Test Drive Meme

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Welcome new Tributes!

The Capitol has gathered a good crop of you at once, and to help morale, and to ease you into Capitol society they are throwing a banquet, just for those who work with the Games. Stylists, Escorts, mentors, a few of the Capitol elite, and of course, you all, the Tributes.

Instead of waking up in the normal way, new Tributes awake in lush beds, in a very posh ski lodge. Elegant but simple clothes are laid out for them, in a warm grey, and a note to come down as soon as they are ready. And if they linger too long, a peacekeeper appears to escort them down.

Those from the Capitol, are brought in on chartered party buses, one for each District, which are about as posh as a bus can get. It's a roughly 45 minute drive, well out of the Capitol's city limits.

Although the party is "mellow" by Capitol standards, it is still pretty damn extravagant. Alcohol flows freely, and banquet tables are kept fully stocked by silent avoxes. The whole ski lodge has been cleared out, and guest can hit up an ice skating rink, or pick out a swim suit and jumped into the huge, natural hot springs tubs.

As the night drags on, however, all does not go as planned. Half way through the night, there is a tremendous roar, and the hotel is plunged into pitch blackness. There is chaos for roughly 10 minutes, till low power emergency lights flicker on. However the generators don't have the power to keep the heater going.

A first aid station is set up, and the avoxes start pulling in blankets to the main lobby, lighting a fire in the fireplace and doing what they can to keep everyone warm. It is quickly communicated that there was an avalanche, and although the hotel remains in good shape, the power and the road to the Capitol has been cut out.

It's going to be a long night.


OOC INFORMATION

Welcome to the test drive meme for thegames!

We are both a jamjar and a Hunger Games AU character game. You can choose to either have your character ported in from their world or AU them into Panem. Detailed knowledge of the Hunger Games is not required. We accept just about any character and character type that we can work into the world, including AUs, OCs, and up to 3 multiples (however, each versions of a character must be significantly different from the others.)

All the information you need can be found in this post, which can always be found at the top of the mod account. And if you don't find something you need, the FAQ is here, so drop us a line!

Welcome, and may the odds be ever in your favor!

Comments

[googledox]

"Unless you've turned batting your eyelashes into a superpower since the time I last saw you, and it's one they forgot to dampen, highly unlikely."

They were going to have to be discreet and it was going to be difficult obtaining the materials they needed.

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"You never know," Lyle drawled with a shrug of his shoulders. "People who aren't you often think I'm awfully charming."

Under the blanket, he ran a hand across Brainy's back to give him a shoulder squeeze. Brainy wasn't really one for physical contact in general, but it made Lyle feel better to do it. "So, anything else of note? Any time travelers that you've noticed? Hero types?"

Lyle had stayed in the 30th century when about half the Legion -- including Brainy -- spent some time in the 20th. Brainy was pretty recognizable in general. If someone might recognize him, the pair of them needed to find out quickly so they could keep that person in the loop re: their pretend villainy.

As for time travelers, well, they'd made more than one trip themselves. One never knew who they might have run into.

[googledox]

To his credit, while Brainy didn't hug Lyle back in any fashion, for once he also didn't squirm away, vaguely recognizing that his friend might need the physical contact for comfort himself. For all they were used to it, finding themselves in situations like this was still daunting, especially since, for once, they were going it alone.

"Yes, and I often wonder what illicit substances they're all somehow simultaneously on, since they're obviously all living in some kind of shared delusion," said Brainy back, his voice flat, but with an expression on his face that was more cheeky than genuinely hostile.

"As for our present company, there's only one person here that I've met so far that was familiar with the name Brainiac - and recognition of the name is a quick identifier. She doesn't seem to be a hero, though, yet made mention of the Batman. My best hypothesis would be that she's some kind of minor villain."

There was more, though. This part was the part where they would have to tread lightly.

"I have been -" His voice was hesitant. "I have been looking through past archives on the communicators to see who's been here. There were heroes we were familiar with that were here in the past and we're quite fortunate that they're gone now."

This was going to be difficult, saying the next words, and trying to sound as if he didn't care. "Chief among them were The Batman and a young man that may have been Robin." He drew in a deep breath. "And Superboy. I believe they all died in the arena and were either kept in captivity rather than being released after their revival or perhaps weren't revived at all."

Even if they weren't horrible across the board, for that alone, they had to do all in their power to try to bring the ruling regime to face justice.

Superboy had been Legion. They had counted him as a member of the team and, more importantly, as a friend.

"So it seems that they'll no longer be a threat and that for the most part superheroes don't last long here. Good fortune for us."

And all the more reason they had to hide what they were.