[Day 2] Swimming: 800m Individual Medly

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[Day 2] Swimming: 800m Individual Medly Aug 24, 2014 13:08:16 GMT -5

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Post by gm bourgeois decadence [aya] on Aug 24, 2014 13:08:16 GMT -5

SWIMMING: 800M INDIVIDUAL MEDLY

Welcome to the 800m Individual Medly event of the second Panem Olympic Games! The swimming pool is located within the aquatics center, with stands for spectators traveling from Districts One, Two, Four, and the Capitol to watch the competitors. Television cameras are set up around as well, to broadcast the event to anyone staying home as well as to the other districts who aren't as lucky and competent as you all! Please be sure you stretch and warm up with your coaches before you're called to the pool for your race, and remember, make your district proud!

The execution of this event is simple. Feel free to roleplay your character getting ready to begin the race, and then paste the code [*roll=12000+52500] without the asterisks into your post and roll, as you would with a Hunger Games die. This will result in a five-digit number that will correspond to a time, which is read with a decimal point separating the first three and the last two digits (e.g. 52500 is read as 525.00 seconds) I will then convert this to minutes and record it here.

The competitor with the lowest time wins this event. Times for this event will be continually updated on this thread.

After everyone has rolled, feel free to edit your post with your character's reaction if you so desire, but please keep it to one post rather than multiple.

There is NO POSTING ORDER; you may post whenever you please. Keep in mind that this event must be wrapped up by the end of the Olympics Day.

Roster
1. Stallion Antonio - d4
2. Phenom Firestorm - d1
3. Samson Sanders - d4
4. Devilyn Rain - d4
5. Eva Tidestone - d4
6. Milen Roxen - d4
7. Tempestada Andreasen - d4
8. Fantom Perch - d4

Standings
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TL;DR
Dice: [*roll=12000+52500]
Deadline: 08/28 ~11:59pm EST

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[Day 2] Swimming: 800m Individual Medly Aug 24, 2014 14:56:26 GMT -5

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Post by pup on Aug 24, 2014 14:56:26 GMT -5

Milen was ready and pumped. She wanted to win this. She was a competitor and this was her sport. It was for the glory of district four so she would win! After all, if she couldn't win a tiny race for the puny Olympics then how could she win the Hunger games? She lined up to get ready to dive.

There was some coach dude telling her that when the whistle blew a timer would start and she would need to swim bla blah blah. Milen already knew what to do so she didn't really care what the guy was saying.

Anyway

3, 2, 1, GO

Milen dove underwater.

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[Day 2] Swimming: 800m Individual Medly Aug 24, 2014 15:54:36 GMT -5

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Post by knuckles on Aug 24, 2014 15:54:36 GMT -5

[presto]

Stallion Antonio

District Four | Male | Seventeen | Zak Huff

Buddy you're a boy make a big noise
Playin' in the street gonna be a big man some day
You got mud on yo' face
You big disgrace
Kickin' your can all over the place
Singin'

We will we will rock you
We will we will rock you

[Queen - We will rock you][/presto]

It's a new day, and I can't let the failures of yesterday slow my down. I can't let the horrible mistake in diving change my view for the rest of the Olympics. I was chosen, and I just want my parents to be proud. Yeah, I know they aren't here anymore, but they are watching down upon me wishing me the best luck. The best thing that could happen was returning home with a medal, or something to prove that I did well. I want the Costello's to see that I'm a fighter, and that I did well. I was so close in diving, yet so far away. It's hard knowing that it was taken away from me in a matter of seconds. I didn't do well, but I tried, and I failed.

I'm swimming today. Swimming is fun. I always swim when I'm not surfing, but surfing is fun. I love riding the waves, and perhaps it'll help me to use speed today. All I want is to make my parents proud, so I'll give it the best I got. I losen my muscles up behind the stage by stretching slightly. I know it's not much, but it's almost time to begin, and I really want to do well. I walk out into the opening, and I climb up on the platform listening to the buzz of chants ringing through the audience.

3...
2...
1...
GO!

I dive off the platform and pray for my best performance ever.

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[Day 2] Swimming: 800m Individual Medly Aug 24, 2014 17:23:15 GMT -5

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Post by Loki on Aug 24, 2014 17:23:15 GMT -5

I am ready to swim, and this time, I'm not going to pay any attention to anyone else, to anything else, but me, and the water. I'm not going to think win-or-lose, but just 'swim'. I wait for the count and then at the signal I dive off the platform and start to swim, stroking my strongest stroke.

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[Day 2] Swimming: 800m Individual Medly Aug 24, 2014 17:51:01 GMT -5

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Post by Kire on Aug 24, 2014 17:51:01 GMT -5

≋ S a m s o n ≋ S a n d e r s ≋

Does, Says, Thinks

I was so slow yesterday, I came in last and I'm sure people were laughing at me. I don't really care though, this whole thing was about trying something different and having fun. Today might be no different but at least I could say I tried. Maybe because it's a longer swim I might manage better. Submarines weren't as fast as speedboats, but they were able to go for a lot longer, plus they didn't need access to the air. If I could emulate that, keep my amount of breaths down to a minimum, maybe I could do as well as everyone else.

For all that I tried to tell myself, I really didn't want to be in last place again.

As I stood on the staring platform I gazed into the water, perfecting my stance. I would do it, I would swim well and strong. Eventually I would show people that I wasn't just some crazy guy who believes in things that don't exist. Maybe that day would be today, or maybe it would be tomorrow. I just wanted that day to come eventually.

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[Day 2] Swimming: 800m Individual Medly Aug 24, 2014 19:35:36 GMT -5

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Post by Arrows on Aug 24, 2014 19:35:36 GMT -5

Eva TideStone
Sticks And Stones May Break My Bones But Words Will Never Hurt Me

The last twenty four hours had been an emotional roller coaster for Eva. What felt like just moments ago Eva recieved a bronze medal for her swim in the 100. She remembers everything so vididly after getting out of the water and seeing her time compared to the others. At that second a wave of happiness and accomplishment had washed over her unlike any other she had ever felt. A girl like her had done the unthinkable, won a medal at the Olympic Games. It may not have been gold but it was a medal none the less. Yet that moment in time wasn't even the most emotional, that time came later in the evening. Her entire family came to visit her and when they all told her how proud they were the tears then really broke loose. For so long had she lived in fear of her own body, but now she felt more free than she ever imagined she could. Yet that had all been yesterday, and today was a new day filled with new trials for Eva.

Today she once again stood inside the Aquatics Center to compete in her final swimming event of these Olympics. This event would make her last one seem like child's play, this she knew for a fact. the 800m medley was an event that pushed an athlete's every fiber to the breaking point. The old Eva would have shriveled away from this foe, but that girl was gone. Replaced by a new girl, one who wanted to continue to show the rest of the brittle bone victims out there that there is still hope for them. As the announcer stated that her event was about to begin Eva slipped her goggles and cap on as she stood atop her diving block. When the announcer stated for the swimmers to take their marks she let herself hang loosely instead of tense of.

Then the gong went off... and she dove.

She felt the water welcome her with its chilled hands and a shiver ran down her spine. But she would not shy away so she swam on. First butterfly, which in her opinion was the worst of them all. Sure enough she was slightly behind after it but she knew her free style and breaststroke would be her chance to gain and possibly take the lead. All she could think about was finishing as her muscles screamed while she sprinted her final lap. At this point she had no idea where she was in terms of ranking but it didn't matter all she wanted to do was hit that time pad. And just as her hand slammed against it she swiftly looked to the time board in hopes that her effort had paid off again.

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[Day 2] Swimming: 800m Individual Medly Aug 24, 2014 20:23:04 GMT -5

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Post by Cato on Aug 24, 2014 20:23:04 GMT -5

Phenom Firestorm

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Swimming. I've watched people train in the pool for days. I've watched, but I've also swam. I practiced so I could get better, but I made sure not to show too much of myself. Today is the day. Today I compete in a swimming event. People may look at me as a weakling, but it's my goal to prove them wrong. I want to show them that I'm more than my appearance makes me out to be. I stand behind the swimming pool with my coach. I look at all the other competitors as I walk over and take my place in the line. I don't know what to expect, but I know I want to prove people wrong. I stand there, and I wait. I wait as the countdown happens. I wait and watch as others prepare to dive. I move myself into position, and when the time is right, and the signal is given, I dive and swim with all my might. I will not let a weakness stop me from winning.

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[Day 2] Swimming: 800m Individual Medly Aug 24, 2014 21:46:57 GMT -5

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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2014 21:46:57 GMT -5

tempi {♔} andreasen

Neither my conscience nor the boy from four had let me forget my terrible performance the day before in diving, and again the water would be my main competitor as I stepped back into the aquatic center. Though this time I would have to depend more heavily upon endurance and stamina than posture and technique, and for that, I was grateful.

However, anxiety now racked my nerves more than the previous day, and with each step towards the mounting block I recollected my awful results. The platform had felt so natural underneath my feet, though any and every action following it had been a downfall from grace.

This was redemption, and I would most likely blow it as well.

(Time’s a tickin’, Tempi, how’re you going to spend it?)

I press my feet against the block and wait for the signal to be given, adrenaline replacing anxiety as I calm the quaking in my arms to the best of my ability. I’ve been given chances at greatness, though I’ve never known quite how to use them, but now, I’m in the presence of those who’ve held greatness in the palm of their hand time and time again.

Sometimes, the underdog comes back to prove the world wrong.

Other times, they fall flat consistently.

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