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blood match day one

game start

28 players remaining

The morning the game starts, all pairs will be escorted from their rooms by friendly robot buddies into their own underwater shuttle waiting to take them to the arena. Should anyone try to resist, the collar around their neck will start beeping ominously and their friendly robot escort will become a lot less friendly and a lot more forceful. While in the shuttle, each player will be stripped of whatever clothing or items they have on them. The robot buddies will give each player the following:
- a uniform consisting of a light water-resistant jacket, a t-shirt with the words BLOOD MATCH '15 emblazoned on it, track pants, and standard-issue undergarments. All clothing has been tailored to the player's size perfectly and comes in a classy shade of steel grey.
- a small backpack which holds: three matches, a small canteen with a day's worth of water, and a day's worth of packaged rations
- a digital watch
- a booklet with all the character information cards in it
- a randomly assigned tool

The shuttle ride lasts for around half an hour, docking in a large garage. A friendly robot buddy will then guide each pair into their own elevator and a countdown will begin from 10. Once the countdown hits zero, the elevators will rise and the players will emerge in a shallow bay of what appears to be a volcanic island.

(OOC: Please update your character's info card with the ranking they would have likely received based on observation of their stay at the training facility. Rankings should be between 1-10.

Also, when starting a thread, please put in your header the following: ZONE # - TIME - AREA. This will hopefully make it easier for everyone to keep track of which character is where.)

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[Mayu leans forward a little to get a better look at the two of them, and from the quick glimpse of her expression they'll be able to see at this distance, she looks both strained and terrified.]

Can... can I trust the two of you not to hurt me? Do you promise?

I don't want to hurt you at all.

[Turns to Beat. He is the Japanese one in this partnership, so]

Should we pinky promise or something??

Eh... that kid stuff? If you want, man... [but you know, you might end up having to cut off your finger with the thoughts you are having. Anyway, he'll try this first.]

I promise too! Is that all right?

[They've both promised. Mayu starts to lean forward a little further, then hesitates. It seems something has just occurred to her.]

What... what were the items they gave you when you started? Mine was a necklace, but... I thought I saw some others with weapons...

[In a shrug, Holden spreads his hands, which are empty. I mean, the dagger's somewhere in his backpack which is open, but it's dark]

I had this copy of Boy's Life magazine. It already got dirty though so it's back in the flatlands somewhere. I felt pretty lousy about it because they go on and on about how bad littering is, but there's a lot worse going on out here anyway...

...

[She's not sure if she believes him. Mostly because he brought up littering. The entire island is going to be littered with corpses soon; a magazine won't make much difference.]

Why would they give you a magazine..?

[She's scooting back a little, but it's not like she's going to be able to get far. ...and is it starting to rain? It's starting to rain. That's unfortunate.]