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[retrieverchef]

WHO| Eliot, Jill and OPEN
WHAT| Heading back to the amusement park
WHEN| About an hour after the shack gets crushed
WHERE| On the way to the Cornucopia
WARNING/NOTES| violence, death

Eliot clenched his fists as he walked. Momoko and Ariadne were dead. Nothing he'd done had saved them. His ally and his... Well, he'd come to view Momoko as a little sister of sorts. She reminded him of a young Sophie. And Ariadne had turned out not to be the person he'd initially seen. He would have chosen Momoko over her if it came down to it but she hadn't deserved to die any more than the blond teenager.

He sighed quietly. He couldn't afford to cry now. After he won, after he made the Capitol pay for murdering the young woman and the child, then he would have time to mourn. Now, he had to focus on getting out of here alive. He hitched the pack slightly higher on his shoulder and looked around as the sound of someone moving near him reached his ears.

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[thetributes]

For once, all the reading she had done was coming useful.

In this fantasy, at least, she was still holding strong. Stronger than she thought she would be if she was caught in some Stephe King-esque horror novel.

Really, she wondered what had happened. If she was still laying on the ground somewhere, bleeding out and this was some elaborate death fantasy.

Either way, for now she was keeping to the edge of town and keeping herself away from the action.

[retrieverchef]

Eliot frowned as whoever it was came closer. He gripped his spear tightly but kept it tilted up for now. He wasn't going to lose. Not after everything that has happened. Someone had to make sure his two allies weren't forgotten. "Who's there? What do you want?"

[thetributes]

Oh. Oh no.

She reached back, grabbing the staff she'd fashion, that she had driven nails into. It was a fairly good weapons, easy to use and to get her weight behind, but she hadn't used it against a person before.

"Just leave!"

[retrieverchef]

"You leave," he countered. He might not like this but one of them, at least, would die, not matter what he did. At this point, all he could do was make sure it wasn't him. His eyes narrowed as he saw her reach for her own weapon. Fine, if she really wanted a fight, he could do that.

[thetributes]

"This is my territory!"

Although she had been explained the rules, she still couldn't really quite believe them. There had to be some way to get them all out of this. But until then, she was defending her territory.

[retrieverchef]

"This is no one's territory," Eliot countered. How she had managed to last this long, he had no idea. This wasn't some kind of Capture the Flag. "And even if it were, everyone's territory just got a lot smaller. I don't know if you noticed, but about a whole city precinct just collapsed."

[thetributes]

She was silent for a moment, but kept her weapons before her as she thought about what he had said.

"That's a shame, but I can't do anything to help with that."

[retrieverchef]

"Well, neither can I," he retorted. "So you'd better get over this your territory thing. It's gonna get you killed sooner rather than later. Unless that's what you want."

[thetributes]

"You should just stay away from me!" She pushed her make shift weapon a little towards him, in an almost shooing motion. If everyone just left her alone, maybe she could figure out a way to get them out of this. But him being her was starting to make her more than a little nervouse.

[retrieverchef]

"I'm just passing through. If you get out of my way, I'll happily leave you alone. But I doubt I'll be the only one coming through here. You sure picked yourself a fine territory. This is a bottle neck. Everyone's gonna be coming through here. Do yourself a favor and find somewhere else to play king of the mountain."

Her attitude was really starting to grate on his nerves. If she really wanted to be left alone, she would leave when she was invited to. If she pushed this to a fight, she didn't stand a chance. How stupid can she possibly be?

[thetributes]

But she had supplies here. Not many but she didn't want him taking any of them. She had to stand her ground, at least until she ould gather them up and move.

"There are other ways around."

[retrieverchef]

"This is the only street with an entrance to the park left on this side of the collapse. There is no other way around."

He started walking again. Hopefully, she'd have the sense to leave him alone.