fire in her eyes

“For those of us climbing to the top of the food chain, there can be no mercy. There is but one rule: hunt or be hunted.” Juno Woon

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Iguano // Arena Day Two // Ignacius and Juno

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Juno had apparently noticed his reaction to what she had called him, for she made a comment about it before informing him about the various different deaths. He was surprised that Pearl was already dead, but glad, for he didn’t have to worry about her running around anymore. The smallest twinge of sadness at his district partner being dead. She had been fairly nice on the train. But other than that, he didn’t feel anything for those that had fallen. He watched as Juno began cutting up a snake next to him, and offered to share, whilst also asking if he had any. Ignacius pulled out a portion of the deer meat, as well as his sponsor ask, and began cutting it into strips. 

“I’ve got some deer meat here. It cooked overnight on this hot ground, so it’s safe to eat now. I could share some of this with you, especially since your sharing some of your snake meat with me.” He continued to cut up the meat as he spoke. “Thanks for filling me in on the fallen. Without that information, I would have just assumed we were all alive until proven otherwise. As for the nickname…” Ignacius’s words wandered off, and his eyes looked at the slaughtered deer that were behind them. His mind started wandering, and he zoned off, eyes going blank, until Juno called him back to the present. “Umm…it’s just a…well…it’s…let’s just say that…it’s basically…umm…it’s a…it’s a thing from my past…and…umm…it’s just a…uh…kind of….well…sensitive area.”

He avoided catching Juno’s eyes as he passed half of the deer meat that he had just cut up to her.

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“That’s real kind of you, thanks.” Pulling the deer meat towards her, she brushed off his words noticing that he was stuttering. She didn’t need or want an explanation it was after all something that caused him some distress if he winced at it and was reacting in this way. “It’s alright. I get it. It won’t happen again.” She didn’t spend much time speculating whether it was something to do with his family or school because for all she knew it could have been even deeper than that and there were things that some people just didn’t want to talk about.

“Thanks.” Taking the deer meat, she put it in her bag for later and started to recoup herself, starting by taking all of her supplies out of her bag and getting a full scope of everything she had. “Think we should head out of here? I’ve been attacked already by some sheep, and well, it’s not as pleasant as it was when I went to sleep.” 

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Iguano // Arena Day Two // Ignacius and Juno

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Ignacius watched as the girl greeted him, wincing when she called him Ig. It brought back the memories of what he had just been through, but he didn’t have the energy to say anything. He didn’t want anyone to know about what the demon deer had done. He watched as she put her crossbow down, and posed a question. Ignacius put down his double-sided axe and, in the process, ended up sitting on the ground. He felt a little light-headed, probably from the one hit he took to his head, but probably also because he was physically and psychologically damaged in so many different ways. He needed a chance to just stop and take in a few deep breaths. While he was doing this, he noticed that some of the black blood had made its way into his mouth, and he spit it out. Looking at Juno, he just stared at her for a few moments with blank eyes before responding.

“Same goes to you, Juno. I have no idea who is still alive or not in the arena, and it’s nice that the first person I run across is someone that I’ve talked to before. And it’s totally fine if you join.” He reached his right arm up, and winced. It was sore, not only from the injection of the universal antidote, but also from some minor injuries he had sustained during the fight. He waited, his hand in the air, for her response. He tried again to smile, and it turned out successful this time. 

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Juno noticed Ignacius’ flinch almost instantly, she cross her leg and sat down. “Don’t like the nickname?” She had never really been subjected to foul nicknames before, but that was mainly because no one cared enough to give her one. She remembered speaking to him only a few days ago and the Games were beginning to take it’s toll on him. And he hadn’t even killed anyone yet. “The boy from eleven, girl from four, boy from six, girl from five, your district partner, the girl from eight, girl from ten and the girl from twelve.” 

Taking her dagger and slicing the snake up to nice equal slices for them to share. “There’s sixteen of us left.” eight of them had already died and thank goodness it wasn’t by her hand. “I don’t suppose you have any food I can have? I've only got a little, and well it gets boring after a while, we can share the snake meat if you like?”

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Iguano // Arena Day Two // Ignacius and Juno

Watching Juno advance towards him, Ignacius made sure that his grip on the double-sided axe was loose. He didn’t want her thinking that he wanted to fight. He tried his hardest to put a smile on his face, but after what he had seen, it was impossible, so it turned into a kind-of-sad-smile-that-lets-you-know-something-is-seriously-wrong. It wasn’t long before she was standing before him, watching the black blood drip down his face. He waited to see if she would initiate the conversation. After all, he must be quite a sight to see, looking like he just crawled out of Mount Doom over there. 

[girlslikejuno]

The boy in front of her looked like he’d been to hell and back, but he was still alive and the young boy seemed a hell of a lot stronger than he comes across. Although she stood there, crossbow in one hand, dagger in the other and draped in a snake, she smiled at the boy and tried to look more friendly. “It’s nice to see you alive Ig.”

Putting her crossbow down as a way of saying ‘I’m not going to shoot you in the face’, she lifted up her hands “Mind if I join?”

[girlslikejuno]

Juno vs. Sheep | Arena Day Two

When Juno woke up the first thing she noticed was how shitty she was feeling. She had a headache, a runny and stuffy nose and she wanted to just screech. She was so obsessed with how shitty she was feeling that she had actually completely not paid attention to the hellish surroundings around her. She had a cold and the girl almost burst into tears, thinking back to how she could have possibly contracted this vile disease, she recalled that dirty, nasty, pink haired skank was coughing and spitting on everything. Wiping the snot away from her nose, she prayed that the girl slipped into a pool of lava and all her germs died along with her. It was then did she realised that shit had changed

“Fuck...” were the only words that came out of her mouth when she saw the demonic sheep approaching her. She knew nothing about sheep, she thought the animals were ugly and useless and she didn’t enjoy lamb meat, but right now they all looked ready to eat her. Slowly taking her bag of animal feed out of her pocket, one of the sheep pounced towards her and the girl fell to the ground with a screech. The animal stomped on her arm causing a cut to form that slowly started to bleed. On top of this, the ache at the back of her head was getting more and more prominent and she was almost certain she’d bruised or cracked a rib with the fall. Now that the animals were distracted, Juno took this time to grab all of her shit and run west far away from the animals. Falling down the ground feeling the exhaustion catching up with her, she welcomes the sound of another sponsorship gift and inside, a syringe and clear liquid. 

Guessing that whoever paid this much money for some sort of relief wouldn’t actually want to kill her, she injected herself and waited. Within seconds she felt herself getting better and she just wanted to cry. Waiting it out for another ten minutes to make sure she was fully back to herself, she continued to head west far away from the demonic sheep.

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Location

Paradise area

Weapons

Dagger, Crossbow and ten bolts

Items

Two headless snakes, a pearl necklace, a white backpack, a napkin, a penny, a stale potato chip, half a loaf of bread, berries, sleeping bag, half a bottle of water, animal feed, rope, two mysterious vials of liquid

Injuries

Bruised head

Notable Events

Somehow managed to escape the bloodbath alive, didn’t really do anything spectacular.

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slitherz | arena day one

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Other than a bit of wind, you make it to the north island without a problem. In fact, when there, you find a small ring of bushes perfect to make camp for the night, if you choose to do so. It will hide you well from most other tributes, and you probably need to eat anyway. Do you choose to make camp here, or do you continue on?

[girlslikejuno]

When Juno settles down a big sponsorship settled down in front of her. Inside was a sleeping bag, bread, water and animal food. Juno had no idea what the note meant and screwed it up because it was obviously written by a mad man. Drinking as much water as she can, she puts the other half of the bottle in her bag. Slipping her Arena outfit back on, she curled up inside of her sleeping bag and started to eat the various slices of bread until she was full. Placing everything in her bag, she sliced the head off of the snakes with her dagger and throwing them into a bush.

Now she was settled, no longer thirsty or hungry, Juno looked up at the sky and the fallen were being shown. There were none she knew, and by default none she cared about but when she saw Pearl’s face she let out an almighty howl of laughter. “Hahahahahaha rip in peace bitch.” Juno kisses the pearls around her neck and flips her middle finger up before showing it to the sky at Pearl’s picture before falling sound asleep dreaming of Victory. 

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slitherz | arena day one

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It’s not long before, finally, you make it to the northern most part of the island. There, a bridge lays out before you. Do you decide to follow it or turn back into the desert? You won’t be able to go on much longer!

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Smiling at the sight of the bridge, she walks towards it hoping to cross the bright without any trouble.

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slitherz | arena day one

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As you stare at the muddy depths, you notice the water is quickly vanishing. Then, right before your eyes, it disappears altogether. It’s a good thing you didn’t try to drink from the pond, because it just so happens that it’s nothing but a mirage. However, it’s unfortunate for your face, which is now roughed up a bit with grains of sand sticking to sweat. Luckily two good things came out of this lie.

1.) At least your berries made it, even though the rest of the bushes and trees are withering away! 2.) There is a bottle filled with a dark liquid, labelled “drink this if you’re an idiot.”

What do you do now? Choose to continue out of the desert, or backtrack?

[girlslikejuno]

Juno tore off the label before putting the dark liquid in her backpack too she stood up and continued out of the desert.

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slitherz | arena day one

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Looking at the nasty water she shook her head and sigh “Can’t a girl catch a break.” The worst of the heat just came from how sticky she felt. Making sure to keep her eyes and mouth closed, she splashed her face with water in an attempt to cool down. Trying to catch some shade, she noticed the sun was at its highest and it was pointless to stick around. She examined the berries further to see what they looked like close up.

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They are small and black, just like your heart.

[girlslikejuno]

“Ah small and black, just like my heart.” Juno picked off some of the berries and put them in her backpack for later before looking into the murky water for something useful.

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slitherz | arena day one

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Despite her efforts to keep cool, it was all starting to take its toll of her. She had hoped someone was for some reason going to sponsor her. She spotted what seemed like palm trees and walked towards them hoping to find water.

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After an eon of walking, you finally make it to the oasis. There are flowers on the palm trees, a few bushes of berries, and, indeed, a large pond of water. However, it sits stagnant in the sand, and looks a little fishy. Do you attempt to drink the water or take a dip in?

[girlslikejuno]

Looking at the nasty water she shook her head and sigh “Can’t a girl catch a break.” The worst of the heat just came from how sticky she felt. Making sure to keep her eyes and mouth closed, she splashed her face with water in an attempt to cool down. Trying to catch some shade, she noticed the sun was at its highest and it was pointless to stick around. She examined the berries further to see what they looked like close up.

[discomforted]

A snake was hit by a car. A woman picks him up, feeds him, and gets him to a full state of health. But then he bites her, injecting her with his deadly poison. On her death bed, she asked “after all I did why me?” The snake responds “you knew I was a snake when you picked me up.”

(via discomforted)

[bwhvnter]

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slitherz | arena day one

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The further you go, the worse it gets. Sand is everywhere now; in your hair, your face, your eyes, your nose. The sun is practically sizzling your skin off. Under these harsh conditions, it’s inevitable– you’re becoming dehydrated. But luckily for you, you notice that there are palm trees appearing on the horizon. Where there are trees, there is bound to be water. Do you choose to go to the oasis, or walk around it?

[girlslikejuno]

Despite her efforts to keep cool, it was all starting to take its toll of her. She had hoped someone was for some reason going to sponsor her. She spotted what seemed like palm trees and walked towards them hoping to find water.

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slitherz | arena day one

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You open the chest and inside there are two items. The first is a small vial of clear liquid, unlabelled, and placed on a string so you can put it around your neck. The second item is a dagger. It’s barely the length of your hand, but decorated with lavish jewels and mirrors.

[girlslikejuno]

Grinning at the sight of the dagger, she lifted it up and examined it happy that she had a weapon that she could now use. She didn’t see anything particularly daunting about the vial of clear liquid, and although it didn’t show any signs of containing poison due to the colour and viscosity, she assumed it was anti-venom for the time being. Putting it over her head so it rested next to the pearls and the snake, she stood up and took note of where the large alliance that passed her before were heading, and started to head north, constantly on the lookout.

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slitherz | arena day one

When Juno spotted the chest in the background, for a few seconds she considered just darting out of the way and making a break for the chest, but she didn’t know how quick these snakes were and judging by the venom practically dripping from their fangs she didn’t exactly expect them to just let here pass without trying to bite the shit out of her. Not moving a single muscle, she smiled at the quite magnificent creatures, for it was the first time she’d seen one alive.

“You know, I had a girl friend at school, her name was Minnie, and her family made snakeskin products, they were all vile.” The snake snapped at the girl causing her to jump back and press her hand against her chest. Placing her hand back on her crossbow, Juno went to open her mouth to say something stupid and also wholly inappropriate before one of the tiny beasts (who she had named baby snake due to this particular one being slightly smaller in size to the others) actually lunged at her. She wasn’t expecting this, Juno actually screeched and jumped back, falling down - but just before, her hand hit the trigger of the crossbow. 

‘One bolt down, great’ she thought as she scrambled back up, but instead was pleasantly surprised to see her rouge bolt had hit the snake. 

“AH HA!” she exclaimed, fist pumping the air and stomping her feet. There was one down, but the other was slithering faster towards the girl (this one was called Robert because the snake looked like its mouth was bleeding like it had one of its fangs removed, it was also rude as fuck and had an ugly attitude - and Juno really didn’t like that name for some reason). Backing away constantly, Juno felt like she was in a bit of a tight spot. The crossbow was only really good for long distance, and well, this snake was right on her shit, so when it lunged for her, she just did the instinctive thing and swung her crossbow which connected with the animal’s head and knocked it sideways. Not wasting a moment, she bent down and slammed the butt of the crossbow on the snake’s neck until it was no longer moving, and the neck wasn’t really attached to the rest of the animal anymore.

Dripping with snake blood which spurted from its neck (being covered in blood seemed to be a regular occurrence for her now so she was slightly being to get used to it), Juno turned to face the fiercest, largest and most impressive of the snake mutts. Mother Snake. The sound of a cannon shook Juno to the core and she almost missed where the third and final snake disappeared off to. Taking off her backpack, she threw it on top of the snake and jumped on top of it until the tail of the animal stopped writhing. Running away from the pack, she gingerly watched it from a distance and when she was sure the mother snake was dead, she removed the pack (which was now covered in blood). She shed a single tear for the mother snake, and threw some sand over it, to give the almighty reptile a proper send off. She deserved so much better. However, she had taken a liking to how clean the other kills were and thought that the snakes shouldn’t go to waste. After yanking the bolt free and placing it back in her crossbow. Juno pulled her rope from her backpack and tied it around her waist and the end to the decapitated snake so she was dragging it along the sand as she walked. Snake meat was tasty and a good meal was probably going to be hard to come by. With the other snake, she dragged that by her hand before realising that it would just look so much nicer around her neck.

Adorning the new snake accessory, she bent down and moved the pearl necklaces (she put one around her neck) and opened to chest to see what was inside.

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i’m too hot (hot damn) | arena day one

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As you stare out into the distance, a glimmer catches your eye. It shines bright in the relentless sun, but blots out the actual shape and size of the object. Do you continue on into the desert to find out what it is, or do you turn back?

[girlslikejuno]

Squinting her eyes, she knows that going back just isn’t an option and that going forward is the only choice she really had. Walking towards the glimmer that shines in the distance, she kept her crossbow up in case of an attack.

[girlslikejuno]

i’m too hot (hot damn) | arena day one

The first thing that hit Juno in the face was the inexplicable heat. Although it got hot in District One and the workshop because of the flames from the glass blowing, she usually took breaks, and got cool but this obviously wasn’t the case. Touching the back of her head she winced when her fingers brushed against the sore area. Reaching for her backpack and putting her crossbow down she opened up the pack and just screeched when she saw the contents. Throwing the pack as far as she could, she ran up to it and just stood on it continuously before she became short of breath and started to heave. Tears were already rolling down her face when she picked the bag up and again.

“Fuck this, fuck all of this heat.” Yanking her arena outfit off, she stuffed it inside of her of backpack before shielding her eyes and looking out into the distance for anything.