♓ Feferi Peixes // cuttlefishCuller (
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Who| Feferi Peixes and... Anna of Arendelle, Peggy Carter, Leonidas Cora, and Stephen Reagan
What| Tribute Release Program interviews!
Where| various rooms, wherever appropriate
When| somewhere within the Tribute Parade planning fray, possibly a bit after
Warnings/Notes| none at the moment!
Feferi, against all odds for an aquatic teenager girl coming from a planet with little fashion sense, manages to show up to her interviews looking as fashionable as she knows how. Her dress she keeps simple, but she goes all out with the makeup and hair, showcasing what she's learned so far. It's all deliberate, anticipating the kinds of questions she might get, though she can only guess. She's even come prepared with a little notebook full of drawings, just in case anyone wants to see her monster designing credentials. Most of them are just her best attempt at illustrating Alternian monsters, pointing out their deadly features, with very little embellishment.
Of course she's nervous, just a little bit. Who wouldn't be? This is just the next step in her long-term plans; she knows what she's really angling at, and it's not becoming a good and proper Capitol citizen. But she knows how to play this game-- she grew up with it, even if she never chose to partake before, not to mention it's in her blood. As she makes her way to her interviews, she can't help but thinking of her ancestor. What would the Condesce do? Feferi had always disagreed with her on the finer points of how to run an entire species, and to some degree she knew that their shared lusus had given them more than a few legs (and arms and miscellaneous tentacles) up. But even she had to admit, their Empress had been cunning of her own accord.
Over the past several months, she's done everything in her power to make herself look and sound the part, though. She's put her best foot forward at school, and tried to take away what small enjoyment she could from it. Her face is still plastered on magazine ads for various hair and beauty products. She even made a renewed effort at this past Arena, though she's not proud of that one. It gives her the confidence she needs to step into the room with her trademark smile, bouncing as she goes, hair and dress following suit.
"Hello there!" She helps herself to a seat, not wanting to waste any time, settling her hands in her lap over her notebook. They both know why they're here, so might as well dispense with the formalities. "I am ready to do this whenever you are!"
What| Tribute Release Program interviews!
Where| various rooms, wherever appropriate
When| somewhere within the Tribute Parade planning fray, possibly a bit after
Warnings/Notes| none at the moment!
Feferi, against all odds for an aquatic teenager girl coming from a planet with little fashion sense, manages to show up to her interviews looking as fashionable as she knows how. Her dress she keeps simple, but she goes all out with the makeup and hair, showcasing what she's learned so far. It's all deliberate, anticipating the kinds of questions she might get, though she can only guess. She's even come prepared with a little notebook full of drawings, just in case anyone wants to see her monster designing credentials. Most of them are just her best attempt at illustrating Alternian monsters, pointing out their deadly features, with very little embellishment.
Of course she's nervous, just a little bit. Who wouldn't be? This is just the next step in her long-term plans; she knows what she's really angling at, and it's not becoming a good and proper Capitol citizen. But she knows how to play this game-- she grew up with it, even if she never chose to partake before, not to mention it's in her blood. As she makes her way to her interviews, she can't help but thinking of her ancestor. What would the Condesce do? Feferi had always disagreed with her on the finer points of how to run an entire species, and to some degree she knew that their shared lusus had given them more than a few legs (and arms and miscellaneous tentacles) up. But even she had to admit, their Empress had been cunning of her own accord.
Over the past several months, she's done everything in her power to make herself look and sound the part, though. She's put her best foot forward at school, and tried to take away what small enjoyment she could from it. Her face is still plastered on magazine ads for various hair and beauty products. She even made a renewed effort at this past Arena, though she's not proud of that one. It gives her the confidence she needs to step into the room with her trademark smile, bouncing as she goes, hair and dress following suit.
"Hello there!" She helps herself to a seat, not wanting to waste any time, settling her hands in her lap over her notebook. They both know why they're here, so might as well dispense with the formalities. "I am ready to do this whenever you are!"
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The meeting was arranged by some higher-up or other; a cozy corner conference room on the floor level of the Tribute Center, with buttery-soft leather armchairs, gleaming wood coffee table and a stack of coffee-table books that nobody has ever read. Anna is almost tempted to see if they even have words inside them, or just blank pages.
When her interviewee shows up, Anna is surprised and delighted to discover exactly who it is. "Feferi!" She lights up, perched in her armchair, and then remembers that she's supposed to be professional. "I mean, Miss Peixes!" Her smile, red-lipped, tames itself, taking it down a couple of notches. "Yes, I agree, let's do this!"
Sitting back, Anna shuffles some creamy cards of stationery in her hands, glancing down at the first question she's supposed to ask. "Okay, so. Why exactly is it you want to leave the Games, Feferi?"
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The first question seems fairly standard, and trying to fight back a giggle, Feferi sits up straight, clearing her throat, and tries to give her most official response. "Well, I think that I could do a lot more with my future on the outside, than I can on the inside! Everything we have learned in school is part of my inspiration for this, it got me to thinking, I could keep fighting and win, sure. But what about after that? There are other things that I could do way better than Mentoring! So I might as well get a head start on it."
It's not entirely untrue, though. Feferi comes from such a different world from a lot of the human tributes that she doesn't think she could really properly mentor them. She can't understand coming from a culture where death is scary and tragic, rather than commonplace.
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This is so strange. Like they're playing a very elaborate, very beareaucratic game of pretend. But it's all very real, with actual consequences, she's forced to remind herself. She finishes scribbling and consults her notes once more.
"Next question. What can you offer the Capitol? Are you going to be seeking employment?"
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The greeting is met with a slight surprise as to who it was. Feferi Peixes was one of District 1's most marketable and stronger willed Tributes. Her fighting and her showmanship were noteworthy as well. So any chance he can have the competition culled in favor of D2 was fine by Cora as he settled downin his seat. "Relax, Miss Peixes, we have time. So first off, why do you want to leave the Games?"
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Smoothing out her skirt, she beams as he issues the first question, and nods in acknowledgment. "Well, do you know we have been going to school? And with all that I have learned and all the visitors we have had, I think there are bigger things for me than winning and arena and becoming a Mentor. Not that there is anything wrong with that, I just think there are things that I would be better at! So why not get a head start?"
She figured there would be a question something like this, and she'd thought of all the possible questions and her answers to them, as many as she could. When it comes down to it, though, all that rehearsing is out the window, and there's real, albeit manipulated, truth to her answer.
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"Seems like this next question would be superfluous in that case," he shrugged, "What will you in the Capitol? How will you earn your money and adjust to this life?"
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"Then let's get started," Peggy says crisply as she looks down at her own clipboard and goes over the questions in her head again. She wonders what it must be like to be able to petition out of Capitol-run death matches rather than just find your way to the morgue. "Why do you want to leave the Hunger Games?"
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"Well, between the modeling I have already been doing, and the things I have been learning in school, I think that I could do a whole lot more outside of the Arena than in!" She's got a cute, marketable face, and she's determined, sure-- but she's no killer. She tries it once, and she didn't like it; she has no idea how she'll do it again, if that's what it takes to get sponsors. She's not going to stay marketable for long. "I have seen a lot of what the Capitol has to offer me, and I think I have a lot to offer in return, if I have the time to offer it!"
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"Yeah, let's get it over with." He looks down at the tablet in front of him, where the e-mail he was sent is pulled up. He recites in a bored voice: "'Why do you want to leave the Games?'"