Are you, Are you coming to the tree? [Open!]

[dandelionsinspring]

WHO| Katniss and YOU
WHAT| Just arriving~
WHEN| 5/2 (What a lovely almost birthday present...)
WHERE| Wandering, I guess. Otherwise just the Tribute's quarters...



She didn't know what to do with herself right now. No Peeta, No Haymitch. No one was in this room with her. So she just wandered, leaving the room that looked too much like her room on the train for her liking. She wanted more than anything to be back in District 12. She'd even stay in her house in Victor's Square without complaint if that wish was granted to her.

She hated everything about the Capitol with every fiber of her being. Yet, she would continue to follow Haymitch's advice from her first games: Stay alive. And so she walks with quiet, sure, steps with that thought in mind.

Stay alive.

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[dandelionsinspring]

Her expression becomes one of confusion. She has to think a minute. She feels like she's seen this guy's face before. Maybe a former victor? They tended to be around the Capitol, close to their fans if they decided. It takes her a minute, given that she's pretty angry about being in the Capitol period. The name Finnick Odair registers. Have an eyeroll, Finnick.

His smirk was incredibly off putting. It served the purpose of creeping her out and moving behind her didn't do him any favors.

"I wasn't looking but thanks for the tip." There was a slight bite to her tone, but she tried to keep it subtle for the sake of not coming across as threatening. Though she had to admit that enemies here didn't matter to her either way. It would only help her figure out that line if she met him in the arena.

Assuming she's in capitol clothing...^^;;

[knottherapy]

"Well, sweetheart, you're on the fourth floor." Finnick was still standing uncomfortably close to her as he spoke. His tone was as casual as an old friend. "I wouldn't expect another victor to wander up here unless they were looking for a good time." Yes, Katniss - that was suppose to make you feel awkward.

Finnick checked out the new victor standing in front of him, making it obvious that his eyes are examining her head to toe before meeting her face again- most Capitol women blush from it, but she just seems to be made slightly uneasy. She looked rather frazzled, probably from having just won a Games and being back in the Capitol so soon. He felt bad for the girl really. She was so new and fresh to the life of a victor and now the game was all changing.

"So where'd those pretty little-girl dresses go?" she had definitely made a complete shift from that homely look to another Capitol influenced victor. "Don't get me wrong, you pull off the sexy woman look real well, but I almost didn't recognize you."

Cinna dresses her well~

[dandelionsinspring]

"I was bored." Her tone is casual, meeting his obvious sarcasm with her own. His obvious attempt at making her blush wasn't working and she was sticking to that. Shrugging, she sizes him up as well, half vulnerable and embarrassed at his head to toe examination and also slightly provoked by it. He had many lovers in the Capitol, she knew that much, so one girl was nothing special to him. She felt like an antelope being sized up by a lion, and definitely not in a good way.

"Maybe I out grew them." She just keeps her gaze locked on his, noting quietly that they were a striking shade of green that she'd never seen before. No wonder he had so many fans. Okay, maybe this scrutiny was making her blush just a bit.

[knottherapy]

"Oh yes you did." He purred as he once again checked her out with his eyes, noticing that she did have quite the figure when dressed to show it off. She was going to be a hard nut to crack despite being an open book with all the gossip going about, but still he kept his front up at all times to at least keep her out of his secrets.

"Have you been down to the parties yet?" Though he is sure he would have heard about it from Mags or someone if she had been spotted already.

"You ought to go down with me," the idea suddenly occurred to him. "Think of the stir the two of us would cause being seen together." Annie was staying in the suite for as long as she possibly could and even if she saw him with Katniss, she'd know what he was doing. "I'm sure it would benefit both of us." He added a wink at the end of that, still standing very much inside her personal boundaries despite leaning against the wall as he spoke.

[dandelionsinspring]

She just keeps her cool, resisting the urge for another snarky come back. He just kept right on going with the flirting. "No. I haven't been. I'm not much for those sorts of things. This is my first time in the Capitol since my first Games." It stung a bit to think that she'd probably be going into the arena a second time if she was unlucky enough, from the sounds of how things were right now. It made her feel more nervous and uneasy about being here.

He was laying it on pretty thick, inviting her to some party where he had the advantage of knowing people there and she didn't. They would probably be the talk of the Capitol if she played his game and went with him. She did want to figure out where Haymitch had wandered off to. Knowing him, it was to wherever there was alcohol.

"I'm sure we'd make quite the splash." She couldn't help rolling her eyes. He was frustrating and all she wanted to do was to scurry on back to her safe haven that was the District 12 Quarters. She shouldn't have wandered this far down.

[knottherapy]

"So that's a yes?" He hadn't expected to win this stiff one over easily, so he kept going. "I'm not one to brag, but I can count the number of times a girl has turned me down on one hand. Especially when I'm asking her to a party." Finnick still stood exceptionally close to Katniss as he spoke, his seductive eyes always locked with hers, whether she was avoiding his gaze or not. "So it'd really hurt my feelings if you say no."

"I mean, you know how all of this works, right?" He turned his head slightly so he could examine her out of the corner of his eye. "You'll want attention because for some of us, it isn't about if sponsors like your tribute. It's if they like you." And while watching Katniss' build up until her time in the arena, he could see through her and noticed she was struggling with personality. "These Capitol people flock to victors and it's really not the tributes who win over their sponsorship."

He threw in his closing argument, "Anyway, I wouldn't want to be you going down there alone now. Not every victor is going to be as fun as I am." He paused to look around. "And I don't see Peeta so why don't you let me escort you down until he shows up? I assure you, I'm a professional." He smirked as he closed with a wink. His stance was still seductive and relaying the message of 'I'm interested in you' which could be taken in a number of ways, but usually perceived in only one when in the Capitol.

[dandelionsinspring]

"Like I have a choice. Being seen with you could work in both our favors." She'd just disappear the minute she saw a sign of Peeta. That would be her main goal for this whole affair. She did have a dress on that was suitable for an event like this.

"So, if I go to this thing with you are you going to keep being so hideously flirty?" That was her basically telling you she doesn't buy what your selling, Finnick Odair.

[knottherapy]

Finnick smirked, "So that is a yes."

"I'll stop being hideously flirty if you just pretend to like my company." He leaned in for a moment to speak softly in her ear. "It’s all just acting in the end after all." To suggest that everyone there is simply pretending. The victors, the Capitol citizens, everyone. He hoped she would catch on then that he wasn’t going to pull anything funny on her.

"Shall we?" He turned and offered his arm to her.

[dandelionsinspring]

That smile made her want to hit him. He was too cocky. "Sure, why not."

She shrugs, not committing to any kind of enthusiasm in the least. She did not get excited about these things even if Cinna often dressed her to the nines. "I'll pretend to like your company when I'm sure you're not going to stab me in the back."

Her words were frank and her tone was venomous and yet calm all in the same breath. She just takes his arm in answer, falling into a stony silence. She didn't trust him - couldn't trust anyone besides Peeta, really. She would protect him. That was the goal of all this.