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[buildingreality]

Who| Ariadne and anyone
What| Ariadne needs to get better at this Mentoring business.
Where| District 6's suites; the Training Centre
When| throughout the week
Warnings/Notes| none right now

Though she never made a point of outright ignoring people, Ariadne realised at some point that perhaps she had missed something with her latest crop of Tributes. Cinna's comments to her last they spoke rang in the back of her head, niggling and telling her that she was supposed to feel attached to these people in some regard.

She'd always found that a little bit difficult, all things considered; she wasn't the type to get attached to begin with, and when they rotated every time she blinked, despite it not being quite as often as Cinna recalled, it was even more difficult. Who was to say if the Tribute she liked best would disappear off to God-knew-where after the next Arena or not?

But now she was going to make an effort. She spent more time making herself available for the lot of them, hanging around in more public spaces, and endeavouring to look helpful instead of perhaps standoffish or detached as usual.

Comments

[wantsajetpack]

"A little, but guess I'll just have to get used to it." She nodded. "I've been doing that, keeping an eye in the training hall for people who might be good allies. I'm good at picking those at least." Tony and Rhodey had been her two best friends for the better part of a year. She figured as long as she kept looking for good people to hang around she might just be able to have some back up in the arena.

[buildingreality]

"That's good. That's a start, if nothing else. I won't be able to do much for you there, but I do keep an eye on my Tributes from out here. If there's something you need, I'll get it to you."

[wantsajetpack]

"There's a way to communicate between the arena and the mentors?"

[buildingreality]

"We watch the Games almost constantly; there are screens everywhere in the Capitol, so it's not that hard to find one that's tuned into a particular District or Tribute," she explained simply. "From there, I can generally extrapolate what someone needs if they've taken to running because they don't have their preferred weapon, or if they need food or medicine."

[wantsajetpack]

"I see. So you'd be able to tell when something's up? That's helpful... Probably a disadvantage if you don't play nice with your mentor though." She smiled. "Don't worry I'll behave."

[buildingreality]

"I had to make do on my own," Ariadne replied by way of answer to that. Pepper would probably realise soon enough that the Morphlings were nothing short of useless when it came to providing. "Good to hear, though."

[wantsajetpack]

"I see." She nodded though. "Pretty sure I can figure things out once I'm in there."

[buildingreality]

"I have no doubt," she said simply, her tone and the mild smile tugging her mouth saying far more about how genuine she was than the words themselves.