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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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At that, Sigma finally turns to look at Don, his eyebrow raised incredulously. "And how would you prevent their arrival? You don't control the Capitol." Perhaps Donatello knew something he didn't?

"No. I don't control it." Don shook his head, turning away. "But...my actions can affect whether anyone else from my world is brought in."

"You mean to say acting violently?" Sigma wondered, his stare hardening. Perhaps Donatello was on to something.

There's a sigh. How to put this in a vague-to-on-but-obvious-to-another way.

"Not playing the game has definite, known, consequences. Negative incentives that the Capitol has no problem utilizing. Playing the game can stave off the Capitol even considering them. Regardless of whether you enjoy it or not, since one has to play it, one should try to play it smart."

Sigma's hands began to squeeze at the railing, as though he were choking the life from it. So it was his fault his family was here. "Purposefully taking a life is the most atrocious sin one can commit," Sigma asserted quickly. "But if we refuse, they will also kill our loved ones. What can be done?"

He'd tried to play the game by killing Donatello and he hated himself for it. So why bother continuing to kill? What else could they take from him now? They already had his whole world. In the end, he answers against his own emotions. "I've always believed it is better to sacrifice a few than to kill many."

"'If peace can only come through killing someone...'" Don murmured before pausing for a moment. "It goes against everything I've been taught. But the truth is...if they kill our loved ones...if the threat is there...then all you have left is to protect your loved ones. Even if it means killing someone to do it."

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Sigma looked Donatello dead in the eye. He felt a soft crunch under his fingers, and realized he'd dented the railing with his grip. Ah, well. If someone noticed, he'd apologize to their host.

"...Yes. I suppose that is true."

It seemed the two of them were at a stalemate. They'd both had the same reasons all along, and neither of them could be blamed. The other man had the advantage that his family was not yet being slaughtered... but Sigma was the one who had brought them here in the first place, by not killing all along.