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Panem Events ([personal profile] etcircenses) wrote in [community profile] thearena2016-03-28 11:13 am

Strange things did happen here No stranger would it be

Who| All those on the breakout mission and all those being made to fight against them.
What| The liberation of District 6.
Where| District 6.
When| This week.
Warnings/Notes| War, violence, death. Please warn for more in headers.

District Six stretches out for miles, a wide expanse of red and brown dirt with only the slightest hint of mountains in the distance. The air is starchy and arid, sucking the moisture right out of the eyes and mouth. The sun pummels down. Everything about the District screams of harshness, of elements cruel in their intensity and exposure being a serious concern. Combatants are advised to hydrate and try to avoid heatstroke in the temperatures rising above a hundred and fifteen fahrenheit.

People in District Six are too poor to consider their safety, already risking it every day in their jobs at the auto manufacturer with huge under-kept machines and toxic exhaust as they build cars and hovercrafts. Though they know they’re the epicenter of another attack, they go back to their assemblylines, under the watchful and paranoid eyes of Capitolite foremen. There’s an anxious air about the place. People drop their wrenches sometimes and make their screws extra tight, as if fortifying the vehicles against the coming storm.

They’ve been told that there are Rebels attacking, and so the residents here have diligently placed landmines throughout the desert; the wind has already erased all traces of where they are. Other than that, there are machine guns at each factory, aimed towards anyone - anyone - who approaches.

Between that, and subservience, there's not much in the way of propoganda. Most of what's done are the chalk drawings of children. A watch. A coin being flipped. A very small arrow with flame.

Vultures circle high overhead.
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OTA with a closed prompt for Sandy

[personal profile] foundafamily 2016-03-30 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
On the cars | closed to Sandy

Seeing a friend back in the Capitol's army is always bittersweet. At least there's the confirmation that she's alive and (relatively) well, but there's also the knowledge that her life isn't going to be too fun here. Still, if she has to be in the Capitol, Firo's glad to be paired with Sandy for the mission. That way he can keep an eye on her and he's with someone he knows.

Firo turns back to the materials he's been given to guide the car. He's not sure where anyone got the idea that he could be good at giving directions, but he figures it's more likely that they just didn't want him working with explosives. He glances over at Sandy. "You got this under control?"

He hasn't ridden too often in cars--much less a car like this--so it's an honest question. Then again, he wouldn't be able to help her at all if she didn't have it under control, so perhaps he shouldn't have asked.

Factory | open

The machines remind Firo just a little of the saw that caused his demise back a few Districts ago. Both the death itself and his friend's tears after it; the pain of the saw biting through him and the pain that he caused to someone close. He tries to shut both out of his mind, with little success. It's only when he hears movement over the cacophony of the factory that he's fully brought to the present. He whirls around, knife ready.

Are you a friend or an enemy?
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with Laia

[personal profile] lionhearted_victor 2016-03-30 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
Leonidas never thought he'd find himself in District 6, hotwiring a car into life and having someone else be the one doing the fighting but here they were. His partner in this mission, chosen out of pure dumb luck would have to man the weaponry and he had no clue if she could even work the damn things.

"You, do you know how to fire this? Because we have less than five seconds before I turn this thing on and haul ass," Cora certainly hasn't lost his brand of people skills, that's for sure. More and more he wished he was working for Coin, especially with his own participation in whatever Jet Link has planned. But for now, appearances.

He's counting down the seconds as he gets the machine running, "Five, four, three, an answer NOW, two, one.."
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On the Capitol hovercraft

[personal profile] formersurgeon 2016-03-30 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
Joan couldn't care less whether the control panel gets fixed. The minute it's clear that the pilot is grievously injured, she's at his side, assessing his injuries. He's bleeding heavily from a large gash in his scalp, so she quickly pulls off her jacket, balls it up, and presses it hard to the wound. Then she twists to look back at the people behind her. Once she makes eye contact with someone she points.

"You! Get the medic kit." She points to where the duffel with the basics is stashed beneath the seats. "Hurry."
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[personal profile] scoundrelhater 2016-03-30 04:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Laia, meanwhile, hadn't expected to find herself in a desert setting anytime soon. Everything had been so damn foreign since getting here, something familiar-feeling was just odd.

Irritable teammates, though? Irritable teammates are the same everywhere. "YES I know how to fire this! Cram it sideways and get this thing rolling!" Her people skills compliment his quite nicely. She's already been able to make sense of the firing mechanisms, and has a feel for how to aim... though she knows it's going to take a shot or two before she's really certain that she can blow the hell out of whatever they're going to need to blow the hell out of.

"You'd better know how to drive this!"
justoutrunyou: (I've telling that joke for years)

[personal profile] justoutrunyou 2016-03-30 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Sandy probably appreciated Firo's support on some level, but the look on her face was blank and emotionless as she brushed past him to take the drivers side. It was like a switch had been flipped the minute the transport craft had gotten near the landing zone of District 6 and suddenly Sandy wasn't in control anymore.

Instead this new person who moved with the sort of smooth fearless grace Sandy never climbed inside and adjusted the seat so her tiny body could reach the pedals.

Firo might just have to take that as a yes. She's waiting, starring blankly ahead for someone to join her. Anyone will do she has her mission.
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[personal profile] foundafamily 2016-03-30 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, that's odd. "...Okay." Firo blinks as she moves past, then climbs in after her into his designated seat.

Teasing, he continues, "You know, I thought we were friends. That's some way to say hi."

Come on, just laugh or something, buddy. He wonders if it's the tension of their mission and despair at being back at the Capitol. That would be enough to make anyone a bit crabby, so he hopes he can lighten the mood somehow.
ka_sera_sera: (old action gun raised)

[personal profile] ka_sera_sera 2016-04-01 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
"Careful."

Roland stands a little ways back, waiting for Firo to notice him. Once he does Roland moves closer, his pace even and unhurried. He's got his hand on the butt of his gun, and he's keeping it there. Pointless, he's been fast enough on the draw since he was a boy that it doesn't matter where his hand is, and if Alain were here he'd know the gesture for the oddity that it is.

Doesn't matter. Alain isn't here.

"Listen to your surroundings, Firo. Some of these rebels are as dangerous as me. Where've you searched?"
Edited 2016-04-01 02:19 (UTC)
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[personal profile] foundafamily 2016-04-01 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
Roland glides into view like a nightmare for Firo. For once, he’s not very happy to see his friend, freezing in place with his eyes going wide.

Oh god, any friend but this one right now. He’s sure that if they were in this place—though they’re not, and Firo’s grateful for that—any of the Martillo capos could watch him die. They wouldn’t like it and they’d do anything to prevent it, but it is a thing that they’re all prepared for. He’s sure Roland’s no stranger to death either, but after seeing how he reacted the first time Firo died, Firo knows he doesn’t want to put him through that again.

He adjusts his grip on his knife, nodding quickly. “Right. Sorry. I wasn’t—“ Trying to be reckless. He really wasn’t, but he supposes they should focus on business first, so he stops there.

Indicating the hall back where he came, he replies, “Just this way so far. Didn’t find anything. How about you?”
ka_sera_sera: (old general arms crossed lookdown)

[personal profile] ka_sera_sera 2016-04-02 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
"Those behind me. I came from the ceiling, only see one way down." He makes his way toward Firo, nodding toward the stairs. "You'll go down first, I think. I'll follow. How's your shooting?"
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[personal profile] foundafamily 2016-04-03 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
Firo nods, and he turns toward the stairs as he gives his answer. "I'm all right with a gun but nothin' to write home about. Haven't fired one since before I got here, so I'm probably a bit rusty."

He pauses to scan as much as he can of the stairs and their surroundings before moving to start down.
ka_sera_sera: (old general listening windswept squint)

[personal profile] ka_sera_sera 2016-04-04 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
"Hm. We'll hope we don't meet any friends on our way down." See how hard Roland's trying for you, Firo? He's even making jokes. The Capitol, those he should be calling friends, if it wouldn't bring so much down on Firo's head he'd hope they do meet some of those friends, and that Firo's lack of aim ends them. He shouldn't be thinking those things, not because of any moral reason but because, in other battles, he never would have. He knows the way a battle feels, the way it comes over him, stripping him down of everything but the most essential parts. He knows that pure purpose, the clear thought. It won't come.

It's a relief, being in the presence of a friend who, Roland's fairly sure, can not see something which has happened to Roland fewer times than he'd need all his flesh and blood fingers to count on. He starts down, and the butt of his gun stays too close to his hand.

The mission. Think on that. "This machine we're looking for. Have you seen one like it? I'm fairly sure the soldiers thought we all knew already what to look for."
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[personal profile] justoutrunyou 2016-04-04 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
Oh god she hadn't had to deal with something like this yet. Even in the metaphorical box she was stuck in she couldn't deny the way her stomach knotted at his words. He wanted her to smile, he wanted her to talk to him, couldn't she at least respond? She tried but her voice came out dull and flat. Emotionless just like the glassy look in her eyes.

"We are friends. Hello."

So much for that. The vehicle lurched forward with a start and her little hands fumbled with the controls for a moment before she smoothed out and began rolling along the road towards their battle slowly picking up speed.
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[personal profile] foundafamily 2016-04-04 03:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Firo smiles back over his shoulder. He appreciates the humor. "Yeah, we will. I'm not in the mood for a party."

It's nowhere near quiet or peaceful, but he doesn't yet see any enemies on the factory floor ahead of them. He keeps moving.

"Never in my life. I've got no idea what they were talkin' about." But at least Roland's here. Roland's pretty good at most things. ...Except things that have to do with technology. Firo's relief immediately evaporates as he follows that train of thought. It's a good thing they both probably don't care much about this mission, he reflects, trying not to laugh.

"...And I'm gonna guess you know just as much about it as I do?"
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[personal profile] foundafamily 2016-04-04 04:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh. Okay, that was almost worse than her just not saying anything.

What did the Capitol do to her? ...Did District 13 do something to her? Firo couldn't imagine they'd be very kind to an enemy soldier.

His voice firm, he nodded, trying not to let his discomfort show. "Yeah, we are." He held the map and their directions. He wasn't really focused on them, but it was a useful distraction as he wracked his brain for a possible way to get through to her. "Looks like there's a rough patch ahead, so be careful."

"In the meantime, you wanna tell me what's goin' on with you?"
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[personal profile] ka_sera_sera 2016-04-07 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
"I know it won't be down here, where the common men work." Roland looks around at the place as he steps off the stairs, listens, doesn't hear anything. A couple machines are running in the distance, loud, so the fact that he hears no one else here might not mean much. "We'll be looking for some place set apart, maybe another set of offices. Any ideas on where to look first?"
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[personal profile] foundafamily 2016-04-08 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
The suggestion makes sense, and Firo nods. He cranes his neck to do a sweep of the area, finally pointing off to the far corner where one hallway juts off from the main floor.

“What about over there? That hall looks darker than the others—they probably let those guys go home.” Couldn’t have any very important businessmen or bureaucrats get in the crossfire, right?

He pauses where he stands, waiting for Roland’s verdict. He doesn't make the conscious decision that his friend should be the one to direct their progress, but it only feels natural; there's something Roland has that's so much like the effortless authority of Maiza, Ronnie, and even Don Molsa Martillo.
ka_sera_sera: (old action watchful lean)

[personal profile] ka_sera_sera 2016-04-10 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
Roland, too, does not consciously decide to take charge here. It happens, as a large part of him expected it to, and he does not consider that he might have stood back instead. He does not consider, either, that Firo's thought is one which did not occur to him, one which should have. He could consider it. Doesn't. "It's not unlikely. We'll head there first. Go around, rather than through."

Roland waves a hand at the wall, expecting Firo to keep one side next to it, keep at least one side of him safe, and expecting then to take up a position on his other side, wanting to keep Firo in the middle of as much protection as he can manage and not thinking too much on why. Ordinarily Roland would keep one side to the wall too, keep going after Firo and keep some space between them, enough space that a shooter couldn't take them both out at once. That would be the wisest thing to do, but wisest is not always best.
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[personal profile] justoutrunyou 2016-04-10 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
She gently turned the wheel so they would swerve to the left cutting a wide path around the rough patch even though their vehicle was capable of handling it. She was compliant, obedient. If he told her to be careful she had to. And she never took her eyes off the road.

"I've been training every day." She reported back and then tried to think what else there could be worth saying.

"Preparing to do battle with the terrorists who are trying to ruin everything."

Well that wasn't what she wanted to say, but it's what came out. She'd blush if she was able but instead the voice that was hers but using words that weren't added "And you?"
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[personal profile] foundafamily 2016-04-11 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
Firo doesn’t realize what Roland’s doing with their positioning, seeing only that his reach with his knife and thus his usefulness will be restricted. But he figures the man knows what he’s doing, so he slips into place and doesn’t quarrel when Roland takes up his spot as well.

They haven't been moving long at all when someone from deeper in the factory spots them, and a shot rings out only a few feet away--luckily their attacker isn't such a good shot.

At the sound, Firo's immediately reaching for Roland if he hasn't moved already, aiming to pull him to the ground so they can take cover behind one of the whirring machines. He'd be wary of getting too close, considering what happened last time, but they don't have the luxury of worry right now.

“Where is he?!” He didn't see where the bullet came from and is stuck, unable to figure out a next move, until he has some idea of where their attacker is.

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