Post by Matthias Jensen on Jan 19, 2015 13:56:26 GMT -7
When Matthias woke up, he was laying down and faces were all above him. They were covered in sky blue, but all that made him think of was the last sky he'd seen. One of them held a needle and the boy jerked awake before the undoubtedly put him under again. "Like you first did it," he mumbled, hoping his words were coming out in a way that made sense to them. They barely made sense in his own head, but he tried anyway. "Just like that. Please?" The one with the needle nodded, stuck the needle into his arm, and he was back under again.
When Matthias awoke the next time, there wasn't a single face. He still lying down, but in a room that seemed to be covered with metal. It looked like one of the first rooms he had been in when he first arrived in the Capitol, when the Capitol had given him his gift. He sat up, and that seemed to trigger the door to open. A girl with dark brown hair came in and set a tray down in front of him, containing a small meal. His stomach rumbled, and he was sure he could eat everything on there and barely put a dent in the emptiness it felt. Why was he so hungry, anyway? "Thank you," the boy said, and then jumped when he didn't hear his own voice. Was he deaf again? The girl gently touched her own ear, and frantically, Matthias felt behind his ears for the small buttons that had been implanted there before the Games. He found them and turned them up like he had before. "Please work, please work," he muttered repeatedly, and a wave of relief washed over him when he could hear his own voice again. It would have been torture to go forever back into his silent world, but he was more grateful than he could say that they had left him with the option still.
The woman smiled at him and turned to leave. He was about to ask her the million questions bubbling up inside him, but then remembered that she was probably an avox. So he turned his attention to the food instead, digging in with relish. A few bites in, a flash of the explosion that had ended the Games erupted violently inside his own head. He pushed the food tray away with such force that tray and stand clattered to the floor. The remains of his meal went flying, adding multi-colored droplets to the cool metal tile of the floor. He covered his ears reflexively and turned his hearing all the way back off again.
After that, Matthias tucked his knees into his chest and waited. No one came to clean up the tray right away, and his hunger was gone. His fingers traces along pink lines that must have been cuts from the explosion, or they could have been from anything in the arena. It seemed like hours that he sat there, stuck in his own mind, but it probably wasn't that long. The same woman returned, glancing down at the tray on the floor, but her face didn't show any sort of reaction. He had no idea what his own face looked like, since it always showed what he felt, but she looked at him kindly anyway. She crossed to him and he left her take out the tubes they'd connected to him and help him off the bed. He stood on shaky legs and she made to support him, but he shook his head. He followed her out, turning his mind to the hallways they passed through and the people in them. There were a lot of people, faces he didn't recognize, and they smiled at him. Some even said something, but he couldn't hear a word of it and he didn't want to yet. He smiled back and just nodded, though it was hard and he couldn't tell what the looks in their faces really meant.
The woman led him to a room with several mirrors, which he recognized immediately as the same room he had been in before the interviews. He wasn't ready to be on stage yet! It was too fast. He looked in terror at the woman, who lay a hand on his shoulder, smiled a little, then left. Matthias collapsed onto stool, but when the door opened again, it thankfully wasn't just his prep team that entered.
WC: 745
Tag: @falro President Snow @jasper and anyone else who wants to and has a reason to be here! (Peacekeepers, Gamemakers, Capitolites that want to react/interact, whoever.)
Notes: Okay, so this is a combo welcome back/crowning ceremony thread. I combined it because of the way the explosion would have put Math back in surgery - and because it's easier to just be one thread than two. So people can welcome the victor back (quickly, ideally), then President Snow will move this into the crowning part of the thread. The interview with Jasper will either be here or in its own separate thread, depending on what Jasper wants to do and how long this thread takes.)
When Matthias awoke the next time, there wasn't a single face. He still lying down, but in a room that seemed to be covered with metal. It looked like one of the first rooms he had been in when he first arrived in the Capitol, when the Capitol had given him his gift. He sat up, and that seemed to trigger the door to open. A girl with dark brown hair came in and set a tray down in front of him, containing a small meal. His stomach rumbled, and he was sure he could eat everything on there and barely put a dent in the emptiness it felt. Why was he so hungry, anyway? "Thank you," the boy said, and then jumped when he didn't hear his own voice. Was he deaf again? The girl gently touched her own ear, and frantically, Matthias felt behind his ears for the small buttons that had been implanted there before the Games. He found them and turned them up like he had before. "Please work, please work," he muttered repeatedly, and a wave of relief washed over him when he could hear his own voice again. It would have been torture to go forever back into his silent world, but he was more grateful than he could say that they had left him with the option still.
The woman smiled at him and turned to leave. He was about to ask her the million questions bubbling up inside him, but then remembered that she was probably an avox. So he turned his attention to the food instead, digging in with relish. A few bites in, a flash of the explosion that had ended the Games erupted violently inside his own head. He pushed the food tray away with such force that tray and stand clattered to the floor. The remains of his meal went flying, adding multi-colored droplets to the cool metal tile of the floor. He covered his ears reflexively and turned his hearing all the way back off again.
After that, Matthias tucked his knees into his chest and waited. No one came to clean up the tray right away, and his hunger was gone. His fingers traces along pink lines that must have been cuts from the explosion, or they could have been from anything in the arena. It seemed like hours that he sat there, stuck in his own mind, but it probably wasn't that long. The same woman returned, glancing down at the tray on the floor, but her face didn't show any sort of reaction. He had no idea what his own face looked like, since it always showed what he felt, but she looked at him kindly anyway. She crossed to him and he left her take out the tubes they'd connected to him and help him off the bed. He stood on shaky legs and she made to support him, but he shook his head. He followed her out, turning his mind to the hallways they passed through and the people in them. There were a lot of people, faces he didn't recognize, and they smiled at him. Some even said something, but he couldn't hear a word of it and he didn't want to yet. He smiled back and just nodded, though it was hard and he couldn't tell what the looks in their faces really meant.
The woman led him to a room with several mirrors, which he recognized immediately as the same room he had been in before the interviews. He wasn't ready to be on stage yet! It was too fast. He looked in terror at the woman, who lay a hand on his shoulder, smiled a little, then left. Matthias collapsed onto stool, but when the door opened again, it thankfully wasn't just his prep team that entered.
WC: 745
Tag: @falro President Snow @jasper and anyone else who wants to and has a reason to be here! (Peacekeepers, Gamemakers, Capitolites that want to react/interact, whoever.)
Notes: Okay, so this is a combo welcome back/crowning ceremony thread. I combined it because of the way the explosion would have put Math back in surgery - and because it's easier to just be one thread than two. So people can welcome the victor back (quickly, ideally), then President Snow will move this into the crowning part of the thread. The interview with Jasper will either be here or in its own separate thread, depending on what Jasper wants to do and how long this thread takes.)