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blood match day three

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The morning begins as another hot and muggy day on the island, though there's a little more of a breeze, and as a result, the weather is slightly more pleasant. It's a calm day out on the seas, too, though there are a few clouds gathering in the skies. This morning, the birds in the jungle are chirping loudly.

As the sun rises, an announcement plays:

Good morning, contestants! You must now switch zones from where you were last night. You won't be allowed back into that zone until you hear from me again. Don't test the rules, or you might regret it!

Now, today will be a special day. There will be fun surprises all day long, so stay alert!

True to these words, throughout the day, you'll notice a number of dangerous situations seem to occur roughly every few hours, though trying to time your watch to it won't work perfectly. Still, you can expect the following throughout the day:
10 AM: An earthquake! The earthquake lasts about five minutes, and rumbling aftershocks take place throughout the hour. You might want to avoid anywhere rocks or trees could fall, and to try and avoid inside spaces, caves, or other shelters that could collapse. You might also want to avoid the beaches and seek higher ground, as dangerous waves crash onto the shore.

11 AM: Rain. A heavy rainfall will fall throughout the hour; if you're outside in it, you're liable to get soaked, but inside spaces may get flooded. During the rainfall, the waters will be choppy and dangerous.

1 PM: Lightning. In Zone 4, the zone hums with live electricity, sparking small fires and breaking windows. You should try and get away from anything electric. In the other zones, lightning strikes trees and sparks jungle fires. In Zone 3, the swamps become particularly toxic, and panicking animals are likely to attack.

3 PM: An aerial attack. Small devices, too far away to really see what they are, are up in the sky, and will drop items. The items may contain poison gas, may contain explosives, may contain food and water. The attacks will take place at random intervals for two hours - when one begins, you had better run and scatter.

6 PM: The volcano on Zone 0 rumbles ominously, and projects smoke into the sky. The smoke is thick, dark, and makes it hard to see and breathe. But nothing else happens. While immediately at this time the smoke is thick and dangerous, it dissipates but never completely leaves.

You can try to hide, run, or fight your way out of these situations. It's very likely that at some point you and your partner or crew will get split up, or have to run for it, but it's up to you where you go and what you do.

(OOC: 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.

Please remember to update the Weekly Check-in with your character's planned movements. Check in is due by Monday at 9 PM)

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Threaded | Flat

Zone 3 all over the place but not even on shore (9:30-11:30)

[Haruhi Suzumiya has an orange two-piece swimsuit, a small waterproof sack, and a mission. Swimming north. She's sure she's seen land in that direction from the lighthouse. There's an audience member who believes in her and someone else who approved his or her sponsorship. And even if Jack suspects where she's going, he's got to be hours behind her.

It's a great plan, right until some kind of awful tsunami sets her off course and away from Nui. After that initial terrible shock, she has the energy to keep on swimming, under the bridge, alongside the cliffs, and finally just giving out to wash up on a north-facing beach.]

Zone 2 northeast beach/buildings (11:15-1:00)

I made it!

[Haruhi stands on not one but two of her own feet, wearing only regulation pants that started out dry over her swimsuit, making a victory sign and grinning widely enough that her eyes are shut. Her teeth chatter from cold. She almost doesn't understand that it's raining, at first; it just feels like there's no difference between being in and out of the water.

Well, there are cabins right here; can't she explore those and stay dry in the meantime? She goes inside, and might even get ready to tuck into lunch. Unfortunately for her, the building is actually prone to flooding. Her first backup plan is to perch on the table, and her second is to bail out a window.]

[The note was really the insult to injury. It wasn't the insect's sudden attraction to her that she minded; it really was the petulant tone that was too familiar for comfort, as if she could pin the sender down with near certainty.

Forget discomfort. Tokaku was outright irritated, and not by the itching in this case.

She allowed herself to be soaked by the rain as much as her body could withstand it, letting the water take care of her abused skin and the smell she could barely make out. The fact that she could hardly use that sense at al was proving to be a bigger impediment than anticipated.]

The moment I'm out of here I will find you and stick your own notes in your eye socket. [She muttered through chattering teeth, looking over her shoulder to decide which building to take shelter in later.]

Zone 4 | Store | 12:00 PM

[With the new rules, they have to depart the relative safety of Zone 2, and their more comfortable hideout. Zone 3 they know to be dangerous, but Zone 4 is supposed to be more manageable, so that's the destination.

After the confusion caused by the earthquake and the flooding, he will meet Tamaki at one of the abandoned stores. With Jack and Mayu gone, there's a lot to talk about.]

Zone 4 | Railroad Tracks | 4:00 PM

[In the afternoon, he ventures out, after one of the aerial attacks, to examine what's left behind. Of course, he's quite cautious about his surroundings, staying out in the open but within easy running distance of the shelter of the train station.

But he can be found crouched next to one of the explosives, examining it.]

1PM, outside near the stores
[It hadn't taken long from when Norway and Iceland emerged in zone four from zone zero to meet with a minor disaster--namely, a fire sparked by the lightning storm that had separated the two of them. Without Norway in sight, Iceland finds it's safer to keep moving instead of just standing in the rain and waiting for Norway to appear. He has to be around here somewhere; there's no way he would leave the zone without Iceland.

As a result, Iceland is keeping a sharp eye out for anyone approaching. He's not out for a fight right now, though.]

1:45PM, near the generator - for Mayu
[Nearly an hour, now, and Iceland hasn't seen any sign of Norway at all. He's pretending he's not worried, but it shows in the increased speed of his walk and the way he keeps pausing like he's considering something. He wants to start shouting, because surely Norway would be able to hear--but no, that's dangerous. He could call in Norway and someone with much worse intentions and then there would be trouble.

He pauses near the generator's fence, peering inside. It looks too dangerous right now. Norway probably wouldn't be in there. Probably. Maybe he should check...]

2PM, near the generator - for Norway
[Iceland's sense of self-preservation seems to have vanished with all the noise he's making. Far from his usual aloof or grumpy demeanor, he's crying in messy gulps, rubbing uselessly at his face with his left hand, one of the small parts of his upper body not covered in blood. He doesn't have the energy to get up off the ground, but he doesn't really care right now.]

[ This guy got up rather early in the day and found himself kicked out of zone 2. So zone 3 is where he is camping now.

Well, camping...

He decided to troll whomever might pass by. Now up in the trees by the trails, he throws random fruits - they might be coconuts - at any passerby. Sorry. ]

11:45am, Beach near the abandoned train station
[When Mayu comes to, it's still raining. She doesn't mind that. Rain means clouds (probably), and clouds mean shelter from the sun. She'll take what she can get, even if it comes in the form of being washed up on shore while clinging to a piece of wood that looks like it came from the footbridge.

She spits, trying to clear her mouth of the salty taste of the sea.]

...gross.

12:15pm, Barracks
[The electricity is off, so the quiet isn't upset by the blaring of an alarm. She almost thinks that she would give anything for the chance to rest without risking getting killed, even if it meant losing the use of her leg again - almost. As it is, though, she slips inside with the intention of getting out of the sun and taking a few minutes to catch her breath.

She can't stay here for too long. She knows that. But just a few minutes can't hurt...]

1:00pm, Around the island (Norway)
[Mayu regrets leaving the barracks pretty much instantly once the lightning starts, but with electricity running rampant here, maybe it's better not to go anywhere that might have electronics nearby. She isn't sure how safe it will be to stay in one place.

Anyway, she has to find Jack. She has to find her partner. She might find someone else along the way, but as long as she can make it back to her partner's side, everything will be fine. They'll find Tamaki and Kyouya, too, and pass a mostly-peaceful night once they can return to Zone 2.

She's careful and alert, doing her best to avoid anything too terribly dangerous, as she makes her way around the island while keeping an eye out for people she recognizes.]

Edited 2015-03-30 17:45 (UTC)

11AM, at the foot bridge - for Mayuyu & Atsuko
[At about the time the rain starts falling, Team Murder has set out again, sticking near Zone 4 in accordance with the instructions given the night prior. Both are currently camped out near the bridge, though anyone approaching from either end wouldn't be able to see them immediately between their respective hiding spots and the decreased visibility from the rain.

Are you ready2rumble...]

1PM, store 2
[Jack doesn't particularly want to cross through relatively open areas without at least one other person with him, nor does he want to exert the effort to break into a boarded-up store that may well have nothing in it, but the barracks are too dangerously open and the live buzz of electricity forces him to seek better shelter. Nausea and dizziness are still with him even over an hour after resurfacing from the ocean, which is a hindrance. Concussions are A Struggle™... His ears have stopped ringing even though he feels like he might get sick any moment, but that sure wouldn't be elegant, would it? No points for barfing in the hedges, probably.

Luckily, he's rewarded for his stupid struggles with a clothing store! Which means he can change out of these bloody, salt-soaked clothes (and he is definitely quick to do so) and make a little pile in the corner to just - sit on, for a while... Which is where anyone searching through store 2 can find him, with one of the thicker jackets pulled over his head. YOU'VE STUMBLED ACROSS A MURDER SCENE-- except no, as soon as any footsteps are heard, he'll call out with a muffled:]

Let's call a preemptive truce, all right?

11 am - zone 3

[Harriet's apparently gone beneath the canopy to get out of the rain - but it's more than that. She seems to be gathering sticks... Later, if she can find a rock or something to sit on where she won't sink into the mud, she can be found with her butcher knife, attempting to make arrows. The large blade is a little awkward for this but she's managing somewhat.]

1 pm - still zone 3

[She wanted to hunt some animals with her new bow, but they're all freaking out and it's making it difficult. So you might come across her, in hiding and annoyed as some beast rampages by. Maybe you can team up to kill a bear or something, who knows.]

4 pm - zone 4

[not much to see here, JUST RUNNING AWAY FROM THE AIR RAID. She'll duck into a random store to get away - possibly one with others hiding, though she hopes not - and when the coast looks clear, run back out. She's just trying to get across the island, but she may get stuck in one spot for a while. These shenanigans are really starting to get on her nerves.] Damn it. Couldn't they drop a pizza or something? [she hasn't been lucky enough to see one that actually dropped food yet, but PERHAPS SOON. Or not.]

5:45 pm - zone 0

[So once she noticed the tunnel going back to zone 0, she decided, hey, why not complete the circuit and see if there are any more crates left. She didn't get as much supplies as she wanted from the jungle, and she's got this handy crowbar that seems made for it. As soon as she's inside the hut though, she hears that deep rumble.] Oh, don't even... [peeking outside, nothing seems to happen. Then the smoke belches out, and she just slams the door in frustration.]

[It takes more than a little lightning and rain to get Iron Bull to freak out. Or put a shirt on. Bull is quite calmly lounging on the beach in the middle of the storm with a fishing rod in one hand and a cracked open beer in another. He's stuck his jacket to the top of his horns to provide a little protection from the rain, which looks incredibly stupid but hey, it's not like he was planning on wearing it anyway.

If he sees someone, he'll give a casual wave. Is this guy even aware that he's in a murder game?]

Edited 2015-04-02 22:19 (UTC)

Threaded | Flat

Zone 3 | 9:30 - 11:30 AM | Water (--> zone 2)

Zone 4 | 11am | Beach (Formerly in zone 3)

ZONE 4 | Various | Various

Zone 4 | 1-2PM | various

zone 3 | 10:15-11am | trails

Zone 4 | 11:45am-1:00pm | Various

zone 4 | 11-1 | various