Sixth Drink

[wastheexample]

[Given all the things that have happened to Peeta in the last week, it's not been a fun time for Haymitch. Somewhere between chugging the remaining booze in one night and arriving in the castle, he's ended up in the clinic. After all, he's only human and his liver tends to not like it when he punishes it to these extremes.

So he wakes up in a clinic bed, the journal beside him catching a quick rustle of bedcovers because Haymitch does not like waking up in places he has no idea how he ended up in]

Oh. Great. Still in this place.

[He sits on the edge of the bed for a moment, grimacing as his stomach protests at all this movement. He belatedly realises that his hand hurts. A lot]

...Did I punch a wall? [No...no wait. Fuzzy memory, coming back] ...Or maybe Daniel's face.

[He notices the journal, picking it up and flicking through it. He really should apologise to Daniel for the face thing]

He probably asked for it. [Or not] How long have I been out?

Comments

[wastheexample]

Like someone beat it with a brick wrapped in lemon.

So. Are they both alive? [He left you to be the responsible adult, Cinna. WHAT WENT WRONG?]

[periculis]

Fascinating.

Yes. Emotionally, they are both a giant mess. [ Seriously, man. He took one look at Katniss and figured Peeta was the same, except worse off since he was the one on the loss.

Also, THE CASTLE IS WHAT WENT WRONG. ]

[wastheexample]

If course they are. They've been turned against one another. Again/

[This castle can just curl up and die]

[periculis]

At least we all know what this place can truly do to one of us. Hopefully it is not fond of repeating the same thing twice.

[wastheexample]

No, we don't. All we know is this place really can do anything. It doesn't prepare us for a damn thing.

[periculis]

We need to prepare ourselves for anything it throws at us.

[wastheexample]

Well, any chance of me ever feeling homesick has just flow through the window.

[periculis]

I suspect you will not miss the feeling too much.

How did the trip go before the sudden turn of events?

[wastheexample]

It's like having a hug from an old friend. [Oh wait. He doesn't have any old friends]

Well, people have been there before us, I know that much. We'd need more supplies to check it properly though.

[periculis]

[ How sad. ]

Are you planning to do another excursion sometime in the future?

[wastheexample]

I don't know yet. I don't think I can leave you people alone any more.

[periculis]

[ hear that amused snort over the journal? ] I doubt the castle will care whether or not you are here to do anything to the rest of us, Haymitch.

[wastheexample]

Yeah, well I don't want to take that chance, regardless. Least I can be here to put the damn fires out as they start.