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To the Stars, From Death.

It's not bad and I use it for school since my laptop is massive and a beast to move from my classes across campus so the table is the way to go for me. I usually have my laptop around or another PC but hey, the tablet is a nice enough solution if ya know...I don't need top copy/paste stuff. ^^;

EDIT - Oh thanks! Tea is always amazing~

To the Stars, From Death.

God I can relate to her...ahem. Accepted. I won't be able to edit the first post with the info until I'm at my PC again with may be sometimes tomorrow. (doing it on a table is a pain in the ass, even with a wireless keyboard which is what I'm on tonight) But feel free to get a post up!

To the Stars, From Death.

Yeah if you can get something together quickly. *smiles and nods* Note you won't be replacing Coffee but due to their MIA status it does give anyone a small window to nudge themselves into said RP. Glad you're interested.

Beyond a Fire's Embers

Haymitch filled her in on who might be possible competition for her bow and arrow but from the sounds of it, she wasn’t very worried. “Don’t worry, I have something special planned for when we get to show off our skills one on one.” The last time she made big waves by shooting an arrow at their feast when they began to write her off as a nobody. Katniss decided she could use some of the supplies in the area and use one of the dummies they had around for sparring and demonstrations. She could use him as target practice the way the Capital had turned on him not long ago. She knew it would be even more controversial than last year and she was more than happy to call the Capital out on all the evil things they did behind closed doors.

“Today I’m going to do a lot of practice with my bow.” In her mind, she didn’t need to do too much but she had proven herself good enough to stand up with Johanna so now she had to go back to her roots, the reason why she fought so hard in the previous Games, her archery. She glanced between Gale and Prim as she pushed her plate aside, done already. There was something going on and it was enough to interest her more than whatever was going on in Prim’s head. Katniss knew she couldn’t let Gale slide by anymore, she had to figure out what he and Prim were up to because they were looking awfully close. Even now, Katniss had Prim’s best interests at heart, even if she wasn’t sure what to say to her.

From what it looked like, everyone had something to do for training and Gale was ready to get started with his own workout. He looked to Peeta and Haymitch, also a bit curious as to what was going on between them. If it was something important though, Gale had to believe that they would be told about it too. For now, he couldn’t let that get in the way of the day’s progress. Everyone would be stepping up their game now that the first day’s jitters were out of the way. He watched Katniss excuse herself from the table to go brush her teeth and do some quick stretching before they headed down. Gale looked back to Prim and wondered what she had to show off. He was sure it would be cool to see but he also knew it might be time for each of them to focus on thier own skills for the day. Iva and Yelven were competition after all.

And yet they were friends.

Gale didn’t want to think about the future since the present was finally starting to feel good. Prim was stepping up finally, Haymitch was being less of a jerk, and he and Katniss were honing their skills. And whatever Peeta was up, Gale had to trust that he knew what he was doing and that it would help them in the long run, somehow. As he finished nibbling on a slice of whole wheat toast, Katniss came back and Gale watched her closely. She seemed content considering the events of last night. He just wanted Prim and Katniss to be best friends again but to do that, he couldn’t meddle in their affairs. He just had to have faith and make sure his sword skills would be enough to protect them both when the Games kicked off. “I think we’re about ready to go?” Gale got up and brushed some crumbs off of him. From what he could tell, the mood of the room was confident.

They all soon were ready to head down after Effie wished them good luck. Katniss was a bit excited to get to use her go-to weapon. It had felt like forever since she had picked it up even though it had surely only be two or three days. Katniss and the others made it down to the facility where most of the other competitors were. Many were focused on their own station. She flashed her group a smile before she went straight for the wall where a black bow was hanging. along with a set of arrows. She stepped into the hologram program which was surrounded by glass and began to plug in various details as to how many enemies she wanted. The lights went dark and she armed herself. An orange hologram of a combatant came running towards her and she was quick to shoot it and reload her bow as another came from behind. She spun around and shoot it down as two then ran for her.

Katniss jumped back but waited until the right moment. As soon as the two digital attackers were lined up, thanks to her new angle, she was able take them both out in the head with one shot, it slicing through both of them with ease. Looking up, she saw another orange blue firing its own arrows at her, Katniss rolled forward and when she jumped up, she had her bow armed and aimed at the enemy archer. They both fired and both dodged but she had been quicker on her draw and landed hers where she knew he would move, thus hitting him in the chest while his own attack had been dodged with her leaned back and to the left. The program then ended and she lowered her arms and turned to see many of the Tributes had been watching her perfect performance. Gale gave her a small thumbs up and she exited it. “Well done, Katniss.” Gale smiled, expecting nothing less from his friend.

“Thanks.” She said and returned the equipment where it belonged and then gave the people Haymitch had pointed out at breakfast a cold look that dared them to follow that, let alone go anywhere near a bow and arrow. Katniss spotted Haymitch and Prim among the spectators as well. She glanced to Gale and then back to Prim who had moved elsewhere and Katniss followed, planning on upping the difficulty of the hologram program later but she was curious to see what Prim had planned. Gale followed along, interested as well. They came to where there were throwing knives and the targets at varying distances. Katniss sent her younger sister some positive thoughts as some people who had watched Katniss, lingered to see what she was looking at, while many more were interested to just see what Prim could do.

As much as Gale wanted to cheer for her, he didn’t want to interrupt her concentration so he kept quiet and just watched. He bit his lower lip and heard a few careers heckling Prim and he turned around to give them a hard glare. “Just watch and see what she’ll do to you in the Arena.” He told them. Then he turned back to watch Prim, sure that after whatever happened, everyone would be afraid of Katniss and Prim. Which meant he and Haymitch would also need to step up their game and prove that their group was strong as well as tight. Gale knew this was important but he also wanted Prim to relax and pretend that no one else was around. He spotted Iva and Yelven watching their new friend too and Gale held his breath as Prim got ready to show her stuff.

To the Stars, From Death.

I'm gonna give Coffee until tomorrow night to post. They said they'd be around a few times a week and by tomorrow it will have been a week since we've heard from them and since they've logged on. The first post is important and I don't want us getting snagged this early on since everyone else was prompt or communicated any possible delay. I mean it was around Thanksgiving which is even more of a wonderful surprise. If Coffee comes around after that, they may be added in but we can't all back track to include their two characters, that's just not fair to everyone else to deal with slack to pick up. Otherwise at a later point will be when they can come back in if they've been more active around the site. Fair enough guys?

TLDR - I'm posting tomorrow night if Coffee can't do it before then. We gots to move on right?

Mirroring Worlds, Reflecting Possibilities

It is true, most people don't need the shit they buy. I think it may give them bragging rights or someone. I can't really defend their actions. :/

Mirroring Worlds, Reflecting Possibilities

I'm sorry we gave you Black Friday...:/

It really is pointless and I wish people weren't so desperate but that's how things are for some people and that's something we should be fixing instead of encouraging people to throw punches for a few bucks off a blender or stupid iPhone.

Tavern/Inn Roleplays

The idea of people teaming up for a goal to be tricky since I've run into characters created who aren't meant for a group situation and those are a pain to deal with. Either intentions aren't pure, trust is hard to gain, they're a loner, whatever issue they have is hard to factor into a group. Sure, in real life not everyone is a team player but sometimes there is a bad apple or two that the whole group may need to gather around to rally them to give a fuck. For me, this issue comes up often and is a drain on interest and motivation to push past the beginning stages of meeting and giving characters trust to grow. So the fantasy quest/Inn/whatever RPs tend to be more miss than hit from what I've encountered.

Beyond a Fire's Embers

Yep yep, t'was good. I'll get started on a post now.

EDIT - Posted. I thought it might be better for Katniss to draw her crowd and use some of them for Prim so it didn't look like Katniss was 'one upping' Prim if she went after her lil sis. I hope that's okay, I ended it so that you can have Prim to her thing. Katniss is gonna be so proud of Prim and be really pleased with whatever Haymitch did. And Gale is totes gonna be like 'awww yeah, you look dead sexy' XD I hope what I did was okay, I thought it might be but if you need me to tweak it or rewind a bit, I can. I will be going out to the movies tonight (I think) and then again tomorrow so my nights are gonna be a bit busy but I should be free during the afternoon tomorrow and late tonight. Hope you're doing well~

Beyond a Fire's Embers

Considering Katniss felt unacknowledged and ignored last night, I think it's justified. But I'll edit if you want, though I'll probably just take off Haymitch's name then. She can talk to Prim but I can't really make it happy or interested at the moment. Prim acted pretty OC in Katniss' mind and she's not going to condone those actions and pretend she's not hurt by her sister. Prim needs to step up at lunch even if Katniss is upset IMO.

But again, I'll edit Katniss if you think things won't get resolved. I can have Katniss acknowledge them both mention Haymitch helping her and how she's surprised to see he's the one she listened to but that she's glad she did. I don't want my post to screw things over.

EDIT - I think I will edit, after considering Peeta's talk, Katniss will probably try to be the mature person which means not being snide and holding a grudge against her sister but she still won't be happy about It. Does that work? :3

EDIT EDIT - Changed the ending. Is it better~? I think so lol I figured Katniss being petty would be a step back, so I'm glad you pointed it out. Hopefully you slept well.