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Meg was drawing Frank but on a throne with a tiny crown on.she shut the book and put it back into the chest and got off her bed and straightened the sheets and made it all nice.she began to clean the house top to bottom .she made sure the first aid kits were out in case the rest of them got hurt while they were out.

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Tenacity felt sick. Slowly, he set Coraline down. His right hand was itching terribly. A kind of itch that couldn't be scratched. Tearing the glove away, he watched as his palm started to turn to the same shade as his left. A chuckle sounded in his head. 'The Purity grows more powerful as the Corruption fades. Ever so slightly, it has shrunk. You cannot harm as much. But your strength can be lent to others, so long as the path is clear.' It clicked instantly for Tenacity. Eye contact, I can send my strength to others. "Akane!" He sprinted the short distance to slide to a stop, kneeling down in front of the fairy. "Look me in the eyes, now!" He fixed his gaze on the other Tribute's face, the dead eye slowly turned a shade darker, as if it were coming back from the dead.

She was done and she looked out the window.she went out side and checked on the animals and went back inside.she thought"so boring when are they gonna be back but I hope they're ok".she went and got a leather dummy full of wool she made and proped it up and began punching and kicking it to keep she skills sharp.

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Akane looked at Tenacity and their contact locked, and she felt a surge of strength course through her body, temporarily replacing the lost energy she desperately needed. With the fireballs down for now Akane was able to drop the shield as she looked around for the source of the fire mechanics, then she saw it near the hill a short ways away. If she was going to take it out, it had to be now. She allowed herself to change into her basic fairy form then she turned herself in the general direction of the device. Akane started that way.

Coraline helped Kayda sit up, both of them watched Akane walk past them with a determined look on her face. "Zem-myooh?"

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This wasn't good. Akane was going to exhaust herself. She was already sick enough, this overuse of her powers would make it worse.
Sick... like her
Kayda shuts her eyes and clenches her teeth. No! She refused to sit here and let another person she cared about die. She was stronger now, she could stand in the way of death again. Only this time, she would succeed.
"Akane no!" Kayda shouts. She struggles a bit to stand up but eventually manages to do it. She takes a few staggered steps forward so that she could block Akane's path. "This is too dangerous for you, there has to be another way-" she hesitates. Akane looked sure of herself, confident. Kayda would have to trust that Akane knows what to do. "Just... Be careful" she steps aside, but the worry never leaves her gaze.

Tenacity caught his breath, hoisting himself to his feet after a moment. He watched Kayda step aside for Akane, then started towards the stationary girl. "Kayda.." He gasped, still short on breath from the transfer of strength. "Kayda, look." He forced a weakened smile, showing her his right palm. It was clear of the Corruption. "The Purity won a battle."

Meg was done training and put it away and sat on her bed kicking her feet waiting for everyone to get back.she was bored out of her mind she want to see if they were ok.she just sat on her bed and then she layed down on sight her legs with hanging of the side.

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"Does that mean the corruption is gone for good?" Kayda struggles to keep her voice calm, to not get her hopes up. But it's difficult. This had to be a good sign! Despite her best efforts, excitement fills her gaze as she stares at his normal looking hand.

Turning his hand over, he showed the Corrupted side. "Not completely. Halfway." He looked at Akane, the fae charging a hill. "But the Purity got stronger. It broke one of the barriers that the Corruption put up." The dead eye faded back to the normal blank white color, the transfer of strength finally breaking between the fae and Tenacity.

"But this means the Purity will win one day, right?" Kayda wasn't looking Tenacity, she was looking at Akane now. Oh how she wanted to jump over there and stop her. But she couldn't, something deep in her gut was telling her that. All she could do was watch

"One day, maybe. Hopefully after we can bring down this arena, though." Clenching his fist, Tenacity thought about the idea. But the Purity predicted I'd become fully Corrupted. So how can we know? He kept his eyes on Akane as the fae approached the Gamemaker's toy, the fire spitting mountain. More of a dragon than a hill...

Meg thought "hey I'm gonna make a tree house in the big tree I was in"she got up and got some planks and a hammer and went outside and began to climb the tree till she was as high as the house and she began to put the planks fown.she made a platform and then made a latter on the tree and then stuck rop into the platform and then made a bridge to the house and if course she added railing to the platform and the bridge.she went back inside and layed on her bed.

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Akane held Kayda's gaze. "I know what I'm doing." Akane walked forward, then she heard the hiss again, the machines were starting up again. It was now or never. Pushing her feet off the ground and flew towards the machine. The game makers must've known what she was planning because the fireballs were launching themselves at an alarming rate, but she weaved through them with ease, even countering a few that got too close for comfort. She did make it eventually, and the machine was winding down again to recharge.

Where are you? Akane wondered as she fluttered around for a moment trying to find the source, but then she found it. Deeper in she found a flaming orb of darkness powering the machine. So the flames are imbedded with dark magic then? Akane flew down towards the power source and as it started up again, Akane prepared to perform a reverse special spell. Instead of attacking the machine, she decided to use the Elemental Phoenix's power in order to absorb the flames. . .but that also meant absorbing the dark magic as well, which was dangerous in many ways.

"Reverse Pheonix!" Akane extended her arms toward the source and started to absorb the flames, as the flames licked her she could feel the burning of the dark magic zapping of her strength but she couldn't quit, the thought of saving Tenacity, Coraline, Kayda, and even Meg who was no where near them gave her the courage to keep going. The pain was unexplainable but she persevered and eventually the power source was completely absorbed. Akane panted and started to make her way back up, her wings fluttering with visible effort, but the smile couldn't be wiped from Akane's face. The machine suddenly started sparking.

Then it exploded.

Akane was thrown from the force and landed hard in front of Coraline, Kayda, and Tenacity, the force was enough to cause a bit of dust to fly up and obscure their views for a few moments but when it settled, their hearts stopped. Akane was on the ground, eyes closed as if sleeping, but she was all battered up from the explosion. Small bolts of dark energy jumped across the fairy, the only indication that she was live was the slight rise and fall from her chest.

(Give me a minute to relax my fingers from all that typing, it'll give you time to respond as well.)

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Meg went and cleaned the house again and dusted everything. This time she cleaned under the beds and the chests .she was so bored so she went to mine in the mine for iron.this was the only thing that she could do.she got coal ,iron ,and some gold and she headed back up to make them into igots.

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Petra and Juno were among those who have died in the past week, the former having accidentally activated some TNT which blew her up, while the latter had accidentally let a creeper into her shelter while she was heading in for the night, not noticing the mob until it was too late.

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"Akane!?" Kayda shouts. She kneels down by the girl, relaxing when she realizes that she is still breathing. Why was she knocked out? Was she sicker? Dying? Was it the dark magic or over use on her powers? Maybe a combination of those? She fearfully fixes Tenacity with a what do we do look.

Coraline knelt down to Akane and shook her shoulder to wake her, "I-bew-wew-squee-weew!" The shaking did nothing to rouse Akane, rather make a few bolts of dark magic leap off of her, but otherwise, nothing of interest happened. "Squi-wi-wi-dee!"

(When you're waiting for Goat-)

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Tenacity knelt down, then placed his hands on Akane's face, holding his ear over her mouth. "No blockage of the airway, that's good." Setting the fae's head back down, he jerked his right hand away. Glancing at the hand, he put on a serious face. "Fingertips," was all that he whispered. Staring at the back of his hand, he bit his lip. The Corruption around his wrist had fallen back, ever so slightly.

Suddenly Akane was lifted up by a strange source of light up above them, it then shortly consumed her and the group had to look away or at least shield their eyes in worry that they'd be blinded. When it faded, Akane was wearing new fairy getup including larger and more beautiful wings. She landed on the ground shortly after the light had faded and the group could feel her energy even from where they were standing. It was clear she was much stronger now.

(I don't have the official image for Akane's Allurix yet because outfit and color palate problems. Once it's sorted I'll post the link to the image.)

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Silver pulls her knees closer to herself. With her back pressed to the fall behind her, she was basically trapped if someone chose to find her and her friends now. Hoku lay passed out beside her, her hand twitching ever so often. Silver eases herself into a more comfortable position, wincing when she puts pressure against her sprained wrist. She flinches as she hears a knock on the door. "Sorry." Megami says, entering the small wooden house. "Guess what I found." she says, with a small grin. "What?" Silver says, her voice cracking from lack of use. Megami shows her the loot. She found food and wool. Silver smiles weakly. "At least we can eat in comfort." she says, joking slightly. "Heh, yeah." she gets a smile from Megami. "Is Hoku up yet?" she asks Silver. "No. She must have expended a crud ton of energy with those orb thingies that we used when we first got here." she says to Megami with a shake of her head. Megami sits down and stares out a window. "I hope Kayda and Tenacity and Akane and Coraline and Meg are okay." she says, sounding sad. Silver looks down. Megami would have gone to find them, if it weren't for Silver injuring her wrist in a fight at the cornucopia.

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