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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.
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[personal profile] celebrityskinned 2014-04-01 06:03 am (UTC)(link)
"It should change something. It should say that if you actually care about that girl, and I believe you do, you should stop trying to chase people who love her away from her. She's going to need all the support she can get." Venus plants her hands on her hips. "This whole charade should be a real clear example of that."

She's tired, bone-tired, of all of them. All of this honest-to-god crap that people have, beefs with each other, judgments passed over nothing, when there's a greater enemy. Hypocritical or not, she wants to grab everyone by the arms and just shake them until reason and unity falls out their ears.
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[personal profile] aintyourdad 2014-04-01 06:11 am (UTC)(link)
Joel raises his eyebrows at her - at the outburst. "I'm not chasin' anyone away from her. I'm glad she has friends, even if I don't like 'em all. That's why I asked Kili to look after her - I know she likes and trusts him."
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[personal profile] celebrityskinned 2014-04-01 02:39 pm (UTC)(link)
"Easy mistake to make when you make everyone feel like they need your stamp of approval before they're allowed to talk to her." She doesn't back down. "We need to do what's best for her, and that means getting along even if you keep insisting that I don't know what I'm doing and anything well-intentioned I do is idiotic - but it's easier if you don't keep insisting."
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[personal profile] aintyourdad 2014-04-01 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ellie'd kick my ass if she thought I was tryin' to push her friends away, or control who she talks to," Joel says, but he sighs.

If nothing else, he knows this woman does care about Ellie. Maybe instead of just telling her she's wrong he should explain why, so she could do better.

"She's spent her whole life, bein' passed around from one adult to the next like a burden. Even the people who cared about her, left her behind or died. She just needs to know there's someone that won't do that. Familiar faces. Someone she trusts, not bein' passed off to a stranger again."
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[personal profile] celebrityskinned 2014-04-01 05:28 pm (UTC)(link)
"When I was her age, I was a foster kid. Believe me, I get how that feels." Venus takes a moment to compose herself, a long, slow blink with those heavy made-up lashes protecting her, a moment to let the tension ease out of her lower lip. "I'm not passing her off, and I've told her that. I'm trying to build her a support network."
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[personal profile] aintyourdad 2014-04-01 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, well, my point is, if we die permanently in there, we'll just be two more people who abandoned her. That's why it don't make a difference."

Because there's nothing they can do about that. It's entirely at the Capitol's whim.
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[personal profile] celebrityskinned 2014-04-01 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh, so let's just roll over and leave her without anyone, because abandonment is so much easier to deal with when you're completely isolated. Or let's leave her with one person who's going into the death Arenas as often as she is! Because there's no way that could go wrong."

She wasn't expecting sympathy, especially not in this place, and yet it still surprises her how little her common ground with Ellie matters to Joel. It strikes her a short-sighted, mulish. Arrogant.

"Whatever. I told her I'd try and keep you from pissing everyone off. I'm not even sure if I can keep from getting my blood pressure up."
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[personal profile] aintyourdad 2014-04-01 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"I didn't say that, and I would never suggest it," Joel spat angrily. "Get your head out of your ass and stop puttin' words in my mouth, and maybe we'll get along a little better - I'm not disagreein' with you, here, I said she should have friends. I'm just not sure throwin' a stranger at her will be much use for this particular instance, it's more liable to get her mad, is all. Jesus Christ.

"And you don't have to do anything for me. You're her friend, so I'll try to make sure you don't die permanently, as much as I can. That's not gonna change, whatever you think you wanna do. The only thing I care about is makin' sure I get back to Ellie, so I appreciate the heads-up, but like I said, it won't change anything, because it don't change what I'm tryin' to do."
celebrityskinned: (Angry - Cussing Out)

[personal profile] celebrityskinned 2014-04-01 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
"The only words I'm putting in your mouth are the ones you're saying. You want to treat her like she's going to be irreparably damaged, that's fine, but don't think it's okay to act like she should be as alone as you are because that's not what will help her in the long haul."

Blessed miscommunication.

"I'm not looking to die young." Lies, oh, such lies. Liesa Minelli lies. "So let's both try to make it back and we won't have to worry about this."
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[personal profile] aintyourdad 2014-04-01 06:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ellie is the strongest person I know," Joel says, his voice suddenly quiet and ice cold. "Just because I don't want to see her hurt more than she already has been don't mean I think she's weak. And I never want her to be alone. What part of I want her to have friends didn't get through that thick skull of yours?"

He's completely done with this conversation, done with talking past this woman who refuses to hear him and instead seems to want to make him out to be something he's not, just so she can keep disliking him. He turns and walks away.
celebrityskinned: (Angry - Bitch Plz)

[personal profile] celebrityskinned 2014-04-01 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
"Probably the part where I can't hear your words over your actions." She raises up a hand as she goes, as if physically brushing him off. Stop and talk to the palm. Good night, Joel.