thearena | Still kickin' in Arena 1

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Still kickin' in Arena 1

Who: Doc Holiday and open
What: Killing doki-dokis, being scary, having one arm, etc. Open to all!
Where: Candy Arena, near or around Milkshake Lake
When: Early Week 4 at anytime
Warnings: possible violence and the other usual stuff

Holiday stayed motionless as the arena was plunged into total darkness again. Disorienting wasn't a good enough word for this. Not only did she not know how long she had been in this place (it felt like eternity) but she also had no handle on a sleeping pattern. The latter might have been a good thing, though... Still, going instantly from bright to dark was really annoying in a place where everything was trying to get the drop on you.

The heavy blood loss and shock was still wearing down on her, but Holiday had been doing considerably better since then. Her left arm was still gone, of course, but she was managing. Honestly, it was luck she was alive. A fight hadn't come her way since the Cornucopia decades ago.

She did make Chris go his separate way, but she had a feeling he didn't go too far. That was fine with her. So long as Holiday wasn't weighing him down, that was fine. Chris had a real chance of winning this one if he could last just a little longer. For now, she was just focusing on getting by. Her gifts of food and water had come at a surprising and thankful twist. Perhaps Jack saw something in her that she didn't. It was enough of a motivation to keep her moving.

Finally, her eyes had adjusted again. Soon enough, the blinding day would be back and it would be another panic attack of who was where, but it wasn't right now. Holiday let out a silent breath and continued to move. Migrating was key.

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"And I'd feel pretty awful about myself, taking advantage of a woman in your position, so." Cindy shrugged, walking close, and then just sitting on the ground. She'd been put into the arena in heels, and it was hell on your feet. But when she'd tried to go without them, well, that wasn't going to work for awhile, either.

Back and forth with it all. She glanced at the Doki-Doki with interest. "How'd you get those without getting eaten or anything? I've had to run as fast as possible after getting one of them."

Taking advantage? Holiday raised her eyebrow. She couldn't say that wasn't true, but she would at least put up a good fight to anyone who think she would- Okay, it would be a very one-sided fight, but she would try!

Holiday sat as well on the candy grass, pulling her foodstuffs out in front of her. "They swarm pretty quickly, so you have to act quick when killing them. I've found breaking their necks to work wonders. They don't seem to like this river or singing, though." She still shrugged, waving to the rags of her clothes, torn to shreds but little teeth and claws. "It doesn't come with its own price."

Please. She'd have her down in a second, if she had her way. Maybe one side of her down, but while she knew, just by looking at Holiday, that she was a fighter. How else do you survive this long with just one arm?

She pulled her back forward as well, zipping it open and started to lay out what she had. Not all of it. More like, what she wouldn't mind trading, or losing, versus everything. She had a lot of water, some small fruit packets, the rope, the first aid kit, and several doki-doki steaks.

"Right. I haven't seen too many around this part of the arena. Makes sense for that, now. I didn't think about going for the neck. I've just been knifing, and then making a run for it."

"They like the mountains," Holiday explained, eyeing the goodies in front of her. Water. That was a big one.

Holiday had zero water at the moment. Well, she had about half a bottle, but she wasn't keen on showing it off just like Cindy was. However, she did have a healthy amount of food in the forms of bread and doki-doki meat... Those fruit packets looked good, too.

Seeing what Cindy had compared to Holiday's own supplies and well being, it really put into perspective how poorly the doctor was doing this go around. It was a wonder that she was even still alive.

"I've been keeping away from the mountains, so that might be why. I've been getting the ones near the cornucopia... they love those bodies." While she was usually pretty good at not being squeamish, that got to her. And while her words were very matter-of-fact, she couldn't hide the grimace on her face, and the slight wince from it.

Water was something Cindy had plenty of. Really, she'd had moments of preferring to get food from a sponsor, but the water went a long way with it. She didn't keep every bottle she got, because she'd run out of room, but she had kept a few, in a small hope that maybe there was a water source she hadn't encountered, yet.

No such luck. She saw Holiday looking at the water, and in a show of real trust, she took off the cap and carefully handed it over.

"Here. If we're going to help each other, we might as well start now."

The bodies. Holiday frowned. "Are they still in the same place or is it impossible to do anything with them now?"

A few of her friends was over there and Holiday had thought about going back to tend to the dead more than once, but she knew the Cornucopia would be crawling with trouble and she was in no shape to risk it. Yet, something nagged at her. The bodies remaining there made her antsy, even if she had seen the other screens.

The offer of water brought her clear out of her thoughts, though. That was unexpected, but... welcoming. She nodded to Cindy, reaching out for the water. "Take anything you'd like."

"If you want to waste your time and energy with them, then they're still there for you to do something with. Most of their bodies are still left," Cindy shrugged. She had friends down there, sure, but between getting attacked or giving them a proper candy funeral?

"Besides... they're just meat, now. Did any of those screens pop up nearby? I spent some time watching friends in some kind of desert place. It was awful." It really had been. Seeing them, but not knowing where they were? And then doki-doki coming to attack because of the sound?

Nope. Not doing that again. She smiled, leaning forward and taking some of the doki-doki. She hadn't had much meat lately. "Thanks."

"I know. I saw a few of the other screens, too. It just bothers me that the bodies were left. Seems like it should mean something more."

Holiday took another sip of her water and nodded at the thanks to Cindy.

"I hate those screens. They just pop up, and then they turn on, and how are you supposed to hide when you've got a bright, blaring screen in your face?" She took a bite of the meat, giving a little sigh of relief. It had been a long time.

"Last time I went down there, there was... well, I kept my distance. But someone took the time to burn some bodies. Before they could get any worse, I guess, or eaten."

"I watched one for a little while, but I steered clear of the others. They attract too much attention." She took a small sip of the water she had received. Didn't want to waste it, after all.

"That's good to hear. Better than nothing... Still, I'm glad that they aren't... officially dead, you know."

"Yeah, that's what I should have done after two of them popped up." She looked down at her leg with a frown. She didn't make that mistake again, but it had still been made.

"Me too." When she looked up, she gave a crooked smile. "I've held enough hands of dying friends to last a life time, and that was just in a few minutes into this whole thing. So what happened to your arm?"

She paused. "Actually, what happened to you all around? How have you been getting around on your own like this?"

Ah, her arm. Holiday shrugged. "Just got it chopped off at the Cornucopia by someone who wanted the same bag as me. To be expected, I suppose. I've only lasted this long because I got it cauterized by a friend. The rest was my own medical know how.

"Getting around has been... an experience, so to say." She hoped between groups of friends like it was going out of style lately, but Holiday managed just fine on her own, more or less. "How have you been holding up?"

"Right off the bat at the cornucopia, or did you just wander on down there after the whole blood bath was over?" Cindy had to ask. She'd almost lost her pack, but all she'd gotten was a few good bruises and cuts from it. Almost been bitten, but wasn't, so she was good.

"I'm pretty amazed, I'll have you know. If I lost an arm, I probably wouldn't have made it this far." When she looked off to the side, she sighed. "Not too bad. I've had a partner every so often, but they keep dying, and not by my hand. So, mostly alone. Trying not to be seen. You know, doing what I have to, to survive without doing too much."

"Right off the bat," Holiday grumbled. This hasn't been a wonderful arena for her, but she takes the compliment with a nod at least. "Those three doctorates are finally paying off, I say."

Holiday nods again. "I've been alone for the most part, too. Seems better that way."

"Definitely paying off," Cindy laughed to laugh out loud with that. She didn't have three doctorates, but knowing someone who did? What was that saying, the wild was the great equalizer? It was both nice and terrible.

"It does. But it gets lonely. So, if we've got a truce going... maybe we could stick together for a little bit. I'd love someone to talk to besides myself, and a couple of doki-doki."

Holiday smiled at the request. "I would like that. Don't let me hold you back, though. I have a feeling I'm not Victor material this go around."

"Hey, don't talk like that," Cindy smiled. If they were friends, and now allies, she could give a little bit of a pep talk. "You never know. Everyone could get killed a giant, chocolate flood, and so long as you can paddle around with one arm, you're set for winning!"

Holiday laughed at the image. "That could be a victory that I would definitely earn. Oddly enough, the chances of something like that happening are actually pretty high considering our Gamemakers."

"They did come up with this whole big candy arena, so, you're right. They could probably come up with something like a giant chocolate flood. Or giant candy bunny rabbits that could come at us instead of the singing doki things," Cindy mused.

Oh. Wait. "They better not be getting any ideas from this conversation!"

She chuckled and glanced around. "Just in case, it may be in our best interest to find another topic."

Cindy blew out some air and laughed. "Good idea. Okay... uh... shit, I'm not good at this. Any family back home or anything? Dating? Anything? Where do you live? What's your favorite color?" She grinned.

Holiday laughed. "Let's see here. Yes, my sister, mother, and friends. I... haven't really dated in awhile. Needless to say, I have bad luck with it. I live in Providence Head Quarters which is an organization that deals with a mutant plague sweeping over our planet. And... orange, I think.

"What about you?"

Cindy raised an eyebrow. "Jesus, a mutant plague? My world seems so much tamer in comparison," She laughed. "Okay... no family to speak of, except I have a cheating ex-husband still alive, but I try not to talk to him unless I have to. I have a couple of friends, but I... don't do the friend thing that well. I don't really 'date'." She made the little quotation fingers.

"I mean, plenty of everything else, I'm just not really a dating kind of girl. I have an apartment in New York City, but I'm rarely there anyway. I'm more of a traveler, then a sit down homebody." She shrugged. "Oh, and it's red. I love red."

"One learns to get used to it, then it's suddenly not all bad," she answered in response to the plague. It was still bad, but not completely... Not anymore.

She laughed. "I know what you mean. I don't date either, at least nothing serious. Not like the sponsor dates at all. But I think you're doing the friend thing well enough so far.

I love red, too. Where all have you been? My job demands I travel, but I hardly get to enjoy it."

"It still sounds bad." Cindy shook her head, but with a smile. There was so much out there that you never considered, but hey. If someone missing an arm right now could find the good in all of that?

Good for them. "Not like that at all," Cindy agreed. "I've stopped believing in happy endings a long time ago. But I'm glad! I don't have many friends, like I said, so maybe this is the start of something great?"

Might be nice, actually. "All over the world, really. Places in Germany, France, Italy. I was in Russia recently, not a big fan of that, however. I was in Baghdad, before I came here. They've really started to clean the place up from before, it's really nice."

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