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Panem Events ([personal profile] etcircenses) wrote in [community profile] thegamesooc2015-08-17 03:49 pm
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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?


~~~


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.]
alittleknightmusic: (Laid-Back)

Re: HELLO

[personal profile] alittleknightmusic 2015-08-25 03:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, if you want Psii to team up with Steve, Sayaka can team up with Daryl, since he is going the sherwani route.

It would be nice if we all had crowns though! I think the smaller, sparkly one is more in-keeping with the outfits.
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[personal profile] alittleknightmusic 2015-08-25 03:32 pm (UTC)(link)
It looks as though AU Steve and Psii are going in one chariot, so Sayaka and Daryl could go in another as a pair?

She'll be wearing this with a matching crown - I went with the south asian theme too.

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[personal profile] weaintashes 2015-08-25 04:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Sounds good to me! And I'm down with each D9er wearing a crown if you guys want to do that, it's a nice way to tie all their outfits together. I really like your choices, too.

I found this in my sherwani search, it would fit the grain-theme rather nicely as well, if you're interested. Just another idea. :>
lionhearted_victor: ([A LA FURIA])

[personal profile] lionhearted_victor 2015-08-25 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
...excuse me while I get some markers I like this idea
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[personal profile] alittleknightmusic 2015-08-25 05:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah! Crowns for everyone!

Aw, that dress is really nice, but it's orange and Sayaka has blue hair and it would clash quite a bit >: I was looking at that green one you found though, and there's a matching one here! It even has grain patterns, so maybe we could use that instead.
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[personal profile] biiowiired 2015-08-25 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
(How does Steve feel about aliens?) How about matching Elvis suits in different colors? Steve in blue with a yellow scarf and Psii in yellow with a blue scarf? And I thiiiiink we're leaning towards everyone wearing this crown, what do you think?
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[personal profile] decommission 2015-08-25 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
(confused! but that's par for the course for him - I'll be putting up an open log later today if you'd like them to meet before all this!) And that sounds good to me - both the reversed colors for these two and the matching crowns for everyone together!
Edited 2015-08-25 19:24 (UTC)
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[personal profile] biiowiired 2015-08-25 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Gold is definitely an option. I'm doing gold for Psii's interview outfit! You could use your second choices for that one. I feel like the chariot outfits should follow a theme, which I think will be wheat patterns and presence of yellow/gold, but I get the impression from canon that the interview outfits can be more individual?
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[personal profile] biiowiired 2015-08-25 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
(I'll make a note to hit it up!) There's also the option of one suit in yellow and one in gold, if you feel the blue might distract too much from the wheat theme. Just had the thought now lol. I can photoshop things as needed.
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[personal profile] decommission 2015-08-25 07:35 pm (UTC)(link)
oh yeah, gold and yellow might work more with the theme :|a I'm jumping into this late and all, and since he's so new I'm kind of winging things rn, so whatever is easiest for you is perfectly cool with me!
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Re: HELLO

[personal profile] biiowiired 2015-08-25 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Sounds good! And remember there's still the interview outfit to consider. As I recall, HG canon had them only subtly themed and more individual, so it should be easier. There are lots of gold dresses and white dresses with bits of wheat on them. Lmao I was initially so sad because I thought there would be no girls in D9, but I saw so many pretty dresses!

ETA: Fritz had found a cute dress the other day
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/3c/af/8d/3caf8dcf4f2e6c435964f5325bbbf5b1.jpg
There's also the white one above
http://i0.sinaimg.cn/lx/fa/2009/1010/U3072P8T1D919998F913DT20091009142035.jpg
Edited 2015-08-25 19:55 (UTC)
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[personal profile] biiowiired 2015-08-25 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Chariot outfits seem to be more uniform in canon, so now that I think about it, it's probably best. Do you think Steve would look better in gold or yellow? (Psii's all kinds of weird colors, so he's going to look atrocious no matter what color he wears lol)
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Re: Larger Plotting

[personal profile] knittingbackwards 2015-08-25 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
If it works, I'd like to make this the dénouement of Merlyn's seditious activities (i.e., the thing that gets him actually killed or Avoxed). He would announce that he has a speech prepared, and in the, like, thirty seconds before he's dragged offstage, add that he has foreseen himself being cut short and has published versions of the speech around the Capitol.

(The speech would be written up nearer the time and sent to the mods for approval, but the gist of it would be as follows:
- He has been distributing seditious materials, but none of them are of his own make; they are from his world and a wide range of places and times
- He urges people to read them where they can, and make their own decisions with the information provided
- He puts forwards an anecdote about Fascism to illustrate the dangers of unquestioning obedience
- He does not condemn those who rebel violently, but disagrees with them, and believes that all of Panem, both native and offworlder, has to make quite sure they are divining the will of the people
- He regrets that it had to happen this way, and expresses a desire to get to know the place and its people, had it not been in such dire need of action
- He is not affiliated with the rebels, and does not consider himself a rebel, since this is not his government to rebel against
- Rise up, or don't, but do it well-informed

...it's a long speech. Probably runs to two pages. There will be maybe five or ten handwritten copies secreted around the Capitol, one of them in a bird's nest, which may be found by characters in the week or so following the interviews)

Whether he opens the interview with this or allows a couple of questions first could go either way.
knittingbackwards: (As the great Epicurus once said...)

[personal profile] knittingbackwards 2015-08-25 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
*clears throat loudly*
atouchofka: (Default)

Partner for Alain?

[personal profile] atouchofka 2015-08-25 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Good news: he's boring-looking and you'll look better by comparison. Also, well-behaved.

Bad news: yeah he's so boring-looking. you're not winning this one.

(Costume-wise, I'm wondering about messing about with vines and general clothes-made-of-plants, not least because of how Alain died last Arena. Also, chariot with Arena scenes illustrated on the sides, maybe, to go with the "courage" value?)
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[personal profile] burningdaylight 2015-08-25 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Awesome. XD
knittingbackwards: (Very droll)

[personal profile] knittingbackwards 2015-08-26 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
have fun luke

there is no way this will go awfully for you
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[personal profile] burningdaylight 2015-08-26 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
Such is the running gag in his life -- never catching a break. :'D
knittingbackwards: (As the great Epicurus once said...)

[personal profile] knittingbackwards 2015-08-26 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, don't be like that. Look at this sweet old grandfatherly man. What could possibly go wrong?
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[personal profile] burningdaylight 2015-08-26 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
Don't blow it.
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[personal profile] weaintashes 2015-08-26 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
No worries! Miso has a good point about chariot outfits following a theme, so for the sake of keeping D9's a bit more coordinated, let's go with your first choice. I found a full view of it for better reference. I'll try to hunt down a sherwani that will hopefully match it well enough without overpowering it.
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[personal profile] biiowiired 2015-08-26 09:38 am (UTC)(link)
Psii and Steve's outfits. It's pretty bad photoshopping, but a sprained thumb means it's the best i can do atm lol.
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[personal profile] weaintashes 2015-08-26 09:46 am (UTC)(link)
This shows the dress detail, it has a lot of pretty silver/copper/gold accents. I found a jacket that matches elements of the dress (I'd just handwave it being wheat-coloured instead of ivory :v), or this that even looks grain-ish if you squint. Shame I can't seem to find a jacket with a more similar design.
alittleknightmusic: (Smile)

[personal profile] alittleknightmusic 2015-08-26 11:00 am (UTC)(link)
Oh my god, how did you find all those? Those jackets are perfect, too! The second one really matches.

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