003 ♁ Video

[twiceadays]

[As soon as the video feed turns on, it's obvious that the good commander is pretty pissed off.

She jabs her finger hard at the screen, teeth bared.] Dr. Sponde, Initiative, whoever the hell you are.

What the hell just happened to us all? I don't know about you, but I don't exactly find the idea of having to murder my friends to keep them from killing me the ideal situation in training. I don't care if it was a simulated situation or not.

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[hungover]

If anything, I can blame them for my state of duress.

[It's more of a permanent condition than anything.]

Weaving excuses is one of the things I'm good at.

[twiceadays]

[Sipping at her drink with an amused expression.] Excuses?

[hungover]

Oh, you know. Politicians and the rich need to hear some justification to pacify them when the situation becomes -- unpredictable.

[No, mister President, Katniss wasn't trying to defy the Capitol! She was just ... in love ...

Fat lot of good that did, of course.]

[twiceadays]

[Her eyes roll as she takes in a deep breath before sighing loudly.] Politicians and the rich should just get a fist to the face, really. Maybe then they'll stop being idiots. [Except that's not the way the world works.] Add higher up military personnel to the mix, and I know exactly what you're talking about. [A grin.] Although people usually have to make excuses for me.

[hungover]

Some of them can't help it. Dumb and stupid, raised in decadence and not knowing any better.

[He shakes his head -- thinks of Effie, Flavius, Venia, and Octavia.]

Can't blame them -- they aren't exposed to the same picture of the Districts as the ones who live in them.

[twiceadays]

Sounds like the place that you come from is pretty bad off. [Not that the galaxy back home isn't in danger, but it's not that bad, when the threat of Reapers aren't breathing down your neck.]

[hungover]

Depends on who you are. Like I said.

[He's not disagreeing, though.]

[twiceadays]

If they're ignorant of the situation while other things are falling apart around them, they're probably even worse off. [At least you know what to do when things are bad.]

[hungover]

[He nods. He can't help but think about what will happen when he goes home - when the rebellion there starts from the sparks he and the other victors lit under the Districts.]

If things ever change, they'll just have to learn.

[twiceadays]

[She pauses to think about that, wonders if the people in her own home will ever learn, now that certain doom is over their heads. Probably not. Idiots tend to never change completely. Still, she lifts her drink in his direction.] To hoping people will learn, then.

[hungover]

[He nods. Some of them -- he's got hope for. Katniss' prep team, for example. He furrows his brows, though, and lifts his glass in return.]

Sounds good to me.

[twiceadays]

[Shepard drains the glass then because lol. Alcoholism. Drinking is good, yes.] Fuck, I hope the Initiative gets it together before they end up killing us all. Especially with kids around.

[hungover]

They'll have to go through some of us to get to the kids.

[Peeta and Katniss, sure, but also -- some of the younger ones here.]

[twiceadays]

No doubt about it. And I will be right there with the others who stand in the way. [She sighs.] They need to be trained. [It's a good thing this isn't a date, because it'd be the worst one ever.]

[hungover]

Not exactly my forte.

[He's got a pretty poor track-record with successfully preparing tributes, after all.]

[twiceadays]

You could always teach them how to make excuses. Could come in handy. [She winks.]

[hungover]

I'm sure the 'responsible adults' would start considering me a bad influence at that point.

[twiceadays]

Kids need a little bit of a bad influence every now and then. We can't all walk the straight and narrow our entire lives.

[hungover]

Some people just aren't cut out for the straight and narrow anyway.

[twiceadays]

No, I guess I'd have to agree with you on that one. [She thinks about Zaeed. Definitely not one for the straight and narrow.]