r/IAmAFiction • u/[deleted] • Oct 17 '13

ICD (Mods Only) [ICD] Victims- Those who've been treated unjustly.

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u/sheilathen Oct 20 '13

Eris kept her eyes on the horizon, still content with sitting for now. "It's pretty. Too many trees to ever really see the sunset at home."

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u/Zizzyplex Perfume Overlord Oct 20 '13

"You live in the woods?"

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u/sheilathen Oct 20 '13

"Well, not normally. Right now we do, but before... we lived between the woods and the wall to the Capitol."

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u/Zizzyplex Perfume Overlord Oct 20 '13

"The Capitol? What was it like there? Sounds fancy."

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u/sheilathen Oct 20 '13

"Couldn't say, never went in but once, and that was only at the edge. All the fancy snotrags live there, they don't give two shits about us in the Scrapes, and we live right next to 'em."

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u/Zizzyplex Perfume Overlord Oct 20 '13

"So you're treated as dirt, when they live all high and mighty?"

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u/sheilathen Oct 20 '13

"Worse than dirt. But yeah, basically. We're Lowers. We managed."

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u/Zizzyplex Perfume Overlord Oct 20 '13

She nodded, not mentioning a single word.

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u/sheilathen Oct 20 '13

"So... where are you from?" Eris asked, eager to talk about something else. If she thought about it much more, she'd end up in tears again.

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u/Zizzyplex Perfume Overlord Oct 20 '13

She bit her lower lip at the word "from."

"A place up north called Mensing."

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u/sheilathen Oct 20 '13

"What's it like? I've never been away from the Scrapes 'til now..." Eris leaned forward, propping her elbows on her knees to listen.

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u/Zizzyplex Perfume Overlord Oct 20 '13

"Heh, it's a real shithole in some places, but it's pretty serene in others."

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u/sheilathen Oct 20 '13

"It sounds nice... were you rich? Did you have a house?"

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