New kind of victory.

[etcircenses]

Who| Everyone on the District Tours.
What| The Celebration dinners for all the Districts.
Where| Specified in thread.
When| The second night they are there.
Warnings/Notes| Find your district below. Leave any questions here. And please add any needed warning into your subject line when appropriate.

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[shinyisfalse]

"He would know." Gale would know, and jealousy plagues him again, for a moment. When they were in the Capitol, it felt... it felt real. So real that he felt it was real. But when they were back in the districts, they were just Peeta or Katniss. Not Peeta and Katniss.

"We already know how good they are at making something fake look real. The trees that they have in the Victor's Village, you've seen that a lot of them are fake, right? But you wouldn't know, unless you were looking." Peeta sighed. "I guess... one night is better then no nights."

[on_fire]

Tension crept into her as she picked up the jealousy in his voice, but luckily, as he always did, he soothed it over well.

Sometimes she felt like half of their conversations were her stepping into it, and him pulling her out. Red flamed up in her cheeks as she though about that, embarrassment flicker momentarily to anger, but she pushed it down.

"They're not the only thing that's fake there. In the whole village, really. I'm sure they get it exactly how they want."

[shinyisfalse]

He couldn't help it sometimes. Peeta was only human, and when it showed through, really showed through... being human wasn't a bad thing. But in the Capitol, being human was bad. It said something, that he could relax enough with Katniss, no matter where they were, that he could be a real human around her.

Still made him sound pissy, though. "At least the houses aren't fake." He paused. "Though, we haven't been in all of the other houses. There's still that one all the way down that has no one in it. It could be one of those fake storefront things."

[on_fire]

"That's a creepy thought."

But not unrealistic. She could see the Capitol building in fake houses for potential victors. A reward, a carrot hung in front of the noses of those in the District.

For all she knew, they had been fake until recently.

"The Capitol. Where nothing is guaranteed to be real until you touch it." She snorted as another thought crossed her mind, one she didn't think Peeta would have picked up on. "And who even knows then."

I couldn't resist I'm sorry

[shinyisfalse]

Peeta laughed. "Now there's a good game to play in the Capitol. Real or not real. I think the not real is the most picked for... anything, really."

Everything in the Capitol could be real, not real, or sort of real. If by sort of you mean looks real, feels real, but is not real. Wasn't that simple phrase enough to encompass a lot of things?

He shook his head. "Let's not pitch our new game anywhere."

beautiful.

[on_fire]

"That sounds like a terrible game."

Nothing felt real there. Not to her. The things she'd put in the real category; Peeta, Cinna, the others she had connected with...those things we're apart from the Capitol in her mind.

"Even if we go hungry here...I'd rather be here. Rather be myself."