Zea Briony | Female | District 11 | |
>>Z sensed he was quite a bit uncomfortable, so she moved her hand from her leg after she was done bandaging him. His question made her a bit confused, as the way he described how the other tributes treated him was the complete opposite of what people from her district would do. "I don't know." she said. "I mean, for me at least, everyone in my district bonds over the fact that we're such a smaller district for the "others" to care about, so we protect each other's backs." she said. "And I don't really know why I'm helping you. I guess it's repayment for getting your girl to not kill me after the chariots." she said. Okay, yeah Z was lying to herself as well as to him because she obviously cared about him as a bit more than just someone she was helping, but she couldn't tell him that. It was a bit insane since they never REALLY talked until just now.

[EchoOfShatteredIce]

Pin

"Huh. That's odd. Mine's nothing like that," he said. He was relieved when she moved her hand away. "No, uh, I didn't really mean what I had said back them. I just said what I knew would keep her away." He twitched his good foot a bit, feeling awkward. "I wasn't, ah, asleep for long, was I? Has anyone died since then?"

[Cybele]

| Zea Briony | Female | District 11 |
>>Zea frowned a bit, feeling even more crazy since she read the situation wrong. "Oh, um. Okay then. Well thanks anyways." she said, rubbing her arm uncomfortably. "And I think there's been four cannons since earlier. Which means that there's seventeen of us left I'm pretty sure." she answered. Her mind suffocating herself, she stood. "I'm going to grab some more water from the stream a few feet away. Apparently the audience is liking us paired, because you had two water bottles delivered last night." she said, grabbing the metal containers and walking briskly away. Z's mind was working in a million different directions. On one hand, she felt like an absolute imbecile, but on the other, she felt relieved that he was healing. As soon as he's done, I'm bolting. He's too dangerous and I feel like I have a target on my back. she thought.

[EchoOfShatteredIce]

Pin

Pin frowned a bit, since he didn't really like the sound of that. He didn't want to be "paired" with anyone, let alone her. But then, she had helped him when she could've gotten herself killed. No one else had done that, and he certainly hadn't been expecting it. He had, however, been expecting to have sponsors, but that had been before he had gotten injured. He hadn't really known what to expect now, but it was good that he still had some. Although it might be because he was with the girl. Whom he actually didn't know the name of yet. "Hey, Eleven?" he called out to her. "What's your name?"

[Cybele]

Zea paused on her trip to the stream, wondering why Pin even cared very much what he name was. "It's Zea," she said, "but everyone calls me Z." After answering, she turned and walked the rest of her path. At the stream, she breathed in deeply as she looked cautiously to her surroundings. The last thing she wanted was to deal with any stray tributes finding her hidden nook. Z stepped forward and filled the two bottles with the stream's water. She thought about the events of the last three days. Well, she didn't really know what was day and night anymore. For all she knew the Capitol could purposely change day and night sooner just so they were thrown off their guard and could watch without becoming disinterested. Pin was an enigma for her. He was confusing her emotions because at once he could be helping her out in his own way, and the other he seemed to dislike her immensely. She sighed again before turning and walking back to their area.

[EchoOfShatteredIce]

Pin

Pin had his eyes closed, but he wasn't relaxed. His whole body was tense and he was listening to everything outside, listening for danger. He was concerned that someone, or something, would attack them, and he wasn't able to defend himself. He was completely relying on the kindness and generosity of Zea, and he hated it. He didn't want to be dependent on anyone.