Decathlon: 400m Run

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Decathlon: 400m Run Aug 19, 2012 14:53:21 GMT -5

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Post by gm bourgeois decadence [aya] on Aug 19, 2012 14:53:21 GMT -5

DECATHLON: 400M RUN

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Welcome to the Decathlon tournament of the very first Panem Olympic Games! The track and field complex is located within the Olympic Arena, 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 starting block, and remember, make your district proud!

The execution of this event is simple. Feel free to roleplay your character on the starting blocks and running, and then paste the code [*dice=2000+5000] without the asterisks into your post and roll, as you would with a Hunger Games die. This will result in a four-digit number that will correspond to a time, which is read with a decimal point separating the first two and the last two digits (e.g. 5064 is read as 50.64 seconds)

The competitor with the lowest time wins this event. Times for this event will be continually updated on this thread; however, the overall decathlon standings will be updated on a separate 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 your shots whenever you please. Keep in mind, though, that this is meant to move pretty fast, so we're not looking for exceedingly long posts.

Here is the roster for this event:

1) Topaz Ross, D1 — 63.54s — 10
2) Locust Lovelace, D4 — 53.27s — 2
3) Scarlette Bryze, D2 — 54.73s — 4
4) Nyklus Moalkis, D2 — 53.48s — 3
5) William Wilson, D1 — 63.42s — 9
6) Lieutenant Richter, D1 — 52.72s — 1
7) Mikal Land, D2 — 56.21s — 6
8) Nathaniel Graives, D1 — 55.69s — 5
9) Apex White, D1 — 62.80s — 7
10) Tigirius Rex, D1 — 62.80s — 7

Let the games begin!
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Decathlon: 400m Run Aug 19, 2012 17:24:44 GMT -5

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Post by Python on Aug 19, 2012 17:24:44 GMT -5

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Locust laughed in the face of irony. Of course the moment she decided to play the games for fun rather than to achieve victory she would actually perform with talent worth applause. She had completely dominated the hurdles with first place, knocking over only one of them in the process. It was her greatest (and only) victory yet, and as soon as the times had been displayed on the board she had laughed as the audience cheered for the average girl who just embarrassed some of the best athletes in Panem. She didn’t revel in the glory and strut across the field like a smug champion but had merely chuckled at her odd streak of luck and stood proudly as she observed the wild crowds, especially those who resided in district four. Why not show the mediocre girl a little appreciation for achieving something impressive? It would probably be her only victory. She might as well smile about it while it lasted.

She glanced at her fellow athletes as they prepared themselves for the four-hundred meter run. She was fully-energized and properly hydrated for the event, her muscles loose and ready to work just as her mind was soothed and focused. Even the audience members were prepared, their bodies practically radiating positive energy that made their limbs vibrate and the atmosphere relaxed despite the tension lingering in the air between competitors. Locust had trained herself to become immune to the tension and no longer concerned herself with whom she was up against and what they were performing in. She didn’t even mind a Bryze and a victor sharing the field with her. Sure, they could probably humiliate her in most events (emphasis on “most, since she had beaten the Bryze girl a few times), but they were natural-born careers. Locust was self-trained. Nobody forced her to do what she did, she just chose which exercises to do and happened to neglect the upper body.

Luckily this event emphasized the legs, so when thunderous bang! shattered the tension in the air Locust charged forward with gleaming confidence and a burst of euphoria that brought a smirk to her lips.

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Decathlon: 400m Run Aug 19, 2012 17:29:09 GMT -5

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Post by dars on Aug 19, 2012 17:29:09 GMT -5

Scarlette Bryze .

Look at you, look at me.
There's never any us, can't you see
All we can become, we can shine like the sun.

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Main, Speaking, Emphasis

Ready set go gurl!

WIP BECAUSE I DECIDED TO BE WEIRD.

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Decathlon: 400m Run Aug 19, 2012 19:57:14 GMT -5

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Post by gm bourgeois decadence [aya] on Aug 19, 2012 19:57:14 GMT -5

Every time you try
Quarter, half a mile
Just like yesterday
I told you I would stay

Tigerius Rex —

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The entire decathlon so far had been entirely hit-or-miss for Tiger, performance-wise. It didn't seem to matter how focused he was or whether or not he'd started psyching himself out before the event; he either did well, as he had in the 100m sprint, or he tanked, coming in very near the bottom for shot put and hurdles. Someone, he supposed, had to; after all, there were only ten athletes, and for the most part, each managed to find a way to compensate for their shortcomings in some events by dominating others. Practically all of the tributes who had a last place on their record had a first as well; from what Tiger could figure out, he fell somewhere in the top half of the competitors — for now, at least.

One bad event could drag him back down towards the bottom just as easily as one good one could catapult him up to the gold. For the most part, it was anyone's game, even going into their seventh event. Even though it was a quarter mile, Tiger still knew that the 400m was still technically a sprint, something that needed to be run at top speed. His training had ensured that Tiger had the stamina for it, so he wasn't particularly worried. He settled into his starting blocks and waited for the BANG!

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Decathlon: 400m Run Aug 19, 2012 20:59:06 GMT -5

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Post by Lulu on Aug 19, 2012 20:59:06 GMT -5

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when you feel that way again
you have to stop your thinking
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Another running event. Topaz was more than a little iffy about this, considering her performance in the running aspects of the decathlon had been subpar. But she was in a very good place for medal contention in this prestigious competition - winning the decathlon was arguably one of the most admirable accomplishments in the entire Olympics - and she wasn't about to ruin it with some crappy run. She had to find her old stamina, her old endurance, before it had been tainted by excessive alcohol and perpetual wallowing in sorrow. Whoever said scrappy emotional state didn't affect you physically? Bullshit, all of it.

Tossing off her silver One jacket Tope prepared herself, taking one last glance at the scoreboard to give herself an extra boost of confidence. She was doing well. If she kept it up, she'd have a medal for certain. What worried her, though, is how easily one mistake could send her tumbling straight to the bottom of the pack. Don't think. Just run.

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and think of what you're here for
and let the rest of your feelings go
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	“and men said that the blood of the stars flowed in her veins.”

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