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."
pursuitofcappiness: (looking over left)

Re: CONFERENCE ROOM A

[personal profile] pursuitofcappiness 2013-03-03 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
The lockdown seems pretty protocol after a shake like that, so Steve doesn't think too much of it until the sounds start going off outside. Now he's just banging on the door trying to get back outside.
cherrypie: (I'm here with you)

[personal profile] cherrypie 2013-03-05 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
"Any luck?"

She had skimmed the room for vents, alternate doors, panels in the wall...anything.

No such luck.
pursuitofcappiness: (captain america)

[personal profile] pursuitofcappiness 2013-03-06 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"No," he replies, shaking his head and punching the door one last time before resting his head on it.

"What do you think's going on outside?"
cherrypie: (Bye bye baby-don't be long-I worry about)

[personal profile] cherrypie 2013-03-07 06:00 am (UTC)(link)
"Some nasty shit."

They were too high up to try the windows. Which probably wouldn't break anyway. And from the sounds of it, it might be out of the frying pan, into the fire.

"Guess we gotta just wait it out."
pursuitofcappiness: (yeah right ok)

[personal profile] pursuitofcappiness 2013-03-07 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"Not sure I like that option. Think we could try the ceiling?" he asks, climbing aboard the conference table.
cherrypie: (biting lip happy)

[personal profile] cherrypie 2013-03-09 08:48 pm (UTC)(link)
"If you can find an open vent, I'll go for it, but I couldn't get any of them open."

She was small enough to wiggle in, if they could find any. But there hadn't been much luck with that so far. She followed him to the table, not much minding the view from on the ground.

Hey, if they were stuck in here anyway...
pursuitofcappiness: (do you regret anything?)

[personal profile] pursuitofcappiness 2013-03-09 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
He can't quite reach the ceiling-- not well enough to check for faults, at least, so he grabs one of the stationary chairs. "Will you help me hold this still?" he asks. And no, if they don't break through the floor, they probably won't break through the ceiling.... But it's still worth a look.
cherrypie: (uhh well you know)

[personal profile] cherrypie 2013-03-10 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
"Sure things."

She follows after him, ready to do this. Being trapped somewhere, especially while shit was going on? Not De's favorite thing.
pursuitofcappiness: (neutral)

[personal profile] pursuitofcappiness 2013-03-10 04:09 pm (UTC)(link)
"Thanks," he replies. "I'm Steve, by the way. District nine." He climbs up, trusting her to hold the chair in place and feels around for faults. He gives it one good punch. It shakes, and nothing happens.
cherrypie: (welp.)

[personal profile] cherrypie 2013-03-13 07:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"Deanna. De."

The chair swayed when he gave the wall a good punch, but she was able to hold the chair steady.

"No go?"
pursuitofcappiness: (wow cap looks concerned a lot)

[personal profile] pursuitofcappiness 2013-03-14 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
"Nope," he replies. And then he gets off of it and moves it slightly before climbing back on. "I'd say it's nice to meet you, Miss De, but I wish the circumstances were better."
cherrypie: (I'm here with you)

[personal profile] cherrypie 2013-03-17 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
"It could be worse. We could be trying to kill each other."

Really, in this place, this was a fairly friendly meeting. She steadied the chair again, bracing her weight against it.

((OOC-So she has been like OMG THE HULK OMG IRONMAN, would you like her to OMG CAPTAIN AMERICA))
pursuitofcappiness: (you know damn well why)

[personal profile] pursuitofcappiness 2013-03-17 02:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[ OoC: Sure! ]

"We will be, pretty soon," he says with a twinge of sadness. "But we'll come back from that," he adds, as if he thinks dying again and again is somehow better than dying once and having peace. "Whatever happens out there tonight, that's real."

He gets down from his spot, because it's useless. He needs something to force open the crack between the doors. "Do you think there might be a crowbar around here?"
cherrypie: (oh hell no)

[personal profile] cherrypie 2013-03-23 07:08 am (UTC)(link)
"You make a valid point."

And there was another rap of gun shots, somewhere in the distance, as if you punctuate it.

"Of course not, they don't want to give us anything useful." She was clearly enamored with the Capitol's hospitality.
pursuitofcappiness: (what are you looking at)

[personal profile] pursuitofcappiness 2013-03-24 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
He gets back down from the table and takes the chair off of it. "Let's see what else we can find."

"You seem pretty calm about me getting out of here to go into that," he adds.
cherrypie: (wait I think I feel like hell)

[personal profile] cherrypie 2013-03-27 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm not letting you go alone." She hitched up a grin at him, before nudging one of his impressive biceps with her knuckle. "And you don't seem like you can't handle yourself."

She followed him. "I wanna see what the hell is going on out there."
pursuitofcappiness: (looking over right)

[personal profile] pursuitofcappiness 2013-03-27 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
He grins at her, appreciating her spirit. "Alright then. What are we waiting for? Let's bust out of here."

If... only he could figure out how to get out. He grabs one of the light fixtures on the ceiling, and tugs.
cherrypie: (rough night.)

[personal profile] cherrypie 2013-03-29 01:07 am (UTC)(link)
She considers adding her weight, but if 250 pounds of beefcake wasn't making that budge, an extra 120 pounds of Winchester wasn't going to help.

"Maybe we should try to break out a window."
pursuitofcappiness: (neutral)

[personal profile] pursuitofcappiness 2013-03-29 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
"I think they'll have locked the doors we can use to get back in, but... if that fails, I guess we can try climbing back up. Are you prepared to do that?" he asks, before striding over to the windows.
cherrypie: (well huh)

[personal profile] cherrypie 2013-03-31 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
"Or heading elsewhere till shit blows over."

De lifted up the chair they had been using to check the ceiling, nodding at him.

"You ready?"
pursuitofcappiness: (determination and guts)

[personal profile] pursuitofcappiness 2013-03-31 01:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yes," he says, and then proceeds to go see how to open the windows (do they open??)
cherrypie: (oh shit)

[personal profile] cherrypie 2013-04-02 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
De's a little more hands on. She's not bothering with figuring out if there is any trick to opening them.

Picking up the chair, she swings if full force towards the window.

...and it bounces right back, the momentum nearly knocking De ove.

"Son of a bitch!"
pursuitofcappiness: (wooo tech stuff)

[personal profile] pursuitofcappiness 2013-04-02 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"--Are you alright?" he asks, and he's over in a second to inspect her.

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OTA

[personal profile] hasacondition 2013-03-03 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
It's not hard to figure out that something is going on, especially with this emerging pattern of hoarding them into rooms and locking them in. The room's small enough that he gets through his exploration quickly, and then defaults to sitting in the middle of the room and doing some deep breathing. Staying calm isn't of vital importance anymore, but habits are hard to break, and that goes especially for any situations involving audible gunfire.

If the way he flinches at the sounds of ripping metal are any indication, it's not helping all that much either.