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wantwhatiwant ([personal profile] wantwhatiwant) wrote in [community profile] thecapitol2013-12-03 12:58 pm

Out tonight

Who| Ian and open
What| Partying. And by partying we mean coming down off his two week binge of trying to forget the arena
Where| Bars, clubs, the streets of Panem
When| Current, at night/early morning
Warnings/Notes| Underage? drinking (not sure on the drinking age of Panem), drugs, breakdowns

He had told himself he was fine. He had died, woke up, got a shower and went out. Breezy pausing only to check the death toll. Blaine and Kurt had survived, they must have escaped. Well at least his dead hadn't been completely in vain. His escort had even congratulated him for fighting back, like they had expected him to just lie down and die. He had smiled and headed to a bar. He had just died, he figured he deserved a drink.

One drink had led to another, and one club had led to another, he had veered off from the main clubs by the tribute tower and had found a few ones that played decent music. Nothing he knew of course, but heavy and angry, matching his mood.

That had been two weeks ago, he had slept at times. Either back in the tower or wherever he found himself. Not always alone. Being alone was painful, as was being sober or not being high. He had all the money he wanted and so he spent it on forgetting.

Somewhere deep down he knew he was acting like Frank and it sickened him, a burning hatred that reared up whenever he was sober enough to think. Though he had always drank, and smoked shit it was never serious, just mucking about with Mandy or Lip. He had wanted to be an Officer, or if he couldn't be, his GPA was not the best, join the army and work his way up. It had kept him focused, kept him training, kept him out of the worst of trouble.

He didn't have that anymore, or more he had it in a twisted nightmare form. An eternal soldier, unable to die, not fighting for any cause just for entertainment. Killed and revived on the sick whims of a crazy futuristic society. It wasn't going to change, and they weren't going to escape, shit like that didn't happen. The Capitol had no reason to change, this worked for them. So what was the fucking point of trying anymore? So he had stopped trying, stopped thinking and everything had become so much easier.

Tonight was a night like the nights before, he moved from club to club, going with the crowds. Not knowing where he was, not caring. Escaping from his own head, because everything was shit and finding a way to make it not shit would involve far too much thinking.
splendid_roman: (Concern)

[personal profile] splendid_roman 2013-12-04 09:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Ian couldn't sleep, so he'd got up early and gone out for a walk while it was still quiet. In his meanderings he'd wandered down a street where there were still people awake. There was a loud bass line coming from one of the buildings and a crowd of laughing people who couldn't walk in a straight line.

Ian was prepared to give them a wide berth until one of them thought it would be hilarious to drop a bottle, spreading glass and its contents on the pavement. Ian jumped out of the way, almost straight into Ian.

"Are you alright?" he asked, holding one of Ian's shoulders to make sure they both stayed upright.
splendid_roman: (Thinking)

[personal profile] splendid_roman 2013-12-04 09:59 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm fine." He took his hand back, but frowned, now he had a chance to look at Ian properly. "You don't look it."
hit_girl_mindy: (Civil clothing (Mindy))

[personal profile] hit_girl_mindy 2013-12-05 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
These days, Mindy found that her training didn't keep things out as much as she wanted them too.There was always that annoying lay time where she had o lie and relax and occupy her mind with things that weren't about training to kill, more advice about sponsors and what she should do. Fuck, she had the pigtails and the stupid looking innocent face, why not use to her advantage? Why be smart, after all? More to be made being nice, playing sweet, maybe even doing the whole crying bit like Howard.

Ha. Funny. Crying. She barely did that when dad had died, why would her imprisonment with these nut jobs make her do it? No, her mind was always thinking, always curious. So after the exhausting task of training, watching more people go, she was out tonight, restless curious what passed as entertainment. She found herself in one place that gave her something hard, something that didn't need anything more than just jumping and hitting a little bit. She was fine with that too: knocking around, shifting, all the while just letting go. She was looking for something right now, and she knew if she stuck around, she'd see someone worth talking to.
hit_girl_mindy: (Hoodie (Mindy))

[personal profile] hit_girl_mindy 2013-12-05 07:13 am (UTC)(link)
Oh wow, this one guy was pretty out of it. Normally she would not have given five shits about some random teenager drunk off their ass, but this guy seemed a little out of it. He stuck out to her.

"Hey. You all right?"
hit_girl_mindy: (Off stare (Mindy))

[personal profile] hit_girl_mindy 2013-12-05 07:22 am (UTC)(link)
"Not drunk," was her reply, extending a hand to him. Yeah, fogginess was getting clear, he was a guy from the games all right. No doubt trying to forget for a little bit, not that she could blame him.

"Don't yak on me, just trying to steady you up. Seem like a good night to, I dunno, 'mingle?'"

God, she sucked at this. She seriously hoped he wouldn't puke on her though.
splendid_roman: (Default)

[personal profile] splendid_roman 2013-12-05 07:35 am (UTC)(link)
"Early," he corrected. "It's early." Or late if you'd been up all night, he supposed. "Go easy and drink some water before you go to bed," he advised in a friendly tone.
hit_girl_mindy: (Disgust (Mindy))

[personal profile] hit_girl_mindy 2013-12-05 07:50 am (UTC)(link)
Man did she know how much THAT was a lie. Still, he was trying, what the hell?

"I bet," she said, steadying him. "Look at me. I'm fucking stale off death. How do YOU think I'm doing?"
splendid_roman: (Default)

[personal profile] splendid_roman 2013-12-05 07:59 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm just trying to prevent you from having a hangover when you wake up," he said in a reasonable tone. He was trying not to think about what happened in the arena.
hit_girl_mindy: (That smile (Mindy))

[personal profile] hit_girl_mindy 2013-12-05 03:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"Fuck, tipsy then," she said, rolling her eyes. The symptoms were there man, come on. She was still holding him up though. "But where I'm from that shit still means 'drank a lot of alcohol.'"

She snickered. "I'm holding you up, dude, what do you think? Must be the impending death on my head. Guess that messes with my idea of fun."
hit_girl_mindy: (That smile (Mindy))

[personal profile] hit_girl_mindy 2013-12-07 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
She waved a hand. "Adjusting. First time here, and I get thrown into an arena. Then you gotta gather all the bits and pieces from people not wanting to immediately kill you, then you have to not die. I was sorta hoping for a little bit of a quieter life if I had to be pulled out of mine, you know?"
splendid_roman: (Thinking)

[personal profile] splendid_roman 2013-12-07 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
"That's one way round it." It wouldn't work forever, though. He hesitated over what to do, but it seemed like the only thing he could do was to physically pull Ian away, which was hardly going to go down well. He'd just have to wait and pick up the pieces later. "Good luck with that."
hit_girl_mindy: (Amused (Mindy))

[personal profile] hit_girl_mindy 2013-12-09 04:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Mindy laughed. It was biter sounding, a touch resentful, but also amused, knowing full well that if a joke, a really bad one, had been played on her, she should have expected it to begin with.

"You know, you might be right. The more I think about it, more I wonder if that's why I'm here. School and cliques and all that shit, that never really seemed like me the more I think about it."
hit_girl_mindy: (Off stare (Mindy))

[personal profile] hit_girl_mindy 2013-12-09 05:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Mindy shrugged. "Home schooled. Dad had to teach me other things, and that shit takes more time than I can waste doing any of that stuff they try to shove on you. Didn't expect this place would have any kind of proper school except not to die. Guess I better depend on my...whatever, mentor, I guess? For that part."

She watched him right himself, nodding. "You go bad in this one?"

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