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Panem Events ([personal profile] etcircenses) wrote in [community profile] thearena2014-01-18 02:35 pm

ARENA 09 - THE MUSEUM

The Tributes are woken up early for this Arena, and switched from whatever sleeping attire they're currently in to a set of pajamas, each designed for the individual in questions. Women wear onesies, and most of the men wear two-pieces, but other than that any similarities are at random - the outfits are in all sorts of colors and patterns.

The floor of the helicopter taking them to their Arena location, and of the underground entrance to the tubes that hoist them to the surface, will feel cold under their bare feet.

Rather than bringing them to sunlight, like the tubes have in the past, instead the Tributes are presented to a dark concrete ceiling in a badly-lit parking lot. Fluorescent lights do little to illuminate the cavernous space.

The countdown begins, announced as if from far away.

20

19

18…


The Cornucopia, a ghastly thing carved from stone and concrete, sits at the center of a pattern of white and yellow lines reminiscent of spots for parked cars. The painted lines create a sort of spoked wheel, providing lanes for the Tributes leading to the prizes at the center. Some of the more unfortunate Tributes will find the concrete architecture has placed pillars in their lanes.

8

7

6…


Six parked cars lie around the outskirts of the huge lot, barely visible in the dim lighting. Glowing exit signs on two opposite sides of the chamber announce where Tributes should go to escape the bloodbath. Elevator doors are perched beneath them.

3

2

1


The gong rings out, and the countdown's voice announces "the Arena is now open". The Games have begun.
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[personal profile] titansnack 2014-01-19 06:25 am (UTC)(link)
He's been on edge ever since the small grey kid. There's a part of him that feels guilty - after all the kid, as weird and alien as he was, looked young. Younger than Eren himself, and he probably just ruined his chances for survival. He feels just a little bit like a monster, and he's not sure if everything he managed to grab was worth that. He has bandages, at least, and there's a handful of other things in the small kit. Those would probably be handy later.

Or now.

He goes still when he sees Jean, and the blood and it doesn't take someone smarter than he is to know that Jean's hurt. He can't even laugh at the ridiculous pants he's wearing, because of course Jean would go ahead and get hurt. Of course he would fuck up. Eren sighs, approaching slowly, with his hands raised. "Jean. Don't freak out. Please."
relatability: ((we all have) wariness.)

[personal profile] relatability 2014-01-19 08:16 am (UTC)(link)
He takes a deep breath and looks up, letting the breath out slowly as he turns to Eren. Eren. He hasn't seen him in person since coming here, as he? What does he mean, freak out?

"I'm fine, blockhead. I'm not gonna freak out... you got in safe?"
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[personal profile] titansnack 2014-01-21 10:46 am (UTC)(link)
"I just wanted to make sure you weren't going to kill me," he mutters with a shrug. After everything that's happened he should trust Jean, but that doesn't change the fact that at least one of them is going to die for sure.

He shuffles closer, dropping his spoils from the Cornucopia next to Jean. "I'm fine." Just a little run in with an alien, but he didn't bite that hard. "How bad are you?"
relatability: ((we all have) wariness.)

[personal profile] relatability 2014-01-25 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
What the fuck is an alien. Bite? He rolls his eyes as he looks down at his shirt, pulling it up to show a not life-threatening but definitely nasty cut on his side.

"Just got into a scuffle. You got anything you can stop the bleeding with?"
Edited 2014-01-25 02:01 (UTC)
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gomen for late tags

[personal profile] titansnack 2014-02-04 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
If Jean looks he can probably see the tears at the shoulders of Eren's pajamas, but he's not going to explain about it unless Jean asks.

"Yeah, yeah, I got some kit with bandages." He drops the bag on the floor gracelessly, kneeling and rummaging for the bandages he's already picked through. "So, what happened to the guy you got into this...scuffle with?"

Making small talk while you're with your patient is what you're supposed to do, right?
relatability: ((we all feel) resignation.)

[personal profile] relatability 2014-02-07 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"Dunno. Lost him, then I got lost trying to get through the building itself. What happened with you and the... alien?"