mind deception {Felix Lacroix vs Kecleon - Day 2}

[noodles]

FL

When he woke up, he realized that he had survived the night. No one had silently assassinated him in the darkness and he is free to continue living, doing whatever he chooses to further himself in the Games. Although he has a canister filled to the brim with purified water, his searching yesterday did not find him any natural sources of water where he can replenish said canister once he drinks from it. Continuing to search, he wanders further in the woods. This eventually leads to him finding a set of trees that stand out slightly more than the rest. Upon further examination, there is an entrance to an area underground by the trees. Deciding to enter the dusty chambers, he inhales some less than desired particles floating in the air. Although irritating, the dust cannot kill him, but it leaves his nasal cavity feeling congested.

Once he passes through the grungy entrance, the rest of the area appears relatively clean. It appears as if a family was living in the area before they were abruptly taken away. Perhaps they broke the law... Or some extremely powerful person decided to erase them from the equation of life. Looking around, there appears to be a banquet taking place, with food as far as the eye can see. Although suspicious, he is about to eat the potentially dangerous food. About to place a piece of chicken into his mouth, the quaint feeling of the home is disrupted because of a loud noise from the entrance of the home. While he felt terrific before, a sense of dread and fear enter his brain, chilling him, and causing goose bumps to form across his body. Fearing that a tribute has also found the secret entrance into the home, he glances over to the source of the noise, only to be greeted by a gigantic bioluminescent-lizard-man creature blocking his way of escape. The longer he continues to look at the creature, it appears more ugly, but also terrifying by the second. The Gamemakers have really outdone themselves with their mutated creatures this year.

Fumbling to draw out his knife and shaking while holding it, he is not exactly sure what he can do to take out this creature. Normally, a stab in the head will kill most creatures, but at this moment, it is honestly questionable if the creature even has a brain or central nervous system. If he dies by its claws under the ground how exactly will his dead body be transported home? More importantly, who will eat the food that is scattered throughout the home? While he is fully expecting to die during this fight, he attempts to concentrate on the task at hand. First, he has to cause this enormous, living creature to join the deceased. This leads him to attack through a stabbing motion with his knife. Hopefully, the knife he sponsored won't be a dud and just glance off of the reptilian beast.

Dream Spores Roll
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attack misses

[Felix attacks Kecleon; knife]
knife
[Shallow Cut on Right Hip -- 3.5 damage]

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[gm bourgeois decadence [aya]]

Blep.

Glowface has found his dinner - chicken. The galaxy-blue-purple-shimmer Kecleon can taste it in the air, rotisserie and herbed and crispy-skinned. There is one problem - the guard.

He hop-glides toward the table, tongue blepping and teeth open — but much like the knife that sails past him, he misses the chicken entirely.

[Glowface bites Felix]
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[2130 -- Deep Gash on Left Calf -- 8.0 damage]

knife

[noodles]

FL

He thought that there was no possibility of him missing his attack. The creature was so large and imposing that missing his attack, striking nothing but the air is almost a laughable offense. However, at the end of the day, he missed. If he continues analyzing every tiny mistake that he made, it will only lower his own morale. Additionally, the reasoning behind it is unimportant if he's dead. Honestly, his nonathletic self is crying internally and dying externally as the lizard creature attacks his left calf muscle area, wounding him deeply. It is only the second day in the arena and with 22 other tributes still alive, this could definitely hinder his chance of survival. Movement is a crucial component of survivability and without it, he's basically dead.

Although he hasn't glanced down at the laceration on his leg, he can feel the red liquid moving down to his feet. Moreover, the smell of blood begins to penetrate his nose, a further indication of what the mutt was able to achieve. The smell of blood leaves him slightly nauseated, but once the brief moment of nausea and feeling lightheaded has passed, he harnesses the pain he feels into the strongest attack he can muster. No creature alive in the world is perfect. They always have a flaw, an imperfection. There is no one to help him survive, so if he wants to live, he must take action himself. To start, he will find wherever the mutt is most vulnerable, or he'll die trying.

Dream Spores Roll
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attack hits as normal

[Felix attacks Kecleon; knife]
knife
[Shallow Cut on Chest -- 4.0 damage]

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[gm bourgeois decadence [aya]]

Blep.

The chicken that Glowface sinks his teeth into is decidedly not crispyskin, not seasoned, nor rotisseriedelicious. It is warm, yes, but not steamy, and is too much iron. Glowface's scales glow crimson, red giants speckling his milky way back.

Blep. His tongue darts out of his mouth, then back in. Blep.

The chicken must still be somewhere and Glowface is hankering. The tall wouldn't-be-lunch, however, still stands between him, brandishing sharp steel. If he must fight for the chicken, he will fight for the chicken.

[Glowface bites Felix]
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[ 2117 -- Block -- 0.0 damage ]

knife

[noodles]

FL

Positive thinking has gotten an attack to land and a wound to stick on the lizard creature. It is nice to know that the beast is not invincible, but the Gamemakers would never create a creature that cannot be killed. That would be boring for the Capitol to watch, and they cannot afford for the Capitol to be bored. In regards to the lizard, sadly, it is not dead, continuing to move forward in an imposing and threatening manner. All he wants is for the mutt to leave him alone so he can feast on food, gorging himself until he's full and can't move. He is here to live a terrific and wonderful life, not a long one. Obviously, since his person is not intimidating enough, the creature continues to lumber towards him. As it makes it attack in retaliation, he somehow blocks the terrifying claws with a stool in the home.

As it continues to move forward, still in a relatively threatening manner, irritated at not drawing more blood from his person, he recognizes that he has to move and strike before it returns back in an aggressive, offensive position. With different modes of death running through his mind, consisting of, but not limited to, stabbing, slashing, cutting, severing, and puncturing, he hopes to take this mutt out as soon as humanly possible through whatever means necessary. It might take him only one more attack or it might take him twenty, but he will take this creature out before it harms him any further. If only he could somehow tame this creature and send it out to attack other tributes on his behalf. It really is a shame that it wants to murder him.

Dream Spores Roll
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attack hits as normal

[Felix attacks Kecleon; knife]
knife
[Shallow Cut on Right Shoulder -- 3.5 damage]

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[gm bourgeois decadence [aya]]

Whatever Glowface bit into last was neither chicken nor the ferrous not-chicken. Rather, it was pure disappointment: no give, no flavor. The non-lunch in front of him swipes again and grazes Glowface's shoulder, stars bright and blue breaking free of his skin and dribbling down his back.

Honestly, it's an overreaction.

Glowface would be content to share the chicken, but if the not-lunch is going to be like this then the lizard is less inclined to be generous. He found it, after all.

[Glowface bites Felix]
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[2039 -- Deep Gash on Right Forearm -- 8.0 damage]

knife

[noodles]

FL

Watching the knife moving towards the reptile, he is satisfied that the attack landed. However, once again he is unsatisfied that the attack was not the decisive strike that would bring the beast down. He was hoping to avoid another attack by the enormous claws that he sees with his wonderful 20/20 vision, but another deep gash makes contact with his person. More specifically, it lands on his right forearm. This is not ideal, considering that his dominant hand is his right. While a hindrance, it will not deter his goal of defeating this creature. It is yet another obstacle in his path, but life is never simple.

Back to the beast, a creature that has such a terrifying appearance and deadly capabilities should not be kept alive, considering its sole purpose in life is to murder tributes that happen to stumble into its path inside of the arena. Does he feel slightly sympathetic to the creature? Yes, only because of how he is essentially committing murder. Those feelings will quickly dissipate because killing is fully justified if it is self-defense. Besides, when a pest enters a person's home, they attempt to remove it. In layman's terms, they exterminate it before any significant damage is done. With those thoughts in mind, he strikes once more. All he wants is to live and this creature is meddling with his goal of survival. How incredibly inconsiderate...

Dream Spores Roll
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attack hits as normal

[Felix attacks Kecleon; knife]
knife
[Shallow Cut on Cheek -- 3.5 damage]

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