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Alistair Theirin ([personal profile] wardenings) wrote in [community profile] thearena2015-06-10 03:40 am

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 Who| Alistair and you, dear Tribute.
What| Alistair has chosen to break path with Tabris and Anders to see if there is a safer route or if their current route is Tribute-infested.
Where| Someplace in the woods.
When| Sometime in Week 2
Warnings/Notes| Alistair's kind of angry, tired, and has his stick.

He had been through hell and back. Literally. But this hailed in comparison to the sheer frustration and anger he had felt when trudging through these woods. He had chosen to leave his things with Tabris and Anders, and he had told them to keep quiet and still. Tabris still wasn't one-hundred percent, and there's a chance that Anders would be facing retribution for using his powers any time now. It had been hours... days? He didn't know how quickly time passed, nor did he want to. Biting down on his lip, sharpened stick in his left hand (it was the best he had, since he didn't get a knife from the parachute... although, he wouldn't complain; that food did them well, and that water moreso). However, Tabris did have control of one, and with a smile and a promise of kisses that would make a certain ex-Warden healer vomit into the nearest set of bushes, Alistair wielded the knife in his right hand and was pulled through the woods by his own instincts, looking around for something... anything.

And the outfit he was forced into was NOT helping. A complete replica of something that the King of Ferelden would wear, albeit it was tattered and torn from the encounters, and the metal-plastic crown that once adorned his head was thrown into the dirt in a fit of anger and frustration. This was dangerous, this entire thing was... but he had to find out, he had to make sure that Anders and Tabris were going to be safe. Anders was their healer, their medic; he was irreplaceable, and Tabris...? Well, Tabris was his wife, so it would be common sense for him to protect her, but she was a strong fighter, and if she was willing to risk punishment to use her Reaver/Beserker powers, she would be a force to be reckoned with.

As a Templar, Alistair had... well, his skill with a blade, and the power to dispel other magic. In comparison to the other two... there was really not much he could do. And that's why it was his idea to go and be the scout. Wielding the stick less like a sword and more like a javelin, the tattered not-king pushed back a branch, trained eyes peering forward for the first sign of danger. But what his eyes didn't see (and what his ears heard) was that the danger was behind him. Upon hearing a twig break behind him, the branch was dropped back to its natural state, and he turned over his shoulder, jaw set and makeshift weapon ready to strike.

He didn't call out for the trespasser to identify themselves; in actuality, he hoped it was just his imagination.
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[personal profile] somegrimshit 2015-06-10 08:00 am (UTC)(link)
Rochelle wasn't good at this stealth business. In her world, loud noises were bad, but no one cared if you kicked around rubble, or stepped on a twig. But it was different here, and she quickly realized it when the man faced her, spear ready to fly. She had her mace, but it was no throwing weapon, and she wasn't much good at throwing things, anyway. She rose one gloved hand up, though she didn't drop her own weapon. Enough to show she intended peace, she hoped. Though she wouldn't be afraid to not be peaceful, if needed.

"Whoa, there, your highness." She told him, smiling slightly. Not that she was one to poke fun, in her dumb jester outfit, but hey. Maybe it was being in character.

"I was just poking around the area. I promise I'm not trying to kill people." She continued, hoping that he was, in fact, also not one of the people running around trying to kill the other tributes. Not that she blamed them--the sooner everyone died, and they could go back to the Capitol, the better. And of course, killing was more interesting. More interesting, more sponsors, the better your chance of being the one who won this circus.

But even recognizing the reasoning, she couldn't bring herself to do it. Not yet. Not unless someone presented a danger to her.
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[personal profile] somegrimshit 2015-06-19 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
"I haven't seen you, either. There's a lot of here, you know?" She replied, placing a hand on her hip, and raising an eyebrow at him. "Rochelle. District 3. This is your first arena too, isn't it? Not everyone wants to go kill crazy, you know." She hesitated, because, she should be. She ought to get around to killing people, because that's what drew folks in. People like Nick, Black Tom, they got sponsors like crazy, because of it. It was exciting.

It had seemed easier with Nick with her. He'd wanted to go around, start killing. If he were besides her, this may have ended differently. Of course, if Ellis were here, they'd probably already be chatting about gumbo recipes or something like that, like they'd all been best friends. And, of course, Coach...Well. He'd probably be lecturing the both of them. But she was alone, and she didn't want to kill anyone.

"I suppose you don't have much reason to trust me, so trust this--Look at the two of us." She had a mace, but even with all the food she had eaten in the Capitol, and the food that Nick had gotten that she'd taken, she was on the short side of average, with a scrawny build. Then he was standing there, over six feet and built like a brick wall. "You've got at least 50 pounds on me. Probably more. I'd be a damn fool to try to come after you in melee."
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[personal profile] somegrimshit 2015-06-27 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"Aw, it's not so bad. Look at what I have to put up with." She gestured with a displeased expression to her own outfit. "I'm a jester." A sexy jester, no less. It was pretty degrading, in her opinion. At least he got to be properly dressed. But she shrugged it off. On the list of things wrong with her current situation, her dumb outfit was not one of her top problems.

Avoiding being killed by random tributes was definitely high up there though, and she was pleased that this man seemed to have decided to not try. Could she have fought him? Maybe. Did she want to? Hell no. It was risking getting injured, seriously injured, and she further from her group than she'd like to try to hobble.

"Foraging, mostly. Seeing if there's any plants I can recognize, or maybe some animals...? Not sure what to do about the animals. But it's worth a shot. Firewood, if nothing else." She shrugged again, rubbing the bad of her neck. And trying to see if she could find any abandoned camps of tributes. Either left while the occupants were roaming the arena, or because the occupants had died. Scavenging wasn't the kindest thing to admit to, though, so she decided to pass that bit over.

"What about yourself?"