No one expected me to win. Not even me.

No one expected me to win. Not even me.

[maxinebauer-blog]

etu-zea:

“But you had to be at least some kind of smart to win. There are different type of smart and I don’t want to ask Three for help, not particularly at least although I’m sure they are all nice and they know a lot about producing winners in Three, but you’re my mentor. Once of them at least. And you’re smart.” 

“But why doesn’t it work that way?”

“I won because I wanted to live more than the rest of them did.” She pinched the bridge of her nose before answering. “Because they pay to spend time with you. And if you tell them to fuck off you get on Snow’s bad side.”

[maxinebauer-blog]

bradleybarrow:

Frowning. “I’ve never seen anyone kill my friend.” 

“I’d try and keep it that way if I were you. Or just don’t make friends. If you don’t have ‘em you can’t lose ‘em.”

[maxinebauer-blog]

bradleybarrow:

Shaking his head. “It doesn’t bother me though cause I know it is true, and why should the truth hurt?”

“Because sometimes the truth his painful. Like when you watch someone kill your friend.”

[maxinebauer-blog]

silverfierro:

Silver raised his hands as he shrugged. “Don’t care. Just stop burning a whole through my face and this dummy’s. That’s what I was planning on doing to him next.”

“Good luck with that. Those things are flame retardant. A guess there was a fire loving tribute during the 78th or something like that.” She’d tried to set one of the dummies on fire out of curiosity after she’d heard that, but no matter what she did it just wouldn’t catch.

[maxinebauer-blog]

goldenfierro:

“I’m not some piece of meat, I’d rather be old news.” she huffed, getting quite agitated with the attention she was receiving. 

“I’d suggest not winning then. You win and you’re meat for the rest of your life.”

[maxinebauer-blog]

silverfierro:

Silver sprawled out on the floor beside a training room dummy that he had propped up to sit like him, but not before he had damaged it to his satisfaction. A number of deep cuts decorated the lifeless dummy on it’s neck, thigh, and stomach, the culprit knife still stuck firmly in the center of the chest. The face of every passerby was intoxicating to the boy as they fled from the scene. Training had become a bore, lacking any sort of challenge. 

“Take a picture, it’ll last longer,” he barked at the newest person to stumble upon him.

Maxine tilted her head to the side, taking in the mutilated dummy. “I don’t have a camera.” She turned her attention to the boy. “And I don’t really want a picture of this. What the fuck would I do with it? Hang it on my wall?”

[maxinebauer-blog]

goldenfierro:

She frowned as she looked to the Victor, “Wouldn’t they be more interested in you? The whole Victor thing and all?”

“I’m old news. They like fresh meat.” In some ways it was comforting, how much the attention had died down. It was also lonely though. 

[maxinebauer-blog]

etu-zea:

“Many geniuses aren’t cut out for school, Maxine. Intelligence can’t always be measured in tests, so you shouldn’t let school not working out say anything about you. I don’t think it does and I think you must have a lot to teach besides how to kill someone but I can wait and let it come to you in time like any good idea.” Maxine was less of a legend up close in person and she wasn’t a werewolf after all, but there wasn’t a crash of her falling off a pedestal. If anything Zea was already celebrating how they were first name and even nickname basis friends. She was a victor’s “dude.” 

“Why do you want to keep Capitolites away? Can’t you just say when you need some alone time?”

“There’s smart people in this tower and I’m not one of ‘em. You want to see smart, stop by the third floor.” She wrinkled her nose at the question. “No, you can’t. Doesn’t work that way.”

[maxinebauer-blog]

bradleybarrow:

“Yeah, I know. I’ve told that to about everyone now. Thanks for uhh chiming in though. I mean the more people I get told it by, the luckier I get.” 

“People said that to me too you know. Doesn’t matter what people say. You gotta get used to hearing stuff like that and not letting it bother you. Ok, you can let it bother you, but like, get angry and channel your anger and whatever.”

[maxinebauer-blog]

bradleybarrow:

Bradley was in the Training center walking around when the next thing he knew he was getting hit in the head with a ball, collapsing, he hit the ground dropping the stuff he was holding. Groaning out a, “I’m fine.” 

“No shit. It’s a good thing you’re not going into the arena, you’d be dead on the first day.”

[maxinebauer-blog]

goldenfierro:

She had snuck out for a few hours, telling herself that it was alright considering that they weren’t being led to slaughter, and that the rules were a lot less strict then previous years. Stopping at a bridge, she looked at the view of the city with some awe, not noticing someone approaching. 

Maxine paused, the piece of licorice she’d been eating dangling out of her mouth. Why did that girl look familiar? Tribute right. She nodded her head, resuming her chewing as she approached the girl. “Y’know, people are gonna recognize you out here. That’s probably not a good thing.”

[maxinebauer-blog]

etu-zea:

“If your handwriting isn’t good, that just makes you human, because you have to have flaws to be human and I don’t know if you have any others. Besides, messy handwriting is a sign of great cerebral intelligence. Did you know that?” There was a monumental effort, which was to say no real effort at all not to sigh a little.  “I just knew you had to be smart as well as pretty and badass and all around inspirational. And I mean I already knew you were clever. You had to be clever to survive the arena, but clever ain’t…isn’t always the same thing as book smart. You’re both though and your mind works much too fast to be captured in neat handwriting, which is why I am going to be in awe of your messy signature. ‘Sides, doesn’t matter what it looks like. It matters what it symbolizes. I met Maxine Bauer and she was my mentor for the Games, and she taught me a lot of valuable life lessons too–or I hope that’s what’s going to happen.” 

“ When does the mentoring begin? I’m ready to soak up all the knowledge I can from you and Mr. Cassidy. I’ll be a good student. I promise. I don’t much like school, but this won’t be a bit like that, and I pick up skills quickly so I can promise to be a good student here. I also have a few questions….should I call you Maxine or would you prefer Miss Bauer until we get to be friends, because I want to show you respect. I would faint right out if someone said I was disrespecting my mentor. But anycase, I have a lot of questions actually, but I have a few that might be a bit sensitive about your…condition. Your lichen-craphy, the werewolf thing, if it wouldn’t offend you any. I’m just fascinated is all. So just tell me any time to stop with questions or just be quiet in general because I’m not the one that should be doing most of the talking. You should be doing most of the talking because you’re the mentor. I’m just a little excited and nervous.”

“Look kid, I’m not smart. I tried going to school after my Games but it didn’t really work out, so I dropped out. I’ve got the education of a twelve year old,” she said as she scribbled her name down for Zea. “I dunno dude. Yeah, it begins now, but I don’t think I’m gonna help you much. You’re not gonna be killing people and what not so... I’m pretty useless to you.”

Wow, this girl could talk, that was for sure. She’d have no problem with the interview at least. “Call me Maxine. Or Maxi. Just not Max. And I’m not really a werewolf. It’s just a way to keep the Capitolites away when I want.”

[honor-among-thiefs]

“I’m sorry to bother you, but can I have your autograph? I’m collecting them. I want to take back a whole book full of autographs and pictures of all the famous Victors and Stylists and Game Makers and so on and all my new friends when I leave here.”

[maxinebauer-blog]

“I mean, my handwriting is shit, but if you want it,” Maxine said with a shrug.

[callioperhode]

“Yeah, but, like, extra odd, y’know?”

[maxinebauer-blog]

“I dunno. I’ve never really thought about ranking the oddness of stuff.”

[bran-cassidy-blog]

Maize’s cries broke off the instant the bag of jellybeans hit his lap. He rubbed at his eyes and nose and then stuck his hand into the bag. “We’re still working on sharing for both of them,” Bran said with a deep sigh.

[maxinebauer-blog]

She just shrugged. “I don’t think I ever learned that one. I would say and look I turned out fine, but, you know. I didn’t really.”

[kaikahuna]

Kai smiled up at the girl, nodding. “Mine was boat. Probably because I only had about six or seven toy ones. Still can’t say toy boat more than twice without fucking it up though.”

[maxinebauer-blog]

“Maybe he’s annoyed by you trying to get him to say stuff too. If I was a baby I’d find it really annoying.”

[sendameme]

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