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thecapitol2013-02-12 10:09 am
futilecycle) wrote in thecapitol2013-02-12 10:09 am
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[OPEN] And pray there's no one left to fight:
WHO| Sigma Klim and you.
WHAT| Sigma watches this entry on television and freaks out accordingly.
WHEN| During Week 5, after his son's arrival.
WHERE| The District 10 common room.
WARNINGS / NOTES| Anxiety attacks, allusions to death, language.
Sigma awoke from death as easily as one wakes in the morning. He found himself far less upset about the circumstances of how he perished than he had expected. It was not that he'd become content with dying, only that he'd accepted it was more a part of an esper's life than any other human being. How many times had this been, now? Twenty nine deaths? Thirty?
The days followed quickly. Sigma did not leave the floor to explore the Capitol, the thought of citizens gawking at him disgusted him. Instead he focused on what he knew would be a necessary evil to succeed in the next Arena: he took to watching the show. The Doctor observed coldly and analytically in the common room of District 10 for hours on end, making a note of the faces he saw.
Indeed, he had been so caught up in his investigation that the introduction of one particular Tribute caught Sigma unprepared.
The tufts of jet black hair peeking around the edges of the parka hood were his first clue. Dark glasses concealed his face, but the Tribute's height and build were oh-so-familiar. Such an innocent man, almost like a child, carefreely playing in the snow, gathering it into shapes... He must have been soft in the head, he was sure some would speculate. How were they to know that he had spent his whole life encased in metal, that he had never seen the sky, never lived with nature, never known winter?
Sigma turned white and found himself unable to breathe. Chilled and his chest tight, the old man collapsed backwards into his seat weakly, gawking at the television. Forgetting where he was, Dr. Klim covered his face and shook, filled with more electric terror than he had felt the duration of the Arena. Let it be a dream. Let this one live...
The one he had seen on screen was his boy.
WHAT| Sigma watches this entry on television and freaks out accordingly.
WHEN| During Week 5, after his son's arrival.
WHERE| The District 10 common room.
WARNINGS / NOTES| Anxiety attacks, allusions to death, language.
Sigma awoke from death as easily as one wakes in the morning. He found himself far less upset about the circumstances of how he perished than he had expected. It was not that he'd become content with dying, only that he'd accepted it was more a part of an esper's life than any other human being. How many times had this been, now? Twenty nine deaths? Thirty?
The days followed quickly. Sigma did not leave the floor to explore the Capitol, the thought of citizens gawking at him disgusted him. Instead he focused on what he knew would be a necessary evil to succeed in the next Arena: he took to watching the show. The Doctor observed coldly and analytically in the common room of District 10 for hours on end, making a note of the faces he saw.
Indeed, he had been so caught up in his investigation that the introduction of one particular Tribute caught Sigma unprepared.
The tufts of jet black hair peeking around the edges of the parka hood were his first clue. Dark glasses concealed his face, but the Tribute's height and build were oh-so-familiar. Such an innocent man, almost like a child, carefreely playing in the snow, gathering it into shapes... He must have been soft in the head, he was sure some would speculate. How were they to know that he had spent his whole life encased in metal, that he had never seen the sky, never lived with nature, never known winter?
Sigma turned white and found himself unable to breathe. Chilled and his chest tight, the old man collapsed backwards into his seat weakly, gawking at the television. Forgetting where he was, Dr. Klim covered his face and shook, filled with more electric terror than he had felt the duration of the Arena. Let it be a dream. Let this one live...
The one he had seen on screen was his boy.
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"No! No Doctors," he says quickly, but his face is still pale and pained. Sigma attempts to straighten up properly and restore his dignity. "It... I am fine. It is not anything serious."
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Chibi-Usa gulped. She now couldn't help but be worried; he was clearly quite old in the physical sense, and he was still very pale. Not looking good at all. And acting like Mamo-chan when he was sick but pretending to be fine.
"I could at least get you aspirin..." If he was having a heart attack, that would help, she knew that. "Ask one of the ladies to get one..."
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A moment passed where he hoped the girl would walk away, but the silence was enough for it to become apparent to Sigma that his son's appearance had given him quite the physical shock. He felt cold, drained, generally unwell... perhaps taking some medicine would be prudent. He had a suspicion they wouldn't be so eager to resurrect a Tribute who had the foolishness to die outside of the Arena. "-Wait. If you wouldn't mind, I do think I could use an aspirin. Please."
He closed his eye. It was quite unlike Zero to be so powerless.