Panem Post (97th Games ed.)

98th Hunger Games:
The arena locations and descriptions are out now! Check it out here!
The Gamemakers have been announced! See who'll be running the games here!

Your Newest Victor
Congratulations to Panem's 97th Hunger Games Victor: Seraphina Keoch of District Six - authored by Cait!

97th MVP
Give it up for Pogue, our 97th Games OOC MVP!

Retro Games: 10th Quell
Congratulations to Kasia Karataeva from District 3, played by Jorg, who outran the other tributes to escape the Capitol Sewers and secure her victory!

D6 Staff Strike
Sign up your characters to be involved in the District Six hospital staff strike. It's inevitable that any form of protest in Panem will surely spiral out of control. Which side of the picket line are you on?

D9 Bake-Off
Want to get on TV but don't feel like killing kids in order to do so? Audition for the District Nine Bake-Off!

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Howdy [Zeus/Neysa] Oct 7, 2020 19:10:57 GMT -5

Post by kap on Oct 7, 2020 19:10:57 GMT -5

z e u s

The training center was a lot bigger than I had originally anticipated. There were weapons stations everywhere and spots to do anything from learning to tell plants apart to making fires or traps. Hell, there was even a station where they taught you how to improvise your own weapons and such. I, of course, went straight for the axes. It was my specialty, working with axes back in Seven. Then again, wasn’t that a stereotype of ours?

I worked with the human shaped targets first and started digging my axe into them over and over again. As I went, I started hitting them harder and faster. Eventually I got to the point where I was hitting the target so hard it was rocking. Then, I was interrupted. A voice came from behind me and I spun around, axe still in hand. I glared at the source of the voice. It was the girl from Eleven.

”Howdy Seven, how’s it going?” she’d asked me. I raised an eyebrow.

”Are you trying to get yourself killed before the arena or are you just a dumbass who likes to approach armed strangers?” I snapped at her in response.

I honestly didn’t understand people like her sometime. They were overly friendly yet always seemed to have some sort of a death wish.

My axe was still in my grasp but I lowered it to my side, looking at her and waiting for her response.

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Howdy [Zeus/Neysa] Oct 10, 2020 11:38:30 GMT -5

Post by pup on Oct 10, 2020 11:38:30 GMT -5

After that unpleasant interaction with the creep from three, I needed something to cheer me up. There had to be a few other decent people going into the arena with me besides Dom and Delroy. Maybe this will just make it easier when we finally need to get to the actual murder part of the games.

Looking around for something new to do, I spot a guy at the axe station. In typical fashion adherent to district stereotypes, of course it was the boy from seven. Part of what I wanted to fight for was the opportunity for everyone to live and do what they want to do, but if he feels comfortable being a lumberjack his whole life, good for him.

He seems a bit intimidating, but not as creepy as Yuki, so that's a good start.

"Howdy Seven, how’s it going?"

"Are you trying to get yourself killed before the arena or are you just a dumbass who likes to approach armed strangers?"

Nope, not a good start at all.

I take a step back, raising my hands in front of me, palms out.

"Woah there," I say, a nervous grin planting itself on my face as I try to gauge where the aggression might have come from. Did I do something wrong or did this kid, like all the others here, clearly have something wrong with him.

He was another volunteer, so I guess that might be the reasoning behind it.

As he lowers his axe, I let out a small sigh. I would strongly prefer not to get axed in the face before the games started. Actually, I'd strongly prefer not to get axed in the face at all.

"Just coming over to say hi," I say, lowering my hands a little, back down to my sides, "Nice to meet you too by the way. Do you always threaten friendly strangers or just the cute ones?"

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