Day 4 Continues
9 tributes remaining
Scene 13/23
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"Ahhhhh what a day," says Shizno, patting his full belly. "Nothing but lying down and eating everything in sight."
"Hey Shizno," smiles Req, suddenly appearing above Shizno.
Req is holding a trident in his hand. Shizno looks over at his crossbow which is on the ground next to him, just out of reach.
"Aww, that's a shame," says Req, using his trident to pick up and fling Shizno's crosbow further out of the way. "Looks like your laziness finally got the best of you."
Shizno tries to sit up, but his belly is so full he loses his balance and falls back down.
"Congrats on making it this far though," says Req. "I didn't expect you to make it to the final ten."
"I'll make it further than that, you meanie," says Shizno.
"Guess we'll find out!" says Req, thrusting his trident at Shizno's neck.
Suddenly, Shizno rolls out of the way of Req's trident, rapidly dashes over to his crossbow, picks it up, leaps behind Req, bashes him over the head with his crossbow and disarms Req.
Req falls to his knees as his trident falls to the ground.
"Ow..." says Req. "But...how?"
"I may be really lazy," smiles Shizno, keeping his crossbow trained on the back of Req's head. "Like, really lazy. But that just means I have a ton of potential energy stored up. Once every couple of days, or after a really good meal or something, I guess I can move pretty fast. Neat, huh?"
"I don't believe it..." says Req. "Just...just do it then."
"Ah, but that's what you want me to do!" says Shizno proudly.
"Huh?" asks Req.
"I was talking to Druby last night," says Shizno. "And he told me how you and Jeroth were teaming up and murdering people. I bet Jeroth is somewhere nearby, right now, with his sights trained on me. As soon as I kill you, he'll probably kill me!"
"Um..." says Req. "I won't confirm or deny that."
In truth, Req hadn't seen Jeroth in hours. He only assumed that Jeroth was watching his back from afar, as per their plan.
"Okay, so uh, we'll do this I guess," says Shizno. "I'll keep this crossbow pointed at you, and we're going to walk away from the cornucopia. Jeroth has to stay here, or else. Then when I lead you far enough away, I'll let you go and I don't want to see you be mean and try to kill anyone else. Okay?"
"Okay," lies Req. "You hear that Jeroth? Please stay back and don't follow us."
Req sees no signs of Jeroth's presence.
"Well okay, let's get going then!" says Shizno a little too cheerfully, leading Req away from the cornucopia.
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Wow, I had no idea Shizno could do that!
Well, he does have a lot of potential energy stored up.
Let's hope we see more of it, that was pretty cool how he beat Req.
Stay tuned!