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[hangingtree]

Katniss Everdeen (18) I'm not very good at things like this.

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[administration]

[ hm. someone from the future? ]

yes, that means something to me. i live in america. new york, specifically.

[hangingtree]

Is that one of the districts of America?

[administration]

they're called states, but technically, yes.

[hangingtree]

[ How odd, calling districts something unique. ]

How many of them are there?

[administration]

50.

[hangingtree]

Wow. There's only ever been 13 and the Capitol in Panem. I guess we really did lose a lot of landmass.

[administration]

lost a lot of landmass how?

[hangingtree]

I'm not really sure about the details - no one is - but the waters rose and Panem actually changed shape from what America used to be. I don't know how specifically it changed, though, I just know it did.

[administration]

sounds bleak.
so you know it as panem now?

[hangingtree]

Yeah.

[ A second text comes through just a couple short seconds after the first. ]

And no, I have no idea why they chose that name, if you were curious.

[administration]

where did you live if not in the capitol?

[hangingtree]

[ This is a hard subject for her to discuss so it takes a few minutes before her response comes. ]

District 12 for most of my life, until it was destroyed in the war. It was one of the furthest from the Capitol.

We produced coal.

[administration]

i'm sure this is true for most people but it sounds like eudio is acting as quite the escape for you.

[ coming from a man who's own home world just teeters on the edge of war. he means to be condoling. ]

[hangingtree]

It is.

[ She imagines that's a big reason why people agree to come, aside from whatever the representatives promise them.

A moment or two later she sends another text. ]

I didn't realize escape was going to be so unbearably boring when I agreed to come here, though. If I had known, I might've given it more thought.

[ She absolutely would not have given it more thought, but she's trying again for a joke. It's still a foreign thing to her, even if it's in the form of a dry, sarcastic comment. ]

[administration]

[ he smiles, just a little, at the joke. he knows exactly where she's coming from. ]

should i say something like "be careful what you wish for" here?

what do you like to do?

[hangingtree]

You can if you want, but it might be wasted on me.

Hunt. Archery was really the only hobby I picked up. District 12 wasn't exactly big on free time.

What about you?

[administration]

is there much opportunity for hunting here in the city? [ if so, he's not really aware of it. ] i think there might be an archery range.

i was running a clan before i ended up here.
i like to work.

[hangingtree]

Not as much as I'd like, but I guess it's also not really necessary here. [ After all, part of the reason she picked it up was because District 12 had scarce amounts of food. ] I've been to the archery range a couple times.

A clan of vampires?

[administration]

sounds like you need a new hobby.
i'd recommend crosswords.

[ a suggestion that teeters on the edge of sarcasm, but doesn't quite cross over. if he's being honest with himself, they've helped him. ]

yes. i've been with them for most of my life.

[hangingtree]

Where would I get them?

[ Also, what are they? But if she can find them, Katniss thinks she'll be able to figure them out on her own. ]

How many were there? In the clan and as a whole in your world.

[administration]

you can get books of them at convenience stores.
sometimes you'll find them in the paper.

hundreds? some come and go, but most are part of a clan for life. we take in as many can fit in the hotel.
in the world, i don't know. countless.

[hangingtree]

I'll check those out, then. Thanks.

Do you ever just want to get away from all those people? Only have to worry about your own well-being instead of 99 other people?

[administration]

from time to time.
i'm used to it. i grew up with a big family even before the clan.
it's the quiet here that bothers me.

[hangingtree]

I know what you mean. I guess I never had a chance to realize how bad I am at sitting still before.

[ She had some time to realize that in District 13, but that was a different sort of stillness and quiet. She was healing then or dealing with PTSD; here, although she's trying to deal with a lot of similar things, there's no added pressure to lead the rebellion. It's just calm and peace, and it's unsettling as hell. ]

[administration]

what kept you busy before? besides hunting.

[ he has spent so much of his life doing something, working to achieve, filling his time with purpose. here, where his own goal can only be won through unfamiliar methods, he feels directionless in a way that he hasn't in a long time. and it's in long stretches of contemplation and stillness that he notices how strange it is to be on his own, his clan far away. ]