you'll be alright, no one can hurt you now

[flagitate]

[ After a hell of a trial, Katniss needs to focus her energy into something. So, the afterparty it is. Since she's not good at this kind of stuff, she's had some help. She'll pass out invitations to anyone she passes by, or she'll slip them under the door. ]



[ There is some food set up, but it's very much in sealed containers. Cookies, specifically, along with anything else she could scrounge up. There are very tightly sealed bottles of drinks, too. After that whole thing, she figures it'd be best to tread with caution. She won't blame anyone who brings their own food, of course.

There are fixings for smoothies, just in case someone's feeling it. Katniss has set up a couple of blenders around the game room. There's also some surf 'n' turf food, to honor Mack, too.

There are some decorations--courtesy of the guys, of course, because how the heck do you decorate for anything. ]

Comments

[notaccurate]

[Yeah, Luca kind of went with them to the infirmary in the first place, so he will be sticking around for a bit. Making sure Fern is alright and everything.]

How are you feeling?

[greenmamabear]

[It takes her a second to process the words.]

Huh? Oh, uh, alright. I guess.

[notaccurate]

I guess 'alright' is the best we can do for now, huh?

[That trial sure was a thing.]

Are the painkillers enough for now? I can get you some more, if you need them.

[greenmamabear]

No, I'm okay for now. Its doing the trick.

[Plus other people might need it later.]

[notaccurate]

[It might get restocked, though.]

That's good.

...

[Gosh this is awkward.]

I'm...sorry. That everything happened, and you got hurt.

[greenmamabear]

N-No, don't worry about it. Thanks for helping me get fixed up.

Bleeding out would've been, uh. Not great.

[notaccurate]

Definitely. And as remiss as I am to say it, we're lucky it happened here. I can't believe the wonders of modern medicine. Even with the immediate medical care, there still would have been a good chance of you dying, had this happened in my world.

[greenmamabear]

[....Um.]

[notaccurate]

[...whoops.]

Ahh, sorry. I just...advancements in science are interesting to me.

[greenmamabear]

Don't worry, I know you get excited.

[Science is cool man.]

[notaccurate]

Yes, but...

[That probably won't help Fern right now.]

Er, games get me excited too, and that might be better to do right now. Perhaps a board game? I can go grab one, if you like.

[greenmamabear]

[She looks pretty amused, all things considered.]

Long as it isn't Clue.

[notaccurate]

What, don't want to try to sleuth out if Mister Green did it in the Library with the Candlestick?

[Har de har har]

[greenmamabear]

Mister Green spends a little too much time in the bedroom with the maid more like.

[Get wrecked unnamed character who probably didn't even cheat in the first place maybe I don't know for sure]

[notaccurate]

[Oh no, dirty jokes. That gets a snort from him.]

Oh no! Whatever will Mr. White think of his wife's sordid affairs?

[greenmamabear]

I think Mr. and Mrs. White have an arrangement. She's actually really supportive of his relationship with Colonel Mustard.

[Colonel Mustard is gay now, this is canon, no takebacks or backdowns.]

[notaccurate]

[Oh lordy this is getting a little too close to Luca's real life. He better keep that poker face in place.]

It certainly sounds like they have everything arranged quite perfectly. Well, besides the whole 'murder mystery' thing.

[greenmamabear]

Murder does tend to ruin romance.

[notaccurate]

Just a little bit.

If Clue is a no-go, then how about poker?

[greenmamabear]

Uh, you'd have to teach me.

[notaccurate]

I can do that, we have nothing but time.

[Don't mind him, he's just going to leave and come back with a deck of cards.]

Though I must warn you, I'm pretty good at poker. Emptying the pockets of rich men is how I spend most evenings.

[greenmamabear]

[Memories flash of weird looks when she walks into the nice side of town and demeaning glances when she worked odd jobs at fancy hotels to pay the bills.]

That's a great use of that skill.

[notaccurate]

Well, you know what they say: 'A fool and his money are soon parted.' If they weren't going to use it wisely anyway, then why should they get to keep it?

[He will go ahead and set up a tray that they can use as a table, and then he will start shuffling the cards.]

In poker, the goal is to get the best hand. There's several hands you can get, but they all follow the same general idea: match numbers, match suits, have sequential cards, or have any combination of those three things. The rarer the combination, the better.

[greenmamabear]

Doesn't sound strenuous. [Which is a key thing to avoid right now.]

Hit me.

[notaccurate]

[Here you go Fern, five cards! A jack of clubs, an eight of hearts, a five of clubs, an ace of clubs, and a six of hearts.

Luca also deals five cards to himself, but they're SEEKRIT.]

You can put back as many as you like from that hand, and re-draw the same number that you discarded.