etcircenses: (War)
Panem Events ([personal profile] etcircenses) wrote in [community profile] thearena2015-12-14 11:58 am

Here it's safe, here it's warm

Who| All those on the liberation mission and all those being made to fight against them.
What| The liberation of District 7.
Where| District 7.
When| This week.
Warnings/Notes| War, violence, death. Please warn for more in headers.

The forest goes on for miles, a great green, snowy, and towering sea unbroken by the influence of man, at least until the city is reached, parts of the forest cut away around it. It's a city that's come to much ruin as the elements have taken over most of what once was Calgary, but some of the buildings have been converted into lumber mills, the giant saws buzzing loud. A few mills even have a man made river running by them to help run smooth and transport materials, the water's current keeping it from freezing just yet. The river runs into a massive and beautiful lake that's frozen over to the opposite side of the river's mouth, the ice thinner the further one gets from shore.

Posters of Clara and Emily have been put up around the District but some only half-way as the war broke out and parts were lost to the elements. Still more have been defaced, scratching out the lines Peace is the brightest star on the tree. The phrase We can make this our Panem can be seen around, but those too have been blotted out in other areas, sometimes with a note that the offworlders don't belong here. Tiny snowmen faintly resembling Karkat and Wyatt stand around, made by the young and hurried hands of certain residents here.

Much of the homes are log cabins, but a few have been made out of overturned train-cars and trucks. Throughout the open paths, Snow has been piled up to build icy blockades, protecting the buildings and their people, while trenches in the middle of the roads give Districters a vantage point to fight from.

But there is no better vantage point than among the trees. With the cover of the foliage, soldiers, Peacekeepers, and Districters alike able to climb the trunks can sit up high and scope out their enemies, getting the drop well before they're ever even noticed. These people have lived rough, but they are stronger for it, not weaker, and they are largely in favor of the Tributes, grateful for the children that were saved. Much of rebellion has hidden within those woods. The rebels on top of the many wildlife creatures like moose, big cats, foxes and birds of prey, make it a treacherous walk for Peacekeepers.

That in itself is another thing everyone will notice; there are a lot of Peacekeepers here. In District seven, most peacekeepers are the best of the best. Capitol-soldiers will be in no short supply of backup, even despite the District's rebelliousness. Rebels will need to step light no matter what they're doing; the Peacekeepers can be a little trigger happy.

The war continues, and in the back of everyone's mind is a familiar phrase; may the odds be ever in your favor.
the_marshal: (wyattHathide)

In the Hospital, Wyatt| OTA

[personal profile] the_marshal 2015-12-16 02:13 pm (UTC)(link)
As one of the faces of the fight in District 7, 13 seemed content to let Wyatt see and be seen for the most part this time around. And that was alright by him. The choices being made out in the forest were not ones he wanted to have to make. Not if he could help it.

The hospital - helping - felt right.

He wasn't a trained doctor, but he knew the basics, and had picked up a lot over his time in the arena. Cleaning and sewing and setting - even rebreaking, in the notable, unfortunate case of one young man and a broken nose who's surgeon hadn't quite had the strength to fix it for him.

He did what he could, trying to relief what weight he could from the proper doctors, and staying out of the way when he couldn't. Sometimes he was just an ear for someone hurting; someone dying.

Whatever he could do.

When he had a moment, he pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket and wrote or sketched. It wasn't carving, but it soothed his hands - his mind - just the same.