We Are Your {Down f a l l}:. [Card Sharps v 3 Lizards (d4)]

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We Are Your {Down f a l l}:. [Card Sharps v 3 Lizards (d4)] Jul 13, 2014 14:19:53 GMT -5

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Post by Kire on Jul 13, 2014 14:19:53 GMT -5

[googlefont="La Belle Aurore:400"]

Siren Baitwell

My feet will not walk anymore, So I guess you ought to know the truth

Where once three lizards faced them there were now only two. One was dead, laying at the feet of Jacinda after she had dealt it a killing blow. Siren tried to keep her annoyance down, but the fact that Jacinda and May had dealt more damage than she and Leon had was both bothersome and slightly worrying. At least they're on our side... for now. With two more angry lizards left, it was time they all got out of there. There was no way they would scare the mutts off, so it was kill them quick or leave them behind.

She preferred the second option, because standing in front of those claws for another time didn't seem like all that much fun. Battered as she was from yesterday's fight - the whole thing exhausting her - she would rather the fight had never happened. Looking for Leon, she tugged on his sleeve. "We should leave." Her voice was low enough that the other two might not hear her, and she thought of it as another test of their wits. If they ran right after them then they would be fine, but let their injuries tell for themselves. She shot a glance at her two other companions and then turned away from the whole fight. It seemed they wouldn't be claiming the inside of the Cornucopia, at least not for the moment, and it disappointed her. We should have been able to scatter them. It seemed she hadn't counted on the fact that these were mutts, they didn't react like normal animals.

They might be able to sneak in later, once the lizards have skittered off. For right now, though, they had to get patched up. Once she was far enough away she pulled out her medical kit and retrieved a needle and thread, and some bandages. Her left arm was still tender, perhaps being the reason why her attacks hadn't been a sure since the District seven girl had injured it again, but the wound was scabbed over and as much as she wanted to use her supplies to fix it up she had her leg to deal with. Peeling away the remains of her shin guards, she bared the gash in her leg. Hissing, she narrowed her eyes, sat down, and set to work with the needle.

When she was done with her healing she wrapped up the old wound in her arm with the bandages. She felt like a carved up fish, gills flapping weakly as she tried to breathe without her ocean surrounding her. The memory of her dream from last night made her melancholy and she finished patching herself up. As Leon walked over she saw he had some plants in his hand. "Can I use some?" She didn't wait for his response, taking a portion for herself and tearing them into tiny pieces. Crushing them in her palm she smeared them over the other cut in her arm, sighing at the cool relief the juices brought. Turning to Leon, she smiled. "You need some patching up too." She patted the ground beside her, gesturing for him to join her.

"We'll wait for the others here."

[Siren Flees]
[Siren uses First Aid on Self for -3]
[Siren uses Needle and Thread on Self for -5]
[Siren uses Bandages on Self for -1]
[Siren receives First Aid from Leon for -3]
[Siren receives one Bundle of Medicinal Plants from Leon]
[Siren uses Medicinal Plants on Self for -2]
[Siren receives General Antivenom from Sponsorship]
[Siren uses General Antivenom on Self to cure poisoning]

Last Edit: Jul 13, 2014 14:22:14 GMT -5 by Kire

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We Are Your {Down f a l l}:. [Card Sharps v 3 Lizards (d4)] Jul 13, 2014 15:16:53 GMT -5

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Post by анзие (Anz) on Jul 13, 2014 15:16:53 GMT -5

[googlefont="La Belle Aurore:400"]

Leon Krigel

but we're still sleeping like we're lovers

He doesn't notice the fall of the second lizard, so focused was Leon on not getting his head bitten off - at least, not until Siren grabs his arm. (He startles badly and almost hits her, convinced that her grip is a play by the Gamemakers to send this hellish situation down the slide.) Leon stops his knife before it strikes Siren and stares at her with an expression more bewildered than he'd ever admit. What's wrong? Words should not be so hard to come by but he finds that he can't say a thing.

"We should leave."

Leave?

Siren stares at him hard like she's heard the question but doesn't respond. His eyes catch the swirl of her hair as she whirls and goes; he takes two steps after her, his brow furrowed with confusion when she starts to run. Where are you going? The fight isn't over, is it? A look over his shoulder reveals one of the three lizards on the ground, blood puddling around its body; a triumphant Jacinda stands over it with lizard goo reflecting the light off her new knife. Huh. They did better than us. Good on them.

That's their distraction.

Leon turns his head back in time to see Siren vanish around the entrance of the Cornucopia. Cursing quietly to himself, he stumbles into a run after her, following the trail of her hair like she were submerged in the ocean, a mythical creature of the great beige sea.

Something hurts and Leon's world becomes as brown as the dirt at his feet - but that only because his face is inches from the sand. He's fallen with no memory of falling. Everything aches and he's laughing to himself like it's funny when it's not, the image of hell-spawned lizards bright in his mind's eye and the poison that aches in his wounds. He can only be grateful that the lizard's fangs only grazed him; any deeper and he's sure his life will not be fun to live.

Leon pulls his knees up under him, but his left foot seems to be tangled in something because it refuses to move; he almost panics, picturing tiny two-headed snakes and poisonous lizards clutching at his boot. A quick check ensures that it's neither of those - as a matter of fact, his foot is caught in some a tangle of leaves.

His mind clicks. The time he spent in the training center rushes back to him (not in fragments of breathless laughter and soft touches, but in blocks of knowledge he's forgotten he had - "This one might kill me, but I guess I can check."), stilling the panic and washing away the haze of confusion he'd been floundering in. Leon leans over and untangles the vines carefully - medicinal plants, his mind supplies helpfully. Useful to his hurts, but not so much to the poison. It's better than nothing, he thinks grimly.

Near the tangle that tripped him were two more bundles of plants, which he carefully harvests before making his way to where Siren sits. (He staggers a little on getting up, his vision darkening for a moment before it clears.) Siren looks up at him as he approaches, spies the plants and says, "Can I use some?" She doesn't wait for a response, but the loose grip Leon has on the plants is all the answer she needs as she pulls a carefully kept bundle free. He forces himself not to sway when she says, "You need some patching up too."

A frown touches his lips and it's then that he notices she's all fixed up. She either works really fast or I've been more out of it than I thought. "Yeah," he manages to get out of his mouth, taking the proffered patch of ground.

"We'll wait for the others here." Nodding in agreement, Leon rummages in his bag for what remains of his medical kit and places it on his lap.

His hand trembles to pull his sleeve over his arm to see the damage.

It honestly doesn't look as bad as it feels, but the very idea that this may well be how his life ends is depressing. Death by shallow cuts, he thinks, and laughs quietly to himself. Not impossible, just difficult.

Leon crushes one bundle of the medicinal plants and separates the mess into two; one he pats carefully against the wound on his arm and holds there with some of his bandages, the other he holds against the cut on his stomach. Except that means he can't wrap himself up. This is going to be an issue.

"Help me out," he says to Siren, and holds out the roll of bandage.

Leon Krigel flees the fight.
Leon gathers 3 bundles Med Plants
Leon gives 1 bundle of Med Plants to Siren
Leon uses N/T on self for -5
Leon uses 5ft Bandages on self for -1
Leon uses 1 bundle Med Plants on self for -2
Leon uses FA on Siren for -3

Last Edit: Jul 15, 2014 2:50:54 GMT -5 by анзие (Anz)

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We Are Your {Down f a l l}:. [Card Sharps v 3 Lizards (d4)] Jul 14, 2014 20:24:58 GMT -5

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Post by charade on Jul 14, 2014 20:24:58 GMT -5

The oily scent of death filled the air, overpowering the smell of blood sweat and fear. Butch collapsed to the ground unmoving as his brothers hissed in anger. Half the masters had fled but a pair of them were still within reach. If Pitfall Lizards were capable of understanding the concept of cursing, they would have. As it was, the only thing they really understood was that they really, really, wanted to bite the masters again.

The elder reptile bared his teeth and crouched before leaping up at Butch's killer.

Jesse attacks Jacinda
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-- Shallow Cut on Forehead -- 4.5 damage

The youngest obligingly went for the one his brother was ignoring.

Sundance attacks Maye
knife

- Severed Finger on Right Hand -- 8.5 damage

With the masters fleeing the scene, the two lizards set about eating Butch's corpse. He may have been family, but the other meals were gone; and damn if he wasn't delicious.

knife�knife

Last Edit: Jul 14, 2014 20:27:14 GMT -5 by charade

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We Are Your {Down f a l l}:. [Card Sharps v 3 Lizards (d4)] Jul 15, 2014 3:31:53 GMT -5

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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2014 3:31:53 GMT -5

May kept attacking to just stay alive and kill what was infront of her. She swung her axe and just kept swinging until one of the lizards fell. Then she was about to run because she remembered the others. One of the lizards attacked before she had the chance. She let out a scream but ran. There went the gloves Siren had given her. It didn't matter what mattered was keeping up with the group. All things would be fixed in time and she didn't care how long that would take. She needed to make it out of here.

{May flees the fight
May uses 5ft bandage -1
may uses f/a-3
will have the damage total update in maintance when its posted}

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We Are Your {Down f a l l}:. [Card Sharps v 3 Lizards (d4)] Jul 16, 2014 23:13:07 GMT -5

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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2014 23:13:07 GMT -5

[googlefont="La Belle Aurore:400"]

Jacinda Zembori

i fear that i will stumble in the dark

After I slay its partner, Siren and Leon flee, and I'm about to bolt after them, but then I see something out of the corner of my eye. Something horrific, something gruesome that I've never seen before. Cannibalism. The ~~lizard~~ monster begins to eat it. Its teeth break the pitfall lizard's scaly skin and it's hard to look away. Not that it fascinates me - it disgusts me - but I can't lose sight of my target. The sight of the blood and scales in its teeth make my stomach lurch, threatening to empty my stomach's contents on the ground. (I doubt there's anything in there but fluids.)

The lizard seems to notice us again, and its claws lash out at my face. I lean back in hopes that it will miss me, but it's too late. I feel a sharp sting and a line of warm, thick liquid on my forehead drip down my face in two red threads. But it must be a shallow cut, otherwise I would be whimpering in pain. But it's only a sharp sting; I can live with that, no screams or whimpers at all. (Screaming is pointless anyway.)

Another lizard lunges for May and bites her hand, making off with her finger. I wonder, just for a moment, if I have the strength to run away. My legs and arms are trembling, my stomach howls with hunger, and my eyes are heavy with drowsiness. I feel heavy, like a sack of stones are weighing my body down. But I'll have to run, it's my only chance.

May runs for it, and that confirms that I too must run. So I muster the little strength that I have left and run after her, clutching my knife so tight, my knuckles are white.

[Jacinda flees the fight]
[Jacinda uses first aid on herself for -3 damage]
[Jacinda gathers three bundles of Medicinal Plants]
[Jacinda eats one bundle of Medicinal Plants for -2 damage]
[Jacinda uses 5ft of bandages of herself for -1 damage]
[Jacinda eats one bundle of Edible Plants]
[Jacinda gives two bundles of Medicinal Plants to May]
[Jacinda gives her gloves to Siren]
[Jacinda gives 10ft of bandages to May]

Last Edit: Jul 18, 2014 23:25:31 GMT -5 by Deleted