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thearena2014-09-02 12:13 pm
smarterthanthem) wrote in thearena2014-09-02 12:13 pm
Jingle bells, Walkers smell [open]
Who| Clementine and OTA
What| Out and about through the mall
Where| Various locations, the Walking Dead store, the escalators etc.
When| Start of week 2
Warnings/Notes| only that which you bring with you
Prompt A: Anywhere, reacting to Christmaaaas
When Clementine had briefly talked about Christmas with Dave at the Cornucopia she hadn't actually expected it to happen. At first she'd been childishly delighted by the fake snow, trees, snowmen and giant inflatable candy canes; then suspicious.
The suspicion turns out to be fruitful as that same stupid song plays over and over again, as if the Capitol had forgotten any other Christmas music existed -- except of course it's all obviously purposeful. "So this is how they drive us all crazy." Clem grumbles, kicking at a pile of fake presents.
Prompt B: The Walking Dead store
The Capitol has been surprisingly creative here. In addition to the expected Walker masks and t-shirts, there are hoodies, posters, dolls, slippers and even mock up survival kits (though all the weapons included in these are made of foam) amongst other things. There's a rather disturbing noisemaker that when tilted produces a realistic Walker groan.
Clementine puts that one down quickly.
She pauses at a table of action figures, full of people she'd known since the outbreak started (and herself, weird) as well as generic survivors and Walkers. Her fingers find one of Lee soon enough, staring at the well-done detail on his face and feels just as disconcerted as she did by the biography in the bookshop.
Prompt C: Bottom of the escalators, going to the food court?
Going down is so much more fun than going up in this place, at least for Clementine.
After squinting downwards for any potential hostile tributes she clambers up onto the bannister of the escalator, and gets a good grip on it as she edges backwards right up until the point gravity starts to take hold. It'd suck to lose her balance and fall into the crushing gears hidden under the innocent looking steps.
With a final inch backwards she starts to slide, grinning as she does and resisting the urge to let out a whoop of enjoyment. It only takes five seconds to get down to the ground floor like this, she almost wishes it was longer (and didn't have to think about the climb back up later).
What| Out and about through the mall
Where| Various locations, the Walking Dead store, the escalators etc.
When| Start of week 2
Warnings/Notes| only that which you bring with you
Prompt A: Anywhere, reacting to Christmaaaas
When Clementine had briefly talked about Christmas with Dave at the Cornucopia she hadn't actually expected it to happen. At first she'd been childishly delighted by the fake snow, trees, snowmen and giant inflatable candy canes; then suspicious.
The suspicion turns out to be fruitful as that same stupid song plays over and over again, as if the Capitol had forgotten any other Christmas music existed -- except of course it's all obviously purposeful. "So this is how they drive us all crazy." Clem grumbles, kicking at a pile of fake presents.
Prompt B: The Walking Dead store
The Capitol has been surprisingly creative here. In addition to the expected Walker masks and t-shirts, there are hoodies, posters, dolls, slippers and even mock up survival kits (though all the weapons included in these are made of foam) amongst other things. There's a rather disturbing noisemaker that when tilted produces a realistic Walker groan.
Clementine puts that one down quickly.
She pauses at a table of action figures, full of people she'd known since the outbreak started (and herself, weird) as well as generic survivors and Walkers. Her fingers find one of Lee soon enough, staring at the well-done detail on his face and feels just as disconcerted as she did by the biography in the bookshop.
Prompt C: Bottom of the escalators, going to the food court?
Going down is so much more fun than going up in this place, at least for Clementine.
After squinting downwards for any potential hostile tributes she clambers up onto the bannister of the escalator, and gets a good grip on it as she edges backwards right up until the point gravity starts to take hold. It'd suck to lose her balance and fall into the crushing gears hidden under the innocent looking steps.
With a final inch backwards she starts to slide, grinning as she does and resisting the urge to let out a whoop of enjoyment. It only takes five seconds to get down to the ground floor like this, she almost wishes it was longer (and didn't have to think about the climb back up later).
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"If the citizens knew everything we were saying, everything that the Capitol did to us...do you think they'd care?"
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"Probably not, why would they be caring? It did no be happening to them."
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Right now she'd bet the feed of their conversation has just been cut off from television because of Sandy's words. Anything they didn't want the citizens to see they removed. "I'm not sure... I don't think people really like to see others get hurt, not in real life. But because it's a tv show it's like... it's not real? You know how you watch a movie and there's action and you think it's really cool but if you saw it in real life you'd be scared or angry."
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"I wanted to believe the best in them. But every time I let my guard down for them I get hurt. The good ones all get taken away like Effie."
It still hurt in her chest every time she mentioned the missing coordinator.
"Maybe things are changing. It feels like everything has been building up since I got here and the rebels blew up the roof of the Tribute tower."
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