suddenlycaptain | CONTACT ;; ataraxion

I think it's worse.

[ She sits down next to him, sighs and lets her head fall into her hands for a moment. ]

I hate this fucking ship.

Can't argue with that. [He raises his glass to her and then finishes off Glass #3.

And then in an attempt to make her feel better, he adds, semi-reassuringly:]

They're mutts. I wouldn't pay too much attention to what they say. They just want to get in your head. [This is not the physical war of the Games or even the revolution- this is pure psychological warfare. It's a different kind of arena, but an arena all the same.]

Pour me one of those.

[ She has no idea what it is, especially since she's only lifting her head now that he's trying to half reassure her, but oh well. ]

They're something, that's for sure.

[He obliges her and since he's feeling generous, he'll even explain.]

The Capitol used to genetically alter animals for use in the Games. I always figured they'd turn to experimenting with humans one day. Old victors not worth their salt as mentors, getting put to use elsewhere. Wouldn't surprise me any.

[A beat.] What did they say? [Said like he wasn't listening in to every conversation he could see.]

The birds.

[ Those fucking birds. She still has a scar. ]

They knew my name. Said I "knew", that I didn't have to ask. Asked me to tell them if I saw their captain.

Exactly.

[He takes a long sip of his drink and shrugs, choosing not to go too much more into detail. Carolyn's one of the few people he'll trust with game-related business besides Kazama and his team. Her and Russia, now that Jack's gone. They've seen it.]

Knew what? [Obviously, she doesn't know what they meant, but context is key.]

I don't know. [ She takes a sip of her own drink, nodding toward Haymitch's lap because... it's there. ]

The conversation was unlocked. You can look it up.

[And proving that he was just wanting to hear her say it before he revealed he already did that, he doesn't even look at the comm.]

"Survival of the fittest." [He repeats the words back like it's some sort of mantra.] Seems like we've been saying that for awhile now, doesn't it?

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[ Thanks Haymitch that's not weird at all. ]

Yeah. [ She's just going to finish that drink. ] Seems like a weird thing to say that I "know".

You're right. It's something else. [He picks up the comm and finds this conversation.]

The only thing you and that woman have in common aside from being people I can actually be assed to respect is you both have pull on this ship- people follow you. I don't bet, but if I did, if Kirk said anything, they'd probably have said the same to him.

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Tyke, [ she murmurs, looking at the conversation. "Like Fry" -- the sentence makes her frown. ]

We have short hair, [ she offers after a moment, dry. ]

[He rolls his eyes.] Maybe I'm wrong about Kirk. Maybe it's just that you two have something in common with Resnik. Either way, I doubt your hair figures much into it.

[ And now she's going to roll her eyes right back. ] It was a joke, Haymitch.

And that was sarcasm. [He raises his glass to her and downs it.] Just thinking you might wanna work on figuring it out. Something like that might blindside you if you're not careful.

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[ She sighs, moving some hair out of her face. ] I know. But as usual, the other side's got most of the information.

[He shrugs] You don't need to talk to the other side. They gave you a name. You and Tyke ought to compare notes, see what you've got in common they're picking up on.

I'm not going to talk to the other side. [ Not any more than she has to, anyway. ] Right...

What's the worst that could happen? [a beat] From you two talking, anyway.

I didn't say I wouldn't do it, Haymitch. [ She just doesn't particularly want to talk about it right now. ]

Moving right along then. [And what moving on entails is pouring her another drink.]

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