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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.
revvinguptheharley: (Harleen: Gasp!)

Re: Dr. Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow | Batman (New 52) | Capitol AU | Party

[personal profile] revvinguptheharley 2014-06-14 02:27 pm (UTC)(link)
A high pitched piercing squeal split through the ambiance.

"DOCTOR CRANE!!!"

The Mentor known as Harley Quinn came rocketing out of the crowd in a silver and spotty dress with black boots and gloves. Her blond hair was a spiky sort of mullet as she dashed towards him delightedly mistaking him for someone else.
hllwman: (Unmasked - =|)

Re: Dr. Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow | Batman (New 52) | Capitol AU | Party

[personal profile] hllwman 2014-06-14 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
That was not...precisely what he was expecting. He certainly enjoyed it when Tributes and Mentors chose to speak with him, but...this? This was not a reaction he had ever gotten before. Attempting to put on a smile - and more or less failing at it - he addressed the girl, eyebrow raised. "...Miss Quinzell," he began, tone careful, "To what do I owe the pleasure of that warm greeting? I don't recall ever having a conversation with you at any of these...gatherings."
Edited 2014-06-14 18:17 (UTC)
revvinguptheharley: (Harleen: pout)

Re: Dr. Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow | Batman (New 52) | Capitol AU | Party

[personal profile] revvinguptheharley 2014-06-14 08:56 pm (UTC)(link)
She skid to a stop and looked surprised, her eyes scanning him up and down slowly.

"Wait so you've been to these shindigs before? As in...you're a local?" Her face fell like she'd just been told they were out of her favorite soda...which probably would be all soda.

hllwman: (Unmasked - Troubled.)

Re: Dr. Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow | Batman (New 52) | Capitol AU | Party

[personal profile] hllwman 2014-06-15 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
Ah. He could guess what was going on, here. There must be a version of him back where she had come from...and they must have been on at least decent terms. A look of sympathy passed over his gaunt face as he nodded in the affirmative.

"I am, child, and I am s-s-sorry to disappoint you."

Damn his stutter. He winced a little, but...well, damage was done. Besides, he was curious. "Am I correct in thinking we are friends in another world?"
Edited 2014-06-15 00:32 (UTC)
revvinguptheharley: (Harleen: Pondering)

[personal profile] revvinguptheharley 2014-06-15 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh absolutely. Colleagues even!" She declared with a big grin.

"See we were both psychiatrists at Arkham Asylum, not at the same time. But we both became residents after long. You know like, rubber room residents. But we had fun together sometimes. We'd play guessing games about what guard was afraid of what. Who had what emotional triggers." She sighed happily.

"Good times."
hllwman: (Unmasked - Let's talk.)

[personal profile] hllwman 2014-06-15 07:42 am (UTC)(link)
"...I see."

The thought of this other world version of himself going mad made him more than a little uncomfortable - but the idea of having a proper friend was...nicer than he would probably admit, even to himself.

"Well, I apologize that I am not your Jonathan Crane...but perhaps this is a good opportunity for us to become acquainted here, hm?"
revvinguptheharley: (Default)

[personal profile] revvinguptheharley 2014-06-15 02:24 pm (UTC)(link)
That perked her up quick enough and she smiled that dazzling smile that everyone had seen on TV.

"Sounds fair to me! Should I stick with Dr. Crane? Or are you more casual here? Mr. Crane? Johnathan? Johnny? John? J-dog? How do you feel about Scarecrow?" She rattled off a list of options.