The Victor is...

[gamemakers]

Who| EVERYONE. IC participation is mandatory (OOC is not, you may handwave)
What| Momoko's victory crowning
Where| The ball room
When| The Wednesday before the next arena.
Warnings/Notes| None atm.

The party was styled for Momoko.

The tables were covered in lace, delicate dishes and silverware, flowers that fell from vases covered in Victorian paintings. It was the most extravagant tea party to ever be thrown, with tiny, thin china cups and a too many tiny little finger foods being passed around to count. The ballroom has been styled in extravagant Baroque, as the Capitol was fairly liberal with their adaption of historical time periods.

The costumes were just as liberally chosen, from tall, powdered wigs holding birdcages with live birds, clearly hailing in the style of Marie Antoinette to regency gowns gathered under daringly (and occasionally outright) exposed busts to tight corsets and the skeletons of skirts exposed and decorated. A quarter played live music at one end of the room, before a wide dance floor.

At the head of the room there was a long table with a throne for Momoko, as elaborate as anything else in the room. And along the long table, group close to those who they seemed to enjoy, was a place for many of the Tributes, with a small place card that said "Special guest of The Capitol." This table was fed first, received drinks first, and was clearly favored.

Any Tributes not seated at the long table with their peers were dispersed among the the smaller table spread about the room, left to rub elbows with the guests invited from the Capitol, and the reporters covering the event. Security was, if anything, tighter than the last crowning.

These people have seats a the big kids table. You guys are free to decide who sits by who (And if three people sit by one person, don't worry too much about it) but they are, when possible set by their friends:

Atticus Bell
Draco Malfoy
Chibi-Usa
Dr. Grey
Adel
Tony Stark
Howard Bassem
Javert Neeshka
Vanessa Carlysle
Lindsey McDonald
R
Albert Wesker
K
Alpha
Diana
Katurian
Aunamee
Maximus
Blaine Anderson
Alex Rider
Glinda
Gaila
Parker
John Watson
Lottie LaBouff

Comments

[electriccandlelight]

"Ha," she said, just the barest hint of bitterness in her voice. "A life, that's a funny thought. This is the closest to a life I have these days, and it's half work anyway, keeping an eye on my Tributes. I love my job, but I do rather miss vacation days. The year long grace period was nice too."

[buildingreality]

"I've heard that." And she could understand it. Everything must have changed just as drastically as it had for the Tributes who had been dragged in. Though it still bothered her a bit that the Capitol was working these people to the bone.

[electriccandlelight]

"That's right, you wouldn't know anything about what it was like before, not really," she said. "That's so strange to think about, growing up without the Games, at all. What did you all do with your time?"

[buildingreality]

"I went to school. I lived a normal life, where I wasn't afraid of getting chosen to die once a year," she replied carefully, shrugging. The words held little judgement behind them, oddly enough; they were just a statement of fact.

[electriccandlelight]

"So, a lot like living in the Capitol, sounds like," said Valeria vaguely. "You must be settling in nicely as a Victor then. Practically a Citizen."

[buildingreality]

"I suppose so," Ariadne agreed mildly, drawing her own conclusions to that. They were indeed similar lives, after all. "I don't think they'll ever treat me as an actual Citizen, though. But I'll admit, I have adapted to Capitol life well enough."

[electriccandlelight]

"Oh, don't be silly, they love you," Valeria waved a hand airily. "Hell, you're better than the average citizen here, you're a celebrity. What could be better?"

[buildingreality]

"It could be worse, you're right." She could be an enemy of the state or something along those lines. "There's a lot of celebrities around here, though. It starts to lose its meaning after a point."