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The Gamemakers ([personal profile] gamemakers) wrote in [community profile] thearena2013-03-16 04:55 pm

Arena 06 - Happy

The last few hours before the Arena have a strangely stifled quality, as if half the people they interact with are trying very hard not to laugh. Maybe it's the costumes, the fancy gowns and velvet tunics, the short capes. Or maybe it's their destination.

The round courtyard to which the tubes bring them could not be more different from the last arena. Though outside the circle of pedestals, disrepair and neglect has taken over the roads and buildings, the garden inside the circle could not be more perfectly sculpted. Every hedge is a smooth, rounded shape. Flowers bloom brightly in concentric circles of insane color. The Cornucopia sits gleaming and golden, and just in front of its mouth, a bronze statue of a man and a mouse stands amid the heap of supplies.

20, shouts the voice from the sky.

Aside from it, there is a hush. No flies in the flowers, no wind in the trees. It is a cool day, with the comfortable chill of early spring and noon's short shadows.

19 - 18 - 17


Outside the circle, behind the tributes on the northern side, a castle looms. Through its wide gate, devastation everywhere, but it, itself, is shining clean, glowing pink and blue. Opaque windows look down from the heights of it, as uncaring as every hidden camera the veterans know is there.

12 - 11


Music starts as the countdown nears the bottom, a whimsical, dramatic tune.


3

2

1


And with the final note, the gong rang out, and a firework shot into the sky from the castle's peak, bright enough to burst redly across the sky above them all. Let the Games begin.



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[personal profile] splendid_roman 2013-03-20 08:15 am (UTC)(link)
Ian shook his head. "That's not what I'm waiting for." He was now thinking that he wasn't going to get what he was waiting for. No one looked that injured.

"It doesn't mean much," he said in answer to his question. "Orange means you're in District 3, but the only difference that makes is where you sleep in the capitol. If you choose to." He knew not everyone did. "It doesn't seem to encourage alliances against other districts in here."
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[personal profile] gladiatorial 2013-03-26 08:15 pm (UTC)(link)
This man did not seem to be a combatant in the least, despite his odd behavior and almost clinical reaction to the violence. Star's reaction was hardly normal (by human standards), but it was never... boredom? Was it boredom? Star couldn't quite tell, but this was weirdly casual.

"Oh." After his cocky, aggressive approach, he was beginning to just feel awkward. "I guess you're right. None of that means much to me at all."

A beat, and then Shatterstar gestured to the cornucopia remnants with a thumb over his shoulder. "So you have no plans to get into a brawl."

It begged the question, why would you fill an arena with people who didn't want to fight? Plenty of others had ran, so Star assumed they were in a similar category with this man. He wondered what the consequences for refusing were here. He already knew the cost on Mojoworld.
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[personal profile] splendid_roman 2013-03-27 01:04 pm (UTC)(link)
"Not if I can help it." He'd seen videos of what went on in the arena, so he'd known what to expect. And staying away from fights seemed like the best way to survive. "I'll let everyone else wear themselves out fighting."

He looked over at the other man. Given that he hadn't attacked, it didn't seem like he was spoiling for a fight either. "What do you plan to do?"