Area 2 || Petting Zoo

Lucas had hidden himself behind some bales of hay. He wasn't sure how long the potion he had taken would last, but it had already been a few hours and he still felt that good feeling it gave him. Perhaps it was some kind of adrenaline boost. He wasn't sure, but at least it didn't make him shaky or jittery. He was as calm as ever, if not more. Lucas looked through his bag and pulled out the box of matches. He put it inside his pocket, just in case he needed it for an emergency. After a few hours, something beeping floated towards him. He stood up and picked it up quickly. It was a package. Opening it, he found more water and food. Lucas felt relieved. Pulling out the last of his rations from his bag, he ate and drank the rest of it. The new resource should last him another two days. He might be really hungry by the second day, but in truth, Lucas wasn't sure he'd make it another day anyways.

He waited for a long while before closing his eyes. If someone was coming, he thought he'd surely hear them. Besides, the sun was already setting and there was absolutely no lights in the area.

Lucas awoke to loud sounds like machines moving. He peered over the bales of hay and waited for his eyes to adjust. Something had been moved there. What was it? His eyes adjusted slowly, allowing him to make out a silhouette of a person. Shit... So this was what the GameMakers were planning. He looked around, making sure there was no one else there. No. It was just him and the person that was moved. But the person looked to be unconscious. Lucas could just go over there and stab whoever it was right through the heart before they awoke. He breathed in and out, trying to get the courage to do so. His hands sweat and his nerves got the best of him.

He remained where he was. Unable to kill the person in their sleep. Lucas was weak. He kicked himself mentally.

Lucas pulled his ax out and held it in his hands. He sneaked behind the bales of hay, his eyes steady on the unconscious body. Whoever it was would most likely wake up soon.

-Lucas uses sneak, does not attack-
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stealth

Lucas watched as the figure stirred on the floor. The person hadn't seen him yet, and Lucas was now just trying to figure out who it was. Whoever the person was, they were bigger than his District partner and Sahalie. It could be one of the careers. He stalked closer, gripping his ax tight by his side. He walked close until the figure became clearer to him. It was still dark and he could hardly see. But he knew who it was. It was just his luck. The boy career who was about 3 years younger than him. What was his name again? Lucas pushed the thought away. It didn't manner. The less he knew about the boy the better.

Slowly, a warm glow began to light the area. It seemed the GameMakers were ready for a show and wanted everyone to see what was about to happen. The light wasn't bright. It was more like a light from a warm lamp that emitted a yellow glow, allowing soft shadows to cast on the walls.

Lucas stepped up, out of the shadows. This was what the GameMakers wanted. He didn't like giving them what they wanted, but there was no turning back. He was sure that even if he tried to run, they'd stop him somehow or kill him on the spot.

He thought of Johanna, Alana, his two brothers and his father. All the people in his life that needed him to survive. He was going to give it his all or die trying, he hoped it wasn't the latter. Something coursed through Lucas's body like a powerful surge of electricity.

-Lucas attacks Sean on his weapon hand-
-Lucas uses 1 of 2 automatic hit with +4 damage-

Automatic hit:
Damage: s5fli2TZdamage (+9 [+1 weapon boost, +2 ax, +2 feast, +4 weapon boost])
damage

He searched the room for an exit his attention caught when he heard a sound and froze where he stood and saw him and raised his sword. Feeling the blade cut into his arm he grunted in pain and bit the inside of his mouth to not scream and looked at him “Sneaky little one aren’t you?” he asked him and paused as he recognized his face, the boy from Seven “bad time to ask this, but if you get out of here and see Sahalie, tell her I am sorry…and don’t forget her, she’s a good girl with a big heart” he told him. “If you see Kai, tell her I fought…trying to get to her” he spoke calmly to the man.

Drawing his blade he felt the pain in his arm glad that he had grabbed the item from Serena it may have saved him, yet now he could feel the pain there. Breathing in he made his move and attacked him. This was a battle that he would have to win, he had to get out of here or at least slow down the boy from seven who was in front of him “do you have any messages?” the question was calm as he attacked.

Sean attacks Lucas weapon hand with his sword.

Using
+4 Bonus Damage to any weapon
with Automatic Hit (for 2 turns)(1 remaining)

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damage + 2 + 4 (auto hit)
attack·damage

Lucas had put in the first attack. The power inside him was unexpected and at the same time made him fearful. He was not sure how he had gotten such power, was it the liquid in the vial he had taken? Perhaps. But Lucas was able to attack again, however, he hesitated giving the boy an opportunity to attack him. Lucas fell back as the sword sliced into his arm. Blood seeped down through his sleeve. Lucas switched his weapon from his left hand to his right. He didn't have time to put pressure on the wound. He had to keep fighting.

"You chose this," Lucas seethed. "You volunteered to be here to kill people!" He didn't understand why the boy was saying the things he was saying. Lucas wondered if Johanna was watching. He felt sorry for the people who were watching this now. It was still early in the night and he was sure that everyone was still awake, most likely watching. It caused his stomach to turn. "They know already," he responded before attacking once more.

-Lucas attacks the same arm with his ax.-
-Lucas uses 2 of 2 automatic hit with +4 damage-

Automatic hit:
Damage: Qvmap|Radamage (+9 [+1 weapon boost, +2 ax, +2 feast, +4 weapon boost])damage

“It does not mean I did not change, I watched those girls, I grew to care about them in the end we are all trying to do the same thing to survive. I did care about Sahalie, she has a good heart” his eyes met the boys as he paused. “I may have volunteered but I am not the same man who stepped up that day. I found love and then, I then fell for someone I was here to kill…I found two kids, do you think someone cold hearted would keep them safe?” he asked him calmly and raised the blade as it came at him but a moment later he felt the pain again but worse. He let out a scream of agony as his arm fell and so did the sword.

Groaning in pain he looked over and ran and picked up the blade with his other hand and looked down at the stump where his arm had been and tore his jacket and tied a quick turnikit around it and hoped it would at least slow the bleeding he stood the sword now in his other hand. He would have to change how he did this he thought as he breathed in and attacked with the sword using his other hand.

Sean attacks Lucus same arm with sword
VbVuQh39attack
damage + 2
attack·damage

Lucas had attacked. He gripped his ax tighter, his legs digging into the dirt as he launched another attack. His body was on some sort of adrenaline, every muscle, every fiber felt powerful and bursting with energy. Pulling his arm back, he aimed at the boy once more. He had to stay alive. At least he had to try. For his family.
His head was spinning and his anger turned into something he did not recognize. Was it hate? Was it rage? Perhaps insanity. Lucas did not know himself anymore. He had thought it would be difficult to attack another. But the desperation of the need to live for his family had taken control of him. His mind was clouded and all he could think about was the death of his family should he fail. There was no question about it. His death would not just end with him. It would continue until District 7 rained with blood.
Could Lucas kill him? He was not sure. The only thing he was sure of at the present moment was staying alive. The boy would not let Lucas just leave, so he had no choice.
-Lucas attacks
-Uses 2nd turn in 1 round. 1 more to go.-
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If hit, damage: ”damage” + 5 (weapon, weapon boost, feast)
”attack”·”damage”

Lucas was tired. His body still shook and his heart was beating faster than normal. But mentally, he was weary and tired. He was not sure how much longer he could continue. He had missed once. Then missed a second time. Lucas knew that his death was coming. But there was no turning back. He had to at least try. As long as his body could move. As long as he breathed, he had to continue.
He looked at the District 2 boy and sighed. He did not want to this anymore. But did he have a choice? Lucas’s will began to falter. He began to the monster he was becoming. But something in his body urged him, forced him to continue. Just one more hit, something said like a vile curse that he couldn’t control.
Lucas moved closer to the boy, his feet steady. One of his arms was cut badly, but his other was fine. It was not as strong as his other arm, but it had to do.
--Lucas attacks sean’s other arm with ax.
--Last bonus turn (3/3).

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Lucas had hesitated, the boys movement was quick and deliberate. It the strike hit his other arm where he now held his ax. Moving backwards, Lucas grasped the fresh cut firmly. It wasn't as bad as the other cut, but it hurt immensely none the less. Blood seeped out through the sleeve and through his fingers as he squeezed his injured arm tightly. Lucas shook his head, "You're wrong. We aren't all the same. Some of us enter with the intent to kill. You may have changed, because of the games, but I don't believe that a few good deeds can make up for all the bad ones."

Lucas's will was beginning to wane. His own words getting to him. He was blaming the boy for his past and could not forgive him now. And yet there Lucas was, standing in a dim run down building with a bloody ax in his hand, attacking a boy who was just trying to do the same thing he was. Could Lucas really kill him, if given the chance?

Lucas attacks remaining arm with ax--
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if hit: damage+5attack·damage

“No they don’t, but if a person changes here it can affect them” he told him eyes calm, “All I cared about before this was winning the games, being a victor the glory” disgust showed on his face as he looked away and spit on the ground. “All the crap they teach you where we come from, you want to know something?” he asked him and looked the man in the eyes “they are full of crap” the words were bitter as he stared into his eyes he showed a difference to them and he looked away and paused.

“You meet people, you grow to care about some of them people you have to in the end watch die to live” tears fell from his eyes pain there and not from the arm. “You find a girl that was sent here to die with you, a girl whose heart is golden and you know to go home that’s got to die. You have to lose that person, those people you care about” his hand shook as he looked at the boy and shook his head and swallowed the lump in his throat.

“no the games don’t change what a person has done in the past, but I can guarantee if I walk out of this arena they will make me a better man. I am not the same man I was when I walked in here” he told him the words ringing true as he felt the blade and screamed, the amour helped but he was feeling the pain as he looked away and then went after Lucas again.

“I don’t want to kill anyone, nor do you…but we have to don’t let these games define you” he told him.

Sean attacks Lucas weapon arm again with sword

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damage + 2
attack·damage