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Silver looked over towards Kolton, shocked and actually did get a little kick out of what he had said to the people of the Capitol though it would probably most likely end up turning bad for the both of them when they did get into the arena. And they would probably not get any if not very little sponsors when they are in the arena, once the train came to a stop the one peacekeeper motioned for the four of them to get off of the train. Silver walked over towards the exit car of the train, looking over she could still see all of the people of the Capitol still cheering them on. "God this is embarrassing parading us around like some stupid prize to be simply tossed aside a few days later.." Silver said towards Kolton as they were led through the line until they were out of the train station. Ella looked over at Kolton with a dumbstruck look on her face, normally she didn't show that side of her. "Either ya are really a dumbass or you really just want yourself to get killed early on." Ella said as she followed them out of the train

Silver saw there was a car already waiting for the four of them, as the driver opened the door for them she climbed up into the car sitting down. She then quickly held onto Kolton's hand just for a bit of comfort, normally she was actually very strong but deep down Silver was actually scared of being in the arena. She then looked out of the window, still the scenery was pretty amazing to her in her opinion. It was nothing at all like District 12 was, where everything was slowly crumbling apart even the streets didn't seem to be dirty at all.

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"Either ya are really a dumbass or you really just want yourself to get killed early on." Kolton simply smirked and shook his head, following to the side and just behind Silver with his hand on her mid-back, helping lead her towards the car. The driver opened the door and let the both of them hop up inside, closing it on the four of them as they got comfortable. It was a mere moment that passed before Kolton felt Silver's warm hand wrap around his, causing him to smile faintly as he turned into her, switching hands to wrap the arm closest to her around her shoulders securely. Protectively.

"I got you, Silv. I'm not going anywhere.."

Her attention turned away to the windows of the car and Kolton equally turned his own eyes out the window closest to him, watching the people on the sides of the road as they began to move along. He began to reflect on what his friend had said as they'd entered the very public eye in front of the Capitol people, how embarrassing it was to be paraded around. Indeed, like a prize. He grit his teeth and slightly tightened his hold on Silver's hand, looking over at Ella as he talked.

"Ella, when do we start gathering sponsors? Do they start picking out potential...victims from the moment we leave the trains..?"

As Kolton looked into the old woman's eyes, he could really see just how tired she looked. Make no mistake, he wasn't seeing the constant look of drunkenness that normally cast a shadow on her worn face. He could see the difference. It was the same tiredness he saw in his own father's eyes but held a bit more fierceness to them. The kind of fierceness that reflected the very harshness of war. Maybe not the kind of war with guns and things of that nature, but the war that she was forced to be a part of when she was just their age. The one none of them had started, or even wanted. Yet here they all were. Proof that they never had a choice in the first place.

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Silver's attention turned towards Kolton as he laid an arm over her shoulder, feeling safer around him the kiss that they had just two days ago made her blush slightly. That kiss probably the last one she would ever have, knowing that it would be their only one since either one of them or both of them could turn up dead in the arena. "Just don't leave me okay?" Silver asked, looking up at Kolton giving him a soft smile as she continued to look out of the window as the celebration continued on around them.

"They will start judging you once the interviews start, and then after the scoring." Ella answered, she hated coming to the Capitol every year since she had won her games several years ago looking at the two kids next to her. She rolled her eyes ever so slightly at Silver like she was a love sick puppy. "You gotta impress the gamemakers and if the scoring is high then it will be sure to catch the eyes of some sponsors." A few minutes later they were at the building where they were handed off to their stylists, the car parking in an underground garage, the door was opened up for them. Silver continued to hold onto Kolton's hand as she got out looking at the freakishly looking people in their makeup.

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Kolton took a look around them as they were pulled from the vehicle, holding tightly to Silver's hand. Unwilling to let go, though he knew they'd be forced to part at any moment. The stylists stood there looking them over, like someone out to buy a purebred who's been presented with filthy street mutts. Well, that was what most thought of the people in District 12, wasn't it? Kolton grit his teeth lightly at the thought, judging the Capitol people as equally as they were judging them on appearance alone which suddenly begged the question; Would that be all that they'd be judged on? Looks..? There's only so much you can do to oneself to make them attractive.

As they all stood there in a moment of silence that seemed to last a lifetime, Kolton turned to Silver as he dropped her hand and replaced it on her jaw tenderly, forcing her to look into his eyes. "Now darlin', I know I just told you I wouldn't leave ya', but.. right now, we don't really have the luxury of choice." Kol half-smiled, leaning down to kiss her forehead. As he pulled away, he added, "We'll see each other again, real soon. Okay?" His thumb gently brushed over her cheek just before he forced himself to pull away from her side, walking backward towards the couple who were staring particularly at him, figuring they were his personal stylist and assistant. "They give you any trouble, you let me know, alright?" As he turned to join his stylists, he made the "I'm watching you" gesture with his hand from his eyes towards her stylists with a playful smirk which immediately turned to laughter with the looks he received. With one final glance back at Silver, Kolton turned away and began walking off with his stylists.

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Silver looked along towards the stylists that were going to be assigned to them, she felt uncomfortable when they stared at her as she turned her attention over towards Kolton blushing ever so slightly when she felt his hand letting go of hers and cupping her chin. Silver's eyes looking up into Kolton's, she felt like she would always get lost into them as he leaned forward and kissed her forehead. Silver gave him a soft smile and nod as much as she wanted to just simply stay with him the entire time she knew that they needed her to get all pampered up for the parade. "I guess I should get all clean and sparkly for them." Silver said with a soft smile, when Kolton let go of her she gave him a sad smile and a nod, it was only for a little bit before they would meet up with each other again. "I love you, and see you soon." Silver called out, blushing deeply it was the first time that she had actually really did say that to him.

Silver then started to follow the two as they led her into a room, and then she was forced into a small room and told to get naked her eyes looking down at a strange looking liquid in a tub. She did what she was told and entered the tub, she felt a slight tingling sensation as she got herself fully submerged. She looked down at the dirt that she couldn't see or get off, and the small bits of body hair as it easily came off her body and into the water, they then started to scrub down every inch of her body.

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Just as Kolton was about to walk into the room he was being led into, he heard her say she loved him. Chills ran down his arms as well as a tightness in his chest began to grow, keeping his head pointed forward as he disappeared through the doorway.

"See you soon," he murmured under his breath.

"What was that?" one of the stylists asked Kolton, to which he just shook his head and decided to turn their attention away. Kolton clapped his hands in front of him and rubbed them together. "So, you ready for this?!" He stood there staring at them with a smirk, but it soon faded when he didn't get a verbal response in return. All he received was a hand gesturing towards a tub off to the right behind Kol. Guess not, Kol thought to himself as he unbuckled his belt and unbuttoned his pants, letting them fall to the floor around his ankles.

"Sad that District 12 has more class than The Capitol. Haven't even had a single date and you're already expecting me to take off my clothes." Kolton shakes his head, going about his business peeling his clothing off.. his whole body relaxed when he heard a chuckle or two from one of the stylists behind him. At least he was making some kind of headway with one of them, maybe his sense of humor wouldn't be wasted after all with these people. Slowly he stepped into the tub as the water was already running and was nearly filled, one stylist turning the water off just as he stepped in, the water reaching just an inch from the top. Almost right away, they began scrubbing him over, shaving and cutting hair all over his body as he tried to make some form of conversation with his newfound friends.

"So, come here often?" The female shook her head and met Kolton's eyes, asking with equally heavy sarcasm in her voice, "Bet they just can't get enough of you back in 12, eh?" To that, Kolton smirked and completely submerged himself beneath the tub's liquid. He let himself imagine he was immersed in the cool waters of the lake near their district, the one Silver and he had to sneak off to just to reach. Something so simple was honestly a luxury memory because all he was really thinking about was his impending death. He sure wouldn't be making it home alive, if he could help it.

A cringing thought then crossed his mind that nearly took the breath right from him, forcing him to sit up out of the water. His stylists began going to town on him, trimming his hair, shaving him up proper to give him a more innocent, child-like appearance. The thought kept ringing true in his mind, and couldn't seem to be shaken. If by some chance Silver was to... die in that arena before him, he'd do everything in his power to win it, for her. Kolton didn't want to think of that possibility, though. He didn't want to go home. Not when, upon his return, he'd never see his best friend again. His best friend that he very much loved and cared for.

A new thought crossed into Kolton's mind, this time forcing a small smile. Their kiss, and the fact Silver actually slapped him. It was almost something out of a movie, and Kol couldn't help but see the humor in it. They had always tossed playful banter back and forth over the years, but never in a million of those years would Kolton had ever guessed Silver had harbored feelings for him. He'd always thought her other friend Andrew was the one for her. Maybe he still could be. As much as it killed Kolton to think about it, if his plan worked out and he could get her back home safe and sound, they could be together. She would have someone to hold onto, she could still be happy. Kolton trusted Andrew enough that he wasn't concerned about her being alone when this was all over, Andrew would be there for her. Eventually, she would forget about Kol and be happy with the life she'd build for herself.

For the moment, the thought was comforting.

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Silver remained still as her assigned stylist team was scrubbing away at her skin, wincing slightly as they weren't really that gentle with her as if her skin was just covered in dirt. "Will you take it easy?" Silver asked with an annoyed look as she groaned as they went about shaving every little hair off of her body except for her hair, that was untouched except for them using some shampoo and conditioner in her hair which just smelled awful.

Silver bit her bottom lip for a moment as she started to think about Colton and how he was doing with his little team of stylists, she blushed ever so slightly as she started to think of him naked for a moment. Sure she had seen him shirtless when they were out by the lake that was just outside of their district. They would go out swimming and enjoying their time together, though she had always kept her feelings for him hidden deep inside. It was really the first time she had blurted out her true feelings for Colton which made her face turn bright red as she remembered the kiss, and the slap.

Silver was really mad at him for volunteering as Tribute this year, she didn't want to be the one to have to kill him if they were the last two in the arena. Or if she ever saw him die in the arena, Silver closed her eyes and sighed she wanted him to win and would do whatever it took to make sure that he would get out of the arena alive.

When the team of stylists were done with her Silver was handed a towel and was asked to follow them as Silver remained fairly quiet as she was led into a small room for her lead stylist as well as Colton.

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Kolton sat there still lost in his thoughts of the lake and the forest that surrounded it. His pups came to mind, then. Warm, furry bodies brushing against him in loving gestures. An occasional lick and a bearing of teeth between the two, one wanting the brute of their "daddy's" attention. Their coarse fur and the wild scent of it was enough to call home, but suddenly the smell faded and Kolton's eyes flew open. When had he closed his eyes..? He was.. wait a minute, when did he get out of the tub? He was being rubbed down with a towel, which made him turn bright red before snatching it out of their hands to finish off the job while being sure to cover his... valuables.

As he did so, he noted just how cold it felt in the room to have no hair on ... well, any part of his body. With a bit of a draft in the room and no apparent set of clothes out for Kolton to wear as his dress clothes had vanished, he wrapped the towel tightly around his waist. Kol looked over at the two stylists, feeling confident enough that he'd secured his towel tight enough, he crossed his arms over his chest as he spoke up.

"So, since we're going to be spending quite a bit of time together, I think it's only fair that I know each of your names. I know you already know mine. It's quite famous, nowadays, I hear." He smirked slightly, looking back and forth between the two, waiting for an answer. It was the girl who spoke up first.

"Octavia," she walked over to Kol, taking a comb to his hair. What little he had left, anyway. There wasn't much you could do to style it with what bit of length there was. She had avoided eye contact the entire time since they first laid eyes on each other, but as she backed away from him, she stared directly into his eyes. It was almost enough to wipe the smirk from his face that he'd been holding there on his lips. "And that over there," she motioned with the comb over her shoulder to the guy standing off at the other end of the room dumping the soiled cloths and other items they'd used to clean him up. "That's Ammon." ...'Ah-mone'. Alright. Simple enough. Kolton nodded and waved a hand at Ammon from among his twisted arms, looking back to Octavia.

"Well, I'm glad we got that out of the way." Kolton took a deep breath, and as he was about to say something else, Ammon interrupted.

"Octavia, we really must be going. We're already a bit behind." Octavia had turned to gaze over her shoulder at the call of her name and nodded in agreement. She turned back to Kol and reached out, grabbing his shoulder. "Come. We need to move on to the next room." Kolton looked down at his towel, then back up at the two of them with a bewildered look as if to ask if that was all he was being given to wear for an extended time. Reluctantly, he followed by Octavia's side as she led him up to the door where Ammon stood to open it for both of them. Kol wandered through the doors as he rubbed a hand over the top of his head to the back of his neck, looking around the room when he suddenly laid eyes on Silver, waiting in the room with her own two stylists. His heart stopped. He quickly grabbed at the place of his towel where it held itself together, making sure it wasn't going to unravel at any given moment. Kol tried to play off his embarrassment and awkwardness.

"So, I see you're still alive, then?" He wandered over to Silver and gave her a loving side-hug, feeling a bit too awkward to give her a straight-on one, keeping his eyes above her shoulders.

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Silver stood as the two stylists continued to gently clean and dry off her body one of them a red haired woman was making sure that everything looked perfect. "So maybe we should share our names huh? Silver Galloway." She introduced herself as she briefly made eyecontact with the woman cleaning off the rest of the odds and ends of her. "Sapphire." She simply said as she then started to comb through her hair, eyeing it up and down for awhile. There was so many things that they could do with it, but it would be really up to the head stylist for Silver and Kolton. A much younger man was finishing up cleaning the rest of the room dumping what little hair that they were told to cut off. "I'm Shamus." He said giving her a friendly smile.

For Capitol people they didn't really wear that much makeup or really weird hairstyles that she and Kolton have seen when they first got off of the train. When they were done Silver looked up when she saw Kolton, and quickly snatched up a towel and wrapped it around her body to make sure that he didn't see her fully naked. Silver was bright red hoping that he didn't see her, and shyly returned the hug and smiled, feeling her heart skipping a beat at his touch and smiled softly.

"I don't think that the people would like it that we died days before the Games started." Silver said jokingly as she let go of the hug, her eyes meeting Kolton's. He was really cute and attractive she just wished that neither of them were reaped into the Games, and they could actually maybe have a relationship back home. "Well time for us to take you to the lead stylist for the both of you." Sapphire said smiling at the two love birds before heading out of the room motioning for the two to follow.

Silver held one hand over the towel that was covering up her body and quickly reached over to hold Kolton's hand for comfort looking up at him, before resting her head up against Kolton's shoulder. The last several days she had just been scared in general and felt truly comfortable around Kolton since they left District 12. "So how was the torture?" Silver asked jokingly.

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Kolton smiled at her reply and nodded in agreement, laughing a little. "Yeah, I suspect you're right about that." He glanced up from Silver's eyes to meet her stylist's as she spoke to them both. Sighing softly, Kolton murmured to her, "Time to go, Darlin'." He watched the stylists make their way out of the room, and while they all had their backs turned, Kolton quickly reached down to cup Silver's cheek. He leaned in and gently pressed his lips to hers, kissing her passionately. It wasn't until he heard Octavia clear her throat that he shyly pulled away.

"I wish this didn't have to happen.. but, the thought of losing you before I could even really tell you- or.. rather show you how I truly felt for you. As well as the thought of me not doing my best to protect you the way any other kid from our district might not have. I want to know you've got someone at your back at all times. And if we both die in that arena, then I'll die happy knowing I at least tried, rather than sitting on my ass back home watching it happen to you without me there. Here." Kolton swallowed hard, feeling quite proud of himself that he was able to say so much. He hadn't expected it to be said that well. Taking her hand, he entangled his fingers between hers as he pushed off the counter and walked with her towards the door, stepping past their stylists as they closed it behind them.

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Silver smiled softly looking up into Kolton's eyes, she didn't really listen to Octavia as she spoke it just went through one ear and out of the other. She felt Kolton's hands cupping her cheeks, and blushed a deep red when Kolton leaned forward and kissed her Silver closed her eyes and wrapped her arms around Kolton's waste as she instantly started to return the kiss. Her heart was racing as the kiss abruptly ended when she heard Octavia coughing to get her attention. "I'll always have your back, we just stick together when we get into that arena, we will get out of that arena together and we will stay together forever in Twelve." Silver said as she laced her hands into Kolton's.

She really didn't know what a world would look like if she didn't have Kolton around with her, and she was glad that she was able to easily return her feelings back. Silver quietly started to follow Octavia and the other stylists down the hallway letting out a soft sigh as she started to wonder what hideous getup that they will be forced to wear this year. "I wonder what ugly getup their going to have us wear." Silver asked Kolton jokingly.

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"I'll always have your back, we just stick together when we get into that arena, we will get out of that arena together and we will stay together forever in Twelve."

Kolton's heart sank at her words. As much as he wanted to play along in that sort of fantasy, he knew it'd never happen. There wasn't a record of two winners in the games in the 173 past years the games had been running. Not one. There was only ever one winner. One victor. It would be her, this year. And if by some chance Kolton wasn't able to save her, he felt it was his job to be the one to win it. For her, in her memory. Suddenly Kolton was thinking of the other tributes. Once they got to their rooms, later, Kolton would make it a point to look up who their fellow tributes were. Weed out the competition to see who was a threat and who were easy targets. Potential allies, and known enemies. Districts one and two would definitely be the latter.

As they traveled with their stylists, Silver began to talk about what their garb would be for the presentation of the tributes. Where they'd be shown off like they were items in an auction ready to be bought. Which, in a sense, they were. People would bet on their favored tributes with their friends and such, hoping they'd win it big in the end. It took Kolton a minute before he remembered Silver had asked about the potential costume they'd be forced to wear. He'd gotten lost in thought about sponsors and all the things that came with their new positions in this whole game. He chuckled nervously, shrugging his shoulder. "Whatever coal-inspired crap they're gonna have us wear, I'm pretty sure we're gonna be the stars of the show. I can guarantee we're the most gorgeous people to come out of the districts, wouldn't you say?" Kolton laughed and looked up to see someone approaching them, leaning a bit closer to Silver to mumble, "I'd assume that's the main stylist..?"/

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Silver bit her lower lip for a moment as she started to wonder if she'd ever win what it might be like if she ever did end up losing Kolton during the games. She really didn't want to think like that, she started to think of the rest of the competition and what they were going to be like. Silver hadn't seen their faces yet as they walked down the hallway, before turning her attention back to Kolton holding his hand tightly and chuckled slightly. "You'd probably have all the Capital girls hounding to get at you tonight." She teased slightly, even though she would get slightly jealous if any other girls did come up to talk with him back home.

"But yeah it would certainly be something really ridiculous like some miner outfits." She teased back as she felt Kolton nudging them and turned her attention to the other end of the hallway. A woman could be seen, but she didn't look like any of the other people from the Capitol came over to them eyeing Silver and Kolton for awhile and smiled at them.

"Ah you two must be Silver and Kolton, come I got something you'd might like." She said waving them to enter another room inside were two separate costumes. She eyed the two of them for a moment and smiled. "The names Sera by the way your lead stylist." She said eyeing Kolton and Silver to see their reactions.