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The Gamemakers ([personal profile] gamemakers) wrote in [community profile] thearena2013-06-22 02:42 pm

Oh my love, I know you are the Candy Man

Although the mood in the Capitol is...taut, once the Tributes are in the transportation craft, things seem to lighten. The peacekeepers almost seem jovial - as jovial as peacekeepers ever seem. About half the Tributes are checked over and given an injection into their tracking device.

In the underground room, the stylists have all their prep teams running busy, dressing up the tributes in bright costumes, chatting with each other, clearly excited to have so much freedom over what their Tributes are wearing in. Each one is dressed in a personalized costume, elaborate, and entirely soft.

Finally the Tributes are placed on their pedestals and sent on up, all gussied up.

25 - 24 - 23

The light is blinding for a moment, before the candy-colored world around them comes into focus. And it's not just candy-colored - it is actually candy. Some Tributes might be reminded of the game Candy Land, if it was something in their home world. Music plays, scarily cute animals roam, and every thing just looks so gosh-darn happy.

20 - 19 - 18 - 17 - 16

The Cornucopia sits, candy-striped itself, and over-flowing with a generous bounty of food, weapons, and supplies. Even these all reflect the nature of the arena, brightly-colored, and cheerful-looking, just begging to be gathered up.

11- 10 - 9 - 8

They've all been warned not to step off their pedestal early. But as the final number ticks off, those Tributes that had their tracking devices adjusted in the transport suddenly feel a sting starting in their arms. A slightly diluted version of what Ariadne was given the day before is dumped in their veins.

The dilution doesn't help them, of course; it just causes the poison to take effect more slowly.

5 - 4

3

2

1

Go.

The burning is starting for half of them, spreading through their body, lighting their nerves on fire. Within 10 minutes it's effecting their motor skills, causing them to stagger, twitch, to move against their will.

Those who are small fall faster, barely lasting 15 minutes in the bloodbath. The stronger and bigger among them might make it 30 minutes at most.

By the time the bloodbath is over, the Cornucopia is surrounded by corpses. Half of the Tributes have fallen without even a single competitor having to touch them.


[OOC: Don't forget the OOC Arena post, especially those of you running for the Cornucopia. Every Tribute must 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.

Those who were poisoned are anyone in group 2. You will have a second post up shortly.]
justoutrunyou: (Scared eyes)

[personal profile] justoutrunyou 2013-06-25 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Sandy did her best to stifle her sobs and was forced to stuff a fist into her mouth to drown them out. She saw the creatures too and while they looked adorable, the pain that was making it impossible for her to focus for more then a couple seconds did not take away her paranoia.

Blinking away more tears she prayed for a hero.
knifewithnoname: (okay that's not good)

[personal profile] knifewithnoname 2013-06-26 08:44 am (UTC)(link)
One creature forward, baring sharp teeth and Pruna didn't hesitate. Cute or not her sword swung clumsily out to cut the creature once, then twice killing it.

So the sword wasn't a weapon she knew very well, but it gave her distance and the dead dokidoki was a good distraction as the others leaped on it, and began tearing it to pieces.

She turned back to Sandy and grabbed her arms. "We do be running." She pulled the girl up trying to get her on her back. They needed somewhere safer, defensible, to try and get the trap off and Pruna only hoped Sandy could last that long. She could just chop the other girls leg off, but that would mean she wouldn't be able to run at all, and that was practically Sandy's only skill.

She would leave that as a last resort.
justoutrunyou: (Ow!)

[personal profile] justoutrunyou 2013-06-26 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)
"H-how!?" Sandy choked out. Every movement with her leg send fresh lightning bolts of pain through her that made her want to scream. She was starting to look pale and feel light headed from the shock or possibly the blood loss.

But even as she said that she didn't resist and kicked her good leg at the ground to try and help Pruna dragging her along.
knifewithnoname: (okay that's not good)

[personal profile] knifewithnoname 2013-06-26 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"We just do be." She doesn't have a plan past getting away from the creatures and staying alive. Every logical part in her told her to drop Sandy and run, because what use was an injured ally.

But she didn't, she ignored the voice that told her two and kept struggling onwards. "Just be holding on tight."