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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] acroodawakening 2014-04-27 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
"I don't know what that is but I bet you'd find it in Eep's hair even though it hasn't been invented in our world yet. You would find everything in there."

He looked a little smitten, even though he was just looking at the little doodle on the ground.

"It's the little things I miss, you know? Like she growls sometimes in her sleep and kicks her legs a little. Like she's chasing something. Then she gets pouty every time I tease her about how it's the same thing our cat does. She has a cute little pout, though. I mostly do it just to get to see stick her little lips out like this."

He imitated it briefly.

"Those are the things you remember. The little things." A pause. "The paperclips."
Edited 2014-04-27 05:43 (UTC)
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[personal profile] celebrityskinned 2014-04-27 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah."

She knows what he means. It's the shading and the undersketch that fills in the portrait. She knows that others look at Enjolras and see the stuck-up, rigid pontificator, that others look at her and see the murderous, shallow starlet, that they see a charmingly primitive caveman in Guy and would likely have similar feelings about his mate.

But the little pieces - the paperclips - always write different stories. It's how she's managed not to become the image that she portrays, because there is something beneath so much smaller and yet able to hide from the camera for its size and evasiveness.

"Are you ready to come out from under the table?"
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[personal profile] acroodawakening 2014-04-28 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
"I need a little more time to myself," he said, "but I'll be okay I think."

He needed the world around him to be small for a little while, instead of being big and scary.

But he felt a little better, less like hiding there forever.
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[personal profile] celebrityskinned 2014-04-29 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
"Okay." She pats him on the shoulder and slips her shoes back on. "I'll see you around. Take care."

And she slips out from under the table as if it's entirely normal.