We went to the choosing ceremonies.
I whispered to Cube. "You're staying in Abnormal?" Nobody had switched from Abnormal for years. They were probably hooked in by the lavish life style.
"Yeah. You?"
"Duh." I wasn't staying. Why would I tell anyone?
We sat down. The ceremonies were on the top floor of the Hug, a central building, which also housed the choosing.
Soon, everybody was seated, except for the Daunting, who were nowhere to be found. A minute passed, then another. A full 10 minutes passed, and the entire district showed up at the stairwell.
The leader stood forward, panting, and shouted, "You elevator wimps! REAL men (and women) take the stairs!" With that, he passed out from exhaustion, and fell back down 50 flights of stairs.
"He'll be okay when he wakes up. Siddown!" Murk, the leader of Abnormal, was heading the meeting.
"Alright. Now, let's commence the-"
"KUMBAYA, MY LORD..."
"I SAID, let us commence-"
"SOMEBODY'S CRYIN, LORD, KUMBAYA..."
"Would the Lamety at-"
"SOMEBODY'S SINGIN, LORD, KUMBAYA..."
"Lamety at table three-"
"OH LORD, KUMBAYA!"
"WOULD THE LAMETY AT TABLE THREE PLEASE HOLD OFF ON THE 'KUMBAYA'!?!"
"Thank you. Now, let us commence the annual choosing ceremonies. As per usual, there are five hearths." Indeed there were- a huge, roaring fire for each district. "To select your life, you will TEAR OUT YOUR SPLEEN AND THROW IT INTO A HEARTH!!!" Someone approached and whispered something to him. He sighed. "Or, for wimpy BABIES who want their spleen, you can toss a log into a hearth." He grumbled off.
After a while, they called my name. As I stumbled up, I took a log from the pile. I stepped over to the Abnormal hearth. I began to push it in- then I tripped. My log flew into the Daunting hearth.
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Reversent
HumorBeterce Flier is changing districts. Though she began in the selfless(?) throes of Abnormal, she wants to move to Daunting in the choosing day ceremonies. Soon, though, her teen dramas explode when she discovers that she's Reversent. In this side-sp...
