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thecapitol2016-03-22 06:12 pm
capitolprivilege) wrote in thecapitol2016-03-22 06:12 pm
open!
Who| Stephen Reagan and anyone
What| Business and pleasure as usual on the home front
Where| The office of the undersecretary of the Minister of the Future, and also a cafe
When| As backdated as you like, honestly; Stephen's habits haven't changed much over the past few months. Basically, the new year to just after the propo he was in goes live.
Warnings/Notes| Stephen Reagan being disgustingly bigoted.
A:
Stephen Reagan's desk isn't fancy or expansive, but that's all right. He's not sure what he would keep in it, anyway; all his files and all his schedules and all his messages are all done electronically, over the tablet that never seems to leave his side these days. It's more of a workstation than a desk, letting Stephen hook his tablet into its socket and spread electronic copies of forms and documents over the smooth white surface in front of him. It's out of the way, sheltered from the view of passersby by a half-wall, and generally, it's pretty quiet. Stephen's reading with pursed lips, looking over the morning's minor catastrophes, tapping his stylus against the desk as he debates whether or not this needs Ms. Dolar's attention. His suit is clean and neat and well-cut, his makeup subtle, all glitter kept to a minimum. He looks youthful but sober.
B:
It's nice to have a job that, by and large, ends in the evening. Sure, Stephen's taken work home a few times, and sometimes he's got to field things that come up unexpectedly, but it's not the same kind of twenty-four-seven being an Escort was. There's nothing on his plate today that can't be done tomorrow morning, so Stephen, still in the suit he wore to work, is sitting with a glass of wine on the patio of a cafe, watching the sun go down behind the Capitol's glittering cityscape, taking time to relax. In some moments, it's hard to believe the Capitol is really at war. Of course, Stephen never doubts the reality of it for a second, but shouldn't peaceful moments like this be impossible with Panem tearing itself apart? It doesn't seem right to him. His feet are stretched in front of him and his elbow is leaned over the back of the chair. He watches the passersby, alone at his table, separated from the street only by a thin wrought-iron fence that's barely waist height.
What| Business and pleasure as usual on the home front
Where| The office of the undersecretary of the Minister of the Future, and also a cafe
When| As backdated as you like, honestly; Stephen's habits haven't changed much over the past few months. Basically, the new year to just after the propo he was in goes live.
Warnings/Notes| Stephen Reagan being disgustingly bigoted.
A:
Stephen Reagan's desk isn't fancy or expansive, but that's all right. He's not sure what he would keep in it, anyway; all his files and all his schedules and all his messages are all done electronically, over the tablet that never seems to leave his side these days. It's more of a workstation than a desk, letting Stephen hook his tablet into its socket and spread electronic copies of forms and documents over the smooth white surface in front of him. It's out of the way, sheltered from the view of passersby by a half-wall, and generally, it's pretty quiet. Stephen's reading with pursed lips, looking over the morning's minor catastrophes, tapping his stylus against the desk as he debates whether or not this needs Ms. Dolar's attention. His suit is clean and neat and well-cut, his makeup subtle, all glitter kept to a minimum. He looks youthful but sober.
B:
It's nice to have a job that, by and large, ends in the evening. Sure, Stephen's taken work home a few times, and sometimes he's got to field things that come up unexpectedly, but it's not the same kind of twenty-four-seven being an Escort was. There's nothing on his plate today that can't be done tomorrow morning, so Stephen, still in the suit he wore to work, is sitting with a glass of wine on the patio of a cafe, watching the sun go down behind the Capitol's glittering cityscape, taking time to relax. In some moments, it's hard to believe the Capitol is really at war. Of course, Stephen never doubts the reality of it for a second, but shouldn't peaceful moments like this be impossible with Panem tearing itself apart? It doesn't seem right to him. His feet are stretched in front of him and his elbow is leaned over the back of the chair. He watches the passersby, alone at his table, separated from the street only by a thin wrought-iron fence that's barely waist height.
Hella backdated
He's missed so much. He was away from the Capitol for months with District Thirteen, barely surviving on alcohol and drugs the months before that. He doesn't really realize that Stephen's changed when he sees him at the same cafe and approaches. He vaguely knows that Stephen is in the government now.
But he remembers Stephen. He remembers that there are some Escorts who treated their Tributes well. He always felt safe and tended to around Stephen, which wasn't something Punchy even knew to recognize at the time.
"Sup, dawg?" he asks, sitting down across from Stephen without asking permission.
lemme see you backdate up
"Hello, Punchy," he says coldly, his posture still casual, but far from relaxed. "It's been a while."
Re: lemme see you backdate up
"How's your sack hanging these days, brother?"
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....yes.
Yes, it is.
"You've got a lot of nerve," Stephen says, leaving Punchy's fistbump hanging awkwardly in midair. "I don't know if you haven't heard or if you're just stupid, but I don't work with offworlders anymore."
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He knows it's a long shot, but he knows Stephen's got a good heart, that a Reagan's one of the few people in the Capitol powerful enough to get any footage of this meeting deleted and keep him from being turned over for daring to suggest it.
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The look of abject astonishment on Stephen's face is no act.
"Are you out of your mind?" he hisses. "You came up to me here to lobby me for Avox reform?"
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"You need to pretend to boot me now?"
Because, I mean. Obviously Stephen's just putting on the necessary show before they get down to brass tacks.
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"I need to make a couple things clear," Stephen says, dialing the astonishment back to a setting that's angry sternness. "One, I don't have the power to do anything about the Avoxes, and even if I did, I don't give a shit. Two, I'm not pretending to boot you. I'm actually doing it."
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But something in Punchy crumples, the part that truly believed in Stephen - and by continuation, believes in the Capitol's ability to care for its silent slaves.