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Who: Yukiya and OPEN
Where: Tribute Tower
When: During the first week of the new Arenas.
What: Yukiya arrives as a new mentor after the Arena has started. He gets accustomed to being back in Tribute Tower and tries to get a hand on how things run now.
Warnings: None yet

The District Suite was painfully silent when Yukiya brought in his things. He took over a room for a mentor and unpacked right away. He had only brought one suitcase up with him, only of the things from District 7. His new clothes were due to arrive later that day.

After everything was settled in, he moved down to the main common areas. Some of the mentors were away, doing work on behalf of their Tributes in the two Arenas, though there were still some here too. There was a group with Stylists and other staff too, all watching the Games as they took a break or ate or did something else to waste time before their next meeting. Yukiya wasn't sure if he was allowed to join them or not. He was a mentor now, but he thought that maybe they wouldn't welcome him within their ranks.

Instead, he sort of stood off to the side nervously and watched the images on the televisions. The desert one was difficult for him to watch, so when it came onto the screen he would look away. It was too much like the Arena he had been in and the memory of it made him feel a little sick.

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That brings a curious look. "Tell me about it." Not very polite but it's not mean-spirited, either. Kevin just doesn't do manners anymore.

"Well, they have a big mountain that they use to train Peacekeepers. It's really impressive. They're a lot more wealthy than District 7 too." To be honest, Yukiya had felt like they didn't like him much considering how he had won, but at least it had been nice to see what the other Districts were like.

"Oh. Peacekeepers." He doesn't bother trying to hide the shudder. He's quite happy he hasn't had to go there now.

"You, um, you haven't had a good time with them?" Yukiya asks with a slight frown. "I'm sorry."

I don't talk to them." He won't admit it but they scare him. Without any actual interactions with them.

"I don't blame you," he agreed. "They can be a little intimidating, but that's they're job. You have to make sure everyone is safe."

"Yeah, well, who keeps us safe from them?"

"Oh... What do you mean?" Yukiya seemed uncertain for a moment. "You don't have to be safe from them do you?"

Kevin shrugged. "Shouldn't. But I thought they weren't supposed to do anything to us out of the Arena, either."

"Oh, well, the Capitol has always liked their Victors. That's not that bad though, is it?"

Kevin shook his head. "They killed one of them already." It doesn't matter why. They killed her and it was worse than anything Yvette had ever done to him.

Yukiya is quiet then, because he doesn't know what to say. He just looks a little sad as he watches Kevin.

He looks up at the other Mentor. "What if it's me next?" Not that he's planning to get in trouble. But... Or what if it's Blaine? It's not like he has many friends here. Or as if he knows what to do with friends. But still...

"Are... are you a rebel?" Yukiya asked, a little shocked by the idea.

"Am I a...?" He's shocked by the question. "Of course not. I don't want to be next. Dying once was bad enough."

"Then... You don't have to worry about it right?"

Kevin shrugs. He's honestly not sure. "I don't know. What's so different about in the Arena and out here when it's on the tv either way?"

"Well... here you're not in a desert?" Ayase pointed out after a moment.

Kevin nodded, acknowledging the point. "So it's not as bad before they kill me."

"But they won't! You're not a rebel, remember?"

"I don't think Tate was, either."

"Umm... Tate?" Ayase felt like he should know who that was, but since the 74th Hunger Games he had been so out of the loop about what was going on.

"He was a Tribute when I got here. He was a bit of a creep. And they killed him, too."

Ayase wasn't sure what to say to that at first. For a moment, he just stared at Kevin in a bit of a stunned silence.

Finally, "But there must have been a reason?"

"I think they said he wasn't grateful enough or something like that." He wasn't exactly paying attention to that. He'd been more concerned about someone being killed out of the Arena where they were supposed to be safe.