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Panem Events ([personal profile] etcircenses) wrote in [community profile] thecapitol2014-01-19 10:47 pm

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Who| Mentors, stylist, escorts, and anyone else keeping up with tributes in an official aspect.
What| The green room
Where| The tribute training center
When| start of the arena
Warnings/Notes| none inherent, tags thread subjects as needed.

The green room this round has been decorated with the sensibility of what would be, in our era, a turn of the century sitting room. Dark wood paneling, thick rich red velvet furniture, and plush red curtains drawn back over various monitors with heavy gold cords. Although the room is quiet large to contain so many people, it gives the impression of being intimate. The Avoxes, decked out in vaguely militaristic attire, serve food and drink in silver and crystal dishes, gold alcohol catching the light of the stained glass lamps around the room.

In the center of the room is a holographic projection of the arena, highlighting in flickering lights where each tribute is. Panels hidden discretely in the wood paneling can change the view of any of the screens so a mentor or stylist can pull up their own tribute, or one whom they would like to observe.

The projection can easily be shifted, with the flick of a hand, on to the person's own tablet, or even to be projected on one of the sitting tables placed around the room. On their screens other various information can be easily accessed: current odds, gossip, and even communication from potential bidders.
pepsi_cola: (Basic - Designing Your Costume)

[personal profile] pepsi_cola 2014-03-06 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well, you aren't the average looks," Victory says, laying it on thick, thick, thick. She reaches over and loops an arm around his shoulders, pretending - badly - to be a little tipsy. "Oops."

She tries to shove Champion away with her foot as he tries to sniff under her dress. "I'm full of beautiful sentiments, you know."
quiteliterally: (spinny desks are more productive)

[personal profile] quiteliterally 2014-03-12 03:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh," he exclaims as her arm slips around him, tilting his head a little. "Well, thank you. I am in the 85th percentile of all male looks in Panem." That's a joke, Victory. Isn't he funny?

"I don't doubt it, though. Why are you trying to kick my dog?" He's still smiling and he doesn't try to move away, but Champion looks way offended approaching growly.
pepsi_cola: Deal with it. (Basic - Flowers)

[personal profile] pepsi_cola 2014-03-15 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"Only 85th?" Victory politely chuckles and reaches over to play with his collar.

"Oh, I'm not, ah, I'm not kicking him, he's just- I think he might be in love with my legs!"
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[personal profile] quiteliterally 2014-03-16 05:06 pm (UTC)(link)
"It might be 90th..." Oh, yep, that's distracting.

"Well, why wouldn't he be? They are fantastic legs. And I am sure that they excel at their intended purpose." Which is walking!!!!!!!!!! Quit it.
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[personal profile] pepsi_cola 2014-03-27 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
"I'd say 95th." She leans forward and licks the tip of his earlobe. "You should touch my legs."
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[personal profile] quiteliterally 2014-03-27 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
His eyes go wide, but he's frozen to the spot. He knows the proper reaction is to pull away, but he finds himself shuddering instead, giving out a girlish giggle. Oops.

"I... Victory, that's very--" But then Chris makes the mistake of glancing sideways. She is so beautiful and he is unbearably lonely. "Okay."

Wait... what? He blinks, looking at her legs and flushing a bit before his gaze tracks slowly back up to her face.

"But maybe - not here?"
pepsi_cola: (Happy - Heeeeee)

[personal profile] pepsi_cola 2014-03-27 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
Jackpot. Victory smiles that satisfied serpent smile that shows her gums.

"Are you inviting me back to your room, Mr.- oh!" She yelps, hopping away from Chris and swatting at the dog behind her.

"Champion! Your nose is cold and that area's private!"
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[personal profile] quiteliterally 2014-03-27 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
The laugh comes back and he puts a hand over his face, embarrassed and delighted all at once. It felt good to laugh. Except she had asked him a question, a night-changing question.

Perhaps even a longer-lasting change than that, dependent upon her and how the night went. But for now he could perhaps just worry about this one night, and how he didn't really have any right refusing anyone so amaazing right now. And she was: amazing.

"Let's go," he's saying instead of anything else, rising up off the couch and offering her his arm. Champion is so judging him, but Chris isn't concerned by it. He's just a dog!!!
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/wrap?

[personal profile] pepsi_cola 2014-03-27 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
Victory laughs too, but she looks a little less enthused about it - not because she isn't delighted to go to bed with a Mr. Traeger, but because Champion's still trying to nose up her dress.

"So much more interesting than my Tributes anyway."
quiteliterally: (this isn't 24 it's parks and rec)

kills u with italics and fails to end things???

[personal profile] quiteliterally 2014-04-03 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
He gives Champion a look and the dog finally backs off and away, allowing them to stand together - or Chris and then Victory, anyway.

"While I do lead as interesting a life as one can as a budget auditor... it hardly compares to the life of a Tribute." Chris is thinking hard about this, even as he leads his beautiful companion out of the party, Champion following obediently after in his cutie hobble. "Especially one from another world. I can't even imagine how exciting that must be."

In so many ways, he envies them. He doesn't say that, though; he knows it's a little untoward. He knows dying multiple times must not be great or anything, but they had experienced so much. And yet Victory is calling him interesting? He may tell everyone his job and life is so fascinating but it's mostly a line.

Not that Chris Traeger doesn't love his life (and everything) -- he does. He just wonders if there might be more than this provincial life.
pepsi_cola: (Basic - Eyebanging You)

and end!

[personal profile] pepsi_cola 2014-04-03 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
"You," Victory says (practically exhales) to Chris, "are the most beautiful budget auditor I've ever seen, and I would love to have you do my taxes. But right now, you need to take meto another world."

Yes, she picked up all her pick-up lines from bad 80's movies. She slips a hand down from Chris' waist to his rear, giving that firm, runs-however-many-kilometers-a-day tush a friendly squeeze.

It doesn't take much longer for them to leave the party.