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Panem Events ([personal profile] etcircenses) wrote in [community profile] thearena2015-11-30 05:03 pm

Deep in the meadow, under the willow...

Who| All those on the liberation mission and all those being made to fight against them.
What| The liberation of District 12.
Where| District 12.
When| This week.
Warnings/Notes| War, violence, death. Please warn for more in headers.

It doesn't take long to get to District 12, the closest district to the rebel district. It's one of the smallest districts, and you only know you reach it when rolling hills grow and grow until they become large, fertile green mountains. The environment looks green and lush, beautiful, really--That is, until you reach the part of the District where people actually live. The weather is chillier than the Capitol, though the wind bares the worst of it. Anyone planning on spending any time outside should definitely get a coat.

The town is smaller than any of the others, and more worn down. Everything seems to have a thin layer of cole settled over it, no matter how much cleaning is done. The center of the town isn't too shabby, and there are a few things that stand new and shining--A metal whipping post and stocks. The latter occasionally has an unfortunate person in it, though most people have learned to buckle down and accept the new rules.

In the merchant part of town, there's some signs of wildlife, knobby trees and green enough yards. The merchants used to ply their trades here, though for now, everything's locked down. As you get farther, it gets shabbier, poorer. Into the Seam, where the poorest of the poor live. Here, the houses are barely more than shacks. Trees grow wild, and what animal life exists is quick to run from any humans, no doubt having survived at least one attempt by the people of the Seam to capture them for the supper pot.

One thing in common with all the sections of the District is a feeling of hopelessness. The mood is dour, as heavy and permanent as the cole dust that seeps into everything. The only sign of anything even resembling any rebellion is a few chalk scratchings on the sides of abandoned buildings, a few zodiac symbols--Anyone who knows the trolls can recognize the symbols of Karkat, Terezi, Psiioniic, and even the Initiate. That, and the grand pictures of Sam Wilson and Joan Watson, and the bold words stating NOT ALONE and WE ALL DESERVE BETTER.

The war continues, and in the back of everyone's mind is a familiar phrase; may the odds be ever in your favor.
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[personal profile] 69problems 2015-12-27 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
He doesn't put the knife down. Lord knows he wants to: something in his brain tells him that this is a voice he should know, a voice he should listen to, but it's overwritten by the certainty that this is just another nameless faceless Rebel Traitor Who Needs To Die. It's like he's seeing and hearing Karkat through the filter of an old fuzzy television channel: in brief moments he can catch his face, his voice, and he knows him. The rest of the time he's just a blur.

"Go!"

This is already more than he should be capable of, but he has those precious moments of clarity and he has to use them. He can't kill Karkat again. He can't.
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[personal profile] crabmunicator 2015-12-30 02:04 pm (UTC)(link)
He doesn't want to. This is his ancestor, and whatever has hold of his mind doesn't change or remove that, especially when he can see him struggling against it. And it's not fair. No one should be forced into this. He saw for himself what chaos is wrought, and he aches wondering how the Signless will take it after, when he's away from the battlefield, knowing he killed rebels.

But at that same time, he knows it would hurt that much worse if he were to die to his ancestor's hand. He can't put that on him, not when he has mind enough to prevent it.

"I'm sorry." That he can't do more, that he can't stop him, that he can't set his mind right. He repeats it, "I'm sorry," backing up by steps, before turning to run.