Anakin's office [from noon onwards]

[sith_happened]

Anakin had spent the morning over at the Trooper Station interrogating interrogating his new staff: since he'd worked with various clones before (and was uniquely aware of their more...esoteric programming), he'd spent time with each one individually, asking about their duties at the Trooper Station, their thoughts about Fandom, and what happened if he said "Implement Order 66."

Turned out, nothing, but it was worth checking.

He went over to his office at the school around lunchtime, flipped on the link to Katniss's world (a habit he'd gotten into since she'd left), and was getting ready to write down his impressions about yesterday's class when he realized that he wasn't listening to the usual noises from Panem.

He was tuned into the Reaping. District 9, it looked like. Cursing under his breath, Anakin reached into a desk drawer and began leaving handwavey messages for the list of people Katniss had left for him to talk to.

From his spot behind his desk, he reached out through the Force to close the door. Today's office hours were by invitation only.

[OOC: For those who are watching the Reaping, and NFB.]

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[glasses-justice.livejournal.com]

Alex had been at her office when she'd received the message. She'd call it a late lunch break, then. She knocked on the door impatiently, but tried to look outwardly composed.

She was one of the adults, here. She should act like it.

[sith_happened]

Anakin reached out to check in the Force to see who it was, then answered, "Come in, Alex."

[glasses-justice.livejournal.com]

Alex took a second to frown at that -- maybe he had called her first, or maybe she had really distinctive perfume -- before dismissing it. Maybe he had psychic powers. In this island, who knew. It wasn't all that important, at the moment.

A quick glance around told her he was the only other person in the room, at least for now, which meant she could stop worrying about her face so much once she shut the door. She was going to be strong, in front of the kids, but.

"This is such bullshit," she said softly.

[glacial_queen]

"Professor Cabot," Karla said, trying not to sound surprised. "It's--okay, not good to see you here, there's nothing good about what's going on today, but..."

Yeah, Karla had kind of babbled herself into a corner and then had made the mistake of glancing at the screen. An old woman was throwing herself forward to volunteer--well, hobbling really. Karla looked away and the words dried up on her tongue.

[glasses-justice.livejournal.com]

Alex reached out to lay a hand, gently, on the girl's upper arm.

"It's reassuring," she said, and her tone was trying for that, as well. "I understand. None of this is going to be good, but it helps that none of us have to face it alone."

For that matter, she was considering handing out her home phone number. She wasn't sure how appropriate that was, but at times like this, appropriate was not the most important factor.

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

Firekeeper had been waiting for this, for some sort of word from Katniss's home. That it had finally happened brought a feeling of... well, it couldn't be called relief. Not when she knew what was at stake here. It was more like, she realized, as she and Blind Seer waited for Professor Skywalker to open the door, she finally had a target for her concerns. This business of being anxious over possibilities was not at all wolflike.

[sith_happened]

Anakin closed his eyes to discover who was at the door. "Come in, Blind Seer," he called. "And Blysse."

[glacial_queen]

Karla nodded at both Blysse and Blind Seer as she came in, wondering how they were seeing all of this. The Games were so uniquely human--only human cruelty would see killing children as sport or politics. The kindred closing their borders to humans made so much more sense now.

She wanted to say something, but wasn't entirely sure what. Katniss was their roommate. She couldn't imagine the state she'd be in if this were Gabrielle on the screen.

[trickydemigod.livejournal.com]

Luke had been in Alexandria hanging out at that temple he probably shouldn't be hanging out at when he got the message. Luckily his powers gave him the chance to get back to the dorms without a ton of walking, which meant he didn't give himself a lot of time to get broody over things.

Which was for the best 'cause really the last thing the world needed was a Anakin/Luke brood-off.

He knocked on the door to the office and tried to force himself to keep a calm, collected attitude about everything.

[sith_happened]

"Come in, Luke," Anakin called.

[glacial_queen]

Karla nodded at Luke from the patch of floor she'd claimed as her own while watching. She'd heard his conversation with Anakin and piped up, "Besides, those winners--they're people the Districts can take pride in. People who faced the worst the Capitol had to offer and survived. They're symbols now. I wouldn't be surprised if several of the names that get pulled are the somehow the only ones in those little ball things. Katniss started a rebellion. If the Capitol wants to put it down, they won't just take the heart. They'll gut it if they can."

Hello cynicism and bitterness. Nice to see you again

[ancientbschamp.livejournal.com]

It was her lunch break, anyway, so Gabrielle told herself it was all right to slip away from the library for a while; this was a justifiable reason, in her mind.

She took a deep breath and knocked on the door, torn between trying to be optimistic and just resigning herself to bad news.

[sith_happened]

Anakin checked through the Force, then called out, "Come in, Gabrielle."

[glacial_queen]

Karla was just going to pull her roommate into a hug. Words didn't seem like enough right now. Maybe Gabrielle would have some better ones to fill the void.

[wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com]

Wesley would have been one of the first to arrive, but LJ mobile decided not to work slipping out of NPC class had been difficult. Regardless, he arrived, worried and harried, not too long after receiving Anakin's message. He knocked rapidly on the door, trying to remember that this was just the reaping and already set in stone, and nothing bad would happen. Probably.

[sith_happened]

"Come in, Wesley," Anakin called back.

[glacial_queen]

After spotting Wesley in the group, Karla made her way over to him, idly wishing she'd had time to make cookies for him. Not that something like mere cookies would cheer him up, but at least it would have been something. She'd made a promise to Katniss, after all, and as far as she was concerned, it started long before Katniss ever got to the arena.

"Hey," she said quietly and then felt silent. Every normal follow-up question felt banal. How was he doing? Probably worse than she was. So, for the moment, she let her greeting remain as it was.

[ancientbschamp.livejournal.com]

He must be the one Katniss had said she was particularly worried about, Gabrielle guessed; she gave him a silent nod of greeting for now, not wanting to overwhelm him with too much attention just yet, but hinting that the invitation to talk was open, should he need it.

She'd keep an eye on him in the meantime.

[wwiii]

It didn't take long for Warren to seek out Wesley in the group, and he made his way over to him, offering the poor guy a nod.

He looked rough. Warren didn't blame him in the least, and he couldn't help but look worried, himself.

[glacial_queen]

Karla had known that her good mood from Kaeleer couldn't last forever, but she'd been hoping it would last longer than three days. Triela last week. And now she had to watch Katniss get chosen to die, even if the even itself was several weeks away. For a minute, she wondered why she was doing this. Why couldn't she just keep walking and pretend like nothing awful was happening?

The answer came down to what it always did. Pretending to be ignorant of it all didn't make the horrors go away. And Katniss had been--still was--her friend and had asked her to be here. So she could stand witness for those that fell and remember who they were and why they'd died.

For remembrance. As a reminder.

Karla knocked on the door.

[sith_happened]

"Come in, Karla," Anakin called.

[atreideslioness]

Ghanima rapped on the frame lightly as a courtesy She knew perfectly well that Anakin would know it was her before her fingers even hit the wood, but when it came to chaos like this, going through the motions mattered.

[sith_happened]

"Come in, Ghanima," Anakin replied, glancing up and almost through the wood.

[wwiii]

All of this still left a bitter taste in Warren's mouth. It was only just beginning, but he knew how Katniss expected for it to end, and just because she had assured him that it was the only way...

He didn't feel any better about it.

Warren was holding his breath as he knocked at the door.

[sith_happened]

"Come in, Warren," Anakin called.