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Fallen Day Three

14th: Daphne Suresh -  by Sutter Galbraith

13th: Charlie St-Claire - by Delilah Lalonde

12th: Colt Reeves - by Delilah Lalonde

11th: Lily Revuse - by Kyan Malaki

10th: Clifton Winters - by Tessa Hale & Sutter Galbraith

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Tester vs Daphne

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Arena: Day Two

Location

Hole 12

Allies

Haha

Weapons

Bow with 12 Arrows & Hand axe

Items

Half a canteen of veggie soup, purp blanket

Injuries

Scratch on her leg from the 'gator

Notes

Daphne discovered that water can indeed come from the ground, and if she wasn't getting so wet she would have investigated for a bit longer. 

She then moved further north and considered crossing the bridge but heard more alligators so lol no

She then fell asleep in the sand bc she was tired (like me as I tried to write another os)

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"Yes, all men must die, but we are not men.”

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I looked at the bridge for a long time and I was seriously starting to think about walking across it, but with the thought of more alligators attacking me came into play I felt my insides churn up. I turned around instantly and started to walk towards another set of trees. It was perhaps silly to say, but I had a sponsor so if anything Alcander could send me some water? As I got further into the little cluster I spotted another course (numbero 12 per favore) and walked towards it.

Letsa getta movin' ✿ Arena Day Two

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Letsa getta movin' ✿ Arena Day Two

Last night I dreamt of home, I was on my bed with Jamelia and we were just talking. I couldn't remember exactly what we were talking about but I knew that whatever it was, it was making us both laugh. So when I woke up I had a ghost of a smile on my mouth and water all over my face. It took me a few seconds to realise that I wasn't still dreaming and that water was coming from the ground. If I wasn't getting wetter by the second, I would have stopped to see exactly where the water was coming from because I knew it wasn't coming from the sky. 

However with the chance of catching pneumonia strong, I decided to pack up my stuff and head further north and keeping the lake to my left until I was far away from the sprinklers and that course as a whole. Up ahead I spotted a bridge and thought that considering it was the second day people had moved far away from that area. It didn't take too long to get to the bridge and when I did, I looked at it to see if there was any visible damage.

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Arena: Day One

Location

Small cluster of trees west of hole 13

Allies

Weapons

Bow with 12 Arrows & Hand axe

Items

Half a canteen of veggie soup, purp blanket

Injuries

Nah she's good

Notes

Daph was v upset about having a decapitated body dropping down right in front of her and she threw up a little (called pulling a Chessa I've been told)

She then had to kill an alligator which wasn't fun and is still quite shocked that alligators can climb trees (I am too tbh)

Oh and she didn't die immediately in the Bloodbath so f u nausicaa hahaha

She then received some kind sponsorship gifts and is questioning the whole thou shalt not kill commandment and if it actually applies to people who have already killed because it does also say 'an eye for an eye' in the Bible too so ???

She's also sad for Declan and Adam R.I.P. <3

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Surviving, just ✿ Arena Day One OS

Still a little bit troubled from everything I’d actually seen today, I had to spend the majority of the daylight actually trying to get my bearing and deal with the harsh reality that was going to be my life for however long I may live it. I might be alive for a few more days, maybe just one. For all I knew someone could be right behind me ready and trying to kill me - I could die in a second. And that thought terrified me. I never thought I would be afraid of dying, but I am afraid to die like this and especially in this place which I know I will. There was blood still all over me and with the white clothes I had been placed in, it stained a horrific dark red and to anyone who didn’t know any better it would have seemed that I had taken a life of one of my competitors already.

The trees ahead of me seemed camouflaged enough and whilst the sun was still shining and there was still some warmth, I sat down and slept for a few hours and by some miracle when I woke up I was still alive - it seemed as though nobody had found me yet. So as the sun started to set and daylight faded into twilight, I collected my things up and got moving hopefully as far away from the competition as possible. I continued to walk south for a little while longer until I realised that if I continued to walk that way, I might not be a supply of water. I doubted that I got a sponsor and I didn’t want to risk dying of dehydration either, so keeping to lake to my left I continued to follow it and it eventually started to bring me east. The sky continued to get darker and darker and with this darkness I knew that people were going to be sleeping soon. I however, found myself more alive whenever the day became night and stars began to shine. For a moment I could have pretended that the stroll I was having was just a regular one and that I wasn’t really in a pageant fighting for my life but I was, and I just couldn’t pretend anymore.

I carried on following the lake east before it headed north again and I saw a small collection of trees up ahead where I decided to take refuge for the night. Ahead of me a small bridge and to my right some sand just like the other holes. I wondered if any of them in particular were special. Before losing the last of the light, I took my bow from around my shoulder and loaded an arrow. I wasn’t awful with this weapon, but I wasn’t fantastic either. And if now wasn’t a prime time to practice I couldn’t think of a time to do it. With my back (stupidly) to the water, I faced the trees in front of me and squinted a little to distinguish between them. I pulled back the string of the bow and focused for a few seconds before letting go and watching the arrow soar and somehow lodge into the tree trunk. I ignored the fact that I wasn’t actually aiming for that particular trunk but the fact that it actually stuck was good enough for me.

I repeated this, for perhaps half an hour until there was virtually no light to do so. I retrieved all of my arrows again before sitting down and leaning on a trunk for a few minutes thinking about what was next. Would they send me another alligator? Maybe even a swarm of bees or a plague of some sort, who knew? Maybe they were in a particularly awful mood. I had only heard one cannon since the Bloodbath and just as the thought crossed my mind, a loud blare of music nearly made me jump out of my skin and the sight of the Capitol seal confused for a couple of seconds before I read the words ‘The Fallen’ and then I understood. A part of me wanted to turn away the second I saw Declan’s face flash up first but I knew that if I was actually going to find the strength to fight and keep myself alive then I was just going to have to. But it was awful, it was all just so horrible. There was so much violence, and so much blood and so much death already. And the games had just begun. I silently prayed for all four of the people that lost their lives in the Bloodbath but it didn’t hurt as much as when I saw Adam flash up in the sky.

“No…” my hands flew to my chest and I shook my head as I remembered the nice and shy boy that I encountered after the Parade. He was so sweet, and so kind and he didn’t deserve to die so young. It was the parts like this that made me so angry. I wiped the tears that had fallen away and let out a frustrated growl because no one of us deserved this. I could now see why they protested and rebelled so violently now.

As I wrapped my hands around myself to keep warm in the cold, the sound of a beeping came from above me and then a little parachute landed not far from me. At first I felt a panic start to rise because I felt like it belonged to someone else and that they were close by, but then I realised that I was being an absolute idiot. I crawled from my spot and opened up the large parachute and gasped at the contents of it.

“Oh purple is my favourite colour!” and it just got so much better. Along with the purple blanket was some vegetable soup and hot chocolate with marshmallows! The kindness shown was enormous and the note inside warmed my heart a little. I nodded a little after reading the note and whispered a near silent ‘Thank you’ to Alcander before eating half of my soup and chugging the whole of my hot chocolate down because it was just too good to save. It gave me hope that someone believed in me, and somewhat the strength to carry on because if he thought I could win then maybe I could it just required me having to do some bad things. But judging by the actions of some that I have seen already maybe it is deserved. I curled up in a ball and wrapped myself comfortably in the blanket and fell asleep easily, and underneath stars like I always have.

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I don't like The Hunger Games :( ✿ Arena Day One OS

With the horror of the Bloodbath still fresh in my mind, I was finding it hard to focus on anything in front of me - let alone run. Everything was moving so quickly, there was blood from that poor girl all over me and when I reached the point where I just couldn't run anymore, I fell down onto my hands and knees and vomited. I could practically hear Nausicaa laughing at me as I threw up the last good breakfast I would ever have and sobbed. I knew that what I was going to experience was going to be horrible but I didn't for one second expect it to be as God awful as this. After a couple of minutes I managed to calm down, and at that point I knew I just had to carry on for the people that were watching and supporting me. I was a lot stronger than this. I sat back for a few seconds and looked at the things I'd managed to grab before I had to leave. A bow and an axe would do me well got the time being of course. I had to find food, clean water and shelter but it didn't seem like that would be readily available in this place.

I'd never played golf before but it didn't take a genius to work out that we were in a golf course. I was mildly disappointed at the lack of golf clubs. After I cleaned myself up I got up to head further south when I heard this kind of growl behind me. I knew that running away from whatever thing was behind me would be a bad idea because it would just chase me, so instead I slowly turned around and in front of me was an alligator, and a ferocious one at that. I felt I was going to be standing there for eternity thinking of an escape plan. I couldn’t run. I couldn’t just stay there, I didn’t want to fight it and there was no way in hell that I was jumping into the water where it came from. Directly behind me however was a tree trunk and a sturdy one as well. I slowly moved my hands behind me to feel for some branches and when I felt something that I could put my feet on, I turned around and jumped onto the trunk. Almost immediately after I moved, I heard the ground start to pound as the alligator chased after me. Another scream involuntarily left my mouth as I desperately started to clamber up the tree for my dear life and with the thing practically snapping at my legs I was surprised at how I was evening manage to stay onto the tree. I held onto the branch for my dear life and felt like I was shaking like a leaf waiting for this thing to go away. My eyes were screwed shut trying to block out the growling of the unnatural beast and I wished so much that I was anywhere other than where I was right now.

After a few moments I managed to reopen them and peak down to the ground where the alligator remained, however it seemed as though alligators could most definitely climb trees. My dangling body was hanging off of a branch which would the alligator would probably be able to get to in a couple of seconds going the speed it was going and I felt bile rise up in my mouth. I was going to die in tree killed by an alligator. I started to wonder if this was some sort of a sick joke conducted by the Game Makers. They knew that I had two choices. I could kill it or I could let it kill me and we both knew which option I was inevitably going to choose. As soon as the creature was about halfway up the trunk, I shifted my position on the branch and gripped onto the end before swinging my body off of the wood and dangling a little before jumping off. Bending down to help absorb some of the pressure, it wasn’t going to be long before the alligator was back so I took my bow from behind my back and loaded an arrow with a shaky hand and prepared myself for when it came back.

And it was like before I could even blink it was starting to get closer and closer. As I continued to back up, the thing just got closer and I shakily let go of the arrow and it instead flew off and hit the tree trunk, nowhere near the alligator. I loaded another one - this one less shaky than the last and I breathed a little to steady myself. If I was going to actually try to kill this thing then I was going to have to try and get a clean shot. I didn’t want it - whatever it was - to suffer. When I let the second arrow go in lodged itself into the body of the alligator but did near nothing to slow it down. It was disheartening and before I could load another, it had opened its jaw wide and went to snap my leg off. I managed to jump out of the way quick enough, but not without it slicing my leg with its razor sharp teeth in the process. The teeth were unnaturally sharp and it was then that I knew that this alligator was no creature of God. With myself on my back, I sat up and pulled my hand axe out and without a second of hesitation I launched my body onto the creature and repeatedly slammed the sharp head into the fishy flesh of the creature until it eventually stopped moving. I dropped the axe the second I had convinced myself it was dead and moved a stray piece of hair out of my eye before standing up to get back the first arrow that missed, and then pulling out the one in the alligator’s body before walking back to the tree and sliding down the trunk slowly, suddenly exhausted by everything I had just experienced.

I wrapped my arms around myself and buried my head in between my knees for a couple of seconds as I leaned against the tree. This couldn’t be real, this couldn’t really be happening to me, could it? I wasn’t equipped anymore to deal with this kind of thing. I didn’t need to know how to survive anymore. Vivvy and Naveen had taken me in so I didn’t have to steal, or scavenge, lie or starve any longer. I prayed every night and gave absolutely everything I had to everyone else because it was the right thing to do. For all I thought, I felt like I had suffered enough. I don’t deserve this I thought as I stood up to dust myself off. I had to keep moving unless I wanted someone to kill me - which I really did not right now. Knowing the the Bloodbath location was still too close for comfort, I headed further south to avoid further contact.

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Interview: Daphne Suresh, District 9

Finn: Now we have the effervescent flower child from District 9! Please Welcome Daphne Suresh from District 9 to the stage!

Daphne: *waves furiously to the crowd before her eyes settle on Ferris and Finn* Oh my word! It’s so fantastic to be here! Hello everyone! *waves to the audience again*

Ferris: Fantastic indeed! How are you liking it here in our fair city? Is it everything your little heart dreamed of?

Daphne: Oh I LOVE it here! It's so beautiful and the people are ever so kind and I never actually imagined what it would be like here and it's greater than anything I could ever imagine

Finn: We're glad it's lived up to your expectations. You're one of the tributes with a heartbreaking back story, you were adopted by the Suresh's? Do you think you would be a different person if tragedy hadn't struck you from such a young age?

Daphne: Heartbreaking? It was anything but Finn! And yes, I was when I was young they were very gracious and taught me how to be a better person. My life wasn't a tragedy it was just something that happened. I have had a good life, there have been downs and ups but nothing worth calling a tragedy.

Finn: A little exaggeration never hurt anybody *winks at the crowd*

Ferris: You've been outspoken during training about your pacifistic nature. Tell us how that will factor in when you enter the arena? Are you prepared to arm yourself in order to survive?

Finn: Do you think your ideals will line up with knowing you have to kill someone to return to District 9?

Daphne: I don't want people to feel sorry for me. Well it is simple, I have already said that I won't kill anyone and yes I have thought about it and I still don't think I will. I've got other ways of protecting myself you know *winks*

Ferris: The girl has some secrets!

Finn: Speaking of secrets, we heard that you were caught in a shower with two of your fellow tributes. Care to enlighten us on what happened?Paint us a picture?

Daphne: Oh! Fox and Imogene! Yes, the most lovely girls and well we had some food, and we had a little party on the roof and then we had a lovely shower! I've never had a shower before because we don't have them in District Nine you see - or well at least I didn't. I just had baths and oh my they are fantastic aren't they! And the coffee and the hot chocolate! This place is just full of wonders it's a shame I didn't have enough time to explore them all

Ferris: Well that certainly sounds like quite an evening you three had!

Finn: Oh to be a fly on that wall... *chuckles*

Ferris: It's a dream, a real dream. Which leads me to my next question, Daphne. Some day winning the Hunger Games is a dream, and if you happen to become the next victor, what will you do next?

Daphne: Hmm... Oh I don't know. I might open up a larger store in District Nine and sell and even wider range of home grown and organic goods. Oh with all that money I'll be able to give them away for free! I'd probably have a shower installed into my home as well, effective immediately.

Ferris: Can't forget about the shower... I think showers come standard in homes in Victory Village.

Finn: That sounds like a solid plan, Daphne. We'll be keeping our eyes on you.

Ferris: We're almost out of time, so why don't I give you the floor. Is there anything you'd like to say to your family at home? Or maybe some friends?

Daphne: Our Victor Village is rather empty I don't think I'd want to live there all alone... but yes... last words. I'd like to say thank you to Vivvy and Naveen for everything that have done for me and for my brothers and sisters back home for helping me be the person I am today. I love you all very much and I miss you *blows kiss into the camera*

Finn: *crowd awwws* What a sweet message, Daphne.

Ferris: I know they are at home rooting for you!

Finn: Well, that's all the time we have for our little hippie child. Let's send her off with a good round of applause! *crowd cheers*

Daphne: It was cute wasn't it? Thank you Finn and Ferris for having me it was an honour *waves to the audience as she departs the stage*