Fic: Predator (The Hunger Games)

[penfold_x]

Title: Predator
Characters: Claudius, Eibhlin, Lyme (Gen)
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Violent imagery, a wee bit of foul language
Summary: Claudius doesn't know if he was born a killer or just trained to it, but he has no doubt what he is.
A/N: The ficlet is set in the chemistry 'verse, and as such cribs extensively from the work of lorataprose, especially Fixed

Comments

[penfold_x]

:D Not sure anyone is going to believe me, but the scene with the flashback really did come first, and was the impetus for everything. I didn't actually start with the tasing and work backwards.

[lorata]

THIS IS PERFECT YOU ARE PERFECT THEY ARE PERFECT EVERYTHING IS PERFECT AAAAAHHHHHH

[penfold_x]

OH CLAUDIUS I NEVER GET TIRED OF GIVING YOU MENTOR HUGS AND HAIR-RUFFLES SORRY IM NOT SORRY ABOUT THE TASING

[xanify]

BUNNIES AND TASERING

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[penfold_x]

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA WELCOME TO YOUR LIFE CLAUDIUS

[kawuli]

This is wonderful. Eibhlin rescuing the bunnies and socializing them and tasering Claudius. Since she can't knock him out with punching she can use technology!

[penfold_x]

Thank you! Claudius didn't meet many other victors before the war, so I think he might be somewhat less likely to think of the Threes as dangerous. In this case, it really was more about having some fresh PTSD due to the war, but he's for sure going to have a bit of extra caution from now on. ;)

[seta_suzume]

Oh my gosh, Eibhlin zapping Claudius! XD; This is really interesting and good and I liked finding out what happened to the kill test animals!

[penfold_x]

Aw, thank you! The kills test animals break my heart (even though I understand why they're necessary for the Center). I really like the idea that the Victors made sure to take care of them when they took over the Center after the war. In my headcanon, the food situation in Three was such that no one could really keep a pet, so I think this resolution would be a win-win for Eibhlin and the bunnies.

[seta_suzume]

You're welcome! I feel the same about the animals and I like to see all the various lose ends of the Center closing being taken care. Yeah, I could definitely see that in Three, so even better here!