The Bloodbath [Non-Victor]

[d6a seraphina keoch [cait]]

Jun 22, 2024 11:00:29 GMT -5 d6a seraphina keoch [cait] said:

{ seraphina keoch intro }

{ seraphina keoch flee }

sera keoch

I think if I was any saner, I probably would have gone over the idea of aligning with two of the deadliest Careers in the room enough times to talk myself out of it. But five seconds before the countdown ends is probably a bit late to be rethinking an entire strategy, and so. Here we are.

The floodgates are opened and Circe is onto me like a leech. So like, even if I wanted to run, I guess that’s not really an option anymore. I do respect her a little for staying loyal. She might be a bitch, but at least she’s not a backstabbing liar.

Well. Not yet anyway.

She’s the first to realise Portia is nowhere to be seen. And I’m the first to realise that literally half of the other tributes are also M.I.A. And we would probably be able to come up with a perfectly reasonable explanation for that if it wasn’t for the god-awful trap music blasting through the Arena. It’s taking all of my spare mental energy to stop myself plugging my eyes like a petulant little kid.

“We need to find Portia.”

Yeah. Sure. I was just about to say that, honest.

I sneak a glance over at the Cornucopia where the rest of the tributes have started to grab their weapons in a mad frenzy. Navigating the masses as a trio and staking out the Wealth was the original plan, but with just the two of us... in the middle of all that unpredictability...

Yeah. Nah. Time to dip.

Portia, homegirl, we’re coming for you.

{ seraphina flees the bloodbath with circe }

[lucia valentine {d8} 🔹 tris]

Jun 22, 2024 11:00:16 GMT -5 lucia valentine {d8} 🔹 tris said:

( 8a lucia valentine / introduction )

( 8a lucia valentine / attack 1 — 5167 )

All her focus is on surviving.

Like a rubber band snapping, the gong still ringing in her ears, Lucia springs to her feet without hesitation. She sprints to the Cornucopia in the hopes of grabbing essentials, finding her district partner, and booking it out of there. All in that order. Athletic as she might be, she is not a gambler. And the last thing she wants is to say her pride cost her what fleeting mortality she has left.

I'm Lucia Valentine, and I thought I could take on an army. The thought is silly, a fable to be told by a fire that burns in a home miles away from where she now stands. Every essence of her being aches to return there.

She is not a fool, but she is scared.

Creatures do extraordinary things in the name of fear.

^{(lucia attacks safina, unarmed)}
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<sub>(3.0)


(picks up rainbow crossbody purse)</sub>

unarmed

[Circe Murdock D4B Tribsitter]

Jun 22, 2024 11:00:46 GMT -5 Circe Murdock D4B Tribsitter said:

[Circe Murdock D4B | Intro]

[Circe Murdock D4B | Flee #1]

The tune of the band had slowly begun to pick up as I ran through the dust. Reflecting outfits and shiny weapons laid out for us on the stage. Some of which calling for me to come snatch them, tributes scattered around, and my first instinct was to go for one of them. My surroundings had been becoming increasingly difficult to see through unsure if I would attack friend or foe it was clear the best option was to run. The bloodbath would be a messy ordeal, mess another concept I was rather unfamiliar with. I held my hand out for Sera to grab, hoping not to loose her in the storm of sand and blood.

ELEGANT

(Circe Flees; helping Seaphina if needed)

[D6f Carmen Cantelou [aza]]

Jun 22, 2024 11:01:25 GMT -5 D6f Carmen Cantelou [aza] said:

d6f carmen cantelou ; intro

d6f carmen cantelou ; attack one ; 5121

My heart beats through my chest.

Emotion is a whirldwind, cascading around me and it leaves me no choice but to run. I don't think I'll be able to make a swift get away, but this is the only coping mechanism I have known. Music pulsates through my body, bass strumming my heartstrings further and creating a terrible symphony that threatens to drag me to an early grave. 

There's already one foot in it - I have held power's hand for far too long with no consequence. Time is not on anyone's side, let alone a girl like me. I am tarnished in every aspect and my personality has been roughed around so much that the light has almost burned out. This is why I was so desperate to illuminate myself once again, to glow an abhorrent neon: to remind myself of how great a girl can be.

Foolish, really, to think that anyone deserves a second chance. That isn't how life works.

It chimes in time with the music, wallowing and willowing between the bodies that dance between its blades. Then, there's a crash, frightful in its ignorance.

[ carmen attacks artemis ; unarmed ]

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[ 5121 -- Bruised Left Thigh -- 2.5 damage ]

[ picks up rainbow crossbody purse ]

unarmed

[jupiter graves [d1] 🚀 pogue]

Jun 22, 2024 11:00:40 GMT -5 jupiter graves [d1] 🚀 pogue said:

[D1 Jupiter Gaves | Intro]

[D1 Jupiter Gaves | Attack #1]

J U P I T E R

His attack is nothing more than flesh pressed to flesh, grazing softly against the tribute nearest to him as they squirm away back into the chaos. He has trained every day of his life for this and more, to enter the fray and come out of it alive or in a coffin, to strangle the life from the arena and wrap it within his severed heartstrings.

He becomes the worst version of himself, bared fangs and white-knuckled fists and breathing in the carnage. As he finally turns towards his making he launches another fist out towards the nearest tribute, blood waiting to be spilled- destiny waiting to be written.

[Jupiter attacks d2a Artemis Shei]
[Jupiter takes Neon Fanny Pack]

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[result]

unarmed

[D3B Safina Roy [Tyler]]

Jun 22, 2024 11:00:30 GMT -5 D3B Safina Roy [Tyler] said:

[Safina Roy | Intro ]

[Safina Roy | Flee ]

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Safina Roy

Bloodbath - II

I step off my podium into the chaos. The boom of the explosion still rings in my ears, mixing with the cacophony of sound as the band onstage blares out their song. I feel disoriented, and it threatens to turn itself into fear with each passing moment. The Games have begun, the training wheels are off. Killing has already begun. This is no time to be anything but laser focused.

My eyes catch sight of a small neon bag lying a few feet away. I try to will myself to make a decision, but each passing second narrows the window of making a move. There are so many goodies calling my name - what I could create with it all! - but it'll also draw in the others. With half the field missing in action, there are so few places to hide, fewer options to hope make juicier targets for the bloodlust. To move would expose me even if I was lighting focused. The fog of confusion isn't lifting as fast as I need it to.

This isn't going the way I need it to.

I do my best to keep moving, thinking as fast as I can. I make a decision - forget the items, find my allies. My eyes find Tide and I work my way towards him with as much speed as my legs can give me. The sand is shifting beneath my feet with each step. For the first time I glance out beyond the stage and the lights and see sand in all directions. A shadowy city in one direction, some sort of glass structure in the distance in the other. I fight off the sinking feeling of realizing survival will be difficult out here. There is no time to give up. My eyes land on Sera by the stage, a body on fire next to hers. This is it. This is real. I don't want to wait around to be the next body in flames.

If we want to survive, we've got to get out of here.

[Safina flees the bb]

[nori halliday d11a]

Jun 22, 2024 11:01:59 GMT -5 nori halliday d11a said:

[nori halliday enters the bloodbath]

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[nori halliday d11a - attack #1]

NORI HALLIDAY

Boom. One cannon before the time is even up. No time to feel sorry for that boy, he ain’t even a boy anymore. I’m already running.

My feet pound against the sand, every race I ever ran coming back to me in a rush of memory, adrenaline and sweat. The entrance of the stage is rapidly approaching in a flurry of lights and sound so loud it seems to knock my neurons together as my brain vibrates along with the bass. I catch sight of Vera before she slips through the crowd. I’ve got one eye on her and one eye trained on the prize. A rainbow purse big enough to hold anything I need.

The pile is full of colorful, shiny objects, and with fewer of us here, part of me wonders how much I can scoop up in a minute or two. Temptation nags there on my shoulder, whispering in my ear. But no, I think. I’m small, the careers are big. They’ve been training to kill me.

One comes too close to me and I freak, sending my fist towards their face.

”AH!”

Can’t stay. Get in, get out. Find Vera.

[nori attacks artemis shei, unarmed]
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{5041 -- Bruised Right Hand -- 2 damage}

[nori picks up rainbow crossbody purse]

unarmed

[lucia valentine {d8} 🔹 tris]

Jun 22, 2024 11:10:42 GMT -5 lucia valentine {d8} 🔹 tris said:

( 8a lucia valentine / attack 1 — 5167 )

( 8a lucia valentine / attack 2 — 5166 )

She does not allow herself to focus on the feeling of her body colliding with someone else's. This is just another day on the Exy field, years in the past, in a kinder timeline. When she moves, she doesn't do so with the intent to kill. And yet when her hand closes around the hilt of that spear, it's the most secure she's felt in the last week.

She brandishes it in front of herself, scanning for danger and her ally at the same time. As far as Lucia is concerned, she has her bag to collect future items, and a means of defending herself. Once she has her partner, there is no reason to stay here any longer. The minute she spots vera, she begins to break into a jog, quick to shoulder check anyone who steps in her path.

^{(lucia attacks carmen, unarmed)}
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<sub>(5166 - 2.0 damage)


(picks up spear)</sub>

unarmed

[D2A Artemis Shei {Jorg}]

Jun 22, 2024 11:10:33 GMT -5 D2A Artemis Shei {Jorg} said:

{Artemis Shei | Attack 1 | 5040}

{Artemis Shei | Attack 2 | 5055}

A R T E M I S

My fist lands on a person, but I can't be bothered to look at the damage I caused. Two more cannons fire in rapid succession, and I can't help but wonder if the Gamemakers somehow programmed the band to play the cannon sounds with how loud they were. Two more rapid flashes of the counter drops the tribute count to 22. The Capitol sure is getting their Bloodbath this year. I put on the rainbow crossbody purse, hoping that it would make it easier to grabs items as I strive to fight through the confusion this Bloodbath is causing. More fists and kicks are flying out as the little amount of us are fighting for the best items.

I do my best to dodge when something metal catches my eye. A weapon, and a strong weapon at that. I pick up the glaive, trying to get a feel for it in my hand when I notice another tribute coming towards me. I react by punching, wishing that U used this new weapon instead. 

ELEGANT

Artemis attacks Lucia Valentine | Unarmed

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5055 -- Gash/Bruised Left Collar Bone -- 3 damage
(Unarmed)

Artemis picks up Desert Glaive

unarmed

[D6f Carmen Cantelou [aza]]

Jun 22, 2024 11:11:42 GMT -5 D6f Carmen Cantelou [aza] said:

d6f carmen cantelou ; attack one ; 5121

d6f carmen cantelou ; flee with jupiter graves

The calamity crashes down against my body and I feel it for the first time; the taste of my own medicine cuts through my thick skin with ease. There's no blood, but I can feel the beginning of a bruise start to bloom. Maybe this too will be neon, albeit in a more sickly and unrelenting way than I had ever imagined.

My eyes dart from face to face, item to item and light to light. Between the darkness, I try to tie everything up neatly into an escape, but it is no use. This is forever, and if death doesn't destine me to a box in the ground, then certainly my mind will plague me. 

I hold my heart in my hand and squeeze it, close my eyes and wish upon an imaginary falling star, watching as it darts from the sky and into a fountain like a penny.

I never wanted this. I never wanted any of this.

Some girls just want to go home.

[ carmen flees with jupiter graves ]

[jupiter graves [d1] 🚀 pogue]

Jun 22, 2024 11:11:48 GMT -5 jupiter graves [d1] 🚀 pogue said:

[D1 Jupiter Graves | Attack #1]

[D1 Jupiter Graves | Flee]

J U P I T E R

The violence becomes too much too quickly, his body marked and tangled with smiles and frowns of crimson and scarlet. He knows better than to expect anyhting else, target of ONE branded on the flesh of his back ever since he heard his name called at the Reaping. If he stays he dies, body shipped back to One in a coffin like so many other tributes, like so many other kids.

He wouldn't be like them- not ever, not yet.

Broken pride clings to his skin as he turns away from the carnage, sprinting into the sand.

[Jupiter FLEES]

[d8 : vera jeon 🎀 sucy]

Jun 22, 2024 11:09:58 GMT -5 d8 : vera jeon 🎀 sucy said:

VERA JEON ATTACK #1

v e r a .

the girl’s got style, legs for miles: see ‘em walk all over you

Lights, sound, sand, and too much of all of them. As the ground kicks up around me I think briefly about just how annoying it's going to be trying to get this out of everything. So coarse. It gets everywhere. So annoying, maybe more annoying than the whole killing each other thing... which, as I get my bearings, suddenly comes back to my mind. Time to stop fucking around. 

I can see an intimidating sword off in the distance, with a disgusting neon fanny pack tangled up around the hilt. Two birds with one stone. Why not?

I run for it. Even though shorts feel impractical for protecting my legs, I'm grateful for the ease of movement they provide. Go Vera, go!

My steam runs out when I feel someone behind me. I've never liked it when other people got up in my space, and that's no different here. Sorry to my nails, but I'll be using you after all. I whip around, hair fanning out behind me and launch. Artemis. She's going for Lucia. Shit!

vera attacks artemis, unarmed.

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result: 5033 -- Gash/Bruised Right Shin -- 3 damage

vera grabs neon fanny pack

ELEGANT

unarmed

[lucia valentine {d8} 🔹 tris]

Jun 22, 2024 11:20:56 GMT -5 lucia valentine {d8} 🔹 tris said:

( 8a lucia valentine / attack 2 — 5166 )

( 8a lucia valentine / attack 3 — 3038 )

A quick escape does not seem likely.

It becomes apparent that she cannot rely solely on her body to deflect the enemies, and the spear in her grip feels all the more heavy. The chemicals in her brain shift, her instinct for flight turning into a will to fight. She steps closer to Vera, but her gaze does not leave the enemies who race by from every direction. The neon light flickers like an omen, like a crackle of lightning just waiting for the opportunity to strike.

When a stranger moves too close for comfort, she lashes out with her weapon with all the force of a calamity. This is all natural.

A girl stepped forward instead of back, Lucia and her friends standing against her three to one. So it had to be.

^{(lucia attacks artemis, spear)}
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<sub>(3038 - 0.0)


(picks up empty canteen)</sub>

spear

[D2A Artemis Shei {Jorg}]

Jun 22, 2024 11:21:03 GMT -5 D2A Artemis Shei {Jorg} said:

{Artemis Shei | Attack 2 | 5055}

{Artemis Shei | Flee}

A R T E M I S

There's only four of us left, and with the way the other three seem to be avoiding each other it's clear that they are an alliance, meaning I'm the odd one out. This is not looking good for me. I've only taken a few hits, but I'm the only target now. I need to get out of here. I refuse to be the sitting duck and die because, "oh no they won't kill me right at the start". That kind of thinking is stupid. No matter what I know that I'm going to have to fight, but not now. Not under these conditions where the only target is me. I have everything I need to scavenge. I can do that properly at least. I make my way away from the stage, not entirely sure which direction I'm heading in as the canopies and lights make it impossible to find any stars, if they even exists in this arena. The sun has been quickly drifting below the horizon, and with how dark my uniform is compared to others, I think I have a safe bet of blending into the arena tonight. I just need to make it out of here alive to do that.

ELEGANT

[Artemis Shei FLEES]