Who| De and Venus, Punchy, Bucky, Chris and/or Spike.
What| De trying to avoid thinking about the upcoming arena.
Where| The Speakeasy and the roof.
When| The few days before the arena. Separate days for each prompt.
Warnings/Notes| Drinking, hooking up.

Bar; evening

So this place wasn't a dive, but it was becoming a comfort to De. It was the closest thing to homey she had found outside the training center. She didn't feel like she was on parade here, a performer with no backstage to escape to. This was a place a girl could have a whiskey, and not feel eyes crawling all over her.

And to think De had once considered running away to Hollywood.

It was obviously people recognized the tributes here, but whatever unspoken rules stopped them from whispering and tittering was an unspoken rule De was going to take advantage of to hell and back.

Sitting at the bar, she stared into the amber liquid in her glass, considering the light in it, and trying to keep her mind empty. It wouldn't stay that way, not yet, but the alcohol was already starting to do the trick. The tension was seeping out of her, drink by drink, and she was starting to feel like a real human being again.

Standing, she took her drink with her, shooting a grin to anyone who's eyes she caught, and searched out some bar flavored entertainments. Pool, darts...she wasn't feeling too picky. A bit rusty maybe, but not picky.

Roof; night

Tonight De knew drinking wouldn't settle her mind.

Sure, she could call up for a bottle and knock herself out. But this close to the arena she didn't want to pull that shit.

And she wasn't 100% sure it would work anyway. Which was an even worse thought. Insomnia was better than waking up half drunk and disoriented at 4 am.

Then again, with the way things were going, she might be seeing 4 am from the other side. Leaning against the edge of the roof, she tucked the small blanket she'd hooked around her shoulders tighter, working to keep out the cold. The days in the Rockies were getting warmed (and she was 95% sure they were somewhere in the middle of Colorado) but the night were still a tad bit nippy. Luckily she'd ditched Victory's idea of PJs and found a t-shirt and boxers, plus some horribly ugly but stupidly comfortable boot slipper things. Even with all that thought, she could feel the chill edging in around her blanket.

The Capitol wasn't quiet the city that never slept, but she could still see plenty of traces of night life. From her, it was almost possible to pretend she was just back home, in some crowded city.

Almost.

Who| Zoidberg, De, Kili, other interviewers
What| Zoidberg applied for Capitol citizenship and must be interviewed by other Tributes.
Where| A cozy little corner, tucked away in the Tribute Tower.
When| Presently.
Warnings/Notes| Each interviewer will get their own thread, starting with Kili & De. The others will get threads added as I get confirmation of their participation.

( I'm only human. )

Who| De and OPEN
What| Arriving back in the Capitol
Where| Several locations, see below.
When| After arriving back after the games.
Warnings/Notes| Feel free to hit any of the tags below, or let me know if you wanna work out a different scenario o/

( It's the thrill of the fight, rising up to the challenge of our rival )

( Listen! Red light, yellow light, green-a-light go! Crazy little woman in a one man show )

( A pin ball wizard, S'got such a supple wrist. )

( I met a girl who sang the blues, and I asked her for some happy news, but she just smiled and turned away )

Who| Barbie and Open
What| Barbie makes his way back to the training center to go back to being a mentor.
Where| All over the training center. Literally each floor.
When| Currently
Warnings/Notes| Feel free to find him/run into him anywhere since he's going to be all over this tower.
( Where doing the right thing sucks a little and not doing it sucks more. )

Who| Everyone on the District Tours.
What| The Celebration dinners for all the Districts.
Where| Specified in thread.
When| The second night they are there.
Warnings/Notes| Find your district below. Leave any questions here. And please add any needed warning into your subject line when appropriate.

Prior to their departure, the Tributes have to suffer a photoshoot, a few interviewers asking them a thousand questions about how excited they are, and more than a few members of their style teams asking the Tributes to bring back mementos. "Don't worry about quality, dears, we can get that all here - we want you to bring us souvenirs for the novelty of it!"

The day of the trip, Tributes are roused bright and early, well before sunrise, and driven in Peacekeeper vans to the train station. It's all rather dour, and not like the start of a vacation at all; if one didn't know what was going on, and if the Escorts and head Stylists weren't chattering excitedly, they might think they were being hauled off to a war zone.

The trains, on the other hand, are plush, fancy things, and there is one per District. There's a single blockaded car for cargo, another for maintenance, driving and Peacekeeping staff, and then several others which are open to the Tributes. A dinner car serves three meals and has small snacks available throughout the day. Another car is an entertainment center with a selection of Capitol-approved films, and a the last one is the Tributes' temporary room. It has a bunk bed for each with sheets that was a truly intense threadcount, and a single massage chair in the back. The Stylists, Mentors and Escorts sleep in the same car, although separated by a partition.

Unfortunately, all the Tributes have to share the sleeping quarters, and it's first-come, first-served.

For the most part, the trip is so smooth that the surface of a glass full of water would not be disturbed. The trips to the closer Districts are a little under a day, but the furthest Districts - 3, 4, 7, 8, 11 and 12 - take nearly 48 hours.

[OOC: For Tributes accepted during the District tours, you can assume they arrived before the departure so they can participate in the District festivities. During the train ride there is still network access. There will only be this post and the party post from the mods for this event, so players are encouraged to make their own of their characters exploring their surroundings and enjoying the Districts.]

Who| De and/or Effie and/or Lottie and/or Katniss and/or other NPCS AND YOU.
What| Them around the city, doing things, meeting people.
Where| Mainly the Training Center, but any setting is good!
When| Around this week.
Warnings/Notes|

I made a thread with a tag for each character, so just tag in there! if you'd like any of my other NPCs besides Katniss, just PM or private plurk me so we can hash it out real quick.

Let me know if I can add anything, and I am down for minor assumptions/handwaving some things!

Who| De, Lottie, Elias, Effie and open!
What| Choose your own adventure! Each character is cruising around the city.
Where| Around the Capitol. Check each character for details.
When| Over the course of the week.
Warnings/Notes| Just lemme know who, and if relevant where and when in the subject.

( If you chose De Winchester, the demon hunter, turn to page 29 )

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( If you chose Lottie LaBouff, the wanna be princess, turn to page 22 )

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( If you chose Effie Trinket, the uptight escort, turn to page 12 )

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( If you chose Elias Nehemiah, the damaged mentor, turn to page 10 )

WHO| Aunamee and you.
WHAT| He likes the attention.
WHERE| Performing Arts Center OR any restaurant OR the tribute tower.
WHEN| Post Arena 05.
WARNINGS| Sadism.

( Read more... )

Who| De and Open
What| Enjoying her last few days. Again.
Where| Around the Capitol. Hot springs/spa, amusement park, and pretty much any restaurant or bar.
When| A few days before the arena
Warning/Notes| Feel free to hit her up in any location. Also she has not been clued in that she comes back to life again, but feel free to inform her. 

This really was not what she expected hell to be like.

But, well, if she was going to die, she might as well live it up till then. This was probably gonna bite her in the ass in some sort of gluttony type irony, but the last round of all this? She didn't really get to enjoy it in <i>style.</i>

Massages. Arcade binges. Every kind of delicious food she could think of. And everyone here treated her like a movie star. Which was it's own level of fucked up, all things considered.

Really, this could be worse. At least so far.

Even if it was lacking in a few things. Like her sister.

But she wasn't going to focus on that. She was going to enjoy her last few days on Earth. or wherever the hell this was.