The First Match

[realitymods]

Characters: Robespierre, Oliver Day, Spectators
Location: The Coliseum.
Time: Two days after Weber's announcement.
Summary: The first of the death matches.
Warnings: Character death warning.

Dressed as before, the man in the cravat stepped up to the edge of the Emperor's box. He held his smile, eyes scanning the audience and the combatants below him.

"Welcome to the first of too many fights. To start us off, Maximilien Robespierre and Oliver Day will engage in mortal combat, without the health bars. They have until the hourglass runs out to kill each other."

The man picked up the hourglass and turned it over so the sand was at the top. It held perfectly still despite gravity, waiting for its cue.

"It isn't a fair fight, but I think you've all realized by now: we don't fight fair." The man clasped his hands together. "Let the fights begin."

And the first grain of sand fell.

Comments

[lamb_of_gold]

"He will," Mu said quietly. "Not even death can offer freedom from this place."

[shutupk9.livejournal.com]

The Doctor tilted his head slightly. "You talk as if it's bad. Granted, the death matches are bad and I didn't like it when those zombie things showed up, but it's not all that bad here. I got to talk to people who I would have never met back home."

[lamb_of_gold]

"There are times I count this place among my greatest blessings, and times, like now, I wonder if it is not a curse instead."

Mu remained staring into the area, at the pile of ashes that once composed a man he would call a friend.

[shutupk9.livejournal.com]

The Doctor shook his head.

"It's a double edged sword. It's good, but it bites you when you least expect it."