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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.]
crabulous: (not so sure)

[personal profile] crabulous 2014-02-17 09:33 pm (UTC)(link)
He looked puzzled, as if he were trying to figure out what Ellie could possibly mean by the word infected. Obviously he knew what the word meant (obviously........) but in this context, Zoidberg was quite confused.

"Whatever were they infected with? Circusitis? African Hydraulic Fever?"
onlyimmune: (disappointed)

[personal profile] onlyimmune 2014-02-19 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
"Cordyceps," Ellie explains, trying to shrug it off. "You know, like fungus? A parasitic fungus. They used to see it happen to ants and stuff, in the old days, and then... Well. One adapted to humans. It takes over a human body, makes them... it makes them do shit, you know? Controls them. Then it starts growing out of them."
crabulous: (cowardly)

[personal profile] crabulous 2014-02-20 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
That all sounded very alarming indeed! "Did you perhaps try burning it off? You know, with fire? Sometimes fire helps!"
onlyimmune: (watching)

[personal profile] onlyimmune 2014-02-21 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
She let out a small snort.

"Yeah. Fire helps, sometimes. But you can't just burn the whole world, Doc. It took over everywhere. You burn everything and there's just nothing left." She shrugged. "And then it would probably survive anyway."
crabulous: (sigh)

[personal profile] crabulous 2014-02-22 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
"Then perhaps it's best to abandon ship and move on. Have you considered colonizing another planet?" Zoidberg looked entirely solemn as he spoke, genuine in his belief that was he was suggesting was absolutely plausible.
onlyimmune: (ummmmm no.)

[personal profile] onlyimmune 2014-02-26 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
"Uh-- not really possible there, Doc. Not where I came from. We barely had working cars any more, let alone spaceships."
crabulous: (oh noez)

[personal profile] crabulous 2014-02-27 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
"How tragic for you, to come from such a backwards era!" His heart broke for Ellie, it really did. He could recall being trapped temporarily in the 1940's, and believe him, it was no picnic. "Just have patience, in that case. The future will arrive before you know it!"
onlyimmune: (disappointed)

[personal profile] onlyimmune 2014-03-01 04:57 pm (UTC)(link)
"... Uh, yeah. Well thanks for the gesture of confidence, but pretty sure the world is over, back home. Maybe it just turns out different, somewhere else."
crabulous: (meeting new people)

[personal profile] crabulous 2014-03-06 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh ho ho! Silly girl! Everyone knows time is cyclical!" He beamed at her, for once glad that he had something useful to say.
onlyimmune: (ummmmm no.)

[personal profile] onlyimmune 2014-03-06 05:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Ellie stared at him. "Er, right." It was time to get out of this conversation, she thought. She offered him a wary grin, and pointed with her thumb back behind her.

"Anyway I uh, am going to go find something to snack on. It was uh, nice to meet you, Doc."
crabulous: (hello!)

[personal profile] crabulous 2014-03-07 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
Zoidberg waved at her, his entire body jiggling as he did. "Farewell, my little pink companion! It was so lovely to chat with you!"