[Thirteen - Right Through The Eye.]

[the_effect_she_has]

[Katniss has just spent a very enjoyable morning refitting the cabin. Johanna had put in a lot of hard work - and Katniss was able to expand on that with the help of her friends. Now something that had only been meant for one could house at least three, and Katniss was still thinking of making more improvements. She had finished thatching the roof properly, and was sitting on her porch, wondering if she could talk Gale into making her some furniture for her eighteenth birthday, or if she should just buy some.]

[Which ... reminded her.]

I'm going to be eighteen, in a few days. It's funny - back home in the Seam my mother and my sister would be planning a big party. [Her words come out slowly, almost sadly.] Turning eighteen means you're free of the Games, that there's no chance that you can be called on again. I fought in two Games, before this birthday. I fought in a war, too. So I'm not really sure what kind of party it would have been.

[She looked off into the woods, her voice quiet.] ... Still. I feel it should be celebrated. Or at least remembered. So. Any ideas on how I can do that? It's more for the memory of what my life should have been, than what it is now. Sort of a wake, and a birthday, all in one. [One corner of her mouth lifted ironically.]

[01 - Making Friends. Or Attempting To]

[cloaklikeblood]

So, I've been here a couple of days and I thought it about time that I introduce myself to everyone. My name is Ruby Lucas, but I occasionally go by Red. Before coming here, I used to work in my Granny's diner and I have a few other talents besides. Other than that, I'm not particularly special.

[She pauses think a moment, then a sigh is heard]

I really don't know what else to say. I suppose if you have any questions, feel free to ask them!

Skit 12: I miss everything

[protosshaze]

Talking giraffes, a spaceship crashing, and then a party when everyone returned... Expeditions sound so wonderful. I hope I can go on the next one.

May I speak with anyone who saw the spaceship up close? I've been inside ships that travel through space before and would like to know what this one was like.

xl λ i'll be a killer

[assassino]

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[Written in an anonymous print:]

Do the dead never stay dead? How can we be sure?