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Who| Timaeus Nadir and all his guests. If you are in the Capitol, you've been invited!
What| A spectacular Viewing Party and opportunity for tributes to get sponsorship
Where| The Victoria Ascendant, on the lake
When| After the most recent death roll!
Warnings/Notes| Probable skeeviness of the Nice Guy variety.

Welcome to the Victoria Ascendant, latest in the Ascendant line of luxury yachts as built by the Nadir company. Tonight, the Victoria Ascendant is the stage set for a spectacular party, also paid for by the company and specifically designed and organised by a team of event specialists overseen by your host for this evening, Timaeus Nadir- wealthy eligible bachelor, melodramatic heir apparent to the company chair, frequent sponsor of the Games. The Victoria Ascendant is fully equipped with every obscenely luxurious item imaginable, and practically drips opulence.

When first welcomed aboard you will be assured that your every need will be seen to, your every desire catered for. Staff are on hand to answer any questions you might have or guide you to various areas of the ship, provide you with food, drink, or suggestions of how best to take advantage of the Victoria Ascendant's many amenities- they are here as hosts, but also as salespeople for those of the guests with money to burn- this party is serving more than one purpose. Tributes who responded to their invite will also receive a delicate, hand-written note in a golden envelope as they board- the content of which will be posted as a reply to their response to this post.(I'll do this once your character turns up.)

Although the Victoria Ascendant has a magnificent dining room for formal, sit-down occasions, the food for the party will be circulating the various lounge areas and decks. There is also a buffet table, for those of you who prefer to help yourselves, and a fully stocked bar. Provided are a baffling variety of foods and beverages, seemingly unconnected- but each tribute will find that if at any point during their stay in the Capitol they have requested a particular food or drink item, it is available here. Or, at least, the closest approximation the catering staff could conjure up. Seating is provided in intimate groupings around tables for the most part, though there are large, sprawling couches against the walls. Central to the dining area is a magnificent aquarium filled with brightly coloured fish. Anyone looking closely enough will recognise them- varieties of piranha- but don't worry, they've been more than adequately fed and the glass is thick.

While there are various screens displaying the Games throughout the ship, Viewing is also taking place on an enormous screen, set up in a seperate lounge area with full floor-to-ceiling windows all along one side. Here, staff wait to take bets or help organise the giving of sponsor gifts. Large, comfortable couches line the room, and the central table overflows with a spectacular arrangement of edible flowers and fruit.

Later in the evening, you will be told that the firework display is about to begin, and invited to go up onto the main deck to watch. The fireworks themselves will be launched from smaller boats across the lake, and the display is set to be truly spectacular. It will be set to some music that Tributes may find familiar- various melodies pulled from the most recent Arena. The large swimming pool on the deck is open, but it is too early in the year to be comfortable to use. Instead, it is being used as an unusual centrepiece for the evening. Floating in the illuminated water is a gigantic iceberg, sculpted into a stylised model of the current arena and populated with frozen figures. Eagle-eyed Tributes may be able to spot themselves depicted in ice- more often than not, the moment of their deaths are the pose of choice, if a little tweaked for the sake of a more dramatic scene.

Enjoy!

Adachi · Ariadne · Asha · Atticus · Beck · Blaine · Calico · Callista · Chris · Diana · Don · Eddie · Eponine · Eva · Gaila · Glinda · Harley · Howard · Julie · Kurt · Marty · Maximus · Momoko · Neffa · Parker · Peeta · Phil · Pruna · R · Sigma · Some · Thane · Timaeus · Topher

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Atticus wrinkles his nose. "Nah. I don't think we need to look more like each other."

"You'll still look older," Blaine points out. "And people won't be able to guess my secret."

"About the gel, you mean?"

"About my hair and what it looks like."

Atticus laughs, snorting softly. "You're worried people will realize your hair looks like," he gestures to his own curls, "this?"

Blaine nods as he looks up at the mess on top of Atticus's head.

"Wow." He laughs again. "I think I'm insulted."

"Don't be," Blaine says with a smile. "You pull it off way better than I ever could."

"Thanks, man. That's...not at all true, but thanks."

"Sure it is. You're comfortable with it in a way I'm not."

"Isn't that a little like saying, 'I admire you because you don't care if you look like crap'?"

"No, it's like saying 'I admire you because you're comfortable with your natural look.'"

"Yeah, but you don't like my natural look," Atticus points out.

"No. I don't like my natural look. You aren't me."

"You're natural look isn't this?" Atticus asks, gesturing to his hair.

Blaine moves a little closer to Atticus, inspecting him and checking out his hair. "Hmmmm..." he hums thoughtfully. Drawing out pretending to consider it, mostly for an excuse to invade his friend's personal space.

Atticus chuckles, ducking his head. "I would have thought you'd be pretty familiar with it already."

"No. It's different looking at it this way."

"And what's the conclusion?"

"That I still think it looks better on you than it does on me."

He laughs. "I don't see how that's possible, but okay."

"Because you aren't me."

"Yeah, okay," Atticus said thoughtfully. "I mean... I guess I get what you mean. Sorry. This whole...twin thing is...yeah."

Blaine put his hand on Atticus's shoulder. "Just because we look the same doesn't mean we are the same person."

He laughed. "Yeah, man. I know. It's...kind of obvious."