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first flower. ACTION & VIDEO.
[ Primrose remembered dying. Or - she thought she did. She was almost sure she did. She could recall the child, could see herself taking off her jacket, could hear her name being shouted from behind her, almost drowned out in the chaos (you're imagining things, Prim, but she'd turned anyway) - her name in her sister's voice, which couldn't be the case because after everything Katniss had died, they'd seen it on the television, after Prim had watched two Hunger Games glued to the screens and praying that would never come, and then after the Games...
She remembered seeing Katniss. She remembered saying her sister's name. She remembered -
She didn't remember what had happened after. Or she did, but - she'd been in a city, and now there were trees overhead, and the quasi-familiar sounds of the forest. She'd only ever been outside the gates with Katniss, and each of those times had been years ago. But the shadows on the ground, the crunch of leaves and branches underfoot - these things she could remember.
A forest. It didn't make any sense, and Prim stood shakily, and realized that even less than that made sense: a white dress she'd never worn or seen before, and something on her back. Prim bit her lip, reaching back and - wings. Like some sort of capitol person, or - a muttation? Or what? And a book. Why? She picked it up, turned a few pages, and then shut it at the strangeness. As unsettling at the wings, really.
No city. No children, no healer's uniform, no - ] Katniss? [ Shakily, uncertain. The last person she'd seen, but Katniss wasn't there.
In the absence of any sense of where she was meant to be, Prim chose a direction and began to walk, stepping carefully. ]
action; open; afternoon
[ While she spends a good portion of her morning at her sister's house in her sister's room reassuring herself that Katniss was, in fact, alive and here (if not here), Prim eventually goes to tentatively explore. She makes a foray into town to pick up clothing that isn't borrowed and might actually be hers, Buttercup hot on her heels. The cat apparently isn't letting her out of his sight, for whatever reason.
Prim's grateful for that, although she nearly trips over the cat twining around her ankles several times. Eventually she gives up and picks the tomcat up to tote around, just so she doesn't fall over.
She can be found at the clothing shop, outside the bakery eyeing the decorative cakes and cupcakes displayed inside, or sitting and flipping through her journal on the front step of house 43. Or just walking along the route to or from any of those places - take your pick. ]
voice; evening
[ It doesn't take too long to work out how the book functions. It's strange, certainly, but after playing with it for a while, reading things - listening to things - Prim thinks she can use it. Try to figure things out a bit more. She can't make sense of what she's read and listened to; maybe it's just because it's so everyday compared to where she just was, or maybe it's just that the events and people discussed aren't ones she's familiar with.
She liked listening to the voices, though. Looking at the pictures. The video clips. It was sort of soothing, even if it was all nonsense. Eventually she works up the courage to say something, though. To turn on the video.
Prim is sitting cross-legged on Katniss' bed. It's the place she feels safest, and there might be a shot of the forest mural in the background, but mostly it's Primrose Everdeen, blonde braid falling over her shoulder as she leans in, Buttercup purring madly in her lap. She's petting him absently, and he mews like a kitten whenever she stops. ]
Hello. [ That's said too softly, barely there, and Prim has to clear her throat. Try again. ] Hello. [ This time the greeting is louder, more solid. ] Sorry, I didn't mean to...I'll try to speak up. [ Prim feels awkward, talking to a book, even knowing what it does. She would have written, but Buttercup seems to need the attention, and...well. ] I only got here today, but it's...not a bad place, is it?
[ That sounds tentative but eager. She is, after all, in one piece. And Katniss is, apparently, in one piece. And Buttercup is in one piece. Prim has never asked for much, but all of those things have always been included in what little she wants from life. ] I'm even in time. Just. May eighth is only in...seven days? My sister - she's going to turn... [ Prim's suddenly unsure. How old is Katniss? How long has she been in this place? ] ...a year older. [ And Prim does smile at that, although it's small and shy. She knows that sounded silly, and she's still not entirely comfortable where she is - probably won't be until the moment she sees her sister alive and whole - but she's trying. ]
Normally I'm the one who wakes her up, then. So...it's a good thing I'm here. To do that? [ Breakfast. She'll make breakfast, and maybe a cake. And while Katniss is the one who mockingjays quiet to listen to, Prim will sing her sister a song. ] Just like at home.
[ She's quiet for a beat, before going to end the missive - although then she realizes she forgot the important part. ]
Oh. I nearly forgot. My name is Prim. Primrose, I mean. Primrose Everdeen.
[ That should do it, just about. Prim ends the message, with another shy smile. ]
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[He holds the door open and makes some quick encouraging nods.]
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...a very charming if impractical way of looking at things. Still...
She really wants to go inside, and it would be pointless to pretend otherwise. ]
A funness? It's good that you like your job, at least. I mean, I've known people who didn't.
[ And Aang successfully hooked an Everdeen; Prim takes the plunge and goes inside, although she stops to put Buttercup down before she does. He yowls his disapproval at this action. ]
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Well that's a good thing about being in this place! No one has to worry about money, so you can pick jobs you like doing. I only started here a little while ago.
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But picking any job she likes doing...Prim bites her lip, but decides she might as well ask. ]
Do you think the clinic might need extra hands?
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Although... ]
Who's Katara?
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[ Healing powers = medical training, right? ]
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PRIM WE'VE BEEN OVER THIS]I don't think she had any back home. Her abilities came to her naturally!
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SHE DOESN'T HAVE A META MEMORY AANG]So she's always been good with herbs and things?
[ Besides, this time she's not even that clear on magic being a Thing. ]
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BUT IT'S ALLITERATIVE AND FASHIONABLE]Well she's kind of good with that stuff. But I think you're missing what I'm getting at. She can heal with her waterbending!
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HE NEVER SHOWED HER BENDING ANYWAY ]Waterbending?
[ Prim looks completely blank. Aang, please advise. ]
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ALMOST]Yeah! Uh... Let me show you!
[He goes over to the sink and turns it on for a few seconds, then he makes hand movements to pull the water out of the sink, making it stream around in the air above him.]
See?
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This is just something people can't do - although they can, clearly, because Aang is doing it, right there - and in a land of impossible things it takes the cake and the pie and the entire banquet, but it's real and it's -
Lovely. Maybe that's the word. Water has always just been there; necessary and important, yes, but Prim had never had too much cause to think about it in the sense of...more than that.
Streaming through the air, it looks special somehow.
And that's what he means by bending - he's bending the water, moving it along, and Prim can't fathom how it's done. Science or magic or something else entirely.
After a while, she does finally remember that words are a thing she can use. ]
That's...
[ Albeit not very well. ]
...I've never seen anything like that before. Ever. Can everyone do that, where you come from? [ She sounds a little hushed, reverent. That's amazing. ]
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Not every-everyone. Some people are born with bending, and some aren't. And everyone can only bend one of the four elements, except for the Avatar.
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The four elements? Like - [ Not the ones at school, with the table, the one on an old poster in one of the classrooms, but...water. ] - I'm not sure what like. Air? Things like that?
[ She's honestly interested. ]
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[ IS SHE CORRECT, SENSEI? ]
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[And he makes some more controlled movements to move the water around in the air so that it eventually forms a smiley face.]
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[ Talking to his past lives what... ]
...You're the "Avatar" person?
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[ This is just SO INTERESTING. ]
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