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[gamemakers]

Who| Everyone
What| The Capitols oh so exclusive interviews~!
Where| Primarily the common areas, but the interviews would be on every TV everywhere.
When| This evening, at 6 pm sharp
Notes| Use this post to ICly react to the interviews (if you don't make plans of your own!)

The advertisements hit hard today. Tune in at 6 o'clock, you won't want to miss this special! Everywhere a person could look, it was there, and the city was clearly excited for whatever this mystery event was.

As if that wasn't enough, escorts were encouraging Tributes to be in the commons, and a small feast of finger foods was laid out along one wall, extra avoxes available for drinks.

And, as promised, at 6 pm sharp, all the TVs flickered to the ever flashy Caesar, on an equally flashy tabloid-tastick reality style "interview" of the tributes. All the TVs in the common area light up with it, as well as the Districts suites, even if the TV had been off before.

Hope you all enjoy your dose of fame!

Comments

Lounge and OPEN!

[hi_there_aliens]

At this point, it seemed like insult to a shipload of injury. And this time, there wasn't anywhere he could go without getting herded around by the escorts or screens plastered everywhere. The only place they didn't have a screen was the floor. And that was not yet.

And then the interviews came on. Glitz, glamor, over the top and cheesy. People didn't die, not really, to these people, and best of all, now they could come back. R's death at his hands was played like a cheap infomercial. And then his own voice came on. "How did you see killing?" "My job."

Daniel sat down heavily with a thud on the closest chair. That wasn't what he'd answered! And the other Tributes as his coworkers. In hindsight, answering anything they'd asked had been a mistake. Now they'd cut and pasted whatever they wanted. Anything he said could be switched out. So much for Daniel Jackson, archaeologist. With the way the Capitol went about it, he was Daniel Jackson, cold-blooded, cool killer, special ops. Don't trust this guy. He'll stab you in the back once you fall for that 'hi, let's be friends' thing.

Daniel sat through the rest with a rising morbid fascination. He'd be surprised if any of the other Tribute's interviews made it out intact. Like a bad presentation, it kept going on and on, mangling even more as they went. The archaeologist stared upwards, mouth buried in his hands, eyes crinkled in a growing wince.

"Please tell me no one seriously believes those were actual interviews."

[savedbyasong]

"I don't think anyone here does." He waved around the room at the other tributes in their differing states of confusion and anger.

"Who knows what the others watching believe though, for the most part they haven't met any of us."

[hi_there_aliens]

"Thank god for small miracles," Daniel said dryly, following his wave. Most of the Tributes looked about as dumbstruck as he did or had gone beyond that and were quickly jumping over towards upset and pissed. One or two looked amused.

"They already treat us like celebrities or characters in a show. I wouldn't be surprised if many did believe this."

[savedbyasong]

"I guess it's easier if they don't admit we are real." He said quietly looking around.

"Outside of the," heavily censored, "news there were no such programs in my world. Are they usually so... dramatic?"

[hi_there_aliens]

"Easier to dehumanize and sit back and just enjoy the show," Daniel agreed. He had to wonder why they let the Tributes see each other or talk with each other outside of training if the Capitol went that route. It gave a chance for the others to get to know each other beyond just being a Tribute, capital T, but then again, watching an alliance form probably had entertainment value too.

"Back where I come from, death or extreme violence isn't usually involved. If it happens it's an accident, but it would be unthinkable to have something like this going on."

[savedbyasong]

"It would be where I come from too. To be known about. I mean. It went on, things like this, worse than this..." Screams and smells of rotting flesh flashed into his memory and he took a moment to calm down. "But no one knew about it."

[hi_there_aliens]

Worse? Daniel could think of any number of countries were atrocities and violations of human rights were pretty much an every day thing. "Worse happens all the time back home, but it's usually away from where the cameras go."

Re: Lounge and OPEN!

[amourtician]

"I don't think any of us do," Jay says, quietly. He wasn't the one addressed, but he speaks up anyway. "But, ah. I'm afraid, dearest, the general public will fall for it."

He grimaces.

"I feel for the trolls. They're nasty, but I'm fairly certain they don't eat humans. Bugs aren't usually man-eaters."

Re: Lounge and OPEN!

[hi_there_aliens]

"I hope not." They'd already turned him into some rogue soldier, and he might have gotten off lucky with getting the diplomacy angle taking a blow. But frankly, that was about the same as choosing between being punched or being punched with brass knuckles, and that was about it with the options. One less horrible but come on.

Daniel glanced at him, an eyebrow raising at the 'dearest' thing. "I was afraid of that. I was hoping the first step would be to force them to realize we're people. Not characters. The trolls were the grey Tributes?"

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[amourtician]

"Yup!" Jay says. "Grey, horned, vicious-toothed. I can see why they went for the monster angle, really. Always easier to sell the other than the just-like-you, when it comes to ... publicity."

He laughs, realising a touch too late that this is the sort of cynicism that can count as anti-Capitol. Damn it, he was doing so well.

Daniel's raised eyebrow does not bother him. Most people are put off by the endearments. Really, that's half the point of them.

Re: Lounge and OPEN!

[hi_there_aliens]

Daniel couldn't help but shoot a glance back at the screen, as if double check if those teeth were really as vicious as he'd said. They'd looked impressive for a humanoid, sure, but they might have a run for their money against a shark or crocodile. And sure enough, the screen was busy flashing heads, this time trying to find out just how attractive was Mr. Wesker, Victor extraordinarily to the other Tributes.

"It's probably the air of mystery that comes with it and the "alien" aspect to," Daniel said disapprovingly. Easier for the Capitol to point at them, and these guys like a zoo.

Re: Lounge and OPEN!

[amourtician]

"I think it's the skin colour, personally," Jay says, airily. "They do rather look like corpses. Less ... mottled, however. Nobody likes corpses."

He turns to Daniel and grins at him. The grin is crooked and entirely humourless.

"I'm sorry, darling, it's awfully rude of me to just start talking without introducing myself. My name's Jay. I'm currently of District Six."

[hi_there_aliens]

Maybe they looked it more in person, but compared to R, they didn't look corpse-like to him at all from what he had seen in those videos. Then again, someone might look at an etching and see one thing, another person see something entirely different.

"Nobody likes being reminded of their mortality all the time, at least," Daniel said instead. He kind of wished he'd stop calling him darling or the pet names though; the only people who got away with a pet name at all was Sha're and...he didn't want to even finish that sentence, but Jack. Daniel held out a hand. "Dr. Daniel Jackson. District Ten. Cold ass bastard, apparently."

[luckofthedevil]

If he hadn't recognized the room the clips had all been filmed in, Alex would have been of two minds where Daniel was concerned. On the one hand, Daniel didn't quite look special ops to Alex, but at the same time... neither had he. You never really could tell who did field work.

"You must have had a very interesting job back home," Alex commented, a wry smile tugging up one corner of his mouth. If he was remembering the interview questions correctly, a couple of this guy's comments had probably come from the 'What do you miss from home?' question.

can change if I got this wrong, just let me know

[hi_there_aliens]

He was never going to get used to the idea that the Capitol had pulled in kids. The Tribute nearby looked like a teenager, maybe seventeen at best, but privately, Daniel thought like he might have just hit fifteen. Worse than that, he was pretty sure he'd caught a glimpse of even younger Tributes.

An interesting job? You don't know the half of it, Daniel thought wryly. Going through an alien gate to hundreds of worlds pretty much qualified as unusual and 'never-going-on-a resume'. Which was going to do hell if he ever left the program, since there was no explaining the massive gap in employment.

"Despite what they'd have you believe, not that kind of a job. I'm an archaeologist." After a moment, he held out a hand. "Dr. Daniel Jackson. Nice to meet you."

it's fine!

[luckofthedevil]

An archaeologist, that certainly explained the almost bookish look the man had. Alex took his hand and gave it a firm shake. Not the bonecrushing kind of firm. Alex wasn't rude. Just enough pressure to not be seen as weak.

"Alex Rider, and likewise. So what kind of archaeologist are you? The usual kind, or the Indiana Jones kind?"

What? It had to be asked, especially after the heavily edited video they'd just watched. It wasn't as if being an archaeologist precluded someone from doing questionable things.

[hi_there_aliens]

Daniel returned the shake, relieved that he wasn't going to completely go the chest-puffing route and squeeze the life out of his hand like he had something to prove, a big stick to wave around. Daniel's own clasp was firm but brief.

Although now he almost wished he'd had that instead of the Indiana Jones thing. The worst thing was that, looking back, SG-1 had done their share in destroying priceless finds, starting with Ra's ship and the Chulak prison, which had looked hundreds of years old. Daniel winced. "The kind that tries to do the complete opposite of Indiana Jones. Not all archaeology is setting off traps, destroying sites and shooting people first."

[luckofthedevil]

Ah, so the whole Indiana Jones thing was a sensitive subject. Alex looked slightly apologetic, as he'd probably feel the same way if someone made a comparison between him and James Bond. "True, but it makes for a great action movie. Have they ever made a movie about archaeologists that didn't involve priceless artifacts being broken?"

[hi_there_aliens]

At least he didn't come into archaeology, thinking that he was going to study it and then rush off like Indiana Jones. That got shot down pretty quick. Sure, he brought interest to the subject to a wider range of people, but it wasn't correct at all!

Daniel shrugged it off with a sheepish grin after a moment. "I'm biased of course but real archaeology on its own is incredibly fascinating....but you're right, it wouldn't exactly sell tickets. I can't think of any good examples off the top of my head; explosions and excitement sells."

Re: Lounge and OPEN!

[wantsajetpack]

Pepper's still stuck on the criminal part.

"I..." She falls into a chair next to him. "I know Tony and Rhodey said I'd make a good one, but really... SHIELD isn't a criminal..." She's actually growling her hands clenched in fists.

Re: Lounge and OPEN!

[hi_there_aliens]

Daniel glanced over just in time to see a woman with brilliant red hair slump into the chair next to him.

"I'd have to ask why they think that if they're your friends," Okay, a bit of a leap. He wasn't too sure who they were. "And what SHIELD is then."

Re: Lounge and OPEN!

[wantsajetpack]

The teen gives a grin. "Because I'm really good at making plans, only sometimes they don't work according to plan, but we were still able to sneak into STARK Enterprises so Tony could get bac... Something that he left there." Because yeah way to go Pep, blurt out to everyone that you know who Ironman is... Not that it probably is a big deal here, but still.

"They're a branch of law enforcement." Okay that and so much more but hey! She's going to behave now, before she blurts out more stuff.

Re: Lounge and OPEN!

[hi_there_aliens]

He was sensing both past history and a "...you had to be there" ending to it. He'd never heard of STARK Enterprises or SHIELD, but for all he knew SHIELD was about as real as the "deep space telemetry" the SG personal had to say they did for a job.

"So you're the 'skin of your teeth' planner then." Daniel smiled, just a little at the thought. She and Jack could be be from the same mold, at least in that part. Daniel pressed on, out of curiosity. She could sayu just about anything to him about SHIELD and he wouldn't know, really, but part of him wanted to see just how easily the answers came to her. "So are they local or federal or what?"

Re: Lounge and OPEN!

[wantsajetpack]

It might actually beat a few of Jack's.

She nodded at his question though. "More like a... Well a global unit. They have members from all over the place. I'd have to work on more languages so far just English, French and a small bit of German."

Re: Lounge and OPEN!

[hi_there_aliens]

That was more than he expected to hear. Granted, she'd kept it pretty vague, but so far, it didn't sound a "so-dull-its-practically-screaming-top-secret" cover story.

"Mind if I ask what they do?" Daniel pressed.