CONTINUED...
KATNISS: OKAY, BACK TO OUR INTERVIEWS, THANKS REYNA, AND...NICO!
[NICO GROANS]
NICO: OH, NOT AGAIN.
KATNISS: YES AGAIN, C'MON UP.
[NICO SIGHS AND DRAGS HIMSELF UP]
KATNISS: OKAY, MIMI011 ASKS: WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR MYTHOMAGIC GAME?
[NICO LAUGHS]
NICO: OH, THAT? WELL, IT'S A LONG STORY...
EVERYBODY: NICO!
NICO: FINE, FINE, I'M SORRY, ANYWAYS, LET ME START: SO, LET'S SAY I SORT OF ABANDONNED MY GAME, WELL NO, I DIDN'T, I WAS PRETTY OBSESSED ACTUALLY. I LOVED IT AND WELL, REMEMBER MY LOVE FOR COOKIES?
KATNISS: YES.
NICO: WELL, I TOLD MY STEP-MOM PERSEPHONE TO MAKE ME SOME SPARKLE-COOKIES-
KATNISS: WHY?
NICO: YOU ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
KATNISS: IT'S MY JOB, SHUT UP AND ANSWER MY QUESTION
NICO: WHY I TOLD HER TO MAKE SPARKLE COOKIES? WELL...
[NICO BLUSHES AND PERCY AND ANNABETH SMIRK]
NICO: IT WAS THALIA'S BIRTHDAY.
KATNISS: OH, WHY DIDN'T YOU DO A CAKE?
[NICO SHRUGS]
NICO: SHE LIKES COOKIES MORE THAN CAKE.
KATNISS: SHE DOES? HOW DO YOU KNOW?
NICO: SHE'S MY FRIEND. LIKE, A-DUH.
KATNISS: IS SHE MORE THAN A FRIEND...?
[NICO AND THALIA BLUSH]
NICO: UM...ER, NO. LET ME CONTINUE: INSTEAD, MY STEP-MOM-
PERCY: SHE BURNED THEM?
NICO: YES. SO I HAD TO GO TO THE BAKERY IN SWEDEN TO GET HER COOKIES!
EVERYBODY: AWWW...
NICO: SHUT UP, ANYWAYS, I NEEDED TO GET REVENGE ON BURNING MY COOKIES!
THALIA: OH, NICO!
NICO: YES, WELL, I PULLED ALL OF HER FLOWERS OUT AND I DUMPED A BUNCH OF DIRT ON HER PILLOW CASE INSTEAD OF THE COTTON, AND I GOT SOME NARCISSUS (HER FAVORITE FLOWER) IN IT TOO. AND BOY, WAS SHE MAD!
KATNISS: MUST'VE BEEN BAD.
NICO: YES. AND WHO DID SHE GUESS? ME. SO SHE DID, ULTRA-REVENGE. SHE THREW ALL MY FIGURINES AND CARDS TO CERBY!
ANNABETH: CERBY? WHO'S CERBY?
NICO: CERBERUS, HE IS LIKE A PUPPY TO STEP-MOM PERSEPHONE, HE DOES WHATEVER SHE TELLS HIM, AND HE DESTROYED MY MYTHOMAGIC CARDS. AND THEN SHE THREW THE SHREDS TO OBLIVION.
KATNISS: HARSH. WHY DIDN'T YOU BUY ANOTHER PAIR?
NICO: WHERE?
KATNISS: THERE'S A BUNCH IN THE GIFT-SHOP, MY SONS LOVE IT.
NICO: GIFT SHOP?! WHERE?!
KATNISS: YOU GET OUT OF THIS DOOR, THREE DOORS IN FRONT, THERE'S A STALL SAYING-
[NICO DASHES OUT HOLDING DRAKMAS WITHOUT SAYING ANYTHING]
KATNISS: THERE YOU HAVE IT MIMI! NOW...SADIE!
[SADIE GOES UP AND SMILES]
SADIE: HULLO.
KATNISS: YOU SEEM UTTERLY CALM.
SADIE: I AM!
KATNISS: LET'S SEE WHAT THIS QUESTION CAN DO, HUH? EVILLOVETRIANGLE ASKS: SADIE, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT SADICO?
SADIE: WHAT THE FREAK IS SADICO?
[NICO COMES BACK WITH A MYTHOMAGIC COMBO BAG, SMILING]
NICO: S'UP PEOPLE!
KATNISS: SUPPOSEDLY, I THINK, IT'S YOU AND NICO. TOGETHER IN A RELATIONSHIP.
[NICO STOPS ABRUPTLY AND HE IS UTTERLY CONFUSED, LOOKS AT SADIE AND SHUDDERS]
NICO AND SADIE: WHAT IN THE FREAKIN' WORLD ARE YOU MORTALS THINKING ABOUT?!
NICO: THAT'S DISGUSTING!
SADIE: I ALREADY HAVE A BOYFRIEND. WHAT A HORRID IDEA.
NICO: I WOULD NEVER CONSIDER IT, EVER. CONSIDERING SHE'S PRETTY UGLY-
WALTUBIS: WHAT DID YOU SAY?
[NICO SHRUGS, CALM AND SERENE]
NICO: NOTHIN', SHE'S JUST NOT MY TYPE.
KATNISS: WHOOO HOOO THEN! THIS ENDS OUR ROUND 4!
"Wow, I never I knew I'd be alive for this moment," says Frank and everybody laughs.
"Phew, is it steaming? ICE-CREAM FOR EVERYBODY!" Katniss says.
Everybody, including her staff, eats a cold ice-cream and is chatting comfortably.
"I'll get my sons down," Katniss says.
After a while, Katniss is back and her sons are smiling like little angels.
And for a while, everything is alright and downright peaceful.