silberfuchs: (embarrassed concentration)
Albert Heinrich ([personal profile] silberfuchs) wrote in [community profile] thecapitol2014-06-28 01:04 am

To the leader, the pariah, the victor, the messiah

Who| District 3 Tributes, Mentors, and anyone else who has cause to be there
What| Mingling in the wake of Cecil's news broadcast
Where| District 3 Suites common area
When| After Cecil's post, all evening
Warnings/Notes| This is a mingle log and will lend itself to threadhopping, which I hope is ok. Mention of depression. Discussion of mass murder and genocide is probably gonna turn up in here. Other warnings/notes as needed.


He's only been awake for a day.

A solid day of doing nothing but sleep and wallowing in a different illness altogether than had infected the Capitol. A solid day of that ugly beast Depression that, in the wake of murdering so many directly in the arena - two he didn't know, Enjolras, Hilda, Gott, he'd killed her... - sits heavy on his chest and doesn't allow him to do much of anything besides visit the lavatory. Frankly, he'd only turned on the news by accident; he'd been attempting to make the windows that overlooked the Capitol below tint darker and cast his entire room in shadow. It was on just in time to catch Cecil's smooth voice over pirated airwaves, a hard edge to his usually flightly and inane cadence.

District 3 was gone.

And dour as he is, suspicious thoughts weave into his mind. He doesn't believe for a moment that this is because of any plague, as bad as tuberculosis is. It couldn't have spread that fast, not with them quarantining themselves like that if Cecil is to be believed (and it's too serious not to believe.) No. This is another message. Because of Ian, because of his own post, because of Eponine's very public tantrum and Starkiller's blackout in the arena, both of which he's heard mention of by now as the tv switches from program to program in the ticking of minutes and his checks on his phone of old network logs. Jessica was made to behave this way before, why wouldn't they think it would work again?

All those people...

He feels sick, but he can't imagine he's the only one, not after this news.

Gathering his wits, Albert mechanically goes through a shower and dresses himself before stepping into the common area, wary of the Capitol microphones and cameras that may be recording them but needing to discuss, needing to find out where everyone else is both literally and emotionally, and needing to help as best he can. A help which starts with copious amounts of tea, not that he imagines it will be terribly calming in this situation, but any port in a storm.

---

When the other tributes come out to the common area, there is a large tray with a steaming pot of tea and mugs enough for everyone that lives in the D3 suites, including those Albert hasn't met personally. The German has placed himself in a chair and looks gaunt and sleepless despite having slept for quite some time, but his eyes are alert and he responds readily to anyone who comes to talk to him, though he's also ready to approach others if it looks like they're going to do something particularly inadvisable.

Of course, it's hard to tell with his stoic face that he may be thinking of the inadvisable himself.
splendid_roman: (Isn't he a splendid looking Roman?)

[personal profile] splendid_roman 2014-06-30 08:18 pm (UTC)(link)
"What?" He frowned. "Ian's dead? Didn't he come back from the arena?"
gardienne: (frankly upset)

[personal profile] gardienne 2014-06-30 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"No." Eponine drew her legs up. "That troll chopped his head off and waved it about and I shouted at the Capitol when he was not here and District Three are dead now. Because of my shouts. They killed him for YOU. Are you happy now?"

She wasn't being fair, and she knew it. But tears were pricking at her eyes. She missed Ian so much.
splendid_roman: (Hand on chin)

[personal profile] splendid_roman 2014-07-01 07:15 am (UTC)(link)
He rubbed a hand over his face at the news. He'd done what they asked and they'd still not brought Ian back. He sat down heavily on the sofa. "No." He studied his tea, but he was going to need something stronger.

"At least Ian's out of the arena," he said, looking on the bright side.
gardienne: (accusing)

[personal profile] gardienne 2014-07-01 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, and he's mouldering into nothing in a pit somewhere." Eponine rolled her eyes at Ian's idiocy. "He didn't deserve that. He were a decent lad. He looked out for me, always. He should have had a happy life, instead of living here."
splendid_roman: (Thinking)

[personal profile] splendid_roman 2014-07-02 07:17 am (UTC)(link)
"He should have," he agreed more solemnly. He did think that maybe being dead was better, but kept quiet on that front, because clearly Eponine didn't agree. He couldn't blame her for that. "It's not fair. Why him?"
gardienne: (accusing)

[personal profile] gardienne 2014-07-02 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
"Because he were my friend." Eponine shrugged tiredly. "Always, they kill my friends. They have killed Aunamee and Ian both, and they've tortured Eva on my account. Perhaps it is a good thing we are not friends."
splendid_roman: (Thinking)

[personal profile] splendid_roman 2014-07-04 11:12 am (UTC)(link)
"Maybe it's a good idea not to have friends," he said, studying his tea. His friends had been killed as well, not just Ian. Maybe it was on purpose, maybe it was just bad luck. Time would tell which it was.
gardienne: (wary)

[personal profile] gardienne 2014-07-05 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah... I never had friends before I came here It is easier when there is just you to think of."

But Eponine likes having friends. It's been a new revelation to her and she loves having people about her. She'll be sad to see it go, and she frowned at Ian.

"But it is rubbish, what you say. You talk through your arse. You need a friend, you know?"
splendid_roman: (Smiling)

[personal profile] splendid_roman 2014-07-05 12:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Ian chuckled. He knew she was right, but it was her phrasing that amused him. "Perhaps. Maybe I can just be friendly with people without getting too close."
gardienne: (determined)

[personal profile] gardienne 2014-07-05 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well, that is well." Eponine glared at him again. She didn't appreciate the chuckle. "I shall make sure you have nobody. You do not need to worry about friends. You don't deserve none anyway."
splendid_roman: (Raising an eyebrow)

[personal profile] splendid_roman 2014-07-06 10:11 am (UTC)(link)
He raised an eyebrow. He had thought Eponine might have forgiven him for what had happened to Ian, in the light of the news about district 3, but obviously not. "Maybe I don't." He shrugged. "At this rate none of us will have anyone." To make the point he got up and left her - although he was sure she wouldn't be alone on the sofa for long.