new orleans ♔ you ain't been to heaven til you been down there

[postergirl]

♬ New Orleans - Louisiana Gator Boys

WHO || Mark, Dumage, Kat, Gar, Buffy, Spike, Myri, Martha, Arthur, Finnick, Des [closed]
WHAT || All work and no play make Knights stir crazy. Various downtime shenanigans.
WHERE || The hotel / all around New Orleans / at the bar / in an alleyway / ETC
WHEN || Various dates during the course of May
HOW || w/e you want, bb

[ This log covers any non-work related shenanigans the Knights have while staying in New Orleans. Because we haven't finished out the other two logs yet, assume some time has passed since then, in case anyone was injured, so that they've had sufficient time to get better.

As for work stuff, you can assume they've been busy with establishing Finnick's fake rock star cred, and investigating some of the intel they'll uncover in those other logs that we haven't quite gotten to yet. JUST DON'T TALK ABOUT WORK and all will be well.


Make your own threads, don't fuss about tag order, feel free to threadjack multiple people into one thread for hang-outs, ask me if you want a certain scene with an NPC, etc. forever whatever.]

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[rationalizes]

[ It takes her a moment to register his comment, and when she does, she blushes as red as a tomato, eyes dropping to focus on the phone in her hand. ]

Not to this part of the world at all, actually. I didn't do much traveling, before I joined the Knights. And that was only... a little more than a year ago.

[65]

Huh. [he offers her a smile before turning his attention back to the water.] That makes two of us. Not that there was a terrible lot to see at home.

[rationalizes]

[ She watches him for a second, before asking in a tone that seems to be determined to turn the conversation quickly towards him: ]

What was it like, your world?

[65]

[parts of this world were like the capitol, but there was never that feeling of complete saccharine superficiality. ok except around burt. and no place he'd been so far seemed as impoverished and/or totalitarian as the districts, both his own and the others as he'd seen them on his victor nationwide tour.

but that sure is a whole lot to say for a question that was probably not meant to have such a detailed answer so]

Where I'm from, the nation was kind of ... divided into districts by industries. Fishing, coal mining, textiles. Things like that. None were particularly glamorous, save for the Capitol. This place is a bit more like that, but not the same at all.

[rationalizes]

[ actually with gar, it probably was ]

And what was your district known for producing?

[65]

[HE DOESN'T KNOW THAT OK]

Mine was fishing. We were well-off.

[rationalizes]

And if one were born to your district and chose not to be a... a fisherman?

[65]

[he shrugs. it's not like he ever had this problem ok.]

There are always other jobs that need to be done. Cities have to run somehow, don't they? Teachers, shopkeepers, doctors ... but even then, there are only so many positions like that needing filling. You're not left with much of a choice.

[rationalizes]

They couldn't move to your Capitol instead?

[65]

It doesn't really ... work that way.

[rationalizes]

Why not?

[65]

No one's allowed to leave. Well, some do, but only under special circumstances.

[rationalizes]

Sounds... militant.

[65]

It is. ... Was. Whichever.

[rationalizes]

Is. It must still be out there.

Would you... would you return, if you could?

[65]

[without hesitation] No. I don't think that I would.

[rationalizes]

You don't have ... family there?

[65]

None I can remember.

[rationalizes]

Perhaps some day you'll have some here.

[65]

Do you?

[HAHA YOU THOUGHT YOU'D BE ABLE TO STEER THE CONVERSATION AWAY FROM YOURSELF FOREVER DIDN'T YOU >:c ]

[rationalizes]

Parents. Extended family: aunts, uncles, a cousin.

[ she seems to almost turn red again ] But the Knights... they're becoming my family now.

[65]

It seems only natural, what with all the time we end up spending together.

[rationalizes]

Not to mention risking your lives for each other tends to forge bonds that are difficult to rival.

[65]

True. [he can understand it, especially knowing the hunger games. you make best friends over a matter of days and then you most likely kill them.]

How long do you think we'll be here?

[rationalizes]

Some of these long operations can take months... But it depends on how quickly we can find information worth using. Your position inside NOVA Records should be invaluable - it gives us access to the building at all times, which means it should be much simpler to trace the movements of Mr. Becksworth and perhaps learn what his connection is to the Talisman.