13th Swing - Voice

[deadalready]

[It's still so weird that he and Clove are getting married. That it's actually happening like they acted like it could in their more stupid moments where they were both alive in the end. Maybe only one of them went to the Games and won, maybe neither of them went. Cato had wanted to with increasing desperation the closer he got to 18 but he'd told Clove before he would only volunteer if she needed him to.

Thinking about things from before the Games; about his sad, pointless life and his parents and their house and his room and the town...he wants that. He wants his mom and dad to be happy and see him get married.

Cato wonders if anyone will even show up for the wedding (still weird) or if it'll just be him and Clove and the person marrying them. The only thing he knows with certainty is that he's been here almost two years and hasn't made one friend. (Or so he thinks).

It makes him miss his parents even more fiercely and, without really thinking, he opens his journal.]

If you could have someone from back home be here, even for just a day, even if they were dead, would you make that happen?

[It seems selfish to even think about it, to him at least. He's curious to see if other people don't give as much of a crap about the life they'd left behind. He just misses his family.]

Comments

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[hikaruorkaoru]

Yes.

[Hikaru's not so much concerned with anyone who died or anything like that.]

Kaoru -- my brother.

I either want him here or me there. I don't care which way. We're just... not supposed to be apart like this.

[He hasn't even been here a month. Any longer seems absolutely unbearable to him.]

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[deadalready]

[Gosh, nobody who died that'd be stupid.]

Haven't you ever been away from him?

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[hikaruorkaoru]

[The luxury of never having lost anyone close.]

Not for more than a day. We're twins, so... we've always been together.

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[deadalready]

[Sheltered people, ugh.]

How long have you been here?

[Voice]

[voiceinthedark]

If I could, I'd have my entire town brought here. Forever, if I could.

[And if they were dead then... he wishes he could tell Alice everything that's happened. Or would that be weird, with another Five around, starring in so many adventures?]

[Voice]

[deadalready]

[Now that is thinking big. Cato isn't sure if he'd want to bring the entire town or even the entire neighborhood here let alone his parents.

Still, he does miss them.]

I take it things weren't so good back where you're from?

[Voice]

[voiceinthedark]

There was kind of an apocalypse. When you've been living with rationed everything for months, and wondering if tonight is the night the wall gets breached, this place is pretty idyllic.

[Voice]

[ps3pirate]

[The question surprises Patty a bit. Not because it seems to have come out of nowhere, but because she feels the answer would be obvious.]

Of course! Wouldn't everyone?

[Voice]

[deadalready]

[Oh hey little not-sister!]

I've gotten a few people who disagree.

[Voice]

[ps3pirate]

[Sup big not-brother!]

But why? I know this place can get pretty bad, but the more companions you have, the bigger the chances you can change things. And going through hardship is much more difficult when you're all alone.

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[prims]

I think so. My father - I haven't seen him since I was little.

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[deadalready]

I'd bring my parents too.

[He know she only said her father but it's the same thought.]

It'd be better than Panem, at least.

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[prims]

[ She'd bring her mother, too, but...she took it as "one person" and made the choice. ]

Katniss says she lived through the final games.

[ Prim wonders what the world looks like without them. ]

[Voice]

[rashness]

No. [Especially not if they're dead... right? No he'd love to see Father Fujimoto, but he deserves to rest in peace. So.] I mean-- sure, I'd wanna see people but no. They shouldn't be here.

[Voice]

[deadalready]

Really? It's that bad?

[He finds it hard to believe someone could be so adamant about never bringing someone they cared about here. Rather he finds it hard to believe that some other place could be so much better than this.]

[Voice]

[rashness]

Yeah. I mean... sometimes it's nice, and it's not like nothin' good has ever happened to me here. But it's not home, and what's more, people don't control anything here. Not when they get messed with, not when they get put in a war, and not when they go home, even. And 'm especially not gonna wanna be responsible for bringing none of my friends or family to that sorta situation.

[voice]

[toujoursfluer]

I'd never bring anyone here. Even for a day. [this was no place for anyone she cared about]

[voice]

[deadalready]

What's so bad about this place though?

[Sure you got the Shifts - those suck, but they barely ever actually do anything in the long run. The Drafts rarely come and even those you can manage if you can fight, plus there are front and second lines to separate people who can and can't fight.

Plus - and this was the most important to note - you couldn't die. Not forever at least.]

[voice]

[toujoursfluer]

I prefer the freedom of the open sea.

[and danger, yes. But she would rather die in pursuit of her dream than be stuck continually reviving here]

[ voice ]

[universal_charm]

Wouldn't anyone? It's like the ultimate wish, isn't it, to see those people you lost.

_{[ His dad, for one. He had never really met him, but he wanted to, so bad. He wanted to meet the man, the hero for himself, not just have stories from second hands to go on and his mother's sad looks. ]}

[ voice ]

[deadalready]

A lot of people don't seem to think that this place is suited? Or something? For the people they miss.

[He sort of gets that but from personal experience this place is practically a paradise.]

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[universal_charm]

Bring them here? No, probably not. In a general sense, yeah, I'd want to bring them back, but bringing them back into a prison? Not a great way to show your love, or adoration or whatever it is you have for the person.

[Voice]

[swordprincess]

[Oh yes, there's definitely someone that Karla would want to see. She's already spent what feels like an eternity searching for him, and she'd do anything to be with him again, no matter where they were.]

My brother...

[Voice]

[deadalready]

I'd want to see my parents.

[He ignores just how childish he feels saying it, he does miss them though.]

Even if they were just gonna be here a day.

[Voice]

[swordprincess]

A day...

[That's all she's ever wanted from the moment she began her journey.]

It's all I wanted. To just hear my brother's voice one more time...