text.

[ex_striking429]

[ katniss is slowly getting more comfortable with text. and so she decides to use the network for a quick answer to a question that's been bothering her. ]

Did anyone see Peeta Mellark at the jump?

Could someone go to his room and check on him?

[ you heard it here first, folks, katniss everdeen outsources manual labor. well, that or she's still worried he'll try to kill her. there's a reason she never gets assigned to patrol his former floor. ]

Comments

[jurisimpudent]

[ Ah. ]

I will check, Ms. Everdeen.

[ex_striking429]

Thank you.

[ because what else is there to say? edgeworth knows his number. ]

[jurisimpudent]

[ Perhaps fifteen minutes later - ]

There is no answer at his door, ma'am.

[ex_striking429]

Did you try to go in?

[ if he door was still locked, he might still be on the ship somewhere. just like she keeps hoping her tentative comms messages go through. ]

[jurisimpudent]

No, ma'am. I did not. It is quite possible he was simply not answering.

[ Though...Unlikely. ]

private;

[lostsoldier]

didn't see him

[ also they're acquainted, surprise. ]

I can check in his room if you want

private;

[ex_striking429]

Please.

He shouldn't be alone.

private;

[lostsoldier]

[ Well, that's not reassuring. A few minutes later, ]

not there. can't tell if he's been back since the jump. nothing looks touched.

you tried his comm?

private;

[ex_striking429]

I can't reach him.

That probably means he's dead.

text;

[axeyou]

Hey, if he is still here, and you go and stand outside of his door, then I bet he'll come out.

[To kill you. :)

But okay also, independent of any other lesser volunteers, Johanna is already going to Peeta's room without telling Katniss she's doing so. Just to see for herself. Not because she cares.]

Re: text;

[ex_striking429]

Last resort.

[ you think she hasn't thought of that? she's thought of that. ]

That or I'll find him outside my room.

[axeyou]

Or inside.

But good news, Mockingjay. I think you're safe. And he gets to go back to all of that fun in Panem. Everybody wins.

[ex_striking429]

You think people go back?

You think anyone here really leaves?

[majestyofthethrone]

Did he go?

[ex_striking429]

It's hard to know.

He gets solitary.

[ she's actually worried he's harmed himself, but how to bring that up with strangers. ]

[majestyofthethrone]

He was very kind to me. It would be nice to know what happened to him.

[ex_striking429]

I think the conclusion that we're coming to is that he isn't here anymore.

He was kind to me once too.

[uncurse]

[ since everyone else offered to check and gave feedback, she's gonna skip past all that. ]

Sounds like he's gone.

You ok?

[ex_striking429]

I should probably be glad.

[uncurse]

It's not always that simple. Only the people we care about can really hurt us.

Wanna take a walk?

[ex_striking429]

I don't want to see anyone right now.

[puppydogeyes]

Did you try his comms?

[ex_striking429]

No response.

[ she doesn't really understand enough about them to know what that means, especially with all the glitches these last few months. ]

[puppydogeyes]

If it sends but you don't get a reply, he's still here.
If it won't send, he's gone.

[ex_striking429]

He's gone.

What do you think happens to them?

[ emphasis you, she wants tyke's theory on the people who don't come out of a jump. ]