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thecapitol2014-01-15 12:15 am
gardienne) wrote in thecapitol2014-01-15 12:15 am
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Running away in District Three - CLOSED
For the first time in what felt like forever, Eponine woke up with a smile on her face. She had had a glorious time the night before at the party, eating and laughing and gossiping with the friends she had made in the District. They had taken care of her, that group of teenagers. They had been enamoured by her relationships, and as devastated as she was as Eponine was left all alone. They were truly invested in her happiness: they turned her into a tragic heroine in their minds, they told her that she deserved Marius more than Cosette. They wished Cosette ill so that Eponine might get her reward.
Eponine revelled in it. And the party - chattering with her admirers, flirting just a little bit with some of the better looking poor men, and actively snubbing the rich - well she had not had so much fun in her whole life. When she woke the morning after, with roses from the gardens scattered about her bedroom, she made up her mind. She was going to stay here.
She met her friends from the District as the work day ended: Etecka and Lucy and Solda and Volta, and told them what she wanted to do - she wanted to stay here with them forever! The girls stared at Eponine in surprise, but they were thrilled as well, at the thought of their heroine asking them for help. They promised to help her hide, at least until the train back to the Capitol had left.
The next day, they came to Eponine with a plan: she would hide beneath Etecka's bed, or in Etecka's wardrobe, until the train had left, and then they'd help her to hide in plain sight in the District.
***
Eponine ransacked her bedroom, stuffing as many clothes as she could into the bags the girls had given her. And, when the other Tributes and the Mentors and Stylists were all safely asleep, she crept from the hotel and met the girls. She was quickly and quietly installed in Etecka's bedroom without much fuss. As she stared up at the thin slats of wood and the mattress above her, Eponine smiled. She was finally, finally free.
Eponine revelled in it. And the party - chattering with her admirers, flirting just a little bit with some of the better looking poor men, and actively snubbing the rich - well she had not had so much fun in her whole life. When she woke the morning after, with roses from the gardens scattered about her bedroom, she made up her mind. She was going to stay here.
She met her friends from the District as the work day ended: Etecka and Lucy and Solda and Volta, and told them what she wanted to do - she wanted to stay here with them forever! The girls stared at Eponine in surprise, but they were thrilled as well, at the thought of their heroine asking them for help. They promised to help her hide, at least until the train back to the Capitol had left.
The next day, they came to Eponine with a plan: she would hide beneath Etecka's bed, or in Etecka's wardrobe, until the train had left, and then they'd help her to hide in plain sight in the District.
***
Eponine ransacked her bedroom, stuffing as many clothes as she could into the bags the girls had given her. And, when the other Tributes and the Mentors and Stylists were all safely asleep, she crept from the hotel and met the girls. She was quickly and quietly installed in Etecka's bedroom without much fuss. As she stared up at the thin slats of wood and the mattress above her, Eponine smiled. She was finally, finally free.