The only reason my family didn't die was because me and my brother (Shok) were able to invent little, convenient things the richer people would buy. Today Shok had an idea. Instead of making something for the rich portion of the district, (which is relatively small,) he wanted to make something for the illegal hunters of district 3. I don't know any illegal hunters in district 3, but I guess my brother knows a few of them. So we decide to make an automatically reloading crossbow. I mentioned that most of them would probably just use a bow, but Shok just laughs. I ignore that. The entire design wraps around your body, and pulling the trigger activates a lever that pulls an arrow into the shaft. We even make it semi-automatic! On our way through the ally, we see a bunch of peacekeepers coming. 5 of them. We duck into our kitchen, but we only have time to stash the crossbow before they break down the door. We act innocent and they go away. We wait an hour and go back to the ally. The fence bordering district 3 is electric, so we have to find the spot where the current breaks. We slip under the fence and head to The Clearing. It's where all the hunters meet. Shok talks with the head hunter I guess, and they buy all of our crossbows. We head home, we're almost there when 8 peacekeepers ambush us. They let me go, but gang up on Shok. I can't describe what they did to him, by the time they were done, he barely looked like himself. I carried/dragged him home, and mom tells me he'll be out for 3 weeks. The peacekeepers probably tried to kill him.
Subject: The Clearing 
Mon Sep 13, 2010 4:14 am
