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[gamemakers]

The tunnel to District 2, main transport for Peacekeepers, is unexpectedly closed before dawn. In edition, a mandatory evacuation is declared for mile around the tunnel, clearing out a large section of the South East part of town.

The evacuation ends several blocks from the Tribute Training center, but they hear plenty about it. And can see the Capitol citizens unhappily trudging to friends, relative, and the shelter set up for those with none.

The recording that plays every few minutes on all the stations state that there is danger of a possible gas leak, and the evacuation is precautionary.

However, resident report seeing teams going into the tunnels and not seeing them come out.

Some report screams.

Luckily for the Capitol, most of the teams were made of avoxes, so that rumor is easy to silence.

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OTA

[formersurgeon]

The instant Joan saw the recording on the screens in the District 11 suite, she grabbed her coat (she had insisted on grey. The stylist had insisted on the sateen. It was a fair compromise) and rushed out. Once she's outdoors, she moves against the wave of citizens washing down the street, working her way toward the tunnel.

The recording said it was a possible gas leak. If Joan has learned anything in her brief time here, it's that the screens lie. She won't go past the barriers, not yet. But she does want to see what the response is, what sort of vehicles, equipment and manpower they're using for this "possible gas leak."

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[big_badass_hero]

Joan wasn't the only one who had headed towards danger. Blame it on his training as STARS. He stayed on the right side of the barrier, though it was clear he wanted to slip inside. His hand twitched too, he really missed his Samurai edge.

"You see anything yet?" Because the equipment the peacekeepers were using, didn't look like anything he knew for gas leaks.

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[formersurgeon]

"Nothing."

It was the lack of activity that most bothered her. If this was really something so simple as a gas leak, she would think there would be a flurry of activity to get it dealt with as soon as possible.

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[big_badass_hero]

"Gee lying politicians. Now that doesn't shock me. It was a cannibalistic Cult back home; you'd think they'd be creative here." He did glance at her though. "You don't have the look of law enforcement, must be EMT?" He shook his head, that wasn't right. "Naw, you have the look of some authority, so I'm gonna guess a doctor?"

[formersurgeon]

She leans to crane her neck, trying to see around a Peacekeeper. "Used to be. I doubt they care about licenses, though."

She sighs, and turns to the man. "Cannibalistic cult? Really?"

[big_badass_hero]

"This makes two that I've met then." He flashes a small grin at her. "I'm Chris and yeah they don't seem to care if you're law enforcement here either." He couldn't see anything past the Peacekeepers even with his taller frame.

"Well they had to explain why the bodies were showing up with bites out of them. Human and animal. Trust me that was better than saying the Z word."

[formersurgeon]

"The Z word."

Humans and animals with bites taken out of them. Oh.

"They would rather be a cannibalistic cult than admit to the existence of zombies?"

[big_badass_hero]

"Chief Irons thought it wouldn't be as much of a panic." He sighed. "We're not going to get anywhere with this crowd." He was scouting for an opening, after all was time to see how much they really cared about the tributes right?

"Though maybe you shouldn't follow, they already have their eyes on me. Wouldn't want to get you into trouble Doc." He thought about Holiday, and Calico, they'd probably both be pissed for what he was half assed planning. "Besides I can't stand around if there are people hurt, not my style." He wasn't sure if he'd find an opening, but hey he'd try.

[formersurgeon]

"I'm not sure we're going to get very far," she says, eyes narrowed. There are Peacekeepers everywhere. "It might be easier if we come back at night."

She looks back at him. "I'm Joan, by the way."

[big_badass_hero]

He held his hand out for her. "Pleased to meet you Dr. Joan. Though wish it was better terms." He nodded to the thugs of a police force the Capitol hired.

She was right though, they'd probably have better luck after the sun went down. "Yeah, you're right. Just, guess I'm thinking body count if it is a leak, these guys will send Avoxes, and really they're still people." Yes he hated how they were treated and tried to at least thank them if they helped him with anything. Even if it wasn't 'protocol'.

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[brother2dragons]

Daniel saw her. He had his helmet drawn down to maintain the solidified vision of the Peacekeepers. He went over to where she was. It was easier for him to move through a crowd, as people parted at the first sight of his white uniform.

"What are you doing?" he asked when he got to her. "It's not safe here."

[formersurgeon]

"So I've heard."

On one hand, she's glad it's Dan. He's less likely to cause her trouble, more likely to answer her questions, give information other Peacekeepers wouldn't.

On the other hand, it's unfortunate this is where they meet again.

She meets his eyes. "What's going on?"

[brother2dragons]

"There's been a gas leak," Dan answers officially. "It might explode."

Then, after a moment, he speaks with real concern for her. "You can't come back if you die out here."

[formersurgeon]

"Good thing I have no intention of dying."

She glances, side to side, and steps closer.

"I think we both know the whole gas leak thing is a cover story. Is that all they've told you?"

[brother2dragons]

"All I can tell you is that it's a gas leak," Dan responded. "They're investigating now."

Of course, just because it was all that he could tell her didn't mean it was all that he knew.

[formersurgeon]

"All you can tell me."

She gets the distinction, and she sighs, glancing around again.

"Are you going to be okay? Are you in danger?"

[brother2dragons]

"It's my duty to be here," Daniel explains. She can't see his eyes while his helmet was lowered, and he can't help but feel a little relieved by that. He isn't sure what she would see in them. "The area has been properly contained, but that doesn't mean you should be here."

[formersurgeon]

That's not an answer, a fact that in and of itself is very telling.

"I'm good. I'm on the right side of the barriers and everything." She has no intention of crossing the barriers unnecessarily, and nothing she's seen yet has given her that impetus. She doesn't believe the official story, but she's not about to find out she was wrong via giant fireball.

"Are you here indefinitely? Or do you take shifts?"

[disciplewhomsignlessloves]

She'd tried to cover as much of her grey skin as possible, with gloves and a hood, but the two pointed peaks to her black velvet hood probably made the disguise laughable at best. Still, head down, she made a passable eccentric Capitol citizen until she was close enough to see the crowds thin and those white uniforms.

"There's nothing there..." She goes on tiptoe to see over the white helmets to little effect. She's too short to see if there's something in particular going on. She'd never heard of a gas leak precisely but evacuation never boded well.

[formersurgeon]

"No," Joan remarks, also leaning to the side to look past the guards. She turns back to the woman who spoke. "I would think that..."

Her voice dies when she gets a good look at her. She raises her eyebrows, blinks, then glance away. "Um. Sorry. I didn't mean to stare."

[disciplewhomsignlessloves]

"It's normal." She waves it off with a gloved hand, "I stared at humans as well."

She placed a finger to her lips and waved it at the space beyond the guards, "What is a gas leak? Is it truly this dangerous?"

[formersurgeon]

She doesn't know what a gas leak is. That's...weird. They must not do things that way on her planet.

"Usually they're talking about natural gas. It's poisonous and flammable. They'd evacuate this much if they thought there might be an explosion. I don't believe it, though. A gas leak is pretty easily fixed. And the Peacekeeper presence is excessive.

[disciplewhomsignlessloves]

"It does seem excessive to bother with this much security. If it were an explosion, people would naturally want to leave. Why would you need to keep them out so aggressively."

She frowns and shakes her head, "So do you know what it is?"

[formersurgeon]

"Something bad enough to have the people in charge scared. The way that they're keeping people out is too aggressive to just be for the sake of protecting them."

[disciplewhomsignlessloves]

Her lips curled into a wicked smile. Scared, these humans with all their power, scared. It was a pleasing turn of events on the face of it but her expression flattened into neutral after some thought. Scared could be good, they deserved it, but it could be bad for tributes. She thought of that cuff on a certain wrist and shook her head.

"Subtley is never their strong suit is it. They attract more attention this way."