love will make you drink and gamble

[brother2dragons]

Who| Dan and OPEN
What| Dan goes to a bar a little distance from Tribute Tower in the hopes of not running into anyone who will know who he is. Let's see if we can dash those hopes.
Where| A bar in the Capitol
When| Final week of the Arena, during Dan's off-duty hours.
Warnings/Notes| Alcohol


Daniel had gotten into the habit of spending as many of his hours off duty in the basement of his family home. He'd taken up residence in the lab with a single projector playing the Games in the corner. He needed to stay up on what was happening with the Tributes, after all. He needed to know which ones might have a grudge against which other ones and who might be looking to get revenge for some wrong doing inside of the Arena once they were outside of it.

He imagined those kinds of concerns were strange new ones in this strange new, multi-dimensonal world.

The problem with spending all of his time alone though, was that he had to remember the pieces of his personality he didn't care much for. Self-doubt took up residence at the back of his mind like an unwelcome house guest. Rather than dwell on it, though, he finally worked up the nerve to leave.

Blake drank all of the time without worrying about what it did to his professional image and while he was no Blake, he could try to relax every once and a while. Still, he choose a bar that was far enough from Tribute Tower that he could reduce the risk of running into a Tribute.

It wouldn't be very professional for one of them to see him drunk, after all.

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[wantwhatiwant]

"Don't have a clue where I am." He admitted, "Am I really that far away?"

[brother2dragons]

"You are. I'll walk you back," Dan offered, though it seemed less like and offer and more like something they should do. When he glanced back at the men who had noticed Ian he got even more of a feeling that was the best idea.

[wantwhatiwant]

Ian followed his gaze and saw the stares, grinning again and waving at them, his danger sense practically non existent.

He had no idea what he had drank, or how much. "What if I don' wanna go back?"

[brother2dragons]

"Then we should at least move closer to the Tower that you're sure to find your way back," Daniel said after a moment. He really hoped that this kid wasn't going to get to be too difficult.

[wantwhatiwant]

"This place off limits?" Ian was still grinning, though he wouldn't push to hard if the man insisted they move.

[brother2dragons]

"No, but it's easy to get lost here," Dan said. "Plus there are plenty of good bars by the Tower, if you're not finished with your celebrations."

[wantwhatiwant]

"Not really a celebration." Ian nodded though, because he had no intention of getting lost and sleeping on a bench somewhere, he wasn't Frank.

"Good bars sound... good."

[brother2dragons]

"All right," Dan replied with a small smile. "Let's go."

[wantwhatiwant]

Ian stood up, swaying a bit but grinning as he followed the man. "'m Ian by the way."

[brother2dragons]

"I'm Daniel Dreiberg," Dan introduced himself easily, not really wanting to bring his Peacekeeper title into this while he was out of uniform. He lead the way out of the bar and towards some public transportation. He hadn't brought his car because he was expecting to get drunk. "I've seen you around the Tower but it's a pleasure to finally speak with you."

[wantwhatiwant]

"Nice to meet you." Ian followed, swaying a little and shoving his hands in his pockets, not that they would go too far, the pants his stylists had dressed him in were so tight.

"Yeah I think I've seen you too."

[brother2dragons]

"Usually in uniform though," Dan said with a small smile. "I expect that means you try to avoid me otherwise?" He didn't really know if Ian had any reason to avoid the Peacekeepers, but he had come to realize that most of the Tributes had no reason to trust him, and probably shouldn't even if they did.

[wantwhatiwant]

Ian blinked as he finally realised where he had seen the other man.

"Shit you're a cop." Peacekeeper, whatever they were called in this place. His eyes narrowed in suspicion.

[brother2dragons]

"Not exactly, but don't worry. I'm not going to detain you. I only want to make sure you get back safely."

[wantwhatiwant]

His eyes narrowed even more and he stepped back, too drunk to deal with this logically. "I've done nothing wrong, didn't even want to go to the fucking party anyways."

[brother2dragons]

Dan paused. "You're right. You've done nothing wrong, but people here will take advantage of your fame."

[wantwhatiwant]

Ian rolled his eyes, but that was a bad idea as it meant he felt dizzy. Still the idea that he was famous, and only because he had died publicly.

"So you're protecting me now?" He sounds incredulous, Ian doesn't have much faith in law enforcement.

[brother2dragons]

"It's my duty to protect you. That's why I'm back in the Capitol."

[wantwhatiwant]

"Yeah, well your doing a shit job." He frowned, "Back? Where were you before?"

[brother2dragons]

"I was assigned to the Districts," Daniel explained. He ignored the part about not doing his job well.

[wantwhatiwant]

"Oh." Ian frowned, he didn't know much about the districts, or the history of this place. But he could guess from what he did know that the last thing this guy had been doing in the districts was protecting them.

[brother2dragons]

Dan used the moment of silence to guide Ian into some public transportation that will take them back to Tribute Tower.

[wantwhatiwant]

Ian was still suspicious, but he got on the transport and sat down. At least it was nicer than the public transport back home.

"You sure you're not taking me in?"

[brother2dragons]

"I'm sure," Dan says with a smile. "You haven't broken any laws by getting lost." He doesn't really care about the underage drinking. Tributes should be allowed certain things, so long as they don't get rowdy or dangerous.

[wantwhatiwant]

Ian hadn't even bothered to check the drinking age of the Capitol which showed how much he cared about underaged drinking.

"If you were going to make getting lost a crime you should make the city easier to navigate." He said, relaxing a little even if he were still suspicious.