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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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Re: Diana // OTA

[personal profile] keep_surviving 2014-01-26 10:51 am (UTC)(link)
Diana's guarded look only lasted a brief moment before Venus' words allowed her to settle into her naturally confident self.

"Well, I can't say I'm not impressed if they've managed to distil bitchiness into a liquid."

She smirked and looked the woman over.

"But don't you look adorable, like you've just mauled something. Have you got a tail on that thing too?"
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Re: Diana // OTA

[personal profile] celebrityskinned 2014-01-26 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)
"Thank God I don't. If I did I'd have to tear it off, and then I'd probably have a hole in the butt of my clothes." Venus browses through some of the clothing. There's a t-shirt with her on it in a distressed, vintage-style print. The egomaniac in her is tempted to take it.

She takes the perfume and sniffs it. "They didn't really do you justice. Smells rank."
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Re: Diana // OTA

[personal profile] keep_surviving 2014-01-26 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
A shrug. "Well, I can't say most of the celebrity perfumes back home smelt that great either."

"Maybe it's based off us when we're in the arena and we haven't bathed in days. That might be what people in the Capitol like to smell. They enjoy watching it enough." Diana decides to start grabbing a handful of pins. Maybe she could use the sharp points in a trap, since they'd be useless as a weapon. "Aw, look, they've got our faces on it."
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Re: Diana // OTA

[personal profile] celebrityskinned 2014-01-26 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)
"They better watch out when they finally invent Smell-O-Vision. They're going to regret not sending us soap." Venus grins (there's a little blood in between some of her teeth).

"Find anything useful in here?"
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Re: Diana // OTA

[personal profile] keep_surviving 2014-01-26 09:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Diana tries not to let her gaze linger on the blood or think about it so she smiles back then returns to rooting around. "Nothing overly useful. But even junk makes a good weapon if you lob it hard enough."
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Re: Diana // OTA

[personal profile] celebrityskinned 2014-01-27 08:43 am (UTC)(link)
"That hella inefficient, though." Venus wipes at her teeth with the back of her hand. "You got a game plan yet, Refrigerator Thief?"
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Re: Diana // OTA

[personal profile] keep_surviving 2014-01-27 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
She shakes her head and gives Venus a wry half smirk, her shoulders raising up then down. "Not really."
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Re: Diana // OTA

[personal profile] celebrityskinned 2014-01-28 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
Venus twists her mouth to the side a bit, thinking. "Well, no offense, but you're not one of mine. District Five solidarity doesn't mean freebies."
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Re: Diana // OTA

[personal profile] keep_surviving 2014-01-28 04:06 pm (UTC)(link)
She copies Venus with a tilt of her own head. "Hey, so long as you don't try to stab me on sight, I'll take that as a freebie, alright?"
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Re: Diana // OTA

[personal profile] celebrityskinned 2014-01-28 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"You saved my life from those dinosaurs last time." Venus taps her nose. "You can call in the favor later. As a favor."
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Re: Diana // OTA

[personal profile] keep_surviving 2014-01-28 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Diana flashes Venus a pretty smile. "Sounds perfect."