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The Gamemakers ([personal profile] gamemakers) wrote in [community profile] thecapitol2013-06-16 11:41 pm

The Crowning of Albert Wesker

Who| Everyone in the Capitol.
What| The Crowning Ceremony
Where| The Victor's Complex
When| Day of the Crowning
Warnings/Notes| None yet.

The theme of the ceremony is clearly black and red. A crimson carpet stretches out across the room. The long table for feasting seems to be made of a single slab of dark obsidian, something that couldn't possibly be found in this size naturally. The chairs are wrought iron with red cushions, and embers burn under personal barbecues at each seat. Red wine, red juice, slabs of red meat to be cooked (or eaten raw) - the details are all perfected. Even some of the Avoxes have received black tattoos for the occasion, the number '11' permanently marking under their eyes like grotesque twin tears.

For a crowning, the ceremony is rather intimate. Only a handful of guests have been invited: the usual Capitol VIPs, the Mentors of each District, and a few of the stars of the last few Games. Karis Needleteeth, Aunamee, Dr. Alastor Grey, Alpha, Lindsey McDonald and Hyperion Crius each have a seat at the table. A few Peacekeepers sit off to the side, sipping wine. A few of the Mentors are conspicuously missing.

And Wesker's throne sits at the head of the table; it's made of the head of the dragon that destroyed so much of Disneyland and slaughtered so many Tributes. The head has been dried, the tongue replaced with a plush velvet seat and back the color of blood. The eyes have been replaced with glass that stares at each side of the room. The fangs, however, remain intact.

Downstairs, the rest of the Tributes and their Escorts and Stylists can partake in a more Disney-themed affair. Everything is still sleek, and tends to veer more towards Maleficent and Jafar then Cinderella and Ariel, but the punch bowl is Mickey Mouse-shaped. There's a dance floor, and a string quartet, and all sorts of lavish foods on tables with red cloth. It's a night for mingling, at least.

[OOC Note: Part one of this is going up tonight in the first two subthreads. Part two will be edited into the last two subthreads tomorrow evening; you'll see why. Go forth and mingle! Tributes from downstairs can go say hello to the Victor, although they won't get long before the Peacekeepers escort them back down.]
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Re: JAY | DISTRICT 6 | OTA

[personal profile] amourtician 2013-07-07 09:10 am (UTC)(link)
"Er," Jay says. It's clear he's insulted Punchy, even he can tell that. He coughs, awkwardly, realising quite suddenly that this is something of a theme in this place. Start a conversation, blunder into some sort off trans-dimensional culture gap (whether or not on purpose) and insult the other party.

"I didn't mean it like that?" he hazards, cringing inwardly at how unsure he sounds. "Ah. What's a superhero?"

What's a homes, in this context? he almost adds, but decides to save quibbling over slang for later, maybe when Punchy gets that look off his face -- the one that's making Jay uncomfortable, for some bizarre reason. He doesn't like failing at things and he'd meant to be polite.
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Re: JAY | DISTRICT 6 | OTA

[personal profile] nunpunching 2013-07-09 07:04 am (UTC)(link)
"Ah, okay. S'breezy then." Punchy's ego seems to be placated at even the simplest apology. He's really not that hard to please. He only wants a little recognition and not to be dissed.

"You don't know what a superhero is? Shawty, that's just straight-up tragedy right there. Supers is what keeps the world smoothed up like whoa."

He's spent all his life idolizing superheroes. The world without them seems like it would be a dim, dreary place, probably full of crime and unmitigated laser ray deaths. Truly the worst of all worlds.
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Re: JAY | DISTRICT 6 | OTA

[personal profile] amourtician 2013-07-21 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Jay just stares at Punchy in utter bemusement. A bit of him is starting to catalogue away bits of Punchy's vocabulary. "Breezy" is probably positive. "Shawty", on the other hand--

"Er. I'm not that short, darling," he mumbles. "And, ah. No, no I don't."

Superheroes? From Punchy's description, they could be anything from the police to very benevolent spirits. He wishes, not for the first time, that the Capitol's translation wizardry worked on slang, too. He imagines Punchy -- hell, everyone -- talking to him the way people talked in San Dimitrius and has to suppress a smirk.
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Re: JAY | DISTRICT 6 | OTA

[personal profile] nunpunching 2013-07-23 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
"You's pretty short." Punchy raises an eyebrow and holds a hand out at around Jay's forehead height, almost a foot below his own head. "It's NBD. Not every homie's going to be tall and swankin' like yours truly."

Punchy rests his arm behind his head so he can not so subtly show off his bicep. "Anyways, I'm a super, and so's a lot of these peeps."
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Re: JAY | DISTRICT 6 | OTA

[personal profile] amourtician 2013-07-26 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Jay pouts at Punchy and rises on his toes slightly, trying to get at least half an inch out of his already perfect posture. It's an entirely pathetic gesture. While he's trying to compensate being behind the door when height was handed out, he's also still trying to translate Punchy to ... well, if not to Jay then to Understandable. "Homie" probably means "human" or "person" or ... maybe it's a term of endearment? This is complicated.

"Height is useful," Jay says, sniffing. "I like being able to reach tall shelves, darling, and I'm chagrined that it's only possible if I'm wearing heels."

Jay notices that Punchy's showing off his musculature and becomes even more confused.

"So what do you do, then, as a ... errr, 'super'?" he hazards asking. "I mean. We might be from very different worlds."

Talking to Punchy is a bit like trying to logic your way around a fever dream, Jay catches himself thinking.
nunpunching: (Some mofo just brained me.)

Re: JAY | DISTRICT 6 | OTA

[personal profile] nunpunching 2013-07-28 09:26 pm (UTC)(link)
"You wear heels?" Punchy's eyebrows scrunch (he's never been able to get the hang of moving them independently). He bends over a bit to try and get a glimpse of the back of Jay's feet. "Homie, that's bitch shit, why you up in girly-ass clothes?"

Aside from the obvious height advantage, but Punchy always imagines that if he weren't blessed with tall genes, he'd just get himself to grow taller through sheer force of will.

"Supers, you know, we put hustlers in the cage and protect the civvies from danger. Shit like that. Heroes."