Decima, please check your inbox and make the necessary edits to your last post to we can move forward.
We want to get to have the climax to our finale so we can start the next reaping!
ENTER: Muttations
Before any tribute can land their blow, there is a quick ripple in the shallow water, and the tributes are attacked.
Decima: While you’re running into the water towards Titus and Atlas, something wraps around your throwing wrist and one of your ankles. It constricts before jerking you off your feet, making you land face-first in the water and starts dragging you deeper out to sea.
Titus: While you’re on your back in the water, something lashes out and grabs you around the neck and around the bicep of your right arm, causing it to jerk back and prevent you from landing your blow. They begin to tighten and pull you deeper into the water.
Atlas: You get yanked off of Titus, causing you to go sprawling into the water next to him. Something grabs you around the torso and latches around your shoulder and armpit and start dragging you into the deeper water as well.
All Tributes: The things wrapping around you are a milky, iridescent color; strong, about the thickness of a sturdy rope and wherever they touch your skin, it begins to burn and feel like you are being pricked by a thousand tiny needles.
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Please start posting your reactions in the new chat post above this, in turn. Decima, then Titus, then Atlas. Good luck!
FACE-OFF: Titus & Decima & Atlas
- CAPITOL: The momentum allows you to knock into Decima enough to send her stumbling backwards, but reaching to her body makes the spear gash Titus's arm enough that his journey past Decima is halted. On the other side of the island, Atlas is running towards the two of you, getting closer. Decima's turn, then Titus, then Atlas.
- Decima: Stumbling backwards from the force of his push, she quickly scrambled to regain her balance, whipping her head around at the sound of the other tribute approaching. She immediately took a few steps backward swiftly, holding onto her weapons so tightly her knuckles turned white. Decima held them out in front of her, watching his every move as he approached so she would be able to defend herself.
- Titus: As he moved to push Decima to the ground, he felt the blade in his arm. Feeling the blade stopped him from grabbing the axe. Titus grabbed his arm, and out of the corner of his eye spotted the other lone tribute running towards where he and the girl from eleven stood. Titus's eyes widened and he quickly shifted his gaze to the axe lying in the distance. Without it he was as good as dead. Titus sprinted as quickly as he could to where it was laying on the ground.
- Atlas: Since his brain automatically associated guys as more of a threat than girls, Atlas's instincts told him that Titus must have been the one to kill Vita. Tucking the longer trident back into the straps of his pack as he ran (his net still looped around his shoulder), he held the other trident horizontally between his two fists. Jaw clenched tight, Atlas dug the balls of his feet into the sand when he thought he was close enough and lunged for titus, using his hands to ram the shaft of the trident into the other boy's ribs in an attempt to tackle him to the ground.
- CAPITOL: Titus manages to get a grip on the axe at the same moment that Atlas knocks into him, and sends them both sprawling towards the water, landing with a splash into the shallow clear water. Decima's turn.
FACE-OFF: Titus & Decima & Atlas
- DECIMA: As Vita fell to the ground, Decima withdrew her spear from the girl's side, quickly bending down to relieve the axe from her belt as well. Just in case she tried to do anything more with it. She eyed the boy from Five who stood a few feet back warily, gripping onto the weapons she had tightly. She couldn't use the axe; Decima knew she'd be more likely to accidentally kill herself with it than actually harm someone. But she didn't want anyone else to get their hands on it. So with a quick swing, she tossed it behind her and into the jungle. The boy from Five seemed weaponless, and he would have to get around her to get to the axe. She clutched onto her spear and knife, waiting to see if he would try to attack.
- TITUS: Titus stood back and watched as the girl from two had fallen to the ground. He stayed back for a moment, waiting to see if the girl from eleven would attack. He watched as she threw the axe behind her, and realizing that it might be his only chance of survival, he took off running to get the axe. Realizing he had to run right past Decima, he ran towards her and pushed her down to the ground giving him time to get the axe.
- CAPITOL: The momentum allows you to knock into Decima enough to send her stumbling backwards, but reaching to her body makes the spear gash Titus's arm enough that his journey past Decima is halted. On the other side of the island, Atlas is running towards the two of you, getting closer. Decima's turn, then Titus, then Atlas.
ANNOUNCEMENT:
We have decided to instate a new rule. We believe it is highly, highly unlikely for two tributes to become allies at the final moment. When their lives are at stake. We don’t believe that anybody would really take the chance of trusting someone else with their lives when only one can survive and there’s five or four left. So, please, refrain from doing anything of the sort. Thank you, and good luck!
We’re sorry for the delay, everyone.
We are waiting for Vita and Atlas to post. Atlas has given in a temporary leave while he moves away, and should be back sometime this week, hopefully. Vita, we still need your post so we can continue with Decima and Titus.
Thank you.
Two down, three to go.
Tac, you too deserve a special mention because you’ve stuck with us through thick and thin, always ready to write and developing your character wonderfully. Tac is one of the few characters whose depth and ability to overcome the hardships has surprised us in the best way. You wrote beautifully, weren’t afraid to accept your mistakes and get hurt, fighting out the most logical solution, and always, always fighting to win. You showed that chances of survival on your own are just as high as in a pack, and we thank you for being a part of this. Congratulations on making it to the top five and do remember your automatic benefits should you choose to come back for next year.
Until then, thank you and good luck!
One down, four to go.
Vita, we are so glad to have had you for so long. You have always been a diligent, hard-working and ever-present part of this RP and we hope we’re not wrong in saying that every member will be missing you most until the victor is revealed. Congratulations on making it to the top five, and do remember your automatic benefits should you choose to come back for next year.
Until then, thank you and good luck!
