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Who| Sandy Marko and anyone
What| Coping mechanisms. Sandy's exploring the Capitol.
Where| Throughout the Capitol
When| After her death in the Arena
Warnings/Notes| Possible violence. Definite confusion and angst.

Sandy was not handling her death in the most mature manner. Granted that she was only a child but she found herself frustrated that she couldn't stop relieving that horrible moment of helplessness when she realized there was nothing she could do.

Perhaps part of the problem was when she woke up from death she started to realize just how helpless she really was. Here in this world even death was not an escape. They really did own her now.

And so as soon as she mustered up the courage she was out of the building and exploring the Capitol. It helped to keep her mind focused on other things. The layout of the buildings, the streets. But she couldn't shake the uncomfortable knowledge that everybody on the street knew her.

Every. Single. Person.

They had all watched her shiver and tremble burying herself in snow. They had watched her be defeated by a simple bird. They'd probably seen her cry when she was alone.

And they'd watched her die.

When the feeling became too much she would run. Running was the one thing she did better then anyone she knew. And while it hadn't done much to save her in the Arena maybe it could help keep her from screaming at everyone who had just sat back and watched her die.

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"Its ok." Chibi-Usa walked over to Sandy. "Um, are you ok?..."

Sandy thought about that for a moment, physically she was fine. Everything else however.

"Not even a little bit. You?"

"...Same."

At this, a hand suddenly came out to offer Sandy some help.

Sandy smiled for what felt like the first time in forever and accepted the hand being pulled to her feet.

"I should be more careful. Sorry."

"Its ok! I do it sometimes, too."

At this, she gave a smile.

"I'm Chibi-Usa. District 10!"

The smile took her by surprise, then again with the pink hair it seemed appropriately cheerful.

"Sandy Marko." She returned the greeting and added "New York City." Because she still felt no attachment to the district she had been assigned.

Hey, she looked like she could use a smile. ~~Really, they both did.~~

"Really? I'm from Tokyo!" Chibi-Usa was clearly fascinated. "What's it like in New York City? Do you have a lot of pizza places and stuff??"

Sandy felt her smile melt into a little more genuine one.

"Yeah, best Pizza in the world so I hear. I dunno I've never left New York before. Let's see...well it rained all the time. And the Reign were always total jerks. But there's lots of great places to explore if you're careful."

Or in Sandy's case, needing somewhere to hide.