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4th Design [voice/action]

[Cinna's normally genial tone seems a bit thin today as he delivers the following announcements.]

Cast for the current production, please see me as soon as possible so we can do fittings. Additionally, Miss Rosella, if you'd like to stop by I have some samples for you to look over.

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[Throughout most of the day, when he's not with customers he's been sitting silently in the back, threading the day's fortune through his fingers. The cookie remains crumbled on the counter, uneaten. Should you stop by, you may find him lost in thought and have to call his name a few times to get an answer.]

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Just... pondering the implications of my future. Or lack thereof.

...You got one, too.

What did yours say, again?

"Bearing the burdens of others will surely bring sorrow". It came with a happy face and everything.

I'm more concerned about the ones Peeta and Katniss ended up with.

Peeta's seemed innocent and generic enough - you think Katniss may have received something more... revealing?

Peeta's might not be so innocent and generic if it's supposed to be taken literally. Remember I mentioned he almost died a few minutes before I got here?

...you're kidding, right?

He walked into a force field. Stopped his heart.

Well, isn't that poetic?

Trust me, it wasn't at the time.

I don't imagine it was.

He... survives, doesn't he?

Katniss about knocked me over, jumping at me while I was trying to get it restarted. I think she thought I was trying to smother him.

He's okay. At least he was the minute I ended up here. And now you know why I was asking about him when I first showed up.

...that's a relief to hear. Not that Katniss thinks you're the bad guy, that he survives for the moment.

I'll die before he does, Cinna. You can count on that.

I hope it doesn't come to that. I hope whatever's planned gets you all out in time.

I don't know all the exact details of it, but I trust Haymitch. It's just a matter of surviving the existing dangers until the signal comes.

Ah, survival. What do you think your odds are?

Are they in my favor, you mean?

Yes. I do like to make my bets, after all.

They put bows and tridents in the Cornucopia. So long as we don't run int--don't encounter any more force fields and keep our distance from the tributes from One and Two, we'll be all right.

So if you're betting on us, I expect you'll win them.

I just won't reap the benefits.

Did a cookie tell you that?

"You will win your bets, but not reap the rewards."

...I'm not too surprised, considering.

The dress?

...I don't know where you are while I'm in the arena. The last time I saw you was at the interviews, before we all got separated in the riot.

Last I remember, I was still at the interviews, I was taking my bows. But if I'm not picked up soon, I'll be surprised.

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