gamemakers: (peacekeepers.)
The Gamemakers ([personal profile] gamemakers) wrote in [community profile] thecapitol2013-03-03 12:18 pm

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Who| Everyone
What| Lockdown
Where| Tribute Training Center
When| Starting around dusk
Warnings/Notes| None atm. If your character tries anything extravagant, shoot the mods a pm.

Dusk was falling when it started.

Anyone in the District 12 suite's would have heard heavy sounds above them moments before a loud explosion rocked the entire building. The electricity flickers once, twice, then goes out, replaced by cool, blue glowing lights running along the ceilings. Avoxes appeared silently, as they do, herding people from one room to another.

Once the door shuts, it doesn't open again until the last person is there, sealed shut. The windows in the rooms with them were darkened, and the computer would not respond to any request to show anything. However, food could be called to the room, the trays appearing as they normally do. But the doors would not budge, and the cool blue lights stayed the only light source, the only power.

Although there was nothing to see, there was lots to hear. Banging, foot steps in the halls, on the floors above, explosions, straining metal collapsing, scraping down the side of the building. Occasionally the repetitive rapping of gun shots. Yelling. Screaming. Those near the top of the building could smell smoke, at times strongly. The elevator can be heard moving up and down, even though it doesn't respond to any calls from those trapped.

The sounds last into the late night, finally quieting around midnight. Finally, at 1 am, a calm, cool voice comes over the loud speakers.

"The rebellion forces have been repressed. We will be clearing the building for the next few hours. Please stay patient and sleep well."
warrior_become: (Profile.)

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[personal profile] warrior_become 2013-03-04 04:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Rebellion forces? So there were people opposed to the Capitol's barbarism? She could feel her hearts jump in her chest. Maybe there was hope after all.

The announcement deadens her mood again with the revelation that they will apparently be sleeping right where they are. The expansive space of the training center was welcome over her smaller room, but the other tributes were not. How could she trust them?

She starts to walk right past Atticus. He's unrecognizable to her in this form, having already been a wolf when they'd fought.
kind_of_a_nerd: (Default)

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[personal profile] kind_of_a_nerd 2013-03-06 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
She, however, is not at all unrecognizable to Atticus. He's been trying to avoid her, in fact.

As she walks past, he takes in a sharp breath and then slinks back a little, shifting subtly around the dummy.
warrior_become: (Female tail.)

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[personal profile] warrior_become 2013-03-06 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
Not subtly enough. She does have 360 degree vision, after all.

She pauses, looking at him. <I mean you no harm...> Why was this human so afraid of her?
kind_of_a_nerd: (coat wary)

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[personal profile] kind_of_a_nerd 2013-03-08 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
He takes another step back when she turns her attention on him.

"Just...um...just stay right over there, and we'll be fine."
warrior_become: (Profile.)

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[personal profile] warrior_become 2013-03-10 06:09 am (UTC)(link)
The edges of her stalk eyes turn downward in a frown but she makes no further movement towards him. She drapes her tail down just above the floor beside her body, attempting to look the least bit threatening as possible.

<Andalites are peaceful beings, you have no need to fear me.> She says reassuringly.
kind_of_a_nerd: (cheekbones)

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[personal profile] kind_of_a_nerd 2013-03-10 06:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, I wouldn't call that tail exactly peaceful." He took yet another step back, his eyes growing steadily brighter.
warrior_become: (Calm.)

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[personal profile] warrior_become 2013-03-11 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
<I understand that your kind has evolved without any form of natural defenses.> Adel replies. <It's something that has baffled andalite scientists for a long time.> ...Was something happening to his eyes? She must be imagining it. As far as she knew, humans did not change their eye color naturally.

<A long time ago, before we learned space travel and built cities, we were simpler herd animals. Prey to predators upon our home world. Our tail blades were what kept us safe.> She explains.
kind_of_a_nerd: (hang on a sec)

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[personal profile] kind_of_a_nerd 2013-03-11 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, I've seen firsthand what that thing can do. Not exactly eager to repeat the experience."
warrior_become: (Profile.)

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[personal profile] warrior_become 2013-03-16 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
<How could you have...> Her eyes widen suddenly. <Would you happen to have the morphing technology?> But why would this human have it?
kind_of_a_nerd: (hand on my heart)

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[personal profile] kind_of_a_nerd 2013-03-16 06:41 am (UTC)(link)
"The what?" he asks, leaning back a little. "I don't know what you're talking about."
warrior_become: (Female tail.)

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[personal profile] warrior_become 2013-03-16 09:32 pm (UTC)(link)
She looks embarrassed. Of course he wouldn't have it. <Nevermind. I apologize. I thought perhaps you had been given andalite morphing technology which would allow you to absorb the DNA of and morph any living creature. I thought I might have run into you in the arena...> But no, he must be talking about a different encounter. Maybe he was from her world? But why would he end up on the wrong end of an andalite's tail?
kind_of_a_nerd: (back)

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[personal profile] kind_of_a_nerd 2013-03-17 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, that was me in the arena," Atticus assures her. "I don't know what that morphing thing is, though."
warrior_become: (Worry/Panic.)

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[personal profile] warrior_become 2013-03-17 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
Startled, it's her turn to step back. <It was you who attacked me!> How he had morphed without the morphing technology was something she didn't understand. But it didn't matter. This was the human... or not human... who had killed her.
kind_of_a_nerd: (you've got to be kidding)

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[personal profile] kind_of_a_nerd 2013-03-17 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
"Attacked you? I was defending myself!" Atticus says, shifting restlessly as she moves, his eyes getting a little brighter.
warrior_become: (Contempt/Arrogance)

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[personal profile] warrior_become 2013-03-17 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
<That's a lie!> She cries, anger creeping into her thought-speak voice. <You were making threatening noises at me... I had a broken leg!>
Edited 2013-03-17 03:07 (UTC)
kind_of_a_nerd: (self-hugs)

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[personal profile] kind_of_a_nerd 2013-03-17 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
"I was warning you off!"

At least, he thinks he was. It's difficult, sometimes, to figure out what his wolf-self is thinking.
warrior_become: (Contempt/Arrogance)

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[personal profile] warrior_become 2013-03-17 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
<Where could I have gone so quickly with a broken forelimb?> She asks dryly.
kind_of_a_nerd: (angry)

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[personal profile] kind_of_a_nerd 2013-03-17 05:54 am (UTC)(link)
"How the hell should I know?"
warrior_become: (Contempt/Arrogance)

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[personal profile] warrior_become 2013-03-17 06:03 am (UTC)(link)
She gives him a sour look and walks away.