Mini Arena 2

[etcircenses]

Tributes are woken early, and the hovercraft ride is a long one. Not the longest some have experienced, but they are clearly going far.

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They land on the deck of the boat, and are ushered underneath, to the lower levels, quickly. Their stylists go from cabin to cabin, decking them out in over the top finery, before loading them into the pods installed into the corners of the rooms.

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The platforms lift them up, and they are all ringed around a grand buffet table, loaded with a grand feast looking ready to sag down from the weight. Among the food are supplies, plenty of them, all for the taking.

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They've all been warned, don't step off your pedestal early. They have also been warned to put on a good show. That's all this is about, a good show. None of them have been told that there can be multiple winners this time around.

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The sound of the gong plays crystal clear across the opening. The games have begun.

Comments

[aboveangrybees]

He looks down at his now wrapped arm. At this point, he knows he's going to die in this arena, this is just stopping the inevitable, but it gives him the chance to still help others. That's worth delaying it.

"Yeah- yeah it does," he gives her a grateful look.

[formersurgeon]

"Good. It should hold." She looks up at the roof. "Probably longer than this thing will."

[aboveangrybees]

Steve looks up too, "We need to get on deck if we want to last longer than it."

With that he finally pushes off the wall with his good hand, bending at the knees to garb his jacket and vest. He knows better than to bend at the waist after the bloodloss he's suffered.

[formersurgeon]

She keeps a hand on his shoulder, to steady him if he needs it.

"I'm going to go further down. See if I can help anyone get out."

Joan has no illusions whatsoever. She knows she's going to die below decks. But she has to try.

[aboveangrybees]

Steve gives her an understanding look. He could have been on deck hours ago, easy, but he's down here still to look for people, help anyone he can. Thus how he got attacked by a shark of all things.

Still, there's one person Steve has been hoping to find again after getting separated.

"If you can do me another favor, there's a young girl, Clementine - yellow dress, real stand-out eyes - if you see her just send her above deck," Steve is genuinely worried about her. More than anyone else, he was hoping to see Clem survive this.