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Panem Events ([personal profile] etcircenses) wrote in [community profile] thecapitol2014-01-07 07:31 pm

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.]
hit_girl_mindy: (Off stare (Mindy))

Re: sorry I'm late!

[personal profile] hit_girl_mindy 2014-01-14 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
"Huh," Mindy said, taking a drink of her hot chocolate. She actually found that surprising. They had a NINJA TURTLE, not to mention a woman that traveled with the Joker. Here she thought they would be second guessing her based on the current roster.

"What can I say? I'm pretty properly motivated for this thing, what with dying being the alternative. To be honest, the person I've been hoping to see sometime was you. You got quite a bit of a reputation around here."
vissernone: (Default)

Re: sorry I'm late!

[personal profile] vissernone 2014-01-15 06:17 am (UTC)(link)
"I do." There's no question, no feigned humility. "People receive reputations for all sorts of reasons here. You don't really need to worry about mine so much as you're own. Mine will hardly pay off as Sponsor gifts like yours does."
hit_girl_mindy: (Civvies (Mindy))

Re: sorry I'm late!

[personal profile] hit_girl_mindy 2014-01-15 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, I've been getting that advice a lot. People seem like they're trying to indicate I might not be the bright and colorful social butterfly the sponsors wants. Almost hurts my feelings."

She gave a smile. "But then, there's something to be said about the little girl who cares little about the approval of anyone, if Pruna hasn't already stolen that shtick."
vissernone: (Basic - Over the Shoulder)

Re: sorry I'm late!

[personal profile] vissernone 2014-01-16 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
"She has, unfortunately for you. She also has the young romance angle down." Eva pauses a moment. "As loath as I am to suggest it, having you actively try to usurp her position as the pre-teen darling could be a good angle for you to pursue."
hit_girl_mindy: (Amused (Mindy))

Re: sorry I'm late!

[personal profile] hit_girl_mindy 2014-01-16 06:25 am (UTC)(link)
"Pfft, no thanks. I think I get into enough trouble by myself, don't need to complicate things by adding other people like that. A pre-teen darling? You really think I could pull that off?"

Of course, she had gone and gotten a mercy kill, making her ooed and aahed over. It was disgusting, but if it were useful...
vissernone: (Default)

Re: sorry I'm late!

[personal profile] vissernone 2014-01-17 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, you're blonde and blue-eyed. You have genetics going for you." Eva doesn't seem all that put out by Mindy rebuffing her idea. "What would you say your talents are? I haven't seen your combat skills yet."
hit_girl_mindy: (GTFOH)

Re: sorry I'm late!

[personal profile] hit_girl_mindy 2014-01-17 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
"Well if you gotta go to the typical white girl trope, I guess you have a point."

Damn genetics.

"My talents? Fast, better long shot then up close, but if I have the right weapon I can wreck people apart. I've killed people taller, older and bigger than me. maimed a hell of a lot of others too. Killing is not an issue for me. Been trained since I was young to do it."
vissernone: (Default)

Re: sorry I'm late!

[personal profile] vissernone 2014-01-18 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
"Promising." Eva rubs her lower lip and then puts her fingers to her temples, staving off a headache. "What sorts of people are you used to hunting?"
hit_girl_mindy: (Not gun shy)

Re: sorry I'm late!

[personal profile] hit_girl_mindy 2014-01-18 06:32 am (UTC)(link)
"People that kill people for a living. Lowlifes. Drug pushers. Flunkies for the big boss. The big boss. That scum that walk the street because cops can't be there all the time, or they were paid off not to be. You know what I'm saying: vigilante justice."
vissernone: (Basic - Over the Shoulder)

Re: sorry I'm late!

[personal profile] vissernone 2014-01-18 11:59 pm (UTC)(link)
"I was speaking more about what level of combat skill they had." Eva leans back and watches the fields go by in the window. "Although I would probably assume they were armed?"
hit_girl_mindy: (Disgust (Mindy))

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[personal profile] hit_girl_mindy 2014-01-19 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, of course they were armed. Guns, knives, bats, you name it. I mean, I don't know formal martial arts or anything, but do you really need to in a free for all like this?"
vissernone: (Basic - Staring into Space)

Re: sorry I'm late!

[personal profile] vissernone 2014-01-19 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"No, not really, although it doesn't. Speed and ferocity count for more than accuracy here." She takes a deep breath. "And what weapons do you use?"
hit_girl_mindy: (Slicing)

Re: sorry I'm late!

[personal profile] hit_girl_mindy 2014-01-20 06:15 am (UTC)(link)
"I got one leg up then," Mindy said. "I prefer a gun, I'm a great shot, but a knife or a staff will do in a pinch. Best with my butterfly knife actually. Been taking up some of that bow and arrow stuff in the training room though."
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[personal profile] vissernone 2014-01-21 06:05 am (UTC)(link)
"Good. Remember to focus more on the mental side rather than everything else. Your muscle memory will be reset each time you're revived." She sets her coffee down, folding her hands over her lap. "What length knives?"
hit_girl_mindy: (Laughing)

Re: sorry I'm late!

[personal profile] hit_girl_mindy 2014-01-21 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, learned that quick the last time. Been training ever since, don't want to have that happen again. Far as knife length goes, I favor Balisongs, but I can go longer than that too, especially since I've built up my arm and wrist strength."
vissernone: (Basic - Over the Shoulder)

Re: sorry I'm late!

[personal profile] vissernone 2014-01-22 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"Good. I can get those for you from Sponsors, or at least, a folding knife of similar stature." Eva leans in. "And what is your moral philosophy surrounding these Games?"
hit_girl_mindy: (bitch.)

Re: sorry I'm late!

[personal profile] hit_girl_mindy 2014-01-23 06:15 am (UTC)(link)
"I'll take what I can get."

Well, that was an interesting question, asked by an even more interesting person. She had heard about Eva blowing the whistle on the girl, hoping to save her son. There were a lot of questions she had, any a LOT of things she was curious about.

"There's nothing moral about the games," she finally said. "We're trotted about to kill indiscriminately, and even if we do, we can get killed at any time by one of their clever little traps."

Here, though, her face darkened. "Whatever I kill, it'll be on my terms. I'll deal with that and my conscience in the end. They already own my backdrop and where I go, but i'll be fucking damned if they make me one of their robots, killing because that's what gets them off."
Edited 2014-01-23 06:15 (UTC)
vissernone: (Basic - Over the Shoulder)

Re: sorry I'm late!

[personal profile] vissernone 2014-01-24 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
Eva harrumphs and folds her arms, leaning back and looking out the window rather than at Mindy. "That makes you far less useful to me. I try to support people who are malleable enough to win."
hit_girl_mindy: (Black and white (Mindy))

Re: sorry I'm late!

[personal profile] hit_girl_mindy 2014-01-24 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
Mindy swore under her breath. "I never said I didn't want to win. I also didn't say I wanted to be useful for YOU."

For all she knew Eva was just another Azula.
vissernone: (Basic - Over the Shoulder)

Re: sorry I'm late!

[personal profile] vissernone 2014-01-27 07:35 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, I have my pick of a rather unimpressive litter. I don't have to throw my support behind you."
hit_girl_mindy: (sultry for some reason)

Re: sorry I'm late!

[personal profile] hit_girl_mindy 2014-01-27 03:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Mindy scoffed. "Yeah, because we'll totally do our best for someone who thinks of us as a 'litter.' What the hell do you even now about any of us to tell how we'll do in the Arena anyway? You know all of jackshit about me and you're already spouting off at the mouth. Not a real big motivator."
vissernone: (Default)

Re: sorry I'm late!

[personal profile] vissernone 2014-01-28 05:55 am (UTC)(link)
"Yes, alienate the people who have what you can use. That's a fantastic idea." Eva gets up and shakes her head. "I'll keep my money on Pruna."
hit_girl_mindy: (Disgust (Mindy))

Re: sorry I'm late!

[personal profile] hit_girl_mindy 2014-01-28 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
Mindy was insulted, but then THIS was her mentor, and she had already flat out told her that she didn't need her. As far as she was concerned, this was just another way to use her as commodity.

"You do that. I don't need to jump hoops for the Capitol. Last I heard, you went and got someone killed. I could do worse not having your support."