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stillplaying) wrote2013-11-06 09:15 am
stillplaying) wrote2013-11-06 09:15 am
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18th Game [action/video]
[She's been so busy lately that she hasn't noticed the time fly by. Busy with teaching Foo Foo, busy with hunting and providing for her family, busy helping Richard finish the extra wing to the house before first snow, trying to learn filial magic, busy stealing every spare minute of time with Prim and Teddy and all those others she holds there. She hasn't noticed the time pass. Hadn't realized that it's already November.
It's been a year since Peeta's left. Over a year now. And though she misses him every day, misses him even more when she wakes up on the couch screaming from night terrors, she's... still alive. Found something - someones - else to live for. And maybe that boy who had asked about finding a way to bring others here might actually succeed. Maybe she could bring him back. The boy that loves her. Where everything is actually real.
More than that, though, she's realized what time of year it is again. Has it really been two years, then, since the end of the rebellion? Since losing Prim?
But Prim's no longer lost. She's here. And if Katniss has her way, she'll stay here forever.
It's this realization that makes her more reluctant to leave that morning. But she has responsibilities. Things she has to do. Including teaching that stupid sabertooth moose lion how to actually hunt his own food rather than snatching her squirrels from her bag. Foo Foo has, at least, grown incredibly skillful at that. So at some point mid-morning, Katniss makes her way to House 56 to pick up the beast and continue their way in the Eastern Forest.
Once again, her hunt with Foo Foo isn't nearly as successful as her hunts alone. She loses more squirrels to him than she manages to retain. And when she finally spots a rabbit - perfect for tonight's dinner, perfect to make one of Prim's favorite stews - he lumbers in the way of her shot. Frightened, it runs into the bushes. Annoyed, Katniss lets her arrow fly into the trees.
Some seconds later, she pulls out her journal. With the video feed on, she focuses on Foo Foo.]
How is anyone supposed to teach something this stupid to do anything?
[She doesn't even feel remotely guilty when the young animal looks up from his interest in the rabbit-clad bushes and gives her a goofy, happy grin. It seems one enjoys these outings more than the other.]
Dumb mutt.
[Sometime later in the afternoon, she's back in the town. Having to pick up food is becoming more and more an uncomfortably common task on the days she tries to train Foo Foo. But this week more than ever, the week of her sister's death, she feels the need to spoil her. To go to the items shop and find little gifts that might make her happy. Or pick up fresh bread at the bakery and sweets at the grocery.
Anything for Prim. Anything.]
It's been a year since Peeta's left. Over a year now. And though she misses him every day, misses him even more when she wakes up on the couch screaming from night terrors, she's... still alive. Found something - someones - else to live for. And maybe that boy who had asked about finding a way to bring others here might actually succeed. Maybe she could bring him back. The boy that loves her. Where everything is actually real.
More than that, though, she's realized what time of year it is again. Has it really been two years, then, since the end of the rebellion? Since losing Prim?
But Prim's no longer lost. She's here. And if Katniss has her way, she'll stay here forever.
It's this realization that makes her more reluctant to leave that morning. But she has responsibilities. Things she has to do. Including teaching that stupid sabertooth moose lion how to actually hunt his own food rather than snatching her squirrels from her bag. Foo Foo has, at least, grown incredibly skillful at that. So at some point mid-morning, Katniss makes her way to House 56 to pick up the beast and continue their way in the Eastern Forest.
Once again, her hunt with Foo Foo isn't nearly as successful as her hunts alone. She loses more squirrels to him than she manages to retain. And when she finally spots a rabbit - perfect for tonight's dinner, perfect to make one of Prim's favorite stews - he lumbers in the way of her shot. Frightened, it runs into the bushes. Annoyed, Katniss lets her arrow fly into the trees.
Some seconds later, she pulls out her journal. With the video feed on, she focuses on Foo Foo.]
How is anyone supposed to teach something this stupid to do anything?
[She doesn't even feel remotely guilty when the young animal looks up from his interest in the rabbit-clad bushes and gives her a goofy, happy grin. It seems one enjoys these outings more than the other.]
Dumb mutt.
[Sometime later in the afternoon, she's back in the town. Having to pick up food is becoming more and more an uncomfortably common task on the days she tries to train Foo Foo. But this week more than ever, the week of her sister's death, she feels the need to spoil her. To go to the items shop and find little gifts that might make her happy. Or pick up fresh bread at the bakery and sweets at the grocery.
Anything for Prim. Anything.]
[Video]
It's what she's used to. Punishment, she thinks, that she still deserves.]
It's okay.
Re: [Video]
If you ever want any company on these wanders of yours, I'd be interested in tagging along. Although I should apologize, I'm not an archer. Not like Clint was.
[Video]
But she's a competent enough hunter on her own. Skilled with a bow, decent with her traps. She's learned the western woods inside and out over the past two years. She doesn't need anyone to accompany her.
Still... She tilts her head, regarding the woman with new curiosity.]
Do you hunt?
Re: [Video]
It's been a while since I've needed to, but yes, I have.
[Video]
But an offer is an offer. And it could be nice, having someone to hunt with again.]
I go every morning.
Re: [Video]
[Video]
[It's a good time to be out in the forest. Crepuscular animals are active. Diurnal ones have started to wake. It's light enough to see by. Light enough that all of the nocturnal predators have tucked away for the day.
There's something special about the forest that time of day. Something soothing. For a few moments, she can almost believe that everything is all right in the world. That life could be good again.]
Re: [Video]
[Video]
You said that you know how to use a bow?
Re: [Video]
[Video]
But Katniss doesn't like talking about the people who left. How she might never see them again. So she doesn't ask. Just nods.]
Let me know when you want to go.
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