etcircenses: (War)
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] carnagecarnival 2016-03-10 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
The bite administered sings with pain all along his neck and shoulders, make a ringing screech at the back of his skull, and he thinks how Derek would be feeling none too different. His title, fraysong, proves ever true again in new and interesting ways.

This is the oldest dance of all time. This is the Messiahs at motherfucking work, though there's no angel of mercy here. There is no demon of good, only demons. He thirsts terribly to shred this fucker apart and the idea of being ripped to bits along with him ain't so bad a reverie.

Even when the knife is shoved in and shoved deeper and for a moment he wonders if it might rip open his breathing bits, bleed them, drown him slow, oh so slow, wouldn't that be poetic, wouldn't it be motherfucking just, the terror of no air to grasp as the drowning is ever internal. Or perhaps a tear through his guts, a carving out of his heart, it's all so fascinating, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts and the blood just spills on down like a river. Royal midnight. Is he dead yet? Has he died? Why can't he just motherfucking die?

Derek is the answer, Derek is his tie. He needs to crush Derek's bones one by one. Already one arm down. One, two, three, four, finish. Make him pay.

He curls his hand around the knife as best he can, dislodging is slow and sloppy with a muted groan, going into a snarl as he tears it fast and tries to throw it, make one last hit though he sways.