Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.
Venus Anona didn't know much
But she knew she wasn't an animal. With an appalled shriek, she turned to look at Panlo, "The fucking zoo! Do you see this dress? Zoo animals don't wear dresses like this! And it's all muddy too, oh!"
Venus was in the depths of despair.
She turned to look at the bars that surrounded her. A man with an obnoxious mustache and inky black hair was speaking into a microphone.
She turned to Lucy Gray, as it was her mentor who was with them. He straightened up to his full height, subtly shifted back his shoulders,and attempted to look bored.
"It's the Snow boy!" Venus heard people gasp.
Snow, what an odd name.
The watched as Lucy Gray and Snow walked up to the bars and began to talk to the young kids ogling them. Did they not have school here?
Whatever the pair were saying to the kids was clearly working in their favor. Children were giggling and parents stared with happy smiles.
As she looked around, she noticed that no other tribute chose to do the same.
Treech and Lamina were sitting in front of a rock, with Treech's hand on Lamina's knee and his mouth close to her ears, whispering something to her. Bobbin and Wovey sat in front of a rock too, Wovey's head resting on Bobbin's shoulder.
All the tributes were spread out as so. Hurriedly, Venus clutched Panlo's hand and, ignoring his protests, began to lead him to the audience.
Before she could get there, she was interrupted by the man with the microphone yelling, "You in the pink dress! Come here, please!"
As she made her way to the cage, she noticed young eyes glued to her and Lucy Gray and Snow, who had finished their interview.
"Hel-"
The man was interrupted by a bunch of peacekeepers storming the zoo and pulling Lucy Gray's mentor out.
Venus silently thanked all the gods she could think of and turned her attention back to the man who had introduced himself as Lucky.
"Whoops! Anyways, whats your name and where are you from?"
"I'm Venus and this is my lovely district partner Panlo. We're both from District 9!"
Lucky continued to ask her questions about her home, and Venus was filled with rage answering each and every one of them.
"Now, you seemed quite upset at your new place of residence - why is that?"
Panlo and Venus both looked at each other in disbelief. Capitol people were stupid.
"Um, well at first it came as a bit of a shock but, looking around, this place is beautiful. District 9 didn't have much trees or well...greenery so this is a lovely shift. The capitol, and the people in it, are beautiful!" Venus said, lying through her teeth.
