Epilogue Meme!

[dreadinquisitor]

Twenty years have passed since the first Arena of the 75th Hunger Games. Many things have changed. The Arenas are gone, replaced by monuments to the fallen. The Rebellion is over; the Capitol has been replaced by a more progressive government. The Girl on Fire, Katniss Everdeen, has married the Boy With The Bread, Peeta Mallark, and have two young children. All over, Panem and its Districts are slowly, but surely, being rebuilt for future generations untainted by the Hunger Games.

But one thing hasn't changed: your presence here. You are still here, even all these years later. During the last battles against the oppressive Capitol, the very technology which brought the Tributes to Panem was destroyed. Though some Tributes managed to return to their worlds safely, the majority of Tributes were not so lucky: they were trapped in a world not their own, perhaps for the rest of their lives. Some have managed to regain some powers, at least between those who had any; others have remained stubbornly without them, even without the Capitol's interference.

Yes, many things have changed since that "Never-Ending Quell". Including you, the Tributes. But life must go on. After all, there are worse games to play.


Post here, use a prompt if you'd like, and respond to others.
Any character is allowed in this meme, even if they are not in the game. Perhaps there are characters who wish to test their characters for The Games.
This takes place outside of The Games game canon. Anything that happens here does not necessarily carry over into the game.
Since this takes place in the future, some things are definitely different. Characters may have jobs, injuries, got married, had children. Perhaps characters who regained some powers have become stronger since then - or are even using those powers, for good or ill.



~Prompts~
(But anything goes if you don't want to use these)


*Its been a long time since your character has seen someone from the Games, so your character's going to visit them.

*What you've been doing since the Games. Where is your character now?

*Something impossible has happened - someone who returned to their home world has found a way back. But it's only been a few weeks or months since they've left, at least for them...

*So you've decided to return to your home and time. You've woken up either exactly as you were before you left, or totally different, it all seems to vary. But one thing for sure is different; somehow or other, someone else has managed to come with you.

*For some, Panem has become their no home, but not for everyone. There are many who will be returning back. Is it time to say goodbye?

*Psyche! the games didn't end and the worst came to worst. And that worst is...

Comments

Bee farm

[biiowiired]

Psii had had enough publicity, first as a Tribute, then as Signless's right hand troll as they careened into rebellion. Now that things were more or less settled, Psii was finally living the dream of nearly becoming a hermit. He still had the internet of course, where he enjoyed his hobby of anonymously whistleblowing and occasionally hacking security systems to leave behind porn. Keep them on their toes.

However, most of his time was spent tending to his bees. They were not as intelligent as the Alternian bees that produced mind honey, but they were still hard little workers. Psii surrounded his plot with high fences and nasty signage. In contrast, the land bloomed madly with flowers right up to his doorstep.

His best efforts still didn't deter some visitors. He saw someone in the distance and put down his bee smoker.

"Didn't you thee the thignth?" he yelled peevishly as he stalked over. "They thay 'KEEP OUT', 'PR♊VATE PROPERTY', and 'GUARD BEE2 ON DUTY'!"

[fintastic]

When all was said and done, it was just too painful for Feferi to sit still, like if she stayed in one place for too long, she'd become too keenly aware of the gaping holes in her own existence. People she missed, things she had missed out on. She was too determined to keep it from getting her down, so she fills her days with wandering. She stops where she wants to, and stay until she feels the tug of wanderlust again, and then she's off.

Sometimes, though, she runs into familiar faces. Not often, but every now and again. As soon as she sees the signs, she knows exactly who put them up, so she finds her way in through a small hole, and starts looking around.

When he approaches, she's actually stopped to stoop over a flower. Her horns have grown since he saw her last, but her hair is shorter. Her smile isn't as bright when she looks up, but it's still earnest, and her eyes, now fully lined with her blood color, are wide as she spots him with his little... smokey watering can.

"Yes, some guard bees you've got here! Very vicious!" She points to the bee perched on the flower she was looking at, a big pink one. It chooses that moment to buzz away, and she watches as it goes. "Wow, he sure showed me!"

[biiowiired]

He picked up his bee smoker again. Damn wild animals making holes in his fence for wild trolls to get through. Damn them.

"For your information, she'th a she. All worker beeth are female. Altho for your information, humanth are very thcared of beeth, tho the thignth do work. Motht of the time."

He finished picking his way through the flowers, careful not to step on any of them. He gave Feferi a withering look, and half-heartedly pumped the can. A small bit of smoke puffed out in Feferi's vague direction.

"What are you even doing out here at thith hour? Only humanth, diurnal beeth, and crazy beekeeperth are awake at thith time of day."

[fintastic]

"Oh! Well I hope that she doesn't mind that I named her Humphrey." In fact, she did not really name the bee, but even if it's been a long time since she saw a Captor of any variety, hassling comes back to her naturally.

She's never had to justify her habits before, so she shrugs, straightening out her slacks and shirt while she tries to think of a graceful way to skirt the truth. "Well, I got used to being awake during the day when I came here. And then after..." She pauses, hesitant to even so much as mention the Games again, and decides to reword herself. "Then, for the past few years, I have been going around to help humans where I can. And since they're all awake during the day, so..."

She shrugs. The truth is, she's awake when she feels like being awake. Sometimes it's during the day, sometimes it's at night. Sometimes, it's for several days at a time.

"Well, what about you? What are you doing, besides trying to tame Earth bees? Sorry, I meant beeth."