'Cause we all wanna party when the funeral ends and we all get together when we bury our friends

[etcircenses]

Who| TYP Children and You?
What| TYP Children have the opportunity to look around.
Where| The Tribute Tower main floor.
When| Now through the week leading up to the arena.
Warnings/Notes| TYP children showing up early is not mandatory. This is merely an avenue for those NPC players who were interested.

In part with the President’s wishes, the District children are not training or living in the same building, but rather, a refurbished old Tribute tower as was used in the days before Tributes were offworlders of vast number. Mentors, Escorts, and Stylists alike will need to travel to the new building to work with them, then travel back to see to their offworld Tributes. Public appearances are minimal so long as the Tribute is kept busy with training and private interviews. There is, however, a brief chance to meet a few of them before the arena, should you catch them on a visit to the offworlder’s tower, restricted to the main floor. Through this, the lucky few District children able to show are allowed fleeting glimpses in person of those they will be competing with and possibly even a chance to talk to them in person.

Comments

[rotor]

Rotor seems discouraged at that; he wants the reassurance of a familiar face, one that he grew up. But he's starting to warm up to Alain and trust his word to at least a survivalist's extent, and he nods to show that he understands the merit in what he's advising.

"OK, uh, got it. I'll try to find him."

[atouchofka]

Alain nods. "Good lad. And keep fighting. People will try to tell you there's no sense in it, that it would take a miracle for you to win, and could be that's true. But I've seen miracles before." He half-smiles, a little wistfully. "Three boys against an army, that took a miracle, but we stood tall at the end of it."

[rotor]

"I'm... I'm not a fighter. But I'll try."

I'll try, I'll try. It's a hopeless little refrain on endless loop. Rotor's getting weary of repeating it, because his ability to make it sound real is flagging more and more with each time it has to pass his lips.

"That's great for you, uh, but... I think I want to have some time alone with my thoughts before I look for Roland."

[atouchofka]

"Aye. Of course." Alain gets to his feet, taking a deep breath. "And if you need to puke again, try to get some more food down you first. You're too skinny as it is."

Which is his way of trying to lighten the mood a little, before he turns to go.