002. " all of my love, given to you " ... astrid's reaping srp

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tw . references to the arena do you wish to continue? { [[yes]] ... no } alright then, journey with caution, young lover. - astrid's paws felt heavy as she moved towards the clearing where tributes would be reaped and shipped off to the capitol and eventually, the arena. they dreaded every single second of the reaping, an ever growing knot of anxiety that ve would be one of those poor, poor and unlucky souls who had been picked from all the names in district 8. once azzy arrived in the clearing already crowded, she scanned the horde of cats ranging from thirteen to eighteen. and there was vem's love. eivor birch, sitting there and looking lovely as ever, gosh every time they saw eie sitting there, it was taunting her. ay hurried over to eivor and let out a purr `` hey, meine liebe. `` ve cooed, shifting closer as the capitol cat assigned to distict 8 took dainty and leisure steps up the stone staircase that led to a stage. astrid instantly focused on the capitol cat as they leaned down and drew a name. then they got a feeling. not a silly ' oh no, something is about to happen ' feeling but /that/ feeling. you know, the one where you think- no, you *know* that something horrible, something life-changing, is about to go down and you have no control to stop it. vem's breath quickened as the name started being read. `` Eivor Birch! `` the capitol cat called out. dead silence. how many cats here even knew Vor in this crowd? none. meanwhile, Eivor who had not been stressing about being called at all sat frozen beside Azzy. even in this immense moment of anxiety, fear, panic and world-crushing grief Eivor still looked beautiful, then something washed over Astrid. she couldn't- no, they /wouldn't/ loose vem's love at the paws of the hunger games. which what made Ri get to her paws and lift their chin defiantly through all the nerves and the blood rushing in vem's ears and the deafening silence, no one cried for Eivor and no one would cry for her either. `` I volunteer. `` Astrid declared loudly, their voice echoing around the clearing. the capitol cat clicked their tongue and smiled as Astrid was escorted to the stage, though the smile didn't reach their eyes. `` very well, our tribute will be Astrid Ahmadi then! `` the capitol cat continued speaking and addressing her fellow tributes, but all Azzy could think was ,,ohgoshohgoshohgosh" as ve locked eyes with Eivor, who still had the same face as when they were reaped. Astrid knew in that moment that she was almost certainly never to see Eivor Birch again.