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Cato ([personal profile] deadalready) wrote2012-07-31 03:44 pm

2nd swing - [ action ]

[With everything that's happened, Cato isn't the least bit surprised when the trees start talking and people are transported hundreds of miles away from the village just by opening and closing a door. Cato learns his lesson when Clove and Peeta end up in the mountains and props open all the doors in Clove's apartment to save himself that kind of trouble. He managed to keep a pretty level head until he actually paid attention to what one of the trees outside the community housing was saying.]


-- scared of dogs, can you believe it? Dogs! I saw him lose it just looking at a puppy!

[It was as if someone had shoved ice down his back. Cato knew instantly that they were talking about him. That was all the motivation Cato needed to go lumberjack on these stupid talking trees. He grabbed an axe and started hacking away at it's base. It was a thinner tree, so there wasn't much work involved but it still took time. If it screamed while he cut it down, he didn't care. He just wanted to get rid of it and send a message to the other stupid trees: don't talk about him and he won't cut you down. Simple as that.

For the rest of the day, Cato seems to be coping with the whole 'talking trees' thing fairly well. Until: ]


Clove? Well, according to my sources, she's got a major crush on the boy from District Twelve.

[He doesn't freak out or turn red with anger. He just laughs and chops the tree down on principal. Cato doesn't at all enjoy it either. Nope.]
simplestgift: (Please stop shitting me.)

[personal profile] simplestgift 2012-08-02 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
"I hope you're planning to do something useful with that."

Archie sees an out-of-control teen? The lieutenant starts to come out.
simplestgift: (riiiiiight)

[personal profile] simplestgift 2012-08-02 09:59 pm (UTC)(link)
He is not impressed. He's shorter and lighter than the big teen, but he's also an officer. He's known bigger bullies.

"The tree. I'd hate to think you were tempting fate for no reason at all. Cutting down trees in the woods on one's own isn't safe with Moro lurking about. Or are you a new feather?"
simplestgift: (Hyep.)

[personal profile] simplestgift 2012-08-06 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, a great bloody wolf. She takes it quite personally when we start ripping up the trees without cause.

[Or with cause, but…]
simplestgift: (Lt. Snarky)

[personal profile] simplestgift 2012-08-10 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, and she's a bit unnerving to encounter. Come back to the village and take your anger out on something in the Battle Dome instead.
thedicearecast: (that got her attention)

[personal profile] thedicearecast 2012-08-02 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
[Amelia's on her way to the Battle Dome, setting a quick pace just to make it past all the trees. Normally she's good about ignoring random things said around her, or even to her, but when they involve people she cares about, it's just not as easy to do. She's still doing her best not to listen, until she heard the screaming, and the sound of something heavy hitting the ground.

She changes directions at that point, eventually seeing some kid a few years younger than her going at the woods with an axe. Amelia shakes her head, staying far enough back to avoid any collateral damage, but calls out to the guy.]


You know, really don't think you can take out every tree in Luceti. Not that I don't appreciate wanting to.
thedicearecast: (not actually listening to you)

[personal profile] thedicearecast 2012-08-02 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
It won't. Not until the experiment ends. And no matter how many you get through, they'll probably all be fixed by morning anyway.

[After all, the buildings are self-repairing. Amelia fully expects the trees to be too.]
thedicearecast: (relaxed and casual)

[personal profile] thedicearecast 2012-08-06 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
Considering this is only the second day? Probably. These things usually last for at least a week.
thedicearecast: (so not impressed)

[personal profile] thedicearecast 2012-08-06 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
You're that determined to waste your time?
thedicearecast: (corset on the outside)

[personal profile] thedicearecast 2012-08-06 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't. [Amelia shrugs.] I was just making sure you know how stupid you're being.
thedicearecast: (not actually listening to you)

[personal profile] thedicearecast 2012-08-10 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
I wouldn't go bragging about that.
theoniongirl: (Watching)

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[personal profile] theoniongirl 2012-08-02 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
[Jilly had figured out the door dilemma as well, but rather than avoiding them, she'd embraced it. Of course, she'd been trying to practice focusing the way Sophie said it sometimes worked in Mabon, picturing where she wanted to end up, but there hadn't been any rhyme or reason to where the doors took her...this being a perfect example. Because she definitely hadn't been aiming for the forest and the gossiping trees.

She hasn't see the tall boy before, but the fact that he's gleefully taking an ax to a tree speaks volumes. She can't really blame him, but she can't help flinching, either. Still, might as well let him know she's there before she accidentally startles him.]


...I'm not sure that'll stop them.
theoniongirl: (What's going on?)

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[personal profile] theoniongirl 2012-08-03 12:03 am (UTC)(link)
[one of her hands rests on the bark of the nearest tree and, with his grin, that door transported her further than the forest. Suddenly, she feels like she's back in Tyson, looking at a boy who could have easily fit in with Del and his pals. He was wielding an ax, rather than rifle, but that wasn't exactly reassuring.

And then it's gone. One flash of uneasy deja vu, and then she's back in Luceti. And while something is still unsettling about this strange boy, she can't really judge him on what she just saw. After all, she hadn't been very happy about what she'd heard the trees saying, either]


It might be easier just to avoid them until this is over.
theoniongirl: (Window)

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[personal profile] theoniongirl 2012-08-15 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, the Coppercorn girl? She's the complete opposite. She might act nice and all, but I heard she had a sister. Had, because she just left her for dead."

[Jilly pales, but she doesn't move from where she's standing back away from Cato and his ax, and she does her best to keep her voice steady]

They're easier to ignore when you're not in the middle of the woods.
theoniongirl: (A drink and a meal...)

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[personal profile] theoniongirl 2012-08-22 09:26 am (UTC)(link)
[She managed a small smile]

There's still at least a mile of clear land in the middle. It might help.