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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.
libertin: (about where i was made)

[personal profile] libertin 2014-03-29 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
"I do not want them to come back." It would be better for everyone if they all stayed dead, if they could be left to rest in peace. It would ease some of Courfeyrac's guilt, perhaps.
celebrityskinned: (Basic - Headtilt)

[personal profile] celebrityskinned 2014-03-29 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
"Alright," she says, as if she gets any say in it. It's strange, she thinks; she always calculates her kills to increase the likelihood of a revival. Perhaps Courfeyrac's way is kinder.

"You should go find your girlfriend Cindy to process all this." She reaches forward, almost subconsciously, to straighten a nonexistent asymmetry around the collar of Courfeyrac's clothes.
libertin: (u don't know shit bout where i was made)

[personal profile] libertin 2014-03-29 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
He watches her closely as she adjusts his collar, perking up somewhat at the mention of Cindy. "My girlfriend?" He's never heard that term before.
celebrityskinned: (Scared - Worry)

[personal profile] celebrityskinned 2014-03-29 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, did she turn you down?" Venus winces.
libertin: (no money no family)

[personal profile] libertin 2014-03-29 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
"What?" He laughs. Like, really laughs. "Of course not. Quite the opposite, as a matter of fact."
celebrityskinned: (Angry - Stink Eye)

[personal profile] celebrityskinned 2014-03-29 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
Venus folds her arms. "Oh, you better not be telling my you pulled a wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am on her. I thought better of you."
libertin: (you can hate it or love it)

[personal profile] libertin 2014-03-29 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
He stares at her, mildly horrified. "Are you asking if I beat her?! What sort of man beats a woman?"
celebrityskinned: (Angry - Listen to Me)

[personal profile] celebrityskinned 2014-03-29 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
"An awful one, but- no, that's not what I was asking you!" Somehow they fell down the colloquialism rabbit hole and she has to reorient herself. "I was saying I thought you better than to sleep with her and leave her."
libertin: (sugar cane back lanes)

[personal profile] libertin 2014-03-29 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
Courfeyrac finds himself sputtering a little. While he isn't a prude or anything, it's still completely strange to be talking about sex with a woman he isn't sleeping with. "I have done nothing of the sort! No one has left anyone as far as I am aware!" Part of him wants to chide Venus for being so forward, but the other part of him really doesn't care. He is what he is, but he doesn't want Cindy's reputation to be damage on account of him.
celebrityskinned: (Basic - You Kidding?)

[personal profile] celebrityskinned 2014-03-29 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
"So you're together but she's not your girlfriend?" Venus raises both hands in something of a placating gesture. "Is this some French thing?"
libertin: (do anything for my mum i love you)

[personal profile] libertin 2014-03-29 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
"I do not know?" He looks genuinely confused. "I have never heard that term before, Venus." Clearly something has been lost in translation.
celebrityskinned: (Basic - Oh Shit You're Serious)

[personal profile] celebrityskinned 2014-03-29 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
Venus takes a deep breath. "...Ah."

Well. That explains things.

"It means your lover. Your squeeze. The girl you're all cuddly with and the only girl you're all cuddly with."
libertin: (hate to be inconsiderate)

[personal profile] libertin 2014-03-29 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
"... Ah."

Yes, that explains a lot.

"I suppose then, that Cindy could be called my girlfriend, in that case." It still sounds so strange, as though the term is somehow less meaningful than the term mistress, which is how he has considered Cindy until this point. Cindy is hardly a girl, for starters. She's all woman, and it seems almost disrespectful to imply that of her. And the word friend is loaded in its own way.
celebrityskinned: (Basic - Simple Bitch Hell)

[personal profile] celebrityskinned 2014-03-29 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
"Okay. Glad I'm clear on that. I was about to go to bat for Cindy and I barely know the woman." She shrugs it off as if nothing's gone on between them and pats Courfeyrac's shoulder. "Go find her and give her a kiss for me, 'kay?"
libertin: (u don't know shit bout where i was made)

[personal profile] libertin 2014-03-29 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
This entire exchange leaves him feeling intensely baffled, but he lets it roll off his back and carries on. "I shall kiss her for you and then I shall kiss her for me."