oversight // laney x mateo x nessa. round 3. day 1.

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oversight // laney x mateo x nessa. round 3. day 1. Oct 26, 2023 15:32:58 GMT -5

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Post by gamemaker sloane ♕ kaяi ♕ on Oct 26, 2023 15:32:58 GMT -5

laney redd.

It was all a dream.

Right?

There was no way the Gamemakers woke them up randomly in the middle of the night, told them the Hunger Games was beginning right now, and they were either forced to run or participate in rounds of cage fights.

It was impossible.

Right?

The pain radiating up her wrist from the last round reminded her otherwise. "Damn it," she mumbled under her breath. Laney's eyes darted around the room, praying no one had heard. It was either a death sentence from the Gamemakers or her opponents would think she was weak.

Laney wasn't sure which was worse.

Her allies were done. It was just her, fighting to secure some kind of victory to slightly increase the chances of their survival. No pressure, right? The other three fights go by quickly, and it wasn't until right before her turn she realized she was the only career left. Not only that, there were still three tributes left to fight. Which meant she needed to not beat only one, but two, other tributes. She took a good look at them and realized they weren't just any other tributes, they were namesakes. A sigh escaped her lips. Great.

Were they trying to set her up to fail?

Embarrass hers?

It had to be something because the improperly trained girl from Four against two well known family tributes probably makes great television. She forced herself not to think about it, and only the prize that would be waiting for her just around the corner. Her wrist screamed at her as she readied herself.

"Well, nice to meet you both I guess. Time to continue playing their stupid little game. What do you say?"

She didn't wait for a response. She most certainly didn't wait for a plea of mercy that could sway her decision to try and pummel them both. She moved forward, her wrist crying at her to stop. It was a reminder that all this wasn't a dream.

It was a nightmare.

( laney attacks mateo ; unarmed )
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( laney attacks nessa ; unarmed )
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Last Edit: Oct 26, 2023 15:33:33 GMT -5 by gamemaker sloane ♕ kaяi ♕

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oversight // laney x mateo x nessa. round 3. day 1. Oct 26, 2023 16:38:03 GMT -5

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Post by napoleon, d2m ₊⊹ 🐁 ɢʀɪғғɪɴ. on Oct 26, 2023 16:38:03 GMT -5

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mateo izar

Blood on the canvas glimmers from the aftermath of Roe’s fight.

They hadn’t bothered to clean it up properly before they ordered him into the ring with – sigh – a career and – an even heavier sigh – Nessa goddamn Garner.

The gamemakers are anything but subtle. He had prayed to be left on his own scurrying the walls and yet here he is, haloed by spotlight. He had prayed to not face off against Maia and yet here it was, her blood on his purpled knuckles.

And yet, and yet.

An aunt who always worn her rosary around a wrist used to tell him that prayers came free to those who needed it, but what cost could any faceless god out there even demand from him now? His family, he lost that days after Elias left. His innocence, well, it died alongside the vagrants of Eleven, the ones Vasco ached to save but a few he couldn’t. Perhaps his childhood, then. Which childhood? The one he remembered in spades and fragments, sunbursts and orchard blooms?

He prayed then, not to any god, but to his own heartbeat.

Jaw clenched, fists aching, oh he prayed.

The career girl moved first, fast. And yet he knows better now to deflect it with both arms, crossing them to shield his face and uncrossing them in her face as a retaliation. He knows better now to swirl towards Nessa Garner then, jaw steeled, and throw a punch at her amid the chaos.

The blood on the floor shines through all of this.

It makes him feel violent or devout, he doesn’t know yet, cannot put a finger on it.

All he knows is that Roe Daniels bled here and he doesn’t want to do the same.

“Stupid game,” Mateo chuckles softly, turning her words over on his tongue. He regards her through a sidelong glance, feels himself breathe in the scent of Roe's blood mingled together with someone else's: sharp, caustic. “You should know that some of us idiots are fighting to live, not playing to win.”

Mateo attacks Laney, unarmed

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5157 -- 3.5 damage (Unarmed)

Mateo attacks Nessa, unarmed

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5101 -- 6.5 damage (Unarmed)

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Last Edit: Oct 26, 2023 16:45:43 GMT -5 by napoleon, d2m ₊⊹ 🐁 ɢʀɪғғɪɴ.

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oversight // laney x mateo x nessa. round 3. day 1. Oct 26, 2023 17:33:02 GMT -5

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Post by k!ah on Oct 26, 2023 17:33:02 GMT -5

nessa garner.

"Ooooh! Now that wasn't boring."

I'm still trying to regain my breath when Gamemaker Bourgie's delighted voice draws my attention from Javi as he exits the cage. It's odd because even though I had been named victorious, it feels a lot like I had lost. It's unnerving how easily Javi managed to pin me to the ground, essentially rendering me useless. If he could do that to me... who am I supposed to face off against the biggest tributes and survive?

I'm just too small. Too weak. I don't know how to protect myself, a couple of weeks on the sparring mat wasn't long enough to prepare me for the fight that awaits me. And it's terrifying. If Javi could neutralize me in a couple of seconds during, what was essentially, a sparring match, how will I survive against a tribute who wants me dead? I'm not ready. I'm basically a dead girl walking.

In my next match, I stand face to face with two other tributes. To my left is the stunning blonde career from Four. Her hair has been kissed by the sun, and she looks like a duped version of Arcadia Lumiere-Fray. To my right is Mateo Izar. How many Izars have the games taken now? Is that the future for the Garner family? I feel sorry for the boy as he looked like he wanted to be here as much as I did.

The career speaks first, a moment before she attempts to punch me in the face. She moves with a speed that's different from the way Javi had conducted himself. I dart out of the way to avoid her strike. However, Mateo uses this moment of commotion to make his move, blocking my path as he kicks out with all his power, driving his foot into my stomach.

“Stupid game,” he chuckles as I fight for the breath that had been ripped from my lungs. Tears of pain blur my vision as my arms instinctively wrap around my abdomen to protect it from further harm.

So damned stupid.

"Talk about a kick in the gut, Izar. Is that foot made from steel?"

SD against Mateo
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( nessa attacks laney ; unarmed )
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( nessa attacks mateo ; unarmed )
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