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Onyx turned to face Jade, worry spreading across his face as he saw her lay down, her eyes fixed on something a little way ahead of them.
“Supplies?” Onyx said, following the path of her stare and noticing the small collection of goods that rested on the centre of the island. He followed after Jade, letting her take the pack as his hand closed around the spear.
This was more like it.
He moved it from hand to hand, testing it’s weight. Being alone with Jade meant that for a second he felt as though he was back in the training centre in One when the games were so far away that he didn’t even have to think about what they really meant. Spears had always been his weapon of choice - he always preferred never to get too close to his target.
“I don’t think there is.” He responded to her question, checking the ground beneath them for anything they might’ve missed. “Do you think we just got lucky, or do you think all the floating islands are like this?”
He watched as Jade sat down and rooted through her pack, joining her in her excitement with the new goods they had acquired. This put them in much better standing for any fights ahead, especially if nobody else had managed to get their hands on any ranged weapons.
“You okay?” He asked her, sitting on the ground beside her and looking out over to the other floating islands.
Maybe it was just an excuse to try and avoid what the point of the games really was, but he enjoyed the challenge of moving from one island to the next to see what other goods there might be scattered throughout the arena. But this climb had winded Jade, and it was only looking at her now that he realised how much of a strain it must have been to pull herself up with her injured arm. It might be better for them to stay on the ground, at least until Jade’s wound healed.
The first thing that Jade noticed was the spear in the hands of her partner, it took her a moment to try and remember whether there had been any at the Cornucopia considering that it was only melee weapons that were offered there.
“I’m fine.” Jade responded, her woozyness was ebbing away from her now and the climb down would be a lot easier than the climb up. “I’m happy to sit here for a moment before we head down though.”
As the words left her lips, the wind whipped around them. She wondered if the Game Makers didn’t want them up here and out of the way of the other tributes at such a good vantage point.
“It’s probably smart to make a plan.” She added, looking around the other islands that surrounded them. “We know that the plains have those bats at night, but it wouldn’t surprise me if they threw something new at us if we’re in the caves.” Jade turned her attention to the island that had just been consumed by the force field. “That’s out.” She commented quickly.
“So there’s the mountain, the middle one or that one.” She pointed to the island with the lake in the centre. “Your call handsome.”











