Possibly headed to thegames.

[ex_manufactured881]

A manufactured life, and a manufactured win, coming from an electronics manufacturing district. I get it, yeah. Cute.

At least if the new District 3 tributes are from another universe, they'll have a chance. Don't have to tell you that we're not doing too well, as things stand.

Easy does it. Just because I abandoned one tribute doesn't mean I'll abandon these new ones. Once does not make a habit. Besides, I've got a vested interest in winning this one, don't I?

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[sinsparrow]

...What happens when you abandon one of these...tributes?

[ex_manufactured881]

He died.

Very quickly.

[sinsparrow]

[ Oh. Well, that's... ]
That's monstrous. Why...why would you do something like that?

[ex_manufactured881]

His odds were 24 to 1 against anyway. Doubt it made a difference.

[sinsparrow]

But this tribute...he was your charge, wasn't he? Your responsibility. [ with increased fervor ] You don't just abandon that.

[ex_manufactured881]

He didn't listen.

So I only paid attention to the girl.

[sinsparrow]

That's hardly just. When you take on responsibility for a person, you honor that responsibility. It's often the nature of the ones you guide to be disobedient -- that doesn't make your own duty any less.

[ex_manufactured881]

He knew what was at stake. He made his choice.

[sinsparrow]

...And you made yours. [ She's done being accusatory. Now she's just...quietly disappointed. ]

[ex_manufactured881]

Survive a bloodbath, get saddled with kids who don't know what they're getting into. Best not to get too attached. The Odds aren't in their favor.

[sinsparrow]

[ A pause, as the full scope of what she's implying sinks in. ]
...Oh.
You... A bloodbath? And they'll all go through the same?

[ex_manufactured881]

That's the Games.

my current set of icons is really hard to work with :C

[sinsparrow]

Who makes you do something so terrible? [ She doesn't ask why she agrees to it, though. She's had enough experience with cruel authority to decide she's pretty sure of that answer. ]

[vainqueurdeluxe]

We all have interests in winning the Games for our district.

What, pray tell, is the sudden investment you have for winning?

[ex_manufactured881]

Maybe I'm tired of being ignored.

[vainqueurdeluxe]

Well, that's not something victors usually say.

[ex_manufactured881]

I'm not a normal victor.

[ False. She's exactly like the rest of them, as much as she'd like to think she's different. But whenever she sees another getting media attention, the back of her mind itches -- the part that says they'll forget about you, you'll be nothing, you'll fail. ]

[vainqueurdeluxe]

[This is the look of a D1 bitch that does not believe you.]

No victors are normal, dear. We're all fucked up one way or another.