round 05 [video]

[districttwo]

[Post this, Cato has finally emerged from the common room. and he is...full of unease but playing it cool. Oh so cool]

Are there mutts here?

[he hesitates] Is that part of the rehabilitation process? If inmates get...out of line are they fed or forced to square off against muttations?

[The saddest part about this, barge, is that he is beyond serious. Don't expect anything beyond nods and okays as far as responses go however.]


[Private to Dylan]

...There was...a thing. I thought it was a small mutt but it was just a regular dog I think but...

[and he lets that hang. Because. Dogs. He can't handle it.]

Comments

[sharpememory]

What's a muttation?

[ichoosefight]

Mutt...ation? I mean, some people have pets, but they're mostly harmless.

[cujothebigreddog]

There are dogs here? Most of'm are pets?

[districttwo]

...A mutated...thing. Something to attack you.

[districttwo]

...No mutts.

Just cats, and d-

[He can't even say it.] things.

[districttwo]

[Cato just flinches at that. Dogs.]

I see.

[He looks, terrified.]

[ichoosefight]

One guy had a shark, but it's friendly. And behind glass.

[districttwo]

...What's a shark.

[ichoosefight]

They're a really big kind of fish, mostly carnivores. Where I'm from they've got a bad reputation for being scary and dangerous, but it's mostly media hype.

[districttwo]

[He doesn't say anything for a moment. He's considering this.]

Fish are District Four. [It's not derogatory, just kind of sad] And what...you eat them?

[surrenders]

[Somebody sees right through that cool; she's known enough teenage boys to know when they're playing rather than the real thing.]

No one gets fed to anything. Being scared keeps people in line, but it's not how they do things here.

[districttwo]

[His lips press together and he runs a hand through his hair.]

It's not like it wouldn't keep people in line. You know, having something to scare people...Like that.

[His bravado, his bluster. Let us show you it.]

[ichoosefight]

Um. Okay? [ Mostly just weird, actually. ]

No, they just swim in the ocean.

[surrenders]

It could work, but there's nothing like that here. Someone probably let their pet out. [She's not going to mention the guy who turns into a dog when she doesn't know too much about it.]

[districttwo]

...Whats the point of them if you can't eat them? I mean...do they keep a population in...check or something?

[districttwo]

...Oh.

Yeah. [someone's pet. That was it.] Dogs for a pet.

I haven't seen anybody keeping dogs for pets back where I cam from.

[ichoosefight]

Well, they're a part of the ecosystem. Do they really need a point?

[districttwo]

Yes. If you can't provide something to the world you have to have a point.

Take my world for instance. Every district supplies something to the capitol in exchange for protection. A place for everything, everything in it's place.

[And once every year they take 24 kids and force them into a cage match. It's a great system]

[surrenders]

They're popular back home. Guard the house, let you know if someone's coming. Or some people keep them around to have them, you know? You guys got anything like that?

[ichoosefight]

That's a human society, the rules are entirely arbitrary. Nature is similar, but different. Have you ever heard of the food chain?

[sharpememory]

Only in ports. Not normally! But when you least expect it, bam. We'll hit and port, and there'll be aliens or something.

[trenchcoatedly]

No. If you are forced to battle against something, the person telling you to do so is in error.

[Private]

[hunt4commonwealth]

[Cato's file means that Dylan knows how Cato died. And can guess how badly Cato might react to dogs.]

A few people keep dogs here as pets, but there aren't any mutts. And I promise you that I will never let you be fed to anything.

[private]

[scarlet_discord]

Dude. What kind of fucked up world are you--

Okay, never mind, unless you feel like talking about it. Look, do you have an issue with dogs? Because I've got one, but he's really well trained. If we pass each other in the halls I can always steer him aside if it really bugs you.

You're not the only one who's from a world where dogs are used as weapons against people. But no one gets to do that here.

Re: [Private]

[districttwo]

[Cato is shaking. Shaking bad.]

...My dad kept dogs. We used them for searches. I don't know why he...

I kicked at him trying to get him to go away but he chased me.

[He just, wraps his arms around his shoulders eyes closed]

...Swear. Swear.