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[axplicitly]

You’re funny, thinking you get me at all.

[There’s a light sneer, which is a careful balance of indifference and condescension. Truthfully, she finds this entire affair unsettling. What’s the difference between being a puppet for the Capitol versus dealing with a mun?]

Let me tell you something, stupid. There’s no point in making an effort. No one’s gonna pull my strings anymore, so screw off.

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[airborn]

[...she recognises this face. Of course she does. It's different seeing her up close instead of on a tv screen.]

Some keepers aren't that bad. It's better than being watched by the Capitol's people.

[axplicitly]

[It takes a second for her to recognize the tribute from District 11. All thanks to Katniss and her protect-the-helpless shit.

Despite her obvious sour mood, she doesn't quite find it within herself to bite off Rue's head.]

They're all the same. Manipulative assholes who get a kick out of your humiliation and misery.

[airborn]

[Edging closer now. You won't bite, will you?]

The games here are okay. My keeper says there are calmer ones. It's like a new life away from Panem.

[axplicitly]

[Just...rolls her eyes at the timid inching.]

Yeah? And what are the chances of my puppet master choosing one of those?

[She really doesn't think there can possibly be a new life from Panem. Not without a catch, anyway.]

No, I'm betting I'll be dumped somewhere as bad as the Games. Maybe worse.

[airborn]

[Well, fine. Don't mind if she just plops onto the floor a couple feet away. The Games change people, yeah, but it's not like someone could quickly forget how Johanna had pretended to be so nice and meek, when she turned out to be the opposite.]

I'm in one. I like it so far.

[inmylight_commander]

Muns like to think they have total control. But you have to be careful, surprise them too much and they get attached and just poke you more.

[Kat knows. The more she acted opposite of the Mundane's expectations, the more shit was thrown at her out of 'curiosity'.]

[axplicitly]

[It's probably over for Johanna then, huh?

She smirks confidently.]

I'm banking on the mun being too lazy to do anything. The dumbass is the biggest procrastinator I've ever seen.

[inmylight_commander]

[Kat snorts, shifting weight in her power armor.] That can definitely be a deterrent. It's part of why I've been homeless for a few months.

But, she had me in a game for a year before that, and she's thinking about doing it again. Curiosity can be a strong drive. [... a trait which Kat herself has in spades.]

My mundane says we might have some things in common, aside from a distaste for someone else deciding our fate.

[axplicitly]

Sounds like you're screwed.

[Just a hint of boredom from someone in power can spell doom for everyone else.

At first, she's taken aback by the comment. No one's ever been compared to her in a way that isn't negative, and this person willingly volunteered the information. She's not sure how to react, which means tetchiness is a go.]

Whatever. Your mun's full of crap, and you'd be stupid to believe anything she says.

[inmylight_commander]

[Kat shrugs.] At least I know what to expect, and how to best combat it. [Never ever intending to make it easy on her mun.]

[She just shakes her head. That tone alone sounds like one she's used before.]

[When she speaks, her own tone goes dark and cold, running on information supplied by her mundane. Her own curiosity is overriding the suspicion that this other woman wasn't in a talking mood, but Kat pushes on, experience coloring her words.] Everything you've ever loved is gone.

[martyrjay]

You're not the first to think you can stop your mun just by saying "no."

[axplicitly]

Hey brainless. You're dumber than I remember, which is really saying something.

[Come on, Katniss, you should know better than to think Johanna would take this lying down.]

[dairing]

They won't stop with it, you know. The string pulling.

<3!!!!!!!!!

[axplicitly]

[She makes a face. Way to be a downer, Finnick.]

C'mon, Finnick. Since when has that stopped me?

<3~

[dairing]

[Oh, and you're the picture of optimism, Johanna?]

Far be it from me to tell you what to do. [As if he really wants to get into that.] I just think it's an awfully tall order. They pull, you pull back, and the world keeps turning.

[axplicitly]

[Screw you Finnick. 8|]

Sounds just like those Capitol bastards.

[She smiles fiercely. If they can defy Snow, they can defy anyone.]

We're victors. We can handle anything they throw at us.

[dairing]

[Not if you paid me, darling.]

Sure we can. And how many times are we going to have to?

[wastheexample]

There's always someone pulling the strings, Johanna. I'd of thought you'd figured that much out by now.

[axplicitly]

Dunno about you, but I'm not gonna just roll over.

[She's done enough of that to make her sick.]

[wastheexample]

'Course not. You just need to learn how to take the strings form the string-pullers.

[axplicitly]

Obviously. I'm not stupid, Haymitch.

[Not that she has a plan exactly...

She pauses before irritably asking.]

What're you thinking?

[coversears]

I don't think... that just because you say it, means they'll be willing to listen.

[axplicitly]

[Scowl]

Geez Annie, you're just as bad as Finnick.

[Kill her fake optimism why don't you.]

I'll make her listen.

[coversears]

How would you do that?

[axplicitly]

[Her scowl deepens.]

Working on it. Besides, she's a lazy little shit, so there's nothing to worry about.

What about you, Annie? Your gamemaker has any plans?