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Post by Seryna on Jan 15, 2012 17:35:35 GMT -5
As the first day breaks on the training center, you awaken in your four poster bed, the linens and bed itself being the finest thing that you have ever seen. Before long, your mentor comes and gathers you to breakfast. For breakfast, you are only sitting with the female tribute from your district, your mentor, and your district representative. Breakfast is a grand affair, with honeyed biscuits, ham and things you can't even identify. For the first time in your life, you are allowed to eat your fill. After breakfast, you meet with your mentor. They advise that you choose whichever stations appeal to you. You have enough time to attend at least three stations. He advises that you try to improve on something to impress the judges on your private session with the Game Makers. Then you are led to a large room that contains twenty stations. On the fair wall, a long table holds several men and women wearing expensive robes with the symbol of the Hunger Games emblazoned upon them. These must be the Game makers who will be rating you at the end of the week. As you move into the Training Center, you walk by these training stations: - Animal Identification
- Archery
- Axes
- Boxing
- Camouflague
- Climbing
- Edible Insects
- Edible Plants
- First Aid
- Fire - making
- Hand - to - hand combat
- Knots
- Shelters
- Slingshots
- Spears
- Swimming (complete with an indoor pool)
- Sword Training
- Tracking
- Tridents
- Weight lifing
You can see several taller, burlier tributes heading to the Spear and Trident training sessions. A slim girl considers the camouflague station, inspecting a tray of natural colored paints. A short, red haired girl hefts up a hand axe at the Axes station.
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Post by dern on Jan 15, 2012 17:52:31 GMT -5
Buckley hit on the female tribute, peppering her with shameless pick up lines delivered with a mouthful of food as his mentor looked on, repulsed and the district mentor hung his head. After getting his grub on, Buckley shambled over to the training centre and stood lost and uninspired. Spying the little read haired girl over by the axes he walked over, brazen as brass.
"Hey, do the curtains match the drapes or is that just something people say?" he brayed.
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Post by Seryna on Jan 15, 2012 18:02:43 GMT -5
The girl appears to be more towards the 12 side of the scale; but looks at Buckley with the expression of someone who wasn't a stranger to crass remarks.
She turns back to the display of axes laid out on the counter, hefting the more petite one in her hand.
"I'm guessing you're from one of those lower districts where curtains are a luxury." She muses. her eyes still on her weapon. "In my district, the color of the drapes matters on the mood of the textile manager. She remarks so often on how men like to fuss over drapes to cover their own inadequacy."
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Post by dern on Jan 15, 2012 18:16:45 GMT -5
Whatever the girl was implying was lost on Buckley. He stared blankly for a second before replying.
"I was talking about your pubes but whatever, lady."
His lips curled into a smirk as he glanced over at the edible insects training station.
"Haha, there's a class on how to eat bugs. That's pretty retarded," he remarked, with smug self-assurance. Buckley turned to the redhead, suddenly sounding very condescending.
"So are you really planning on holding an axe like that?"
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Post by cobrawax on Jan 15, 2012 18:25:20 GMT -5
Bobbeh heads over to the slim girl camouflage station.
"Hey girly. This the....uh...camooflaj stashen? You know anythin' bout camooflaj?" He asks in his country drawl. "My daddy said some guys used it in hunting 'n stuff, but I ain't seen nobody use it. That what this here paint's for?"
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Post by Seryna on Jan 15, 2012 20:28:28 GMT -5
The girl gives Buckley a look before rolling her eyes. She takes her axe and walks around the counter towards the three wooden bulls eye. The tall, dark complexioned male teacher walks towards her, showing her how to grip her small axe. After a few moments of instruction, the girl threw her axe towards the closest bulls eye. It hit in the 3 point ring and the man walked out there with her, giving her more advice.
The second man eyes Buckley expectantly. After an appraising glance, he pulled out an appropriately sized axe for Buckley and extended it towards him.
"Are you taking the class?" He asked him.
"No, I don't." The girl replied, swirling her finger in the green paint. She applied it experimentally on her face, making a green spiral on her cheek.
"Come over here." The middle aged blonde woman running the station stepped out behind the corner, taking Bobbeh and the girl by the elbow. She walked them to a few potted paints and pointed at the leaves. "These are deciduous trees. In this season, they are this rich green color that you get by mixing these two..."
She begins showing Bobbeh and the girl how to mix leaf - colored paint.
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Post by cobrawax on Jan 15, 2012 21:12:56 GMT -5
"Wait, this seems an awful lot like some kinda art. My daddy don't like art. If he could see me now he'd prolly yell and then tan my hide, but whatever, he ain't here, so uh, thanks I guess." said Bobbeh
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Post by Seryna on Jan 15, 2012 21:27:03 GMT -5
"Yeah, it kind of does." The girl agreed as the blonde woman hands Bobbeh and his new companion a palette for mixing their own paints.
"My name's Cypress." The brunnette, pale skinned girl says to Bobbeh. "Whats yours?" She appeared to be one of the older tributes, around 17.
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Post by dern on Jan 16, 2012 4:18:44 GMT -5
Buckley looked at the man with the axe. He raised his palms in protest.
"Nah, fuk that," he replied. "I just came over to tap that. Since that's prawly gonna happen later on after that guy's done with her, I gotta find some class to do, I guess."
Buckley ran a hand through his hair.
"Thing is they all look kinda gay."
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Post by Seryna on Jan 16, 2012 13:27:40 GMT -5
The instructor retracted the axe and placed it neatly on the counter before him. He appeared unruffled by the refusal; used to years of children choosing classes very carefully.
Several feet away at the archery station, four tributes were making loud boasts. Apparently willing to settle it once and for all, the copper - haired female tribute from District 1 and the burly, black haired male tribute from district 2 took up bows. The male tribute from District 1 and the female from district 2 began to yell encouragements and taunts.
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Post by cobrawax on Jan 16, 2012 14:03:09 GMT -5
"My name's Bobbeh." he said as he mixed the paints. "Nice to meet you Cypress."
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Post by dern on Jan 16, 2012 14:20:49 GMT -5
"Have fun teaching girls to toss axes I guess," Buckley shrugged. And with that he wandered off in search of a training station that interested him. He sniggered like a dope as the kids by the archery station made a big noise over something.
His head flicked between the weightlifting station and the rich kids boasting. Conflict was awesome, but then so was getting pumped and crushing fools to a pulp. He stood slack-jawed before walking up to the archery crew.
"Uh, what are you scrubs doing?"
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Post by Seryna on Jan 16, 2012 14:22:57 GMT -5
"I'm from District 7..." She shared quietly, working on swirling the green paint. The Districts knew very little of each other and she seemed very aware of the blonde woman who was now mixing brown paint - an awful lot of brown paint.
"Have you decided on what other stations you want to go to?"
She raised her eyes, looking over towards the First - Aid and Fire - making stations.
The four tributes glance over at Buckley as he approaches. The look is openly appraising, nearly predatory.
"Viker thinks he can hit the target 5 times," The pretty, copper haired tribute from District 1 sneers. Her lips are curled in an unflattering expression as she glares at Viker.
She holds the bow as though she knows what she's doing, pulling it back easily as she focuses at the target.
Vibrance rolled 5 dice to "Archery " 1,2,8,2,6 (1 successes)
The arrow notches the '1 point' mark and Vibrance scowls. The tributes from District 2 jeer before Viker silences and notches his arrow.
Viker rolled 4 dice to "Archery " 5,2,1,9 (1 successes)
Vibrance's sneer returns as she notches another arrow. "Best two out of three." She declares bossily.
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Post by dern on Jan 16, 2012 15:44:33 GMT -5
"Whatever," Buckley yawned, voice cracking. "You guys suck. I could school the both of you."
He gave the copperhead a lewd wink.
"Yeah."
Picking up a bow and fumbling an arrow into it, Buckley took uncareful aim and drew back. The arrow sailed into a better point zone. He looked smug.
Buckley rolled 6 dice to "Archerying" 9,3,8,1,4,1 (2 successes
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Post by cobrawax on Jan 16, 2012 16:22:55 GMT -5
Bobbeh shrugged "Dunno. Probly first aid and tracking. First aid sounds handy and I think I could use some pointers on my tracking 'n stuff."
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Post by Seryna on Jan 16, 2012 16:40:01 GMT -5
Hunger Games replies; Training Center week
Archery Station Vibrance's mouth takes a severe turn as she turns to scowl at Buckley. Viker makes a sharp exhaltion; clearly not liking that Buckley is winning the compitition so far. The dark haired boy stands at 5'10' and doesn't seem cowed. Angry. Definitely angry. Viker gives a jut of his chin at Buckley. He aggressively bites off:
"Best two out of three."
"Yeah," Vibrance sneers. "- that was a lucky shot."
The District 1 male, standing at 5'9'' with a muscular build; gives Buckley another look. This one is much more appraising; if a bit bold.
As usual, Vibrance lines up her shot first. The arrow misses the bulls eye; stricking the bag of straw behind the set up. She immediately lowers her bow and shrieks. "This bow is deficient!"
Vibrance rolled 5 dice to "Archery " 6,2,1,7,7 (0 successes)
Viker gives a short, cruel laugh as he steps up to the mark; drawing his bow. His arrow strikes the '1 point' mark; just as last time. The laughter dies on his lips. As he looks towards Buckley; there's a hard glint.
Viker rolled 4 dice to "Archery " 6,4,7,8 (1 successes)
Camouflage station
Cypress nods, her loose black hair bobbing with the motion. "First Aid is a good idea." She agrees. "I remember being horrified when that one tribute from District 5 bled out from his wounds... all alone."
She glances towards you. "You want to do that next? "
The blonde woman moves forward, beginning to apply brown paint to Bobbeh's arms with what appeared to be leaves. "This makes a realistic texture." She explains, letting some bits of leaves break off and stick to Bobbeh's arms. "Make sure to line yourself up with your terrain before you work. You don't want to stick out..."
Cypress begins to dab the brown paint on her arms; attempting the same look that Bobbeh has. After a few moments of effort, the blonde woman steers you towards the tree and directs you to hold your arm out in front of it.
"See?" She states. You have to admit; your arm does look more like a tree than pale, white skin that would contrast nicely off the dark tree bark.
"Here, try green leaves on your neck and face." She encourages, handing you the paint palettes.
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Post by dern on Jan 16, 2012 16:46:46 GMT -5
Buckley glares back as well as one can through tired, lidded eyes. He raised his bow and bullseyed it the target... three times in a row.
Buckley rolled 9 dice to "Archerying... with willpower" 8,9,9,8,5,7,8,5,7 (5 successes)
"There," he brayed, his voice squeaking and cracking with glee. "Looks like I schooled you dorks twice. I'm so pro! Are you guys from the 'sucks to be us' district?"
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Post by Seryna on Jan 16, 2012 16:51:56 GMT -5
"District 1." Vibrance replied, somewhat haughtily. She pointed to the quiet redhead beside her. "So is Chisel. " "District Two." Viker rumbled. "Jewel -" He pointed to the short brunette girl. "-is District 3." "So you can shoot." Vibrance stated grudgingly. "Bet I can best you at the next station. Pick it."
Her tone is insistent; one not used to being denied.
The archery instructor firmly cut in; instructing Vibrance and Viker to take positions again so that he can correct their aim.
"We'll meet you there." Vibrance insisted, not going to comply with training until there was a rematch somewhere down the line. "Where's it going to be?"
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Post by dern on Jan 16, 2012 16:59:36 GMT -5
"Well sucks to be you," Buckley replied, leering as his voice broke. He had heard their answers but hadn't truly processed them and didn't really care. He glanced towards the other stations.
"Uhhhhh......"
"I'll see you at the sword place. I guess. You guys hate losing, but you suck at winning. That's kinda rough. Anyway, seeya."
And with that, Buckley traipsed off towards the sword station.
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Post by cobrawax on Jan 16, 2012 18:23:05 GMT -5
Bobbeh obliges and paints the green leaf patterns on his face and neck. "Ya sounds aight. It'd be real good to know how to go round fixin' wounds."
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Post by Seryna on Jan 17, 2012 0:03:30 GMT -5
Vibrance, Chisel, Viker and Jewel glared after Buckley as he headed off to the sword training station. Vibrance and Viker turned back to listen to the Archery Instructor. After a few moments of instruction, Vibrance corrected her stance and took another shot. Vibrance rolled 5 dice to "Archery " 10,9,7,4,8,2 (3 successes)
While Vibrance departed the Archery station and started after Buckley, Viker was forced to remain after his less than stellar shot. Viker rolled 4 dice to "Archery " 3,6,5,10,2 (1 successes)
Chisel however drifted to the station besides Archery; the Boxing station. Jewel stepped up beside Viker and leveled her more petite bow at the target.
Jewel rolled 6 dice to "Archery " 7,9,1,1,5,2 (1 successes)
She screwed up her face and leveled the bow once more...
At the Sword Training station, Buckley found himself joined by Vibrance and a short, stocky boy who looked very muscular. "All right, tributes," The muscular man stepped up beside three wooden practice dummies. "- select a sword from the weapons rack and approach one at a time." Drawing a sword from his sheath; he demonstrates a forward slice that struck the center of the dummy. As Buckley approaches, the Instructor demonstrated how Buckley could attack the center of mass. After a short instruction on varying watching the eyes and varying his attack; the instructor began to work with Vibrance on the dummy beside Buckley.
After listening for instruction; she lands a solid hit against the dummy. Vibrance rolled 6 dice to "Sword fighting" 9,8,7,5,5,3 (2 successes)
"Great, I'll go with you." Cypress stated; glancing back over as the blonde approached with a tray of four vats. A quick glance revealed them to be pine needles, marshland grasses, mud and dirt. "This is how you break up your profile, She explained how to stick pine needles using sap and mud. After a few more minutes of instruction on how to use natural environments to hide; she stated.
"You might not be lucky enough to find a camouflague kit in the Cornucopia. You have to be able to adapt. Do you have any questions?"
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Post by Aeon The Phoenix on Jan 17, 2012 2:36:36 GMT -5
Sword Training Station
Conrad focused his breathing, remembering the advice the instructor had just imparted to him not moments ago. Gripping the hilt of the sword tightly in his hand, he approached the dummy with determination blazing in his eyes, also recalling the rudimentary training with his own father in the art of the blade.
It was best to think of the sword not as a weapon, but as an extension of one's own arm. Conrad made a few practise swings in mid-air, getting a feel for the weight of the blade in his hand, before turning his gaze upon the dummy itself.
Conrad Miles rolled 5 dice to "Sword" 7,6,7,8,3 (1 successes)
The initial thrust connected, but left much to be desired in Conrad's opinion, the small mark on the dummy's wooden surface looking insignificant.
Conrad Miles rolled 5 dice to "Sword" 10,6,4,6,7,1 (1 successes)
"Hah!"
The second stroke was horizontal this time, cleaving a small scar line on the dummy, but not having much of an impact besides that.
Conrad Miles rolled 5 dice to "Sword" 7,6,10,9,4,6 (2 successes)
"Hai!"
The forward slice connected with the wooden surface of the dummy, leaving a slightly deeper mark as the sword gouged a line down its surface.
Conrad Miles rolled 5 dice to "Sword" 8,2,10,1,6,9 (3 successes)
"Hi-ah!"
Conrad brought the sword back on itself in a vicious diagonal arc, metal striking wood as it left a deep groove in the dummy from shoulder to hip. THAT was more satisfactory he silently agreed with himself, stepping back from his handiwork to await further input from his instructor.
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Post by Seryna on Jan 17, 2012 2:49:50 GMT -5
"Not bad," The instructor told Conrad; looking down at the 5'3'' boy with a bit of surprise. "Now, how about every one tries an initial thrust, once."
He states to Buckley, Conrad and Vibrance.
"If you connect, try a horizontal strike. If you miss, wait for me to come to you with my advice."
(OOC: Make one weaponry & strength roll to thrust. If you get a success, make one more weaponry & strength roll)
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Post by dern on Jan 17, 2012 9:43:20 GMT -5
Buckley rolled 7 dice to "Str+Weapons" 1,4,5,10,8,8,10,6,1 (4 successes) Buckley rolled 7 dice to "Str+Weapons" 3,1,9,9,1,2,5 (2 successes) Buckley rolled 7 dice to "Str+Weapons" 6,5,8,7,3,2,1 (1 successes) Buckley rolled 7 dice to "Str+Weapons" 9,9,3,7,1,5,8 (3 successes)
Buckley continued to cackle at Vibrance's effort as he thrust and swung like a lunatic, laughter strained by undisciplined physical exertion. He struck the dummy twice more than instructed to and finally stopped laughing at Vibrance as he turned to her.
"You're prawly gonna die pretty quick I bet."
With a snort and a jerk he suppressed another fit of hyena laughter and went back to looking smug.
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Post by Aeon The Phoenix on Jan 17, 2012 14:21:16 GMT -5
Conrad took another decisive blow aimed at the dummy with the bladed weapon in his hand.
Conrad Miles rolled 5 dice to "Sword" 5,4,5,3,4 (0 successes)
A sudden loud burst of laughter behind him made him jump, causing the sword to miss and hit the floor. Conrad half-turned, giving the back of Buckley a pissed off glare as the full-of-himself individual resumed speaking to Vibrance.
Facing the dummy once again, Conrad couldn't help but picture Buckley's face upon its head, adding a small measure of suppressed anger to his blow.
Conrad Miles rolled 5 dice to "Sword" 6,3,10,7,8,4 (2 successes)
The swing struck with force, leaving a mark and a satisfied smile on Conrad's face behind as proof of its occurrence.
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