We're wide awake now, our eyes are wide open. We're running this world, we keeping it turning

[opheliac]

Who: EVERYONE ON THIS DANG SHIP!
What: IT'S A PARTTTYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When: last week of april before more shit happens.
Where: rischie
Warnings: PG-13??? alcohol is definitely involved, teens being teens, drunk people or doing bad decisions??? who is to say!!!





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★ ENTRANCE.
★ THE DANCE FLOOR.
★ AT THE BAR.
★ GAME AREA.
★ DJ TABLE // PRIVATE WITH JINX
★ LOSER CORNER.
★ THE FOOD TABLE.
★ KARAOKE.
★ OUTSIDE RISCHIE.
★ WILDCARD.

Comments

[juststayalive]

"North America." Geographical education in Panem had been lacking, but the history of how the country came about had been mentioned every year. At least in a form that claimed to justify why things are the way they are. "It used to have other names -- I assume ones like Texas -- but after a civil war and a rebellion, the country was reorganized."

[diana_abel]

"Oh. Wow. Okay."

Her lavender eyes got wide enough to show the whites, all the way around. Another...bad future? At least, it sounded reasonably better than what Clarke-with-an-E had described. As far as Diana could tell, her earth had no more countries or cities or...anything.

Panem, though. Easy enough to break down the Latin roots there.

Still. This was getting weird.

"Used to have," she said. "Did something...bad happen?"

[juststayalive]

It's a history he knows well, because it's repeated every year before the reaping. At least, the Capitol's version of it is, though he knows enough about the stories they tell to realize that the actual truth is probably somewhat different. Not that anyone would ever admit it.

What he gives her is a short summary, because it's a party and neither of them is here for a history lesson, and he doesn't know all the minute details, anyway.

"After the civil war, Panem was divided into districts and a Capitol. The districts rose up in rebellion against the Capitol, which the Capitol managed to put an end to, with the goal of ensuring peace in the future." He's not sure how much more he should say.

History is repeating itself, and all he can do is hope the current rebellion turns out more favorably than the last one.

[diana_abel]

She listened with practically unblinking attention, her cheeriness faltering a little bit.

Okay, maybe a lot.

Diana had faith in humanity. Strong, unwavering faith that had always seen her through even her darkest moments. What she counted on, when she couldn't count on anything else, was that human beings were the good guys. They were the spark of creation and with them, things would always get better, even while the Cainites tried to make things worse.

But there probably weren't Cainites in such a world.

And the story just sucked.

"Merde," she swore softly. "I'm so sorry. That's terrible!"

[juststayalive]

"You had nothing to do with it." He agrees that it's terrible, has thought so for years. He would wager that most others in District 12 would agree with him, and most of the other Districts too, even if most of them don't have his perspective on the situation. He's just a little confused about why someone who isn't part of it all would be apologizing for anything.

[diana_abel]

Diana frowned. "Well, no. I mean, I hope I had nothing to do with it. I just..."

There were worlds without empathy. Her own world was like that, half of the time. Which was all the more reason why Diana tried to spread as much love and kindness as she could.

Her fingers brushed against her chest, directly over her heart. "This kind of sorry, I guess."

[juststayalive]

He sips his drink with a slight tilt of the head in acknowledgement of her statement. He's not used to people expressing that sentiment, or to responding to that sentiment. "No one knows any different."

[diana_abel]

Well, he might know different now.

Diana still wasn't entirely convinced that the intentions of the Captain and Friday were malevolent. She'd meet far too many people coming from far too shitty situations not to hold out the hope that, in some strange way, they were being rescued.

Ever the optimist.

"I guess this must be a weird transition..."