thirteenth snare

[fanstheflame]

[so, his girlfriend got knocked unconscious with a cake pan by his best friend's boyfriend - who, by the way, kind of stole her from him back home.

clearly, this is not exactly Happy Time for Gale. he's been spending most of his time at Ino's bedside, even though she's clearly not getting any closer to being conscious. now that people seem to be sane again, and Crowley's awake, and things are slowly edging toward as normal as house life gets, however, he figures he might be able to leave for a little while]

[House Filter]

Could someone please just ... keep an eye on Ino for me, today? I need to get out and grab some air. But I don't want her to be left alone too long, in case she wakes up ....

[/House Filter]

[with that, he'll bundle up against the cold and start a trek up to the castle, to see what's going on now that everything is back to normal, dictating into the journal as he goes]

I'm coming up to the castle ... since I figured I should maybe try to meet some of the new faces, or see if anyone needs my help with anything. Also, it's been a while since I played anything in the game room ... so if you want to come say hello, I'll probably be up there. My name's Gale - I'll be the tall guy with the dark hair wearing the green hunting vest.

[yes, that IS a brand new vest, it is his Christmas present from Ino, and he kind of wears it a lot. pardon him while he puts it to practical use by hunting down Pac-Man ghosts and Dig-Dug baddies. badly. arcade games are one of his Paradisa guilty pleasures, okay, and he can just pretend every little clump of pixels is Peeta Mellark's stupid clumsy dumb oaf face]

Comments

[courageous_wit]

Gale, hello! How have you been?

[fanstheflame]

Hey, Hermione. ... I've ... uh, well, I've kinda been better.

[courageous_wit]

I heard about Ino.

[fanstheflame]

Yeah, that'd be why I've been better. ... What've you been up to?

[courageous_wit]

Some boys from my world arrived recently, and I've been helping them.

[fanstheflame]

Oh, that's great news! [he smiles, and it shows in his voice. he's always genuinely happy for people who can have friends from home] Did you know them, before?

[courageous_wit]

I knew two of them as adults, and the other is my best friend's father.

[fanstheflame]

Oh, wow. ... [let him think about this] You say that like they're your age, here. Is that weird? It seems like it would be really weird. I ...

I can only imagine what it'd be like if, say, Katniss' dad showed up here.

[courageous_wit]

A bit, but then a professor I had at school was here as a much younger man. And it's nice getting to know them at this age.

[fanstheflame]

You're always so ... What's the word I'm looking for. [oh right, there it is] Open-minded about what goes on here.

I hope someday I can be half as good at that as you are. Sometimes it's still really hard.

[courageous_wit]

It wasn't so long ago that "open-minded" would be the very last word to describe me. I think living here so long has made me a bit more... lenient.

And just between us, I miss them. So I'm glad to be around them, even if they're younger here.

[fanstheflame]

This place changes everyone.... I've been thinking about that a lot lately, too. In a couple of months, I'll have been here a year. It doesn't really seem like it's been so long.

[courageous_wit]

It's already been a year and a half for me. Sometimes I can't believe how time has gone by, either.