⚒ 008 | video | backdated to the morning of the 8th

[rocked]

[For approximately three seconds, the community gets a view of a peaceful-looking green forest.

Then, there's a loud bang. The entire sky-- from horizon to horizon-- crackles, and what looks like lightning spreads quickly across it. Suddenly, it doesn't look like sky anymore: it goes completely dark for a second, and when it lights up again, a large crosshatch pattern can be seen across the whole thing. There's another loud sound, somewhere off in the distance. The lightning flashes a few more times, and then... nothing. There's sky again, but to the discerning eye, it's just a little bit different. That's because it's not a hologram anymore-- it's the real thing. The force field of the 74th Hunger Games arena is down. It all takes less than ten seconds.]

Comments

Just to troll her.

[former_endboss]

I will accept an unconditional surrender. Oh, you probably missed the war declaration.

[audio; hours later]

[rocked]

I don't know what you're talking about.

[Audio, and not her normal voice.]

[former_endboss]

Did you miss my little display? Hmmm, maybe I should have made it more obvious.

I declared war on Panem and executed a decapitation strike. Your nation's capital and military forces have been laid waste to.

late tag; no hard feelings if you don't respond!

[rocked]

You're a liar. Don't you have anything better to do?

[former_endboss]

Perhaps. But I can taunt you a bit with my lies if I am a liar, can't I?

[rocked]

Not if I don't believe you.

[former_endboss]

And if I tell you the truth and you dismiss it as a lie, who is the fool then?

[rocked]

[Clove doesn't respond at first, but a few hours later, she's back.]

Prove it.

[x_battousai]

Clove-dono, are you all right?

[audio]

[rocked]

Sure. Stuff like this happens in the arena sometimes. You just have to adapt.

Re: [audio]

[x_battousai]

All right, but be careful. It looks as though it may have been more serious. There was some kind of blast in the sky.

[audio]

[rocked]

I know, I saw it. The Gamemakers did it.

[The Gamemakers made the arena; they can do anything in it.]

Re: [audio]

[x_battousai]

I am worried that it may not have been them. It appears that Mir may be targeting your world.

[audio]

[rocked]

Don't be stupid; you don't know anything about my world, so why would you--

[... And then she hears the second part of his comment.]

What do you mean, Mir might be targeting us?

Re: [audio]

[x_battousai]

She has posted an attack on a city. It did not look like her own world, and given these events and her reactions to you, I am worried she may have managed an attack there.

[audio] late tag; no hard feelings if you don't respond!

[rocked]

She couldn't have attacked the Capital. None of you understand; we're not some backwards country. We have unbelievable technology and defenses!

Re: [audio] late tag; no hard feelings if you don't respond!

[x_battousai]

Is it possible they have engaged in war with her, then?

[audio]

[rocked]

They'd destroy her.

[She still believes this, if not 100%, at least 95%.]

Re: [audio]

[x_battousai]

That may be true, but I am worried that she may have enough tricks to prolong things, perhaps for a while.

[audio]

[rocked]

No, you don't--

You can't understand how powerful the Capitol is. None of you can.

Re: [audio]

[x_battousai]

That may be true, but I also worry that we may not understand how powerful Mir may be.

[audio]

[rocked]

[... True.]

People can lie.

Re: [audio]

[x_battousai]

That is also true, but it has been my experience that someone does not boast about their skills unless they truly feel they have something to boast about.

[audio]

[rocked]

People exaggerate stuff to impress people. Sometimes it's not so important what you can do-- it's all about what people think you can do.

Re: [audio]

[x_battousai]

Still, I believe it would be wise to be careful around her. I am not sure just what she is capable of.

[audio]

[rocked]

I'm not worried.

[Which is a lie. But she knows that-- as much as she hates the fact-- there's nothing that she can do about Mir.]