The crowning ceremony for one Caro Lichfield, District 12, gets a particularly lovely turnout. The Capitol crowds like her very much, obviously - but they like Victors, in general, the bloodier the better. Everyone's very excited about the surprise win from perhaps the most underdog of underdog districts, and in what a spectacular fashion it was. The Flower of District 12 had given them quite a wonderfully bloody show, hadn't she? The drama. The betrayal. The violence. But, on with the show!

Caesar greets the audience with his usual panache before begining the introductions for the Victor's prep team. Weyoun Trinket is first, smiling, wavin and beaming brightly at the audience. Garak and Portia follow to loud applause, of course, they had done such a good job. Walter is the last and he barely gets out on stage before he stumbles, nearly falling before catching himself at what might be literally the last possible second. He pauses his movement towards his spot to look vaguely relieved, then grin and give a very clear no I'm ok, I'm ok thumbs up. The crowd roars in laughter then claps and stomps for about five minutes straight. To his credit, he manages to not look all that shocked on camera.

Once the crowd quiets down, Caro is lifted up to the stage from below it to much fanfare. She looks lovely, no trace of the violence and horror of her Games to speak of, and her dress is something that her stylist will get yet more acclaim. She finds her seat - the wonderfully ornate throne everyone has seen every year - and settles in while Caesar cues the recap. The lights dim, and the highlight reel begins. They cut those long 7 days into only the 'best' - and only what fits their particular storyline, that of a very cunning girl. The death of Ceebee and Cypress is included and accompanied by a very sad song, a leitmotif that plays again both in Zopf's eventual demise and then in Caro's eventual triumph.

The lights brighten again, and the anthem repeats as President Snow himself takes the stage. A small girl accompanies him with a crown held delicately on a very ornate pillow. He places it on Caro's head to thundering applause. Much waving and smiling follows, until Caesar finally reminds the audience to tune in for the Victory interview! And then the show ends.

It's finally the night the Capitol has been waiting for - the night of the Tribute interviews! The Tributes' last time to charm, dazzle, or intimidate their adoring public, and your dedicated host, Caesar Flickerman is here to play ringmaster for these glamorous proceedings.

He carefully directs the brief conversations in hopes of making each Tribute shine in his or her own way or, failing that, at least give them something memorable. It is not always as easy as it looks.

The pair from 1 are about as good as it gets for that district, as carefully groomed and prepped as they are, and the crowd does seem to love Chintz in particular. District 2 has provided an especially gruffly murderous pair that Caesar tries to emphasis the... combat capabilities of, not that it takes much effort.

District 3's duo of Ceebee and Servo are timid but darling, and though it takes a considerable amount of skill on Caesar's part to get them to talk much they get a good amount of awws from the crowd. They're immediately eclipsed by the careers from 4 and soon forgotten by the fickle crowd. The duos from 5 and 6 are unremarkable but Caesar does what he can regardless.

Cypress and Willow from 7 are especially memorable if only because of how eager they are to talk to him. They're both quite charming, Cypress especially, and somewhat alarmingly small and frail-looking in ways Flickerman knows will not bode well. But he's been surprised before.

8, 9, 10, 11 all pass by with the same amount of fanfare and effort, regardless of how much of an impact those interviews really had.

And now he comes to the final district, one he's prepared to put forth just as much effort for even if his expectations are rather hilariously low.

"From District 12!" He cheerfully announces into his mic to the waiting crowd. "You know her as the Flower of District 12, but we know her as the lovely Caro Lichfield!"

Cue lights and applause.