The Capitol

Mortimax Bracket

"Mortimax, how are the mutts coming?"

I jump at the sudden noise but quickly regain my composure for Leda Dashlon.

"Which ones, Miss?" I inquire, trying to organize my desk before Leda comments on the mess. We all know that Leda seriously appreciates tidiness in workspaces and in general. However, I'm a pretty disorganized person. My ideas run amuck, so it makes it kind of difficult for me to stay neat. And I don't really need to, either. I always know where to find things.

"The muttations in general, Morty," Leda sighs. I'm about to remind her how much I hate the nickname, 'Morty', but I catch myself in time. I can't correct my boss. If Leda wants to call me Morty, she can.

"Oh, well they're all good. We spawned some more jaguars near the center of the arena to possibly increase action, but the Capitol doesn't really seem to have a problem with the mutts right now."

"Can we get some of the tribes to invade the Career camp or something? They haven't gotten too much action lately, and everyone wants to see the tribes some more. They're really curious."

"How would we get the tribes to go to the Cornucopia?" I ask.

"Order them," Leda shrugs.

"Well, uh, they don't really follow our instructions yet. They're just doing their own thing."

"That's not good," Leda glares at me.

"Well, it's not our fault you went with actual people rather than muttations," I remind her, beginning to get a little mad. "You know that I can create incredibly life-like mutts, nearly capable of making their own decisions, but you just had to go with humans!"

"President Divine insisted," Leda informs me. "If you have a problem, take it up with him. I'm sure he'd love to hear you out."

With that, Leda walks away, leaving me alone at my half-organized desk. I sigh and spin in my chair as I try to regain some of my former inspirational.

I hate working for the Capitol.

Another short Capitol chapter, but this time it had some more relevance.

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- Lilah