paradisa | COMBINED CAMP: DAY THREE

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!plot: lost world

COMBINED CAMP: DAY THREE

[The morning ends the heavy storm, bright sunshine beaming down on the makeshift camp. Some of you may be injured from last nights incidents, but at least this is some downtime for you to recuperate. Tembo and Harding are arguing heatedly some distance from the camp, but otherwise the jungle is silent.

The camp is being visited, however. A pack of compsognathus have made their way into camp. They're little guys only ten inches high, easily the smallest residents on the island. They're currently scurrying around the camp, looking for any food to scavenge, seemingly not concerned with the people milling around]

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[She snorted out a quiet laugh.]

I'll remember that the next time we get chased by giant man-eating lizards. 'Katniss, remember to drag August to safety. The don't get eaten rule didn't stick.'

[he grins at her. She's so easy to talk to and joke around with, even with as intense as she can be at times]

My leg's been feeling better. Hopefully you won't have to actually drag me.

Good, because you're much taller than me. It would have made things awkward if I had to throw you over my shoulder like a sack of flour.

[she sat up, nodding to his leg, her gaze curious and concerned.] I couldn't find anything wrong with it when I looked ... do you have deep muscle pain there?

To be honest, I'm not sure. I had this, ah... skin condition back home. I thought being here cured it, but the pain I'm feeling is the exact same that I used to feel before. Doesn't make any sense.

Well, maybe it's the weather here. Or maybe you're allergic to dinosaurs. Sure seems to be a lot of them here. [She tilted her head at him, her lips pressed together briefly.] Either way ... are you going to be okay?

Don't worry about me. As long as Emma and Henry get out of this okay, I'll be fine.

Listen, Emma seems like a nice ... woman and I care about Henry, but I care about you to. So. [She pointed a finger at him, her eyes serious.] Don't go dying on me, Booth.

Katniss... [he doesn't have the heart to tell her he's already dead] As long as you don't die on me either.

[You could, August. It's not like she hasn't had friends here that she knew were dead back home. Like Cinna, or Rue ...] I'll do my best. [She doesn't tell him that she's in jail, waiting to be executed.]

[She sits up, and turns the meat, to make sure it's cooked on both sides.]

[no he has sudden older brotherly feels for you, he will lie forever about this]

I know you will.

[She really is everyone's little sister ... little murderous sister, but still. She does understand about lying.]

[She gave him a lazy little salute, before sighing and looking around.] Well, at least we're not alone when we're on these things.

Lucky us. I spent enough of my life being alone.

Me too.

[She gave him a wry smile.] Good to know I've found people I can trust.

Same. [he smiles at her]

[Her smile moved up a little more, before she leaned forward and tested the meat. She nodded for a moment, before taking one of the still smoking sticks and handing it over to him.]

Breakfast is served.

You're the best, Katniss. [he takes the stick, biting into the meat. He chews and swallows] You know, somehow I'm not surprised that it tastes like chicken.

[She snorted softly, as she chewed off her own bite.] Welcome to Paradisa.

Been here almost two months already. It's never boring, that's for sure.

I don't think we've gotten enough time to be bored. It's always something. [She snorted.] And to think they were worried about what I would do with 'time on my hands'.

For me, it's a good thing to keep busy. The only thing I do with time on my hands is waste it.

[and being here, going through all this, is his price for all those wasted years]

[She tilted her head thoughtfully at him.]

What would you do, if you only had one day to live? No time to waste?

[he knows this answer because he's already done it. August meets the girl's eyes steadily]

I would spend it with my family.

[She nodded her head slowly with tilt of approval.]

So would I. [Before it had fallen so terrifically apart.]

[he smiles and then goes back to his dino meal. It's actually not that bad. Just another exotic taste for him to add to his list]

And here we are, spending our time like this. Even if it was my last day, I think it's a pretty good use of my time.

[She took another bite from her own dinosaur.]

I would have to agree with that. Completely.

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