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Eɴᴊᴏʟʀᴀs; ([personal profile] orestes) wrote in [community profile] thearena2013-12-12 10:59 pm

sacrifié, j'ai peur qu'on vienne; closed

WHO| Ellie, Garrus, Enjolras
WHAT| The final fight.
WHERE| The Arena.
WHEN| Middle to end of Week 8.
WARNINGS| Violence and death and death and violence.


He hadn't slept. The sounds of the jungle now permeated his thoughts, and he found himself jumping at half-seen fragments of threats and shadows. The heat had become unbearable, and his hair clung to the back of his neck uncomfortably. There was nothing left, no recourse, but to hide in the limited shadows afforded by the overhanging jungle foliage. It would be over soon, whatever the outcome.

From the minimal shelter of heavy leaves, he could see a figure meandering through the jungle, trampling the already crushed and dampened forest floor. Instinctive, he buried himself deeper, taking efforts to avoid this person. There weren't very many people left in the Arena, and apart from himself, mysteriously, those who usually lasted this long were not the pleasant sort. Enjolras had no desire to linger longer in their state imposed Hell, but he had no desire to die either.

It was in his hesitance, weighing the options of addressing the first figure, that he noticed the second one. Larger of stature, and an intimidating sight to behold, its presence, though only just visible, validated his decision to linger in the shadows. Perhaps in their mutual fatigue none of them would notice each other and each could move on with his own suffering. Perhaps it was sad that such had become his optimism.
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[personal profile] onlyimmune 2013-12-15 06:13 am (UTC)(link)
She'd lost track. She'd lost track of everything. She was so hungry, so thirsty, that she could barely see straight. All she wanted was to curl up in a hole somewhere, but it seemed like every time she found someplace to sleep the water crept up closer and she had to run away again. She was worn ragged and she was tired and she was done.

She didn't notice she was being watched. Maybe back when she could think straight she may have, but at the moment all she could think about was the twisting of her gut and the whirling dizziness in her skull.
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[personal profile] gunshiptotheface 2013-12-15 06:51 am (UTC)(link)
Garrus was entirely fed up with the arena. He was tired of this place and it's mind games, tired of the ever changing landscape, and with the death of Shepard still a little too fresh in his mind he only thought about moving forward. Out of all of the tributes he'd done the best nutritionally in the arena since the local flora was edible for him, but the rising water made him nervous. Turians couldn't swim. It was constantly making him move and change direction, mounting the growing anger. At this point he was no longer Garrus Vakarian, he was Archangel and he was sticking to it.

He knew there were others around, and moving through the jungle hearing the staggered, tired footsteps were enough to give her away. There wasn't much contemplation as Garrus moved, drawing his hunting knife. At this late in the game and with how angry he was at all of this suffering, it was either kill or be killed. The faster they died the more quickly this sickening game would be over.

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[personal profile] onlyimmune 2013-12-15 02:35 pm (UTC)(link)
She stumbled. She didn't mean to, but her legs weren't quite moving the way she wanted to and her toes caught on a tree root and she went stumbling foward a few steps until she caught her balance against a tree.

She paused there, taking a deep breath, and she didn't really notice how everything had gone so very, very quiet. No sound save the constant shimmering crinkle of the wind blowing through the tops of the trees, caught and hushed by the dense jungle below.

She could hear her heart, still stubbornly pounding away in her chest.
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[personal profile] gunshiptotheface 2013-12-16 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
The jungle always knew when something was about to happen, something that spoke of danger and death. Garrus moved quickly, quietly, not much more than a shadow as he made his way closer to her. He would make it quick, sudden, unsuspecting, so that there wouldn't be suffering.

At least, that was the plan. His own heart felt like it was pounding too loudly in his ears as his hand gripped his knife. He moved within feet of her, tense and ready to strike.

He'd only have one change at surprise, so he took his chance, springing from the dense foliage and aiming his knife for her throat.
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[personal profile] onlyimmune 2013-12-16 04:46 pm (UTC)(link)
It was only luck, that saved her from the fatal blow. Only luck, as she stumbled a second time just as he burst from the trees.

She cried out - a sharp, wordless sound - landing hard on the ground as there was suddenly an extremely tall man over her. Wait. Not a man. What the fuck was that thing?

"Fuck off!" She yelled, almost high pitched enough to be a scream as she scrambled to pull out her knife and wave it at him.
Edited (ugh tenses) 2013-12-16 16:47 (UTC)
gunshiptotheface: (Heavy Armour)

Sorry this was late! I was out of the country with no internet

[personal profile] gunshiptotheface 2013-12-26 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
The near scream made him jump back, throwing up an arm to block any attack. When none came he moved in a second time, his blade going for her ribs. He would make this quick and as painless if he could. That was, if she didn't struggle.
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No worries c:

[personal profile] onlyimmune 2013-12-29 03:14 pm (UTC)(link)
The blade went in, but that didn't mean she didn't struggle. Pain erupted from her side, searing and hot and white and she didn't want to think about what the knife hit when it slid between her ribs.

She screamed for real, then, and flailed wildly with her knife but the pain was too overwhelming to really be able to get in a real blow. She kicked and bit and screamed and tore but it was getting harder to scream with each passing second - as if the breath was being torn from her lungs.
gunshiptotheface: (Look right)

=3

[personal profile] gunshiptotheface 2013-12-29 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
This was what Garrus hated about dealing with messy kills, the screaming and flailing. Her knife caught his arm a couple of times, his side another, while his other arm took the brunt of her biting. One of her legs landed a nasty kick to his knee that had him crumbling, landing in the dirt beside her. It certainly wasn't clean and a part of Garrus hated himself for what he was doing and how he was doing it. He needed to end this.

His hands went for her neck, it would be a simple sharp twist and it'd be over for her if she would just stop screaming and flailing.
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[personal profile] onlyimmune 2013-12-29 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
She was getting weaker by the second, she could feel it. She could feel her breath leaving her and the screams turning silent and the knife slipped from her fingers because she simply couldn't feel it anymore. Her flailing was slowly becoming convulsions and she tried to keep his hands off her but she couldn't - she kept getting distracted by the dark blotches at the edge of her vision, by the pain tearing through her until she went numb.

"No--" She breathed, and barely had a voice to speak with. "Please, no--"
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[personal profile] gunshiptotheface 2013-12-29 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm sorry. It'll be over in a moment." It was all he could say, his tongue heavy in his mouth and his chest tight. In all his years of combat he had never considered himself a murderer. Now, now he knew he was. It only took a moment as he placed his hands on either side of her head and twisted sharply to bring her suffering to an end.
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[personal profile] gunshiptotheface 2013-12-30 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
He hadn't noticed anyone else in the dense jungle when he had spotted the girl. It had been a stupid mistake but with the dwindling water sources and what he had just done, he wasn't surprised that he was distracted.

His side hit the ground hard, winding him, as he turned to try to grapple with the man that had jumped on him. It was pure instinct that had him rolling to try to pin the assailant under him but with his body struggling to draw breath it was making it difficult to focus.
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[personal profile] gunshiptotheface 2014-01-06 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
Garrus was not prepared for the barrage of hits that rained upon him from the smaller man. He barely had a chance to hit back or block, he does his best to keep the lunatic at bay but one fatal blow hits his throat with enough force that Garrus feels something crunch. Immediately there's the taste of blood in his mouth and it's horrifically hard to breathe. He knew what it meant but there was not a chance he was going down without a fight.

For a moment he thinks that this lunatic was done, then the barrage starts anew, striking at his chest and while not doing much damage he knew he was dying, choking and coughing.

His hand struck out hard, aiming for his assailants' chest. He was desperate and was going to at least deal some damage even if he knew his time was measured by minutes at best.