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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dictated; even though I'm on hiatus now wevs

[songsandstories]

If you pardon it, but what is a 'game room'? [She's never been there nor heard of it. Games are for children, are they not? All save the game that lost her father's thread.]

Dictated

[the_effect_she_has]

Oh, so if I want to hang out with you? What if you have no choice there, Hawthorne?

[Yes, that's Katniss tossing in a tease, her lips curving into a smile as she pulled herself to her feet and finished braiding her hair so she could go down and meet him.]

House Filter

[not_mafia]

Sure, I could do that, Gale-san. [He's been doing a good amount of hovering too, although he's cut down since there are other people already worrying over her. They've probably run into each other once or twice.]

Are you going somewhere in particular?

pshht, I will take all your tags and tell no one you were here

[fanstheflame]

It's ... well ... it's the game room. They've got all kinds of different games there - from all different places and times. Checkers and chess and cards, like we had back home, and these electronic ones that you don't need other people around to play.

[fanstheflame]

No choice, huh? Well ... I guess I'll just have to find a way to live with that, won't I, Catnip?

[he sounds oddly relieved - glad that she's going to be there. even if he's still mad at her boyfriend for knocking his girlfriend out ... they can still hang as friends, right? he hopes it won't be weird, anyway. maybe he can just avoid bringing it up altogether, and everything will be fine]

/to end!

[fanstheflame]

Thanks, Tsuna. I appreciate it. ... And yeah, I'm gonna spend some time in the game room. Maybe the kitchen ... see if they have any cookbooks that look interesting. [something with lots of recipes with huge-ass portions so he won't have to double everything to feed the house and Allen whenever it's his turn to cook]

How's your friend settling in?

[the_effect_she_has]

Guess you will.

[She grabbed her journal and made a dash for the games room, hoping to beat him there. God, it felt like forever since she had seen Gale. With all the strange happenings lately ... it would be good to get some normal time in.]

[fanstheflame]

You been up to the game room, yet, at all? [it didn't seem like her kind of scene - and admittedly, he never would have guessed it could have been his, either. but, well. it's strange, the sort of things you end up liking in a place like this]

[eat_me_beat_me]

[Nora's voice sounds somewhat softer than usual as she replies]

Normally I'd take you up on that but, uh... I don't think I could play any of those right now...

[fanstheflame]

[oh, hey, he knows that voice.] Nora? ... [she does sound different, so he's not entirely sure. he's pretty sure, though]

What's wrong?

[the_effect_she_has]

Just once. That's where I talked to Clint again.

[She didn't stop until she had gotten there, hopping down the last few steps.]

Nice guy, him.

[fanstheflame]

I talked to him once, a long time ago. Haven't really seen him around lately, though. [he doesn't really know yet that he won't remember having talked to him, since he left and came back, either]

[the_effect_she_has]

Neither have I - but I haven't been around much to see anyone, honestly. [She found the sofa and flopped down on it, folding her legs one over the other, waiting for him to get there impatiently.]

You're slow.

[fanstheflame]

Busy with the range, right?

And - slow? Please. You know I'm coming up from the town. I'm not sprinting on this ice. The house already has someone out for the count, they don't need two.

[eat_me_beat_me]

Yeah. Hey, Gale. I'm... uh... on a loss.

[the_effect_she_has]

Yeah, and with all the recent craziness ... I thought it best to keep a low profile. Seems like it was a good idea.

[She snorted softly into the journal.] We've gone farther in worse -- what do you mean? Who got hurt?

House Filter

[save_the_souls]

Don't worry, I work at the clinic. We will keep a good eye on her, I promise.

[not_mafia]

The game room, mmn? Maybe I'll stop by and play some games with you later while Allen-kun's working!

Ah... I-it's kind of hard to say but I think he's settling in well enough.

[courageous_wit]

Gale, hello! How have you been?

Dictated

[i_got_this]

Been a while sice I've had a proper smackdown in the game room. You up for some Ringworld Multiplayer?

[fanstheflame]

[well. so much for avoiding that. he tries to keep the chill out of his voice. it doesn't quite work, but ... it's better than he would've managed almost a year ago, at least.]

What, you didn't hear?

[fanstheflame]

Sounds good! I didn't know you played. ... How do you know that guy, anyway? He seems pretty, uh. Special.

[considering who he already lives with, that's ... saying something]

[fanstheflame]

Oh, no. As a guy who just spent a month as a squirrel, I can definitely say I'm sorry. What happened?

/to end

[fanstheflame]

Thanks, Allen. ... How much longer do you think we're going to have to wait? Zelos said he's seen people be out for a week ...

[fanstheflame]

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