Where: Portia's flat in the Capitol
When: Day 48, a few hours after Cinna's execution
Who: Portia and Domi ( @incaensio )
Portia didn't know what to feel. It was quiet. Too quiet. Before today she hadn't even realised just how long she'd been in that cell. 48 days was a long time. It was also not that long either. She hadn't even known what she was going to do when she'd stood on that stage alongside Cinna. All along she had stayed on his side, been the unified stylists from 12. But when she'd been stood on the stage, facing her imminent death, she had realised that whilst she loved Cinna she hadn't wanted to die for something she didn't believe in. She loved Cinna, but she wasn't going to allow him to drag her down. And so she hadn't.
And now she was sat in her apartment. She'd probably sat there for at least an hour, as if she had forgotten how to function. She hadn't had to function over the past 46 days. She'd barely left that cell. She was free now. But it had come at a cost. Her boyfriend was dead. And despite knowing she hadn't done anything wrong, she felt guilty. She had only been trying to survive, and Cinna had had no intentions of denouncing. So she'd done the only thing she could, she'd saved herself. Yet still, some part of her mind was telling her she'd betrayed Cinna.
She hadn't known what to do, but her body had taken her to the phone, and she'd ended up dialling Domi's number. The woman, her former mentor, had been the one who had styled her and Cinna earlier that day. Maybe that was why she was on her mind. Domi had also been a major factor in how Portia had gotten to where she had. She didn't know if she could trust her. She didn't think she could trust anyone. But she could talk to Domi, and that was probably what she needed right now.
So she'd arranged a time for Domi to come over, and before that time had managed to get herself in the shower, so that she at least felt a little bit human. And now she was sat on the couch, the clock ticking away, getting nearer and nearer to the time that Portia hoped Domi would come.