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dead_black_eyes ([personal profile] dead_black_eyes) wrote in [community profile] thecapitol2015-03-18 07:22 pm

Tomorrow I'll be stronger, running colorful, no longer just in black and white [Week 6, Open]

Who| Linden Lockhearst and Open!
What| After this altercation, Linden had to spend the night in jail. Encounter him at any point during the 24 period during and after this less-than-glamorous ordeal.
Where| Jail, later on the District 6 suite.
When| Week 6
Warnings/Notes| The normal ones for Linden! References to drugs and death are likely.



I. Jail

Linden stares past the rigid plastic handcuffs at his black shoes on white tile. It was only a matter of time, perhaps... withdrawal and the ensuing hell that was sobriety has been rough on him. For the first time in over a decade, he's been forced to look at some of the experiences that have shaped the person he is without the haze of Morphling or alcohol influencing it, resulting in the emergence of a deeply sad and very angry man. Having numbed these emotions for so long means that his ability to deal with them isn't great; an already tense situation with an admittedly horrible District 7 Mentor had escalated and though he'd blacked out past a certain point, he's pretty sure that he hurt the guy. Possibly even enough to need stitches. At that point, it didn't matter who you were or what you'd been through; you at least had to spend a night in jail as a token punishment, and past that, even if you were lucky and the media didn't catch wind, it was inevitable that you'd have to deal with some kind of therapy or conflict-resolution seminar at some point.

There's a forcefield keeping Linden from walking out of his cell, but it's possible to hear through it, even smell through it. There's coffee brewing somewhere nearby, and he approaches the forcefield and tries to get the attention of the nearest Peacekeeper.

"Hey... hey, is that coffee? Can I have some, please?"

The Peacekeeper sighs. "Try to sleep. You can't leave until morning at the earliest, and it gets boring as hell in those cells. It's supposed to, this is a punishment."

"Then let me bum a cigarette."

He's left behind with a brisk, dismissive shake of the Peacekeeper's head.

II. The Next Morning- Bail Posted

"Rise and shine." the Peacekeeper in charge disables Linden's forcefield, and he sits up quickly, having not actually realized that he'd fallen asleep.

"What's going on?" he asks blearily, already reaching for the wastebasket he'd requested they leave in his cell with him. Since quitting Morphling, he's queasy in the mornings sometimes.

"Morning, and someone's posted your bail. Congratulations; 6 must really want their only Mentor back."

"Who was it?"

"Beats me. I'd suck up to them big time, though, they did you a hell of a favor."

III. The Next Morning- District 6 Suites

Linden probably shouldn't have been allowed to return to work so quickly after snapping so obviously and so badly, but he is 6's only Mentor right now, and he's therefore needed. A sweet-voiced woman in a nurse's uniform had stopped by his cell before his bail had been posted and given him a stack of pamphlets, commending him on his efforts to get clean but assuring him that there were more ways to quit than recklessly going cold turkey. She urged him to consider tapering off to avoid a situation like the one he'd ended up in, and explained that mood swings and aggression were common side effects of coming off of a persistent Morphling addiction, and he is broodingly considering it.

He's also considering how the fuck he is going to apologize to Jason Compson. A written apology was one of the conditions for his release, after all, and he takes a deep breath, trying not to clench his fist around his pen and staring at his attempt to write something acceptable.

Dear Mr. Compson,

I'm sorry you're a sadistic brat

Stupid

have the self-control of a rabid warthog in front of an all-you-can-eat truffle buffet


I'm sorry that I lashed out at you. It was entirely my fault to expect you to be as refined as your bloodline would suggest when you are clearly an Avox-hitting sow of a-------------

Fuck you, you spoiled



It's not going particularly well.

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[personal profile] lionhearted_victor 2015-03-30 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
There wasn't a hint of irony when Leo smirked and said, "Yes. I want to see this happen. I fully recognize I'm a terrible person, and I embrace it."
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[personal profile] lionhearted_victor 2015-03-31 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
"That's one drink down, Linden, better make the other one count," Leo may not have as much self-restraint as Calendius when it came to vices but he was one to enforce anything he set out to do. And in this case, he wanted to see what kind of insanity the District 6 mentor could come up with on the fly.
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this is beautiful.

[personal profile] lionhearted_victor 2015-03-31 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
Leonidas shrugged with a grin, "It's your style, it wouldn't be that problematic. And it's different..."

Boy howdy was it different. By the time Leo finishes the twisted little poem, he's actively laughing his District 2 ass off.

"If you're not keeping this, I am. You've truly outdone yourself, Lockhearst!"
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[personal profile] lionhearted_victor 2015-03-31 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
"I will treasure your letter and pass it on to my children," Cora added with the laughter that came along with the lurid poem and the context that brought it on. "You do not disappoint though it's fairly obvious I'm not the best influence to write this letter."

No, not really.

"You're never going to finish at this rate..." Not Leo's problem, "If you need another bail out, call me up."
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[personal profile] lionhearted_victor 2015-04-02 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, might as well learn at home before they learn on the street, as my father used to say," Leo clarified as he got up from his laughing fit and dusted himself from it and the lack of respect for his fellow Support Staff.

The coach then served himself a hearty glass from that bottle, as if to keep that very advice he'd given earlier, "I meant what I said, Lockhearst. Two glasses and that's it, even for you."
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[personal profile] lionhearted_victor 2015-04-04 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
That was dark, even for Cora. Linden's family was always a subject that he never brought up unless the Mentor brought it up. Being Avoxed and held as an example was always a traumatic event for anyone who tuned in or watched the news. More so when it was a Mentor's parents. Leo makes no remark or folly of this and merely focused his energy onto the alcohol.

"Two glasses and filthy poetry, it's a fair trade for enabling your vice and your creative tendencies," Leo argued with a degree of playful finality. "You could have gone sober but then you would've found other ways."
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[personal profile] lionhearted_victor 2015-04-04 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
Watching that crowning was cringeworthy when the couple didn't quite look like they could have produced Linden. It was either Avoxed or executed, making the quiet father remark as morbid as it was tragic. The rumor mills painted a gruesome picture anyways, so Leo did his best to sidestep the issue at hand.

"Knowing you, you could have stashes in the laundry room, just to fuck with the Peacekeepers," he added with the same candor as before, "Or the books. It's hard to tell at this point."
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[personal profile] lionhearted_victor 2015-04-04 09:02 am (UTC)(link)
"Did you just...Linden Lockhearst, did you just make a pun at me?" Leo blinked at how out of left field the Mentor's answer was.

Leo was still bitter about his own failed chance at being a Career Tribute when he saw Linden's Crowning. Even someone who was raised in the system, to become the most efficient killing machine, could see how bungled it all had been. Those Games had ended in a red mess, the scar could attest to that fact. But it was the breaking of the young boy's soul that gripped the audience.

It was a testament to Leonidas' capacity to adapt when he came across the District 6 Mentor now. Before, he believed Lockhearst was too weak to understand the honor of Victory and the drugs were a consequence. Now, even with their loutish behavior, some of that spirit seemed to live on in crappy jokes like these.
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[personal profile] lionhearted_victor 2015-04-06 06:47 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh I missed two, how delightful of you," Leonidas remained in a strange sort of state: between genuinely amused and his usual spiteful self towards those who thought themselves too high and might for the likes of Districters like him and Linden.

"I didn't frequent the Capitol as much as I would've preferred. I was mostly in District 2, prepping the Career candidates before the Never Ending Quell began," Cora explained his lack of actual bonding with any Victors and Capitolites, "If not, I was getting a sponsor or two for my students."
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[personal profile] lionhearted_victor 2015-04-10 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
The admiration to his District made the Trainer smile just a little more sincere. "When was the last time you visited my home, Lockhearst? I think some time away from the Tower will do you good."

Anything to get the man away from the stupor that the Tribute Tower and all the intrigues that came with it. And drugs.

"My home is open to Victors and Mentors."
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[personal profile] lionhearted_victor 2015-04-16 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
Scorpii had gotten cocky in that last round, and of course Leo had been disappointed in the loss. But Linden had proven to be much more interesting, more self-destructive than what would've been, wasn't that punishment enough? To see the potential wither away? Raphael Cora would always use Linden's descent into drug addiction as a parable to his own child, to never let his pride and guard down.

"After what you did with Compson, you might have warmed some stonemasons' hearts," Leo remarked with the same candor as before. "Our home has quite the vista of the District plaza. Job stresses can be murder."
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[personal profile] lionhearted_victor 2015-04-16 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
Chatting with Linden, Leo would say that the Mentor left his soul behind with the District 2 boy, destroying any chance of a comeback...shame really, especially to a man who had his entire self-worth defined around the chance to be there. There were ghosts of that young Tribute still left in Lockhearst, peeking through those jet black eyes.

"Heh, you say it with such reverence," the coach admitted, reverence he would never show to the likes of the D7 escort. "We're all part of the great chains that hold Panem together."
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[personal profile] lionhearted_victor 2015-04-17 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
A wraith doesn't think, at least that's what Cora thought, slightly surprised at the agreement. He raised an eyebrow at Linden's tone, "A weak link will collapse the whole chain and then we all fall down." Leo was a former Career, his loyalty lied with the Capitol…and would be disappointed to know. He enjoyed the relative safety of being in the Capitol's favor, something that District 6 didn't have the fortune to have. "What did you think I meant?"

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