Anthem - Day Nine

The snow is no longer snow, but a path of red that winds itself through the arena.

There is less white and more red, a reminder of all that has happened here. A reminder of what is still yet to come.

The blizzard continues to rage on, making a path difficult to find. So you wonder aimlessly before finally finding a place to rest for the night. Sleep is hard to find with the harsh wind. It cuts through you like blades, almost has sharp as all the weapons you faced. It seems like sleep is just about to find you, but the anthem blares above your head and just for a moment the snow seems to let up.

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Piper Shay, District Ten
Carbon Chem, District Twelve

As the anthem echoes into the snow’s silence for a final time, it actually seems as though the winds stop. Not a single sound fills the air other than the breath that leaves your lips. There is absolute nothingness. No wind, no snow, nothing but a reminder of the truth.

There are only two of you left alive.

The silent stead of night decays into delirium as the Blizzard breathes life into the morning. The storm is relentless. Waves of white wash over you from all directions and any sense of navigation is eradicated. The winds seem to pull you in only one way: forward. You know where they are taking you. The Finale has come.

As you continue to struggle through the storm, every step seems to shift the atmosphere. The wailing winds lessen with every crunch of snow. The white walls hurtling from above start to slow. But the storm isn’t simply stopping, it’s freezing. Soon the snowflakes cease entirely, merely hanging in the air as though time itself has been frozen. Yet that’s not all. Sparks of surreal colors, embers of illumination, are frozen flames in the air as well. That’s when you see it: the Bonfire. Its unfurling flames match the madness of the air and standing before its eternal iridescence is the final shadow for you to slay.

Time has stopped.

This is all there is.

This is the end.
[-written by Arrows]


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General Information

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Mandated Fights

Bonfire
Shy Augbergine vs. Caleb Genesis
[Posting Order: Shy (75), Caleb (34)]

CLIMATE
Weather: Snow is frozen in the air. You can not tell if it is real, or simply a trick of the light.
Temperature: 22F / -5.5C

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