Week One Death Toll

[gamemakers]

On the opening day of the arena, the cannons always wait to fire until the bloodbath at the cornucopia finally comes to a halt. Dusk has settled before the shots echo off the crumbling stones of the ruins, the rocky shores of the coastline and through the wilderness of the forested canyon. No matter where your tribute is standing (or hiding) the shots are unmistakable. One. Two. Three. Not bad odds for a death match between 36 people.

Once the sun is finally gone, the night begins as music rings loud and clear; the anthem of Panem plays. Anyone with a view of the sky can look up and see the proud seal of Panem displayed bright in the sky. The seal is soon replaced with the faces of the fallen:

Soon, the music fades and the sky goes dark. The anthem is over and so begins the first night inside Arena 04. It's easy to wonder whose face(s) will be seen tomorrow....


WEEK ONE DEATH ROLLS.
The following tributes have been randomly selected, and will die within the next few days of the arena. Players are encouraged to use this post to plot out deaths however they like!

Momoko Ryugasaki of District 7 - bought out of death by Ariadne
Richard B. Riddick of District 11
Samantha Roseberry of District 7 [NPC]
Glinda Upland of District 9

SPONSOR ITEMS.

Buying someone out of a death roll: 50 credits
Food: 5
Water: 5
50' rope: 10
Folding knife: 10
Fishing hooks: 10
Fire-starting materials: 5
Desalination kit: 10
Regular sleeping bag: 20
Medication: 20

All characters above may be "bought" out of death by another player for the price of 50 Credits. All these prices will double each week (i.e. what costs 10 credits now will become 20 next week, then 40, then 80, etc).

Players without enough credits are allowed to pool credits from other players, so long as it has been discussed by all parties. Please be sure that you leave a comment to this post so that the mods can be aware of what you are planning.

CAPITOL NEWS.
Snow continues to fall and temperatures along with it. Six and a half inches have accumulated so far and the typical clear blue skies above the Rocky Mountains are nowhere to be seen behind the haze of white-grey. Avoxes are seen everywhere with shovels and snow blowers in hand, trying to keep the cold, wet mess under control.

As always, gambling venues are eager to welcome customers who wish to place bets on their favourite tributes. Familiar faces and fan favourites are bound to make many people very rich in the coming weeks.

OUT OF CHARACTER.
As some of you may have noticed, there are a few new changes to the way the games are running, and some of these changes have yet to be reflected in the actual posted rules. If anyone has any questions concerns or comments, please feel free to ask.

Also a reminder to new players, you must tag into the cornucopia post within a week! Be sure to skim the post and see who has already posted

Comments

[polyturtle]

hufeowfhewfhew

DAMNIT MOMOKO B|

look, this is momo okok. :|

[alphaophiuchi]

SERIOUSLY, ARIADNE CANNOT HELP IF YOU DIE ALREADY. sob.

Re: look, this is momo okok. :|

[polyturtle]

HE'S NOT GONNA DIE ALREADY OK. MOMOKO JUST NEEDS TO STOP DYING FIVE MINUTES LATER ;^;

[alphaophiuchi]

BOTH OF THEM NEED TO NOT DIE. ;A;

[peacekeeperavox]

Aw, Glinda. Not a nice welcome to the game.

[itwasrhetorical]

At least this way she doesn't have to kill anyone. She's okay with that.

[itsananimalthing]

Okay, well XD Who wants the honor of killing the big guy?

[polyturtle]

The honor in it is debatable, but Don can? :D;

[itsananimalthing]

It's just trying to figure out how :: headscratches :: Riddick is being decidedly non-violent up until somebody tries to kill HIM. And then he's notoriously hard to kill. Don would have to seriously take him by surprise... or else Riddick has to LET him do it. Which is probably possible, if he already knows he's coming back after he dies. Hrm.

Any ideas for a surprise? Or someone who could tell him he'll not die for good if he dies now? XD

[polyturtle]

I do have an open log if Don and he want to discuss stuff? Don wouldn't attack Riddick unless he was an obvious threat, so the latter option feels like a better fit.

[itsananimalthing]

Once I have brain to tag things again, hopefully tomorrow, I will try and toss him in there... and prolly put up an open of my own, so he can do SOMEthing with other characters before he dies XD

[the_marshal]

Apologizes for hopping on your thread here, but did you wanna discuss how/when we want Neeshka and Wyatt to meet up?

[tailforbrains]

We'd decided on day 2, right? ^^

I have permission to snatch up that NPC who got deathrolled if we wanna do that in a scene. I kind of liked the idea of Wyatt in trouble with said NPC and Neeshka sneaking up behind them and dispatching her >.>

[the_marshal]

Yep! Just checking that was still good. :)

And I think I could work that, she could be sneaking up on him while he's doing something, Neeshka spots her, and saves him.... or, even if she were to outright attack him, Wyatt would probably be hard pressed to hurt a woman.

Orrrrrrr (I have too many ideas, I'm sorry), if we wanted to save the NPC for later we could use the wild dogs. Neeshka could save Wyatt from becoming kibble.

Whatever. :D I'm good with any/all of the above.

[tailforbrains]

Hmmm. I'm really okay with either one, though Neeshka would be a lot more effective against a single target than a variety of targets... if we went the dogs route then we probably wouldn't get this NPC at all and would hafta wait for a different death roll ^^

[the_marshal]

NPC it is then! :)

How 'bout this, I've got Wyatt setup to get a knife from a sponsor. He sees/hears the jingly little parachute, but so does Sam, and while he's all distracted getting it open/reading the note/whatever, she tries to sneak up on him so she can kill him and steal the goods. Cue Neeshka and her ninja skills who sneaks up on Sam and kills her and saves Wyatt. Then we can cue the happy reunion (or they "hey your not dead!"s, at least.)

[tailforbrains]

Hey, it'll be happy! Neeshka likes the guy, after all ^^

Excellent, set-up works perfectly :) Later on Wyatt will have to return the favor and keep her from getting skewered. Who wants to set up the log? And when are we ready for it?

[the_marshal]

I can set it up if you like, and whenever's good - except for Thursday.

I have a dentist appointment-

my first in years

- and I'm sure my whole day will be shot. It not from the appointment itself then from me stressing about it.

About Sam though, is the Mod who usually plays her going to play her, or are we doing that?

/wrong journal, whatevers

[itsananimalthing]

Aaack D: I know that feeling, I really do. I went for the first time after like... ten years. It took forever to get my teeth clean :| I haven't been back since, either >.> I hate dentists.

Tomorrow works for scene, then? XD You wanna set it up for us, you need me to?

(As for Sam, uh, I don't know o.o which mod plays her? Should I ping somebody on plurk for us? XD )

Oh, hai, Riddick.

[the_marshal]

I am not looking forward to it. :|

Wee! I'll pop up the post tomorrow morning and link you.

Re: Sam - I know Te (Elias, Effie, Lottie Mun) used to play her in the earlier arenas, not sure if she still wants to/does... so, yeah, a plurk just to check might be good.

[the_marshal]

For you, dahlink.

[tailforbrains]

Woot! Will try and tag on my afternoon break :D

/wrong account, but who cares even

[alphaophiuchi]

Hurm hurm hurm. To have Ariadne buy Momoko out or not. Yes. I think she will. No more death, okok. That's now a thing.

Also, I'd love for Draco here to accidentally run into someone getting killed as he explores stuff? Because I'm mean?

[itwasrhetorical]

So who wants to help kill off a cultural icon?

[tailforbrains]

If nobody else claims her, Neeshka will do it :) She'll even be all cheerful and tell her she'll see her later as she's dying :D

Because Neeshka's a brat.

[itwasrhetorical]

:> That'll do me happily.

Does Neeshka have any particular manner of killing?

[itsananimalthing]

Sneaking up from behind and stabbing you in the back >.> She's a rogue :D Though she'd make sure there was time for a little conversation before Glinda actually died, if you wanna :D

[itwasrhetorical]

Oh my, that'd certainly be interesting!

[tailforbrains]

We can give it a shot! :) You wanna start up a log, or me? Or should I have her do it at/while fleeing from the Cornucopia? XD

[itwasrhetorical]

If you can I'll tag it asap when I get home from work :)

[tailforbrains]

Look, I finally got it up! :D All yours!

[the_marshal]

Wyatt would like to use 10 credits to get a folding knife, please and thank you!

[hartless_cowboy]

Lindsey would like to use 40 credits to get 2 knives and a sleeping bag, please.

[retrieverchef]

When do you want the twins to meet up?

[hartless_cowboy]

I'm still trying to figure out when does he meet Lorne.

I'm guessing after the first few days. Who tracks who down?

[retrieverchef]

Eliot is going to be looking for Lindsey. Beyond that, who finds who is up to you.

[hartless_cowboy]

Will he be traveling alone?

[retrieverchef]

I think so for now.

[hartless_cowboy]

Ah, that makes it easier to plan. Yeah, he'll bump into him in the woods.

[retrieverchef]

Thought Lindsey went into the ruins?

[hartless_cowboy]

What? No, he went for the forested grounds. He might've passed by some of the ruins, but he was going for the trees.

[retrieverchef]

Cool. I just misread then. :-)

[hartless_cowboy]

Or I could have mistyped... but ruins are a kill zone, so don't think he'd head there.

[itswhoyouare]

Anna's using 30 credits to get a sleeping bag and one knife. Please and thank you!

[itsnoteasybeinggreen]

Lorne's voluntarily eating it via Lindsey, log up soon.

Sponsor items!

[polyturtle]

Hope I'm doing this right

Due to Don's success in the previous Arenas and to his befriending some slightly drunk women at the Halloween party, Don's gonna get some sponsor items, boy howdy!

Don's going to get the following:

4 Food (20)
4 Water (20)
1 Fishing hooks (10)
1 Fire-starting materials (5)
1 Desalination kit (10)
1 Regular sleeping bag (20)
1 Medication (20)

Total sponsor credits: 105 points

169 points left!