Second Drink

[wastheexample]

[Haymitch has finally decided that maybe, maybe, Peeta isn't crazy and they really are living in a magical castle with people from other worlds. Maybe. Of course, that doesn't mean he's not on his guard. Even if this is what people say, it doesn't mean Snow or any of his Capitol stooges couldn't show up and ruin everything. Given what Finnick told him about the future...well. Better to be safe than sorry.

And Haymitch was prepared to keep those kids safe rather than sorry at any cost.

And so, he's sitting in the Lux, occasionally glancing at the drink of whiskey he can't have until someone hands it to him, flicking through his journal pages. Eventually, he deigns to talk]

Okay. So let's say I'm more willing to buy this magical castle idea. I want to know more about it. What makes it tick. Some of you have been here for years, apparently, you must have learned something in all that time.

I'm sitting in the Lux, if you'd like to play sharetime. We can have a drink, learn a thing or two. It'll be fun.

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[valkyrie_in_mjolnir]

[She raises her eyebrows at him.] Really? What would that be?

[wastheexample]

[He moves his hand through his glass on the table. RIGHT through it]

I need it handed to me before I can drink it.

[valkyrie_in_mjolnir]

[She watches, perplexed.] Really? So, if I just --

[Reaching out to take the glass and offer it to him, curious.]

[wastheexample]

[And then he can hold it, suddenly, the glass solid for him]

See? I think whoever's running this place has it in for me. Not that I'm not used to that anyway.

[valkyrie_in_mjolnir]

[This really is a strange place.]

I think they've got it out for all of us. It won't let me eat anything instant; no MREs. I have to make my meals from scratch or have them offered to me. That's going to go over great if I ever find myself in the trenches.

[wastheexample]

...MREs?

Anyway, I take it you're a gal who takes her food on the go.