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[There’s a wry male voice, albeit a slightly confused one, speaking over the Network.]

Well, this certainly isn’t the Capitol, the fashion on the streets isn’t any I recognize and I could have sworn I was in a studio audience taking my bows just a moment ago.

...pity you couldn’t see the reason, it was absolutely perfect. She was perfect.

All of that aside, if someone could just tell me what District I’m in, that would be appreciated. I really should get back, I have more work to do.

[ooc: Sorry, guys, I was supposed to be off work three hours ago!]

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The Que-

[There's another pause, a sort of urgent one]

The new girl. You're talking about whoever got picked for District 12.

Don't tell me. I don't want to know.

[ a pause of her own.....something's not right, something she should have given more attention from the start but perhaps she's gotten lax here...strange as that is to say after such a whirlwind of a month it still isn't The Games where things seem pitted almost at the same level of tension from start to finish ]

...neither had I before getting here.

What do you see around you? I can find you.

Going off of the fact that you apparently know Peeta and Katniss, I'm guessing you aren't a long lost relative. You're in the City. No districts. Just curses. And the occasional -

Well. Anyway, hi. I'm Claire Bennet.

...Curious.

I was near a nice fountain, but it's sunny outside so I decided to stop in at some sort of, I think it's a cafe.

[Now he's very confused.]

...If you insist.

Cinna. The pleasure's mine.

Yes, I do know them, are you from District Twelve as well?

[There's another pause]

...they told us, when we got here, that time moves differently. That sometimes people show up from the same world from different times. Katniss and I, we came together, from the same time.

And then they said that once you're here, it's like someone stopped things, so when you go back, it's the same point as when you left.

It's confusing and I didn't know if I believed it.

[ .....a pause, because okay she hasn't really frequented the City Proper that much....but... ]

...which one? I know there's one called Cafe Juliet.

[ though in this here silence there isn't so much silence as there are footsteps ]

I suggest finding the Welcome Center. There's guides to the City there and stuff. I'd send you one over the Network but I forget how to do that kind of thing.

Time moves... differently?

So if I'm following you... you may have been taken... when, exactly?

Cinna, like -

[Pause.]

Never mind. I'm not from any district. I'm from Texas. It's... kind of from another world.

After the tour, right when Gale...

...right before Katniss' photoshoot.

Ah, a moment, please. [There's a slight pause and sound of movement.]

Yes, that appears to be the name on the menu.

...the wedding dress photo shoot?

[ Running draws attention so she doesn't run but her footfalls are brisk, certainly. ]

Don't leave. This place is big...bigger than the Capitol from what I can tell...but I should be there soon.

Well, isn't that... welcoming. I take it this is the Network you're referring to?

Like the famous designer, Cinna, yes, that's me.

...what's Texas?

[ There are too many questions adding up from what he's told her, from what he said at the beginning there...from the mention to Peeta about The Quell of all things...

It's building a feeling both sharp and heavy that threatens to lock her in place, which is just one more reason to focus on moving. The faster she gets to Cinna, the sooner she can ask him....well she doesn't know where to start.

But asking over the network will never feel safe to her, not about matters concerning home. Concerning them.

Except there is one matter she can address while walking. ]

We're not from the same time....you and I, I mean. Peeta and I are, but...

[ And trailing off speaks for itself sometimes. ]

[He's reluctant to say much.]

Yes, he mentioned something about that. About coming from the photoshoot. Is he referring to the wedding dress photoshoot?

Yup. There's kind of a...telecommunications monopoly. And I think I just used up my daily allowance of big words, so don't ask me to explain anything technical.

[ Direct address of the matter is cause enough for a pause in her stride, audible but she keeps going, annoyed more than anything else by stopping at all. ]

Right before it. ~~When Gale--- When---~~

It's actually a rather basic device compared to what comes out of District Three. I think I can manage.

That's quite... incredible to believe. I'm beginning to think someone slipped me something.

[And he sure as hell isn't telling her any of what came after that.]

I was going to say like the bun or the roll, but famous designer works for me.

Texas is a state. It's... kind of like a district, I guess. Though going off of what I've heard about the districts in your world, it's got more than its fair share of differences, too.

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