asgardmeridiem | July: General Fourth-Wall Mingle

Who: EVERYONE, including 4th-wallers!
What: General mingling for the fourth wall event!
When: Day 290 - 293 (July 5 - 11)
Where: All across the city!
Rating: PG-13. Anything that might go higher than that should be taken to a private log, please!

[ Away from the rest of the festivities, there are still new arrivals popping into unexpected places without warning on Day 290 (July 5). Guards and maids will be wandering around with baskets of the temporary bracelets, looking to give one to every visitor along with any information they might need to thrive in the days until their gods can sort out this magical mishap.

Temporary housing will be set up in the Folkvang Comfort House of the Freya District and the Arena in the Thor District. They’ll be given bedding, food, clothes and anything else they might need without charge, though they are more than welcome to find shelter with familiar faces or elsewhere.

Feel free to wander the streets at will, but try not to poke noses where they aren’t welcome, lest they get the rolled up newspaper. ]

[ OOC NOTES: This is one of the mingle logs for the festival / visitor’s event! Characters in game and 4th-wallers can make their own top-level posts and also comment around to their hearts' content! All information on how exactly the fourth wall event works with the relevant rules can be found over here, and we are always available if there are any further questions or clarifications needed. Other places you can tag into and around include the arrival/festival mingle, the network mingle with NPC involvement, and the visitor directory.

Please put the time/location in your comment title along with [OPEN/CLOSED] and have fun with Asgard’s first fourth wall event! ]

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[Johanna whips around at the sound of his voice, something in her recognising it before her gaze even lands on him—and for all her hard edge and fire, her smile does broaden a fraction when she spots Gale. It's telling, really, of when and where she's from that she's even bothering to seek out Katniss and not about to sling some barbed retort at her "cousin."

Instead, she crosses her arms and raises an eyebrow and the grin presses into a smirk that speaks of easier days, that doesn't belie how the war's left her on the inside. This is good, this is habit.]

Well, well. Hawthorne, as I live and breathe. [Because despite everyone's best efforts, she is still alive. And teasing people like Gale is next on her list.] Come over here and give your favourite Victor your best welcome.

[PUCKER UP, BIG BOY. No, she's kidding. ... Maybe.]

[ Katniss no sooner spins around on her heel at the sound of Johanna's voice than does Gale's join it. In defense of her, no less. Katniss can handle Johanna, though. Most of the time. Except maybe when she does blatant things like this. She's honestly surprised that her fellow victor is actually wearing clothes. ]

They just brought you here, didn't they? Have you seen Finnick yet? He's around.

[ As she pointedly ignores everything that both of them have said this entire time. Because she doesn't want to think about Gale kissing anyone else, and she's not that rude. ]

Edited 2013-07-07 15:16 (UTC)

[Gale sees her coming, his eyes go up to Katniss though he meets Johanna head it. Her clothes, demeanor, all of it really says something as to where she has come from and understanding time lines himself Gale is grateful.

Yet there is something in his best friend's eyes, he knows who she is looking for so of course he'll take Johanna on, it's not as if she is completely unpleasant.]

My favorite victor huh?

[He stepped in however expecting her to do no more than wrap herself around him in a hug. So he may well be in for a surprise.]

Damn right.

[Right, she'll wrap herself around him—just not in the way he expects because she thrives on unpredictability and maybe there's no one to perform for, no appearances to uphold, but there's the shamelessness that was never part of any act. Johanna curls one hand in his hair and hooks an arm around him to grope his ass as she plants a firm kiss on his mouth. (Pretend everything is normal, everything is fine, and eventually it'll be true, right, Jo?)

That done, she steps back—a little swat on his behind never hurt anyone—and sets a hand on a cocked hip, looking around, unfazed and unimpressed and still smirking a bit. Yeah, okay, she did that to piss off the Mockingjay. Just a little.]

Lighten up, Everdeen. A smile never killed anyone. [And hers grows at that because how much of a lie did she just say? A wink at Gale.] Looking good, gorgeous. You said Finnick's here? [He's dead. You're going crazier than you thought.] No surprise, can't have a party this big without him.

[ The instant Johanna loops herself around Gale like a snake around a tree, Katniss feels sick. She tenses, jaw clenching as it has no right to do given their current situation, heart dropping to her stomach. She averts her eyes as quickly as possible, but it's too late. There are lips involved, his lips and Johanna's lips, much as Johanna is just being Johanna and thrusting herself upon Gale. She knows part of it is for the benefit of her audience. But she is not in any fashion appreciative. Any relief at seeing her ~~frenemy~~ fellow victor has drained from her, along with her color. ]

I'm sorry, I've been spending most of the day looking for someone else. [ The bitterness is thick and obvious in her voice, hiding the disappointment in a fashion that only Gale might notice. ] He's around. With Annie. Rue, too. The little girl from Eleven. And Peeta.

Edited 2013-07-08 06:29 (UTC)

[Well he got more than he expected, Gale however is quick on his feet and the surprise does not show. Though he does look at Katniss over her shoulder and playfully mouth the words "Help me..." If for no other reason to ease some of her tension.

Anything to help her feel better as he stands there with the two women. He knew who she was looking for, he hoped only that she would find her. That she would be able to keep her and not have her snatched away home. He knew what it was that was really bothering her.

He just could not fix it for her, instead he gives a chuckle as much as he can.]

Not so bad yourself, welcome to Asgard. [He took a step toward Katniss.]

Want help looking?

[Johanna's eyes flash at the mention of Rue because of course she knows the little girl from Eleven, how can she ever forget the image Katniss burned into the country when she mourned her death, gave her the farewell that no one ever receives in the arena? Sitting and watching it with the other mentors, the sponsors, people from the Capitol—it made her angry, it made her sick, it made her sad. And the fact that she and Finnick are both here, alive, speaks volumes of what kind of place this is and the victor from Seven isn't sure she wants her questions answered in that regard.

She belies none of this (they are Panem's finest actors) and only shrugs off Katniss' tone, listening more sharply than she seems, eyes flicking from one Seam kid to the other.]

Well, I'm not about to offer. [Because she wants to see Finnick and say... what? Apologies? A proper goodbye? A punch to the shoulder for leaving her and Annie and the baby behind?] Some place, your Asgard. Out of one fishbowl and into another.

July: General Fourth-Wall Mingle

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[ and then katniss went and jumped head first out of a tree the end ]

Catnip no!

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