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Panem Events ([personal profile] etcircenses) wrote in [community profile] thecapitol2015-06-16 06:11 pm

Oh, this is the night and the heavens are right on this lovely Bella Notte

Who| Everyone who signed up for blind dating!
What| An evening of romance, or disaster, take your pick.
Where| The Swift Cut restaurant
When| 16th June
Warnings/Notes| The course of true love never did run smooth. Remember that if your character was not rolled in arena but you signed up for them to be here, you will need to mark their death on fatality reporting.

The atmosphere at the Swift Cut this evening is bustling. It's clear from the moment one enters the restaurant that they have pulled all the stops out for this televised extravaganza.

Every fire is lit and the air is filled with the scent of the roasting meat on spits over the flames; boar, beef, pork, venison and more. Pots bubble with the smell of hot stew, vegetables are being roasted in ovens and from giant casks around the room beer is being drawn. The staff are in full 'barbarian' getup, consisting of skimpy furs on both the male and the female servers but luckily for you they don't seem to expect a similar dress code from their guests.

Tribute's stylists may have had other ideas, of course.

The giant room has been clearly divided. Tribute's will find themselves directed to one side while trueborn citizens of Panem and petitioned out individuals are brought to the other. It is left up to them to find their table with the number they will be handed upon entering the restaurant. Whether they are the first to arrive at their table is a matter of chance but they can be sure that a cameraman will always be there to capture the moment of realisation on both participants faces when they realise who their date is.

Once everyone is seated the music will begin the play. Minstrels strum lutes and harps, their voices filling the air softly with traditional medieval ballads. There is a space set aside for dancing if anyone is in the mood.

Throughout the evening, and certainly at the end, Tribute's and Capitolites will find themselves sporadically approached by the show host to be asked questions about how they feel the evening is going. It's up to them how honestly they answer, though they should remember the camera's are always watching.
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[personal profile] cartas 2015-06-20 02:55 pm (UTC)(link)
He's hard to miss, really. As she heads toward the bar Lilah's surprised to see a Qunari at all, though as she gets closer it's unmistakably Bull, and the only thing stopping her from jumping for joy is her inability to walk properly in the high heels she's been made to wear for the date. Quickly her excitement tempers, knowing from her experiences with other Thedosians here so far that this is very unlikely to be her Bull.

She manages to avoid being hit in the face with his cape, though the heavy material hits her shoulder before draping back down to the floor. "Don't worry about it, Bull. I'm used to people missing me down here anyway."

[personal profile] meravas 2015-06-21 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
Oh hey - it's...

"That might have something to do with you standing on my blind side." Bull flicks at the chains hanging from his eye patch. With how much of a crowd this little show put on by the Capitol has drawn, the noise and chatter is enough to drown out most of the smaller sounds. Such as someone coming around, if they weren't decked out in heels that is, which she appears to be.

She knows him, and yet he's left somewhat in the dark. Could it be what they've shown of him on the screens? Or it's the more obvious one - she's from Thedas.

"Who's your hot date?"
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[personal profile] cartas 2015-06-23 04:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"Over there." She gestures to the table where Ellis sat waiting for her. "Poor guy, I'm not sure he knows what he's got himself in for." She's only half joking there, but she looks jovial enough as she scrambles up onto a bar stool, a difficult feat with how high they are compared to her small legs, calling for the bartender to bring her a beer.

[personal profile] meravas 2015-06-23 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"Don't recognize him." Bull has yet to get to know everyone, inside and out of the arenas. He only knows people's faces by what he's seen on the screens and replays of arenas.

He orders himself another drink, glancing at her when she orders herself that beer. "You can't be all that bad." Though he knows from experience that the petite ones are just as deadly as the quiet ones.
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[personal profile] cartas 2015-06-24 05:24 pm (UTC)(link)
She laughs a little at that, though smiles up at him somewhat sadly. "There now, that just proves your not my Bull." As though she'd needed convincing, when he hadn't recognised her in the first place.

[personal profile] meravas 2015-06-24 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"Another Inquisitor." Another. His brows lift, though he shouldn't be surprised. "Now there's three of you. Any more and I'm not going to know who to listen to when one of you gives an order."

Bull tries to say that in a joking manner, it's hard and it's sad to find that he's still without his Inquisitor.

And they said third time was a charm.