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Panem Events ([personal profile] etcircenses) wrote in [community profile] thecapitol2014-10-10 08:11 pm

The Crowning Of Clara Murphy

Who| Everyone.
What| The Crowning of Clara Murphy
Where| A refurbished former-medical building within Capitol. 
When| Starting from late afternoon, going into the evening and late night.
Warnings/Notes| Don't forget, peacekeepers are on high alert and will notice any rebellious activity or odd behaviour. 

The theme of the ceremony is corruption and dystopia, with a distinct nod to futuristic aspects and, of course, robots. The room is stark, clean, and foreboding, all done in metallics, crisp whites, and the occasional bit of robotics set up as art. It speaks as an unholy cross between a medical office, a military base, and an extremely well kept prison.

The ceremony is both a chance for Capitolites to have fun and be grateful for the grand and glorious Panem which in no way exemplifies any attributes of dystopia, while also working as a not so subtle reminder to the troublemakers out there of what can happen when things get out of line. Which they surely won't, with all the peacekeepers around.

Tributes are dressed in all manner of thing incorporating chains, rope, caution tape, muzzles, bars and cages, prison stripes, and uniform orange-- all things reminiscent of imprisonment and restriction. Some tributes may be made to look scuffed up, like cartoon-ish depictions of hardened thugs. There are a few references to robotics, and that of evil and corrupt military men and police officers, but all tributes will be marked by some manner of cuff or chain that clearly denotes them as “criminals”.

They’ll also be given a “prison number” that is actually indicative of their district association and an arbitrary letter next to it, for example, someone from district six will have 06 and the first letter of their name. It will be temporarily tattooed somewhere visible on their skin. It can be washed off but it will take more scrubbing than would be done in a single day, let alone a crowning.

The only exceptions to these rules, are those who have been brought to the winner’s table; all those who can be deemed as cyborgs, scientists, and of course, the victor herself. Her throne sits at the head of the table, a robotic contraption that appears almost as though it might encase her. For a crown, Clara has been given one that seems to bear resemblance to a white picket fence, which, when made into a crown, looks far sharper than the idyllic home setting it’s meant to represent.

Avoxes are all dressed as members of the corrupt Detroit military police. The uniforms are naturally given a more sinister edge. None of them are comfortable. All of them are serving “Detriotto” staple foods.

Around the crowning, flat hologram projections of hockey games can be seen. They show the games of a team called “The Rouge Wings” and alternate that with the less spectacular showings of what appears to be a young boy’s hockey team. Commercials fill the times between promoting the work of Capitol’s peacekeepers, showing appreciation for them on an individual level, encouraging obedience in citizens with pleasant clips of peacekeepers speaking to children, and suggesting recruitment in the truly good and noble of Panem. Capitolites may nod along to these as they giggle at the sight of decorative signs, that are most certainly from Clara’s lesser world, about obeying, consuming, and so on, to a less than favourable government. A few posters feature Clara Murphy’s face in four colour palettes, all humorous jabs at dystopia proclaiming; “MOTHER MURPHY IS WATCHING YOU”.

But hockey games are not the only things that can be seen on the projection screens; if tributes take the time to look, they may see their own face projected above in profile and facing forward views like that of mug shots. Though, how the capitol has managed to get these pictures may be entirely a mystery. Besides these mugshots, criminal records are displayed, listing crimes from “lied to their parents” to petty theft to murder. Whether these records are true or not may be up for much debate.

In the mean time, there are plenty of things for party go-ers to do, such as take part in the David For A Day egg and spoon race, in which tributes will all have a chance to dress up (with wigs and matching clothing of all sizes!) as the mysterious David, compete against others, and should they win, be dubbed David For A Day, winning themselves a banner they can wear and a spot at the victor table.

There is also an obstacle course available dubbed the "Clarence Boddicker Memorial Prison Funhouse" designed to look, you guessed it, like a prison. Fun for all ages and demeanours!

For those looking for retreat, there’s a small section cut away from it all, designed to be a pleasant backyard patio setting opened to a starry night sky and small surrounding garden, in stark contrast to the rest of the place. There’s a small area for dancing in, that can really only accommodate one couple at a time, but is nevertheless perfect for a romantic scene. Only two songs play over speakers here, one perfectly fitting, the other a little more jarring. It’s also here that party go-ers can get their picture taken with a life sized ED-209. Many more much smaller ED-209’s can be seen around and within the crowning party. As well as the occasional roomba, which fans of the last arena will surely get a chuckle out of.

As the crowning nears it’s end, those at the victor’s table will be given paintball guns filled up with red paint. They will be ordered to bring the criminals to justice! The criminals being all the other tributes. Those hit with paint will be made to wait within the Memorial Prison Funhouse until all the criminals are apprehended and forced to do their time! No one will be allowed to go back to the tribute tower until all the criminals are caught.
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[personal profile] shenunigans 2014-11-05 01:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"Beautiful." He almost sighs that out. "Careful there, stud. Social media is my jam. Before everything, I used to run a whole fuckton of blogs and webcomics. People would stop me in the streets, paw at me for updates. I had so many outlets for my artistic genius, but that shit takes time to cultivate." He is, of course, laying it on pretty thick. But it's true. Back in the day he ran several webcomics and satire blogs that did pretty well, it almost makes him sincerely sad to remember it all. It's a little too melancholy for him.

"Yeah, meteors. Spurred by that game I played with all my friends. Still not really sure if it happened or it was a construct, but to me the Earth and the universe that contained it is fairy dust." He doesn't really expect Loki to sincerely believe him, but he's been surprised by him before.
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[personal profile] onedirectiony 2014-11-10 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
"You have the vibe of an artistic genius on the internet, babe." The teasing definitely sounds affectionate, even there is just a bit of sarcasm there. "I totally could have figured it out, even if you didn't tell me." If Dave decided to lay it on thick, then Loki would return it ten fold if he had to.

"Meteors suck. Can't say our Midgard had anything like that. Just Asgard in Oklahoma," he answered. He seems to, at least, completely believe Dave. If for nothing more than his own home is just as far-fetched.
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[personal profile] shenunigans 2014-11-13 10:50 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm glad that I'm with someone who understands the depth of my abilities and nurtures them so fucking readily." He spreads his hands when he says that, picking up on that sarcasm and rolling with it. He likes this song and dance, it's easy to settle into.

"Yeah, they really do. Earth has a lot more going for it than- wait, what? Back up. Asgard was six hours away from me the whole time and I never got to pop in and check it out?" He knows they're from different iterations of Earth, but he's really damn curious about the full story here.
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[personal profile] onedirectiony 2014-11-24 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
"Hey, man, I appreciate creativity," mostly true. Creativity was a useful trait. It was especially needed here. "So anything I need to do to nurture, I'll do." Even if it meant enabling behaviors that most people probably wouldn't approve of.

"Well six hours from where you lived if you were on my Midgard, yeah. I guess." He shrugged. "Don't know that you'd want to. Broxton is basically nothing."

Boring. So boring.

The only reason there were ever things going there was because of him or any of his.
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[personal profile] shenunigans 2014-11-25 03:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"At least somebody does." He answers curtly, with an ironic and entirely insincere huff that he follows with a turn upward of his nose. Just to drive home the fact that he's totally kidding around. His face falls back to normal pretty fast, soon replaced by a look of confusion.

"You just said it was Asgard, how can it be both boring and Asgard? I'm not sure what I'm picturing anymore, but you can't sell me an image like that and not expect me to imagine some massive rainbow bridge in the middle of No Man's Land." He folds his hands over his chest, leveling a Look at Loki.
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[personal profile] onedirectiony 2014-12-06 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
"There's no rainbow bridge, that's for sure," Loki said. He wanted to make sure that Dave understood that above all things. "Broxton is boring. Asgard is well...Asgard." It was his home, and above all things - Loki loved it and wanted to belong there. However, the amount of times he has had to break in just to be there was high. He hadn't been welcome for so long.

"It's just a Tony Stark decked out floating island."