Chapter Thirty-Eight
Glimmer's POV
"What do you want Blake?" I sighed. He had summoned me into the small, dark room causing me and Marvel to be, well interrupted.
"Sorry, do you have somewhere else to be?" he asked, I noticed the slight undertone to his voice that made it sound like I couldn't possibly have anything better to do than be in his presence.
"Just hurry it up," I crossed my arms, enhancing my attributes just a little bit and smiling slightly as I noticed he took a moment to admire them. Well maybe now he'd actually pay attention to what I was doing.
"We need your opinion," he stated.
"What really? Little me? You mean you couldn't work out everything by yourself?" I acted shocked to the best of my ability. I was not giving him any impression that I was happy about this.
"Just this once, we'll let you in on the game plan. You're doing well, you've impressed us," his voice was smooth and the way he was looking at me was a way that I was only confortable with Marvel looking at me.
"Cause that's just what I live for now," I muttered and rolled my eyes. "Now will you just tell me what you need?"
"We need your opinion I told you that," he reminded me.
"Look if you're going to play games I'm leaving."
"Got better games to play with Marvel?"
"Not that it's your business but yes."
"Interesting."
"Really?"
"No, but I like that you knew all along it was obvious you'd end up with him and yet still made him wait."
"I didn't make him do anything."
"So you didn't know you were doing it?"
"Doing what?"
"Interesting."
"More interesting that the reason you demanded I join you right now?"
"A little but I assume I only have a limited amount of time before you become completely uncooperative?"
"What gave it away?"
"Nothing really. Anyway we have a problem."
"Problem?"
"We think someone's messing with the games."
"You think?"
"Ok we know; we just don't know who."
"Well why do you need me?"
"Because you're good at this. You like this. You know how to look at people and know why they do the things they do."
"So what you're asking me to do is look at every single person that could possibly mess with the Games and decide what their motives would be, if they actually have the balls to pull it off and how easy it would be for them to do it?"
"Pretty much."
"Do you realize how long this will take?"
"Do you realize how important this is?"
I sighed slightly, knowing there was no chance he'd be giving up on this.
"Well you can cross off anyone in the Capitol for starters," I pointed out.
"Why?" he asked, looking genuinely confused for a moment. I took a moment to enjoy the fact that I now had proof that he didn't know everything.
"Capitolites love their dramas. Can you think of a bigger drama than revealing that the whole set up of the Games is literally just a game? I mean sure maybe not all of them are as bad as each other but they all live for the excitement, the thrill of having something going on in their lives and very few of them ever learned how to keep it to themselves. Much as they'd like to be able to keep secrets and even though many of them brag about being the most trust-worthy person you'll ever meet the only one capable of keeping secrets is President Snow, and that's only because he has to be and because he gets some kind of weird kick out of knowing things other people know."
"I wouldn't call it weird."
"I figured you wouldn't but trust me it's weird."
"So you're saying that because of how they were brought up, none of them could keep something to themselves?"
"Exactly, sort of like how because I was brought up in District One I grew up living for the games, it was drilled into me that they were the highlight of the year. That there was nothing more honorable than fighting for honor and glory in the games. But someone brought up in Eight will grow up fearing the Games, seeing them as the punishment, as they were intended. In the same way they can't change how they were raised, because it is all they have ever known, it is a society built on scandal and whispers, and that is how they will always be."
"And because of that none of them could possibly have hacked the system?"
"It's not that they couldn't have hacked it. I'd just highly doubt that any of them have worked it out, otherwise everyone in the Capitol would know. And then the victors would doubtless hear from someone, and then the districts would know. It just seems too unlikely that anyone outside the actual system knows what's going on, let alone being able to hack into the system to change as much as they have."
"Interesting," he murmured, more to himself than to me.
"I'll get to work," I sighed turning and heading back to the apartment, knowing that I wasn't going to be in the mood for what I'd been so rudely interrupted from earlier.
Author's Note: And now another twist! I do love it when Glimmer is clever; cause it means I get to sound a little clever too! So I hope you guys are still enjoying the story, I know I am suckish at updating, but I am trying my best! As ever your reviews are greatly appreciated, and I am extra sorry for not replying at the moment, as ever I will try to answer any questions but otherwise I probably won't be able to reply that often :/ But pretty pretty pretty please review guys! Means the world to me to know what you're thinking!
-R