Open ☁ I'm a ghost of a girl that I want to be most

[immolates]

♬ The Lonely - Christina Perri

WHO || Katniss Everdeen & OPEN
WHAT || Katniss sure has been gone a while. Being crazy. But oh, she's back now.
WHERE || Knight's Headquarters, Entry Hall
WHEN || October 16, late at night
HOW || Action

[It's been months. It feels like years in some ways, only days in most others. She's not sure if she's ready to be back, but she has nowhere else to go. No family to return home to. Just this castle, and her mentor within.

Christos.

She wonders if he still remembers her, then realizes that's foolish. He'll remember her, it's just the question if whether or not he'll be ashamed of her that remains.

There's others inside that she's apprehensive yet excited to see again. Finnick. Francesca. Riddick.

She wonders if they're all still around.

After being released from the center where she received treatment for her traumatic memories, she's escorted back to the castle and inside. She can't bring herself to go into her old room, despite the urging that it will be good for her to do so. She's not ready yet. Not sure if she's ready to go back to this.

So she lingers out in the main hallway instead, feeling safer where she's not expected to stare down the bed where so many horrible dreams haunted her on a nightly basis. She eventually finds a nice wall to slide down and sit, her legs curled in close to her chest. She eventually realizes it's well after dark. Has she slept? She's not sure, all she knows is it's not hurting anything to stay just where she is.

She realizes now that she's back here, that she's quite lonely. She's just not sure how to go about sucking up her pride enough to go crawling back into everyone's life to get the human contact she so desperately needs to feel like she belongs here. Maybe she doesn't though. Not really.

With that thought in mind she pushes herself to stand on her feet and looks around, ready to bolt and run away.]

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[everyredcent]

[ and he's standing right there, at the end of the hall, looking down at her with an expression that evinces no trace of surprise at all. how he heard she was back is a mystery, but he's always seemed to have a good sense of what was going on at the castle - with everyone.

his face is all but blank as he stares at her, features unchanged, wearing the same black cloak that's his custom. he doesn't say anything either. juuust stares. ]