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Haymitch Abernathy ([personal profile] hungover) wrote in [community profile] exsilium2012-07-31 10:56 pm

First shot ; video

[There is the tell-tale sound of heaving in the background. The communicator is on its side, camera facing a cup of some clear alcohol on ice that's swirling in a tumbler. Where did this mysterious alcohol come from when Haymitch appears to be newly-arrived, you ask? We may never know.

His cheek is still stinging from where Katniss had gouged him, but it was a dull thrum that didn't seem so bad when he couldn't see straight. Eventually, he manages to get the camera upright and gives it a winning grin – or it would be winning, if there wasn't the telltale glisten of vomit on his lower lip. Some might not notice that.]


So, we're in for another Game. Different rules, sure, and a real 'battle', but – [and he waves his hand toward the camera,] – still. I should introduce myself, if that's the case.

[He makes a mostly-unsuccessful attempt to straighten himself up a little, leaning heavily on the outside wall of the nearest building before forcing himself to his feet and dipping himself in a sloppy bow.]

Haymitch Abernathy, victor of the second Quarter Quell. I come from District 12, home of coal and very little else.. This place is at least less of a violent assault on the senses than the Capitol – nobody's hair has made me shield my eyes yet. That's something.

[He produces a flask from his jacket pocket and places it to his lips, tipping it completely upside-down to suck the last few drops from it.]

Tell me, fellow captives -- how do you feel about the likelihood we'll be forced to kill people we know nearly nothing about in the name of this place's 'freedom'?
whatsupcroc: (☇ doubt: do you mean that?)

[personal profile] whatsupcroc 2012-08-03 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
Except you recognize California? There's... no way you're from a future Earth, is there?

[ Drunk vomity man. TELL HER YOUR STORIES? ]
whatsupcroc: (☇ consider: you have a point)

[personal profile] whatsupcroc 2012-08-03 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
[ WHEN HE STOPPED VOMITING HE SAID SOME INTERESTING THINGS... once relevant to her own world.

Shut up, it's not self interest, it's being a teenager!!! ]


Weird! Not that it should be with how places get renamed all through history. Like everything I'm hearing about this world. Similar places, totally different names.
whatsupcroc: (☇ ask: what's the plan?)

[personal profile] whatsupcroc 2012-08-03 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
We might see, with the whole time thing!
whatsupcroc: (◆ amused: is that what she said)

[personal profile] whatsupcroc 2012-08-03 06:21 am (UTC)(link)
That's what I've been saying! It's already changed how things are here, I've talked to some of the others who've been here for a while, and it's like it just erases out things that have happened. Like ripples in a pond hitting other ripples and changing how the water moves or something!
whatsupcroc: (☇ laugh: ha! you could say that)

[personal profile] whatsupcroc 2012-08-08 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
Yep! Which is why we're all here. Dangerous times call for desperate measures, or something like that.
whatsupcroc: (☇ smile: not the kind you mean)

[personal profile] whatsupcroc 2012-08-08 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
I didn't know to count you for an optimist!

[ She winks. ]

I already am.