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The Gamemakers ([personal profile] gamemakers) wrote in [community profile] thearena2012-11-10 10:49 am

ARENA 04-Decay

For some this is starting to be routine. For some it is new, and little is done to ease them into it. The peacekeepers are never warm on these flights, but they are rougher, quieter today, and after having their tracking devices inserted or reactivated, the tributes don't see them until they are lead to small, metal rooms.

They are dressed quietly by their stylist, and the stylist move quicker this time, dressing them in heavy cargo pants, boots, thick socks, an undershirt and sweater. A light, plastic jacket is laid over the top, with a hood and plenty of pockets.

They are lead to tubes, with a reminder not to leave the pedestal. The tubes are metal this time, thick, the door sliding closed over them and leaving the tributes in the small, dark area. Entombed until they start the smooth rise to the surface.

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Rising to the surfaces, they can see before them a building, ravished by time but still standing. Behind it, cliffs fall to the ocean, glittering in the sun for miles and miles, a dark blue distance that offers no escape. Behind them, the last trails of fog lead into a forest, still spotted with the lingering remains of the buildings that had once stood there. The air is cool, crisp, and the warmth of the sweater can be appreciated quickly.

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One wall of the building before them is gone, exposing deep into the building's heart. There, about 50 yards into the ruins, lies the cornucopia. It's weapons and supplies are scattered among the ruins, dropped haphazardly among crumbling walls and exposed rebar.

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Warned not to move from their pedestals, they are given the last 10 seconds to plans their attack.

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The gong sounds, clear in the crisp air. Let the games begin.

[OOC: Check here if your character ran for the cornucopia to see your results. Post here to play those out.

Characters on reserve have until Wednesday, Nov 14th to be eligible to tag into this arena and this post, but anyone who did not sign up for the Cornucopia will be handwaved as having not not been part of the Cornucopia battle.]
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[personal profile] the_marshal 2012-11-16 12:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Wyatt respected gumption and watching her pull herself together, physically and otherwise, he couldn't help a brief, friendly, upward twitch of his mouth.

"That's the spirit."

Shifting the bag on his shoulders he lifted a hand to gesture past her, toward the deeper trees. "Yer plans are yer own, but I'm headin' that way, iffin' you wanna come along."
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[personal profile] itwasrhetorical 2012-11-16 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Sometimes she merely needed a nudge in the right direction to get her to calm down and think of things logically. Glinda looked in the direction he had pointed. Her pretty face crumpled into a frown.

"I'm going that way." She pointed to the right. "I need to find a source of magic here." And something was calling her in that direction.

Glinda was wary to add. "But I wish you luck in your endeavours."
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[personal profile] the_marshal 2012-11-16 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Magic. That make him think of Neeshka.

Had she made it through the Cornucopia? Or would he see her in the sky tonight?

If he was even still here tonight. He kept dawdlin' around he certainly wouldn't be.

Shaking his thoughts free, he nodded at the woman. "Same to you, Ma'am."

And with that, he slipped around her - kinda sideways like, just in case - and, picking up his easy jog once more, headed off deeper into the forest.