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[ssa_emilyprentiss]

 So, I understand that you, for whatever reason, have this inexplicable fascination with Ian Doyle and whatever feelings we may or may not have or have had towards each other...

But isn't it enough that you've assigned me to fight repeatedly for my life in a kill-or-be-killed forum of the quasi-reality show of the "Hunger Games"?  Is it really necessary for you to search desperately for another mun to bring Ian to life so that he may too try to kill me?  (Or compete with Derek for my affections as the case may be?)

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let's try this again

[numbersnfigures]

Oh, is that what those books are about? That reminds me of the gladiators of ancient Rome, most of whom were slaves and literally fought for their lives in front of arenas of thousands of people. Did you know that there were actually special schools designed to train gladiators?

I don't understand why Morgan and Doyle would be competing for your affections, [He's clueless on those sorts of observations.] but it seems as though your mun has plans and ideas which can be.. dangerous.

Mun wonders why you and Morgan are never where I am. It's probably because she protects me too much. She won't allow me to go to some of the more.. harsh places.

I-I guess I should be grateful.

Re: let's try this again

[ssa_emilyprentiss]

Futuristic gladiators...that's precisely what we are. Training schools and all. It's horrendous. Especially when the mun gets to conspiring with the so-called "mods".

Don't be too jealous - dying and coming back to life repeatedly is even less fun than it sounds.

[numbersnfigures]

It doesn't sound enjoyable. It sounds like the punishment of Prometheus.

[As someone who's been near death several times, the idea of having to go through that constantly would be a nightmare.]

Sometimes I wonder if my mun thinks I can't handle such places.

[He's wrong (for once). His mun knows he can handle them, she just doesn't think that he should have to.]

[ssa_emilyprentiss]

No one is ever really "prepared" for these "Games", that's sort of the point. At least between deaths, you get to be lauded as pseudo-celebrity - that's a perk, right?

[numbersnfigures]

Not really. Celebrity and notoriety leads to scrutiny.

[He remembered how the press had hounded Lila.]

[ssa_emilyprentiss]

Oppressive government regimes lead to scrutiny. Or they do when the mun decides you don't feel like cooperating with said government's questioning.

[numbersnfigures]

I don't think I would comply with a totalitarian government either. Of course, my method of resistance would be more passive-aggressive... more like Gandhi. Civil disobedience.

[ssa_emilyprentiss]

You've obviously never lived in a totalitarian country. Don't be fooled, they have ways of making you comply...peacekeepers and powerful drugs. Or they just don't bother bringing you back after you die in the arena.

[numbersnfigures]

That's true.

I'm sorry you're stuck there, Emily.

[ssa_emilyprentiss]

Me too. It could be worse, I suppose. Perhaps if I win, I'll be able to find a way home.

[numbersnfigures]

Is.. that what happens if you win?

[And winning comes at what cost?]

[ssa_emilyprentiss]

No...you get to stay and "mentor" the new crop of tributes.

[numbersnfigures]

Oh.

Wouldn't... winning entail killing Morgan?

[ssa_emilyprentiss]

There are several dozen other people competing who want to kill him.

You know I could never do that. Right? Even Lauren wouldn't have done that.

[numbersnfigures]

So.. you're hoping someone else kills him then? Or that he kills you? Those are your only alternatives to not killing him yourself.

[ssa_emilyprentiss]

I'd sooner die than let him. I think I've proved that already.

[numbersnfigures]

[Perhaps, but...]

And you think he's going to let you die.. again?

[This was Morgan, so the answer was no.]

[ssa_emilyprentiss]

He can't always have things his way. Especially not in the Hunger Games.

[numbersnfigures]

Morgan's the type of man who is going to do everything in his power to have things his way.

I suppose if your only options are to die or kill each other, then one solution would be to have two other people kill you.

Or to refuse to play.

[ssa_emilyprentiss]

There is no refuse to play. Unless you'd like to die permanently.

[numbersnfigures]

Your mun wouldn't want that.

[ssa_emilyprentiss]

Sometimes I'm not so sure about that.

[numbersnfigures]

If you're permanently dead, then she can't play with you anymore.