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China Sorrows ([personal profile] contrarianlibrarian) wrote in [community profile] thecapitol2015-03-06 08:28 pm

Open!

Who| China Sorrows and you!
What| Trying to acquire free labor and company, bringing gifts to District 11 Tributes, and creeping on Tower residents and the Arena
Where| Around the Tower, the District 11 Suite, and the Common Area
When| Week 5 and onward
Warnings/Notes| No warnings for now; if you’d like to set up another scenario, I’m open to anything

[All around the Tower]

Winding her way from the outside of the Tower to the elevators is China, a tall stack of books tucked under her chin. Though neither her body nor the stack waver an inch, suggesting she has everything under control, she approaches the first person she spots regardless.

With a bright but apologetic—not sheepish, though, she doesn’t do sheepish—China asks, “Excuse me. I hate to impose, but would you be willing to assist me with these?”

Why she doesn’t just ask an Avox may be one of the questions that springs to mind.

[District 11 Suite]

As Tributes return from the Arena, China’s stationed in the District 11 common area to meet them. She has herself sitting up perfectly straight on one of the couches, hands folded demurely on her lap. Spread out before her is a selection of books, enough so that there’s one for each Tribute and staff member in the District.

There’s a range of topics, from a book of tales about old Panem heroes with a cover verging on the garish to instructional texts on arts like flower arranging. Conspicuously absent from the pile are any factual accounts of history, politics, or warfare.

Inside each one is a small card on which is written, in flourished handwriting, “As thanks for your service to glorious Panem.” There’s the faintest hint of perfume on each one because China doesn’t like overdoing things. And perfume that nice gets expensive.

As anyone approaches the room—whether from outside the suite or their own room—she greets them with a soft smile, “Hello. Do you have a moment?”

[Common Area]

The Games are as enjoyable as ever, but now China watches with a new focus. As each Tribute appears on-screen, she writes something in elegantly looping hand in a tiny notebook. A clipboard would, of course, be much easier. But it just wouldn’t look quite as good; she’s an Escort, not some low-level administrator.

She does do this for every Tribute, so someone may see her jotting down notes on one of their charges or one of their friends.

They also might notice that her attention occasionally wanders from the Games to the other watchers; she doesn’t bother to hide it, though she politely refrains from making any notes on them.
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[personal profile] libertin 2015-03-26 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
He nodded, filing that information away for later. Perhaps he could find something out about the departed escorts someday, just to satisfy his own curiosity.

Her request gave him pause, however. Courfeyrac was unused to being asked for advice from people in the Capitol, let alone from ones in authority over him. He was glad to speak his mind freely, though it seemed strange that she would truly be concerned over his welfare. No one else had been, really.

"I'm afraid what would please me most is beyond even your powers," he said, thinking of Max's reassignment to District Two. "But regardless, miss, I am happy to make your acquaintance."
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[personal profile] libertin 2015-04-01 01:21 pm (UTC)(link)
He couldn't help it. He had to laugh a little. "Oh, you would be surprised, my dear. The Sponsors do not find me nearly as charming now as they did a year ago. They seem to find my antics tiring. I fear that I have bored them recently."