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

[capitolprivilege]

"No, no," he protests. "I love libraries. And I would love to see yours."

Just because Stephen doesn't necessarily go for the books doesn't mean libraries aren't nice places.

[contrarianlibrarian]

China found it hard to separate one from the other, so she was interested in his perspective. "Do you really mean that, or are you just trying to be kind?"

Either way, she'd take it.

[capitolprivilege]

"You can say a kind thing and mean it," he quips. "I'll come see it after the Arena."

[contrarianlibrarian]

"If you say so." She keeps her tone playful; of course he's right that kind things can also be honest. Secretly, though, she doubts it.

"Perfect." She rummages in her purse for a moment, then holds out a business card. It's archaic in this day and age, so, in a way, it's a fitting advertisement for a print library. Her name and the address of the library are printed on it in delicate type. "My doors are always open."

cool to wrap it up here? have them called away to do something else?

[capitolprivilege]

He takes it -- and decides to wait until later to snap a picture of it with his tablet and file the information away sensibly. Stephen flips it over in his fingers playfully and slips it into a breast pocket.

Sounds good!

[contrarianlibrarian]

What tact. China watches him stow it away before an announcement across the room takes her attention.

"...It seems we're being called away to make fools of ourselves with trust falls." She sighs as she rises to her feet. "It was lovely speaking with you."

[capitolprivilege]

He laughs, climbing to his feet as well and brushing off the front of his pants. "Well, I'd hate to get in trouble on a staff retreat," he replies, giving her a smile. "Lovely indeed. Keep in touch!"

And he'll head off and be distracted by somebody else.