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thecapitol2014-01-07 07:31 pm
etcircenses) wrote in thecapitol2014-01-07 07:31 pm
Entry tags:
- aunamee,
- cassandra marko,
- harley quinn,
- joan watson,
- sigma klim,
- the grand highblood,
- the signless,
- wesker,
- wyatt earp,
- ✘ armin arlert,
- ✘ azula,
- ✘ barbara wilson,
- ✘ brainiac 5,
- ✘ cinderella,
- ✘ courfeyrac,
- ✘ cuthbert allgood,
- ✘ deanna winchester,
- ✘ donatello,
- ✘ dr. holiday,
- ✘ effie trinket,
- ✘ eliot spencer,
- ✘ ellie,
- ✘ enjolras,
- ✘ eponine thenardier,
- ✘ eva salazar,
- ✘ finnick odair,
- ✘ gabriel,
- ✘ garrus vakarian,
- ✘ hans,
- ✘ hawkeye pierce,
- ✘ homura akemi,
- ✘ howard bassem,
- ✘ ian chesterton,
- ✘ ian gallagher,
- ✘ iskierka,
- ✘ jack atlas,
- ✘ jean kirschtein,
- ✘ johanna mason,
- ✘ john a. zoidberg,
- ✘ julian bashir,
- ✘ julie grigio,
- ✘ justin law,
- ✘ kain highwind,
- ✘ kankri vantas,
- ✘ katniss everdeen,
- ✘ kevin prentiss,
- ✘ lindsey mcdonald,
- ✘ maximus,
- ✘ mindy macready,
- ✘ neffa a reyeth,
- ✘ orc,
- ✘ peeta mellark,
- ✘ pruna,
- ✘ r,
- ✘ sam winchester,
- ✘ sherlock holmes (bbc),
- ✘ shion,
- ✘ some ovmennet,
- ✘ the creature,
- ✘ the disciple,
- ✘ willow,
- ✘ zelos wilder
District Tours: Train Ride
Prior to their departure, the Tributes have to suffer a photoshoot, a few interviewers asking them a thousand questions about how excited they are, and more than a few members of their style teams asking the Tributes to bring back mementos. "Don't worry about quality, dears, we can get that all here - we want you to bring us souvenirs for the novelty of it!"
The day of the trip, Tributes are roused bright and early, well before sunrise, and driven in Peacekeeper vans to the train station. It's all rather dour, and not like the start of a vacation at all; if one didn't know what was going on, and if the Escorts and head Stylists weren't chattering excitedly, they might think they were being hauled off to a war zone.
The trains, on the other hand, are plush, fancy things, and there is one per District. There's a single blockaded car for cargo, another for maintenance, driving and Peacekeeping staff, and then several others which are open to the Tributes. A dinner car serves three meals and has small snacks available throughout the day. Another car is an entertainment center with a selection of Capitol-approved films, and a the last one is the Tributes' temporary room. It has a bunk bed for each with sheets that was a truly intense threadcount, and a single massage chair in the back. The Stylists, Mentors and Escorts sleep in the same car, although separated by a partition.
Unfortunately, all the Tributes have to share the sleeping quarters, and it's first-come, first-served.
For the most part, the trip is so smooth that the surface of a glass full of water would not be disturbed. The trips to the closer Districts are a little under a day, but the furthest Districts - 3, 4, 7, 8, 11 and 12 - take nearly 48 hours.
[OOC: For Tributes accepted during the District tours, you can assume they arrived before the departure so they can participate in the District festivities. During the train ride there is still network access. There will only be this post and the party post from the mods for this event, so players are encouraged to make their own of their characters exploring their surroundings and enjoying the Districts.]
The day of the trip, Tributes are roused bright and early, well before sunrise, and driven in Peacekeeper vans to the train station. It's all rather dour, and not like the start of a vacation at all; if one didn't know what was going on, and if the Escorts and head Stylists weren't chattering excitedly, they might think they were being hauled off to a war zone.
The trains, on the other hand, are plush, fancy things, and there is one per District. There's a single blockaded car for cargo, another for maintenance, driving and Peacekeeping staff, and then several others which are open to the Tributes. A dinner car serves three meals and has small snacks available throughout the day. Another car is an entertainment center with a selection of Capitol-approved films, and a the last one is the Tributes' temporary room. It has a bunk bed for each with sheets that was a truly intense threadcount, and a single massage chair in the back. The Stylists, Mentors and Escorts sleep in the same car, although separated by a partition.
Unfortunately, all the Tributes have to share the sleeping quarters, and it's first-come, first-served.
For the most part, the trip is so smooth that the surface of a glass full of water would not be disturbed. The trips to the closer Districts are a little under a day, but the furthest Districts - 3, 4, 7, 8, 11 and 12 - take nearly 48 hours.
[OOC: For Tributes accepted during the District tours, you can assume they arrived before the departure so they can participate in the District festivities. During the train ride there is still network access. There will only be this post and the party post from the mods for this event, so players are encouraged to make their own of their characters exploring their surroundings and enjoying the Districts.]
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Sam would find the door to the dinner car blocked by another District 4 Tribute. He'd be almost as tall as Sam if it wasn't for the hunch in his shoulders and a case of crappy posture. For some reason R seemed to find the floor interesting, swaying gently where he stood as he ogled a piece of tile. Something about the way it caught the light appealed to him. If he swayed one way, it sparkled. If he swayed another, the sparkle jumped to a different patch and on and on.
After awhile he seemed to notice he had a visitor. R's head came up as he turned toward Sam. The sad part was the first thought he had was you could feed a lot of zombies with a guy this big.
"In...way?" R asked. He peered at Sam, trying to work out if they'd met before and he'd forgotten or this really was a first time meeting. With the fog most zombies wandered around in, usually it was hard to tell.
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"No," he said, assuring him. Though there was something disturbing about the young man's pallor. "I just... Are you all right?"
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"Am...good," R groaned. He decided to shuffle left, giving Sam a little squeezing room if he needed it. "Having...good day. First...train ride."
Was it Sam's? If so, he seemed to be taking it pretty well, wasn't plastered to the windows or anything.
lol whoops sorry, didn't cotton on to the fact there was a muzzle!
He gestured vaguely in the direction of R's face.
"I mean, do you need any help?"
He'll have a muzzle on between Arenas
"Can't...take off." R purses his lips behind the muzzle as he makes eye contact with Sam, who's got that look like he's not sure what to do with him. Could be he's sizing him up, trying to decide if he'll look like death warmed over in the Arena. "Not...allowed."
He pauses, reviews what Sam said and realizes maybe he missed something. Conversations with the Living is much more demanding than he remembers. Less pauses, for one.
"Still...working...on tan," R creaks out a grin. Maybe he'll actually get one at District 4?
gotcha
"Hey. I'm not gonna hurt you. I mean..." He casts about for a way to make it believable, but there's no way to make any of this make sense. At least for him. "I'm Sam Winchester." He holds out his hand. "And you are?"
Re: gotcha
"Hi...Sam," R takes the hand, pleased to get another chance to practice his handshakes. His brand of it is a lot like shaking a dead, stiff fish without the slime. Sadly, Sam's probably had a lot worse in his line of work. "I'm...Rr."
He shakes it for a few seconds too long, a floppy up-and-down motion.
"Not in...Arena. Can't...hurt," R says with a shrug.
DAMN YOU, LJ JUGGLER!
"I don't mean that," he says. "Sure, it's against the rules. But I don't want to hurt anyone. I just want to know why we're here."
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Or one that at least has less pausing and vacant staring. He drops his hand to his side, unsure how to explain it to the new guy who seems really, really new. Most Tributes aren't this open about the "I don't want to hurt anyone" thing.
"Talked...others? Other...fours?" R flops a hand at the rest of the train.
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