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thecapitol2013-06-08 11:17 pm
69problems) wrote in thecapitol2013-06-08 11:17 pm
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Who: The Signless and YOU!
What: Signless braves the wild and scary world of shopping.
Where: The Capitol shopping district.
When: Now-ish, during the day.
Warnings: None that I can think of.
The Signless hasn't really done much shopping in the Capitol -- none at all, as it happens, except for when he accompanied Karkat on his last trip but paid for nothing that was bought. He doesn't really trust the credit cards; he doesn't like the idea of being in debt to these people. But this is a special outing. Karkat got him a tribute token doubling as a sign of their moiraillegience, and he can't very well not return the gesture.
So far it's been a wild ride, out alone with all the Capitol people. Many are still wearing horns, some of them disturbingly like his own little nubs, and three of them already have stopped him and asked him to write his name in Alternian script on their arms or faces in glittering red pen. It's strange, as confusing as it is flattering for someone who lived most of their life only interacting with the same three people and expecting only skepticism or violence from strangers. So far the worst thing that's happened to him out here has been a human with blue and red glasses and two sets of horns in honey gold giving him a rather dirty look as they walked past each other. The thought that people he doesn't even know have been watching his relationship with the Helmsman crash and burn and might be angry at him about it is a deeply disconcerting one.
Still, he can't just ignore everyone around him. He likes Peeta and Cinna, and despite all his efforts Effie is growing on him, and he knows it'll help them tremendously if he presents a gracious and open public persona.
Also, he needs a second opinion. He's found a ring he likes, but he's never had jewelry and doesn't have much of an eye for whether it looks good or not. Whoever your character is, they are being recruited for the cause!
"What do you think of this? Too garish?"
(Of course, if your character isn't one he'd ask the opinion of, they can feel free to butt in and give it anyway.)
What: Signless braves the wild and scary world of shopping.
Where: The Capitol shopping district.
When: Now-ish, during the day.
Warnings: None that I can think of.
The Signless hasn't really done much shopping in the Capitol -- none at all, as it happens, except for when he accompanied Karkat on his last trip but paid for nothing that was bought. He doesn't really trust the credit cards; he doesn't like the idea of being in debt to these people. But this is a special outing. Karkat got him a tribute token doubling as a sign of their moiraillegience, and he can't very well not return the gesture.
So far it's been a wild ride, out alone with all the Capitol people. Many are still wearing horns, some of them disturbingly like his own little nubs, and three of them already have stopped him and asked him to write his name in Alternian script on their arms or faces in glittering red pen. It's strange, as confusing as it is flattering for someone who lived most of their life only interacting with the same three people and expecting only skepticism or violence from strangers. So far the worst thing that's happened to him out here has been a human with blue and red glasses and two sets of horns in honey gold giving him a rather dirty look as they walked past each other. The thought that people he doesn't even know have been watching his relationship with the Helmsman crash and burn and might be angry at him about it is a deeply disconcerting one.
Still, he can't just ignore everyone around him. He likes Peeta and Cinna, and despite all his efforts Effie is growing on him, and he knows it'll help them tremendously if he presents a gracious and open public persona.
Also, he needs a second opinion. He's found a ring he likes, but he's never had jewelry and doesn't have much of an eye for whether it looks good or not. Whoever your character is, they are being recruited for the cause!
"What do you think of this? Too garish?"
(Of course, if your character isn't one he'd ask the opinion of, they can feel free to butt in and give it anyway.)
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Laden with bags of shoes and dresses and leggings, Venus has decided that to finish her outfits off she needs to see what the Capitol's got going on for accessories. Like any good celebrity, she's already fitted herself with some oversize sunglasses, but she needs earrings to go with it.
She's chewing gum, because now that she has tastebuds why waste them? and leaning over a glass case full of insanely expensive bracelets, tapping the corner of her credit card in thought. She wonders how strict they are about payments here, and it worries her slightly, tugs at a little knot in her eyebrows. She remembers a day before she was famous and rich, when she really had to watch her spending to make sure she wasn't getting screwed sideways with overdraft fees or getting evicted.
Now she has to build herself up as a star again. They've done the first step by getting her on TV, but she has to stand out in a crowd of nearly a hundred people. That makes her face tighten a little more, and she breathes out deep and taps the card faster as she tries to force the thought away. She's barely looking at the bracelets anymore when some pasty guy with horns asks her opinion on a ring in a box.
"That? That looks like you won it from a claw machine."
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He tries all the various different images that conjures up in his head and none of them make any contextual sense, so he's pretty certain he's missing something here.
"Is that a good thing?"
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She pouts her lip to the side and takes a deep breath as she considers the bracelets in front of her again. There's one that looks like a snake, but it might be a little too sexual unless she wants to market herself that way.
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"So what would look better? It needs to be bright red. That's the only thing I really insist on."
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She sighs and drums her fingers on the counter. "Tacky."
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While he waits for an answer, he starts looking at the rubies. To a one the stones are all huge, opulent, just like the Capitol likes. He knows Karkat would hate them.
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