open ♔ march castle socialization

[shootfirst]

WHO || Everyone! [ota]
WHAT || Shenanigans.
WHERE || Anywhere in the castle, surrounding environs, London, etc!
WHEN || Any time during the second half of March
HOW || Actionspam

[ The castle can be a happening place, even on more mundane days. This log is for random interactions over the course of this half of the month.

You are encouraged to start your own threads and tag around, and feel free to threadjack into any on-going threads that aren't specified as 'closed' in the subject lines since people can enter into rooms even in the middle of what's going on. You can also specify 'single thread', meaning you want only one response for all participants, rather than multi-thread, where a number of different scenes/threads can be done as replies to the top prompt. ]

Comments

[65]

[he doesn't want to share, because he doesn't feel like it's his place. but, then, it's not like it matters to her anymore.]

Where we're from, there's this ... ritual. The land is split up into different districts, and ruled over by the Capitol. Once, 75 years ago, the districts tried to rebel and failed. The Capitol's way of punishing them was to create an event where, every year, two children would be taken from each district and placed in an area. It's a deathmatch, essentially. Only one can come out alive. ... She volunteered in place of her sister last year.

[telekinect]

[ all the color drains from her face as this sinks in ] A death match with children? That's... that's barbaric.

[65]

[he doesn't comment on the nature of the thing either way, and just keeps going in a removed tone.] The Capitol loves it. They broadcast the whole thing on television. The audience can participate by sponsoring their tribute of choice. The money they put forward for the tributes allows different supplies to be dropped into the arena for them.

[telekinection]

[ she looks ready to be sick to her stomach and has to look away ] How long has this been going on?

[65]

Well, I came here around the end of the 75th. Which was a year ago, so ...

[he doesn't want to believe it kept going, not after everything he, katniss, and the other victors had worked towards in the arena, but how can he know for sure? all things considered, the revolution probably didn't stand much of a chance without its mockingjay.]

[telekinect]

And no one could stand up to it?

[65]

Not without losing everything they loved for it.

[telekinect]

And sometimes I think this world is bad.

[65]

Consider yourself fortunate.

[telekinect]

I see why you're conflicted over remembering it.

[65]

Yes, well. She had it the worst.

[yeah he doesn't really think that but yipee for his 21 bluff check.]

[telekinection]

I understand now. Why she was so ... broken.

[65]

Hopefully you helped her in some way. ... I haven't really talked with her recently.

[telekinect]

She's still adjusting. It seemed wisest for her to take some time off from ... work, after what she went through.

[65]

As long as she's all right now.

[telekinection]

It's something of a journey... but she's making it.