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thegamesooc2014-01-02 07:29 pm
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District Tours Information Post
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.
DISTRICT 7
District: 7
Export: Lumber
Government: Mayor Septum, a short, sturdy man with a mustache to rival Wyatt Earp’s. He has a strangely high-pitched voice for his burly appearance and perpetually seems depressed and helpless at the state of his District.
Mood: The mood of the city is slightly rebellious but mostly just overflowing with gratitude for the Tributes. Tributes are treated less like celebrities and more like some sort of saviors. Families here are large, and when the Tributes get off the train they are greeted by tearful mothers and fathers whose children are of reaping age. Citizens, though clearly impoverished, give gifts and trinkets to the Tributes, mostly handcarved charms. Peacekeepers here are more heavily armed than they are at many other Districts, due to the popular rumor that they’re scared because District 7 citizens are stronger and burlier from cutting down trees.
Environment: The city consists of approximately a hundred thousand people, and exists on the outskirts of what was clearly once a thriving city of at least a million. The old skyscrapers and buildings that built up old Calgary have been either left to the elements or converted into mills and warehouses for the lumber industry here. The citizens live mostly in wooden buildings or, in some cases, in overturned old traincars and trucks that have been outfitted with heating. A lake lies next to the city, the only one not frozen over, and boats travel from a port there down the river to the more southerly Districts for Capitol-approved trade.
The train cuts through snowy forest land, occasionally passing groves of felled trees that look like bald patches on the earth. The snow is heavy on the ground, and the lakes the train passes are largely frozen over. Wildlife is easy to find: moose, deer, loons, foxes and birds of prey are all visible from the train window.
Tributes are bundled up in heavy parkas and gloves before being ushered into the hotel from the train station. Cars and carts are uncommon, traded instead for snow vehicles that haul logs, syrup and barrels of oil behind them throughout the day. All citizens work seven days a week, including children as young as ten, who are used to climb up trees and gather pine nuts or climb into beaver dams. Some of the frozen lakes are used for ice skating, although citizens warn about the dangers of thin ice.
Locations:
The hotel here is a massive log cabin with rooms for each of the Tributes. There’s a common dining room with an endlessly-refilled buffet and a hanging canoe on the ceiling; the hotel manager’s two young daughters tend to play in the canoe and peek at Tributes as they pass underneath. Each room is decorated with a brand new plaque that still smells of sawdust bearing the Tributes’ names. Tributes will find little gift bags on their beds of District 7 luxuries: a small bottle of maple syrup, a carving of the Tribute in question, beaver fur mittens and a necklace made of a leaf frozen in resin. There is no elevator, but the hotel manager and her husband are happy to relinquish their personal suite on the ground floor to any visitors with mobility issues.
There is an ice sculpture garden in the middle of the major city, and although it’s a pale comparison to anything the Capitol could manage, the District has obviously spared no expense in trying to impress the Tributes. Sculptures of the Tributes from District 7 in poses of repose are lined up, and at night its atmosphere shifts from one of beauty to one of solemn appreciation, framed by a brilliant aurora borealis. Citizens leave gifts, candles and flowers at the feet of the sculptures and write messages in the snow, creating a texture of “thank you for saving our children” and “we will never forget you”.
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With mention of citizens warning about thin ice, could the tributes go ice skating?
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