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twenty-fourth snare
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fanstheflame[after a decent sojourn in Fairfield, helping the Wanderers repair their new home and teaching them how to set traps against the Collectors, Gale returns to Paradisa Town, carrying his backpack and a burlap bag. he's brought presents for people, things he's made out of resources from around the town, and he's eager to see his friends again and catch up on what he's missed. as he hauls it all across the front yard of Casa de Guts and into the kitchen, he's whistling to himself, and swings his bag up onto the table with a thud.
his journal falls out, so that the following is completely open to anyone and everyone]
Hey, guys, I'm home! I would've been back sooner, but I wanted to cure some meat so it'd keep on the trip back, and --
[he frowns. usually there's at least one person who'll poke their head in when he arrives ... Tsuna, Allen, South...]
Okay, where is everyone?
his journal falls out, so that the following is completely open to anyone and everyone]
Hey, guys, I'm home! I would've been back sooner, but I wanted to cure some meat so it'd keep on the trip back, and --
[he frowns. usually there's at least one person who'll poke their head in when he arrives ... Tsuna, Allen, South...]
Okay, where is everyone?
twenty-third snare
Aug. 8th, 2013 02:53 pmfanstheflame[Filtered Away From South Dakota]
I've been here a long time. Long enough to know everyone comes from really, really different places. And I'm glad we get a chance to see some of them, like... Like we just did. Even if some of us forgot that we hadn't lived there our whole lives, it was.... an experience. And the more I see, the more I understand some of the people we live with.
But.... there are still things that won't change. I'm still from my homeland, no matter how long I've been here or how many places I see. I still have my own history to account for, and it shapes how I think and how I feel. .... But it's so different from so many other places. Normally that's not a problem, but....
[he sighs, an echo of the wind through leaves that can be heard over the journal]
I've been friends with someone here for a long time, now, and recently she told me some things that made me realize that ... If she lived in my world, or I lived in hers? We'd hate each other. ... But I don't want to hate her. I like too many things about her... I don't want our worlds to get in the way.
But I'm afraid we feel too strongly about them for that to happen. I ... I guess I need some advice.
I've been here a long time. Long enough to know everyone comes from really, really different places. And I'm glad we get a chance to see some of them, like... Like we just did. Even if some of us forgot that we hadn't lived there our whole lives, it was.... an experience. And the more I see, the more I understand some of the people we live with.
But.... there are still things that won't change. I'm still from my homeland, no matter how long I've been here or how many places I see. I still have my own history to account for, and it shapes how I think and how I feel. .... But it's so different from so many other places. Normally that's not a problem, but....
[he sighs, an echo of the wind through leaves that can be heard over the journal]
I've been friends with someone here for a long time, now, and recently she told me some things that made me realize that ... If she lived in my world, or I lived in hers? We'd hate each other. ... But I don't want to hate her. I like too many things about her... I don't want our worlds to get in the way.
But I'm afraid we feel too strongly about them for that to happen. I ... I guess I need some advice.
fanstheflame[Gale had woken up early to check the paint in the newly finished rooms in Cass de Guts' attic. it had almost dried, and he grinned to himself as he went downstairs to let Crowley's menagerie out for the morning. his timing had been fantastic: by the time everyone was up for breakfast, he could show them the new rooms. he was particularly excited for one reqction, though, and he decided to go surprise her early.... only to find that there was no one there, and her room was tidy, as though she hadn't slept in it at all. his heart sank, and he went back down to the kitchen and opened his journal to write a message. Dictation at that hour probably wouldn't be appreciated]
I think Nanako Dojima has gone home. Would anyone be willing to check her room in the castle and verify it?
[news delivered, he went back to making breakfast, though a good amount of the wind had gone out of his sails]
I think Nanako Dojima has gone home. Would anyone be willing to check her room in the castle and verify it?
[news delivered, he went back to making breakfast, though a good amount of the wind had gone out of his sails]
twenty-first snare - backdated to pre-Rex
Jun. 22nd, 2013 12:57 pmfanstheflame[this isn't Gale's first time in a hotel, but the Hard Rock San Diego is a far sight different than the ones in Unova. as such, he is being a total tourist. anyone in the lobby can find him sitting at a table, every single brochure he could get his hands on spread out in front of him, poring over their contents with great curiosity]
... This city is even bigger and more extravagant than the Capitol. I didn't think that was even possible. And yet ... they've still got places where they preserve nature, these parks. If this is what it was like before the Districts ...
[he shakes his head, sadly] ... I wish we hadn't forgotten. We lost track of what it means to take care of the world around us as well as the people in it. I hope that doesn't happen to Paradisa, either.
[he picks up one brochure and squints at it, curiously] This one doesn't look like a park, though. Not ... well, sort of, I guess? [he makes a face, because seriously, even the word is weird and sounds odd coming out of his mouth]
What's "golf"?
... This city is even bigger and more extravagant than the Capitol. I didn't think that was even possible. And yet ... they've still got places where they preserve nature, these parks. If this is what it was like before the Districts ...
[he shakes his head, sadly] ... I wish we hadn't forgotten. We lost track of what it means to take care of the world around us as well as the people in it. I hope that doesn't happen to Paradisa, either.
[he picks up one brochure and squints at it, curiously] This one doesn't look like a park, though. Not ... well, sort of, I guess? [he makes a face, because seriously, even the word is weird and sounds odd coming out of his mouth]
What's "golf"?
twentieth snare
May. 23rd, 2013 08:44 pmfanstheflame[the journal gets knocked open in the middle of a lot of scrambling and giggles] ... Hana, you're missing a shoe. When did you - never mind. I'll go get it. You stay here with Mom, okay?
[and then Gale the wild shoe hunter went off in search of his quarry. what he finds in addition to one (1) missing sandal, however, is pretty interesting. he skims it long enough to know that maybe skimming it was a bad idea, then tucks it under his arm and returns to girlfriend, small child, and journal to put up a filter]
[Filtered to Friends of South]
Hey, I ... I found something that belongs to South. Any of you know where she's at today, or feel like bringing it to her? I'm - kind of busy, or I'd bring it to her - OOF. - myself. ... Now if you'll excuse me, apparently I'm not done being a horse.
[and then Gale the wild shoe hunter went off in search of his quarry. what he finds in addition to one (1) missing sandal, however, is pretty interesting. he skims it long enough to know that maybe skimming it was a bad idea, then tucks it under his arm and returns to girlfriend, small child, and journal to put up a filter]
[Filtered to Friends of South]
Hey, I ... I found something that belongs to South. Any of you know where she's at today, or feel like bringing it to her? I'm - kind of busy, or I'd bring it to her - OOF. - myself. ... Now if you'll excuse me, apparently I'm not done being a horse.
nineteenth snare
May. 15th, 2013 03:36 pmfanstheflame[Written & Filtered to Those He Attacked on the Event Horizon]
Hey. I ... I know I didn't really know any of you, but ... well ... it was a really awful first impression. And it wasn't - well. It was me, but it's not how I treat people here. My memory's a little fuzzy, but whatever I did to you, you didn't deserve it. Let me know how I can make it up to you. You can find me here:
[there's a map drawn to Casa de Guts down in town]
- Gale Hawthorne
[/Filter]
Has ... anyone out there heard from or seen Crowley? He's been gone about a week now...
[anyone who comes looking for Gale will find him in the yard outside, tilling up some of the front lawn for a garden]
Hey. I ... I know I didn't really know any of you, but ... well ... it was a really awful first impression. And it wasn't - well. It was me, but it's not how I treat people here. My memory's a little fuzzy, but whatever I did to you, you didn't deserve it. Let me know how I can make it up to you. You can find me here:
[there's a map drawn to Casa de Guts down in town]
- Gale Hawthorne
[/Filter]
Has ... anyone out there heard from or seen Crowley? He's been gone about a week now...
[anyone who comes looking for Gale will find him in the yard outside, tilling up some of the front lawn for a garden]
eighteenth snare, first song
Apr. 1st, 2013 04:39 pmfanstheflame[April finds Gale walking back into Casa de Guts from a store in town, with a paper bag of nails in his hand. the sun is out, the snow is gone, his renovations are coming along, and all-in-all he's in an extremely good mood. as he takes off his vest to hang it by the door, he opens his mouth to call out a general greeting to anyone within earshot. what comes out instead? a song.]
♫ The world today can be a scary place -
Hard to keep your faith in the human race.
We're runnin' outta trees,
And we're runnin' outta space,
But we'll never run out of good people. ♪
[he moves for the fridge to grab a glass of water, then heads for the stairs, glancing at the rooms he passes, the little decorations, the ... empty booze bottles ... all the small touches they've put to the building - to their home]
♪ Ask 'em for a shovel and they'll dig you a hole,
Put the coffee on, and drag you in from the cold.
If you get lost, they'll show you where to go,
Even give you a ride - good people. ♪
♩ Good people aren't hard to find:
They're right around the corner, at the end of the line, it's true!
Good people got peace of mind,
And I'd like to spend some time with you!
Ooh ooh ooh... ♩
( OOCly cut for more warm fuzzies. )
♫ The world today can be a scary place -
Hard to keep your faith in the human race.
We're runnin' outta trees,
And we're runnin' outta space,
But we'll never run out of good people. ♪
[he moves for the fridge to grab a glass of water, then heads for the stairs, glancing at the rooms he passes, the little decorations, the ... empty booze bottles ... all the small touches they've put to the building - to their home]
♪ Ask 'em for a shovel and they'll dig you a hole,
Put the coffee on, and drag you in from the cold.
If you get lost, they'll show you where to go,
Even give you a ride - good people. ♪
♩ Good people aren't hard to find:
They're right around the corner, at the end of the line, it's true!
Good people got peace of mind,
And I'd like to spend some time with you!
Ooh ooh ooh... ♩
( OOCly cut for more warm fuzzies. )
seventeenth snare
Mar. 22nd, 2013 05:48 pmfanstheflame[Hermione Granger]
I'm ready for that shooting range training whenever you are. Meet me in the lobby.
[/filter]
[with that, Gale gathers up his things and heads up to the castle. he leaves a bit early, though, as he has a Secret Mission. making a quick trek up one of the towers, he carefully circumvents Once-ler's traps - ain't no thing for a trapping genius! - and carefully hangs a wooden sign on the door. it's woodburned, with an intricate border of thorns and leaves. the words in the middle plainly read: Hermit Within: Do Not Dislodge. errand taken care of, he slips back down to the lobby to wait for Hermione, where anyone else is also completely free to come and say hello before they head out.]
I'm ready for that shooting range training whenever you are. Meet me in the lobby.
[/filter]
[with that, Gale gathers up his things and heads up to the castle. he leaves a bit early, though, as he has a Secret Mission. making a quick trek up one of the towers, he carefully circumvents Once-ler's traps - ain't no thing for a trapping genius! - and carefully hangs a wooden sign on the door. it's woodburned, with an intricate border of thorns and leaves. the words in the middle plainly read: Hermit Within: Do Not Dislodge. errand taken care of, he slips back down to the lobby to wait for Hermione, where anyone else is also completely free to come and say hello before they head out.]
sixteenth snare
Mar. 9th, 2013 09:12 amfanstheflame[this morning finds Gale out in the front yard of Casa de Guts, a stack of boards piled up off to the side of the walkway. he's cleared away most of the snow, and put out a pair of sawhorses so that he can haul the boards up onto them and cut them. on top of another pair of sawhorses, his blueprints for the attic renovations and his journal are weighed down by stones, to keep them from blowing away.
as he works, he listens idly to the chatter coming off the pages and hums quietly to himself, an old tune from the Seam to keep the rhythm as he saws. it takes him a good two verses before he realizes just WHAT he's humming, and what it was written to allude to. once he does, he stops]
.... Been a long time since I even thought of that song.
[and that just sets him thinking. he'll continue working, even as he's flooded with thoughts about the past year: about how much he's changed, about how many have come and gone. Katniss is the only other one from the Districts left, now ... and even she had come and gone while he had stayed. he's beginning to understand how Allen, Crowley and Ino feel - his veteran housemates - and why he gravitated toward them so easily. he's cut from the same cloth from them, and was even before Paradisa even set its sights on him ... something like canvas or denim, the sort of cloth miners' clothes are made of. the sort of cloth that stands up to fire and smoke and friction and repeated use, that might fade at the creases, but doesn't fray.
he pauses in his work to look up at the house, and realizes that needing to add more rooms is a good sign: a sign that there are an increasing number of people made of the same stuff. he turns to look over the town at the spires of the castle, and grins.]
Hey. Cair Paradisa. Let's make a bet, you and me. Next year? Four floors.
as he works, he listens idly to the chatter coming off the pages and hums quietly to himself, an old tune from the Seam to keep the rhythm as he saws. it takes him a good two verses before he realizes just WHAT he's humming, and what it was written to allude to. once he does, he stops]
.... Been a long time since I even thought of that song.
[and that just sets him thinking. he'll continue working, even as he's flooded with thoughts about the past year: about how much he's changed, about how many have come and gone. Katniss is the only other one from the Districts left, now ... and even she had come and gone while he had stayed. he's beginning to understand how Allen, Crowley and Ino feel - his veteran housemates - and why he gravitated toward them so easily. he's cut from the same cloth from them, and was even before Paradisa even set its sights on him ... something like canvas or denim, the sort of cloth miners' clothes are made of. the sort of cloth that stands up to fire and smoke and friction and repeated use, that might fade at the creases, but doesn't fray.
he pauses in his work to look up at the house, and realizes that needing to add more rooms is a good sign: a sign that there are an increasing number of people made of the same stuff. he turns to look over the town at the spires of the castle, and grins.]
Hey. Cair Paradisa. Let's make a bet, you and me. Next year? Four floors.
fifteenth snare
Feb. 28th, 2013 09:58 pmfanstheflame[Casa de Guts Filter/Action]
Wow, it's getting crowded around here. And I think I finally found a way around it: dividing up the attic. But I'm gonna need to know how many rooms we actually need, and then I'll need help with putting them up. Anyone mind if I ask people from the castle for help?
There's been a lot of traffic coming and going around here, and - you're all terrific and insane! - but I think I need a headcount. You know you're in trouble when you can't keep straight who lives in your own house and who's just visiting...
[/Filter]
[that being taken care of, Gale is grubby and sweaty from rummaging around the first floor, second floor, and attic: moving furniture and measuring wall dimensions and all that. so he decides to take a bath. only - somehow, it took him THIS LONG to realize that the bathtub upstairs in the house doubles as a jacuzzi. he reaches for one of the knobs and turns it, experimentally - and scares himself shitless when a GIGANTIC JET of bubbles comes shooting out. hopping out of the water, he grabs a towel and just sort of ... quietly flips the fuck out before fumbling for his journal]
[Filtered AWAY From Casa de Guts]
Anyone know anything about ... really modern plumbing, I guess you'd call it? I think I broke the bathtub. Maybe.
((OOC: Thanks to Kayla for making the floor plans for Casa de Guts!))
Wow, it's getting crowded around here. And I think I finally found a way around it: dividing up the attic. But I'm gonna need to know how many rooms we actually need, and then I'll need help with putting them up. Anyone mind if I ask people from the castle for help?
There's been a lot of traffic coming and going around here, and - you're all terrific and insane! - but I think I need a headcount. You know you're in trouble when you can't keep straight who lives in your own house and who's just visiting...
[/Filter]
[that being taken care of, Gale is grubby and sweaty from rummaging around the first floor, second floor, and attic: moving furniture and measuring wall dimensions and all that. so he decides to take a bath. only - somehow, it took him THIS LONG to realize that the bathtub upstairs in the house doubles as a jacuzzi. he reaches for one of the knobs and turns it, experimentally - and scares himself shitless when a GIGANTIC JET of bubbles comes shooting out. hopping out of the water, he grabs a towel and just sort of ... quietly flips the fuck out before fumbling for his journal]
[Filtered AWAY From Casa de Guts]
Anyone know anything about ... really modern plumbing, I guess you'd call it? I think I broke the bathtub. Maybe.
((OOC: Thanks to Kayla for making the floor plans for Casa de Guts!))
fourteenth snare
Feb. 3rd, 2013 12:39 pmfanstheflame[with Ino and Allen gone on their trip to Lastlook, Gale's feeling vaguely lost about what to do with his time. today finds him sitting at the kitchen table of Casa de Guts, with a blank sheet of paper spread out in front of him and his open journal off to the side]
Has anyone here ever built anything outside the castle grounds? I mean ... building-wise. I'm thinking we need some renovations here at the house, and ... I'm trying to figure out where to start. We're a little low on space, and I kinda want to fix that.
[he taps his pencil against the page in thought, then takes a sip of the coffee that's cooling at his elbow] I mean - I've built some things before, back home in Panem, but ... they weren't anything fit for people to actually live in. I could get some books on how to do it, cut the trees, saw the boards myself. I'm not against working for what I want to do. But if there's a fair, quicker way to do it, it might be a little better.
[with that, he'll just start sketching ideas - a crude plan of the house as it stands now, first, and then little concepts for add-ons or changes to the current space.
off to one side there's a doodle of a crooked-on-purpose little building that he labels "CAT SHED".]
[Lastlook Expeditioners Filter]
Hey, how's it going out there?
[/Expeditioners]
[Ino]
Hey, beautiful.
[/Ino]
Has anyone here ever built anything outside the castle grounds? I mean ... building-wise. I'm thinking we need some renovations here at the house, and ... I'm trying to figure out where to start. We're a little low on space, and I kinda want to fix that.
[he taps his pencil against the page in thought, then takes a sip of the coffee that's cooling at his elbow] I mean - I've built some things before, back home in Panem, but ... they weren't anything fit for people to actually live in. I could get some books on how to do it, cut the trees, saw the boards myself. I'm not against working for what I want to do. But if there's a fair, quicker way to do it, it might be a little better.
[with that, he'll just start sketching ideas - a crude plan of the house as it stands now, first, and then little concepts for add-ons or changes to the current space.
off to one side there's a doodle of a crooked-on-purpose little building that he labels "CAT SHED".]
[Lastlook Expeditioners Filter]
Hey, how's it going out there?
[/Expeditioners]
[Ino]
Hey, beautiful.
[/Ino]
thirteenth snare
Jan. 3rd, 2013 09:55 pmfanstheflame[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]
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]
twelfth snare
Dec. 6th, 2012 03:29 pmfanstheflame.... Man, it's getting colder every day, seems like.
[there's the sound of Gale blowing on his hands, and the rustle of dry leaves] Back home in the District, we would've been up to our knees in snow by now, at the very least. Does winter come here as quickly as it went? I remember how we had to all literally clean it up, a few days after I got here.
Do we have to ... I don't know, escort the birds away and help tuck all the animals in, too, or something? I was part of the team that cleared away the snow ... do we have to make it, now?
Either way ... I'm picking up all my snares and traps in the woods now, so they don't get caught in the weather and get ruined or warped. Just in case, I don't know, five feet of snow all comes thumping down in a giant heap overnight one of these nights.
Do any of you take similar precautions for winter that I should be worried about? Aside from the obvious kissing thing.
[and no, he is not mentioning the virus, or having been sick. the best way to get over something like that, and the way he acted toward his housemates is to stay out of their way and not talk to them.
OBVIOUSLY. he is the wisest of the wise, young master Hawthorne is]
[there's the sound of Gale blowing on his hands, and the rustle of dry leaves] Back home in the District, we would've been up to our knees in snow by now, at the very least. Does winter come here as quickly as it went? I remember how we had to all literally clean it up, a few days after I got here.
Do we have to ... I don't know, escort the birds away and help tuck all the animals in, too, or something? I was part of the team that cleared away the snow ... do we have to make it, now?
Either way ... I'm picking up all my snares and traps in the woods now, so they don't get caught in the weather and get ruined or warped. Just in case, I don't know, five feet of snow all comes thumping down in a giant heap overnight one of these nights.
Do any of you take similar precautions for winter that I should be worried about? Aside from the obvious kissing thing.
[and no, he is not mentioning the virus, or having been sick. the best way to get over something like that, and the way he acted toward his housemates is to stay out of their way and not talk to them.
OBVIOUSLY. he is the wisest of the wise, young master Hawthorne is]
eleventh snare
Nov. 4th, 2012 02:58 pmfanstheflame[House Filter - Town]
[when Gale wakes up on the kitchen floor, at first he's a little bemused. then he vaguely remembers coming downstairs for a snack in the middle of the night. there's a little dish on the floor, and -
wait. it's little. cue hoarse, ecstatically nervous laughter]
Okay, I'm not hunting any squirrels for at least a month.
[and with that, he's off to go wake up Ino - if she's still asleep. if not, well, he's just going to FIND her because well. this is amazing news. anyone else in the house is welcome to run into him and remark on his lack of squirrellyness...]
[/Filter]
[some time later, he cracks open his journal and takes a satisfied sip of coffee] I feel like I should be blowing the dust off this thing ... I didn't really miss anything, I just ... wasn't myself. How is everyone?
[when Gale wakes up on the kitchen floor, at first he's a little bemused. then he vaguely remembers coming downstairs for a snack in the middle of the night. there's a little dish on the floor, and -
wait. it's little. cue hoarse, ecstatically nervous laughter]
Okay, I'm not hunting any squirrels for at least a month.
[and with that, he's off to go wake up Ino - if she's still asleep. if not, well, he's just going to FIND her because well. this is amazing news. anyone else in the house is welcome to run into him and remark on his lack of squirrellyness...]
[/Filter]
[some time later, he cracks open his journal and takes a satisfied sip of coffee] I feel like I should be blowing the dust off this thing ... I didn't really miss anything, I just ... wasn't myself. How is everyone?
tenth snare
Sep. 20th, 2012 03:15 pmfanstheflame[Filtered To Ino's Friends]
Hey, I know Ino's birthday is this weekend ... does anyone know what kind of things she likes? I mean - I've got a pretty good idea of the things she already has, but. I'd like to get her something she doesn't just need. If that makes any sense. Thanks.
[/Filter]
[now that that's over with, Gale heads on outside and camps himself in the middle of one of the fairy rings. he's got a small pile of books beside him, and he's leafing through the pages]
Has anyone identified these mushrooms, yet? I'm trying to find out if they're safe to cook ... there're so many of them that I wouldn't want them to just rot and die, and go to waste ...
Hey, I know Ino's birthday is this weekend ... does anyone know what kind of things she likes? I mean - I've got a pretty good idea of the things she already has, but. I'd like to get her something she doesn't just need. If that makes any sense. Thanks.
[/Filter]
[now that that's over with, Gale heads on outside and camps himself in the middle of one of the fairy rings. he's got a small pile of books beside him, and he's leafing through the pages]
Has anyone identified these mushrooms, yet? I'm trying to find out if they're safe to cook ... there're so many of them that I wouldn't want them to just rot and die, and go to waste ...
ninth snare
Aug. 7th, 2012 10:49 pmfanstheflame[well. Katniss, Haymitch, AND Finnick all gone in one day. Haymitch and Finnick are no skin off his back, but Katniss, well. as complicated as things had become with her, she was still his best friend. and they'd started mending that, as of late. it had been slow, hard going - but they'd been managing. especially with Prim's arrival ...
and now it was like she'd been thrown right back into the Games. off with Haymitch, leaving him to look after Prim and make sure no harm came to her. it almost felt ... normal. Gale wasn't sure if that made him feel that much better, or ten times worse. he can't even go check his traps to take his mind off of it ... because that'll just bring Katniss even more to the front of his mind.
he needs something that's as far from Panem as he can get, as strange and foreign as possible. so he finds himself back where this all started, for him, where he arrived: in the Seasons Room.
he's got a cold drink - iced tea with a big slice of lemon - wedged into the sand next to him, as he starts building a mound that he's hoping he can figure out how to turn into a sand castle]
[Prim & Rue]
Hey, I'm up in the Seasons Room if you want to come say hi.
[/Prim & Rue]
... Does the tide even come in, here, or does the water stay in the same place all day? [tick, tock ... no. he's not even going to think about that.]
and now it was like she'd been thrown right back into the Games. off with Haymitch, leaving him to look after Prim and make sure no harm came to her. it almost felt ... normal. Gale wasn't sure if that made him feel that much better, or ten times worse. he can't even go check his traps to take his mind off of it ... because that'll just bring Katniss even more to the front of his mind.
he needs something that's as far from Panem as he can get, as strange and foreign as possible. so he finds himself back where this all started, for him, where he arrived: in the Seasons Room.
he's got a cold drink - iced tea with a big slice of lemon - wedged into the sand next to him, as he starts building a mound that he's hoping he can figure out how to turn into a sand castle]
[Prim & Rue]
Hey, I'm up in the Seasons Room if you want to come say hi.
[/Prim & Rue]
... Does the tide even come in, here, or does the water stay in the same place all day? [tick, tock ... no. he's not even going to think about that.]
eighth snare
Jul. 31st, 2012 11:55 pmfanstheflame[Belle]
Hey ... are you okay? I haven't heard from you in a while...
[/Belle]
[checking up on one friend out of the way, Gale grabs his bag and heads on down the hall, idly flipping pages and dictating as he goes]
You know, I'm sure a lot of people are putting out messages to the people they were related to, checking up on them, asking if they can pretend the whole thing never happened ... and ... from what I saw, we were all related to each other. So there's not much point in being secretive about it, for me. It was weird, but ... I have a big family back home, too, in a town where everyone knows everyone. So I guess I was lucky, because it wasn't much different for me, in that sense.
[and then he'll wander into the game room and take a look around] ... But everyone's talking about that. Anyone want to explain to me how these games work? The ones that look like TVs with more buttons?
Hey ... are you okay? I haven't heard from you in a while...
[/Belle]
[checking up on one friend out of the way, Gale grabs his bag and heads on down the hall, idly flipping pages and dictating as he goes]
You know, I'm sure a lot of people are putting out messages to the people they were related to, checking up on them, asking if they can pretend the whole thing never happened ... and ... from what I saw, we were all related to each other. So there's not much point in being secretive about it, for me. It was weird, but ... I have a big family back home, too, in a town where everyone knows everyone. So I guess I was lucky, because it wasn't much different for me, in that sense.
[and then he'll wander into the game room and take a look around] ... But everyone's talking about that. Anyone want to explain to me how these games work? The ones that look like TVs with more buttons?
seventh snare - open woods post
Jun. 21st, 2012 03:41 pmfanstheflame[schedules are for people who actually like doing what they're told. at morning reveille, Gale makes his way to the armory, gets a bow and a knife, and makes his way out into the woods.
by mid-morning he's "washed" his bright orange shirt in a mud puddle to make it less obviously visible, and already made a few serviceable snares, setting them low in the undergrowth off the beaten paths. now he's strolling the paths and looking for a proper vantage point. if anyone asks him why he's all the way out here? why, that's easy. he'll just say he's looking for Katniss.]
[Friends]
So, hey, what cabins are you all in? Mine's called Athena... Anyone out there feel like filling me in on what that means?
[Roy]
I should have something for you tonight. What time would you need me to drop it off at the mess hall?
by mid-morning he's "washed" his bright orange shirt in a mud puddle to make it less obviously visible, and already made a few serviceable snares, setting them low in the undergrowth off the beaten paths. now he's strolling the paths and looking for a proper vantage point. if anyone asks him why he's all the way out here? why, that's easy. he'll just say he's looking for Katniss.]
[Friends]
So, hey, what cabins are you all in? Mine's called Athena... Anyone out there feel like filling me in on what that means?
[Roy]
I should have something for you tonight. What time would you need me to drop it off at the mess hall?