Eleventh Drink

[wastheexample]

[Maysilee]
[He'd been trying since he got here, and he'd continue trying. She couldn't have just VANISHED, and maybe she was trapped somewhere. Or...lost or...late. He shouldn't care as much as he did, he knew that, but he did. She'd become important, however much he'd like to deny it]

Me again. Look, I know we broke it off, but the Games have changed. Or...we're not in the Games any more, or whatever's happened. Just let me know if you get here, okay? There's all this talk about the future and it's just weird. I'm starting to wonder if everyone around here is crazy, so having a sane person to regroup with would be great.

Just let me know, yeah?[/Maysilee]

[That done, Haymitch has escaped to the roof, staring out at the wide expanse of Paradisa before him. Beside him is a map he'd found in the room with his name on. The filthy room that stank of booze (he didn't understand what the deal was with THAT, either). There had been something marked on the map. A way out, maybe. An edge. He looks at his journal again, unsure, before dictating into it]

So. Do you people just chose to stay here when you can walk out into the big wide world? I don't get why you say you're trapped when there seems to be so many possible escape routes from this place.

Comments

[wastheexample]

It's only not so bad because you're being made to believe it's not so bad.

[i_got_this]

I fail to see how indoor plumbing is worse then roughing it in the deadzone.

[wastheexample]

At least the deadzone might be a way OUT.

[i_got_this]

Out of what? Out of this dimension? You know, I'm not so sure I'm really too eager to get back.

[wastheexample]

I keep hearing that from people, but I have important things to deal with.

[i_got_this]

Good to hear someone's got shit to look forward to. [Bitter? No! absolutely] I just hope your 'important things' are worth all the hassle.

[wastheexample]

They're my family, so yeah. They are.

[i_got_this]

Ch'yeah. Why does everyone use 'family' as an excuse to be stupid?

[wastheexample]

...Because they're all I have.

[i_got_this]

Sounds like you gotta learn how to live on your own.

[wastheexample]

I can live on my own just fine. They can't.

[i_got_this]

Then it sounds like they need to learn how to deal with it. You shouldn't have to cound on anyone.

[Projecting quite a bit here, South would like to think she was managing just fine without North, even if she wasn't.]

[wastheexample]

They don't have any choice. The Capitol has made it that they'll eventually starve to death without help.

[i_got_this]

[... something sounds familiar here.] A shitty Capitol, starving family ... you're not with the group from, what was it? Pancake?

[wastheexample]

Panem. You've heard of it too?

[i_got_this]

Yeah, I got some friends from it.

[wastheexample]

I guess they'd be the 'future' guys.

[i_got_this]

Oh shit man, you're from their past? Sorry to hear it. I'm in that boat with the jerks from my world, too.

[wastheexample]

So you know how weird it is for everyone to know you when you don't know them?

[i_got_this]

No, everyone knows me, they're just holding me accountable for something I haven't done yet. How's that for frustrating?

[wastheexample]

I'm starting to get that feeling too. It isn't fair. But I guess that's just life.

[i_got_this]

Not fair? It downright sucks.