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After waking up in her apartment, instead of the Lost and Found box, Rue took her time in venturing downstairs. She was afraid to see what the Bar looked like, afraid that the bar would be in ruins and she didn't want to see her new home like that.

But, eventually, the need for certain things like food, being around other people and making sure her regular spot by the fire is all right overcomes her fear. And Rue manages to tear herself away from her room.

So Rue appears, slowly making her way down the stairs. Eventually she'll make her way over to the fireplace. She doesn't care if it's not lit yet.

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This is about the time a door opens, and Peeta walked in not expecting it at all. But that isn't new. What was new, was looking at the room, with it's edges of disorder, and feeling much like something was very

different?

Hopefully Peeta isn't offended if Rue doesn't notice him right away. She's a bit too busy looking around and taking in all the damage that's been done to the place.

That's actually fine. Since he's trying to figure out whatever could have made such a mess, and whether everyone is alright. Which actually makes it quite a relief to see her in one piece, sitting over in the couches area.

Even if she is dead, even if he's not sure he should worry, if anything could hurt her now, seeing her there eases at least one edge of the knot that's built itself up in his chest.

"Hey."

Hearing a familiar voice Rue looks up; seeing Peeta, she manages to give him a wan smile.

"Hey."

"What happened here?" Because it looks like. It looks far too obvious, to be what it looks like, right? And,maybe with a slightly bit more pressure, to be certain first. "Are you alright?"

She thinks back to what she heard other people around the Bar saying when everything was falling apart. "I think it was the end of the world...all of them. At the same time."

"I'm okay. Sallie made sure I got into the Lost and Found box."

It's hard to wrap your thoughts about the world ending, when it's still very here. Except that it looks like it has gone through a massive, no stops left unpulled, fight. "The Lost and Found box?"

She nods. "A lot of the people who are Bound were taking shelter inside of it. It's bigger on the inside than it looks."

Rue's still not sure how she wound up back in her apartment, though.

"I'm glad it kept you safe, then." Peeta took a seat, finally. "Did everyone make it through?"

"I think so." She hasn't heard otherwise, at any rate. Rue follows Peeta's lead and sits down as well.

It's hard to know really what to say there. It looked terrible, but they'd seen worse, in several ways. Especially if it was still here, and everyone was still very much unhurt in the end.

Only a little awkwardly, "Do they need help cleaning?"

"Probably. I haven't seen any of the Oompa-Loompas around yet."

"Oompa-Loompas?"

"They're small people, about- this high." Rue holds her hand out just below her chest level. "Orange skin, green hair. They're the cleaning crew here, just like the rats wait tables."

"Huh." Peeta gave the room a look. As though these little people might appear, even though she'd said she hadn't seen them. They definitely sounded very different from anything else. "I haven't had the chance to meet them at all."

"But it does look like someone will need to start working more on the place."

Aside from those already moving things. The place did look pulled apart entirely.

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