Phew, that was close! Good job as always, RR - it makes me wish I had joined St. Owl's Hunger Games when they were active.

I'm gonna choose to RUN and cross my fingers... 

Run for the border. 13 is my lucky number y'all, m'kay? Random fact of the day lol.

I’ll head for the cornucopia - I’d love to see if I can get that bow to go with my poor lonely arrow. As for my number, I’ll go with 5— always a safe bet, right?

Gah! I hope I'm not too late.... I choose to run, because my sword/dagger is already so heavy...I would never get out in time. 

Day 4

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Eloise dodged the glinting blade of Gecko’s katana, and aimed a kick at her legs. Gecko leapt up smoothly, and landed on both feet, her katana in hand.

Eloise glanced around. She just needed to get Gecko in a red circle … there! There was one, right next to Eloise. With a swift movement, Eloise darted around, running for Gecko’s other side.

Suddenly, a foot drove into her ankle, Eloise lost balance, the world tilted, and the red paint on pavement came rushing up to meet Eloise.

With a zip! and a zap! Eloise vanished.

“GECKO survived the encounter! ELOISE has been ELIMINATED!” R.R.’s voice yelled.

Gecko let out a huge breath. She had survived!

The chaos wasn’t quite over yet. Gecko was reminded of this as a blur of clothing passed her. Rin was dashing for the cornucopia, Lark running toward the heap of junk from the other side as well.

With a quick decision, Gecko turned, and ran through the wide main streets, avoiding the red circles.

Bakerloo and Sammy ran for the border as well.

“Hey, Bakerloo,” Sammy panted, “Sorry ‘bout that earlier.”

Bakerloo grinned. “No harm, no foul. Seeya later!” he said, and sped up, sprinting for the border.

Sam paused for a moment, and then quickly darted down an alleyway. Bakerloo could always hold a grudge.

Nyx and Joan ran down different paths, Nyx disappearing into the maze of alleyways beneath the brightly colored apartment balconies, while Joan’s feet pounded against the cold metal of a fire escape, heading up, up, and up.

Reaching the top of the office building, Joan paused for a moment, and let the cool wind whirl around her. She looked over the landscape. There were four main streets, wide and prominent, that lead directly to the border. The rest was a jumble of buildings and side alleyways, a practical maze. If she was to run through the alleys, there would be less chance of encountering someone, but if she was to run on the main streets, it would be much, much faster.

Joan thought for a moment, and then looked to her left, where the rooftops of the apartment buildings stood. There was always a third option. Joan grinned, priding herself on thinking out of the box, and started leaping across rooftops.

Back at the cornucopia, Lark arrived quickly, way before Rin. She dug through the pile frantically, hoping to find something useful before Rin arrived. Rin was sure to overpower her–Lark only had her useless book. Finding nothing, and seeing Rin come nearer and nearer, Lark grabbed the first thing she touched, and just ran for it, sprinting down a side alleyway.

Rin screeched to a stop at the pile, surveying everything. There was a strange assortment of items there, and Rin didn’t see anything useful. All the weapons seemed to have disappeared deep into the pile. Rin began to sort.

It was soon after, that R.R.’s voice came through the speakers soon. “Awwwwwwww, this is no fun, is it?” she asked.

Rin glanced up from the pile. Joan paused for a rest on the rooftops. Sammy, Lark, and Nyx looked toward the sky from the alleyways. Bakerloo and Gecko scanned the sky from the roads.

“Why don’t I … make this more difficult for you,” R.R. said, her voice gleeful.

A resounding snap echoed through the city. Suddenly, the ground shifted, and once it stopped, there were twice as many red circles, there where they weren’t before.

Deep in the alleys, Nyx came to a stop. With a grinding sound, the stone and masonry around her shifted. The maze of alleyways was different now. Completely disoriented, Nyx turned around and around. The maze continued to shift. The two walls of the alley Nyx was in started closing in on her. Her eyes wide, Nyx turned and ran.

Out in the open, wide streets, littered with red circles and vehicles, Bakerloo heard a faint puffing. All of a sudden, with a creak of machinery and whirr of electricity, cars, motorcycles, and scooters came to life, whizzing past Bakerloo. He turned around, shocked, just in time to see a huge red truck come rumbling toward him. With a final look, Bakerloo tore down the street as fast as he could.

Up on the rooftops, Joan stopped. The buildings were shifting under her feet. The block she was standing on spun around, and Joan leapt for another.

Rin grabbed a mysterious sack, and ran for it, sprinting down the wide lanes just in time to avoid a green van slamming into the pile of stuff and sending it flying over her head.

They all made it.

They all made it to the border. Some, with more difficulty than others. Bakerloo, Rin, and Gecko emerged with a couple of scratches, and pounding heartbeats from avoiding cars. Joan stumbled out the border, dizzy from the spinning and moving buildings. Nyx, Sammy, and Lark came out much later than everyone else, their feet sore from navigating the shifting alleyways.

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Gecko looked around. They were in the decision dome once again. She had been plopped down on the floor as soon as she exited the border. It was still unmistakable, with the stained glass dome, but the walls had changed. One, large doorway led into what seemed to be pitch darkness. That was all.

Slowly, everyone else filtered into the dome.

Once all seven of them had assembled into the dome, a wood panel shifted, revealing R.R. behind a glass pane. “You all made it! Well except for poor Eloise, but otherwise, you all did GREAT!” R.R. exclaimed.

Joan promptly collapsed onto the floor, her balance failing her. She sat up again, shaking her head.

“Not too great,” Rin mumbled, examining a large bruise on her leg.

R.R. shrugged. “What can I say? It’s meant to be hard! Anyways, let us move on to the next event!”

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ALL CONTESTANTS: you have a decision to make. Who do you team up with? You may choose ONE other person as your teammate, or opt to stay ALONE. 

If you stay ALONE you will not be sabotaged in the next event. However, you will not be helped either.

If you choose ANOTHER PERSON, depending on if you and them are CURIOUS or CAUTIOUS, COMPASSIONATE or COMPETITIVE, it increases or decreases your chances of being sabotaged or helped.

I WILL NOT tell you what those chances are.

THESE PAIRS DO NOT last for more than one event. They are ONLY for the next event.

Reply by OCTOBER 17th

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BONUS: if someone can guess my favorite color, I’ll give you a cookie in the tournament.

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~Rainbow Riot