Nine Knives

[prettyknives]

[Clove went to the carnival. She's never seen anything like it but the lights remind her a little of the Capital. She's now standing in front of the food booths staring skeptically at what they offer]

Is any of this stuff actually edible?

Comments

[not_like_the_rest]

I'll tell everyone where your body is when you die. (Says the Victor in the cute dress and hair clips eating some bright pink cotton candy who snuck up behind the confused tribute.)

[prettyknives]

Hmph. You might have to; this smell could overpower anything.

[not_like_the_rest]

That's because it's all fried food. Here, try this. (She holds out the bag of cotton candy to her.) Tell me what you think.

[prettyknives]

[stares at the bag. Is she supposed to eat that?] No.

[not_like_the_rest]

[Shrugs and has some more.]

Your loss. Have you tried any of the rides yet?

[prettyknives]

Nope. [she is the most fun]

[not_like_the_rest]

Then are are going to ride something. Are you picking or am I dragging you?

[prettyknives]

I'm walking away.

[not_like_the_rest]

[Eye rolling.]

Boring in life, boring in death.

[secondchances]

Only all of it.

[Steph's currently hanging out with a churro in one hand. It's relatively normal.]

[prettyknives]

Are you sure? [she's staring at all the fried stuff skeptically]

[secondchances]

Very sure. Especially that stuff. [She nods to the fried stuff Clove has her eyes on.]

You should give it a try.

[prettyknives]

[she thoughtfull takes up a corn dog, sniffing it. Carefully she nibbles it]

Tastes greasy.

[secondchances]

... is that delicious or not?

[prettyknives]

We don't eat greasy food in my district.

[secondchances]

No candy or greasy food, huh? What did you eat?

[Meanwhile, Steph offers the churro.]

[prettyknives]

Lean meat. Fruits, vegetables. Food that would make us stronger.

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[wishmadeinfire]

<sub>[Ashura did not give a fly fadoddle if it was edible or not - if they offered it to eat and it smelled good, he was going to try it. He had already downed cotton candy, popcorn, fried mushrooms, fried cheese, and pretzels.

He spotted the little girl he had met at the camp and chuckled when he heard her question in front of the booth.]</sub>

I doubt there intention would be to poison customers, and besides, what is the harm in trying new things? If you do not like it, do not swallow it.

[prettyknives]

Just because you can eat something doesn't mean you should.

[wishmadeinfire]

Perhaps, but why not indulge? It's a fair, after all. One is supposed to.

[prettyknives]

Really? They don't have things like this where I'm from.

[wishmadeinfire]

Nor do they from mine, which means I should try them while they are here, yes?

[prettyknives]

No one's stopping you.

[wishmadeinfire]

Or you. Why don't we try those 'corn dogs' together?

[prettyknives]

Because I'm not hungry. [and she doesn't want to, but that sounds childish]