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Panem Events ([personal profile] etcircenses) wrote in [community profile] thecircus2014-06-10 12:39 am
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Test Drive Meme



Welcome to Panem. You have been selected to participate in the 75th Annual Hunger Games!

Premise: This Arena is designed to be a small mock arena not all that dissimilar to the in-game arenas we run here at The Games. The party is similar to some of the gathering logs we have inside the Capitol when an Arena begins. Our hope is to give new and prospective players a place to get their feet wet, and get a feel for the fun (and bloody) mess that goes on around here.

This meme is open to anyone and everyone who would like to play. Current cast members, veteran and new, as well as anyone just wanting top drop in and have some fun!

How To Play.

Current cast members - you may tag into this arena in any way you choose, even cast members who aren't or are no longer tributes.

***An important side note, as it is within the confines of the Area in-game, all powers are lessened/nullified to bring any character down to a vincible level. (I.E. Make more magical/super-powered characters easier to actually kill for a normal person). Rule of thumb: If it's a physical difference, the Capitol will not mutilate it out (wings, etc), but other wise it's gone.

The Arena.

Tributes are raised in a circle around the Cornucopia; they are all dressed in safari outfits, including the little hats, and slathered in bug spray and sunscreen. They look amongst each other at the start of the Cornucopia. At the center of the circle is a fountain where a dancing hippo spits water into a circular pool around it. There's an engraving in embossed letters around the one-foot rim of the pool: PANEM NATIONAL ZOO.

Floating in the water of the brass fountain are supplies that the Tributes should find useful: medical kits, sleeping bags, and most importantly, weapons. Ropes, bo staffs, nunchuks, daggers and spears are all in ready supply a mere hundred yard sprint from the Tributes.

There are four paths away from the Cornucopia - into a swampy pit to the south, which, unbeknownt to Tributes, hosts alligators and crocodiles who've missed their scheduled feeding. To the west, into a dark building where boxes cut into the walls reveal that there were once tanks for creepy crawlies, but the glass has been removed. Through a gift-shop to the north, stuffed with plush animals (many of which are filled with razor blades, or other sweet little surprises). Or down an asphalt pathway to the east, winding through tall cages that may provide shelter from the other Tributes - but not necessarily the enclosure's inhabitants.

The countdown blares out in the humid air.

3...2...1...

Let the Games begin.

-/-

The Party.

Back in the Capitol, the Cornucopia is being celebrated with a lavish party. Animal couture is all the rage, and Capitol celebrities have dressed for the occasion by having their teeth elongated and their irises surgically altered to give the appearance of slit pupils. The wine is flowing freely, and the centerpiece of this particular viewing party is what appears to be a pig the size of a hippopotamus being roasted on a spit.

Screens throughout the large ballroom in which this takes place are showing the gruesome footage of the first bloodbath of what promises to be a delightfully ugly Arena. Tongueless Avoxes carry platters with little quail eggs in cups, silently offering them to all the guests. Caesar Flickerman, trademark blue hair now replaced by what appear to be feathers growing directly from his scalp, announces every gorey detail between oohing and ahhing over the dinner. Tributes die; Citizens feast.

Everyone who's anyone is invited.
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[personal profile] yourmove 2014-06-11 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"A man and a woman near the swamp pit. They learned about the gators," Well, two of them had. Their friend hadn't been so lucky: the gators might still be fighting over the pieces. Alex's head tilted, the visor reflecting the Soldier's face back in the high-impact glass. "I'll flush them your way."

In other words, sooner or later they were going to run into the Winter Soldier. Alex assumes that with his specific skillset, the Soldier doesn't need any assistance taking on two people who, to him, pinged as typical civilians who weren't even prepared for a mugging. Alex pauses and then decides to remind him of the only term he'd had.

"Please remember Clara Murphy and Dennett Norton are off-limits." Of course he could wait to target them after Alex had offlined, but Alex figures he'll be too dead to stop him.
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[personal profile] tookthewheel 2014-06-11 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
He nods in acknowledgement, deciding the plan is a good one and standing back to wait for Alex to leave first but then he frowns.

"Why are they off-limits?" he questions.
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[personal profile] yourmove 2014-06-11 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"Because they're persons of interest," Alex answers. He seems incapable of saying "uh, she's my wife" and the "the other guy's my handler, so I kinda need him too".
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[personal profile] tookthewheel 2014-06-12 07:53 am (UTC)(link)
The Soldier frowns, mulling the options over for a moment. There's no reason to refuse to take this into account for now, there are enough other potential targets. Unless those persons choose to attack him he will leave them alone in the interest of keeping his ally.

"Steve Rogers. He's also off-limits."

The words leave his mouth and he freezes for a moment after he says them.
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[personal profile] yourmove 2014-06-13 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
Alex takes a second to absorb that. Steve Rogers. He knows that name: last Arena, he had done his civic duty and saved a police officer - or tried to save a police officer, because Alex hadn't realized he was dying anyway. Good citizen, nowhere near the top of Alex's priority list. The Soldier had surprisingly good choices in his associates, considering he seemed to be very good at precision killing.

"Understood," Alex finds that fair, turning to go. He hesitates, then shifts back, his chassis whirring. "Did you want me to pass on your location if I run into him?"
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[personal profile] tookthewheel 2014-06-13 01:42 pm (UTC)(link)
"No."

The answer comes quickly, with thinly pressed lips and an aversion his eyes for a moment. "Just don't harm him." he thinks for a moment more, "Tell me where he was if you do."