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[neclectus]

Who| Timaeus Nadir and all his guests. If you are in the Capitol, you've been invited!
What| A spectacular Viewing Party and opportunity for tributes to get sponsorship
Where| The Victoria Ascendant, on the lake
When| After the most recent death roll!
Warnings/Notes| Probable skeeviness of the Nice Guy variety.

Welcome to the Victoria Ascendant, latest in the Ascendant line of luxury yachts as built by the Nadir company. Tonight, the Victoria Ascendant is the stage set for a spectacular party, also paid for by the company and specifically designed and organised by a team of event specialists overseen by your host for this evening, Timaeus Nadir- wealthy eligible bachelor, melodramatic heir apparent to the company chair, frequent sponsor of the Games. The Victoria Ascendant is fully equipped with every obscenely luxurious item imaginable, and practically drips opulence.

When first welcomed aboard you will be assured that your every need will be seen to, your every desire catered for. Staff are on hand to answer any questions you might have or guide you to various areas of the ship, provide you with food, drink, or suggestions of how best to take advantage of the Victoria Ascendant's many amenities- they are here as hosts, but also as salespeople for those of the guests with money to burn- this party is serving more than one purpose. Tributes who responded to their invite will also receive a delicate, hand-written note in a golden envelope as they board- the content of which will be posted as a reply to their response to this post.(I'll do this once your character turns up.)





Although the Victoria Ascendant has a magnificent dining room for formal, sit-down occasions, the food for the party will be circulating the various lounge areas and decks. There is also a buffet table, for those of you who prefer to help yourselves, and a fully stocked bar. Provided are a baffling variety of foods and beverages, seemingly unconnected- but each tribute will find that if at any point during their stay in the Capitol they have requested a particular food or drink item, it is available here. Or, at least, the closest approximation the catering staff could conjure up. Seating is provided in intimate groupings around tables for the most part, though there are large, sprawling couches against the walls. Central to the dining area is a magnificent aquarium filled with brightly coloured fish. Anyone looking closely enough will recognise them- varieties of piranha- but don't worry, they've been more than adequately fed and the glass is thick.

While there are various screens displaying the Games throughout the ship, Viewing is also taking place on an enormous screen, set up in a seperate lounge area with full floor-to-ceiling windows all along one side. Here, staff wait to take bets or help organise the giving of sponsor gifts. Large, comfortable couches line the room, and the central table overflows with a spectacular arrangement of edible flowers and fruit.





Later in the evening, you will be told that the firework display is about to begin, and invited to go up onto the main deck to watch. The fireworks themselves will be launched from smaller boats across the lake, and the display is set to be truly spectacular. It will be set to some music that Tributes may find familiar- various melodies pulled from the most recent Arena. The large swimming pool on the deck is open, but it is too early in the year to be comfortable to use. Instead, it is being used as an unusual centrepiece for the evening. Floating in the illuminated water is a gigantic iceberg, sculpted into a stylised model of the current arena and populated with frozen figures. Eagle-eyed Tributes may be able to spot themselves depicted in ice- more often than not, the moment of their deaths are the pose of choice, if a little tweaked for the sake of a more dramatic scene.


Enjoy!

Adachi · Ariadne · Asha · Atticus · Beck · Blaine · Calico · Callista · Chris · Diana · Don · Eddie · Eponine · Eva · Gaila · Glinda · Harley · Howard · Julie · Kurt · Marty · Maximus · Momoko · Neffa · Parker · Peeta · Phil · Pruna · R · Sigma · Some · Thane · Timaeus · Topher

Comments

Gaila | OTA

[freebitchbaby]

Gaila was happy as a clam. If clams were in fact happy animals. Or were they fish? She never could remember which one they were. Needless to say however, she was very happy indeed.

She'd gotten her new shoes and a new dress and now there were new people to talk to and more than a few were going on her 'to bed' list almost immediately. And if she didn't stand out enough already in her red dress, the loud Valley Girl Californian and green skin were enough to mark her out as an oddity among the tribute.

Re: Gaila | OTA

[revvinguptheharley]

"Gal pal!"

The unmistakable, occasionally irritating voice of Harley Quinn rang out over the crowd and she bubbly blond from Gotham appeared almost instantly with a smile brighter then the moon outside.

She was clad in a cherry red dress, with three sizable black diamonds on the skirt. They matched a domino mask around her eyes and black lipstick.

"How unfair. You're even more gorgeous!"

[freebitchbaby]

"Harls!"

Gaila was happy to see her new friend as well. Everything was so new here. It made her excited to see what other new things there were to be had. The Orion made her way toward her and gave the blonde a hug.

"Hey look! We match, both red." And red went well with both blonde and red, Gaila sagely thought to herself.

[revvinguptheharley]

"We DO!" Harley exclaimed almost too excited for the fact. "And it makes your skin just GLOW. You're gorgeous. How do you not have an entire shoe store already?" She giggled playfully.

[freebitchbaby]

"I don't know, but I deserve one! Looking this good ain't easy." Gaila was being deadly serious. She deserved to be pampered and loved. She was fantastic. The Orion bumped Harley's hip and hooked her arm through the other woman's.

"C'mon, we need booze."

[revvinguptheharley]

Harley easily fell into step with Gaila, bumping hips right back and walking with an air of pride and swagger to try and match the green girls.

"They make a great Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster." Harley giggled and from the flush in her cheeks she had clearly already been sampling the bar.

[freebitchbaby]

"Ooh, I've heard of those!" Apparently it was like having your brains smashed in by a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick. "They're only good if you have them with an olive though, apparently." She commented as she lead them both to the bar.

Re: Gaila | OTA

[andproper]

Prim was glad to see Gaila happy - and probably wouldn't have bothered coming near, if she didn't remember the green redhead from the networks...

She could hardly help wanting to say hello to a friend, though, and made her way toward the alien.

[freebitchbaby]

Aw cutiepie was at the party too!

Gaila was glad to see that all of her new friends had gotten invited too. It seemed that not all of the tributes had been invited to attend, what with so many of them still being in the Arena.

"Hey blondie." She waved the the girl approached.

[andproper]

Prim had made sure of it, not originally certain whether the invite extended to her. ...she felt a little guilty, dangling Katniss's name to get an invitation, but she knew how thus game worked. She was a quick study.

"Are you having fun?" Her eyes moved to the ice sculptures as she asked.

[freebitchbaby]

"It's a party. Of course I'm having fun." Gaila replied with a wide smile to a passing sponsor, attention only half on Prim. How could she focus on kids after all when there was sponsors to be charmed.

[andproper]

Prim would understand that. Sponsers were important, after all - surviving was important, ad this place didn't make it easy.

Still, her own attention was entirely on Gaila.

"Did you meet the host?"

[freebitchbaby]

"Not yet. He's on my list though." She commented. It wasn't as if she hadn't been trying her best to corner him though. The note he'd sent her was burning a hole in her bag.

[neclectus]

"I hadn't thought it possible, but you look even more radiant in person," Timaeus laughed, offering her a tall, blue, glittery cocktail to match his own. "Please, have a drink."

[freebitchbaby]

"Thank you. And it isn't for normal people. Good thing I'm not normal." Gaila answered, not missing a beat as she graciously took the drink from him with a small incline of her head. You had to be on your toes at parties. It wasn't unlike the slave markets. One blink and you'd miss your chance to take over a corporation's chief.

"And the benefit of a doting makeup artist."

[neclectus]

"Ah, but a make-up artist is still limited by their canvas. How are you finding the party so far? I do hope you're enjoying yourself."

[freebitchbaby]

"It's so nice being around civilised people. Much preferable to the arena." If she had the option between a party of people who had watched her die and more than a few who had bet on her and being back in the arena she would chose the party any day.

"And I have to say, this is such a beautiful boat. I almost want to take her to pieces to see how her engine works. It's superbly quiet." Sometimes her engineer talk got the better of her.

[neclectus]

"Perhaps later I could show you the schematics," he offered politely, quite impressed by the breadth of Gaila's interests. Shoes and engineering. "I can't say any of the other guests have noticed her engine, but it's lovely to hear. Are you interested in machinery?"

[freebitchbaby]

"I would love that." In actuality of fact, she would.

Gaila gave him a dazing and mostly genuine smile. "Definitely. Back home I'm an Engineer. My speciality is engines. Normally slightly more advanced than what you might find on your average seafaring vessel but they certainly have their own charms." Quite in contrast to the bimbo image that she worked hard to maintain and project among males and sponsors, Gaila was surprisingly intelligent.

[shinyisfalse]

Was she from the Capitol? Peeta almost thought she was, with the green skin and red hair, but no. She was another tribute, and that meant he needed to go say hello. Well, wanted to, more then needed to. She seemed so interesting, and she had to be one of the happiest people here.

"I think you might be having more fun at this party then even the host," Peeta remarked with a smile when he got close enough. Not that the host wasn't having fun, but she'd get the idea.

[freebitchbaby]

Gaila offered him a dazzling smile back. She loved compliments. She could practically live off them.

"Parties are only as fun as you make them." She commented with a shrug of her leaf green shoulders. "You're Peeta, aren't you?" While she made a conscious effort to keep up the bimbo image in public, in private she'd been making a study of part victors and the other tributes.

[shinyisfalse]

"Well then, you're making this party the best party I've ever seen!" Peeta laughed, giving a nod. "That's right, I'm Peeta, Peeta Mellark. I'm afraid I don't know your name, but I promise, I won't ever forget it." He wasn't sure if he was supposed to do something different, so he put his hand out to shake hers like he'd done with the other tributes he'd talked to already.

[freebitchbaby]

"I'd be horribly offended if you did. Lieutenant Gaila of Orion. But Gaila is fine." She introduced herself, taking his hand and leaning forward to kiss him on the cheek. It was just how things were done on Orion.

[shinyisfalse]

He was a young man in love. A very public young man in love. And he was very, very much in love. But when a beautiful woman gave him a kiss on the cheek, he really did have a big, stupid grin on his face when she pulled away.

"Gaila, then. It's nice to meet you, Gaila, please, call me Peeta," The biggest stupid grin. "So." So what? Oh man, so what, he should have thought that through.

"How are you finding the Capitol?"

[freebitchbaby]

Gaila was of course aware of the whole Katniss and Peeta fuss. Her escort had gone out of her way to tell Gaila that she wasn't allowed to flirt with either of them. Which was part of the reason that Gaila was going out of her way to be 'friendly' and giving the woman a heartattack as they spoke.

She did ever so like a scandal.

"It's okay." She shrugged. "Kind of like home. I just get to go to all the parties here that I used to have to preform at on Orion."