Second Floor Common Room [Tuesday evening]

[thegirl-onfire.livejournal.com]

Katniss was not fond of the television. The ones here were, at least, far more primitive than the ones at home, but she still associated them strongly with bad news, and mandatory viewing for all districts.

However, the common room was a place that she knew had food. It wasn't as convenient as her quarters at the Training Center had been, when she could press a button and receive food, but she knew she could find something she hadn't tasted before here. And now that she was beginning to grow more comfortable in this environment -- even if she was conscious of the ever-watching eye of the Capitol -- she figured that selecting a box of crackers from one of the cupboards and curling up on one of the couches was safe enough. After a few moments of silence (and unbearable curiosity), she set to work figuring out how to turn on the television.

What she discovered was not replays of old Hunger Games, or footage of the destroyed District 13. No, she found a program of simplistic figures made out of basic shapes, in bright colors. The figures seemed to be small children who screamed at one another in horrible voices, often using coarse language. It was easy enough to follow, even if she didn't quite understand why it was playing. And yet she couldn't look away.

[yeah, Katniss discovered South Park because I'm watching it on Comedy Central. Open!]

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[give-areason.livejournal.com]

Rosalind could hear those squeaky annoying voices from her room.

(The problem of being right beside a common room, yes.)

"What," she asked, having gotten up to see what was playing and why and spotting her 'sibling' as the person holding the remote hostage. "Are you watching?"

And if that sounded distinctly unimpressed well, that's because Rosalind was unimpressed.

[thegirl-onfire.livejournal.com]

"I have no idea," Katniss admitted, also not sounding particularly impressed. Their voices were grating on her nerves in the worst way. "Is this standard viewing for this world? I turned on the television and this is what came on."

[give-areason.livejournal.com]

"It certainly isn't standard," she said, levelling a Look at the television. "There's quite a lot that is both informative and entertaining. That is neither."

A pause.

"Except as, possibly, a precautionary show of what not to do or react as."

And even then...

[thegirl-onfire.livejournal.com]

"I don't understand. Were these figures created by small children?" she guessed, thinking this was a reasonable explanation. "Why would this be on the television in the first place?"

[give-areason.livejournal.com]

"I would hope," she said direly, "that no parent would allow their children to speak as such."

Rosalind eyed it.

"More likely, it is the brainchild of some over-privileged teen-aged boy whose parents had enough influence to get it on the air."

[thegirl-onfire.livejournal.com]

Katniss's nose wrinkled instinctively. "This is supposed to be entertaining, then?" She didn't think Peeta or Gale would find it particularly funny, but she could see it appealing to some of the other boys she knew. Or Haymitch, for that matter.

[give-areason.livejournal.com]

"That would be my evaluation," she said, giving the screen another glance before going to fetch herself a glass of water. "Which I profoundly disagree with what's entertaining, in this case."

And while Rosalind's sense of humour was... decidedly dry, this was still... well worse than what she would normally not find particularly funny.

[thegirl-onfire.livejournal.com]

"Me, too," Katniss decided, frowning at the television and debating simply turning it off, since she didn't know that there were multiple channels from which to choose, yet. "I'm not very impressed with this world's idea of fun, if this is what they watch to be entertained. Or else I'm just not impressed with the caliber of teenage boys."

[give-areason.livejournal.com]

"Do you have the remote?" Rosalind asked. Stalling with her water only worked so long. "There is surely something on that is less irritating."

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

Firekeeper, on the other hand, was more fond of television than Katniss was, although her experience was really quite limited to one show she'd watched regularly. Still, she'd enjoyed it.

This, however...

As she and Blind Seer made their way into the common room, she stopped and stared at the nonsensical pictures. "What is?" she demanded.

[thegirl-onfire.livejournal.com]

"I don't know," Katniss said, somewhat grumpy. "It was on the television when I turned it on! I don't know why anyone would watch this willingly."

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

"I cannot understand most of what they say," Firekeeper complained. Slang- especially of the cruder kind- was still something she had an imperfect grasp of. "And they not even look like people!"

[thegirl-onfire.livejournal.com]

"They're basically circles," Katniss agreed, frowning and eating another cracker. "Is this some sort of program for very small children?" The characters looked somewhat like the people she and Prim had drawn in the dirt as children. Sort of.

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

"Some of those words is not words children are supposed to know," Firekeeper observed as one of them uttered a particularly nasty term she did recognize as something related to bodily functions.

Blind Seer, meanwhile, was just going to look pointedly at the fridge. It was far too hot out to go hunting outside, but that didn't mean he wasn't hungry. Unfortunately, he lacked hands.

[thegirl-onfire.livejournal.com]

"I certainly was never allowed to talk like that," Katniss observed. "My mother would have taken me to task for it." Provided it was before her father's death, anyway. "But they're so crudely-drawn. And they look like they're supposed to be kids, too."

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

"Perhaps there is some joke that only those from this world can understand," Firekeeper reasoned as she got up to rummage through the fridge. Not that she knew for certain that the other girl wasn't from this world, but the creatures she'd described at the picnic made her think as much.

[thegirl-onfire.livejournal.com]

"I am not very impressed with this world," Katniss decided. "If this is the idea of entertainment."

[azuldragon.livejournal.com]

It was night time and after spending time in her room Azula decided she didn't like being in such an enclosed space and decided to wander around.

The sound of teeny voices drew Azula to the common room. If only to tell the person watching to shut the damn thing off immediately.

"I hope you're not fond of that show because I'm going to recommend turning that television show off."

[thegirl-onfire.livejournal.com]

"It was the first thing that was on the television," Katniss told her, frowning deeply. "I hardly would have chosen this."

[azuldragon.livejournal.com]

"You could try another," she suggested. It was a suggestion but the tone of Azula's voice was more of an order. Azula looked at the other girl, "You're new."

[thegirl-onfire.livejournal.com]

Katniss' senses were buzzing with the introduction of this girl; her tone, if nothing else, screamed of privilege that Katniss felt no inclination to acknowledge. "Is that a problem?" she replied, ignoring the 'order' and stiffening her posture defiantly.

[azuldragon.livejournal.com]

Azula merely looked amused at the defiant posture. "No," she said. "I only made an observation."

[thegirl-onfire.livejournal.com]

"Then good job," Katniss replied, arching her brows at the other girl. "I'm new, yes."

[azuldragon.livejournal.com]

"Are you here for this summer term or were you on the first one?" Azula asked.

She wasn't always one for small talk but being in semi-solitary has made Azula more... open about company.

[thegirl-onfire.livejournal.com]

"This one," she answered, relaxing just a little bit. "Arrived on Friday. I guess you're not new?"

[SLEEP IS NECESSARY! SP?]