Test Drive Meme

[etcircenses]

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

[aintyourdad]

[Ah, the glowy things. Well, that's one way to keep track of her. Even though he disapproves strongly of the dress itself. These Capitol assholes are so impractical.]

Oh, good. Just - just stay close to me. We should find some blankets - it's gonna get cold. [Especially her - how can so much fabric cover so little skin??? Jesus. At least Joel knows what he's about - find some blankets, find somewhere away from the rest, somewhere safe, and huddle up until they can get out of here.]

[onlyimmune]

Yeah, no shit. There's probably more blankets upstairs...

[She glances around, and while she can hear the avoxes shuffling in the dark, she can't really make them out yet. Beyond the hem of her dress, she doesn't have any sort of flashlight - she doesn't even have the battery-bullet necklace that Howard got her for Christmas. (It was back in her suite in the Capitol.)

She waves a hand vaguely.]

The stairs are over there, somewhere. Probably easier to see near the windows, too. Anyone hurt? I heard some yelling earlier --

[aintyourdad]

[She would ask if anyone's hurt. Frankly, Joel only cares about the two of them - the rest of these people can all go to hell as far as he's concerned.

He moves carefully, keeping his ears attuned to the sounds around them since it's too dark to see much by eyesight. There is a bit of moonlight coming in through some of the windows, so he makes a beeline for there, making sure that Ellie sticks close to him the whole time.]

I'm sure they're fine, these Capitol types are just probably scared the canapes are gonna go bad.

[onlyimmune]

[She snorts, following as close as she can without tripping over her dress before she remembers to just hike it up as she follows him. She doesn't really seem too concerned about what's going on, beyond keeping an eye out for anyone that is injured. Not exactly an apocalypse, if you know what I mean.]

Dude, they'll just scarf it all down, barf it up, and then eat more. These guys aren't afraid of waste. Trust me. It's fucking ridiculous.

[Despite hiking the dress up, she manages to tip over it anyway.]

Fucking--! I need some fucking scissors.

[aintyourdad]

[Joel gives a disgusted sort of snort at the mental image. God, what the hell kind of world had they been dropped into? Sick fucks.]

What the -

[Oh, that dress. He wishes he had a shiv or three on him right now, that's for damn sure.]

Here, hold one end, and I'll give it a yank. [He's strong enough, he should be able to rip the fabric if they get it on a seam, right? And save the little glowy things to help light their way...]

[onlyimmune]

Right.

[She doesn't even question it, giving him and end of her skirts and holding the other tightly.

Let's be honest, even if this went horribly wrong, it would still be better than the skirt.]

Ready, Set--

[aintyourdad]

- Go. [He says it, and yanks, hard, on the fabric, and it makes a rather enormous ripping sound as it tears. Hopefully it won't draw the ire of a peacekeeper or anything like that, woops.

And it won't be pretty, but another yank, and Joel's got a pretty big chunk of fabric in his hands.]

Think that'll work better?