"I don't know, I haven't even seen everything that's happened, but I..." Finnick looks away, working his jaw as he gathers up the courage to talk about it. This is the first time that he'll actually be telling the story to anyone, and he doesn't trust himself not to get overwhelmed. He surges ahead anyway, after a deep breath.
"Back in December, there was a party, for the solstice. It was hosted by Naomi Rivers, who is - was - a very successful performer with Virgo. She invited the bands from Pride as a show of good faith, or.. or something, but as it turned out they were actually there so we could..."
His voice catches, wringing his hands together. He's afraid that Dino's going to think he's a monster.
"At some point during the party, everyone from Virgo became compelled to kill the musicians from Pride. We knew what we were doing and it felt like we wanted it, and it was... well, I don't know how all of them survived. I almost..." Finnnick trails off again, shaking his head. Terry forgave him, but he still can't forgive himself, or at least he can't shake the feeling that it's going to happen again and he'll actually follow through with it this time. He swallows, waving that off. If Dino wants to hear about it, it can be after this.
"Anyway, once the damage had been done, Santiago and Blanche showed up. Naomi was the one that made all of us do it, so Santiago... it looked like she had claws, and she... she ripped out Naomi's heart. Blanche didn't bat an eyelash, and then Santiago took everyone from Pride and left, and we came back here and no one's talked about it since."
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"Back in December, there was a party, for the solstice. It was hosted by Naomi Rivers, who is - was - a very successful performer with Virgo. She invited the bands from Pride as a show of good faith, or.. or something, but as it turned out they were actually there so we could..."
His voice catches, wringing his hands together. He's afraid that Dino's going to think he's a monster.
"At some point during the party, everyone from Virgo became compelled to kill the musicians from Pride. We knew what we were doing and it felt like we wanted it, and it was... well, I don't know how all of them survived. I almost..." Finnnick trails off again, shaking his head. Terry forgave him, but he still can't forgive himself, or at least he can't shake the feeling that it's going to happen again and he'll actually follow through with it this time. He swallows, waving that off. If Dino wants to hear about it, it can be after this.
"Anyway, once the damage had been done, Santiago and Blanche showed up. Naomi was the one that made all of us do it, so Santiago... it looked like she had claws, and she... she ripped out Naomi's heart. Blanche didn't bat an eyelash, and then Santiago took everyone from Pride and left, and we came back here and no one's talked about it since."