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Commander Jane Shepard ([personal profile] earthborn) wrote in [community profile] thecapitol2013-09-26 12:31 am

Call It What It Is [Open]

Who| Shepard and Anyone who crosses her path
What| Various things in and around the Capitol
Where| See the following options
When| Both before the reveal re: the "Gas Leak" and before the actual event portion of the event gets underway
Warnings/Notes| Probably cussing, violence, and reference to violence

♦ The Training Center:

Shepard has made a terrible habit of confrontation throughout her life, and it's earned her more than one broken bone. As it stands, she does tend to lie around insulting people a lot, and while ordinarily she exhibited that hobby by lounging at the edge of the sparring ring and mocking her fellow tributes, she wasn't feeling that playful today. No, today finds her with the punching bag, sweating and thinking, remembering another time, older days, with a friend now far beyond her.

…Also this is the second bag, she's already destroyed the first. Look, there it is, bust seams and leaking sand, just to the side. You feelin' lucky, punk?

♦ Out And About:

The nicest thing about being a bloodthirsty bitch was that when they paid you afterward, they paid you well. And that meant that when you wanted to sit on a public park bench and pull directly from the bottle, no one could stop you. No one.

But it was a nice evening, and a pleasant vintage, and anyways if these Capitol idiots had a problem, they could cross the street to avoid it, like good little patricians. She didn't have time for it. Besides, thanks to Cerberus, it'd take more than this to put her over the limit, however loose her personal standards for such a limit might be.

♦ The Gas Leak:

If anything had prepared her for the utter two-facedness of every living creature in the galaxy, known or unknown, it had been her work as a Spectre. And here, she was both pleased and chagrined to discover, was no different. But of course it was no surprise that the kind of people who achieved prominence in a society that felt blood sport was an acceptable substitute for war-debt reparations were less than honest to those over whom they held power. It was just so damn tiring, after all this time.

"Just once, I'd like to have someone screw up, and then just fix their own damn problem," she muttered, watching the grainy security footage for the third time. It was the same as the rest; a loose formation of peacekeepers, a black shadow, and then it was over almost before it had begun, and all that was left was blood and corpses. Given the circumstances, they should probably consider themselves lucky the damn things hadn't taken them alive, not that she would call that 'luck'.

If anyone wants to approach her about this, she is the picture of an open-door policy, spread out in one corner of the tribute center's main commons room.
burnedbrighter: (Default)

Training center

[personal profile] burnedbrighter 2013-09-26 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
Azula had been watching her for some time. One of her tributes. And yet they hadn't spoken directly.

She was strong, fierce, a solid contender in most fields.

So how was Azula supposed to help her?

With eyes like a predator she let her sight roam over the woman studying her form, her strikes. Seeking out weaknesses.
burnedbrighter: (determined confident smirk)

[personal profile] burnedbrighter 2013-09-26 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
She smirked at the remark, sassy as well.

"A static image could never measure up to the real thing." She shot back moving closer. She was dressed casually in a sweater with dark colors and glittering cold, long sleeves that hid her hands.
burnedbrighter: (windswept hair)

[personal profile] burnedbrighter 2013-09-26 06:01 am (UTC)(link)
An interesting question. Only a few answers would be allowed.

"Respect. Glory. To see you rise to victory." She answered calmly pacing towards her slowly.

"What do you want?" She echoed back.
burnedbrighter: (may I take your order?)

[personal profile] burnedbrighter 2013-09-26 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
An interesting response. Folding her arms Azula seemed to mull over the words.

"You remind me a lot of my Your other Mentor, Indiana Jones?" She used his full name in case Sheperd had been avoiding him too.

"Experienced, world weary, bitter." Those were his more charming features.

"But reasonable. We all want what we deserve. Respect, and lost time included."

She was so hungry for the former. But as she reflected upon it...

"I've lost years myself. I intend on making up for lost time."
burnedbrighter: (put it in my hand)

[personal profile] burnedbrighter 2013-09-26 07:01 am (UTC)(link)
Azula's lips pursed tighter and her smile sharpened.

"You misunderstand me. We want what we deserve. We don't all deserve what we want." She corrected Shepherd gently.

"As for the matter of my want with you, why haven't you won yet? It's clearly not for lack of ability."
carnagecarnival: (I killed all the insects.)

Training Center

[personal profile] carnagecarnival 2013-09-26 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
The sandbag doesn't scare him. It doesn't impress him. He doesn't feel any particular need for luck. When the Initiate enters the Training Center and finds her, he feels a bright flare of agitation. As creatures do, his eyes narrow and to the source of that flare he goes.

"THOUGHT AT A SISTER ALL UP AND SAID WE AIN'T HAVE TIME THIS HOOFBEASTSHIT," He says. "Seems at she has time a plenty now."

He gives the torn sandbag a tap with the side of his foot as if it were a corpse that might not be all dead yet.
Edited 2013-09-26 23:48 (UTC)
gunshiptotheface: (between you and me)

Out and About

[personal profile] gunshiptotheface 2013-09-27 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
The Training Center had been interesting, new faces and more than enough diversity wandering he halls that it made him curious as to what was outside of the building's walls. The city was interesting, it's inhabitants even more strange than he had thought. He wasn't too sure what to make of their fashion statements, but he tried to avoid the too brightly coloured ones.

But once he found the park, the surprise waiting for him on one of the park benches, bottle in hand, he didn't believe he was actually seeing. Shepard, entirely whole, looking as she usually didn't care what the world thought of her. THe bottle was a surprise but after being trust into such a strange place anything that was even vaguely familiar as home was welcomed.

Striding over he stopped a couple of feet from her and watched her a moment before sitting beside her.

"You know, back home we kept that level of drinking in the bar. Or at least the Crew Lounge, Shepard."
gunshiptotheface: (in the battery)

[personal profile] gunshiptotheface 2013-09-27 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
"You're not hallucinating, if you were then I must be too because it's a fairly convincing illusion," He chuckles and turns to watch her and that bottle. It's amazing to see her alive again, alive and well, but he knew that their circumstances certainly weren't the best. Especially not if Shepard was mostly through a bottle of wine while sitting on a park bench.

"You should slow down, just a bit." He'll reach out and gently take the bottle from her hand. Not the smartest thing to do, but he'll take his chances after the day he's had.
carnagecarnival: (To see a man strung up by his throat.)

[personal profile] carnagecarnival 2013-09-27 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
Lucky. He's always wanting for someone to hit. The feelings are mutual. Rage is better than balance.

His eyes narrow and he throws his hands up.

"PERHAPS HE JUST THOUGHT TO CALL AGAIN ON HOOFBEAST SHIT, Spilled forth from her unfortunate maw in wasted words. A GIRL INSISTS AT GETTING AT A MOTHERFUCKING STRIFE IS ALL TO BE A WASTE OF FUCKING TIME AND YET HERE SHE IS. Wasting. PERHAPS SHE CAN DO SOMETHING ALL OF USE. Tell at him; DO YOU GOT INTENT TO BE UP IN MY GODDAMN QUADRANTS? Because if you motherfucking don't, you need at to stop using that name RIGHT THE FUCK NOW."
gunshiptotheface: (Visor)

[personal profile] gunshiptotheface 2013-09-27 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
"I was about to ask you that question, actually. But, it seems that the hallucinogenic wine beat me here." Of course he would tease her, there wasn't a moment he could pass up their usual banter. He was so glad to see her alive, especially after finding out about her sacrifice to control the reapers. It wasn't how he had expected the war to end, but he was sure that she had a damn good reason for her choice.

"I'm guessing that the only other person you know around here is the wine?"
celebrityskinned: (Happy - Hopeful)

Out and About

[personal profile] celebrityskinned 2013-09-27 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
There are two choices, Venus figures: either she can play aloof and mysterious, casting herself as the surprise dark horse femme fatale, or she can be the socialite party girl. Given that she's nowhere near done exploring the Capitol, she decides on the latter, and as such the blisters on her feet speak to the fact that she's been all around town lately, trying new foods and rubbing shoulders with the upper crust.

She's taking a moment to herself, a stroll through one of the gardens, when she sees a familiar face. It takes her a moment to place it, and when she does, it's a bloodied, smashed face with a shank in its forehead. The thought doesn't bother her.

"Out of drink?" She places a hand to the back of the bench Shepard's at and leans over it. "I can at least afford to buy you one, you know, to make sure there's no hard feelings."
gluteus: (amused)

Out and About

[personal profile] gluteus 2013-09-27 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
He'd left Ferox in his rooms that evening before heading out. He frequented the Park often - one of the only places he seemed able to get some relative peace away from the intense futurism and hedonism of the Capitol.

He was expecting a long walk to himself. He wasn't expecting to find Shepard in the middle of it, a bottle in hand.

He raised an eyebrow as he walked over to her.

"Preferred this to the Speakeasy?" He asked as he came up.
gluteus: (over shoudler)

[personal profile] gluteus 2013-09-27 01:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"Prefer this to the entire Capitol," He rumbled easily as he came to a stop a couple feet away. He knew Shepard well enough, by now, that he was confident if she did not want company she would tell him so.

He glanced upwards, following where her gaze had been. They were slightly different, but he couldn't put his finger on it. He had never really been an astronomer. Had he been, perhaps he would have realised that they turned on a slightly different axis than he remembered.

"Only place in this entire City that might even begin to resemble home." He brought his gaze down to the trees. "... Though it's not an illusion that lasts long."
burnedbrighter: (half a smirk)

[personal profile] burnedbrighter 2013-09-27 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
The pale skinned girl chuckled and moved closer apparently having no fear of being struck.

"Actually, it is precisely my business. I've been tasked as your mentor, and as such that means I am to do everything in my power to help you win." And given what she had seen of her team, Shepherd was one of the most likely candidates to win.

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