thegamesooc | The Tribute Parade & Caesar Flickerman Show!

For the first time, you're all about to get a taste of what the true Hunger Games are like. Since the quell began, there have been a lot of new and interesting events and showings to match that of the Capitol's new guests. But now, for the fifteenth arena of the seventy fifth quater quell, it's time to call back to the roots of the Games to remind our Tributes and us all what these Games really mean.

For the first time in the quell, all of you Tributes will be participating in the pre-arena chariot rides, hearing President Snow's speech, sitting down for the Caesar Flickerman show, and witnessing a very special surprise that may change how you view this next arena.

You will learn more about your Districts than you've gotten to thus far, and moreover, you will show how YOU as a Tribute, have come to represent your chosen District, as a person, the District's service, and the District's key trait and value. Key values are as follows:

1 ~ Luxury ~ Loyalty
2 ~ Masonry ~ Allegiance
3 ~ Electronics ~ Qualification
4 ~ Fishing ~ Endurance
5 ~ Power ~ Strength
6 ~ Transportation ~ Unity
7 ~ Lumber ~ Courage
8 ~ Textiles ~ Duty
9 ~ Grain ~ Commitment
10 ~ Livestock ~ Compliance
11 ~ Agriculture ~ Service
12 ~ Mining ~ Obedience
You will all ride out upon matching chariots for the Tribute Parade, Panem's anthem playing loud and fans screaming louder. This is your first chance to make a statement to sponsors. Rumors have it that there will be a later voting poll where the winning District or Districts will recieve special reward. Voting will be based of a rubric of:

-Most exemplary of District
-Best Tribute performance (putting on a good show)
-Best outfit
-Best in Parade
And of course, there will be a prize not only to the Tributes but to the District itself!

Escorts, it will be your job to make sure your Tributes are appealing to Capitol audiences You will need to help them prepare for this glorious event. Mentors, you will need to use your experience to help in ways just the same, both working to get you sponsors and give you the best chance in arena. Stylists, of course, will be responsible for the outfits made and worn.

More rumors tell of a secondary voting round where individual tributes will get a chance at receiving help from a very generous sponsor, following the Caesar Interviews.

Remember this is your chance to make a statement. It can mean the difference between life and death in the arena, and also, the difference between peace... or rebellion. All the world will be watching.

[OOC: If your characters choose to rebel, there will be consequences and ripple effects that carry through the rest of the game. Escorts, Mentors, Stylists, and other staff may be at risk of torture, avoxing, or even execution. Rescue will need to be arranged unless these consequences are fine with you. Tributes may be met with these or any number of other punishments.

On the flip side, chosing to be pro-capitol or pro-rebellion now will have lasting effects on the Game's outcome.

Choose wisely. Afterall, the Games are just games. Would you like to see what a real war is?

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You are getting the chance to plan early. The final decisions post will be on August 24th at which point voting will open. The voting will close August 31st for the Chariot winners. The IC parade will not be occurring until September 13th.

If you have any questions, see here. If you are intending to do something rebellious, see here.]

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Normally, I would flesh this idea out a little bit on Plurk before throwing it out on a plotting post, but Plurk being what it is, I'm going to put this up with the understanding that details may change and this may or may not happen depending on other people's interest.

I have an idea for a TYP-wide statement. Children from TYP could use glow-in-the-dark paint to paint the names of all the Tributes fallen during the classic Hunger Games on their collective skin for the interviews. (If we can get a child from each District, the kids can have names from only their own District's Tributes, or if we can get a child from each age group, the kids can have names from only Tributes their own age who died, and so on.) At the end of the interviews, the lights can go out, and the kids can show off the name of the Districts' fallen children written on their bodies. This is done with the intention of riling up the Districts and reminding them of what they have lost because of the Capitol, and telling them that the offworlder children stand with them.

The way I figure this could go is this: Aang goes around TYP, taking people aside and convincing them to go along with this. He'll talk about how everyone would love it because they're 'honoring their predecessors' and 'celebrating Panem's culture', but he can hint at ulterior motives for people with more rebellious inclinations. Then they can request that their Stylists leave as much skin out in the open as possible ("It's hot and we're going to be under stage lights! I don't want to sweat all your makeup off!") and paint the names on each other before the interviews start. Then during their interviews, all the participants talk up this project that TYP kids set up in secret to honor all of Panem and their hosts in the Capitol, but to see it, the lights have to go out when everyone's on stage.

(If they're asked to explain it on stage after the lights go out, Aang is happy to say that they are celebrating Panem by honoring the sacrifices of their predecessors.)

Afterwards, if this pisses off the Capitol and the other kids want to wash their hands of it, Aang is ready to take full blame for the incident, and he will stick to this story of thinking that the Capitol would like it and that he was just remembering Panem's past like the Victor Reels, and he just wanted to do something nice for the interviews to honor Panem like TYP teacher keeps telling them to. If anyone else is interrogated, they're encouraged to say the same.

So this is a call not just to let me know what consequences this would hypothetically bring down on people's heads, but also for any kid players who would be interested in this idea. It only works if a bunch of people are interested.

First, we feel we should let you know that the total number of dead Tribute kids from the classic games is 1725. This will be a lot of names and the children will not be able to cover all of them even if they use their whole body.

This said, we will discuss the consequences of this and get back to you shortly.

Aang's excuse/cover for will certainly work on much of the Capitol populace. However, it will not work so well on Snow. The President will not be happy with this display and the punishment will be quite severe.

However, it may not be in quite a way Aang and his friends expect. On top of having a unique threat seek them out in the arena, for each of the Districts that the perpetuating children come from, one member of staff will be in for a nasty surprise that may have an effect in the arena depending on a specific set of odds. The responsibility for this effect will be ICly placed on the children's heads, not to mention the stylists (whether played or part of the NPC supporting staff if the result turns out to be a non-option for said players) for their enabling and neglect.

We will need the name of each participant and their District.

Right now, I have confirmed:

Aang, D4
Miss Gritta, D7
Sandy, D12
Ruffnut, D7
Vivi Ornitier, D7
Arya Stark, D10 (this is dependent on the consequences of another plot she's involved in)

More confirmations are coming in, so I'll add those when I have them.

Edited 2015-08-24 03:05 (UTC)

The Tribute Parade & Caesar Flickerman Show!

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