Day 6: Beware the depths
Jackie Cortez 14 District 3
It's in the early hours of the morning, me and Ben are lying as close as we can to our fire in the cave to try and keep warm after falling in the water. I'm still slightly on edge in case one of those things finds us, so I'm making myself stay awake however Ben appears to have drifted off. We should be safe down here…
Kin Lan 17 District 6
I am still getting dragged down the river by the force of the water, I keep trying to grab into any rocks or roots I can find however I am eventually deposited to the beach by the river. I crawl my way out of the water and onto the sand. I spit out any water that has got into my mouth and continue on my way down the beach, I need to find my boat and get off this island! There are too many hazards, mainly those strange dwarf tribesmen. After trekking down the beach for some hours I spot my boat in the distance! When I reach it I collapse into it.
I'm not really in a good way now. I'm tired, hungry and miserable. I have to keep going though…almost half the tributes must be dead by now. I use my remaining energy to begin rowing through the water to reach another island and look for some food and water. As I am beginning to row I notice another boat coming towards me! As they get closer I see that there are four people on the boat and they must have come from the small island that I saw that fire on day 1. I attempt to row backwards but I think they are faster because they've got more people rowing, if I can just get back to the island then I might have a shot at surviving this but my energy is running lower and lower…
Suddenly I feel a strong force push against the back of my boat! I appear to be getting pushed towards the other boat, I look behind me and see two huge fins sticking out of the water. It's some sort of mutt!
"No! Not that way!" I scream
I try to hit it with my oar but it bites onto the oar and snaps it in half, I get a glimpse of its mouth and it appears to have whiskers like a catfish. I am forced closer and closer towards the other boat until I see that it's the careers and Amary! This couldn't get any worse, on one side there is a giant fish mutt and on the other the careers!
The mutt smashes my boat into theirs and mine ends up capsizing, I crash into the water but I quickly try to pull myself onto my over turned boat. I then feel something bite onto my legs. I let go of the boat, all I can do is thrash around desperately as this mutt toys with me and I am quickly dragged underwater…
Iris Pierson 16 District 4
Last night we slept on one of the smaller islands, it looks like someone has already been here judging by the old campsite. There were plenty of coco nuts on the island to eat and drink from but we have now run out of food entirely. Surely someone must sponsor us at some point right? Coconut milk is fine but it's not the same as good old fashioned water. I can feel my head going fuzzy from the lack of water and the heat.
"Alright let's make it to the big island with the stone ruins" Bodhi announces to everyone
"Remember this is about survival now, we need to find tributes because they will most likely have water and we can't rely on getting sponsored…understand"
Everyone agrees and we get onto our boat. Amary and Sienna and rowing while me and Bodhi are keeping watch. I'm getting more faint as the day goes on, I feel like I could pass out any minute…the waters not helping either…the water all around me!
"Look! A boat!" Bodhi shouts
He's right! In the distance there's another boat with a tribute on it! Some luck at last! Sienna and Amary row as fast as they can towards the tribute. As we get closer I notice its Kin, from District 6. I remember seeing her in the training days and I imagine she would put up some sort of a fight but we're desperate. Next something unexpected happens, her boat appears to by moving towards us but at an unnaturally fast speed…I think somethings wrong. From behind her boat I notice that somethings pushing her, I can see fins sticking out the water and grey scales!
"Hold your ground!" Bodhi shouts
Her boat then crashes into ours and she is flung into the water, we almost join her but luckily our boat doesn't capsize. I see Kin emerge from the water and grab onto her capsized boat however the creature quickly bites onto her with its huge mouth and drags her underwater. Her blood turns the water red around the boat and a cannon sounds.
"Hurry…go" I shout
The creature finished her off quickly so I imagine it's going to return for us pretty soon! Sienna and Amary start rowing as fast as they can towards the island. I look behind me and see a ripple start to appear in the water followed by two razor sharp fins. We can't outrun it! Or outswim it…It opens its jaw and bites onto the back of the boat, snapping it in half. We all quickly end up in the water, panic begins to set in however when I hit the water my feet appear to touch the sand below. We are close to shore! With my remaining strength that I have I haul myself onto the beach. When I get out of the water I notice everyone else is already there, sitting on the sand and breathing heavily. I look behind and see the monster stop near the shoreline and back off. It is too big to get any closer and it quickly disappears back underwater. I don't suspect I will have to worry about it again though because all that's left of our boat is a few pieces of wood floating in the water. When I stand up I finally feel the thirst, hunger and exhaustion get to me. I collapse back onto the sand and everything goes black…
Bodhi Wakefield 18 District 4
I run over to Iris who appears to have fainted. I feel her pulse which is still beating.
"She's unconscious" I say to the others
I lift her up, carry her and put her under the shade of a palm tree
"She needs water" I say
"Don't we all" Sienna replies
"I don't think that girl had anything on her but what does it matter now…the only thing she fed was a fish…" Amary groans
I look around at the island that we've found ourselves on
"Ok me and Sienna will go and hunt for tributes, there must be some on this island and Amary…you stay here with Iris"
Amary nods
"When we're done we will bring the food and water back here"
"Sounds like a plan" Sienna says
With that me and Sienna set off into the palm trees and begin our hunt…
Jackie Cortez 14 District 3
Ben is awake now, we put our fire out and start exploring the cave to try and find a way out. We can't go back into the river because I don't really want to encounter those things again…
As we get deeper into the cave I notice there is fresh water puddles! We both fill our bottles up, it is crystal clear and a nice refreshment! We continue to explore the cave until we come across a rope, we investigate it and find that it goes directly upwards and out of a hole in the cave ceiling however it's a long way up and will be very difficult to climb.
"What do you think?" Ben says tugging the rope slightly
"It appears to be stable" I say
"But it's a long way…"
Ben looks at me
"Come on we can do this! Its either that or we keep going into this cave where the gamemakers have inevitably planted some horrific mutt" he says
"Alright…we can do this" I agree
I take a deep breath and Ben puts out his fist
"Team?" he asks
"Team" I repeat
I bump his fist and begins climbing, they say the lightest should go first after all. My days of training in the academy pay off because I am able to make it to the top, I crawl out of the hole and find myself back in a palm forest. I look down and see Ben has almost reached the top as well which is impressive but then I remember he's a lumberjack or something. I hold out my hand and pull him out of the hole. We are out! We sit next to the hole for a second to catch our breath
"The student of Data Mendoza and the lumberjack from District 7…I hope we are remembered in the future" Ben jokes
I laugh but then it dawns on me when I look into his eyes. I am getting close to him…exactly what Data told me not to do…This won't last forever one or both of us will be dead by the end of this. Maybe we'll die together…that will be better than dying alone at least…
Kristen Silas 15 District 11
Persephone has been holding out for about 24 hours now, she doesn't appear to be getting any better even with all the bandages we've put on her. We're currently sitting under a palm tree and it has just got dark. There's no way we're going to light a fire in case there's any mutts or tributes about…
Persephone wakes up only to wince in pain again and clutch her wound. She is breathing heavily this time!
"She's in a bad way!" I yell to the others
"Come on Persephone, you're gonna be alright" I say
She looks me dead in the eye and puts her hand up. She faces her palm towards me and puts her thumb, pinkie and index finger up. I remember she taught me that this means 'I love you'.
Persephone then goes limp and a cannon sounds in the distance. Some tears start to fall from my eyes and all I can do is cry over her body. Eclipse puts her hand on my shoulder. I never thought I would be affected like this…
"She had a good heart" Kellie says
"Rest in peace" Amir adds
I stand up and quickly grab my bag and swing it over my shoulder
"Where are you going?" Eclipse asks
"I'm going to kill Willow" I reply sternly
"Wait just a second…let's talk about this" Amir says
"There's nothing to say…she killed my friend…end of" I grunt
I then head off into the darkness leaving my friends behind…
"Kristen…wait" I hear Amir shout
Willow Wren 12 District 12
I sit in my shop nurturing the injury on my head. That girl from District 8 hit me very hard. I then hear the capitol national anthem and I know what this means. I heard two cannons today and one of them must be the girl from 11. First a picture the girl from 6 appears and then the girl from 11. I knew it! My only regret is I didn't get to watch her die! That has taken away half of the fun!
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Placements
Day 1
24th – Jean Bowtemp (District 8 male) Killed by Eilora Pacal – Stabbed through the neck (Lasted 25 seconds).
23rd – Francesca Arenado (District 9 female) Killed by Eilora Pacal – Knife thrown into her (Lasted 41 seconds).
22nd – Dario Mullins (District 12 male) Killed by Roderik Caspitian – Drowned to death (Lasted 44 seconds).
21st – Ryon Database (District 3 male) Killed by Bodhi Wakefield – Impaled through the head (Lasted 56 seconds).
20th – Alice Lysan (District 5 female) Killed by Amary Gonzalez – Throat slashed (Lasted 5 minutes 3 seconds).
19th – Collin Maxwell (District 10 male) Killed by Sienna Ledwell – Shot by arrow (Lasted 41 minutes 15 seconds).
Day 2
18th – Tripp Castellan (District 6 male) Killed by Jesse Blaze – Stabbed through the heart (Lasted 1 day 12 hours 47 minutes)
17th - Jesse Blaze (District 2 male) Killed by Tripp Castellan – Poisoned (Lasted 1 day 12 hours 58 minutes)
Day 3
No deaths occurred in Day 3
Day 4
16th – Roderik Caspitian (District 1 male) Killed by Bug Mutt – Ripped apart (Lasted 2 days 16 hours 26 minutes).
15th – Eilora Pacal (District 1 female) Killed by Roderik Caspitian – Poisoned (Lasted 3 days 0 hours 4 minutes).
Day 5
14th – Lucinda Maryweather (District 10 female) Killed by Toad mutt – Eaten alive (Lasted 4 days 1 hour 6 minutes).
Day 6
13th – Kin Lan (District 6 female) Killed by Fish mutt – drowned and eaten (Lasted 5 days 2 hours 15 minutes). I liked Kin and she had a good run (no pun intended) but her main strength was that she was good at running and that was it and she also wasn't willing to make an alliance with anyone on the submission form so she had to try and survive alone. Thanks for the submission CandleFire45
12th – Persephone Cane (District 11 female) Killed by Willow Wren – Stabbed (Lasted 5 days 12 hours 49 minutes). We're getting towards the end of this Hunger Games now so we're are starting to lose some popular tributes. I know she was popular with a few people but this was her time unfortunately. Thanks for the submission Aldon Blackreyne
Alive Tributes: 11
Deceased Tributes: 13
Remaining Tributes
District 2
Sienna Ledwell – 1 kill
District 3
Jackie Cortez
District 4
Bodhi Wakefield – 1 kill
Iris Pierson
District 5
Amir Blaise
District 7
Benrick Hatchet
Kellie Furnstahl
District 8
Eclipse Enery
District 9
Amary Gonzalez – 1 kill
District 11
Kristen Silas
District 12
Willow Wren – 1 kill
District placements
10th – District 6
11th – District 10
12th – District 1