District Tours Information Post

[gamemakers]

Need to know information:

-Each district has its own thread below. Feel free to ask any clarifying questions there that apply to each District. For general questions, see the mod thread linked at the bottom of this post. This post is for information; later this week we will have a plotting post up.

-The plot will start on January 7th. At that point all the characters in your District will be put on a train. In game time, they will be on the train for a day (or two, for the far districts), depending on how far it is. There will be two days for open play in the setting, a banquet party post, and then another day before they head home.

In real time, the plot will last between a week or two, depending on how long is needed.

-For reference, here is our map of Panem.

- There will be an HMD Friday, and then a game wide Player Plot Post for plotting before the event starts, as well. You can feel free to contact Districtmates for plotting if you'd like over plurk/IM/PM if you want to get started before the PPP.

-If you are connected with a District (Stylist, Escort, etc) you are welcome. If you want involved but aren't, let us know and we'll see what we can do.

-We are not NPCing interactions with locals. You can handwave them or NPC them yourselves. If you would like to handwave anything not already laid out as being within the guidelines below, ask us and we can work out the plot together.

-Anything not addressed? Drop it here.

Comments

DISTRICT 4

[gamemakers]

District: 4
Import: Fish
Government: Mayor Quattuor, a portly older man, who still has a clear physical strength and has seen many days in the sun.
Mood: Four seems relatively content. There is plenty of food, and comfort to go around. However, scratch a little and you will find dissatisfaction, especially over the Capitol’s response to the extreme weather disasters the area is often hit with. The older population especially will gripe about how the Capitol never sends help when the District is devastated with extreme weather it is often victim to; hurricanes, droughts, tornadoes.

Citizens in Four work long hours, starting early in the morning to dredge the waters for fish and finishing in the afternoon, wholesaling to Capitol dealers. To some extent, the Capitol businessmen allow Four citizens a bit of leniency in determining price, relying on the fishermens’ knowledge of fish quality and rarity to set the value. There is a level of respect between District citizens and Capitol businesspeople that isn’t evident in other Districts. Most District 4 citizens are trained in a variety of different jobs, ranging from fishing to mechanical engineering to repair boats.

District 4 also seems grateful to the Tributes for taking the place of their kids. Perhaps it was once being a career district, but whereas One and Two object, Four seems to appreciate the break.

Environment:
The train ride takes the Tributes through farm land, and then into desert, finally ending along the ocean. The weather is nice, cool but not cold, with occasional rain storms over the week.

The city is fairly new, much like Three, built in a very logical and no nonsense way. However, unlike Three it has developed some character. Some places have been destroyed and rebuilt; some places have been decorated or added on to. Near the shore is a pier that is clearly made for Capitol tourists. With hotels, curios shops, and restaurants, as well as a few rides and advertisements for boating adventures, closed for the winter. The beach is also clearly kept up for people to enjoy, although even with the cooler weather, those who live in the District clearly spend much of their leisure time there. Boats go out in the morning and come back at night, but various waterway traffic can almost always be seen out on the water and coming and going from the fisheries on the edge of town.

Locations:

The Tributes are houses in the hotel by the pier, and given the run of the town, although if they leave the pier area, they are constantly shadowed by peacekeepers. It is clear there is surveillance throughout town, and nobody is too worried about losing Tributes.

The business on the pier are open, though with an obvious skeleton crew, and the Tribute are free to explore and patronize them. They can also go into the ocean if they want to risk the cold, but there are many signs that let them know going out past the far out sandbars isn’t safe. And the signs aren’t lying.

[swill]

fish

About going into the ocean in a different way than just waddling into the waves- any possibility of snagging a ride on one of the working fishing boats for a day?

[gamemakers]

Yes, however it would need to be a group of at least 2-3 to justify a peacekeeper to go with them. The fisherman are more than happy to take them, but are working, so can't keep an eye on them.

(if you guys plot us, let me or Lisa know, and we can throw up a post for it)