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Panem Events ([personal profile] etcircenses) wrote in [community profile] thegamesooc2014-08-09 11:58 pm
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Arena 11




Code Name: PaneMall
Size: Half a square mile, 3 stories tall
Special Areas: The Food Court, The Ice Rink, The Locker Rooms, The Arcade, The Internet Cafe, The Cineplex, The Bookstore
Opening Date: August 18th (Monday)

Like other Arenas before it, the PaneMall Arena feels extremely empty despite the one hundred and eight Tributes running throughout it. Created to manage thousands of people at a time, the mall sprawls out over multiple floors and with a bevy of attractions. The ice rink, and thus the Cornucopia, is on the ground floor, and light pours in from a glass ceiling overhead. A huge lighting rig is up top as well, with all sorts of strobes and effects and an employees-only ladder and walkway. Though currently inactive, it was probably once used for mood lighting for parties and events. Contact a mod if you want your character to access the lighting rig.

Cornucopia:

Tributes will see that the Cornucopia this time around is at the center of an ice rink, and that their podiums are on the edge. In the center of the Cornucopia are not supplies, but rings of keys. One of the keys on each ring is stamped with a number, and opens up a locker in the changing rooms located on the floor off to the side of the ice skating rink through which you can find and store supplies. Sponsor gifts will also appear in these lockers; Tributes without keys will find their Sponsor gifts in unclaimed lockers, which means they’ll also have to be fast to keep them from getting sniped. Benches line up along the locker rooms, and the skate rental sits at the entrance.





*First Floor*

Throughout the mall are little perfume kiosks, with perfumes tailored to each Tribute. Do not point these at your face; while some of the perfumes are lovely, others spray acid. Thankfully, all of the many water fountains produce potable water.

Restrooms are located on every floor of the mall. There are also restrooms in the food court. The restrooms are actual, functioning restrooms. However, toiletries and other supplies are on short supply and may run out by the end of Week 2.

There is no sustainable food outside of the first floor food court, and unfortunately, Sponsors are barred from sending food this time around. The food court is in a typical circular set-up, and once a day Avoxes appear in the Arena to set up food at the restaurants. They also arrive to clean up at the end of each lunchtime, and will entirely ignore the Tributes. Some cooking supplies, such as nacho cheese and popcorn butter, stay out overnight, but unfortunately are almost entirely devoid of nutritional value. Oddly enough, the fryer is always on, and the cooking oil is always heated to boiling.


Tributes with key rings will also have access to the Employees Only walkways and pathways throughout the Arena. While these may be safe places to stay, there aren’t many supplies here, and getting from pathway to pathway requires going across the main show floor.

The ground floor of the mall houses the largest clothing store, A Touch of Class. At the Arena’s commencement, there are no mannequins at the displays. A few hours after each death, a lifelike mannequin in the likeness of the fallen Tribute will appear dressed in the latest fashions. Though cannons ring for each fatality, this silent display is the only notice Tributes receive of whom, among them, has fallen.


The shops in the mall are varied, and often themed. First floor shops include The Authority (a sporting goods store), A Touch of Class (a large, two story department store), Cushion Pushin’ Upscale Lingerie (it’s very classy), Bob’s Bargain Basement (a five-and-dime), Build-a-Buddy Workshop (where you can make dolls of all your favorite tributes and give them a heart of their own), Glamour Nail (you can smell it from a mile away), CELL-U-LAR Zone (a cellphone shop that only carries nonfunctional Nokia flip phones and nothing else), Only Bath Salts (as opposed to Bed, Bath and Beyond), EliteFeet and Athlete’s Foot (two fairly typical shoe stores), Blaire’s Accessories, Somerhalder & Smith (a casual clothing store for young adults, ala Abercrombie) NeverXXI (... you see what we did there?), GameBarn (they don’t just sell video games), Cheap or Free Jewelry, Experience: the Power of Crystals (a New Age shop).

The Authority sporting goods shop is useful for any resourceful Tribute. There are hunting knives, archery equipment, helmets, water bottles, kayaks, skis, goggles, flashlights, loaded paintball guns, binoculars, bear traps, backpacks, golf clubs and walkie talkies (batteries included!).

The first floor Internet cafe (The Daily Grind) seems to be perpetually closed. However, something will be happening here once a week. Stay tuned.

The first floor is home to the Pizza Fire Explosion Arcade and Fun Emporium. It is your standard Chuck E. Cheese style family pizza joint with arcade attached. There are plenty of coin operated games to play as well as an anamatronic band which performs a wide variety of musical numbers every fifteen minutes. An example of their performances can be found here, here, and here. There is no way to shut off these performances and the anamatronic animals are electrically charged, so if you touch them, you will get jolted. The only food in the pizza parlor is moldy cans of tomato sauce and rotten anchovies.



*Second Floor*

The second floor features the upstairs portion of A Touch of Class (the department store) as well as the upstairs area of the Centurion Cineplex.

The Centurion Cineplex is a twelve screen movie theater spanning the first and second floors. There is a concessions area which does not have any fresh food. There was remnants of popcorn residue as well as old nacho cheese to eat. There are films showing at all hours of the day, however they’re all very odd cinematic choices. (like this, or this, for example.)


The second floor is also home to a sprawling bookstore called Chapter One. Those who browse through the aisles of Chapter One will find a wide variety of titles to read, however it might be wise to heed the old saying about judging books by their covers. Intrepid Tributes will find that all the books in the shop are fancifully written biographies of every Tribute, past and present, including natives and off-world Tributes. The facts in these biographies range from being spot on to wildly inaccurate, but who’s keeping track, right? Some truths are even stranger than fiction.


*Third Floor*

The third floor of the mall is filled with shops tailored to different Tributes’ homeworlds or nations. There is, for example a Marvel New York-themed shop with models of the Stark Tower and Avengers’ Mansion, as well as an Alternian-theme shopped with buckets, plastic Troll horns, and playing cards.

The third floor also holds a single luxury SUV on display. It can be broken into, hotwired, and driven around the Arena, however if it is crashed or damaged, it will mysteriously be removed every night and a new one will be placed on its original pedestal.

There are a total of ten shops on the third floor, as well as an area which overlooks the ice rink. Clearly this was not the most happening area of the mall.



Immediate Hazards:

The roombas. Little floor vacuums come out at all times to clear up clutter. They will push back into order any attempts you make at camps or barricades, and will drag you with them if they catch you sleeping. During the first week, at least, they’re easy enough to step around, and not very aggressive. Yet.

The alarms. During the day, the Arena is well-lit by the glass ceiling above and plenty of overhead lights. At night, EXIT signs cast a glow strong enough to navigate in but insufficient for reading or detailed tasks to the average human. The security system also activates at night as the metal curtains come down over each storefront; once an alarm is sounded by attempts to move the gates, the shrill, piercing sound will ring out until manually deactivated or until the store ‘opens’ in the morning. It’s audible throughout the entire Arena, and deafening at close range. Even getting close enough to avoid total deafness will cause migraines, temporary hearing loss, and bleeding from the ears and nose.

The escalators. The escalators are jerky and move erratically, and jagged pieces of metal along the side seek to catch loose hems or shoelaces. Steps tend to fall through, break off or crumple as if they’re made of tin foil, and the gears under them are liable to suck you in and break your bones one by one.

Attire:

Tributes begin the arena dressed in district themed figure skating costumes. For example, tributes from District 12 could be dressed as coal miners. With sequins. And tights.
Keep in mind that there are numerous clothing stores and a Footlocker for your character to find more acceptable clothing as the Arena progresses. Most important is the fact that characters will be wearing ice skates to begin the arena. Have fun with that.


Oh and by the way…

Remember that special punishment reserved for those Tributes who were arrested prior to the start of the Arena? Unfortunately, you are barred from receiving any sponsor gifts this round. This applies to anyone caught during the jailbreak too. You are still welcome to spend your credits on others, but you can’t spend them on yourself, and no one can spend them on you either.


*Map*



Floor plan of the other floors coming soon!



OOC Links:

Cornucopia Sign-Ups ENDING 8/15
General Arena Plotting Thread
Ask A Mod
hiccup1puberty0: (063 chatty)

Hiccup

[personal profile] hiccup1puberty0 2014-08-10 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
Hiccup will probably be sticking to Astrid and Ruffnut like glue so most things I do with him would probably involve one or the other two but I'm game for anything.

He's going to be really out of it and traumatized from the arrest, though, so he's not going to be his usual self until he pulls it together after the arena, but that means this is definitely a good time to get on his good side since he'll be super appreciate of anyone that's nice to him.
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[personal profile] silberfuchs 2014-08-10 03:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Albert will be pretty set with his military training on snagging food and getting the hell out, so I was thinking Albert could offer food to Hiccup and the gang if they're having trouble getting it a bit into the arena?

I've wanted CR with you since you got in and haven't found a good chance 'til now whoops
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[personal profile] googledox 2014-08-10 05:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Totally game for this! They won't be able to get even the non-food sponsor gifts since they'll all be branded.

And I'd really like to have more CR with you too. I've enjoyed our stuff with Lonestar and Albert so far.
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[personal profile] silberfuchs 2014-08-10 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm so lame and I totally forgot you were the same mun who plays Hiccup!! I really enjoy our CR, as limited as it's been.

Albert will be happy to help, just don't let Astrid try and off him before he hands over the chicken nuggets or whatever he manages to pilfer.
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[personal profile] googledox 2014-08-10 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
HAHA as long he's not TOO threatening when he approaches, Hiccup will probably be able to help keep the girls in check. They're willing to not just attack on sight but they'll just be really prepared to.
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[personal profile] silberfuchs 2014-08-13 02:35 pm (UTC)(link)
He'll probably stay back and just toss a small bag of food before getting any closer to prevent weapons to the face, lol
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[personal profile] stotte 2014-08-11 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
Astrid can play nice. :(
sometimes.
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[personal profile] silberfuchs 2014-08-13 02:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course

I do think Albert will like Astrid and how she keeps her head in the arena situation though.
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Re: Hiccup

[personal profile] ruffntumblenut 2014-08-10 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
So...I had this idea.

A Berk themed shop with plastic viking helmets and dragon action figures.

Then they can sit around at night and play with toys to help Hiccup piece himself back together maybe?
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Re: Hiccup

[personal profile] googledox 2014-08-10 05:22 pm (UTC)(link)
...I LOVE it.

Silly stuff that reminds him from home would help.
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Re: Hiccup

[personal profile] revvinguptheharley 2014-08-10 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
I thought you might~

We might could even get those glowing torches from minecraft. Maybe some old fashioned drums and stuff.

Too bad we can't have food in the shops or I'd insist on those How To Train Your Dragon Oreos with red cream filling. We should do that once they're out of the arena.

Also in the build a buddy shop Ruffnut is making a Tuffnut.
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Re: Hiccup

[personal profile] googledox 2014-08-10 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
...the tuffnut thing is super sad.
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Re: Hiccup

[personal profile] ruffntumblenut 2014-08-10 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Isn't it just? I love it!

She'll be even more upset when she can't take it with her back to the Capitol.
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[personal profile] onedirectiony 2014-08-11 12:12 am (UTC)(link)
This might be a good time for Loki and Hiccup to meet! Because why not, right? :D It doesn't necessarily need to be week 1, but definitely this arena. ;)

He's not actively searching to kill people off early on, so he might even be nice.
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[personal profile] hiccup1puberty0 2014-08-11 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
YAY! I'd be totally down for that. All the uncomfortable boggling, all the uncomfortable sort-of-possibly-getting-along.
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[personal profile] onedirectiony 2014-08-11 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
Ahaha yes, because they are both the clever ones in a society of warriors so :D
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[personal profile] hiccup1puberty0 2014-08-11 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
Hiccup so wants to be like Thor but he's way more like Loki and that will make him uncomfortable and if they get along it will make him more uncomfortable.

What will be neat, though, since then he'll have CR with both, is eventually realizing he's a mix of the two. Squirrelly little brain, heart of a lion.

And if he and Loki get along I think he might try to be a positive influence on Loki but we'll see where that goes lol.
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[personal profile] onedirectiony 2014-08-11 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
Loki doesneed a positive influence.

Lord knows he's a bad enough one