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The Gamemakers ([personal profile] gamemakers) wrote in [community profile] thearena2013-03-16 04:55 pm

Arena 06 - Happy

The last few hours before the Arena have a strangely stifled quality, as if half the people they interact with are trying very hard not to laugh. Maybe it's the costumes, the fancy gowns and velvet tunics, the short capes. Or maybe it's their destination.

The round courtyard to which the tubes bring them could not be more different from the last arena. Though outside the circle of pedestals, disrepair and neglect has taken over the roads and buildings, the garden inside the circle could not be more perfectly sculpted. Every hedge is a smooth, rounded shape. Flowers bloom brightly in concentric circles of insane color. The Cornucopia sits gleaming and golden, and just in front of its mouth, a bronze statue of a man and a mouse stands amid the heap of supplies.

20, shouts the voice from the sky.

Aside from it, there is a hush. No flies in the flowers, no wind in the trees. It is a cool day, with the comfortable chill of early spring and noon's short shadows.

19 - 18 - 17


Outside the circle, behind the tributes on the northern side, a castle looms. Through its wide gate, devastation everywhere, but it, itself, is shining clean, glowing pink and blue. Opaque windows look down from the heights of it, as uncaring as every hidden camera the veterans know is there.

12 - 11


Music starts as the countdown nears the bottom, a whimsical, dramatic tune.


3

2

1


And with the final note, the gong rang out, and a firework shot into the sky from the castle's peak, bright enough to burst redly across the sky above them all. Let the Games begin.



((OOC NOTES: IF YOUR CHARACTER HAS POWERS THE CAPITOL HAS NERFED, make sure you are on this list.

And everyone really should review the arena post. Because there's a little more to play with than you might think.

And please remember to add your character's tag to each post they're in.))
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[open] Going for Cinderella's Castle

[personal profile] kind_of_a_nerd 2013-03-18 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
Atticus wasn't ready for this. He most definitely was not at all even a little bit ready to be thrown back into an arena. He thought about that all the way up his little tube. He was still thinking it as he emerged into the sunshine.

He stopped thinking it when he saw Walt Disney.

This was...

He was even less ready for this.

During the countdown, though, he managed to pull himself together enough to realize that he might have a little bit of an advantage here. He knew Disneyland. He could find his way around, at least.

When the gong sounded, rather than jumping into the fray at the Cornucopia, he took off running toward the castle, hoping he could find a good hiding place in one of the rides in Fantasyland.
needsaprince: (PLEASE OH GAWD D:)

[personal profile] needsaprince 2013-03-23 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
Lottie was shocked at the big, beautiful castle.

But she needed to find Riddick. And Don. And not go for that beauty.

Except as soon as the gong sounded, she knew she wouldn't be finding them. She hadn't even picked them out yet, and trying to hesitate now...it would end her.

And then she saw Blaine! And the brief joy lasted long enough for her to run straight at him, before her brain kicked in that no, that was not actually Blaine at all.

((If it is too date to backlog, feel free to ignore!))
kind_of_a_nerd: (crazy hair)

[personal profile] kind_of_a_nerd 2013-03-23 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
And what Atticus saw was someone who looked just a little too much like an Disney princes for him to ignore. So while his last attempt to actually team up with someone had ended with a zombie trying to eat him, he was pretty sure he needed to stop and help this girl, so he slowed down enough for her to catch up.

"Hey, you okay?"


[ooc: I never knew I needed this until now. :)]
needsaprince: (Oh well you KNOW....)

[personal profile] needsaprince 2013-03-27 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
Well, he wasn't her friend.

But he seemed...hopefully, just as friendly. She slowed, however, still a little hand shy after Alpha.

"As ok as I'm gonna be in here. You?"

[:D]
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[personal profile] kind_of_a_nerd 2013-03-27 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, same." He smiled sincerely, trying to downplay it a little. "Do you know where you're headed?"
needsaprince: (Uhhh...opps)

[personal profile] needsaprince 2013-03-27 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
"Not yet."

She wanted, desperately, to go to the castle.

Which probably meant it was a terrible, terrible idea to go to the castle.

"Do you?"
kind_of_a_nerd: (coat thoughtful)

[personal profile] kind_of_a_nerd 2013-03-27 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
"I was gonna hit up Fantasyland," he said, nodding toward the castle, realizing she may not be as familiar with the place as he was. "There's some good places to hide in there."
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[personal profile] needsaprince 2013-03-27 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
Well, if he was going there.

"Well, let's get moving sweet heart."

She hiked up her skirts. The costume...well, it was certainly beautiful. But also not the easiest to move in.
kind_of_a_nerd: (O RLY?)

[personal profile] kind_of_a_nerd 2013-03-27 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
He had to laugh at that as he followed.

"You gonna be okay moving in that?" he asked, jogging toward the castle.
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[personal profile] needsaprince 2013-03-29 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, darlin' I can run a mile in this sorta get up." She swished the skirts with a grin. Truthfully, she felt much more comfortable in this than most of the arena outfits.

Especially the last.
kind_of_a_nerd: (check this guy out)

[personal profile] kind_of_a_nerd 2013-03-29 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
"You're my new hero," Atticus said with another laugh. The whole setup was too ridiculous for him not to laugh at it a little.
needsaprince: (*SPARKLE*)

[personal profile] needsaprince 2013-03-29 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
She preened a little.

Apparently she was just fond of anyone with that face.

"What's you're name anyway, doll?"
kind_of_a_nerd: (oh yeah)

[personal profile] kind_of_a_nerd 2013-03-29 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
"Atticus. Atticus Bell. What about you?" he asked, guiding her carefully into Fantasyland.
needsaprince: (Happy endings always get me right here.)

[personal profile] needsaprince 2013-03-31 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
"Atticus. That's a nice name. I'm Charlotte LaBouff. But you can call me Lottie."

The crunch of the cornucopia was behind them, but she was still on edge. Still, that Castle...

"This Arena is far too charming."
kind_of_a_nerd: (coat thoughtful)

[personal profile] kind_of_a_nerd 2013-03-31 06:28 am (UTC)(link)
"Thanks. Lottie's a nice name too." He smiled at her and then frowned up at the castle.

"Well...it used to be charming."
needsaprince: (Uhhh...opps)

[personal profile] needsaprince 2013-04-02 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
"Use to be?"

She looked over at him, curious.

"You sound like you've been here before."
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[personal profile] kind_of_a_nerd 2013-04-02 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, when I was a kid? And a couple years ago, in my time. This place was awesome," Atticus said, sounding remarkably disappointed at the very idea.
needsaprince: (This isn't how this story goes.)

[personal profile] needsaprince 2013-04-06 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)
A happy childhood memory, all dirtied by these people? Lottie suddenly had the chilling though of her precious home becoming one of the arenas, and without thinking, she reached to put an arm around Atticus.

"I'm so very sorry..."
kind_of_a_nerd: (bowties are cool)

[personal profile] kind_of_a_nerd 2013-04-07 08:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Atticus was a little surprised by the gesture, and he laughed a little. "Um...thanks? I mean, it's not your fault. It just sort of...makes it seem that much creepier, I guess."
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[personal profile] needsaprince 2013-04-29 07:17 pm (UTC)(link)
(Did you wanna continue or handwave this?))
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[personal profile] kind_of_a_nerd 2013-04-30 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
[ooc: Handwaving works!]
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[personal profile] needsaprince 2013-04-30 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
((They just traveled for a bit then, and then got separated by like IDK he went to check something, and Lottie heard a noise and had to bolt?))
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[personal profile] kind_of_a_nerd 2013-05-01 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
[[Sounds good!]]