( t e x t | seelie & unseelie. backdated to the 3rd. )

[tensed]

[ the way to communicate here seems too much like something the capitol would make. if not for his need for information, he would throw the damn thing away.

( he's still considering a hole in the ground for it as he types. ) ]

I heard some people have been here a few months. I got a few questions.
are there any rules about the woods
what animals are there around here [ it might help if you specified where "here" is, gale. ]
what district are you from?

[ the third question is a last-minute addition, a sign he's not entirely convinced yet that his being here isn't a capitol trick. gale debates adding anything else, but common sense provides the more obvious answers. he's not in the mood to waste anyone's time, especially his own. ]

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[tensed]

not much point asking about it if im going to stay put

[zingers]

i figured

so, i recommend bringing back-up. there are a lot of crazy creatures out there, even if the rock dudes were the only ones that struck me as dangerous.

[tensed]

[ he doesn't plan on going anywhere without katniss. he'll try to convince her to go, thinks she might be more amenable now, but there's no predicting what katniss will do. he knows that better than anyone. and it doesn't matter what he may think, gale knows he will stay by her.

which means that any permanent trips into the woods will have to include peeta leadfoot mellark. ]

should have followed your own advice

[zingers]

hey i had back up

kind of

[ your alter-ego counts as back-up, right? right. ]

im just a tiny bit danger prone

[tensed]

yeah i can see that
who goes into the woods with only kind of backup

[zingers]

if you wanted to know my name, you couldve just asked

[ nudge nudge wink wink. ]

peter parker. my back-up was very dashing but notoriously unreliable, hence the 'kind of'

[tensed]

and miss our chats?

[ b o y s. ]

I hate to break it to you but dashing doesn't matter.
if not reliable that's a terrible backup

[tensed]

i'm gale

[zingers]

oooh no last name
just mysterious enough to keep me coming back for more

[zingers]

and in my defense, some of us have to settle for the wikipedia of back-up, gale

buuut i will take your advice into account in the hopes of NOT becoming tree pizza

[ what with the nearly going SPLAT and all. ]

[tensed]

tree pizza?

[ also: "wikipedia"? ]

[zingers]

so you know how pizza is like a flat mess of sauce and cheese and deliciousness

that is what i imagine my guts would look like if i had hit the tree at a greater velocity

[tensed]

i don't know
never heard of it before

[ but he can imagine. not exactly a pretty picture. ]

[zingers]

you've never heard of pizza
you've never HAD pizza

i will do everything in my power to get a pizza to you

[tensed]

from what i hear you can ask for a boon

[ whether it will actually work. ]

[zingers]

i don't know if our relationship is at that level yet

[ that could be the only present he receives all year, man ]

[tensed]

worth a try.

[zingers]

but if you ever need back up, i'd be up for it!

[tensed]

we'll see