Steady as the beating drum [The RuNTS compound] Day 3

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Steady as the beating drum [The RuNTS compound] Day 3 Oct 31, 2015 0:09:06 GMT -5

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Post by * on Oct 31, 2015 0:09:06 GMT -5

Taurus Hawk

The cold mountain stream washes away the redness from my missing fingers. A part of me is missing. I am no longer a whole Taurus and with my two digits digesting in the dead werewolves belly, I feel inclined to sit here and dwell on how close our alliance came to perishing. How hard each of us fought to stay alive. How, without my older counterparts, I might not be alive right now. They picked up the slack where I failed them and losing two fingers just seemed to be a rotten constelation prize for my incompetence.

"I'm not a dove. I'm a Hawk. No more a Jay. Just a Hawk. Winged lord of the skies." The words slip through my lips, and whisper to the babbling brook that is numbing my hand to the point of pain; more pain than before. I try to bend the rest of the fingers on my left hand but they are so stiff; so hard. So cold... It's like trying to pry meat away frozen for a week in the icebox. For a moment, I try to listen to what this creek is saying to me as it takes my blood into it's mighty run. My blood is painting the water red. My life is now part of the arena. Anyone who collects this liquid for nurishment will have a part of me. I will live on forever. There is no end.

With a heavy breath, I go limp, letting my head lay on my folded knees, with my hand floating with the flow. Somewhere near, I know Neptune is trying to take care of himself and Ruth and Septys are probably trying to patch themselves up as well. I tilt my head to the right, looking to the backpack and pondering about how I'm going to wrap my hand up and what it'll feel like once the icy cold river has no longer numbed what isn't there. Not to mention, the icy cold water is making the other parts of my skin scream, as the feel of once ignited skin burns from the lamp that fell on me before the fight. Unlucky? Perhaps...

"Take the pain away..." I mumble and close my eyes.

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Steady as the beating drum [The RuNTS compound] Day 3 Oct 31, 2015 0:36:16 GMT -5

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Post by Muffinface on Oct 31, 2015 0:36:16 GMT -5

Eight fingers twist and turn a yellowing paper, stowing it away in his Sporran with a loose house key, and his dried hands lift to wipe away the last bits of wetness from his eyes. As he stumbles free from the treeline, Septys' ghostly gaze falls upon ~~Taurus~~ a younger brother.

"Hey." he murmurs as he carefully sits beside the fast flowing water, staring down at the clear depths. "... We match." he says easily, lifting a bloodied left palm to eye level before quickly dunking it into the fast paced river. It cleans, whirling, swirling against his flesh, a low shiver sliding down his spine. "Let me look at it." he adds, reaching for the palm with dripping hands.

From what he sees, cracked viscera coat the male's hand, and bubbling blisters rise, gracing skin with the heat of what must have felt like a thousand suns. Visions slip through his mind- a young boy, eager for dinner reaching into the oven with ungloved hands. Octys screamed for what felt like eternities, and even a mother's kisses couldn't soothe the roaring burns.

"I know how to take care of those if you want me to try?" he adds, a softness coming to his face as he stares down into the oblivion behind the teenager's eyes.

"Let me take care of you Pentys- shit, Taurus. Sorry. You're Taurus."

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Steady as the beating drum [The RuNTS compound] Day 3 Oct 31, 2015 1:12:59 GMT -5

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Post by Cameo {RIP Charlie} on Oct 31, 2015 1:12:59 GMT -5

The rough bark of a tree welcomes a palm of mine as we meet the stream of water. Still my vision sways before me, but I refuse to exhibit it. Just as the moment I entered the Arena, just as yesterday I am still remaining strong. Nothing will rip me from the Career that I’ve been built to be. Yet my nails dig into the wood that refuses to provide us scraps, trying with every might I have to remain intact. This is no point to exhibit weakness.

I watch as Taurus drops into the light river. There’s an instinct to comfort him; but one attempt to move another step has my back sliding against the tree. Suddenly I find my ass against the ground, and my head against the trunk. How has exhaustion overtaken me so quickly? I refuse to let me eyes drop, as I keep a steady focus upon my allies.

Septys joins Taurus and a smirk graces my lips for the first time today. Uniting the four of us was no mistake, and that’s the important part. Since the beginning it’s been the right game decision and I’m determined to keep it that way. My focus stays on them with persistence to keep awake.

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Steady as the beating drum [The RuNTS compound] Day 3 Oct 31, 2015 1:26:11 GMT -5

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Post by * on Oct 31, 2015 1:26:11 GMT -5

Taurus Hawk
Although the danger is no longer around me, my heart leaps into my throat the moment I hear the footsteps. I don't feel strong enough to look, yet my eyes do saunter over to where the sound of someone sits. My senses strong with the smell of my ally who smells of sweat and blood. I've been around him for four days and I can recognize it without warning or voice. The scent of my ally puts me back at ease. Though, I tear my gaze away from his direction and listen as he dips his hand into the water. The sight of the water tapers a bit, sending a different set of wave patterns to lap at my arm, burned and malformed.

"...we match." His voice is calm, talking to me as I would talk to Thunder. If the roles were reversed right now, I would be offering care to my little brother; taking him into my arms and coddling him until he slept. This weird turn of events is unsettling with me and when he offers to take my hand, I don't refuse it, but I don't look at my own skin. I can feel it and know it looks bad.

"It don't hurt." Feigning isn't my forte, but I try to pass it off as nothing. My entire left side of my body has been burned, cut and severed. Anything more will surely put me under. "... can you make it stop burning?" Only now, do I turn to look at him, showing off the multiple burns that grace the left side of my face and neck. My shoulder throbs under my charred clothes as well.

Then I see her. Nestled against the tree. Not at all able to care for herself as I thought she would have been able to and something inside of me breaks to see her struggle. "Ruth..." I mumble and lift my head against the stinging blisters that adorn my neck. "She's bleeding."

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Steady as the beating drum [The RuNTS compound] Day 3 Oct 31, 2015 1:44:14 GMT -5

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The smell reaches his nose first, a mixture of blood he originally attributes to himself, then heat and death. Eyes wide, they rest on the male's neck, while his fingers gently work and stroke the skin, invigorating cerulean flesh. Mouth slightly agape, heart hammering, he stammers against the next statement- make it stop burning.

Taurus' voice sounds so calm, his face relaxed as another pulse of adrenaline flies across Septys' body. What should have been a calm reunion, a chance to talk transforms into an impromptu first aid session, with the older male scooping water with a scarf tied around his neck, wrapping the cloth heavy and waterlogged around the kid's burns.

"Ruth?" he questions. She's a career, she should have made it out on her own.

His skull turns slowly, hands still gingerly stroking fabric-coated burns until he spots her. Strong legs leap, and his feet pound against jagged rocks and soft undergrowth until his arms scoop her tight against his chest. The smell of burned flesh hangs heavy in his nostrils, but the scent of Ruth's blood is stronger.

Struggling, he manages to shakily carry her to the river as well, placing the female against his other side.

"Okay, one, two, three... Where the hell is Neptune?" His heart drops, forcing his stomach out of the way. "Did you see him? Did he get out?"

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Steady as the beating drum [The RuNTS compound] Day 3 Oct 31, 2015 2:42:51 GMT -5

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Post by Cameo {RIP Charlie} on Oct 31, 2015 2:42:51 GMT -5

This is real, I have to remind myself as I witness Septys care for Taurus. What’s more unrealistic is how Septys retrieves from the River, and begins to approach me as though he’s only just left the Capitol. I can still sense the Train Ride we held together, as he remained so strong yet stubbornly sensitive at the same time. There’s a desire within him to return home, while there’s just as strong of an instinct to save the ones he cares for now. I know this because I have the same dilemma myself.

Arms scoop me up and instantly provide comfort. Healing the others was my top priority, but now that I have little energy to provide say…my say is little. Surpassingly it’s not as bad as expected though as I find a sense of security within Septys’s hands. Even as I’m only placed beside him in the River, I’m able to embrace myself in his protection.

“Wait, Neptune’s missing?” I’m forced from the sense of security to unsettle news, and my voice exhibits it even more. I pull myself from Septys, only to fall back against him half a second later. “We can’t lose him again.” But at this point, it’s not like Septys can abandon the most wounded in search for him. We can only hope our alliance will be reunited as it always has been before.

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