The mindscape games (on hiatus/possibly discontinued)

Interview Part 1

Virgil's POV:

    The next morning when I woke up, I met with Reina for breakfast and we were both quickly rushed off to go prepare for the interview tonight even though we had all day. They gave me another bath like yesterday and Ginny began to rant off my schedule for today.
    "You'll get dressed and will be handed over to Elli to find an outfit both you and Reina agree on that coordinate with each other, and while she tailors it for most of the day you'll be with me and Luna to help you practice proper etiquette when you're live and to have you prepared for certain questions Ceaser may ask." She listed off while an employee rinsed out my hair. "And finally you'll head back to Elli to get ready and then you'll have your interview!" Ginny finished and clapped excitedly. She left shortly after and it didn't take long for me to finish getting cleaned up either. They gave me something to wear that would be easy to take on and off and then sat me down to blow dry my hair to be fluffy again. Not even having a moment of peace I was whisked down to Elli like Ginny had said who was trotting around anxiously trying to find outfits that we might like. Reina and I shared a look of sympathy for one another and I couldn't help but feel a little sorry for all the stress Elli was probably under. She pulled me up first and had me look at an assortment of outfits. They were either all too flashy, weird, or just not my style and I was beginning to loose hope over finding a suit that seemed right for me. That is until she showed me an all black tux that had gold lacing it, along with a dark purple tie to finish it off. Of course it wasn't tailored to my exact measurements just yet but it was definitely a start. She had me stand in front of the large mirror and thought to herself and occasionally took measurements and wrote down notes.
    "Somethings missing..." She hummed to herself, after a minute or so her eyes widened and she snapped her fingers with a smile now tugging at her lips. "Virgil how would you feel about wearing a cape?" She asked and I whipped my head around to look at her wide eyed. She lifted her finger to tell me to wait a second and shuffled around in her closet. She pulled out a midnight black cape that matched the tux with purple swirls towards the bottom that looked like flames. She trotted back over to me and fastened it to my outfit. "Of course there will be shoulder pads to make it look less tacky but what do you think?" She beamed at me and I looked in the mirror at the cloak that was so long part of it dragged on the ground. "I like it" I told her with a small smile and she clapped her hands together excitedly. I heard a whistle ring out behind us and I turned to see Reina give me a wink and thumbs up before wiggling her eyebrows playfully. I couldn't help but burst out laughing, while Elli joined in herself with a few chuckles.
    "Damn Virgil you looking like a SnACk!" She added making her voice purposely crack at snack.
    "Reina do you think I don't already know I'm a snack? If anything I can be a full-course meal!" I added feeding into the joke,
    "Alright you jokesters, lets get Reina fitted and you changed out of this so you can go practice for the interview" Elli interrupted and had Reina take my spot. I changed back into the simple garments from before and carefully hung up the outfit. When I came back out Reina had on a luxurious flowing dress like something out of a fairytale. It had the same color scheme of my tux and to add to the look she had a transparent black and sparkly cape around her shoulders that trailed even farther behind her dress train. I whooped loudly and clapped my hands loudly for her and she giggled softly while looking at herself in the mirror.
    "I didn't know anything could be this beautiful, much less that I could be this beautiful" she murmured with a soft dreamy smile. Me and Elli looked to each other with a smile and allowed Reina to bask in wonder at her self discovery. She snapped out of it a minute or so later and gave an embarrassed chuckle. "Heh... sorry... we should get going before Ginny flips a table" she apologized and moved to her dressing room to change back. I waited for her to change and hand over the ballgown to Elli. And we walked together to get back to the Suite. "It's kinda funny," she started while looking at the floor and messed with the ends of her blonde hair.
    "What's funny?" I asked her, slightly tilting my head in curiosity about what she meant.
    "It's funny that before they drop us in an arena to kill each other that they doll us up, make us feel fancy, show us what we could be if we weren't in district 6. Sorry, funny isn't the right word, sickening is the word I'm looking for" she finished, her voice dropping an octave lower at the end, her voice dripping with disgust and hatred.
    "I agree it's sick, but it's better than giving us no treatment at all and getting straight to the point right?" I reasoned and she sighed before nodding her head in annoyance.
    "You're right, it's just annoying and unfair" She grumbled and I nodded in agreement to her statement.
    "Well if it means anything, you looked absolutely gorgeous in that dress, if I wasn't so helplessly gay I would've questioned my sexuality again" I joked to try and lighten the mood and she gave a short giggle. "And I know for suuuure that some girls will question their sexuality themselves when you step out for your interview" I added and she shoved me playfully with a snort and we both laughed.
    "You really thought I looked that good?" She asked shyly and I nodded my head so vigorously that I started to get a little headache. The elevator stopped at our Suite cutting off our conversation and Ginny grabbed us both by the arm and yanked us in.
    "How could you be doddling right now when we have so much to do?!" She cried and we were pulled into a large living room that I remembered was the room I broke down crying in last night after calling Janus. Luna lounged on the couch lazily as she held a cup of alcohol and swirled the liquid contents around in the glass.
    "Ginny give them a break, they probably had a bunch of hopeless kids swarming them and wanting an autograph or to ask them questions" Luna vouched for us and winked at us with a smirk to show she got it handled and to play along.
    "Actually yeah, that's exactly what happened" I acted, pretending to sound confused on how Luna explained our fake scenario so perfectly. Reina nodded along and Ginny sighed in defeat.
    "Oh well, lets get started before we waste any more time" she huffed annoyed and we all sat down on the two couches facing each other. "As per tradition the female tribute goes before the male tribute, so Virgil will be the last tribute interviewed for the rest of the night and for the other interviews that follow the other days." Ginny explained "the questions are generally the same, simple questions about home life, your time in the capitol so far, and what happened during your qualifications, and of course the tribute parade will be mentioned" She continued before looking up to me "however since this year is a little historic due to district 6 receiving its first ever volunteer you might have some more questions asked of both of you." She added and Reina looked at her confused.
    "Why would I be questioned for something like that?" She asked and Luna decided to pop in.
    "Because you squirts live in the same district, and have got to know each other since the moment you boarded the train to the capitol. They won't be able to help but wonder that both of you know something about the other" Luna explained and Reina made an 'O' with her mouth in realization. "Though of course most of the heat will be put on Virgil" Luna added "Ceaser is most definitely going to mention and ask about your brother, I know that he might as well do anything to show the audience a little bit of drama. Whatever it is, play on the audiences heart strings, give them what they want, I know that sounds cruel and sick but you have to" Luna emphasized crucially. I silently grinded my teeth together to keep myself at bay and hesitantly forced myself to nod in understanding. "With the warnings out of the way, lets get started" Luna clapped her hands together as some of her alcohol sloshed out of her cup and onto the ground, making Ginny look at her in horror and gasp loud and dramatically.