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life is but a dream | [umber/georgie&noah] Oct 22, 2024 15:34:21 GMT -5

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Post by umber vivuus 12b 🥀 [dars] on Oct 22, 2024 15:34:21 GMT -5

"C'mon," he called to Georgie, turning to run further down the shoreline away from the incident. Between his quickened pace and the wind rolling in with the waves, Umber's cloak flared out wildly behind him, the ends slapping up against themselves while he made a complete mess of his the new boots his mentors sent him by trudging through the rocky sand. He saw an inlet where the water seemed to have eaten away more of the shore than the surrounding area, and upon reaching it he realized he was standing at the mouth of a cave.

"Whoa!" he called, raising his hands to the sides of his mouth and calling into the void: "Echo!" His own voice shouted back at him in reply, then again a bit quieter, and again, and again. Echo, echo, echo!

He laughed, turning to his partner. Umber dipped the toe of his boot into the shallow pool of water separating them from the entrance and made a splash against the surface of the water. Little fish swam around, waiting for the tide to come in and free them. Umber stared in open fascination at their bright colors, at their flared fins swaying in the water. There were no fish like this back in Twelve; they got bottom-feeders and toe-biters in the little shallow streams, and that was only if they sneaked when the peacekeepers weren't around. The seemed not to notice his presence much. Maybe this wasn't their first time seeing an Umber, he considered.

"Wanna go in? Seems kinda spooky." He quirked an eyebrow, half daring his friend and half hoping she'd say no so he wouldn't have to follow.

From the corner of his eye, he saw movement, and in his swollen reaction, he nearly knocked himself face first into the pool- "Gah!" He'd originally expected that the knight had followed them here, but what he saw stepping out before them was potentially far more threatening.

"Noah," Umber recalled, locking eyes with the boy from Two. He didn't dare to draw his sword, for fear that the other boy might do the same, "Uh, good to see you?" Wouldn't it have been nice to somehow have a career on their side? Yeah, Umber thought, and that'd be when I'd pinch myself to wake up from whatever dream I was in.

"You look good! I- uh, I mean strong. Wait, not strong. I mean you do look strong, but-" His face went red and he found himself wishing he was shorter so he could more easily hide himself behind Georgie.

"You look alive. That's good."

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life is but a dream | [umber/georgie&noah] Oct 23, 2024 13:40:56 GMT -5

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Post by Noah Vau - D2 (Cato) on Oct 23, 2024 13:40:56 GMT -5

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I leave where I was and decide to head back to the other side of the lagoon. I grab the spear and use it as a walking stick to make sure I stay standing. I nearly give up looking for the knight when I hear something and decide it's best to go check it out. Maybe the knight is here. I start slowly making my way over to it, and I start doing what I can to keep myself hidden away from the rest of the world. I have to be careful when it comes to this. I have to make sure that I'm keeping myself safe.

I slowly move when I hear something in the water, and I hide myself for a moment hoping to see the knight. Maybe it's come back. Maybe I can kill it. Maybe everything will work out for me. I want to prove myself. I want to show everyone that I am capable of succeeding in the game. I know I'm not a typical career, but I think slaying the knight will show that I'm strong and capable. I take a breath and look around. I see everything, but I don't see the knight and I frown. I sigh and sit back down, but then I hear talking again.

I look out and see other tributes coming towards me, and I stand my ground as I see them. One of them is already in the water, and I look at him. Umber. I listen to them speaking and stumbling over their words. "Yeah, I'm alive. Seems you are too." I am wondering what they can do, but I know I could take them if I really wanted to. "I'm looking for the Knight. He left me before I was finished with him, and I want to finish him off. Maybe you can help me." I stand down, but I keep my guard up.

I smile for a moment realizing it's my chance, but I don't want to hurt or kill anyone. I don't want to do anything wrong, but I am a career. I want to defend myself. "Be careful. You don't want to drown." I take another deep breath as I stare at them. Maybe they need help. Maybe they don't.

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life is but a dream | [umber/georgie&noah] Oct 23, 2024 14:28:03 GMT -5

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Post by d6a georgie cham 🍓🐢 frankel on Oct 23, 2024 14:28:03 GMT -5

It worked! It really worked. Umber is magic!

Georgie doesn’t care about the wet sand that splashes up her skirt, adding to the dirt from yesterday. That’s all the way down in the pile of worries right now – all that matters is finding what else Umber can do.

The purse that hangs from Georgie’s shoulder as she runs behind Umber rattles. It’s full of useful items and miscellaneous random pieces that could be trash but nothing is trash in this arena, everything has a meaning now. The straw hat she found that is tied to her head could be blessed with a wisdom spell that helped her today. What else piled in her purse has its blessing? Or curse…She certainly has her suspicions about the cupcake.

Its Umbers turn to lead them somewhere sketchy. Another hole in a wall or this time a cave in a cliff slide. It looks roomier than the alcove they slept in last night. It seems too early for bed though; it feels like late afternoon so still lots of time to explore.

”HelloooOoooOoooOooooOooo.” Georgie joins in with the echo fun, speaking into the dark void of the mouth of the cave. She laughs and the cave laughs back at her at varying decibels.

In the distance, a very faint light blinks and flickers. She’s suspicious and curious all at the same time except there a little matter to tend to at the entrance of the cave.

”Gah! Georgie’s feet jolt nearly at foot in the air at Umber’s reaction. She expects to be face to face with stone, the knight returning early before they can figure out how to lift the curse. No, it’s just the guy she played with fire, in the training center. One of the few careers who did not careersplain at her.

Her eyes look up and down at Noah as he speaks with Umber. There is no way he looks strong and alive just barely. The spear he is using as a support is a dead giveaway, she wonder who he left dead to walk way looking like that. ”Are you sure you’re fully alive? You don’t look it…” Georgie points at the spear held by the guy whose dressed in less extravagant clothes than the princess and the wizard.

"I'm looking for the Knight…” So there’s either an army of knights or the same one is going around battering tributes. It’s not doing a very good job it seems. Georgie shifts into a shallow pool of water, careful not to stand on the colorful scaley friends that are swimming circles around her ankles. The boots she’s wearing – they’re definitely waterproof!

”You don’t look like you’re in the right state to go slaying stone knights! You should rest and patch yourself up.” is it wise for the princess to help the peasants of her land? It feels noble and right. Is it wise for a middle District tribute to advise a career to rest up? So long as that spear is pointing to the ground, it doesn’t matter. What matters is that Umber has magic! ” Actually, I don’t think you should worry about the knight! Umber used his magic, and it surrendered. So long as we lift the curse…” The quest is to find the answers to the knight’s curse. What they need on this journey is a warrior to help them, what they’ve got is a peasant with a limp.

Dars.

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life is but a dream | [umber/georgie&noah] Oct 24, 2024 9:42:46 GMT -5

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Post by umber vivuus 12b 🥀 [dars] on Oct 24, 2024 9:42:46 GMT -5

When Noah’s reaction wasn’t to immediately draw a sword and start a fight, Umber felt a huge weight lifted off his shoulders. There were few tributes in the arena who were as intimidating in a physical sense. And he must’ve known it as well; upon telling them he was trying to find the knight, something clicked in Umber’s head. Of course he wasn’t interested in fighting the young ones; there were actual knights traveling in the arena: the truest test to a career’s capabilities one might find. Georgie and Umber were simply playing the game; people like Umber were the clever ones who finished all the side quests first, started at level one with a legendary weapon.

Although. Now that he was standing in better lighting, Umber could see what Georgie was saying in that earnest tone of hers. Noah did look like he hadn’t got out of his first encounter with the knight quite as well as they had. He considered yet again if his spell had truly worked before. It truly did seem like it, for all intents and purposes, but then how would that have been fair? He got access to some arena-exclusive version of magic just because he was from District Twelve? If that was the case, what did the others get? Eyes flicking to the princess gown his friend held the skirt of up above the waterline as best as she could. The way Georgie talked about the knight kept making him feel like she knew more than he did, like she was recalling it from memory. Was there some trick? Was knowing things no one else got to know Georgie’s power?

And then he looked back to Noah the fearsome, and his simple peasant’s clothing. Maybe that was why the boy hunted the stone knight; maybe he knew his true worth and wanted to prove himself as separate from the Capitol’s apparent negative opinion of District Two. Umber couldn’t lie, if he’d trained for this his entire life and been given a clown costume or little more than boiled leathers and sandals, while kids from lower districts got magical robes and clothing suited for royalty, he probably would’ve felt a certain type of way. But still, Noh had chosen not to draw his sword.

Umber waded further into the pool, eventually swimming the rest of the way over.

“Yeah, we sent him back up the beach,” He said, wringing out his shirt tail before pointing: “That way, if you still want to find it!”

He turned to find an ominous glow coming from further back in the cave. He guessed Noh must’ve already seen it, having been in here already, but Umber switched looks with Georgie before walking over to investigate.

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life is but a dream | [umber/georgie&noah] Oct 24, 2024 13:54:41 GMT -5

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Post by d6a georgie cham 🍓🐢 frankel on Oct 24, 2024 13:54:41 GMT -5

The water is not shallow anymore, it is all the way up to her waist. Georgie is not quite five foot tall, the further she wades through the water into the cave, the deeper it gets. Her skirt starts to float onto the surface and her gold threaded tunic sinks into it too. She drags along her cloak, only now while trying to float does she suddenly realise how much fabric has been draped on her the past two days.

”Yeah, that way.” Georgie points to the exit of the cave as the pair stray away from Noah for a moment. It’s a risky move, the only way out is getting past a career or taking a chance at swimming towards the flickering light ahead.

It’s another treasure trove, like in the magic frog land. Umber pulls out something sparkly, so Georgie dives her hands into the same spot. ”Why’s all the treasure got to be in water?” Georgie groans as her feet are barely touching solid ground as she investigates.

Dars.