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

[arrhenphobia]

"What?" She asks, her face turning white like a sheet and eyes widening. "No no no no no! That is out of question! Completely impossible!" So much for staying calm and in control of her panic. He was telling her to touch him. He wanted her to wrap her arms around him. The idea of it alone made her shiver both from fear and revulsion.

"No! I can't do that! It's-- no!" She cries out, while still trying to catch her breath as she began to hyperventilate.

[aboveangrybees]

Steve immediately stops, eyebrows going up. She's back to screaming. Great. Well, the only part she could really be freaking out over is the touching.

"Hey, okay, no piggy back, got it," well, he can try to think of something else fast. This water isn't getting any shallower. He's working a little blind here, kid.

"If you can brave the water, we'll use my jacket like a tether, so if you slip or the current gets strong, you won't get swept away, that better?" Best he can think of. The water height was only going to work for so much longer before it was too deep for her. He kind of wishes he hadn't lost his rope now.

[arrhenphobia]

"I- I can't!" She whimpers and tried to calm her breathing down. "No. It's..I can't touch a man!" Normally Mariko never had any troubles with expressing her discomfort around men, but for some reason it was difficult this time. It didn't feel right.

She turns her head away from him to hide her tears and counted to ten in her head, taking slow deep breaths.

"But it doesn't matter anymore. We are both going to die here!"