Staffer's Retreat

[whatisay]

WHO| Every Escort, Stylist and Mentor. Any Capitolites or Peacekeepers who might have reason to oversee or visit.
WHAT| A professional retreat for the overworked, underpaid, and super underappreciated Tribute Care Teams.
WHERE| A chalet in District One, easily accessible by train.
WHEN| Before the next death roll.
WARNINGS| Typical Capitolites being entitled asshats.
NOTES| I've put up some subthreads for various activities, if you want to add more just do so under the appropriate day subheader!

Staffer's Retreat. Mandatory. The teams for each District are given a handful of days to prepare for the weekend, which, they're told, is going to be scheduled for a weekend with no big shake-ups in the Arena and perfect weather for outdoor activities. On Friday morning, they're taken by train to a small chalet tucked into a mountainside. A few inches of snow covers the ground but the sky is clear, reflected in the beautiful lake at the base of the mountain.

Until Sunday evening, their days will be packed with "professional development". The schedule looks something like this:

Friday:
Icebreakers
Trust Falls
Hypothetical Scenarios: How to Be the First Person Chosen for a Bomb Shelter
Three-Legged Race
Self-Care Hour: Mandatory Yoga
Dinner
Breaking Down Stereotypes Workshop

Saturday:
Mandatory Mentor Group Therapy: PTSD is Not An Excuse
Mandatory Escort/Stylist Workshop: Building Trust with Your Tributes
Mandatory Sexual Harassment Training: Focus on Tribute/Mentor and Tribute/Escort Relationships
Lunch
Capture-the-Flag
Group Lego-Building
Dinner
12am Karaoke

Sunday:
5:30am Continental Breakfast
Compliment Circle
Journal Hour
Farewells

Comments

[conifer]

"I haven't had the chance to get to know my tributes that well yet," she admits. "I'm sure there'll be a couple like that, though. Especially now the Capitol revives them. The stakes just aren't the same for them."

[president_evil]

"One would think that would make it easier for them. They could just play the game and be done with it."

And move to much more important things, if they were really so inclined.

"But they insist on being so short-sighted. It baffles really how so many of them have managed to survive this long."

[conifer]

"Because the Capitol finds them entertaining," she replies dryly. "Let's hope they stay on the entertaining side of the line, rather than becoming a real problem. For anyone apart from us Mentors, anyway."

[president_evil]

"From one victor to another, Miss Finch," Wesker said, his pale eyebrows arching above the dark lenses of his glasses. "I wouldn't suggest not holding your breath on that."

Though on which count, he didn't say.

At the head of the room, the moderator called time.