IGNITE

Chapter Six

"I can lose everything but not you... Oh god, not you..."
— Recovered missive from Captain Riss to Cadet Daniela Finnegan

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Katrina / Breanne

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I open my eyes looking at the white ceiling of my chambers. Dani... She's all I can think about. Today 15 years ago she died. That girl, Breanne is so similar to her. Both looks and personality... Looks like Dani had a child with herself.

I will never forgive the man who killed her. I vowed to look for him and show him how much pain he caused and kill him oh so brutally that even the gods themselves wouldn't know who he was. I swor to inflict so much pain upon him he would wish I killed him sooner. 

But he's a bastard, a slimy one. He had escaped my grip each time. But that girl... She can bring him to me I know it. 

She'll bring him to me and I'll make sure he dies.

I sit up looking at the window. The cadets are training now. I can see all the girls are in bad shape but her. She just stands there sweat dripping off her body with a bottle in her hand. She's talking to some girls but I'm too far to hear.

I get ready and walk down to the girls. "You," I point to Breanne. "Come see me when we are done. Now, stand in a line." I say loudly. They all do so. "Today you'll train hand to hand in the forest against section fire. We are section ground. Remember that. That's section air," I point at the section that works with bows. "That's fire," they have swords. "And there is base." I point to the people who are hovering over elven maps and everything.

"Our weapons consist of daggers, poison, and anything that can be used in hand-to-hand combat and search and rescue missions."  I bring a map and have a base hold it for me. "We call the cadets by our section. For example Base." I explain. "Now we are here, this is the forest. You are ground means you are under the trees. This forest is called the forest of trapped would for a reason be careful and stay together. Section fire will be hunting you. Don't let them. Pay attention to everything. You have your gear you can climb the trees you can stay on the ground. Section fire will be coming in from the south you from the north. Search for them and kill them."

"Welcome to the opening games. May the gods be in your favour. Only the capable ones will survive. Go."

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Breanne

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It's been a month since I got here and we had an entrance exam and learned all about the rules and what happens here. According to the statistics, only 30% of the cadets finish to graduation. Opening games? That takes a whopping 20% of cadets. We are 600 girls here which means statistically 120 girls will die this week.

Basically opening games from what I've gathered, it's a week in the woods where two groups hunt eachother and the group with the most cadets left at the end wins.

It's barbarian, and terrible and pretty much murder but it's kill or be killed and I will not die today.

Not today and not this week.

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I've undeniably failed my exam T-T

Sorry I've been gone for a while, time is an illusion.

Okay.

Yeah.

Bye.

— Alex.