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WHO| Alpha and open!
WHAT| Alpha's bored and wants to go home ~~and kill people there.~~
WHEN| About a week or so into the Games
WHERE| The largest island
WARNINGS/NOTES| Aside from the fact that it's Alpha, a sadistic mult-faceted killer, none.

The Arena full of horrible monsters and people trying to kill each other wasn't nearly as fun as Alpha had been led to believe. He'd hardly seen anyone else, for starters, which meant they were either for the most part much better at hiding than he'd expected, or he was simply too good at hiding. Probably the second one.

Regardless, the other Tributes needed to die so Alpha could win and get the hell out of here, so finally he'd just walked out into the open and waited for something to happen. Not his usual style, but really, he was city people at heart (aside from one very happy scuba enthusiast and a smug survivalist who were both rather pleased with the place) and he was frankly getting bored.

And it certainly drew out a lovely dark-haired girl who was pathetically easy to take down. It had been very cathartic, killing her, he mused, ambling away as the cannon rang out, in the vague direction of the beach. He would need to keep an eye out for brunettes, he decided, and this was annoyingly as much of a long-term plan as he had at the moment.

ooc: Alphas killed Neha Manzione of 12, for mod reference! I don't know if there's another place to note this.

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After she'd made it to the island, her first basic thoughts were to find food and water. Sustain herself while she looked for Eliot. She'd seen Kaidan's face in the sky that first night, and she couldn't say she wasn't disappointed that they wouldn't be able to hold up their alliance.

But who was to say she couldn't just do it alone? She'd already taken out one Tribute at the Cornucopia ruthlessly enough, even if she hadn't been able to off Tate while she had the opportunity. Too much had been left to chance, at that point.

She'd seen the other Tribute from afar, when she'd found her daily sustenance, and made certain her spear was sharp enough to kill without much fuss. Somewhere down the line she'd found a handful of hefty rocks, some pointed, some blunt, all capable of causing harm. Now she hid behind a tree, weighing one rock in her hand and trying to decide if she could aim well enough to take him out from there.

[ooc: up for a little skirmish? Also, Ariadne was going to take out Meela in her Cornucopia thread. But that might be me being nitpicky.]

Unless he wanted to try for another island, the beach wasn't the place to find people, Alpha decided. He could see from here for a long distance and there was nobody out in the open except for himself. "Nobody wants to play," he murmured, switching direction and heading for the trees. Maybe he could track down someone there, stalk for awhile, drag it out. Eat up some time that way until things got really desperate and the other Tributes started looking for him.

Alpha grinned. That was when the game would really get fun.

ooc: whoops, sorry, changed it! it's fine, that was just me not paying enough attention.

She gave it a shot.

One rock flew from the treeline, flying fairly true with the intention of catching him in the stomach. It was hefty enough that it could potentially wind him, slow him down a little bit while Ariadne darted to her next spot hidden just inside the trees. Better than letting him go without a fight, like she'd done with Tate; she didn't know this Tribute, didn't know his capabilities, and the best way to find out was to see how he reacted to all this.

[ooc: no worries at all!]

Amongst many, many other things, Alpha was a former high school quarterback and muscle memory, even implanted muscle memory, was an amazing thing. He caught the rock with both hands, stumbling a little since he hadn't had time to brace himself and scraping his hands to hell, but it was more pleasant than the alternative. He looked up, quick enough to see movement but not much else, and grinned.

He tossed the rock over his shoulder, as always plenty full of himself to let go of a potential weapon without too much worry, and kept walking to the trees, his grin widening. "If you want to play you have to pick a game," he called, stopping once more just next to the tree line, scanning for more movement or unnatural shadows. "Catch or hide and seek, it's gotta be one or the other."

She narrowed her eyes a little when he managed to catch it. It was one of the disadvantages of not having seen this Tribute before; she had no idea what to expect from him, and this wasn't it. At the very least, she had caught him off-guard enough to make him stumble, but it wouldn't be enough. She tested the weight of her spear in her hand, debating it briefly before deciding against it.

Though not quite trusting that she could outrun him - not if he had the ability to catch a rock, and just pitch it aside that way - she wasn't going to just run.

Ariadne scooped up another rock, carefully slipping through the trees away from where he approached, and pitched it a bit harder at the side of his head.

This was just adorable now. Alpha ducked, dodging easily from the whistle of air and slight movement in the trees tracking the direction the rock came from. "Does this mean you're not interested in an 'Alliance'?" he said, amused. "We haven't even met yet and you're already trying to brain me. Not exactly polite."

(Late reply is late. Also I am not sure of Ariadne's current skill level so if you feel Alpha's doing too well against her go ahead and say!)

"You haven't been here long, have you?" She asked, before slipping back through the trees, relatively silent on her feet. That was a skill she'd had beforehand; she had once evaded Cobb almost entirely before he finally caught on too late where she was.

If nothing else, she'd be able to hide on him. Hiding had kept her alive so far.

[ooc: No worries. c: She's still just a regular old human, though her aim's pretty good. I'm not familiar with his canon sadly, but I figure he's decent enough for this to work.]

"I assumed we were all dropped in at the same time," Alpha commented, moving up to the treeline but stopping just from actually entering, eyes darting through the dim light with interest. "Or have you been here longer? Surviving 'round' after round by hiding in the trees and throwing rocks at strange men?"

She waited to reply, pausing to hoist herself up onto a bough of the nearest tree, getting herself off the ground lest he come past the line of trees to find her. The next bough was just a bit higher, and with her potential weapons and backpack, she was more than prepared for him.

"I change my strategy periodically."

Alpha stayed where he was, leaning casually against a tree, arms crossed as though they were just having a casual chat. He followed her progress mostly by following her voice. If he wanted to end this quickly he would need to move in closer. Without any tech he was much deadlier up close than at a distance, but at the moment he was satisfied with letting things go on, staving off boredom for a little while longer.

"Oh, yeah, that's good, smart, certainly kept you alive up to now. Rude but effective."

"Being rude wasn't really something I was thinking about, considering our situation," she replied, hefting her spear in one hand, remembering its weight and the force with which she'd need to throw it on the off-chance he decided to attack her. Of course, for that, she needed to keep him talking. "What's kept you alive up till now?"