eighth snare

[fanstheflame]

[Belle]
Hey ... are you okay? I haven't heard from you in a while...
[/Belle]

[checking up on one friend out of the way, Gale grabs his bag and heads on down the hall, idly flipping pages and dictating as he goes]

You know, I'm sure a lot of people are putting out messages to the people they were related to, checking up on them, asking if they can pretend the whole thing never happened ... and ... from what I saw, we were all related to each other. So there's not much point in being secretive about it, for me. It was weird, but ... I have a big family back home, too, in a town where everyone knows everyone. So I guess I was lucky, because it wasn't much different for me, in that sense.

[and then he'll wander into the game room and take a look around] ... But everyone's talking about that. Anyone want to explain to me how these games work? The ones that look like TVs with more buttons?

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[messin_with_my_zen_thing]

I believe I can be of some help in that department. [He hears the familiar din of the game room in the background and smiles]

I can be down in a moment if you'd like.

[fanstheflame]

Okay ... I'll be standing by the one that says "Dig It Up". [what. he's a miner. he goes for what's familiar]

[messin_with_my_zen_thing]

[It's not too long before a man in a white robe approaches the game. He smiles and extends a hand]

Kevin Flynn, I believe we spoke over the journal.

[fanstheflame]

We did, yeah. I'm Gale. .... So, you know how these work?

gale;

[asaraindrop]

[ Finally testing this filter thing for realsies ]

You're already family. [ As close as he could be. He had been for a long time anyway but when Katniss was gone? It was extra so ]

Prim

[fanstheflame]

I'm glad you still think so. ... You doing okay, goatherd?

gale;

[asaraindrop]

I think so. It's still confusing.

[fanstheflame]

Yeah, it takes a while to get used to. ... But at least we're not going hungry, and there aren't any Peacekeepers. Have you seen the room that's a beach on the inside, yet?

[walkinthruwalls]

You can put more than one game onto them.

[fanstheflame]

You can? ... How?

[walkinthruwalls]

Each cartridge has its own game, so you just need to put one in it to play a game.

[fanstheflame]

... I think the ones I'm looking at aren't built like that. They're big, and I don't see a place to put anything except caisos.

[courageous_wit]

I'm an only child. Actually being part of a big family is a new experience for me.

[fanstheflame]

[he laughs a little, and there's relief in the sound, too, since he hadn't spoken to her in a while, and was glad to hear from her] New good, or new bad?

[courageous_wit]

A bit of both. It makes me miss Harry and Ron.

[fanstheflame]

Your two best friends from school, right? ... You haven't told me a lot about them. What're they like?

[whichwayyoulean]

[Oh. It's YOU]

TVs with more buttons? You mean computers?

[fanstheflame]

[yeah, it IS him, city boy. DEAL WITH IT]

No, I know what a computer is, they have more keys than this. Don't you have tomatoes to catch?

[whichwayyoulean]

[No. YOU deal with it, pretty boy]

...What do the keys look like?

[Oh you didn't] Aha. Haha. You're a riot.

Gale

[chippedcup]

I'm fine, I promise. The Castle decided to play a trick on me, is all. How have you been?

Belle

[fanstheflame]

I've been ... okay, but ... I think I might have to ask for your advice again. If you don't mind.

Gale

[chippedcup]

I don't mind at all. What's wrong? Is it that girl...[What was her name?] Katniss again?

[not_like_the_rest]

I didn't see you. Were you related to the ponies?

[fanstheflame]

No, I thought you might've been.

[not_like_the_rest]

Nope. Just Rue, Katniss, Prim, South, and Washington. By blood at lest.