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]

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[save_the_souls]

Ah...

[Gale you're such a nice dude ;; ]

Thank you, Gale. Really. I think you count for a lot.

[fanstheflame]

... Maybe I should be thanking you, then. I'm not used to hearing people say stuff like that. Back home I wasn't really anything special.

[save_the_souls]

Well then, I hope you can excuse me for saying that your home didn't know what it had.

But I've known Ino for a long time. And I can say with certainty its been a very long time since I've seen her so happy. Even counting the times she was with others. [Cause seriously, they were all dicks]

Not to mention, you're actually willing to live with the lot of us. That in of itself says a lot. [a small laugh]

[fanstheflame]

[seriously, people keep complimenting him here and telling him he's a decent person, and he doesn't know how to handle it. he was always Just Gale, nothing special. no one in the Seam was really all that special, except maybe Katniss because well, Katniss]

... I'm glad she's happy. And yeah, to be honest, I thought everyone else in the house was insane at first, but I stuck with it because, like you said, she deserves to be happy. And I didn't want to ruin any part of that. And then I got to know everyone, and ...

I don't know. [he lets out a little chuckle of his own] I guess I apparently like crazy people, and I just didn't know it.

[save_the_souls]

[He laughs a little]

It is hard to find anyone else like us! That's for sure!

[fanstheflame]

Well, I am a pretty good hunter. ...

... Seriously, though, Allen. I'm glad I got to know you guys. It's nice to have a family, again.

[save_the_souls]

A family?

[there's a surprised pause; it's not a bad one- more that it's touching. He thought Riful had destroyed any chance for family he had built]

Mm! It is! I'm glad I've gotten to know you too.

[fanstheflame]

[funny, he would have thought someone like Allen would have picked up on the same idea, so when he sounds surprised, Gale laughs, softly]

Thanks, though, seriously. ... For everything. ... You don't mind if I come by the clinic and check on her, right?

[read: I will be at the clinic as much as I can and don't try to kick me out, dude]

[save_the_souls]

[He does! Or did....just takes some readjustment after his previous family is ALL DEAD]

It's no trouble. And of course I don't mind. Just make sure to take care of yourself too?

[Read: I will motherhen the shit out of you if you don't]