Anakin's office [all day]

[sith_happened]

Anakin had kept his connection to Panem open ever since the Reaping, hoping to glean information about how the Quell would work from nightly news broadcasts or any other source. If the Capitol felt watching the deaths of dozens of people was a little like a Superbowl, surely there's be some pre-game commentary, right?

He hadn't learned anything all that that useful and his attempts to offer advice to Haymitch had finally resulted in an all caps email reply of "BACK OFF", which left Anakin feeling useless and sulky annoyed. Halfway through the morning, the sounds on the monitor changed and he glanced up, frowned hard, and began making calls.

It was time for opening ceremonies.

[For those who are watching the Hunger Games. NFB.]

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Arriving and Mingling

[sith_happened]

Before the ceremonies begin!

Re: Arriving and Mingling

[glasses-justice.livejournal.com]

Alex arrived with a makeshift cup of tea, and an attitude. Apparently she had decided 'bitter' would be better, today, than 'despair.'

"Here's what I don't get," she asked Anakin upon arriving. "The citizens of this Capitol. Are they really this bloodthirsty? Or this bored? Every last one of them? There's not a single decent person out of the whole population? Do they not think people from the districts are even human, or do they all deserve it for some decades-old crime that the government probably made up, anyway?"

(OOC: still dealing with computer hell so there might be outages/slowness here and there but i had to, zomg.)

Re: Arriving and Mingling

[therewaslife]

Bod hadn't been able to attend the Reaping last week because of a funeral but he was there this week and knocking lightly. He'd had his time with Kate earlier which he hoped would make this all easier.

Re: Arriving and Mingling

[trickydemigod.livejournal.com]

Luke was there to watch the opening ceremonies, even if he knew from watching Katniss's Games that it wasn't exactly the most thrilling thing in the world. He wanted to see just who Katniss was going to be up against and it did make him feel better to see Katniss alive, even if it was just on a TV screen.

He didn't say anything when he came in, since there wasn't much to say, but he did offer the people already in room a nod when he came in.

Re: Arriving and Mingling

[wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com]

This time when Wesley arrived, it was still early. And while last time he'd been quiet and somber, this time he was quietly furious. He stood around, his whole body tense with fury -- at Panem, at the Capitol, at President Snow...

Re: Arriving and Mingling

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

Firekeeper and Blind Seer arrived as soon as they got word of the broadcast, nodding a short greeting to the others in the room.

[ooc: heading afk for work, but will be around in the evening if SP is cool.]

Re: Arriving and Mingling

[ancientbschamp.livejournal.com]

Gabrielle arrived later in the day, having waited until she'd finished up at the library before making her way over. She wasn't expecting anything too bad, but she was prepared for the unexpected anyway. All of this was bad enough without that kind of blindsiding shock.

With a quick nod to Anakin she slipped in and took a seat to watch. Yes, there was pomp and ceremony involved in this sort of thing, she knew that by now; it didn't make the facts sit any more comfortably with her.

Re: Arriving and Mingling

[atreideslioness]

Ghanima arrived today armed with coffee (heavily spiced, in case her fickle Atreides precognition decided to lend a hand), a datapad, and minimic film.

"They don't waste any time, do they?" she asked, glancing towards the monitor.

Re: Arriving and Mingling

[wwiii]

Warren stopped by a little later in the day, mostly because he knew there was no way he was going to be able to focus on his classwork if he was busy gritting his teeth and worrying.

He didn't seek out a seat. He was way too antsy to sit. But he did offer a nod to anyone in the room, fidgeting the whole while.

Re: Arriving and Mingling

[glacial_queen]

Karla slipped in quietly. She didn't have it in her to talk today. For her, this was even more heartrending than the Reaping. This time, she saw the 'Games' aspect of the Hunger Games and it made her sick.

Districts 1-11!

[sith_happened]

Why yes, that guy from District Four is wearing a fish net.

Re: Districts 1-11!

[glasses-justice.livejournal.com]

Alex shook her head. "I almost think this is worse," she said. "Killing off children, that's a tyrannical government flexing its muscles and showing off its might. Making them kill each other, that makes it a sadistic little game. Turning the whole thing into a pageant show is ... sick and twisted on a whole new level."

Not that any of these entrants were kids -- one woman seemed to be elderly, in fact -- but they all had been, once. The last time they had participated in this particular dog-and-pony show.

Re: Districts 1-11!

[therewaslife]

Bod didn't say much. He was too busy studying the television and trying to memorize every detail he saw there. He thinned his lips and kept watching. If Bod hadn't known what would be coming in the future, he would have found the spectacle of everything almost fascinating.

Re: Districts 1-11!

[trickydemigod.livejournal.com]

The guy from District Four was fucking hot. Sure, Luke was paying attention to all of the tributes, finding out what angle they were going to play in the Games, but there might have been more attention paid to Finnick.

For research purposes. Really.

Re: Districts 1-11!

[ancientbschamp.livejournal.com]

. . . um. Yes. Hello there, Finnick.

Gabrielle certainly had no objections to District 11's fine specimen of a distraction, but it was only a momentary one; seeing his fellow district tribute, the elderly Mags, broke her heart just as much as it did to see Cecilia, the woman she remembered from the Reaping who'd had the three children.

She had a scroll of parchment in front of her and was already scribbling down notes, furiously; it might be Katniss's story that she'd promised to tell, but if there was any way she could help it, she wouldn't leave them out. Let the Capitol try to turn this into spectacle and drama -- it was pure cruelty, and she meant to make sure that was clear.

Re: Districts 1-11!

[wwiii]

Warren's expression seemed to be locked into something almost emotionless. Flat. It was a parade. Like some kind of grand showing off before they sent these people in to get killed.

Flat. Flat. Flat.

... Okay, maybe twitching a little at some of the more unique costumes. It was bad enough these people were being forced into the games, they had to be humiliating by dressing up as cattle, or running around in nets, too?

District 12

[sith_happened]

Hello Katniss. You look pissed.

Re: District 12

[glasses-justice.livejournal.com]

As Alex took in Katniss's outfit, a smile flickered over her lips.

Whether it was deliberate or not, whether it was planned or not, the entire demeanor looked like a giant act of defiance. A refusal to play along with the show.

"Good for her," she said, softly.

Re: District 12

[wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com]

Watching the other districts had done nothing to reduce Wesley's anger at the Capitol. But then the twelfth chariot came across the screen, and he saw... Katniss. Charcoal-smeared and glowing somehow, she looked more like herself than he thought he'd ever seen her, just rippling with fury.

And once again, he knew that she was tough enough for this.

Re: District 12

[therewaslife]

Bod barely recognized Katniss and had the thought that she looked beautiful but scolded himself since that seemed inappropriate. Thoughts sorted, he kept looking at the television and thinking.

Re: District 12

[trickydemigod.livejournal.com]

Luke noted the stark difference between Katniss's entrance in the last Games and the entrance she and Peeta were making now. It was smart, and Luke was glad they were playing up the starcrossed lovers angle. Katniss also seemed much more comfortable with this than her last entrance.

Re: District 12

[ancientbschamp.livejournal.com]

Gabrielle couldn't help a tiny smile when she saw Katniss and Peeta make their entrance. "There's an image that'll stick with people," she murmured softly over the sound of her quill, against the parchment, scratching out a detailed description of their costumes. "They'll remember that."

Re: District 12

[wwiii]

"Oh, wow."

What else was there to say? Looking at Katniss, fierce and smouldering and looking straight ahead as if the rest of the world was completely beneath her, Warren almost entertained the thought that maybe things would be okay. Maybe she'd just sweep through and raze anything and everything to the ground that stood in her way.

And then reality kicked in again, and he settled back against the wall, frowning at the screen in thought.

Mutterings about wtf is wrong with the Capitol post-ceremony

[sith_happened]

...go here.

Re: Mutterings about wtf is wrong with the Capitol post-ceremony

[atreideslioness]

Ghanima had watched it through three times, taking notes on her meminic film thought slight taps and quiet subvocalizations.

"A waste," she finally sighed as she began to roll up her notes. "They could be turning their best and brightest young people to the Capital, and instead they slaughter them."

OOC

[sith_happened]

To make everything tidy. The ceremonies are on a continuous loop, so have your character come in when you'd like ;)