The Joke [Day 5 impos v b.o. v sav v zeus]

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The battlefield cleared out soon after the cannon sounded. Amelia couldn't blame them. She was dangerous. Marsh's partner and andorra ran first, much as they had the day before. She'd considered Andy a punk before, but whatever his reasons, he hadn't stood against them. If she didn't make it back to Audrey, she hoped he did. Nine needed some new blood in the victor department. Shy left too, right as she had started rummaging through the dead girl's stuff. Most of it was stuff she already had or had no need for, but the food was a good find.

As were the ear muffs.

There was also a video camera of a sort. Her first thought was something crass; why on earth would Neysa have had one of these? Sponsored? The capitol was full of perverts. "Hey Roy," she ground out as he retreated; he was the last to go. Maybe he had more to say. Maybe his injuries were slowing down his walk. "Better not be anything weird on this."

She threw the video camera at Delroy and missed, it landed with a soft thump by his feet. While she was having trouble empathizing with his loss, she understood that losing your district partner was a big deal. Last link to home and all that. That she understood, even if she didn't understand how he could talk of refusing to fight to give the Capitol a middle finger while doing their work for them.

Not that they'd let him live.

There'd been a gang a few years back that wasn't careful about its members rebel leanings. The Capitol had come for them, wiped them out to a man and disappeared the leader. She expected to see his face in the sky any day now. He had a good dream, but the last few days had reinforced that it was just that. A dream. The real world worked mighty differently. Yuki came to her side and urged her to leave. "Record your manifesto," she called out after Delroy. "Find someone who'll listen, cause it sure ain't me."

[amelia collects several items from Neysa's bag, trades camcorder to delroy via throwing it at his receding back, as per request and leaves the area. Further actions in leisure thread and maint]