Backdated: The great hunt

[knifewithnoname]

Who: Pruna, Sandy, Howard and Mickey for real this time
What: Continuation of their fixing Sandy thread, the actual Doki Doki hunt
Where: Candy arena, around the gingerbread houses
When: Week one so still in the day time
Warnings: Blood, small children using other small children as bait, most of these kids are warnings in their own right

Sandy was still alive, they hadn't had much in the way of bandages, just the clothes that could be spared, cut up and wrapped round her leg. On opening the package she had grabbed from the Cornucopia she found a box of antacid tablets. Medicine, a world away from anything she understood, but she gave it to Sandy anyways, it might help.

There was blood though and that was what they needed. Pruna lifted Sandy onto her back again and nodded at Howard. "You do be finding a good place." She heard a noise from ahead and frowned lifting a hand to signal Howard.

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[justoutrunyou]

Sandy felt exhausted from all the pain, tension, crying and being angry at herself for screwing up so early in the game. She clung onto Pruna's back with what strength she had left.

She didn't speak though. Barely breathed which was easier then she thought it was. Probably the blood loss. Her leg felt warm and throbbed with pain. Every time it was jarred or bumped it sent splinters of white hot agony through her but she had burnt herself out on the traumatic experience already.

If being bait was all she could do for Pruna right now? Then she'd be the best damn bait she could be. She owed the girl that much.

da latest bitch

[iselldrugstothecommunity]

"Don't worry, we won't let them get you," Howard says, interrupting his soft singing of "Tik Tok". He means it. He has a serious aversion to seeing people eaten alive (thanks, killer FAYZ worms). He fully intends to get Sandy out of there. "As soon as one of them gets in the trap, start singing We Are the Champions. They hate that."

He starts to climb up the peppermint tree they're near. A series of bear traps they dug up from around the Cornucopia lay around Sandy like a hellish miniature Stonehenge.

[knifewithnoname]

"Be trusting us." Pruna told her as she climbed up another tree, her practice had come in handy and she drew her knife ready.

[justoutrunyou]

Sandy sat still, still as a stone in the middle of a series of bear traps set in a tight circles around her. Slowly she dared to move her head and look around waiting. Watching.

Maybe they wouldn't come.

But as soon as the thought dared to cross her head some heads began popping out from behind tree trunks and cotton candy bushes.

"Crap." Sandy mumbled as the creatures smiled brightly and began trotting towards her grinning with razor sharp rows of shark teeth.

Clutching her umbrella tightly she aimed it at the closest creature...some kind of rabbit.

pleaseletthisworkpleaseletthiswork

[iselldrugstothecommunity]

The first trap goes off, and the rabbit's singing turns into a squeal of pain and its middle is bisected. The other doki-dokis lose interest in Sandy and start to swam on the wounded one.

"Start singing!" Howard yells, before starting to sing Bad Romance.

[knifewithnoname]

Pruna sings as well, some rowdy drinking song with lyrics that probably weren't at all suitable for eleven year olds, but then again jumping from a tree to stab wide eyes killer animals wasn't a pastime suitable for kids of Pruna's age either.

She slit one's throat and tossed it towards Sandy to put in the bag, hoping the dokidokie's remained focussed on the one on the trap, a couple more had fallen into traps now as well, but they had to work fast before the live creatures ate the dead ones.

[justoutrunyou]

Sandy fumbled the catch getting hit in the face with the corpse. But she managed to keep singing as she stuffed it into the bag. Her mind was blank with fear so she sang the only song she could remember.

"Rain Rain go away!
Come again another day!
Let the sun come back to stay!
Little Sandy wants to play!"

It was a song her daddy would sing while rocking her to sleep for her naps. The rain never went away, but he always held out hope.

[iselldrugstothecommunity]

The doki-dokis run, scattering in every direction away from the cacophonous sound of the children singing. Howard waits until they're a good distance away before dropping out of the tree entirely, landing with a stumble and starting to pry the dead creatures out of the traps while they're still fresh.

"Perfect, perfect!"

[knifewithnoname]

Pruna laughed as the Doki Doki ran. "You did be doing good Sandy!" She grabbed a couple more corpses, letting Howard deal with the ones in traps as she couldn't open them.