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Panem Events ([personal profile] etcircenses) wrote in [community profile] thecircus2015-02-28 06:38 pm
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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, unbeknownst 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 gory detail between oohing and ahhing over the dinner. Tributes die; Citizens feast.

Everyone who's anyone is invited.
swashbuckles: (Default)

fandral the dashing | marvel cinematic

[personal profile] swashbuckles 2015-03-30 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
Fandral is not down with being kidnapped from his duties. He's especially not down with being kidnapped to provide entertainment in some gladiator match that even Loki would balk at thinking up. Maybe. He hopes.

He doesn't sprint for the Cornucopia with the others, but he does steal a large knife from a subsequently downed Tribute who got a little too close to the alligator pit. Any direction looks bad, frankly, but the tall Asgardian warrior picks one at random. East it is, toward the cages and their former occupants, no doubt.

There will be an eye kept out, of course, for those who look like they need a little assistance. Gladatorial death games are no excuse for poor manners.
Edited 2015-03-30 02:25 (UTC)
tookthewheel: (Creep)

these two don't know each other but how could I resist, hello!

[personal profile] tookthewheel 2015-03-31 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Bucky left the Cornucopia behind with one bag of supplies slung across his shoulder and a coil of wire in the pocket of his ridiculous costume. It's not much but it'll do for a garotte when the time is right. He'd hoped for a knife or similar but he'd learned by now to take what he could get in this situation, with the need to survive taking paramount importance.

Now that's done it's time to regroup with his allies. Tony's win leaves one less head to worry about, so he's off searching for Sam, Bruce and the others before doing anything else. The search will give him chance to scout the arena at the same time.

The tall cages look to be easily climbed and he heads towards them, intending to get a high vantage point to look at the arena when he rounds a corner and runs into an unfamiliar blonde man. At once Bucky drops down into battle-ready stance, eyes narrowed at the knife the other man holds.

He's not looking for a fight at this point but that doesn't mean he's not ready to get into one.
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wow sorry i'm late on this

[personal profile] worldsaway 2015-04-08 01:47 pm (UTC)(link)
This is nothing new to Thor by now, it's simply another style of battle that he's learning to face. His objective isn't to kill, as much as the Game Makers would like that, his objective is to assist his allies and defend the weak.

He's made a habit of befriending most anyone with the intent of finding more allies, so far he's not met many so foolish as to challenge him rather than accept his friendship. He approaches the tall figure with caution, but familiarity dawns on him quickly as he inelegantly tromps through the surrounding bushes.

"Fandral?" The question escapes before he can stop himself, voice gaining confidence as he gets a better look at the man before him. "Fandral! My friend!" He calls out, taking long strides to approach the man with open arms.