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Who| Chibi-Usa, OPEN
What| Chibi-Usa's got a date she has to wait for.
Where| The Training Center Lounge
When| Sometime post-Valentine's Day
Warnings/Notes| Adorableness. Maybe. And some possible angst.

She was not looking forward to tonight. Apparently, she was going on a "date".

Unlike certain other Tributes' dates, however, this one was a play-date. Some rich person wanted some photo ops with her and their son, so Chibi-Usa was suddenly brought to her stylists and shoved into a adorable dress that the citizen wanted to see her in. They did her hair as well, spraying the rose curl braids in her hair red and black to match her dress.

It felt gross. Being hocked off to kids for publicity, especially when she had a real boyfriend back home. With an annoyed flop, she sat in one of the main lounge chairs, looking sulky and dejected. Yeah, she knew she'd have to play the part of a smiling, happy girl when her "date" arrived; princesses knew how to schmooze with the best of them. And she had to admit, she liked the dress.

She just really hope they didn't poison her food too.

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Cinna noticed her and worried for a moment. He didn't think that the Tributes had any interviews scheduled and she was too young to be bid on. There had to be something else up.

He approached her carefully and smiled happily at her, hiding any hint of his concern. "You look like you'd fit right in with a bed of flowers," he complimented.

Chibi-Usa looked up and frowned when she saw who it was. Oh right. The guy who gave her those chocolates.

"I don't feel like a flower right now."

Cinna felt guilt wash over him at her expression. He let his smile fall a bit.

"How do you feel?" he asked, worried about her.

"I've been better."

Which was an understatement. She was scared, lonely, nervous, worried, sad...but she wasn't going to say that out loud. Not out here, not to this guy. Even though in a way it was probably obvious, from the way her eyes shifted to the ground.

"Listen," Cinna said after a moment. "I wanted to apologize for giving you those tainted candies on Valentine's Day." He wasn't sure how welcome the apology would be, but once he had realized what was in the chocolates he regretted handing them out. "Food here has always been safe. I didn't think they'd allow drugged chocolates into the Tower."

There was a long silence. On the one hand...Capitol citizen. On the other hand, he seemed sincere about what he was saying. Suddenly Chibi-Usa wasn't so sure what to say or do, or if being cold to him was the right thing.

"...Do you really mean that?"

"I do. I understand if you don't believe me, but I do," Cinna answered with his whole focus on Chibi-Usa. "I hope they didn't make you too sick?"

"...A little." Chibi-Usa felt her cheeks flush. "I thought I saw a creature was a giant cat."

"Yes, they made people see a lot of things. I'm sorry."

Diana had been in Man's World for years, but still the sight of a child was an amazing thing to her, after so long as the only child for hundreds of miles. Even such an unhappy looking child as the girl sitting alone in the lounge.

"That looks like it took some time," she said, indicating the girl's hair.

Well...she was new. Something about her...Chibi-Usa may not have had the enhanced senses of Rei or Michiru, but...something was definitely...inviting abut this lady, somehow. And she was pretty. Not like so many of the Capitol women she'd seen, with their hideous make-up and hair and cosmetic alterations.

So, this person...maybe she wasn't Capitol.

"Three hours," she finally admitted.

Diana raised her eyebrows, looking suitably admiring. "You have more patience than I," she said, then indicated the chair next to the girl. "May I?"

"...Ok."

She nodded. It couldn't hurt, right?

"Thank you," she said, and let herself drop into the seat gratefully. "I've been exploring all over the city," she confided. "I like exploring, but I'm exhausted now. My name's Diana."

"Diana?"

At this, Chibi-Usa's eyes widened, ever so slightly.

"Really? My cat's name is Diana!..."

"Really?" Diana beamed. "It's a good name, I think, if a lot to live up to. What about yours?"

"Yeah...she was named after the moon goddess."

She understood that sort of pressure. Though, at least no one expected her cat to take over ruling the entire world when she grew up.

"Ah...I'm Tsukino Usagi!" Yes, she felt safer somehow with this woman, but she wasn't about to say her real name. Not yet. "But...everyone calls me Chibi-Usa for short."

Edited 2013-02-25 04:29 (UTC)

"I see," Diana nodded. "Where I'm from we call that goddess Artemis. I think she'd appreciate the honor." She took a moment to consider the girl's name. Moon appeared to be a theme in her family. Diana could relate. "Chibi-usa. Small bunny? That's a lovely name."

"Aah, Artemis is Diana's dad." Chibi-Usa nodded. "He gets teased a lot by Minako about his name...Minako's his owner."

...though she of course omitted the part where Artemis would protest such unfair treatment from Minako and how Minako did not 'own' him. And the naming theme would be a...well, it would be an understatement at the least that there was a common theme in the names.

"Yeah. You know Japanese?"

"I think I rather like your family's choice of names, Little Bunny," said Diana. "I'm sorry, Chibi-Usa, I mean. I know a little Japanese. I like languages, but I haven't really had as much time to study as I used to. And now, of course, I am here. Is that where you're from, Japan?" Where was Japan in relation to here? It felt like the US, in more ways than one, definitely Western at least, but other than that, she couldn't pin it down yet.

"Yeah." She nodded. "Tokyo."

Well, technically. It used to be Tokyo.

"Tokyo. A beautiful city," she said with a smile. "How did you come to be in Panem?"

"...I got kidnapped. But everyone did, I think."

Diana hesitated before continuing. "I see." She'd been assuming, hoping, the girl was simply a young member of the society here, perhaps immigrated from Japan, or visiting. A vain hope, it appeared. "Yes, I'm in the same boat myself. Not to best way to encourage tourism."

"Yeah. It's not fun at all." She quietly swung her feet back and forth. "I don't like this place at all."

"No, no I can't say I do either," said Diana softly. She hesitated, then reached out to put her hand on Chibi-Usa's, lightly, so she didn't feel confined. "I think your family would be very proud, to see how brave you are being."

Aah. Her family. Tears began to sting her eyes.

"...I don't want to be brave in this place." With her other hand, Chibi-Usa wiped her eyes. "I want to be back home with my family."

"Me too," Diana admitted. For a moment she looked unbearably sad. She had only just gotten her family, it seemed, before one crisis and another dragged her away again. She breathed deep and turned to Chibi-Usa. "So we'll just have to make that happen, won't we?"

"I hope we can." Chibi-Usa wiped her eyes. "I don't want my mom or dad to have to come here..."

"I'm sure of it," Diana assured her. She gave off her usual air of boundless confidence, though she felt somewhat uneasy, making such promises automatically, still knowing so little about the society here. "It won't come to that."

Holiday was trying to get out more if for nothing else than to clear her head. She had talked to her mentors about the whole nanite thing, but they didn't seem too put off about it... and she hadn't put in an application to leave yet.

She didn't know why. She just... hadn't. She just wanted to go home. And that's why she got around as much as she could. Ignore everything going on even if she didn't talk that often...

Until she noticed a little girl in the Tribute Tower. She was dressed like one of the citizens, but Holiday had heard they were like celebrities in this place. She would be more excited if she were one of them, right?

Chocking down the horror she was feeling, Holiday decided to approach the sullen looking girl. "Hi. I like your dress."

She didn't know if this woman was a Capitol citizen or not. If she was, she wasn't...obvious. So she doesn't stiffen up, at least not much.

"Thank you," she replied politely. "I like it also."

...She really did. She didn't like why she was wearing it.

She decided to just come out with it and ask. "You're... not a citizen of the Capitol, are you? You don't really act like them."

Holiday was nothing if not bold.

"...No." Chibi-Usa looked up at the woman, ever-so-slightly suspicious. "Are you?

"No," she smiled, mostly to the girl's suspicion. Though, it was terribly sad to hear that the girl was a tribute. "My name's Rebecca Holiday. It's nice to meet you."

"Hn." At this, she looked down. "My name's Chibi-Usa. Its nice to meet you."

She was polite, but she was still wary. Not so much of this woman, but of others around them who were looking at them and pointing.

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Yeah, Holiday had noticed them.

"So... why are you out here anyway? Got something going on?"

"A date." Huff. "I have to have dinner with someone's kid."

Oh, a date! Well that sounds adora- Wait.

"... That doesn't sound very romantic..."

"I don't wanna do it." Chibi-Usa shook her head. "I've got a boyfriend back home, after all. But I don't have a choice, apparently."

"What?" This doesn't sound right. Yes, they were put up for slaughter every now and then, but this is a new low.

"Is this because of sponsors and all of that?"

"Yeah, its a sponsor." She frowned. "They have a kid that they want me to go on a play date with. So they paid money to have me go."

... "Wow." That's just wow.

Holiday cleared her throat. "Um. I'm Dr. Holiday, by the way. It's nice to meet you."

"...Chibi-Usa." The girl's legs swang back and forth a little. "Its nice to meet you as well."

Holiday gave a small smile. "You know, it's not my place, but... I wouldn't worry too much about this. I mean, maybe it'll be fun."

"I hope so." Huff. "But I still don't wanna do it."

"To be honest, I can't say I blame you." If sponsors paid like this for play dates, Holiday wondered how much they'd pay for a date with a grown woman or other services. She shook her head, a bit disgusted about that.

"But you do look nice. Might as well try and have fun."

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