Third Dispatch. I have Advice. Written.

[trinkett]

Dear Luceti,

My efforts to gain notice by the Malnosso Organization for my considerable human resources skills have not been enough, I fear.

To this end, I shall be offering my services free of charge: Effie's Advisements. No problem is too large or too small! We shall overcome -- together.

Most Sincerely,

Effie.

[That signature has a very elegant flourish to it.]

Comments

[Written]

[swordprincess]

So do I have this right...?

People are chosen at random, only a few are professionally trained, and only one comes out alive?

[She does not like those odds. If the losers could at least continue to live, it wouldn't sound so terrible.]

[Written]

[trinkett]

Yes! You should SEE the response of the crowds! It is a very emotionally moving experience for all. People are affected for weeks afterward! It is very healing for Panem.

[Written]

[swordprincess]

For those watching, I suppose. The point of view must be different for those who experience it.

[Written]

[trinkett]

I suppose.

[It's an offhand answer. Effie hasn't had much cause to think too deeply about what the Tributes experience. A false glory manufactured by the glitz of the Games veils that pain. Residents of the Capitol become insulated by it, experiencing instead an emotional release entirely separate from what the Tributes are feeling.]

Would you ever be interested in competing in something like that?

[Written]

[swordprincess]

...Not particularly. I'm not too fond of killing, or the overwhelming possibility of dying.

[Written]

[trinkett]

You might be more interested in training others, then. Teaching, if you will.

[Written]

[swordprincess]

Hmm...I suppose I could do that.

[Written]

[trinkett]

Indeed you could!

[Effie is infinitely pleased by this. Her advice WORKS.]

Perhaps the very young! I believe there was once a fighting school in Luceti, if the journal is correct. Perhaps you could join up with it.

[Written]

[swordprincess]

Really? I'll have to look into it.

[Not too surprising that everything she does leads right back to swords or fighting in one way or another. But teaching will be a new experience regardless.]

[Written]

[trinkett]

I wish you all the best of luck with it!

[Written]

[swordprincess]

Thank you.

[After talking to the little girl about the bully at the bar, teaching people to defend themselves sounds like a beneficial idea.]