The Tribute Parade & Caesar Flickerman Show!

[etcircenses]

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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Chariot Outfit Discussion

[etcircenses]

While each District's Stylist will get the say ICly what you Tribute wears, here is where you can discuss what matching outfits you will be wearing to best represent your District.

You will also need to decide on partners. Chariots allow partners of two. If there is an odd one left out, they will be assigned with a pair to form a chariot of three.

Interview Plotting

[etcircenses]

Escorts, Mentors, now is the time to do your stuff and shape up your team.

Stylists, you will need to figure out how to best represent your Tributes on an individual level.

Will you all be working together, or do you intend to fly solo? Will you be name dropping another Tribute like Peeta did once to Katniss, in effort to make a statement that another may need to know about? Is there anything you want to come up in your Tribute's interview specifically? This spot is for those who intend to change things up.

Interview Plotting

[etcircenses]

Escorts, Mentors, now is the time to do your stuff and shape up your team.

Stylists, you will need to figure out how to best represent your Tributes on an individual level.

Will you all be working together, or do you intend to fly solo? Will you be name dropping another Tribute like Peeta did once to Katniss, in effort to make a statement that another may need to know about? Is there anything you want to come up in your Tribute's interview specifically? This spot is for those who intend to change things up.

Interview Plotting

[etcircenses]

Escorts, Mentors, now is the time to do your stuff and shape up your team.

Stylists, you will need to figure out how to best represent your Tributes on an individual level.

Will you all be working together, or do you intend to fly solo? Will you be name dropping another Tribute like Peeta did once to Katniss, in effort to make a statement that another may need to know about? Is there anything you want to come up in your Tribute's interview specifically? This spot is for those who intend to change things up.

Interview Plotting

[etcircenses]

Escorts, Mentors, now is the time to do your stuff and shape up your team.

Stylists, you will need to figure out how to best represent your Tributes on an individual level.

Will you all be working together, or do you intend to fly solo? Will you be name dropping another Tribute like Peeta did once to Katniss, in effort to make a statement that another may need to know about? Is there anything you want to come up in your Tribute's interview specifically? This spot is for those who intend to change things up.

Interview Plotting

[etcircenses]

Escorts, Mentors, now is the time to do your stuff and shape up your team.

Stylists, you will need to figure out how to best represent your Tributes on an individual level.

Will you all be working together, or do you intend to fly solo? Will you be name dropping another Tribute like Peeta did once to Katniss, in effort to make a statement that another may need to know about? Is there anything you want to come up in your Tribute's interview specifically? This spot is for those who intend to change things up.

Interview Plotting

[etcircenses]

Escorts, Mentors, now is the time to do your stuff and shape up your team.

Stylists, you will need to figure out how to best represent your Tributes on an individual level.

Will you all be working together, or do you intend to fly solo? Will you be name dropping another Tribute like Peeta did once to Katniss, in effort to make a statement that another may need to know about? Is there anything you want to come up in your Tribute's interview specifically? This spot is for those who intend to change things up.

Interview Plotting

[etcircenses]

Escorts, Mentors, now is the time to do your stuff and shape up your team.

Stylists, you will need to figure out how to best represent your Tributes on an individual level.

Will you all be working together, or do you intend to fly solo? Will you be name dropping another Tribute like Peeta did once to Katniss, in effort to make a statement that another may need to know about? Is there anything you want to come up in your Tribute's interview specifically? This spot is for those who intend to change things up.

Interview Plotting

[etcircenses]

Escorts, Mentors, now is the time to do your stuff and shape up your team.

Stylists, you will need to figure out how to best represent your Tributes on an individual level.

Will you all be working together, or do you intend to fly solo? Will you be name dropping another Tribute like Peeta did once to Katniss, in effort to make a statement that another may need to know about? Is there anything you want to come up in your Tribute's interview specifically? This spot is for those who intend to change things up.

Interview Plotting

[etcircenses]

Escorts, Mentors, now is the time to do your stuff and shape up your team.

Stylists, you will need to figure out how to best represent your Tributes on an individual level.

Will you all be working together, or do you intend to fly solo? Will you be name dropping another Tribute like Peeta did once to Katniss, in effort to make a statement that another may need to know about? Is there anything you want to come up in your Tribute's interview specifically? This spot is for those who intend to change things up.

Interview Plotting

[etcircenses]

Escorts, Mentors, now is the time to do your stuff and shape up your team.

Stylists, you will need to figure out how to best represent your Tributes on an individual level.

Will you all be working together, or do you intend to fly solo? Will you be name dropping another Tribute like Peeta did once to Katniss, in effort to make a statement that another may need to know about? Is there anything you want to come up in your Tribute's interview specifically? This spot is for those who intend to change things up.

Interview Plotting

[etcircenses]

Escorts, Mentors, now is the time to do your stuff and shape up your team.

Stylists, you will need to figure out how to best represent your Tributes on an individual level.

Will you all be working together, or do you intend to fly solo? Will you be name dropping another Tribute like Peeta did once to Katniss, in effort to make a statement that another may need to know about? Is there anything you want to come up in your Tribute's interview specifically? This spot is for those who intend to change things up.

Interview Plotting

[etcircenses]

Escorts, Mentors, now is the time to do your stuff and shape up your team.

Stylists, you will need to figure out how to best represent your Tributes on an individual level.

Will you all be working together, or do you intend to fly solo? Will you be name dropping another Tribute like Peeta did once to Katniss, in effort to make a statement that another may need to know about? Is there anything you want to come up in your Tribute's interview specifically? This spot is for those who intend to change things up.

[quiethumerus]

I think it goes without saying that District four's Tributes will be sharing a Chariot. I'll be looking through my big collection of D4 fashions and then maybe drawing something up later, but if there's a certain bit you want to suggest to me, go wild!

Kurloz's focus will be painting them as heroes. District four is known for careers, but not ones who are necessarily as bloodthirsty as say one or two. So, fighters with heart. They'll be heroes for being of four, for helping the District of four, and for helping Panem as a whole. He will encourage them to act accordingly to this.

Kurloz will not be making any anti-capitol statements himself as he is pro-capitol.

(He may be finding outfits for the Mentors though to make them a team.)

[crabmunicator]

Unless we get any extra tributes between now and the parade, it looks like it's just three now: Thorin, Nux, and Karkat, since Phil won the mini-arena. Kind of fitting for unity that they would all ride in one chariot, right?

I don't know about fashion ideas beyond the fact that I like this gear ring.

Also it is remarkably fitting that we've got Nux for this. Transportation!!

[fintastic]

Hello my future chariot partner, this is what I sound like. Who's up for being paired up with a short alien teenager? I have some outfit ideas to pitch in as well, once she has a partner. :>

Re: Interview Plotting

[impaledqueen]

Peggy is the only Mentor who's been through the whole interview/chariot race thing, so she'll be asking her fellow mentors to let her take the lead on this. Whether or not they do is up to them.

She'll call a meeting with the whole District so she can hear whether the Tributes want to stand together in the interviews, which will leave a good impression on sponsors and possibly get the District more sponsors in total (though it will cut a bit into people's abilities to stand out individually), or to stand individually, which will is higher risk/higher reward since that will get sponsors to give more to individuals but some of them might not be able to impress enough alone to get anything.

Then it is coaching time. She's discouraging any rebellious actions because she knows that ya'll really want to do it, and she will be sitting down with everyone and explaining in excruciating detail what could happen to the entire District if they push the envelope too much. She will try to take everyone and make them go through mock interviews so they can learn how they want to present themselves to the Capitol and so they can take advantage of their existing personas as much as possible.

Basically, Peggy is going to be a hard ass about this, folks, and she is ready to skip meals and stay up until the wee hours of the morning to help her Tributes, so they can all take advantage of her as a resource.

[aves]

Despite everything, Trish is actually pretty serious about dressing up her tributes. Some ideas include blue and green shades, accent by circles and rings. Otherwise, contrasting colors (black and white, purple and yellow, day and night colors, etc.) Basically, she'll be going for "can't have one without the other" and "parts of a whole" motifs as well-- gloves. Lock and key. Peanut butter and jelly. Alternately, since I think there are only three tributes left? Primary colors would be an option-- so red, blue, yellow.

Ruffnut and...

[ruffntumblenut]

I dunno who wants to ride with Ruffnut, but believe it or not she'll be taking this seriously...or about as seriously as she ever takes anything. She really wants to win and make people like her for the home team back in District 7.

As for outfits...I dunno I got nothing off the top of my head. How about this?


I'm open to negotiations.

[crabmunicator]

I don't know how the other feel about primary colors, but I'm definitely up for red with Karkat. You know how it's an important color for him, and he's taken some personal symbolism in it. (His token, a necklace with his sign on it, has a small red section where it was repaired after Shepard broke it off him in the "medieval" arena.) Like, it's blood: red blood. Humans have that! Unity with humans!! Holy shit wow.

Karkat's also going to be pushing a big unity with Panem and its people thing in his interview, very purposefully, so having that extra tie in would be good.

I like the idea of circles and rings, though - look, another thing his sign fits in! - and some kind of color contrasting too. Maybe if the primaries are an accent to black and white? I don't know what would look good, or what Trish would go for there.

[glowygreendeath]

I'm thinking coal black, maybe with a stylized choker collar.

[aves]

Primaries with black and white would work fantastic as well! Get some yin and yang symbolism in there while we're at it. Possibly something where the black and white parts are the same (e.g. white shirt black pants) but the colored part is something different? (Someone gets a blue vest, someone else gets a red cape, etc.)

And yeah, feel free to lay on the symbolism as much or as little as you'd like. The gear ring works too, gears in general, since they all need to fit together (unite!!). Puzzle pieces as well-- perhaps everyone could choose their own motif of things that fit together?

Just some ideas to throw out there, obviously feel free to take it and run with it or not.

[sizeofyourbaggage]

Derek will grumble at him and make faces, but he'll do pretty much whatever Kurloz says.

He'll also be encouraging four's Tributes to do the same. Listen to your stylist, people, if anyone's having trouble following along with Kurloz's plan ICly, Derek isn't above standing by him and growling at people.

[quiethumerus]

He knew he could count on you, brother.

[crabmunicator]

I like that! Including the idea of different colored parts.

I keep thinking about car/vehicle parts, too. Interlinked gears, pistons working in tandem, wheels with those linking bars like on older trains? It's thematic and fits unity: any of those things alone is useless, but together they make the thing work.

Edit: On personal notes for Karkat, I like the cape thing a lot really. Also, maybe for this occasion a different necklace with its own gears? If there were a hidden back to hold the shape right, there could be large gears for the main circles of his sign, with smaller ones forming the curved arms outward. Turn a gear, look, wow, there they go working and doing the thing. Spinny spin.