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Post by Seryna on Jun 3, 2012 20:10:53 GMT -5
As Diamond, Emily and Silver carry Emerald, Klo and Cade away from Cornocopia; they head towards the gentle green slopes of the meadow. For the first mile; the three carry their allies as quickly as they can. Slowly the trio slows its pace to a brisk walk; allowing Diamond more time to survey each valley before them before the group descends. "My eyes...it hurts....[/b] Cade groans as Silver descends each hill. "I know. Hang in there. Try and be quiet." [/b]Silver encourages; his head swiveling around as he scans for danger. The three seem to move forever; the sound of Emily and Silver's packs jingling the only sounds at times. Finally Silver declares: "Break."[/b] The three slowly and gently lower their charges to the ground. Klo feels blades of grass under her hands, moist dirt beneath the greenery. The air is cool; a gentle breeze toys with her hair. Silver shares with the group. "We've moved almost three miles. I think we have about two hours until sunlight. Lets lick our wounds. Diamond, move to the south hill and keep watch. I'll move to the north.
Emily and Emerald; patch them up as best you can. If Diamond or I whistle; we're going to pick them up and run to the south. Agreed?"[/b] Emily moves beside Emerald; beginning to unload her pack. "I grabbed water and first aid." [/b] Emily shared, handing Emerald a first aid pack. "Give the injured water." [/b]Emerald encouraged, lowering herself to the ground. She examines the arrow in her leg pragmatically, waiting for Emily to pass two 32 ounce water bottles to Cade and Klo. Klo is handed a 32 ounce water bottle and encouraged to drink. "Emily, press this gauze to my leg when I pull the arrow out. I need to put this clotting powder on..."[/b] Soon; Klo finds Emily and Emerald sitting on either side of her. "Lean back on the ground..."[/b] Emerald guides Klo down. "I'm going to clean your wounds; with your eyes first. Its going to hurt. Try and stay quiet. We don't want to draw anything to us."[/b] You hear the girls state excitedly that a parachute has drifted down. "Bandages, medicine, water- whats this?"[/b] "We'll figure out what those are later..."[/b] Emerald removed the remaining arrow from Klo's eye and it feels like pain is all there is. Klo feels as though she will never feel anything but this terrible pain... She becomes aware of someone cleaning her eyes, of some gauze being taped to both eyes. "We'll keep this clean." [/b]The younger girl assures Klo. "Here, take these."[/b] Two pills are placed in Klo's mouth and the water bottle is lifted to her lips. She barely feels it when her lesser wounds are washed and bandaged; the pain is incomparable. She hears sounds of Cade enduring the same ministrations. He seems to groan and swear forever. Finally, he mutters. "What do we have?"[/b] "We stuck to the plan."[/b] Emily replies. "I grabbed first aid and water. Silver grabbed some weapons-"[/b] "While we got lit up like a pincushion; you cowardly little hazmot-"[/b] "Cade." [/b]Emerald says quietly; silencing him. "Without water; we wouldn't have been able to run like that. Without first aid; you could have bled out. Lets see what we have."[/b] Cade mutters angrily; but Emily continues. "We only have 4 - 32 ounce water bottles. We need more. We blew through our first aid kit; but the parachute brought more bandages so we can clean your wounds. "[/b] Emerald rolled 5 dice to "medicine (removing arrow from Klo's eye)" 8,9,1,4,6 (2 successes) Emily Farr rolled 6 dice to "Emergency first aid to Klo" 3,10,2,7,2,3,4 (1 successes)
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Post by grrbot on Jun 3, 2012 20:43:13 GMT -5
Klo groans as she is laid down on the ground. Her arms rustle the fine blades of green grass. "My eyes... It hurts..." moans Cade. "The same thing happened to me. Don't worry its gonna be okay." Klo whispers as soothingly as she can but inside she is breaking down. She waits as they tend to Cade's wounds and listens to the cheers when they ramble about a package? Medical supplies! Klo is barely listening when they pluck the arrow from Klo's eye. Klo cries out in the pain and clutches her eye which is immediately covered in a sticky liquid that she guesses is blood. She pats her hands on the grass and sighs in and out. The others wrap a gauze on her face and she bites her lip fighting off the pain. She listens to Cade fight with Diamond and Emerald. Klo sits up abruptly and turns her head in the direction of Cade. "Knock it off Cade. They're only trying to help us. Klo reaches into her pocket and pulls out the iodine droplets and tosses them into the grass. She slings her backpack and lays it in the grass in front of her. "Hope that can contribute to the cause." Klo mumbles without expression. She wipes away a tear before anyone can see.
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Post by Seryna on Jun 3, 2012 21:20:08 GMT -5
"We'll need those pills when we find a water source."[/b] Emerald assured Klo. "We need to let you rest for awhile. We' did a lot of fighting... are you hungry?"[/b]
Klo realized that she was hungry, as it had been hours since breakfast in the training center. Someone presses a piece of jerky into Klo's hand.
"What are we going to do?"[/b] Emily wondered. "We can't stay in the Meadow forever." [/b]Silver called over from where he kept watch. "What does every one want to do?"[/b] "I think we should rest for a few hours."[/b] Cade stated. "Then we need to start hunting down that bastard that shot us."[/b] "He took Cornucopia."[/b] Emerald warned. "He has the weapons and gear. Maybe we should leave him be and see if he self destructs. He's probably stuffing himself with food."[/b] "Where is Kale?"[/b] Emily realized. "Did we leave her with the archer?"[/b]
There's a brief silence as the group realizes that one of the careers had been left with the archer.
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Post by grrbot on Jun 3, 2012 21:28:39 GMT -5
She nibbles on the beef jerky. I'm gonna have to get used to not seeing what I'm eating she abruptly stops eating.. "Can you guys.... Tell me what I'm eating and where I am from now on?" She whispers and resumes eating. Don't want to pick up a berry and it turns out not to be a berry or its crawling with bugs on it. Better safe than sorry. "I'm gonna go curl up in bed. Anyone got a sleeping bag or is it gonna be the good ol' earth bed?" Klo asks as she pushes herself off the ground.
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Post by Seryna on Jun 3, 2012 21:32:45 GMT -5
"Of course. Its a bit of jerky." [/b] Emily replied. "We'll lay out one of the sleeping mats for you. When do you want us to wake you up?"[/b]
Klo heard the sound of one of the packs opening. Someone touches Klo's arm and guides her to a foam sleeping pad to lay down on. Klo also heard some odd beeping noises. "Its some kind of alarm device..."[/b] You hear Emerald say. Emerald sounds confused.
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Post by grrbot on Jun 4, 2012 19:13:27 GMT -5
Klo smiles at how the other tributes are trying to help her. But once you turn your back they can always stab you. Your too vulnerable as of now. Klo bites her lip. What if they kill you in your sleep, Klo?! What if they slit your throat and you die in a pool of blood! She shakes the thought from her head. They wouldn't. I just need to clear my head and maybe I can think of how to keep myself protected at all times... She lays down on the soft foam spread. She props her head up with her elbow. Spots dance in her eyes. She licks her lips idly as she tilts her head up to the sky. The tears form in the ducts of her eyes and fall silently down her cheeks. She will never see the stars, or man made stars ever again. She shifts around as Emerald fumbles to work a alarm clock. "You dont sound so sure..." Klo says with a light laugh. Its hard to laugh in this situation.
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Post by Seryna on Jun 4, 2012 19:27:13 GMT -5
"Well, its some odd device." Emerald stated. Klo hears another odd series of beeps. "It looks like a cattle prod; but it beeps when you move it around -" "No, it beeps when you point it at me." Emily contradicted. "I think it senses motion."[/b][/color] "Oh..." There's a moment of silence.
"Maybe these were sent for Klo and Cade?"
As the girls wonder about the odd device; Silver calls down. "We have another parachute coming in."[/color]
Someone rustles through it and states. "I think this one's for you; Klo. There's a water skin - empty though, too bad. Some armor. We can help you don it when we move. When did you want us to wake you up?"[/b]
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Post by grrbot on Jun 4, 2012 20:00:03 GMT -5
Klo smiles. A device to sense movement? Maybe she wouldn't be so vulnerable after all! Klo hears Silver announce another parachute. They explain whats inside and Klo smiles. At least they wouldn't be damaging me harder. "Could you hand me it... I'd like to sleep in it as a precaution... And maybe the motion detector incase there is a night ambush and the beeping sound can wake us up before we get hurt?" Klo asks. "And waking me up early would be great. I'd like to take a walk and get the feel of that motion detector." Klo smiles plucking the grass out of the ground idly.
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Post by Seryna on Jun 5, 2012 0:36:56 GMT -5
"So you want to sleep through the night?"[/b] Emily asked. "I was thinking we may need to move in a few hours. This is a vulnerable place at night." [/b] Emerald proposed.
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Post by grrbot on Jun 5, 2012 18:38:46 GMT -5
"Im up for anything. But if my motion detector goes off then I would give us all away so we should disable it and get into partners." Klo suggests pointing at her motion detector. "I agree this place is dangerous in the night. I say we keep moving." Klo murmurs.
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Post by Seryna on Jun 5, 2012 19:56:43 GMT -5
"If you want..." Someone stated dubiously. "But then you wouldn't be able to know if someone's coming at you..."
Dusk began to fall over the Meadow.
The Horn of Plenty. The Horn of Plenty for us all. Our flag will raise above.
Panem shall reign above.
May our nation never fall....
The Anthem filled the sky, its bright colors a sharp contrast to the settling dusk. The Anthem ushered in what every one had been anticipating and dreading; the list of the dead. Faces appeared with each districts' seal...
District 3; Bay. District 3, Pike District 5; Luci Scarlett District 5; Elsie District 8; Femra District 12; Ghislaine
As the tributes reacted to names of thier district mates or friends being announced; an announcer began to speak.
"Hello, tributes...' A man greeted the arena. ' - there will be a rule change for the #25th Hunger Games. There will be more than one victor. An alliance will be allowed to survive... how many members allowed in the surviving alliance will be announced...'
The lights faded; leaving you with this unexpected news...
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Post by Seryna on Jun 6, 2012 13:36:05 GMT -5
As the two tributes pack up their gear and makes plans for their next location; a plume of smoke can be seen rising over the trees in the Forrest. Someone is building a fire... One could probably reach the fire in about an hour...
"Look, a fire!" Emily states excitedly. "Cold little tribute."[/b] Silver states; apparently lumbering closer to the girls and Cade. "I'd certainly like to get my hands on someone..."[/b]
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Post by grrbot on Jun 6, 2012 19:03:35 GMT -5
"Thats why I suggested partners but if you really want me to I can wear the motion detector, and are you sure its just another tribute and a harmless fire? This could be some sick joke from the game makers to get some action." questions.
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Post by Seryna on Jun 6, 2012 19:39:55 GMT -5
"Well, its a cattle prod with a motion detector. So you can sense motion - and then zap it. Here; stand up." [/b] Emily takes Klo's hand; helping her to stand. Emily holds Klo's hands out, placing the handle of something into it. It weighed about eight pounds - and it was a stick shape; about three feet long. Emily took Klo's free hand and guided it along the cattle prod.
"OK, now I'm going to stand in front of you. Don't zap me." [/b] As Emily let go of Klo's hand, Klo suddenly heard her cattle prod begin to chirp. "See?"[/b] Emily's voice is warm. Perhaps she's smiling. "You'll have a chance of hitting someone whose coming at you."[/b]
"Sick joke or not; we need things."[/b] Silver states. "If its a tribute; they got gear. They got weapons. They got fire. I vote that we go get them."[/b] "So do I." [/b]Cade said wryly from somewhere to Klo's right. "I'll whack them with my bang stick." [/b]He sounds as though his humors improved somewhat. "Okay. We'll carry you across Cornucopia; just like before. Do you want us to carry you through the woods? You could hold onto our shoulders as we move through the woods; or we could carry you."[/b]
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Post by grrbot on Jun 6, 2012 19:44:12 GMT -5
"I'm staying right here. I think its a bad idea and after this injury," she points to her eyes "I'm not going anywhere where my head says no." Klo says firmly, crossing her arms. "Go ahead and walk into that ambush while I just sit here laughing and say "I told you so!"" Klo growls.
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Post by Seryna on Jun 6, 2012 19:50:50 GMT -5
"You sure?" Emily sounds surprised. "You want us to leave you here?" "Thats stupid." Silver disagrees. "We should stick together. You can help us guard the stuff we take from them. I bet they'd think you're helpless; too. You could give them a real good shock with that bangstick."
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Post by grrbot on Jun 6, 2012 19:59:04 GMT -5
"Its not stupid if someone stays with me!" Klo counters. "3 leave while someone stays with me. It would be stupid to leave all our stuff here. What if we all left and came back to see it all stolen!" Klo yells. "And besides, If you die I'm gonna need someone to take care of me!" Klo says.
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Post by Seryna on Jun 6, 2012 20:03:39 GMT -5
"We're not leaving our stuff here." Silver states flatly. "We're carrying it. The woods are probably safer than here; any way. I could carry you up a tree. Maybe give you a bag full of rocks to throw down if any one starts climbing up after you."[/b]
"Yeah, we don't want to split up. The more of us who attack; the better odds that we'll massacre them. You sure you don't want to come to the woods?"[/b]
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Post by grrbot on Jun 6, 2012 20:35:14 GMT -5
"Ugh!" Klo exclaims with a sigh of complaint. "You really aren't go allow me to stay are you?" Klo whispers. "Fine. Suit me up." She announces as she gets to her feet. She lays the cattle prod at her side and waits for the others to fix the armor onto her fragile body.
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Post by Seryna on Jun 6, 2012 20:40:52 GMT -5
"Cade, what do you think?" Silver turned to Cade. "I'm in. I can't just wait here by myself. I'll go crazy."[/b]
"Okay. Diamond and Emerald; carry Cade to the woods. I'll check on Cornocupia- see if those guys left anything behind that we can use. " Silver turned to Klo. "We'll be moving out as soon as all of our armor is on."[/b]
Emily excitedly states that another parachute has drifted in - with chest plate armor. A little white bandanna is tied to it. "Must be for you, Klo." Emily states as she helps Klo into her armor. "Hang onto my shoulder. I'll guide you to the woods."
Soon; Klo and the careers were moving into the Cornucopia; and then to the woods...
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Post by grrbot on Jun 7, 2012 17:12:47 GMT -5
Klo ties her white bandana to her left forearm. The sign of the blind. Now she looked the part. "You actually think I'd let go of you?" Klo gives a quizzical look. "You practically have my life in the palm of my hand," Klo says. "And if you dare and try to betray me, I will kill you." Even though my eyes are a setback I still know how to fight." Klo growls.
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