The 58th Annual Pony Games

The member 'Calla Lily' has done the following action : Roll The Dice

'Pony Games Outcomes' : 83, 95

Star screeches horribly as Burning brings the knife down to her skull. Her eyes rolled back into her head and she fell to the ground.



Iris blinked with boredom and glanced at the direction Brawny was pointing. She rolled her eyes and said "I really don't care." she flew down from the tree and landed lightly on the oasis grass. "Just gimme a sec." The Pegasus leaned down and lapped at the water, when she was finished, she wiped the excess liquid off her chin and trotted to the scorpion to retrieve her knives. "First, lets make a pact, I don't kill or attack you till the final three, and you don't kill or attack me till then. Deal?" she asked as she nibbled on crackers from her bag.
Health:100
Water:3
Food:30

Making a pact? Seemed like a huge deal to Brawny. Probably because it was. Never to attack Iris until the final three? He could do that, since Iris would do the same. But how would they know or care if they are killed my each other? There's always the guilt, but that eventually fades. Brawny is going to play nice.

"Sure, deal. As long as you don't attack me first."

Brawny shook Iris's hoof, to show that the deal was made. Excellent. Brawny then sat by the oasis and ate a hay bar he had saved. Food certainly was a rarity, but easier to manage when you have 3 saddlebags
Food 52
Water 3
Health 100


Burning Heart stood over Star's corpse. How could she do this? She murdered her only two friends in this damn thing. She couldn't live with herself like this. the guilt was too much. Burning Heart sat next to the bodies, knife in hoof, and waited for herself to starve to death. She became a monster, and had to die like one
Food 29
Water 3
Health 100

"Deal." replied Iris, not completely trusting him. She wouldn't attack him unless he attacked her, but she kept wary. She nodded and readied her knives. She began strolling quietly towards the sound she had heard earlier.
Health:100
Water:3
Food:30

Well, the pony who saved Broken Heart made alliances with Brawny, so he decided it was okay to show his face. He slowly crept out of the rock.
"Erm, hello, Brawny,"

Brawny heard somepony say his name and looked over. It was a pony he injured earlier that he let go. He wanted to finish the job, but he felt as though Iris wouldn't enjoy that. So he played it nicely and waved to him.

"Hey buddy. Sorry for nearly cutting you in half. Pony Games, ya know. Makes a stallion lose his mind..."

Brawny chuckled evilly a little bit and got twisted, crazy eyes. He then snapped back to normal Brawny and trotted with Iris. That probably didn't help his case of being trustworthy. But what did he care? He would murder them all later, anyway
Food 27
Water 3
Health 100


Burning Heart heard two ponies coming her way. Normally, she would be ready for combat. But due to her sudden depression, she sat with the ponies she recently murdered and hung her head, still holding the knife, waiting for death. Hopefully those ponies would deliver it to her.
Food 4
Water 3
Health 100

Iris stopped and stared at the orange crystal pony she realized was Burning Heart, sitting next to two dead bodies. One was a pony she recognized as Stargazer, and the other she didn't remember the name of. Iris smiled gleefully as she approached the still pony. Burning didn't move and Iris pulled her knife out. Burning still didn't move, it was like he was frozen. Iris plunged the dagger into Burning's skull, laughing manically.
Health:100
Water:3
Food:30

Wound 1-50 Kill 51-100

The member 'Calla Lily' has done the following action : Roll The Dice

'Pony Games Outcomes' : 97

Iris grinned with glee as Burning Heart slumped to the ground. Her eyes twitched and she blinked to calm herself. She dropped the knife and stumbled backwards, staring in horror at her kill. Her eye twitched again and she smiled manically, but straightened her face before turning around to face Brawny. "Not bad huh?" she asked after retrieving her knife. She flapped her wing and floated in the air, keeping herself off the hot sand.
Health:100
Water:3
Food:30

(Hey, Calla, I am not injured! XP)

Calla pressed a couple buttons, absorbing the scorpions into the sand, but waiting for the blinded one to finish its attack. These games were going quickly. She decided to pull that one back as well. Keep the audience hanging onto their favorites.

She walked around the room, her dress trailing on the floor. It was imperative to look nice in the Capitol, to set an example for the others. Her team of Gamekeepers this year was small, but they were talented and capable of amazing things.

"Onyx!" she called in a strong voice. "Eliminate the cacti. Kill the animals. Let's see how long these ponies can brave the environment when their only hopes of survival are the scattered oasises on the edges of the Arena. Start a sandstorm at the Cornucopia. I want to see this."

Virgo sat quietly in the corner, not concentrating on anything. Calla sighed and ignored him. She would report his incompetence to the President.

She turned to her newest Gamekeeper, Star, and smiled.

"Welcome to the team," she said. "Are you good with the cannons? Good. Other things. Set out the antidotes in the center of the Cornucopia. Those who need it may grab it, but we'll see who's brave enough to go after them when their lives are even more at stake."

Another day has come and gone. The moon wavers red over the horizon, and Calla starts the projecting of the fallen's faces in the sky of the arena. Today was a violent day. The worst in Pony Games history. Hopefully, Calla could drag this on a bit further, but with the sadistic and psychotic tendencies of the remaining tributes, she feared it would be over before the night was over.

-10 Food
-1 Water
-25 Heath (Sunburn, sand, exposure)

(Sorry, I posted before that came up. Plus I had painkillers from Iris.)

Brawny looked at iris. She just straight up stabbed that mare. And it looked like she enjoyed it. Somepony else was getting a bit crazy too. He liked it. Made killing a lot easier. Normal Brawny would have freaked out and ran. But since they were crazy buddies, he applauded what she did and laughed with her. Then she turned around and kept sane. As did Brawny. Didn't want to seem like the only psycho.

"Impressive. What shall we do first? I could use some food. Wonder if that mare had anything on her."

Brawny searched her saddlebags and found nothing except for a couple dried apples. The two murders didn't look like they did much for her. Oh well, a feast is a feast. Brawny munched on teh dried apples happily.
Food 37
Water 2
Health 75

((Ehem. See subtractions above. Brawny, you're injured, your health shouldn't be at 100 in the first place!))

"Thank you," said Star, "on it." Star set to work on placing antidotes on a table and getting ready to push a button that would make a small table rise out of the ground in the middle of the Cornucopia. She grinned as they appeared in the arena. "Calla, would you like me to announce the antidotes?"


"I think we should look for the other tributes. I don't want to go home in a box. Here, have some crackers." Iris replied, tossing a pack of crackers to Brawny. She shook her head, trying to get rid of the insanity. It didn't work.
Health:100
Water:3
Food:30

~~Covin Si'hal~~

The scorpion turned to face Leaf when she attacked it with her own weapons: a handful of ninja stars. The small stars flew through the air and all impaled themselves within the giant arachnid, but didn't seem to do much to the large creature, as it simply began crawling towards the mare without slowing down in the slightest.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Covin charged at the creature when it had fully turned away, jumping on it with daggers ready to puncture its exoskeleton. Rather than hitting the scorpion's back, however, the Earth Pony simply fell onto the sand that it had been standing on a second ago. He got up after a few moments of confusion, and looked around a bit.

"Huh? Where'd it go?"

The Earth Pony stopped his search as a handful of cannon shots sounded, looking up to the skies and watching to see what tributes had died that day. He looked back to Leaf once the last of the tributes disappeared from the night sky.

"Well, looks like we're doing pretty good. Are you alright?"

Health: 60
Water: 1
Food: 65


~~Logik~~

((*Le shrug*))

"Well? What are we waiting for? Let's go!"

Logik nodded once. "Very well, but keep in mind that there may be other tributes there too, who may or may not want to...kill...us...."

The Unicorn set out to head towards the distant oasis with Amy, but within less than a minute he began hearing a strange sound. He stopped walking, and listened intently to the noise. Is that an...animal? Logik looked around the sand surrounding them, and within a few moments spotted the source of the sound: a scorpion. A very large scorpion, screeching and charging at the two ponies with incredible speed. The stallion froze in his place, staring intently at the large arachnid with obvious fear.

"Oh dear..."

As the scorpion neared the two tributes, however, it slowly was...absorbed...by the sand. Apparently, the gamekeepers had chosen to withdraw it from the arena. Well, that's...good...I suppose... Logik stared at the spot at which the scorpion had been a second ago, unmoving and unblinking. A few seconds of staring, and the stallion shook his head, looking up to the sky as a handful of cannon shots sounded and watching the faces of the other, now dead tributes as they appeared. Have so many really died in one day?

Health: 75
Water: 1
Food: 65


~~Onyx~~

"Onyx! Eliminate the cacti. Kill the animals. Let's see how long these ponies can brave the environment when their only hopes of survival are the scattered oases on the edges of the Arena. Start a sandstorm at the Cornucopia. I want to see this."

Onyx cocked his head slightly. That was a...fairly strange command, though he saw the reasoning behind it. She is proving to be quite a capable head gamekeeper indeed. The Unicorn faced his screen and did as told, pressing the corresponding buttons to suck the cacti into the ground and kill off any animals that were in the arena, starting a large sandstorm at the cornucopia once he had done so. This is proving to be a very...well-progressing game. All of the career tributes have died off, a whole group of ponies has been eradicated purely from betrayal, and only three small clusters of tributes remain. I'm sure the president and crowds will not be disappointed this year.

Brawny Hooves ate the crackers as well. Man, the Pony Games really leaves you hungry. He missed the filling meals back home, instead of scrounging off of snacks. He also wished he didn't have to kill for his food. Made him feel like a brute. Okay, maybe he was close to one already. It still sucks.

"Thanks Iris. We're gonna make a great team."

Brawny followed Iris and searched for more Tributes. He didn't see much except for sand. Just sand... and more sand... Then he noticed some animals and cacti disappearing. He had a hunch as to why they did that. He chuckled and called out

"I know you're doing that Lily! You know I still love you."

Brawny blew a kiss to thin air, because he had no clue where she was, and continued trotting. He was getting the itch to kill something now
Food 47
Water 2
Health 75

Star pushed the button that made the cannons go off, and smiled at how many ponies were already dead.





Iris stared at Brawny oddly, but shook it off. "Wait a' sec. Where's Broken Heart?" she asked. "Broken!!! Where are you!" she shouted into the general direction of the oasis. "Let's head back to the oasis, it's our best chance at survival." Iris yelled over the sound of cannons firing.
Health:100
Water:3
Food:30

Broken Heart was waiting at the oasis, eating the berries near the palm trees. He was starving, literally. Good thing he still had his hunk of cactus. It wasn't much, but he knew the crazed ponies whom he was stuck with would probably kill him sometime or another, and it was good to be prepared if he didn't die. He was actually pretty confident, but he didn't stand a chance with Brawny, or Iris. He was happy he got this far, though. He bet that nopony watching from the comfort of their home thought he would ever come this far. He kept eating berries until he was full. He wanted to be prepared for the end. He saw them coming, and didn't want to be here when they got here, so he grabbed some berries and ran, not knowing where he was going.

Health: 80
Food: 100
Water:3

Iris flew the rest of the way to the oasis.When she arrived, she looked left and right for Broken, but he was gone. She saw a pony racing away, but she let him run. It'd be more fun to kill him later. "Brawny, he's gone."
Health:100
Water:3
Food:30

Broken Heart neared two tributes, one named Covin Shi'al, and one named Leaf Gardens. All that was on his mind was killing the two biggest threats, Iris and Brawny. He needed other ponies to do that though.

He ran up to them, and started to talk to them, out of breath.

"The names Broken Heart, and I need your help. There are two tributes that I need killed, Iris and Brawny. They're at an oasis, I'll show you the way. If you help me, I'll leave you the oasis, unharmed, please," he said, catching his breath.

Hopefully, they'll have the decency to help him.

At this point, he didn't care about being killed, he just wanted them dead, and he was sure that if he didn't kill them, one of them would be the victor.

He wouldn't stand for that.

"Brawny,why're you so scared of scorpions anyways?" asked Iris as she flew up to her lookout in the palm tree at the oasis after taking a drink. She munched on some crackers while she awaited Brawny's response.
Health:100
Water:3
Food:40

~~Covin Si'hal~~

Covin turned his attention to a different figure as an unknown pony approached the two District 11 Tributes. He kept his daggers at the ready, and simply watched as the other pony approached them. He seemed to have run a fairly large distance at a quick pace, and was out of breath when he came into speaking range.

"The name's Broken Heart, and I need your help. There are two tributes that I need killed, Iris and Brawny. They're at an oasis, I'll show you the way. If you help me, I'll leave you the oasis, unharmed, please."

Covin cocked his head slightly. He may not have participated in the Pony Games before, but it seemed somewhat strange for a random tribute to ask for help in killing two other ponies with such desperation. Huh. They must have scared him real good. The Earth Pony shrugged, and looked over at Leaf.

"I'm down with that. You?"

After a moment of awaiting an answer, the Earth Pony remembered that he had dropped the bag he had grabbed from the cornucopia in the recent scorpion attack. He looked around for a second, and then walked over to the package of supplies once he had located it, observing it. He had basically destroyed it when he had decided to rip it apart in order to gain some weapons, and it was now barely any good as a container.

Covin looked through the bag quickly to see what else he had grabbed at the beginning of the games. Inside, he found two fresh-looking apples, a third dagger, and a bag of crackers. He grabbed the bag with a hoof and carried it back over to the other two ponies, listening to Leaf's response.

"That'd be okay... I guess?" said Leafy. Broken Heart didn't seem to be hiding any weapons behind his back. But then again, if a tribute asked random ponies to kill others, then it had to be pretty dangerous. Also, why her alliance? Was it because she and Covin had killed the scorpion? Her head was full of questions. And some suspicion.

But, hey, she needed some water, and an oasis would probably have some.