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The Gamemakers ([personal profile] gamemakers) wrote in [community profile] thearena2013-06-23 04:40 pm

In the desert, you can remember your name.

Who| Group 2
What| Waking up in the desert arena
Where| Scattered around
When| Several hours after the Candy Cornucopia
Warnings/Notes| Deathroll will be coming soon to check out this arena's cornucopia and find out who dies between now and next week.

Make no mistake about it. The bloodbath of this Arena's Cornucopia was brutal. Half of the Tributes fell, a jerking, painful death. It is the highest death count in one day that recent memory can ascertain. It is shocking and unexpected, certainly a twist as far as those watching from the safety of the Capitol are concerned.

But it doesn't compare to what happens next. Because the Tributes that fell in in the bright candy hell don't wake up.

At least, not in the Capitol.

Not this time.

The fallen Tributes' eyes open, one by one, as the trackers in their arms let out an uncharacteristic jolt to bring them back to consciousness. They are not in their soft beds in the Training Center. They are not even in the Capitol. Instead, there is heat, more intense than that in the strange candy land that they had been in. A wind picks up, swirling dust and sand around them, stinging eyes and skin.

Everyone who was cut down is spread far and wide throughout this arena, still in their costumes, perhaps a little worse for wear.

"Good afternoon, Tributes." Claudius Templesmith's voice echoes through the air once all of the Tributes have been unceremoniously awoken. "And welcome to the second half of the Seventh Arena of the 75th Hunger Games. May the odds be ever in your favor."

And with that, they're on their own....
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[personal profile] shambler 2013-06-24 12:27 pm (UTC)(link)
The wriggling only set the larger Tribute off. He worried at the meat of his arm like a rotting dog, Shion's blood spurting out and splashing him in the face. By now R wasn't even trying to worry about things like clinging and holding on, so dead set on getting this over with that he got sloppy even for a zombie. He reared his head back, trying to tear off a chunk, his grip on Shion slipping.

[OOC: Boy needs some swimming lessons after this]
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[personal profile] savedbyasong 2013-06-24 12:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Shion screamed as he pulled away, fighting the urge to go closer, because then there would be less tearing, less pain. But he could run, he knew how to run, blood was pouring down his arm he kicked out as she scrambled away and stumbled to his feet running as fast as he could, the dizziness and his lack of stamina would mean he couldn't go for far but he would run until he could run no more.

((OOC: He really really does))
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[personal profile] shambler 2013-06-24 12:55 pm (UTC)(link)
R was happily chewing away when lunch bolted out from under him. Shion was there and suddenly he wasn't, R staggering and almost pitching face first into the water. He was left there with a chunk of the other Tribute hanging from his mouth, the zombie giving a few lurching steps through the mud like he wanted to try chasing after him. With the way Shion bolted away, there was just no way he'd catch up. Guy was a lot faster than he looked. Damn. R should've held on better (he was so used to M being a bro and holding down the other arm that he got sloppy).

Shrugging, the zombie gave up his pursuit and settled by the bank of the watering hole, his face glistening with fresh blood as he gulped down what little he could snatch. It wasn't much, but it was better than nothing. It'd help keep him going.