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[CALDERA] cinna's inbox
"This is Cinna. Not here, but you can still drop me a line."
{text/gifts/smoke signals--contact Cinna here!}
"This is Cinna. Not here, but you can still drop me a line."
{text/gifts/smoke signals--contact Cinna here!}
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[PERMISSIONS]
OOC PREFERENCES:
•CONTACT METHOD: PM journal or madwomanwithabox on Discord
•THREAD-JACKING: Feel free! If it gets to be like...more than twenty tags tho, maybe move it elsewhere? Just to spare my inbox. A request, not a requirement. <3 Also, I have ADHD and rely on my email for notifs so if I miss something in the shuffle? Please poke me with a sharp stick if I haven't answered you and you want me to. I either didn't see it or I forgot, it's never a slight against you. <3
•FOURTH WALLING / CANON PUNCTURE: Mmmmm...probably not, please.
•BACKTAGGING: Check with me if it's more than a week out? Blanket answer is 'come at me, bros,' but I'm SO not kidding about the ADHD. XD If I don't have the spoons, I'll let you know, but again: it's never personal it's my fucked up brain and I will SO plot for something later if I can't do the thing this instant.
•AVOIDED TOPICS: Not really, though sex work is a bit of a dodgy topic. He'll discuss it, but if your muse is opposed to it or finds it immoral there will be problems/likely negative CR so forewarned is forearmed. As for me? Parental death isn't off the table, but talk to me first. I'll reach out if something is triggery or off limits--I'm still learning where my boundaries are, and I'll update this for the things I figure out. I'm a firm believer in communication.
•PREFERRED GENDER PRONOUN: Muse? he/him; Mun? she/her/he/him
IC CHARACTERISTICS:
•CURRENT CANON POINT: Comes from CATCHING FIRE, during the earliest part of the Quarter Quell interview show.
•PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Cinna is in his late 30s/early 40s with close cropped dark hair, dark eyes, and is African American (or, in the world of the Hunger Games, has the skin tone of someone who could have been from District 11). He's about 5'9", and has heavily pierced ears. Native to the wealthiest area of Panem, he dresses very atypically from other Capitol natives, favoring utilitarian styles and a more subdued color pallete. The only exceptions are very bright pieces of jewelry like ornate pendants and gleaming earrings, as well as a subtle amount of make up--namely, the gold eyeliner which is his trademark. His build is athletic but not overly developed, and sharp eyed observers will note he has the kind of lightly callused fingers you might find on a tailor or seamstress.
•DEMEANOR: Cinna is a very reserved individual with iron control of his emotions. He is, very deliberately, hard to read if he doesn't feel safe, and very sedate with his expressions of even intense emotion. He chooses his words carefully, his voice is naturally very quiet, but once he opens up he can be incredibly warm if still subdued. He's very tactile, but as a stylist he rarely engages in physical contact that isn't functional, and is keenly aware of personal space and what is appropriate. Basically, rides the line between 'clinical' and 'professionally personable' with anyone not in his inner circle.
•ABILITIES: Cinna is highly devoted to his art, and as such has an eclectic, but expert level knowledge and skill in fields like tailoring, color theory, chemistry, electronics, fabric manufacturing, etc.--he also has a working knowledge of farming passed down from his great grandfather, but has never put it into practice. In the Capitol, this is both exceptional and suspect. Thanks to sewing, Cinna has incredibly nimble fingers and impressive manual dexterity.
•OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS: child abuse, sex work (morality of), personal privacy, and oddly enough fashion. Namely, Cinna is highly disdainful of the use of skin to enhance an outfit, or 'less is more' in terms of style. He's not a prude, but if you're going to put a body on display he finds it upsetting if it's done without artistic intent or borderline insistence from the person wearing it (namely enthusiastic consent).
IC PERMISSIONS:
•MENTAL: Check in with me first.
•MIMICRY: Sure!
•VIOLENCE: Sure, just check in--I like to arrange my angst in pleasing fashion. :P
•MAGIC: Yep! Just let me know what you're planning.
•DEBATE: Of course!
Hugging this character: Absolutely.
Kissing this character: Yes, any gender, may or may not be awkward, whatever is more fun. :P
Flirting with this character: Yes, please!
Fighting with this character: PLEASE. But let's talk first--planning the ass-kicking of a muse is FUN.
Injuring this character: Minor, yes. Moderate, use common sense. Major, ask first.
Killing this character: Ask me first.
Using telepathy/mind reading abilities on this character: Ask first.
Warnings: Given the nature of his canon, interacting with Cinna will likely include discussions of violence, child soldiers, child abuse, sex work both consenting and non consenting, child trafficking, death of children, child intimidation...the Hunger Games is a canon exploring bloodsport with minors, you may run into something related with Cinna. PLEASE talk to me if something is triggering for you and I will censor/delete/warn as needed, if we don't ALL have fun then no one has fun.
Anything else: I'll add as I think of them...come play with me? :P
•CONTACT METHOD: PM journal or madwomanwithabox on Discord
•THREAD-JACKING: Feel free! If it gets to be like...more than twenty tags tho, maybe move it elsewhere? Just to spare my inbox. A request, not a requirement. <3 Also, I have ADHD and rely on my email for notifs so if I miss something in the shuffle? Please poke me with a sharp stick if I haven't answered you and you want me to. I either didn't see it or I forgot, it's never a slight against you. <3
•FOURTH WALLING / CANON PUNCTURE: Mmmmm...probably not, please.
•BACKTAGGING: Check with me if it's more than a week out? Blanket answer is 'come at me, bros,' but I'm SO not kidding about the ADHD. XD If I don't have the spoons, I'll let you know, but again: it's never personal it's my fucked up brain and I will SO plot for something later if I can't do the thing this instant.
•AVOIDED TOPICS: Not really, though sex work is a bit of a dodgy topic. He'll discuss it, but if your muse is opposed to it or finds it immoral there will be problems/likely negative CR so forewarned is forearmed. As for me? Parental death isn't off the table, but talk to me first. I'll reach out if something is triggery or off limits--I'm still learning where my boundaries are, and I'll update this for the things I figure out. I'm a firm believer in communication.
•PREFERRED GENDER PRONOUN: Muse? he/him; Mun? she/her/he/him
IC CHARACTERISTICS:
•CURRENT CANON POINT: Comes from CATCHING FIRE, during the earliest part of the Quarter Quell interview show.
•PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Cinna is in his late 30s/early 40s with close cropped dark hair, dark eyes, and is African American (or, in the world of the Hunger Games, has the skin tone of someone who could have been from District 11). He's about 5'9", and has heavily pierced ears. Native to the wealthiest area of Panem, he dresses very atypically from other Capitol natives, favoring utilitarian styles and a more subdued color pallete. The only exceptions are very bright pieces of jewelry like ornate pendants and gleaming earrings, as well as a subtle amount of make up--namely, the gold eyeliner which is his trademark. His build is athletic but not overly developed, and sharp eyed observers will note he has the kind of lightly callused fingers you might find on a tailor or seamstress.
•DEMEANOR: Cinna is a very reserved individual with iron control of his emotions. He is, very deliberately, hard to read if he doesn't feel safe, and very sedate with his expressions of even intense emotion. He chooses his words carefully, his voice is naturally very quiet, but once he opens up he can be incredibly warm if still subdued. He's very tactile, but as a stylist he rarely engages in physical contact that isn't functional, and is keenly aware of personal space and what is appropriate. Basically, rides the line between 'clinical' and 'professionally personable' with anyone not in his inner circle.
•ABILITIES: Cinna is highly devoted to his art, and as such has an eclectic, but expert level knowledge and skill in fields like tailoring, color theory, chemistry, electronics, fabric manufacturing, etc.--he also has a working knowledge of farming passed down from his great grandfather, but has never put it into practice. In the Capitol, this is both exceptional and suspect. Thanks to sewing, Cinna has incredibly nimble fingers and impressive manual dexterity.
•OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS: child abuse, sex work (morality of), personal privacy, and oddly enough fashion. Namely, Cinna is highly disdainful of the use of skin to enhance an outfit, or 'less is more' in terms of style. He's not a prude, but if you're going to put a body on display he finds it upsetting if it's done without artistic intent or borderline insistence from the person wearing it (namely enthusiastic consent).
IC PERMISSIONS:
•MENTAL: Check in with me first.
•MIMICRY: Sure!
•VIOLENCE: Sure, just check in--I like to arrange my angst in pleasing fashion. :P
•MAGIC: Yep! Just let me know what you're planning.
•DEBATE: Of course!
Hugging this character: Absolutely.
Kissing this character: Yes, any gender, may or may not be awkward, whatever is more fun. :P
Flirting with this character: Yes, please!
Fighting with this character: PLEASE. But let's talk first--planning the ass-kicking of a muse is FUN.
Injuring this character: Minor, yes. Moderate, use common sense. Major, ask first.
Killing this character: Ask me first.
Using telepathy/mind reading abilities on this character: Ask first.
Warnings: Given the nature of his canon, interacting with Cinna will likely include discussions of violence, child soldiers, child abuse, sex work both consenting and non consenting, child trafficking, death of children, child intimidation...the Hunger Games is a canon exploring bloodsport with minors, you may run into something related with Cinna. PLEASE talk to me if something is triggering for you and I will censor/delete/warn as needed, if we don't ALL have fun then no one has fun.
Anything else: I'll add as I think of them...come play with me? :P
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[HISTORY] canon and otherwise
Due to the fact that Cinna is an established character with very little established backstory, a good deal of how I play him is based on headcanon. The following is Cinna's history, with my headcanons in italics and facts I made up outright in bold.
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A child of the Capitol, Cinna was raised like any other Capitol citizen...more or less. Working his way up in the fashion world, he was recruited as a stylist for the 74th Hunger Games. Traditionally, new stylists are given the least desirable districts to work with, however Cinna requested District 12 specifically for reasons unknown.
It is those unknown reasons that are what makes him so different from any other Capitol citizen.
Though born in the Capitol, Cinna can trace his family to District 11. One of the earliest victors of the Hunger Games, prior to the 10th Hunger Games, was the reason that for many of those early years 11 was considered a serious contender in the competition. Like Finnick Odair, 8th Annual Hunger Games victor, a boy named Harv, soon made his rounds in the beds of the Capitol's women during the annual Hunger Games in exchange for extra tessarae for his district that would not incur additional entries into the Reaping. One of these women would become very special to Harv, and soon during his annual visits he would come not just to see her, but the child she gave birth to.
This child, a daughter, became Cinna's grandmother. It was this history that Cinna carried with him as he grew up, the story of loving parents who could only be a ghost of a family--one that was only able to exist so long as Harv continued to make his rounds once a year in the Capitol and in that be allowed to see his daughter--and the tales of life in District 11. Subsequently, when he followed his passions and became prominent in the fashion scene, he chose to work with one of the lesser districts for his first Hunger Games as a stylist, selecting District 12 for its lack of previous victors.
Though his choice was an organic one, his continued participation was not. Approached by gamesmaker Plutarch Heavensbee very shortly after the dual victory of District 12, he accepted his part in the Rebellion without fear or regret. Knowing well the fates that could befall a victor, he wanted to protect Katniss through his support, and knowing Katniss as he did--having grown to love her--he wanted to make sure that not even the Rebellion took advantage of her.
So he played his part. He agreed to keep her in the dark for her safety as they planned to extract her from the Games. He did the work, he lifted Katniss up--and as he would tell her himself, when it all got to be too much made sure that when he finally pushed his luck too far with her interview dress, no one but himself would suffer the ultimate price.
He prepared her designs. He created the uniform of the Mockingjay--and should he fall, he left behind a message with the words he knew would remind her what really mattered in the end.
Panem doesn't matter. The Rebellion doesn't even matter--what's important is who loves you, who has your back, and not even death itself could stop Cinna from continuing to bet on his Girl On Fire.
A child of the Capitol, Cinna was raised like any other Capitol citizen...more or less. Working his way up in the fashion world, he was recruited as a stylist for the 74th Hunger Games. Traditionally, new stylists are given the least desirable districts to work with, however Cinna requested District 12 specifically for reasons unknown.
It is those unknown reasons that are what makes him so different from any other Capitol citizen.
Though born in the Capitol, Cinna can trace his family to District 11. One of the earliest victors of the Hunger Games, prior to the 10th Hunger Games, was the reason that for many of those early years 11 was considered a serious contender in the competition. Like Finnick Odair, 8th Annual Hunger Games victor, a boy named Harv, soon made his rounds in the beds of the Capitol's women during the annual Hunger Games in exchange for extra tessarae for his district that would not incur additional entries into the Reaping. One of these women would become very special to Harv, and soon during his annual visits he would come not just to see her, but the child she gave birth to.
This child, a daughter, became Cinna's grandmother. It was this history that Cinna carried with him as he grew up, the story of loving parents who could only be a ghost of a family--one that was only able to exist so long as Harv continued to make his rounds once a year in the Capitol and in that be allowed to see his daughter--and the tales of life in District 11. Subsequently, when he followed his passions and became prominent in the fashion scene, he chose to work with one of the lesser districts for his first Hunger Games as a stylist, selecting District 12 for its lack of previous victors.
Though his choice was an organic one, his continued participation was not. Approached by gamesmaker Plutarch Heavensbee very shortly after the dual victory of District 12, he accepted his part in the Rebellion without fear or regret. Knowing well the fates that could befall a victor, he wanted to protect Katniss through his support, and knowing Katniss as he did--having grown to love her--he wanted to make sure that not even the Rebellion took advantage of her.
So he played his part. He agreed to keep her in the dark for her safety as they planned to extract her from the Games. He did the work, he lifted Katniss up--and as he would tell her himself, when it all got to be too much made sure that when he finally pushed his luck too far with her interview dress, no one but himself would suffer the ultimate price.
He prepared her designs. He created the uniform of the Mockingjay--and should he fall, he left behind a message with the words he knew would remind her what really mattered in the end.
Panem doesn't matter. The Rebellion doesn't even matter--what's important is who loves you, who has your back, and not even death itself could stop Cinna from continuing to bet on his Girl On Fire.