ARENA 02- let's get this party started

[gamemakers]

There is a different tension in the air. This is the first time anyone has been returning to the arena, and it changes things. For the tributes that know, for those prepping them. It's all under the surface, waiting. The prep goes the same as before.

The tributes are taken from the Training Center, one by one, and placed into the hovercraft that will take them on a long, tense ride to the Arena. New tributes have a tracking device implants in their arm, old tributes have their's activated, a move so similar, so swift it would be hard to notice.

Left alone with their stylist, each tribute is dressed quickly, light colors, cotton fabric, sturdy boots. Nothing waterproof, and nothing that will help against cold, dark nights. Then they are set into the clear tubes, and go up to whatever waits above while the voice counts down.

25 - 24 - 23 - 22 - 21

It late evening, but the summer sun is still high and the day is hot over the ruined city that rises up around them. The air shimmers with it, hot, heavy, pressing down on the tributes.

18 - 17 - 16 - 15

The cornucopia, the only bright, new thing in sight besides the pedestals they stand on shimmer brilliantly in the sun, all the life saving supplies scattered around in, tempting and deadly.

9 - 8 - 7

They've all been warned, don't step off your pedestal early.

4 - 3

2

The sound of the gong releasing them echos into the empty streets. Let the games begin.


[OOC: Don't forget the OOC Arena post, especially those of you running for the Cornucopia. Every single one of you ought to post to this post. There will be a Cornucopia thread, and anyone else feel free to post as you will. Please add a tag with your character's name.]

Comments

Re: Eliot

[jadaryl]

Eliot avoided the... giant turtle. Although considering what he'd seen in the brief time before they'd shipped him off to the Arena, he wasn't sure that the other... person... was not human.

Re: Eliot

[jadaryl]

Unfortunately, they seemed to be headed the same place. He growled under his breath.

Re: Eliot

[polyturtle]

Unfortunately.

Don wasn't exactly sure he could really do what that woman did. Not because he couldn't do it. He was more than capable of killing someone. But he had always considered unjustifiable killing to be wrong. And wasn't exactly willing to kill someone today just because they went after the same supplies.

Wait-

Suddenly, without warning, Don turned violently into another direction. Actually, he seemed to be veering right at Eliot.

Re: Eliot

[jadaryl]

Eliot's eyes widened as he saw the other person ran straight at him. He glanced hurriedly around him for a weapon of some sort. He leaned down and grabbed the first objects that he touched. He turned back to the giant turtle, two heavy cans in hand. He focused on the other person's head, ready to throw a can at him if he got any closer.

Re: Eliot

[polyturtle]

Thankfully, Don never saw what the other man was doing. About ten yards from Eliot, Don bent down and grabbed up a pile of supplies.

He wasn't sure how he'd spotted the bottle water amidst all the things that lay around. But he did, and when he saw it, any thoughts of getting a bag vanished. With this heat, getting water - and having something to hold it in - was paramount. A bag might not have a water bottle. This, on the other hand...

Grabbing the water and one can in one hand, and a second can in another - he could have gotten two more cans from the pile, but that would make him a sitting duck, don't be too greedy - he immediately turned around and headed for the ruins, leaving the Cornucopia behind him.

Forget the bag. The other guy could have it.

Re: Eliot

[jadaryl]

Eliot let out a sigh of relief as the apparent threat stopped. He turned and ran with what he had while his rival was distracted. Two cans of... something... was better than dying. He glanced at the sky. He needed to find shelter before he died OC dehydration.