[Seven - Right Through The Eye]

[the_effect_she_has]

[The writing is a little shaky, as Katniss is riding a horse across the bare road leading to the 'Zone. Still, it's typical Katniss-tone.]

You know, for a place that scares almost everyone to death, this place is pretty damned boring.

[A long, long sigh.]

I miss Peeta.

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[bezazzled]

[When Mabel reads this, she gives an awkward laugh.]

You're kidding, right?

[the_effect_she_has]

Kidding about which part?

[And now the tone is a little sharper...]

[bezazzled]

About this place being boring! I haven't had pita bread in a long time so I'm not gonna argue with you there, but this place is the opposite of boring.

[the_effect_she_has]

Eh. I mean, honestly ... I've been in a death arena. This is not impressing me.

[Utterly critical of the Dead Zone, but this is how truly hard lessons are learned.]

[bezazzled]

Okay, wait. I'm confused. Are you complaining that there's not enough danger?

[the_effect_she_has]

...Yeah, pretty much. I came along on this trip to gather some information and not think - not think about things. Now I've too much time on my hands and plenty of time to think. About things.

[bezazzled]

[Give her a moment. She's trying to process this.]

Maybe where you're from, "death arenas" are no big deal. But for the average Joes and Janes like the rest of us? I'm pretty sure this is enough excitement. The danger levels don't really need to be raised.

If you're bored, maybe you should have brought a book to read.

[waterproofed]

It is kinda boring, huh? But at least you get out of the castle for a while.

[the_effect_she_has]

It's flat. Unbelievably flat. I thought there would be ... I don't know. Monsters.

[waterproofed]

We didn't see any monsters for most of the trip, sorry to say.

[the_effect_she_has]

Then what's so terrifying about this place? I really don't get it.

[waterproofed]

Those First Gen guys have automatons or something, and they still have the power to blast you to pieces. If they bother to show up.

[the_effect_she_has]

Maybe they all went home. Maybe they don't like winter.

[She wasn't going to call them cowards, not where they could hear her. She wanted to break the monotony, not get her friends killed.]

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[save_the_souls]

[He meanwhile is riding near her, laughing a little]

Sorry...first leg of the trip on these tends to be pretty dull.

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[the_effect_she_has]

[She looked over at Allen, giving him a rueful smirk.]

You could have warned me. I would have -- well - been bored out of my mind. But at least I would have known it was coming.

Action

[save_the_souls]

Sorry. I guess that should be a warning on expeditions. 'first part's boring, so bring something to do'.

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[the_effect_she_has]

Next time I'll be sure to bring my repair kit along, so I can refinish my bow, sharpen my knives.

[She snorted softly, directing her horse around a spare bush.] Was a war waged here?

Action

[save_the_souls]

A war?

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[the_effect_she_has]

Yeah - a war. It looks like it. [She pressed her lips together.]

Dictated forever

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

[Gently] Friend of yours?

Re: Dictated forever

[the_effect_she_has]

[She's quiet for a moment, before she speaks quietly.]

The boy I loved.

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

[Aww, Katniss]

I'm right sorry to hear that. Was he here in the castle?

[the_effect_she_has]

[She nodded her head sharply, fighting back the pain.]

His name was Peeta, and he was the best person I've ever known.

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

Well...you'll see him again back home, right?

[the_effect_she_has]

...I don't know. Back home - right now? Back home I'm in a lot of trouble.