Blackrose Agenda

Agenda 24

Agenda 24

The Last Arrow

Second day na ng Sports Fest, ibig sabihin tataas na ang pressure na nakapaligid sa mga manlalaro. Kumpara sa first day na kaikaibigan ang mga team, ngayon naman sila maglalaban-laban. 
 
Every team wants to go home a champion, walang gustong magpatalo. Bukod sa mataas ang expectation ng bawat head ng team, ay makakadagdag rin iyon sa credentials nila and of course, popularity.

Unang sasabak sa laban ngayon ay sila Xign, Clio, at Alli dahil ang Target Sports ay scheduled ng umaga. Mas maaga nga lang ang schedule ng Dart kesa Archery.

Ngayon ay nasa isang building sila ng school. May glass walls ito at centralized ang air conditioning. Gawa sa oak ang flooring nito. Doon may anim na nakahandang dart board for each of the teams.

Nang magsimula na ay pumunta na ang players sa kanya kanyang posisyon. Tahimik lang sa venue para hindi madistract ang mga manlalaro pero sa banners naman bumawi ang mga nanunuod.

Ang mga dart ay provided ng school to make sure no one cheats. May cameras rin na nakakabit sa dart board. May nakasetup rin na screens para sa audience.

Standard game of 501 ang laro nila. Meaning the first player to reach zero from the score of 501 wins. Each has three shots and each shot consists of three darts.

Xign is aiming for the 9 dart finish, well everyone is, but it won't be easy. 9 dart finish  is the perfect leg in Darts.

Xign winked at the crowd before stepping in to shoot. Nagtilian ang mga babaeng nanunuod na agad namang sinaway ng mga facilitators.

The players will shoot in the following order: Hearts, Clubs, Diamonds, Spades, Deuces, Royals. Meaning, Xign and his other teammates shoot last. But since this is an individual competition, solo ng mananalo ang trophy at medal.

Xign is highly anticipated to be this year's champion.

When it was Xign's turn to shoot, he aimed at treble 20— treble means triple points— and it did land on it, three times at that. 180 points na ang nababawas sa 501 because of that. A good start for Xign.

Ilang players rin ang na-bust sa first three darts nila, which is advantageous to Xign, of course.

Ang susunod na tira nya ay treble 17, and two treble 20. He already knocked of 351 ppints out of the 501 initial points. He only needs 150 points to win with a 9 dart finish. This means that he has to shoot bullseye three times for his last three darts.

The pattern he chose is really tricky because he has to precisely throw all three darts at the bullseye, kapag may nahulog na isa man dito, it would be a shame.

Everyone in the room was silent and tense. The other players failed to use just 9 darts so they'd have to use more in order to finish.

The six are watching Xign's match intently pero kumpyansa naman sila dito. Xign is a sharp shooter, they know that well.

"Walang talunan satin. Remember that." was their motivation every year.

Xign smirked before throwing his seventh dart. And as predicted... bullseye!

Eighth dart.

Bullseye yet again!

Now it's his ninth dart... the last dart.

Xign took his time aiming the dart. Ilang seconds na lang ang natitira pero hindi pa rin nya ito itinitira. 

"What is he doing?!"
"Bakit ayaw pa nyang itira?"
"I can't watch this!"