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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.
polyturtle: (I'M TTLY MODEST)

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[personal profile] polyturtle 2014-03-24 07:39 pm (UTC)(link)
He had absolutely no clue what exactly he was wearing. A superhero garb, obviously, but red wasn't his color - so he thought. But apparently, someone on the stylist team thought he looked good in red, so there he was, wearing a red superhero suit. He didn't know why. He didn't care. He was just glad that Mindy was the one in the Crowning chair. It was true, if he learned anything from Ariadne, that being a Mentor didn't necessarily mean that Mindy was out of danger. But, he trusted that perhaps, Mindy would make it, now that she was no longer in the vicious Arena cycle.

So, he admittedly looked much, much happier than he'd been the past few Arenas. He wasn't quite back to the level he'd been before he'd lost his mind. He didn't feel he had to be. Just enough to make it look like he was all better, to at least look like his breakdown was a mere hiccup to these superficial, material-hungry masses.

Even when he knew it wasn't true. But that wasn't the point.
hit_girl_mindy: (Half in and out)

Re: Donatello, before the Reaping - open!

[personal profile] hit_girl_mindy 2014-03-24 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Good. She didn't have to grandstand over anyone yet. She could just talk to people.

And gave Donatello a sideye. WOW.

"That looks...interesting," she said, amused.
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[personal profile] polyturtle 2014-03-24 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah." At this, he smile sheepishly at Mindy. Red really wasn't his color. Never had been, and even in the Arena... "That bad on me, huh?"
hit_girl_mindy: (That good)

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[personal profile] hit_girl_mindy 2014-03-24 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
All Mindy could think about was a movie. A BAD movie.

"Yeah, I think you're better in purple. Mask isn't so bad though. So. Still happy you didn't try to take me out when you had the chance?"
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[personal profile] polyturtle 2014-03-25 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
"No regrets." A hint of sincerity crept into his smile at this. "But yeah...my brother's better with red than I am."
hit_girl_mindy: (curls (Mindy))

[personal profile] hit_girl_mindy 2014-03-25 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
Raphael. Yeah, suited him.

"But now you have to do this shit all over again. I feel...well, like a part of you really wanted this. Minus the crown, although it'd probably be a better fit than me."
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[personal profile] polyturtle 2014-03-25 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
"I..." At this, Don's words became careful. Mindy might have noticed it, maybe not. "Maybe it will be mine, one day. But we'll have to see where the odds fall. And who else turns out to be a possible next Victor, right?"
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hit_girl_mindy: (Knife at hand)

[personal profile] hit_girl_mindy 2014-03-25 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, that's true. But I want you to win the next one. I mean, come on, you deserve it, you know?"

She shook her head. "Whatever though. I don't want to talk about that anymore. How are you doing?"
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[personal profile] polyturtle 2014-03-25 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm all right." It was probably for the best, not talking about it, because in truth, Don himself had no idea what he wanted. Did he want to win? He didn't think, for him, it was worth it, even now. "Broke my arm during the races, but its practically healed by now. My metabolism is almost back to normal."
hit_girl_mindy: (I'm on a motorcycle.)

[personal profile] hit_girl_mindy 2014-03-25 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
Mindy laughed when he mentioned the races. "Well, that wasn't a breeze in the park to begin with. Christ, i probably made my stupid publicity worse by coming in second. Which one did you race in anyway?"
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[personal profile] polyturtle 2014-03-25 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
"The advanced race," Don replied. The sheepishness returned. "...My team finished last, if it's any consolation."
hit_girl_mindy: (Laughing)

[personal profile] hit_girl_mindy 2014-03-25 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
"I wasn't in that actually," Mindy laughed. "Honestly, you have brass balls for even doing it. Who was even on your team?"
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[personal profile] polyturtle 2014-03-25 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
"Jet and...erm. Zoidberg." At this, Don rubbed his head. "It was a...bit of a mess."

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Re: Donatello, before the Reaping - open!

[personal profile] dividedgirlofmine 2014-04-14 12:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Susannah doesn't mean to bump into him, she'd just distracted by the sight of Harley and that large, wild-haired troll throwing things at the people "flying" in the harnesses.

"Beg your pardon," she says, looking up at him and then her eyes go wide. Mr Green Turtle, the one Detta had attacked at the cornucopia at her first arena, the one that had thrown her like a flying disc.
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[personal profile] polyturtle 2014-04-14 01:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Considering the amount of people at the party, being bumped into was normal that night. On the other hand, Don didn't expect this person, of all people, to bump into him.

"Oh." Upon realizing who it was, his expression turned a bit sheepish, if not slightly embarrassed. "Hi there. Its no trouble."

Certainly, he didn't have that despairing gleam in his eyes anymore.
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[personal profile] dividedgirlofmine 2014-04-14 07:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hi," she says awkwardly. Is this what it's going to be like, she wonders, bumping into Detta's victims? Not that the turtle man hadn't given as good as he got at the time. "I-- I'm sorry," she says and she doesn't really mean for bumping into him.

Donatello might notice that her voice is different than it had been when he'd encountered her before, that the expression on her face is less ugly.
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[personal profile] polyturtle 2014-04-16 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
He noticed. He definitely noticed; it was hard not to. But for the moment, Donatello wasn't going to question it. It was likely a possibility that she simply got her game face on in the arena, when she needed to. He couldn't say he didn't at least understand that much.

Besides, if anything, he felt a bit awkward for taking petty advantage of the woman's obvious disability in that Arena, regardless of how dangerous she could be. He hadn't been quite in his right mind at that time, but even so.

"Its no problem," Don shrugged instead. "It happens."
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[personal profile] dividedgirlofmine 2014-04-17 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
She hadn't been in her right mind either.

"Guess so," she says. She wonders if she ought to walk away now, except he's non-hostile and she's gonna need as many allies as she can get. "I'm Susannah," she says instead. "Susannah Dean."
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[personal profile] polyturtle 2014-04-17 01:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Likewise, Don was thinking the same thing.

"Donatello Hamato." At this, he brought his hand up. "Or, just Don."
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[personal profile] dividedgirlofmine 2014-04-24 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"Like the sculptor?" she asks, thinking of slides projected on a screen by a college professor more than a decade ago.
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[personal profile] polyturtle 2014-04-24 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah." He nodded. "We were all named after artists, my brothers and I. I just happened to get the earliest one of the bunch..."

This was the same woman he threw, right? No, it was. The question of she seems so different but why gnawed a little bit, but he managed to restrain his curiosity. Now wasn't the time to ask those questions.
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[personal profile] dividedgirlofmine 2014-04-28 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
"Are they all turtles too?" she asks--and then looks away. "Sorry. That was rude, wasn't it?"
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[personal profile] polyturtle 2014-04-28 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
"No, not at all." Seriously. The exact opposite. "My brothers are all turtles, actually."
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[personal profile] dividedgirlofmine 2014-04-28 07:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh. Well in that case, she'll smile at him. "And they're named after artists too. Which ones? All Renaissance? Or are there Impressionist turtles or Cubist turtles?" She laughs. It's a nice, warm laugh, the opposite of the witch's cackle Don might remember from the cornucopia. "Or Pop Art? Is there a Lichtenstein Hamato?"
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[personal profile] polyturtle 2014-04-29 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
"All Renaissance's I'm afraid. Leonardo, Raphael, and Mi--"

At the Pop reference, Don couldn't help himself, and started to laugh. Never mind that the woman's dissonance was very much more apparent in her laugh. That was actually pretty funny, thinking about his brothers with different artist names.

"Ahahaha...Lichtenstein. One day...I'll tell Leo that's his middle name from now on."

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