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Hunger Games: Session 12

[ You find yourself in your respective unit's zone, with a mini-map on your phone, as well as your objectives:

Kill as many competitors as you can.
Destroy zones by breaking their statues.
Not enough action = We start killing you :)

Underneath the objectives is the number of revivals you have left, as well as whatever miscellaneous details about scoring points—killing a unitmate results in negative points, five units will be healed at most, etc.

The starting horn sounds. Let the games begin. ]

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Which is stupid. Kids should be protected more.

Even vikings got that. I only got trained as young as I did was because of numbers, but everyone knew that. It was about what was necessary, but everyone knew they didn't want it. And even then...younger was to protect the home. Not go out.

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They had their reasons for it, but I just can't agree with it either... but I'm also from a world where such things weren't a problem. For my country, at least.

But I don't think it'd do any good saying that to him. It's the culture he grew up in, and blunt words from someone who doesn't know it firsthand would hurt more than heal.

Even with reasons...if you're not helping the kids understand why, then its a failure on the part of the adults.

He runs away if you're too blunt. Like. You have to push enough where he's about to run and then pull back so he stays and then let it like...simmer.

And we all know I suck at that, so it'll be up to you!

[Ruffles intensifying for a moment, just for emphasis.]

You don't suck at-

Well, okay, maybe you wouldn't be good for Hurricane, because he's not good at like...being pushed to think and get out of his head that way.

Good for me. Push me to start thinking. Very important.

[Leaning into the ruffles.]

Like Astrid does.

[Ahahaha ouch. But Rye's still blissed out to some extent, so he'll just keep on smiling, it's fine.]

Even if you get mad?

[You like to go all or nothing and Hurricane doesn't respond well to that he found.]

Sometimes I need to get mad.

When its...bad. When its the most bad, its just...detached. I stop feeling, I stop thinking, I stop. Everything.

And everyone likes to get platitudes and encouragement and it all means nothing because if I was as great as they said, wouldn't I have been able to keep the problem from happening? They all just want me to feel better and loved and even if I can appreciate that after the fact, it doesn't...it doesn't help the thing that hurts. I can't feel better about myself if I feel nothing. I can't look at that thing with anything beyond nothing.

But you didn't give platitude.

You got me to think. To....to start when I had stopped.

Like Astrid did. I had stopped and she forced me to start and then...then I could do something. I could do more then nothing.

You got me to look later. How did I get there. How could I get there. I couldn't hope, hope was too much, but I could think, I could feel, I could see this thing and be something.

If I get mad, its because I need to be mad. But being mad is better then nothing.

You help me be more then nothing when that's all I want to be.

[Oh that's a lot actually.

Hmmmm.]

[Pokes his cheek again.]

Then I guess I'll just keep pissing you off.

[Nailed it.]

[Izzy, you just gotta accept he genuinely appreciates your existence.]

Hmm, that's fine. Dunno why you think you do it a lot, really don't.

Just feel.

Lots of stuff.

Like now. Feel lot better. [Nuzzles his shoulder.]

[Sounds fake. He'll allow the nuzzle, although if it's at his neck he'll just casually shift to nuzzle back and keep that particularly vulnerable area out of reach.]

Then I guess I've managed something this whole game.

[Also sneaking a glance at his phone real quick now that they've definitely been locked in.]

[Either its by chance, or he's still Aware Enough to be going just for his shoulder.]

Game is hard. Surviving is important. Good to help, but not dying is still good.

Don't get down on yourself like Hurricane.

[Phew, he doesn't want to have that conversation in general, much less with a moon-cursed Rye.]

Don't patronize me. I just haven't seen much action, that's all.

[Absolutely.]

[He hums.]

You take a lot of responsibility. Like Hurricane. Like me. But like...different reasons, I think.

If I didn't, you might not get a healer who knows basic human anatomy.

[Nuzzling and pressing up against Rye a little more, don't let the conversation slide along that much.]

[Nuzzling closer, but still careful of his neck. Even shifts to get close without getting to there. So he seems to be that aware at least.]

Others that bad at anatomy?

It's not like everyone studies it.

Hmmm, get to know it though.

Meant more...emotional though. Like...you don't like me being mad at you...didn't expect that.

'Cause you're a total softy most of the time.

[A little huffy, but the tone's pretty affected.]

Hmmm, fair. Don't get mad much.

But just means when I'm mad its an important feeling. Sometimes I can be mad just 'cause the person is important, like dad.

Still love you though.

[Going still because what the fuck.]

[How dare??????]

Won't the moon be sad hearing you say that?

I love the Moon and the Moon will have to accept I can love more then one.

I love dragons.

I love Toothless.

I love Hurricane and Miya and I think I love Astrid.

I l ove my dad and my village and Wild City.

I love Luci.

And I love you.

[Hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh burying his face in Rye's shoulder at this point.]

The next fanmail is going to be a different kind of bloodbath. Or maybe just the same as usual?

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