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"That's a good idea." He says, nodding. He starts leading the way, but instead of looking back every ten seconds like last time, he just offers her a hand, hoping she just takes it. Else it would be embarrassing. It was partially even because holding hands would be kind of helpful in the cold-

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Mare looks down at his hand for a moment. She takes it. Her skin is colder then ice. She shivers. They two push on, and finally reach the iceberg. "Alright. Let's set up this tent." Mare says, placing her bag on the snow-covered ground. Mare waits for Suvansh to put up the tent, and scans the surroundings.

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Charlie retrieves Katana's fallen backpack and then eyes the Cornucopia, which was just barley visible behind the trees. A few tributes, an alliance maybe, stuck around it. But right now, it was mostly empty. "Let's get going princess." Charlie tells Katana, but not unkindly. Katana huffs, she would rather not listen to Charlie, but what choice did she have?
The two stay within the treeline, but move around the Cornucopia. After some time, they make it the ocean. Katana's face, by now, was slightly pale. When Charlie goes to check her wound, she notices that the bleeding had indeed stopped, but she must've lost a lot of blood.
"It was a lucky shot" Katana hisses. Whatever pride she had was swiftly destroyed by Charlie. Oh how embarrassing it was to lose to her.
"Indeed it was. If you didn't move, my attack would've been lethal." She turns back to the water, forming a plan on her mind. "We are going to cross this." She decided outloud. "I doubt anyone will be there, nobody is going to swim across this." She adds.
"So what!? Are we going to swim!?" Katana asks in disbelief. "Do I look in a good enough state to swim!?"
"Now, now princess. You are hanging out with me. I'm here to ensure you have a luxurious stay here." Charlie replies sarcastically. She steps onto the water, and a large block of ice appears under her foot. It's just barley large enoug for two. She grabs Katana, who immediately starts arguing, but doesn't fight her off. The two begin to walk across the water. Ice appearing in front of them and disappearing with every step.

Finally, they make it across the water. Charlie collapses into the snow. Wincing at first from the contact of the burn and this icy cold area. When the sensation passes, she breathes a sigh of relief to have stopped. "Let's just rest for a moment, then we can continue onward." Katana doesn't argue. She lays next to Charlie. Like Charlie, she winces at first, but then relaxes into the cold snow.
"Would it be too much to request something warm?" Katana asks.
"I'll make an igloo, but give me a few minutes to recover my strength. All you need to focus on is creating a fire." Charlie replies.

Once there, Suvansh sets down his bags, and starts setting up his tent. He looks up, and sees that Flare was visibly uncomfortable in this cold. He asks him if he wants to go to his pokeball, but he denied, wanting to keep them safe. He would come down once in a while to warm Suvansh. Gosh did they make this hard! He had some prior experience of setting up tents, but this one just felt was rigged to take time. Must be a trick by the capitol, he supposed. The temperature made it even harder to do, his hands shivering against the cold metal chains of the tent. Elsewise, the tent was made of leather, and he supposed would be considerably warm once set up. He did it momentarily, and informed Mare, stretching his hands out. "You could go rest for a while now. I can keep watch."

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Mare shook her head. "I don't need as much rest as you do. You look exhausted, the flying wore you out." she points out, crossing her arms. "I'll cook the rabbit and make a fire-"she slightly pales. "You and Flare need to rest." she says, half-shoving him inside the tent.

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Suvansh starts protesting, but gave into her. He knew he could really use rest as of now. Just as he was about to call Flare down, he comes down himself, looking rather panicked. "Is someone there-?" Suvansh asks him, to which Flare simple grunts and looks in the direction, where not very far away, Charlie was setting up an igloo. Suvansh couldn't really see her from his vantage point, due to the reduced visibility, but he trusted Flare's eyes. He went over to Mare, and just warned her about what Flare indicated, then he petted Flare a bit, and, despite there being a tent set up, he beside Flare, resting on his wings (Kind of how Ash does in an episode in the anime, idr which one though). Not surprisingly, Flare's skin was warm, and rather comforting, not physically as such, but in view to the affection between them.

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Mare narrows her eyes. Her form flickers, signifying she went Specter. "Flare's right." she murmurs to herself. Her form flickers again. "Well, let's hope that doesn't mean anything for our safety." she sat down and began to make a fire. She placed the uncooked rabbit meat on a stone she had grabbed from the Taiga Bay, and begins to cook it.

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Suvansh wakes up not 20 minutes later, and saw Mare had already finished setting up the campfire, and cooking the rabbit. He goes over to her, tiptoeing, and keeps his hands on her shoulder. His hands were warn as of now, being in close proximity to Flare, and supposed would comfort Mare, even though she was sitting by a campfire itself. He says to her "I'm done, now it's your turn." He shoots her a slight smile. "Any intel about who might be around?"

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Rui was done. The interview, the forced training, everything. She didn’t care anymore, she didn’t try to stop herself anymore. She didn’t have control anymore, she had no influence on her own actions.
3... 2... 1...
Her rampage had begun. The games had started, and nothing could stop her now. The pain did nothing to her now. She cared nothing about alliances, or even other people’s lives anymore. She ran to the cornucopia, killing anyone in her path. Every hit she took immediately regenerated thanks to her ability. Even massive hits did nothing to her, only slow her down. She grabbed a few bags and ran off. And for the first time in forever, she felt no pain, no hunger, no sickness, no weakness, nothing. She had managed to grab the bodies she had killed, and some along the way, and ran off with them. After she had stopped, she realized what she had done. But... why didn’t she feel bad? Why wasn’t she crying? She was staring at the innocent victims she had killed, and all she saw was food... She didn’t see a lost human life, she didn’t see someone who could’ve been her friend... Why...? A part inside of her wanted to fall to the ground screaming, begging for forgiveness and cried until she was killed, but she couldn’t. No matter how she tried, she couldn’t see a human, she couldn’t cry, and she couldn’t feel sorry. ”I wonder what mom and dad would think of me... what they would think of me...” Everyone that had comforted her, everyone that had felt sorry for her, what would they say now? Would they... hate her? Would they regret even feeling bad for her? She... didn’t care... She just cared about surviving... She had her fill for now, guess she could just keep going...

She had somehow found Akiro on her way, but she stayed low so he wouldn’t notice. She didn’t want to interfere with anything he was doing, but mostly she didn’t want him to see her like this. She had to fight back the urge to even harm him, and she hated herself for that. She couldn’t kill him...

Lesia had a great interview, other than him bringing up her arms, but she didn’t let it bother her. She used a “shield” around her as she ran to the cornucopia, then followed Mare and Suvansh. She made sure she was unnoticed, just in case they weren’t open for alliances other than themselves. She continued until they reached the cold part of the arena, a place she wasn’t too comfortable with. She couldn’t keep herself warm here, it was unfair... She began to get weaker and weaker until she could barely move. Her vision was blurry and she couldn’t keep up with the two for much longer. All of a sudden, she passed out and fell into their line of sight.

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Charlie's eyes were shut. She was half asleep and quickly realizing she had used up far more energy than she has originally intended.
"Charlie." Katana whispers, sitting up and looking in the direction of Lesia, Mare, and Suvansh. "Charlie-" she whispers again, much more harshly. "I thought you said that there wouldn't be people here."
"There won't be." Charlie grunts, opening her eyes to give Katana with an annoyed look.
"Then explain that-" Katana replies, pointing both fists towards the three. Charlie curses to herself, silently watching them for a moment. "It'll be fine. I doubt they'll cause us trouble." She stands up and stretches, then begins to build an igloo for the two of them. Her exhaustion is obvious.
"Release me from this." Katana demands, raising up her arms to show the icy cuffs. "You are pushing yourself too far. You won't be able to do anything if we are attacked."
"I'll be fine princess." Charlie says with an eye roll. "Why don't you work on that fire? You should be able to use your power just enough to grab items and create small blasts." Katana sighs, muttering something about Charlie being stubborn under her breath. But she does as told, using some sticks that were conveniently found in the bag.
"What will we do about food? Since you seem to have everything planned?" Katana asks. "We'll also need more wood than this."
"There'll be rabbits to hunt, I can always go fishing too. As for the lack of firewood- we can look around the area. I'm sure there'll be a few trees around here." She shuts her eyes again. "Later though, for now. I need to regain my energy. Make yourself useful and keep an eye on them for me."

As Suvansh asked the question to Mare, they heard a loud thud. Suvansh moved his head, to see Lesia, another tribute, fallen on the iceberg floor. He rushed to her air, and dragged her into the tent he set up. He looks up at Mare, as if asking what next. They of course wouldn't leave her such. She...didn't seem like she would betray them, especially after they saved her life.

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Rita sat on the ground opened her bag. She had an empty half-gallon bottle of water, a sleeping bag that reflected body heat, and a pack of dry fruit. Ellie opened her bag to find an assortment of trainer goodies and a sleeping bag that reflected heat. Bella and Coraline. . .didn't have anything.

Rita repacked her items and looked around. "I guess we should start getting wood, we can make a camp closer to the Mesa."

Ellie nodded and called out Kaila from her Pokeball to help. Cream burst out of hers looking slightly annoyed until Ellie picked her up and set her on her shoulders.

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Echo sighed, and slinging the supplies and weapons over her shoulder, she took out her own axe, sharpened the blade for a bit, before letting out a grunt, swinging her axe, a direct and clean cut, causing the tree to fall. It seemed to be one of the only trees there, seeing as it was the ocean after all. The rest of the trees, well, she wondered why there were even trees at the ocean beach place. She began cutting wood into smaller pieces. After that was done, she began checking her supplies. She had grabbed a total of three bags. Inside contained a heating pack, water, a tent, and a twig of berries. She decided to open the other two later. She did grab another weapon however, a Kershaw knife and a Haladi knife.

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She... couldn’t move... She couldn’t feel anything now... Was she dead? She didn’t feel cold anymore, and she only saw darkness ahead of her. Was she killed? No... she would’ve definitely felt it. Unless... She had passed out? She had passed out right in front of Suvansh and Mare... Why was she so dumb and careless... Now that she was passed out, she was definitely a target. She couldn’t afford to die, not here, not now... Come on...! Wake up! She tried to force herself to wake up, but she couldn’t. She was weak and cold... Well, she assumed she was still laying there. Why would they save her? They were supposed to kill her! Well... she just had to hope for the best until she could wake up...

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The group worked for a while, slowly making a base in the side of a mountain where other tributes couldn't see it as well. Rita then crafted a boat and set it on the water. "Alright, everyone get in, we're going exploring."

Ellie seemed a bit torn, but eventually, she got in. "I've never been on a boat before."

Coraline and Bella shook their heads. "We'll stay back and guard the house." Coraline offered.

Rita nodded and once Echo had climbed in Rita pushed off. "We'll be back before night fall hopefully."

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"Charlie! Charlie get up!" Katana hisses as she forcefully nudges Charlie's body.
"Ermm what is it?" Charlie asks without opening her eyes.
"The fire went out." Katana explains.
"So?" Charlie asks.
"So I'm cold. This is stupid. Why don't we move somewhere warmer? Then we won't have to worry about Suvansh's group." Katana explains. Charlie sighs, she sits up and thinks this over.
"Fine. Can it wait until nightfall?" Charlie asks.
"Are you crazy? Have you never seen a Minegames?-" Katana's words draw away under Charlie's annoyed expression.
"I never had access to a TV Princess." Charlie answers.
"Fine! Nevermind that. But monsters appear. Listen, it'll be so bad that even if we worked together, we'd still be swarmed-!" Katana shouts
"Fine!" Charlie barks. "Fine, we can move now." Charlie grabs Katana's backpack and begins walking. She doesn't even bother to check and see if Katana is following. The sound of footsteps behind her is what tells Charlie that Katana is following close behind.

Coraline and Bella were practicing Splat fest against each other as they started inking up the surrounding area. In this way it's pretty clear that someone was there, but they could also use their ink to see if anyone was nearby if there were footprints in the ink.

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Before leaving the secret base they made, Echo stealthily and secretly created a illusion, making it seem like all that was there was simply a part of the mountains. She weaved the shadows together carefully, intricate webs and patterns that blended in perfectly, so nothing looked out of place. She made it so only Rita and her group could see it, thus also preventing them from knowing about her powers. However, a loophole she unknowingly created, was that only fire types couldn’t see it, but the rest of the pokemon types could.


Echo took out a fishing rod, and placed it on the boat, before gently taking the oars from Rita, and taking over the rowing “Let me help. You can just tell me where to go.”

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Rita unfurled a map and looked it over. "I don't have a general area, but maybe we should head the plains and gather more resources."

Ellie held Cream in her arms as they watched the horizen.

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The snowstorm that seems to constantly rage around the area has picked up a bit. Or so it seems, but that could be because they were walking straight into the wind. Snowflakes pierce Charlie's eyes, making them water. She blinks a few times, trying to clear her vision, only for another dozen snowflakes to get back into her eyes. She yelps in surprise when something cold hits her shoulder blades. Katana, who is less equiped for this weather, crouches behind Charlie, using her as a human shield against the wind and snowflakes.
"Is that really necessary?" Charlie asks, between her chattering teeth. She had wrapped the ugly jacket tightly around her body and still felt cold. She couldn't imagine how poor Katana was doing.
"If you break these cuffs then you wouldn't have to worry about ice being pressed against your back." Katana fires back. "Are my hands even going to be intact after this?" Katana asks. "They'll probably fall off due to major frost bite."
"No, but only because following that logic would mean ruining a perfect good character, thus making a bad plot." Charlie answers.
"What?" Katana asks.
"Look!" Charlie suddenly shouts, pointing across a small river where there is a mesa ahead. Her and Katana cross the same way they crossed the ocean. When they cross across the river, they are suddenly hit with a heatwave. The two breath a sigh of relief to finally feel warmth.
"Finally!" Katana shouts. "Nothing can ruin this wonderful moment!"