running is a victory~

 
Travis had been jogging through the forests for a while now and thought he was in the clear to stop and take a break. He gave a cautious look around before taking the bag off and carefully opened it to look in, but as he did so, he felt something wet. He put a hand to his torso and felt something sticky and instantly knew what it was. Blood. He felt his cheeks and could tell there was some there as well. He must've looked like a monster, to his brothers, sisters...and Stacey. He didn't have time to think about them now though. He needed to focus. He looked inside the back, trying to get a good glimpse of what was in there when he heard the rustling of leaves, as if someone was nearing. He looked up quickly and closed up the bag before getting behind a tree. He wondered if the person- or thing- approaching was hostile. It also just could've been Mirabelle, but better to be safe then sorry right?

Travis heard his name and his head immediately snapped to where he heard it. He thought he could make out a figure and began walkingbut then stoppef and listened more. He could hear the insects scuttling, except for below him. He could tell that there were two other places where no insects were moving after focusing a bit more. He walked carefully on the direction of where he heard his voice an said quietly to the darkness, "Mirabelle? That you?" He hoped it was because he wanted to avoid as much fighting as possible for the moment.

Eben headed into the forest, following his allies that had gone in not long before him. The forest got darker the deeper he walked. All around him, Eben could hear the sound of insects, all sorts of different species, he hoped none of them were overly dangerous. He took a small break to look through the mesh bag that he grabbed.

He let out a quiet sigh of relief and smiled. "Good...glad to see you made it here alive. We should keep moving though." Right as he began to move however, he could feel his bag shaking. "Wait a sec..." He opened the bag and put down one of the stakes to put his hand in to feel the egg and confirmed that it was where the source of the shaking was coming from. The girl from eight asked if he had an egg and he replied, "Yeah...mine's shaking as well..." He fumbled around a bit for his stake after setting the bag down, preparing both of the weapons in case the creature was hostile.

Eben continued walking, he didnt know exactly where he was going. Up ahead, it looked like there was something in the shadows. He approached slowly, his weapon raised in defence. The shapes resembled humans, but were they allies or enemies. "Hello?" He called out.

Travis gulped as it cracked open and got ready to attack...until he saw a cute baby creature crawl out from the egg. He grinned and chuckled, taking him out of the bag and set him on the ground, crouching so that he was closer to him. "Hey there little guy...aren't you a ferocius thing." He put a stake down once more to scratch under the creature's chin for a second before pulling his hand back and grabbed the mesh bag and slung it back over his shoulder before picking up the stake again. He stood up and looked down at the dinosaur and thought for a few moments, trying to think of a name for the little guy. His first thought was Blaze, but then decided against that when he got a much better idea. "I know...I'll call you Yoshi!"He laughed for a moment and then turned when he heard someone call out. He immediately looked through the darkness, alert. "Who's there? Name or district should do fine...assuming you're a fellow tribute..."

Eben heard someone talking not far away. The voice sounded familiar, it was Travis, from district 10. "its Eben, from district 6." he replied, moving closer to the voice. He lowered his weapon as he approached them. It was then that the egg from his mesh bag began shaking. "Uh, guys, what exactly is it in these mesh bags?" He asked them quietly, arriving at the area they were located.

He had been about to reply to Eben, the boy from six, when all of a sudden he heard a voice behind him. Her voice. He turned around and looked into the darkness. "Stacey?!" He heard her grunt of pain and was immediately off, trying to find her, wherever she may have been in the forest. Some part of him knew he should've stayed where he was, the same part that told him that it was all just a trick being pulled on him by the Capitol. However, that part was buried beneath worry and fear that they would hurt her and the child she might have. "Stacey, where are you?!"

Eben's egg cracked open, and a baby animal tumbled out. He had a hard time seeing it, but he could feel spikes all the way down its back. Footsteps could be heard, Eben grabbed his stake and prepared for a fight. He heard three voices, and one of them was familiar. It was his twin brother, Gunnar, who had been missing for a while. "Gunnar, is that you, what are you doing here?" He asked looking around for his brother

Travis hadn't been looking where he was going and tripped over a root, yelling as he fell to the ground. Grunting as he got up, he saw that the area now had a red glow...and against a tree, there she was. Covered in blood. His eyes grew wider and he rushed over to her and knelt beside her, a worried look on his face. "Stace? What the hell did they do to you?" He then looked around at the trees and yelled, "What did you do to her?!" He felt like he stepped into his worst nightmare. He wanted it to end, he just wanted to wake up. He backed away from the girl, holding his head in his hands as if he were going crazy.

this post was written over, oops.