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.

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 ]

[walkinthruwalls]

You can put more than one game onto them.

[courageous_wit]

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

[whichwayyoulean]

[Oh. It's YOU]

TVs with more buttons? You mean computers?

Gale

[chippedcup]

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

[not_like_the_rest]

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

[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]

Prim

[fanstheflame]

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

[fanstheflame]

You can? ... How?

[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?

[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?

[fanstheflame]

No, I thought you might've been.

Belle

[fanstheflame]

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

[not_like_the_rest]

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

[fanstheflame]

[he's still debating whether he should admit to her that they were related, too, because of the whole cousin thing. he hasn't said a word because, well, honestly? at the time he thought nothing of it, but in retrospect it was a dick move for the castle to make. and not funny at all]

I don't think I know Washington. I know South, though. She's ... interesting. Sounds like she'd fit in with the Capitol if you talk to her long enough.

Gale

[chippedcup]

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

Belle, to end

[fanstheflame]

No, I ... I think we're okay now. I think. ... But that .... might change? [he sighs, frustrated. what a mess]

How much have you heard about what happened? When everything changed, and everyone was part of that huge family?

[courageous_wit]

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

Gale to end

[chippedcup]

Bits and pieces. Not very much. I know everyone was related to everyone else because of the Castle.

[fanstheflame]

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

[fanstheflame]

Not just related. Some of us ...

Well.

I was married.

[not_like_the_rest]

(Johanna is cool with being ignorant! Keep her in the dark all you like. She had a hard enough time having the memories of when she still had a family dragged out from the darkest corners of her mind.)

I think she would too. (Johanna pauses for a moment.)

(Gale)

I don't actually want to hate you. I was just angry at everyone before. Uh... (WTF IS ASKING FOR FORGIVENESS ?! How do?!) So.. yeah? (That was KIND OF an I'm sorry for being a bitch to you?!)

[chippedcup]

...married? The Castle can do that? And to who?

[fanstheflame]

[wow, you're almost as bad at this as Katniss, only she's never the one to actually apologize first. he stares at the page for a second, thinking. Johanna's been nothing but rude to him since she arrived, and playing that "cousin" card was hardly the best first impression. but ... well. Cinna's proven to him already that home grudges are for home, not for Paradisa. and there are enough people - ONCE-LER - who want to hate him here for who he is, so. if she's trying not to, then ...]

Being here takes getting used to, I know.

[which is Emotionally Stunted - Panem's official second language - for "it's okay, I forgive you"]