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scam likely >> storm&zeus Jan 1, 2023 0:06:28 GMT -5

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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2023 0:06:28 GMT -5

mr. zeus!

Well FUCK.

How do I wind up in these bullshit situations like come the fuck on, man! I was having a good day, three days into my sobriety until this dumbass hovercraft pilot pulls over somewhere in District 9 for a "weAtHer CAuTiOn." I'm paying out the ass for this flight, move the cloud or I will, goddamn it! Sure enough, I storm the fuck off thinking I'm a damn explorer now I'm lost in the middle of a snow storm.

It's just- it's bullshit! All I've got on me is my wallet and a dream when I find a payphone, old ass styled of course. Hell, I'm just surprised I found a public phone in 9 of all places. The fee is cheap as hell, and I dial the only guy I know in 9 by instinct.

...

"HEY, Storm? Hey bud!" Didn't expect him to actually pick up - what a cool kid. "Look, it's Zeus, how's your year been? Good reign I hope! HAHAHA," play it cool man. It's fucking FREEZING FUCK.

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scam likely >> storm&zeus Jan 2, 2023 3:35:40 GMT -5

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Post by lance on Jan 2, 2023 3:35:40 GMT -5

It's not like he's not accustomed to how the phone in his new fancy house works - his family home had one just like it, if a little older and worn out - but it's always him that's making the outward call to another line. Whether it's Avriel or his mama and papa or one cousin or another, it's rare that anyone actually reaches out to him first.

(Not that he's lonely or deprived or anything. He just so happens to be that sociable these days. He blames it on the stress of the upcoming victory tour.)

So he's unprepared when the phone suddenly starts ringing out of nowhere one day, and even more unprepared by the voice that sounds on the other end.

"Uh, Zeus? The Gamemaker?" he asks incredulously, before it clicks in a switch of oh, SHIT, the GAMEMAKER. "Uh, my year's been going fine, sir. Um, how can I help you?"

Self-described prankster or not, Storm's never been one to cross authority figures who, you know, could kill him on a whim.

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scam likely >> storm&zeus Jan 12, 2023 8:59:00 GMT -5

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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2023 8:59:00 GMT -5

mr. zeus!

"Uh, Zeus?" Yeah kid, how many Zeuses do you know? "The Gamemaker?"

That's my legal name. "YUP!" I shout on accident, "pretty fucking AWESOME, right?" He must be such a fan, I mean, I made his career. Saber and I practically birthed this shithead at the ripe age of 16 from our joint manhood - alright, that was a shit metaphor but you GET IT OK. His house? Because of us. His haircut? Because of us!

His LIFE? Because of US!

So, you remember that time I didn't command strike you with a lighting bolt from high heavens? Yeah, I scratch your back, you scratch mine. That's how this business works, Stormy boy, better get used to it real quick. "Yeah, yeah, that's great," I say, forgetting I asked how he was doing. And JUST fine at that, how ungrateful can you get! Do you know how many kids would kill to be a victor right now? I'd say at least 23.

Now, how can he help me. Words I LOVE to hear! Time to lie, "well look, I'm out here on a press conference for the industry change-" I'm here because my FUCKING pilot can't drive in a storm "-and I figured I should check in on my favorite victor-" GOOO JULIAN #TEAMBRYZEFORLIFE "-and pay a courtesy visit!" AKA stop by, eat your food, drink a beer and dry my clothes. Sounds great, right?

"Whatdaya think, you free?" Please don't say no, lol.

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scam likely >> storm&zeus Jan 15, 2023 18:52:42 GMT -5

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Post by lance on Jan 15, 2023 18:52:42 GMT -5

With each sentence Storm hears over the phone, his disbelief grows. This must be a prank, right? This has to be a prank. And he would have considered it one if it wasn't, you know, for the fact that he had this man's voice practically branded into his nightmares.

Was there even protocol for this? Were Gamemakers really that invested in the lives of their victors that much? Aside from some vintage tabloids he'd found where one of the Four victors had ended up screwing his Gamemaker (that fact only stuck because said Gamemaker had the same surname as the nerdy one who'd nearly killed Storm himself) or the other way around, this was unusual.

But, as it would happen, so was the fact that Nine's industry was changing for the first time in, oh, who even knew how long. And above all, Storm wasn't stupid. He hadn't survived a Games and killed five people because he was suicidal, after all.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm, uh, free, Zeus-sir." he managed, each word a higher pitch than the one before it. "As free as water, sir."

God, he was so fucked, wasn't he?

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scam likely >> storm&zeus Jan 16, 2023 17:39:26 GMT -5

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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2023 17:39:26 GMT -5

mr. zeus!

Do I even know the way to this shithole's Victor Village? HELL NO! But with the cranium I've got I can figure it out, no fuckin' problem. Besides, how big can this place be? I've found my way through Saturn City cross faded tripping on morphling injections more than once - it wasn't storming then, but meh. C'est la bees, just give me some Fireball and I'll get through it just fine.

"GREAT!" A-hem, didn't mean to yell at this kid again, I'm just passionate, alright? Get off my fuckin' back! "I'll be there in- wait, you guys have free water down here?" Really? You'd think they'd be charging down here, missed opportunity, bro. Remind me to give Fenwick a ring'ading about that, like, no wonder these kids are doing so good. They're getting fucking hand outs! Back in my day, we made sure districters were one step away from dying; what happened to the good days, man?

So, where was I?

"Anyways look, I'll be down there in say, an hour?" That sounds reasonable, there's got to be some kind of taxi down here, right? Sounds like they're living in luxury these days, two victors, free water, yada yada. "You don't have any RumChata do ya?" C'mon, tell me we've got one thing in common before I regret letting you live.

Sike! There's no changing that, kid.

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scam likely >> storm&zeus Jan 23, 2023 22:59:11 GMT -5

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Post by lance on Jan 23, 2023 22:59:11 GMT -5

Capitolites, Storm decided, were weird as fuck.

Granted, his sample size included Gloria (serial complainer, antagonizer of Avriel, future target of approximately three point one four one five pranks in the near future), Lauren Kinkade (nerd, nervous, scary) and now Zeus (enthusiastic, scarier, and in need of some volume control if his one remaining ear had anything to say about it), but, well, still. Three was not a coincidence in any world he'd lived in.

"Yeah, water's free here," he asked incredulously, confusion momentarily overpowering intimidation. "As long as you have working plumbing, anyway."

Zeus announced his intentions to arrive in an hour, which okay, Storm could live with. Maybe things would work out after all with that much prep time.

And then, he fucked up.

"Uh, what's a RumChata?"

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scam likely >> storm&zeus Jan 27, 2023 19:08:13 GMT -5

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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2023 19:08:13 GMT -5

mr. zeus!

Damn, it's really pouring out there. This phone booth is too FUCKING small, feel like I can't even shuffle without touching something. The storm's picking up while I'm picking up the phone with Storm, and the glass in front of me's starting to fog up from the body heat. Look, I didn't choose to radiate this goddamn heat I just can't help it, I can hardly hear the kid over how hard the rain's beating down on the panes. My hand's about the size of the entire phone and I'm clutching for dear life when Adroxis breaks my heart - like killing Cordelia wasn't enough!

"Um, what's a RumChata?"

"God DAMN it!"

Slammed the phone down without thinking of it but I'm sure he gets the gist. Why's it so damn hard to find some 'Chata 'round here? You'd think fresh victor on the block would be stocked and loaded but no. Still beats out the sweat sauna that's become this telephone booth, if I can even find my way over there. Oh who am I kidding, I've totally got this.