no one to catch you [pisces vs oberon] day 9
Aug 8, 2020 17:27:47 GMT -5
Post by kap on Aug 8, 2020 17:27:47 GMT -5
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"If only the clockworks could speakPisces Gem was supposed to be the name of a peaceful, innocent boy, but now I've killed four people. There's nothing peaceful or innocent about that. Before the anthem played that night, I caught myself thinking about each of the people I'd killed. Kestrel was the first. She was a piece of home, and I felt guilty killing her. She hadn't wronged me. She didn't deserve it. Unfortunately, it had to be one of them or one of us, so it ended up being one of them.
I wouldn't be so alone
We burn every magnet and spring
And spiral into the unknown"
~
The second person I killed was Daemon. Daemon was someone I'd never gotten the chance to encounter before the catacombs. I didn't know who his friends or allies were, or if he even had any. For all I knew, he could've been in this arena fighting by himself before he ended up in the catacombs. After he killed Steel, though, there was still no way out of the catacombs, and we both knew what that meant. One of us had to die. We fought until only I had my life, then the light shown from above the catacombs, and I emerged, alive once more.
Third was Terra. She was strong, although I won't act like that surprised me. I saw what she was able to do to that mutt when our alliances met the day JJ killed me. I have guilt in killing all of these people, but I wouldn't say that there was any regret here to go along with the guilt. I did what I had to to survive, and I wouldn't have changed it.
The fourth and most recent person I killed was Will. He was strong, too, like his ally. Although, with the career experience he likely had due to being from Two, that didn't surprise me, either. He told me he didn't want a grudge match, but it turned into one anyway. I suppose there was just a part of me that couldn't forgive him, and that's why I don't regret doing what I did. Of course, the guilt is still there with him, too, even if I didn't like him as a person.
When the anthem finally played that night, five faces were shown in the sky.
Ezra Valencia, District Three
Kenji Nakamura, District Five
Terra Markov, District Six
JJ Wolfram, District Seven
Callum Leare, District Twelve
I'd never met Ezra or Kenji, the first two to appear. The next was Terra- I see she didn't make it out of the catacombs alive. It makes me wonder who I could share the role of being her killer with. JJ was next, and to be honest, there was a sense of relief with this one. I wouldn't have to encounter the boy who'd killed me again while I'm here in this arena.
Lastly was Callum. I recognized him as Kestrel's ally. We'd met in the training center before the arena and he seemed so kind. Then, when we got to the arena, the violence in him was brought out. That's the same thing that happened to me. I felt a little bad that he was gone, but I didn't let it get to me. I was just glad to know that Jade and Dominic were alive to see another day.
Although, as the number of tributes dwindled, I knew that this meant there was a chance of us encountering one another again, which is what we were trying to avoid.
I didn't sleep very much that night, as whenever I heard a sound that wasn't just the water hitting the shore of the red beach, I immediately woke up, alert and ready just in case someone- or something- was hunting me. I wouldn't die in my sleep. No, that just wasn't going to happen. If I was going to die, I was going to go down fighting.
The next morning, I headed in the direction of what I'd decided to refer to as the cloud spire. I didn't quite get where I intended to go, though. I'm not sure what disoriented me on this clear day, but nonetheless, I ended up at the cornucopia once again.
I held my morning star in my hand and my other items in the messenger bag slung over my shoulder. My blood-stained white tribute uniform looked ratty and disgusting at this point, and my hair was a mess. There was dried blood and dirt caked on my skin that I hadn't bothered to try to clean off. At this point, I wasn't going to put in too much effort in cleaning myself up anymore. It's not like anyone else here was looking perfect either.
It didn't take long of being at the cornucopia when I heard movement. Then, I saw a boy, and my grip tightened on my weapon. It wasn't Dominic. It wasn't Will. It was someone I didn't recognize- a tribute I'd never met before. I couldn't let the fact that he hadn't ever wronged me stop what I had to do, though. With so few tributes left in the arena, I knew what an encounter with just about any of them would mean- a fight.
I approached him with my weapon and spoke.
"This isn't anything against you, man," I said. "Just doing what I've got to do."~
lyrics: "Shatter Me" by Lindsey Stirling
[Pisces attacks Oberon with Geode Morning Star (spiked blunt)]
HxfYSUJjiWspiked blunt
[14015 -- BLOCK -- 0.0 damage]
accuracy
spiked blunt
[14141 -- MISS -- 0.0 damage]
spiked blunt·spiked bluntHxfYSUJjiWspiked blunt
[14015 -- BLOCK -- 0.0 damage]
accuracy
spiked blunt
[14141 -- MISS -- 0.0 damage]