video; ~5 pm

[momchester]

[Mary looks... well, alive, which is a bonus, but also frazzled and exhausted, with pale skin, dark circles under her eyes, lips chapped, hair falling out of her ponytail.

But more than that, she looks haunted.]

I'm back. I'm alive. [Her lips press together in a thin line. She bows her head and talks to her knees.] No thanks to those monsters.

I don't know if anyone else made it out... there were no- [sniffing hard to avoid tearing up.] -shelters. Nothing Darkness proofed. [Head still bowed tightly.] I don't know if any of those people I fought with made it out alive, but if they didn't, I'm going to tell you all right now.

[She finally looks up, eyes welling now with tears she refuses to cry.]

They hunted us. They bound us, put collars on us, they put us in cages. They chased us and hunted us down like we were fucking dogs and we couldn't-

[she claps a hand over her mouth, breathing hard to rein in her emotions. When she opens her eyes again, there's something chilling and deadened in her eyes.]

When I died at home- the first time, before I came here... it was a demon. A demon pinned me to the ceiling and burned me alive in my baby's nursery, and I didn't feel as violated as I did those two days. In that cage. [She shakes her head intently, looking away.] Those monsters kidnapped children. They wanted to see every one of us die like dumb fucking animals.

I wonder what would happen if I prayed for them. [There's a weird look in her eyes. Something you wouldn't leave your children alone with.] It's the Christian thing to do.

Would I get their souls into Heaven, or their heads on a plate?

[With a last ugly look at the NV, she turns the public feed off.]

[Private to Jinx]

I found a plus one.

[Private to the angels]

Did you hear my prayer? [The one she whispered as she lay dying.] Please, tell me none of you- tell me you didn't go there. Please.

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[voice]

[momchester]

Not if we're loud enough.

voice;

[momchester]

[Oh, what a sweetheart.]

Thanks.

I think every time we talk it's because something just happened to me. I promise I have good days, too.

private

[momchester]

Oh, I'm so happy to hear that. How are you?

[momchester]

I'll do my best. The whole city needs to hear about this.

voice;

[motioned]

Well, I'm glad to hear that! I hope you have a bunch of really good ones after something like this. I mean, once you start feeling better.

[showbizpanache]

I'm...functioning.

You're very brave, Ms. Mary. I haven't been able to talk about this with anyone yet-- Other than you and Mercy and the others, that is.

[video]

[momchester]

-Yeah. Good.

[She lets out a long, hissing breath.]

That's good. We can only deal with them from outside.

[Voice] private

[momchester]

What do you mean?

private

[momchester]

That's good. I'm glad she's doing okay.

[She runs a hand over her face slowly.]

She was with me. In there. It feels like it was just a few hours ago.

[magnetic_magpie]

It's worse than the schools.

And we should 'get uppity'. They do not treat the Outsiders like this.

voice; private

[unluckyinlove]

[Jinx. Sounds. Pissed.]

It's still happening. I should've killed him while I had the chance.

video; private

[got_it_memorized]

Mary! Jeez, it's good to see you.

[He'll take all the rest of that stuff in shortly; right now it's just good to see her face.]

voice;

[mulletrock]

[Hearing all this takes him right back to the Benders. It wasn't as bad as this but it was pretty damn close. The visual of his mom in a cage hits him pretty hard. Brings him right back to Sammy being in one and even though he joked about it, they lost the guy they came out there to save and that fed lost her brother. It wasn't funny. It was sick.]

I'm on my way with the cat chow.

private

[hostage]

[His voice is wavering:]

Yeah, uh... You should take it easy. Don't think about it now.

[Video]

[treehopping]

Got out...?

[Does she mean from the Games, the arena?] I didn't get out, I got brought here. Only one person gets out of the Hunger Games.

[bloodthirsts]

You can? That's brilliant. With so many witnesses we'll definately get grounds for an investigation.

[vw_coyote]

I can. I also know several of them took injuries.

[One bitch had a slice to the face.]

[Voice] private

[vw_coyote]

It was a guess. You were surprised to find out I was there. I thought you'd seen me.

[She thought everyone had seen her.]

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[madeinoblivion]

What's your plan?

voice;

[momchester]

Thanks. Ben's with you?

video; private

[momchester]

Hey. Uh, you too.

[Sorry about the lack of enthusiasm, she's not really feeling... anything right now.]

How are you?

voice; private

[momchester]

When was the last time?

[voice]

[momchester]

Get everyone from the hunt together, go to the police, then go to the media.

voice;

[momchester]

I think I will. Jinx is getting married in a week and a half. I have to pull myself together in the next few days to help get the wedding together.

[Video]

[momchester]

Oh. Oh.

Well...

That means we have something in common.