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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.
asmilinggod: by theredbrickroad, edits by foolandsnake (driving on drugs)

[personal profile] asmilinggod 2014-09-08 07:12 am (UTC)(link)
Kevin could do this all day. His body had been engineered for efficiency, lithe strength, and the ability to do business all the live-long day!

Of course, they couldn't do much to engineer his patience. They could condition it, enforce it, but even he had his slip-ups now and again...and this? Trying his patience. It might have seemed as if he was being terrible, but the truth was that he had no idea why Cecil was having such trouble with the concepts he was presenting. How...close-minded.

"Basic human decency? Letting the bodies of your hometown heroes and loved ones decay away into nothing? Wow, what different standards your culture has from mine! That would be the ultimate form of disrespect back in Desert Bluffs - I know if I were killed, I would prefer something useful to be done with my body. I'm actually still a little put out that no one used my corpse from the last arena for anything."

A beat. Now he had talked himself out of being irritated over Cecil and into being irritated over something else.

"I mean, I have good strong bones. Could have been weapons! I mean, with these teeth, it seems like kind of a no-brainer, right? Plenty of good meat here, too."