I decide to drink a little wine anyway to get my mind off my conversation, or lack there of, with Katniss and I do not even know how Haymitch can feel like this everyday. It does not even taste decent, let alone nice enough to drink it twenty-four hours a day. I suddenly feel admiration for how strong Haymitch's stomach is. Ugh.
The severs start coming in with our food, I notice something strange by the way the swallow. Maybe they just feel nervous around soon-to-be corpses. I feel nervous just watching the screen hundreds of miles alone serving them, I decide to think about it no further.
Effie keeps on yapping on, but I just focus on the delicacies in front of me. Mushroom soup, bitter greens including these teeny tomatoes that are smaller than a sugar cube, rare roast beef sliced paper thinly, noodles covered in a ' green pesto' sauce, melt-in-your-mouth cheese served with sweet and juicy blue grapes.
The servers, whom are all dressed in white tunics, keep our glasses full, even though Katniss and I do not drink anymore, and keep our platters stuffed to the brim at all times.
We are all silent as a red-haired sever comes in with a marvelous dessert covered in a white foam, is that edible? Whether it is or not I don't know, as the server sets it on fire. I was looking at that! So rude.
The fire slowly dims out till it is non-existant, Katniss looks up to the server to ask a question, "What makes it burn? Is it alcohol? That's the last thing I wa-, Oh! I know you!" I can instantly see regret on katniss's face, I turn to the sever and she looks scared. How does Katniss know her? A Capitol server, in the Capitol. Weird.
Effie, Haymitch, Cinna and Portia all stare at her like prey. "Oh Katniss dear, how would you know an avox! Ha!" Effie says in her accent, which seems to have gotten four times as annoying when she laughs.
"What is an avox?" Katniss asks, Effie stares at her like she is stupid.
" Someone who has committed a crime. They cut off their tongue so they can't speak." Haymitch answers, so that is why they swallow oddly.
"And even if you did, you are not to speak to one unless it is an order. Anyway, you do not really know her." Effie says matter-of-factly.
I look back at Katniss and know she does know her. From where? I do not even know. I just know she does, at the moment I can read her like a book. Her guard as been put down, something really serious has happened with this girl.
"No, I guess not-" she stutters, I need to help her out, so I snap my fingers and decide to help her.
"Delly Cartwright, that is who she looks like. I kept feeling she looked familiar as well, then I realised she is a dead ringer for Delly" She looks nothing like Delly, I know this because I have known Delly since I was born, she is my best friend who is a girl. I can see a flush of relief on Katniss's face, do you notice me now I just saved your butt?
Delly is so sweet, she would never be a criminal, she would not even hurt a fly. " Of course, that was who I was thinking of. I think it must be the hair." Delly is blonde, this server has red hair, but she is obviously just trying to get out of this conversation. Can't blame her.
"Something about the eyes too." I reply helping her out. Everyone in the room relaxes, including Katniss and myself, thank goodness for my quick thinking skills!
"Oh well, if that is all it is. And yes, the cake is covered in spirits, but it has been burnt off. I ordered it for your fiery debut." Cinna answers. I know it is meant for both of us, but can't help feel he means Katniss.
We eat the cake and move to the TV room to watch our open ceremonies. As I thought, all of the districts costumes are good or average. When we come on, our room is filled with oohs and aahs, I can see the tributes giving us death glares. Fun, it's not like they'll want to kill us first. No, of course not, where did you get that idea?
I'm just suprised that we didn't burn. We are-were literally on fire.
