gluteus: (sniff the ground)
Maximus Decimus Meridius ([personal profile] gluteus) wrote in [community profile] thecapitol2013-05-18 01:22 pm

[open]

Who| Maximus and OPEN
What| Maximus just wandering around, basically this is for new CR and ongoing CR and whatever else happens to fall in here. Not really plot specific, just a needed space for some threads.
Where| District 3 suites, Training Centre, the Park, or the Speakeasy
When| Post Wesker's win
Warnings/Notes| Nothing planned that way! Will edit if it comes up.


Maximus did not enjoy the downtime in the Capitol.

It wasn't that he particularly enjoyed the Arenas, either, but being in the Arena was at least vaguely familiar. Survival. Death. It was a cycle he knew and understood.

Unlike the politics. Unlike the gossip and the glamour and the giggling behind hands. Unlike the Avoxes that found their way into his rooms, unlike the women that threw themselves upon him in the street.

He spent almost all of his time either in his suites, training, meandering the park, or looking for Wyatt in the speakeasy. He actively wanted to learn more about his fellow tributes, but did that more by listening and observing than by approaching. He wanted to learn their strength of character. Wanted to know how, deep inside themselves, they felt about their adoptive city and the games that they were forced to compete in.

And the best way to learn that, however slowly it took, was to watch. And to wait.

Eventually everyone laid themselves open.

drpsychosomatic: (angst omg)

[personal profile] drpsychosomatic 2013-06-22 11:05 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, I'm glad history recorded him accurately," John said, carefully. It seemed he wouldn't be able to avoid breaking the news after all. "Marcus Aurelius. I can't remember if it was him or his son who died without heir, but- I do remember the title the historians gave him. He's known as the last of the five Good Emperors, and after him there was some kind of civil war, I think."
He paused there, feeling guilty for not remembering the details more clearly.
"I'm sorry."