BEAUTIFUL LITTLE FOOLS <<>> CAPITOL [OPEN]
Aug 5, 2014 22:53:11 GMT -5
Post by shrimp on Aug 5, 2014 22:53:11 GMT -5
C A N ' T R E P E A T T H E P A S T ?
W H Y O F C O U R S E Y O U C A N
W H Y O F C O U R S E Y O U C A N
With so many people in one place it is easy to get lost in the crowd.
But after a few cups of whatever was in the punch bowl, you don’t feel like you’re stuck in a crowd but more a part of it. You can see everyone and somehow know so much about them: The young man fidgeting in the corner with a drink barely touched, eyes glancing up to the top of the staircase as if expecting someone to fly down from it; the beautiful woman next to him happily signing autographs and wearing nearly every jewel she owns.
It is too loud for your taste so you slip into a room, only to find it already occupied by two people. The woman is startled by your entrance (and going by the number of buttons that had come undone on the front of her dress you could understand why); the man, however, remains stoned face, staring until you have placed the door between them and yourself once more. There did not seem to be a single place in this party where one could get a moment of quiet. Parties are usually loud, yes. But a person cannot go for so long with others’ conversations buzzing in their ears.
It’s apparent that the host of this party knows how to throw a loud gathering where people can throw their minds away for a night. Yet this man is new to the Capitol scene and you’re starting to wonder what exactly his character is made up of. Just another boozed up celebrity wanna-be you guess, rubbing a cloth over the lenses of your horn-rimmed glasses. Yet spotting an elegant pair of double doors you threw them open to uncover, of all things,
A library.
Shelves upon shelves of books - all kinds of books, not just gossip magazines or tribute almanacs. Actual literature that might even be banned, as far as you know. Not a single soul is in the room except for yourself and you finally have a chance to think without any interruption.
What kind of man holds such rambunctious parties but never shows his face?
What kind of man entertains the dim witted
when he has years of reading in a single room?
What kind of man entertains the dim witted
when he has years of reading in a single room?
Alone with the books, your fingers trace the spines of them along the shelves, taking in the enormousness of the collection. This is not some simpleton’s reading nook - this is an archive. Yet beyond these walls there is not an elegant party held in his honor but a booze filled haze without the man in sight. And all of these thoughts blend together to form a single question:
“Who is this GATSBY?”
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C H A R A C T E R S
GATSBY, J <<>> MALE <<>> 29 YRS <<>> FACECLAIM
PLAYED BY TBA
It seems that GATSBY emerged as a key figure in Panem overnight; his parties were suddenly the place to be Friday through Sunday (sometimes even Monday) and if you weren’t there, you were a nobody. There was food as far as the eye could see, a dance floor to rival that of Snow’s Hunger Games afterparties, a garage filled with the newest car models all in the newly built mansion whose glamour rivaled even the oldest families homes. But who is this GATSBY? Nobody can claim to have really seen him (if he even is a him) in the flesh, just guesses at a silhouette staring out into the night, where a green light flickers just across the way. Yet while few have noticed GATSBY, GATSBY has noticed them, and he seems particularly interested in neighbor N CARRAWAY and his gorgeous cousin.
CARRAWAY, N <<>> MALE <<>> 27 YRS <<>> FACECLAIM
PLAYED BY TBA
Honest and educated, N CARRAWAY is the ship that carries all of the Capitol’s secrets. The wealthiest of the city trust in him some of their darkest desires and he does a very good job at keeping them to himself, especially the past affair between a cousin of his and a certain J GATSBY. While he might entertain a relationship with the ambitious J BAKER, he’s become fascinated with the GATSBY character who’s moved in next door. While he’s discovered many infidelities among the rich and famous, N has always kept them to himself. But with so many secrets, how does he have time to keep his own?
BUCHANAN, D <<>> FEMALE <<>> 26 YRS <<>> FACECLAIM
PLAYED BY SHRIMP
Beautiful and somewhat cynical, D BUCHANAN is loved by almost everyone she meets. Yet having married T BUCHANAN to improve her status in Panem, she faces the pain of his affairs and tries to ignore the shady business he does behind her back. Unbeknownst to her, cousin N CARRAWAY is neighbors to her long lost love J GATSBY, to whom she had pledged her heart only to give it away to T to use and abuse. While she enjoys the attention and love people show her, deep down she knows it’s all skin deep; the best thing a girl can be in this world is a beautiful little fool.
BUCHANAN, T <<>> MALE <<>> 30 YRS <<>> FACECLAIM
PLAYED BY ROSETTA
Handsome, strong, quick to anger, and carrying an ego larger than his spectacular estate - T has always been the pride and joy of his wealthy family, inheriting their mansion and all their sources of wealth a decade ago, along with creating his own sources while at it (rumor has it he’s particularly lucky in the Annual Hunger Games betting pool). He’s married to the drop-dead gorgeous D BUCHANAN, whose cousin, N CARRAWAY met T at university. However, as jealous as T is about any man getting close to his wife, he finds himself in a roller coaster romance with M WILSON. But is this ride too much for him to handle?
BAKER, J <<>> FEMALE <<>> 26 YRS <<>> FACECLAIM
PLAYED BY GREENBEADS
Breakout superstar J wowed the Capitol with her emergence into the acting world; her last-minute instatement as a supporting role of the biggest musical of the season brought in crowd after crowd. Now in the limelight and loving it, J is a frequent visitor to GATSBY’s parties and has made a few new friends, most notably D BUCHANAN and her cousin N CARRAWAY. Yet rumors have been circulating as to how she received her role so quickly into her career, and as she’s set to play the lead role in the musical biography of 56th Victor TOPAZ ROSS , the last thing she needs is to lose the spotlight she clambered to grasp.
WILSON, M <<>> FEMALE <<>> 25 YRS <<>> FACECLAIM
PLAYED BY TBA
Stuck in a dead-end marriage, M strives for more than her cramped, beige apartment and plain lifestyle will allow her. Her husband, G, is loving but uninteresting and does not have the same kind of fortune as other Capitolites. To escape her bland life, M’s messing around with well known socialite T BUCHANAN. But being a mistress to a wealthy, powerful man has its downsides: T’s constant abuse and horrid treatment of her would be enough to send less desperate people out the door. Not M, she’d rather endure as an iconic punching-bag than as a simple woman no one will remember.
WILSON, G <<>> MALE <<>> 30 YRS <<>> FACECLAIM
PLAYED BY TBA
On the outskirts of the city therein lies the poorer section of the Capitol (if you could call it such), where the generous and kindhearted G WILSON happily resides with his beautiful wife M. Each day G comes home exhausted, hard at work in his white-collar middle-class job. But as much as he tries to provide for the love of his life, their romance seems stale at best, and G is increasingly worried that M will leave him for smarter, more handsome, more confident men whose pockets are lined with threads of pure gold. Of course, he’s just overreacting - while they’re not the most well off of in Panem, they’re comfortable and ready to spend the rest of their lives together. Right?
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BEAUTIFUL LITTLE FOOLS is a plot by GREENBEADS and SHRIMP based on THE GREAT GATSBY by F. SCOTT FITZGERALD that takes place in THE CAPITOL. We’ve been working on it for some time now and we hope you enjoy it!
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