Whatever Minatsuki had expected, it wasn't this. When they'd said 'arena' she'd been thinking small, enclosed spaces, not a vast open forest.
She'd never seen anything like it in her life.
10...9...8...
Minatsuki had almost forgotten to think. Think! This wasn't what she'd planned for at all. But she could make it work to her advantage, if she could just -
7...6...5...
The waiting was the worst part, she decided. There were so many targets in easy reach right now - hell, if she'd have had her powers she could've taken out two of them before the fighting even started.
There were bags on the ground. Yep. Minatsuki was gonna go for one of those. Probably full of weapons, ripe for the taking. Exactly what she needed.
4...3...2...
Except, just in time, she realized that everyone else had the same idea. So that was it, huh? A trap? Obviously a cheap trick to get everybody fighting right at the start of the game. Best avoided. She was too smart to fall for that -
1.
Oh.
For a second Minatsuki just stood there on her podium, torn between dashing for the nearest bag and running and just plain running.
Someone picked up the bag. Then they turned around, meeting Minatsuki's eyes. It was time to go. Without a second glance at the others, Minatsuki ran off, trying to put as much distance between her and the other tributes as she could.
She'd missed out on whatever was in those bags. Eh. She could manage without it... right?
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She'd never seen anything like it in her life.
10...9...8...
Minatsuki had almost forgotten to think. Think! This wasn't what she'd planned for at all. But she could make it work to her advantage, if she could just -
7...6...5...
The waiting was the worst part, she decided. There were so many targets in easy reach right now - hell, if she'd have had her powers she could've taken out two of them before the fighting even started.
There were bags on the ground. Yep. Minatsuki was gonna go for one of those. Probably full of weapons, ripe for the taking. Exactly what she needed.
4...3...2...
Except, just in time, she realized that everyone else had the same idea. So that was it, huh? A trap? Obviously a cheap trick to get everybody fighting right at the start of the game. Best avoided. She was too smart to fall for that -
1.
Oh.
For a second Minatsuki just stood there on her podium, torn between dashing for the nearest bag and running and just plain running.
Someone picked up the bag. Then they turned around, meeting Minatsuki's eyes. It was time to go. Without a second glance at the others, Minatsuki ran off, trying to put as much distance between her and the other tributes as she could.
She'd missed out on whatever was in those bags. Eh. She could manage without it... right?