Post by EMS on Nov 17, 2016 16:35:41 GMT -8
Weaver Hunts
Sixteen | Male | District Eight
Sixteen | Male | District Eight
My hands wrap around a needle and thread sewing a jacket together. With winter moving in, the family needs help keeping warm. Wrapping wool around frail fingers, a nice hum flies past my lips. It's a joyful tune to what's to come. My sisters are asleep in the other room, and I'm staring through the window watching the sky turn darker. Something wicked comes this way, and there's nothing I can do to stop it. Water drips from the facet trying to prevent the pipes from freezing. But it's never enough. My foot pumps against the sewing machine, and I'm doing all that i can. A smile twists across my face slowly spreading from ear to ear. One day, when I'm old enough, I'm going to sell these winter cloaks for a living. Mother and father provide enough for now, and I give what I can to my younger siblings. I lift my mug from the table taking a drink of my warm chocolate. It tastes lovely, and it keeps me going even when I want to sleep. An eerie chills crawls across my skin, every hair standing on end. Darkness creeps around me, the needle on the sewing thread stops. I try to pump it and make it move, but I can't see a foot in front of my face. This isn't good. Something knocks me in the floor, and I land with a thud and a grunt trying to catch my breath. But nothing happens. The pain doesn't reside, and I'm left alone trapped trying to scream for my parents to help me - nobody cares. The darkness grows darker, and I feel my hands being shackled together. I didn't do anything wrong, but I'm treated as though I'm some sort of filthy criminal. |
Weaver has been placed as d8m runner