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Panem Events ([personal profile] etcircenses) wrote in [community profile] thecapitol2014-03-24 12:14 pm

The Crowning of Mindy McReady

Who| Everyone who's anyone.
What| The Crowning.
Where| A warehouse on the edge of town.
When| Starting from early evening till late into the night.
Warnings/Notes| Be sure to check the linked thread for plot purposes, even if you don't tag into it.

The party is brightly colored.

The theme, subtly, is super heroes. Boldly paints city scapes are splattered across the walls, and hallways are made to look like dingy, potentially crime ridden alleys. From the upper walkways of the warehouse, party goers can get hooked into harnesses and swing out over the dance floor. Above them, tributes and VIPS can find themselves on a clear plastic dance floor levitated above everything, looking like they're hanging in air.

Masks are passed out in plenty, and capes are easy to find, while brightly colored drinks themed around super powers are plentiful. None of them actually work, but many of the Capitol people are happy to pretend, mocking super strength or invisibility with each new beverage.

Under the dance floor a catacomb of tunnels and rooms full of obstacles is splashed with black light receptive colors. Party goers are given vests and laser guns, marked green for villains and red for heros, and set loose to hunt each other in the laser tags playground. The screens in the dance floor keep a running tally of which side is winning, displaying the players on the screens around the room, along with clips from the arenas.

About half way through the night, everyone is gathered to the main stage for a special announcement.
revvinguptheharley: (Harlequin: pucker up!)

Re: Carlos | open

[personal profile] revvinguptheharley 2014-03-29 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
"Aw come on." Harley called over as she bounced through the crowd delighted "It totally suits you! And some of my best friends were mad scientists! You're acting like it's an insult! If the goggles fit after all..." she winked playfully.
youbarium: (I don't believe it!)

[personal profile] youbarium 2014-03-29 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"It is very important to me to be taken seriously as a contributing member of the scientific community," intoned Carlos, very seriously. "This 'mad scientist' costume perpetuates hurtful stereotypes and will only make it harder for me to earn the respect of local scientists."

He frowned.

"Were your friends self-identifying mad scientists?"
Edited 2014-03-29 22:34 (UTC)
revvinguptheharley: (Harlequin: orly eyebrow?)

[personal profile] revvinguptheharley 2014-03-30 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
Harley just laughed delighted "Aw come on, if you gotta earn their respect by pretending not to be insane then they aren't really your friends. Didn't your mama ever tell you not to do what all the cool kids are doing just because they're cool?"

She looked thoughtful at his question.

"Some of them yes. Others were too stuffy like you."
youbarium: (when I'm dancing close to her)

[personal profile] youbarium 2014-03-30 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm not stuffy," huffed Carlos. "And I'm not pretending. I just don't consider myself a mad scientist."
revvinguptheharley: (Default)

[personal profile] revvinguptheharley 2014-03-31 09:59 am (UTC)(link)
"Well you know what they say? Crazy people never know they are crazy. They think everyone else is the one being unreasonable." She countered with a spark of mischief in her eyes.
youbarium: (All my tubes and wires --)

[personal profile] youbarium 2014-03-31 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh, no you don't," he said, narrowing his eyes suspiciously. "You can't convince me I'm crazy. If a year in Night Vale, with its underground pulsars and pterodactyls and wheat-snakes couldn't convince me I was crazy, nothing can."
revvinguptheharley: (Harlequin: orly eyebrow?)

[personal profile] revvinguptheharley 2014-03-31 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
"But what if none of those were real?" Harley wondered out loud rocking on the balls of her heels. "Or what if in your world those things really are perfectly normal and you just don't know? That's the thing about perception. It's very selective." She winked.
Edited 2014-03-31 17:51 (UTC)
youbarium: (There she goes again!)

[personal profile] youbarium 2014-04-01 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
"They're not normal," repeated Carlos firmly. "Not outside of Night Vale. They're not normal here, are they?" he countered. "The places in which those are not normal outnumber the places in which they are. Therefore, my perception is correct, and I am sane."
revvinguptheharley: (Harley: ZOMGsquee!)

[personal profile] revvinguptheharley 2014-04-02 06:51 am (UTC)(link)
"But..." She grinned "you still could have imagined it all! Created false memories, your mind piecing together data that isn't there all trying to understand things that were beyond you. With an infinite multiverse of infinite possibilities of beautiful chaos, anything is possible!"
youbarium: (I can smell the chemicals)

[personal profile] youbarium 2014-04-02 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
For a moment, Carlos doubted. What if it was all a hallucination? What if he had actually been in some kind of hospital, suffering from delusions? What if he was still in a delusion?

"No," he said slowly. "No, I believe my memories. They have to be real. I came here in a lab coat, with a tape recorder in the pocket. If Night Vale was just in my head, I -- I wouldn't have had the lab coat."
revvinguptheharley: (Harley: Now wait just a damn minute)

[personal profile] revvinguptheharley 2014-04-02 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
That sent Harley into a fit of giggles.

"You know how much it costs to buy a lab coat? I own four! These are people who can create Tattoos that wiggle in time with your heart beat, how hard would it be for them to dummy up a tape recorder for you?"
youbarium: (All my tubes and wires --)

[personal profile] youbarium 2014-04-03 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
Only four? thought Carlos. Harley must do laundry at least twice a week, then.

"But they wouldn't," insisted Carlos. "They'd have no reason to do something like that -- why would they? They'd get no benefit from tricking me into thinking that what happened in Night Vale was real, so why go to the trouble?"
revvinguptheharley: (Harley: Tut tut tut)

[personal profile] revvinguptheharley 2014-04-03 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Typically she just doesn't wear them every day. But Carlos doesn't need to know that right now.

"Sure they would! Entertainment value! This place is all about the show. So imagine the pure unadulterated joy they would get from watching a structured and logical man of science crumble into a pile of weeping goo because everything he thought he knew about his own life was a lie!"
youbarium: (-- and I can't FIND anything!)

[personal profile] youbarium 2014-04-04 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
"That's assuming they already knew what I was like before I came here," he argued, "which is still an unproven hypothesis. But I promise you," said Carlos with shameless theatricality, "on my integrity as a scientist, I will never crumble into a pile of weeping goo."
Edited 2014-04-04 02:11 (UTC)
revvinguptheharley: (Harlequin: silhouette)

[personal profile] revvinguptheharley 2014-04-04 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oooo~" Harley wrapped her arms around herself in a dramatic shiver. "That sounds like a challenge to me!"

Just what she would do with that idle threat was anyone's guess. After all she still wanted him to hook up with Cecil.
youbarium: (-- and antiquated notions)

[personal profile] youbarium 2014-04-10 06:20 am (UTC)(link)
"It's not a challenge," retorted Carlos. "It's fact. Scientific fact."