thecapitol | When all the world is a hopeless jungle...

Who: Eponine and Sigma (closed); Eponine and OPEN
What: Sigma's upset Eponine, D3 is gone, Jessica's a mess and her friends are dead. Eponine is slowly collapsing.
When Straight after Sigma's announcement. The open part is after Eponine's encounter with Sigma
Where: For the open part, on the kerb of the Tribute Tower
Warnings: EVERYWHERE - references to death, torture, sex, genocide, prostitution: actual attempted murder, blood, underage drinking and drugs: SPOILERS FOR ZERO ESCAPE

Eponine's mascara runs down her cheeks in ugly black stripes. She doesn't care, doesn't realise. Sigma's a Game Maker. Her adopted Pa, the man she had learned to love... She covers her face with her hands, splattered with red and white blood, and sobs.

She's tried to stay strong, all through the District Three mess. She's tried her best to be there for Jessica and not to mess up - again - and she's tried to do as she's told. But... but there's nobody left now. Nobody at all.

Eponine clutches a bottle of cheap brandy in one hand, and re-arranges her blood-stained skirt with the other. It hadn't taken long to find a man desperate enough to give her enough for a shot of morphling and a bottle of brandy.

She sits now, contemplating the drug. She's never taken anything like it before. The man said it would take her 'over the rainbow'. It's a nice wish.

She takes a swig from her brandy and bends to hide her face in her skirts, back heaving from the force of her sobs.

She just doesn't know what to do any more.

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Mindy laughed. "Oh come ON Eponine. You think the Capitol needs help with that? People are careful about everything they do and say because the Capitol probably has this place bugged up the ass. This is why people watch what they say all the time. Look at how you're able to look at the Hunger Games for review if you want. LOOK at how they can bring monsters that shouldn't even exist here. You really think they have to rely on regular people to spy on us?"

Seriously, even that kind of thinking should be beneath Eponine. The idea of not trusting people within earshot was a pipe dream. They were lucky enough that the Capitol didn't have a way to read their brain waves.

"Have I been stupid again, Mindy?" It suddenly hit home to Eponine exactly how big a mistake she might have made.

"Anybody who calls you a friend or daughter or whatever knows you're going to do something stupid, and hopefully they're used to it." Mindy was actually pretty casual saying this. "You wear your heart on your fucking sleeve. Problem is, you're more quick to believe in the assholes who hurt you on purpose than the ones who might by circumstance or accident."

Eponine's quiet for a moment, processing Mindy's reasoning. Then she picks up her bottle to take a swig, realises it's empty, and sighs.

"I think I am better alone. I do not like it but it stops me making a mess for other people."

Mindy raised her eyebrow, looking at her.

"You're not going to be alone. I mean, if you keep acting like a shit you will, that's your choice. But there are plenty of people around here who are patient and will actually try to like you. Where that goes, well, that's up to you."

When all the world is a hopeless jungle...

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