It's all it will take, we'll go down in history

[milieus]

Who| Everyone in the Tribute Center (plus various Capitol citizens are in attendance)
What| A Saturnalia inspired extravaganza!
Where| A large, festive ballroom
When| Tonight!
Warnings/Notes| N/A? Let me know if this needs a warning!

Jennifer had spent weeks on the preparations for this glorious night, arranging for the food and gifts and music and dancing. Everything would be perfect, and she was certain all the attendees would have a marvelous time. And besides all that, this would be a perfect way to celebrate her husband's return to the Capitol! It had been weeks since Arturas had any time off to spend at home. Surely he'd be delighted by the fanfare and revelry.

The invitations stated that the party began promptly at 6:30, to bring an appetite, and be ready to dance. The attendees were instructed to dress in costume, to participate in the role-reversal theme of Saturnalia. Capitolites were to dress as Tributes while the Tributes were to dress in the most outlandish Capitol fashions imaginable. Jennifer herself was wearing a replica of the District 2 space costume, bedazzled and covered in crystals, for an extra glamorous kick, while her stoic husband sat at his table with his politician friends, dressed in an ice skating costume, a throwback to Arena 11. Clearly he had business to attend to, so it would be up to her to see to the party.

She made her way toward the entrance and prepared to greet everyone.

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Re: Eponine open

[gardienne]

"Don't know. Don't care." Eponine wasn't lying. She had stood passively and just let her stylist dress her.
"Does it matter?" She folded her arms tiredly as best she could around her dress. "What do you want, Mindy?"

Re: Eponine open

[hit_girl_mindy]

"Ah, but they go through so much effort," Mindy protested, "and when you actually give a crap about your stylist, that kind of matters. Not that I mind if you take someone's eye out though. If you look at what some people are wearing, its doubtful they'd miss them."

At the question, she shrugged. "Conversation. A fight? Maybe both if we're both in the mood. I don't know. Personally, wasn't trying to start anything, if that's what you mean."

Not that how she opened the conversation helped much there.

[gardienne]

"Well, I care nothing for my stylist, so she can dress me in spikes or rags or nothing at all for all I care." Eponine's tone didn't change. She wasn't keen on Mindy. Every conversation ended in Mindy telling her how awful she was or how she should change, and quite frankly, Eponine was sick of so many people saying such things to her, and fed up of a child telling her, and frustrated as well, that Mindy didn't ever listen to Eponine's reasoning.

"What should you want to talk to me over, Mindy? You dislike me."

[hit_girl_mindy]

"Ah. Used to be like that. I guess Oceana grew on me. Like a fungus."

Eponine, you had a good point, or rather, you would have when Mindy was good and mad at you.

"Hey, I had reasons. You were being selfish and you tried to bar me from my own mentor's funeral. I was angry at you. But I don't know Eps. It's pretty stupid holding onto grudges that ignore the big picture. We could spend all day being pissed and angry at each other, but its not going to amount to jack except being annoyed at a party."

[gardienne]

"That was NOT selfish . God, Mindy, for such things as you have said to me, you are lucky I have not beaten you to a pulp. " Eponine shook her head. There Mindy went again, placing the blame back on Eponine and putting her in the wrong. It wouldn't be so bad if Mindy acknowledged, properly, the part she played too. But no. And Eponine was fed up.

"You know, I was not even allowed at my Mama's funeral? They didn't even bother to tell me she died. Don't you see, if you are in the wrong, you do not get to go to funerals. And you have been awful to me. You make me feel awful every time, and you know, you might be a child, but how I dislike you, Mindy."

[hit_girl_mindy]

"No see, here's where you don't get it: YOU don't get to decide who's damn funeral I get to go to, understand? I never even got to know my damn mother, the least I could do is show my respects to the mentor of my District. She pissed me off, but in doing that she drove me to be a mentor myself. And maybe, just maybe, you could think about why I'm hardly the only person who thinks you're awful."

At the last pronouncement, she shrugged. "There are plenty of children who are assholes too, me included. Not exempt from that. But at least I can own up to it."

Ah great. She got dragged right back into THIS again.

[gardienne]

"Eva hated you." Eponine didn't know if that was true, but it felt good to say it. Truth be told, Eva never spoke of Mindy to Eponine at all. But Mindy didn't need to know that.

With a shake of her head, Eponine turned her back on Mindy. She was not going to let herself be drawn into anything this time.

[hit_girl_mindy]

"No, she didn't." Mindy said that quietly. "And its a pretty shitty thing, to project your own feelings through someone that's supposed to be a mother to you. But then it took me awhile to realize why she was looking after you anyway. God knows someone needed to watch over you when you shoot your mouth off."

And SHE was the one being accused of saying awful things. What a damn hypocrite.

[gardienne]

Or else she was being drawn in to it.

Eponine turned back to Mindy. "Just leave me alone, you horrible, snooty little girl. I have no time to waste on wretches such as you."

[hit_girl_mindy]

"You always do that," Mindy said, shaking her head, "passing the blame bullshit to someone else. It was funny to me at first, but now? It's a bore. You got some nerve, calling me snooty and shit when you will tell me a lie to my face. Eva hated me. Shit, I was probably a blip to her, for all we know, but you'd have me believe that lie, wouldn't you? I know what garbage is all right. It comes out of your mouth, whatever, just so you feel like you're better than somebody. You know what, why don't you get out of here? You're staining your clothes."