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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.]
polyturtle: (oh...oh dear...)

[personal profile] polyturtle 2014-01-18 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"A few," Don replied quietly. "Eliot's all right, as is Wyatt. But most other people...I don't know."
hit_girl_mindy: (Amused (Mindy))

[personal profile] hit_girl_mindy 2014-01-18 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Mindy nodded. "Met Wyatt. He's all right, not much of a speaker. Hawkeye's a trip though, you might like him. Made a few friends around my age even though."
polyturtle: (oh...oh dear...)

[personal profile] polyturtle 2014-01-18 06:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"Er...Hawkeye, huh." Don bit his lip. "Not sure how he'd take to me. I sliced his arm off last Arena."
hit_girl_mindy: (Wtf? (Mindy))

[personal profile] hit_girl_mindy 2014-01-19 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
"Dude, what?" Now Mindy looked disbelieving. "What the hell? Hawkeye's awesome for an old guy! Why would you do that?"
polyturtle: (too much ice cream)

[personal profile] polyturtle 2014-01-19 05:09 pm (UTC)(link)
"Like I said," Don sighed. "I wasn't exactly thinking straight for some time."

He paused.

"Even now, its...tempting to just go back to being that. Much easier. I know its wrong, but the longer I'm here..."
hit_girl_mindy: (Wtf? (Mindy))

[personal profile] hit_girl_mindy 2014-01-20 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
"Nah man, come on. If you go back to that, they win, because they take your body AND your mind. They don't deserve that, no matter what they give us to make us happy."

Yes, she would have hated to admit having someone try to make a part of her childhood a corrupt, bloodthirsty monster bothered her.
polyturtle: (this final jeopardy is hard)

[personal profile] polyturtle 2014-01-20 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"I know," Don said quietly. "I know its wrong to be that."

Given everything, though, it was hard to not be that. Not that he intended to be it again, but it was a long, long time since he'd felt like there had been real hope.
hit_girl_mindy: (Black and white (Mindy))

[personal profile] hit_girl_mindy 2014-01-21 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
"Mistakes happen. Just make sure that they don't make you look worse than you are, I guess."

She's already heard a little bit about Donatello, but that doesn't mean she had to believe everything.

"I mean, you seem ok now."
polyturtle: (this final jeopardy is hard)

[personal profile] polyturtle 2014-01-21 02:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah. I'm ok for now," Don replied. "I just...it tends to get hard, you know?"
hit_girl_mindy: (Disgust (Mindy))

[personal profile] hit_girl_mindy 2014-01-21 03:27 pm (UTC)(link)
"I can figure. This place has pretty much made us a sport. That would drive anyone crazy after awhile."
polyturtle: (too much ice cream)

[personal profile] polyturtle 2014-01-21 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah..."

At this, Don found himself at a loss to figure out what else to say about it. Or, what else to say in general.

"...Yeah."
hit_girl_mindy: (Disgust (Mindy))

[personal profile] hit_girl_mindy 2014-01-21 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
What exactly could you say to that?

"See you in the games, Don. Let's try to win this for our district, huh?"