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WHEN: midnight between Sept.29 - 30th, all day of the 30th.
RATING: PG-13
CHARACTERS: anyone on that darn tootin' Ark.
SUMMARY: Come midnight,

monstrodick seeks its [Bad username or site: tharheblows title= @ livejournal.com] in battle, taking down his ship in three flicks of its great tail in the course of one hellish hour. The Whale takes the Captain, but spares his crew, and later it returns to carry the less fortunate survivors to the island fringe. And what of the Arkmaster? Time will tell. For now, deprived of their weapons and their goods, the shipwrecked Citizens should care for their own.

[ooc: have fun playing out the aftermath of the shipwreck! After sinking the ship, The Whale will deliver any survivor who can't make it back to the island on their own; it will also be making sure no one tries to escape the City by trying to swim further off in the horizon.

If you'd like to log the ship sinking, or your characters making their way back to the City!island, be sure to title your threads "DURING SHIPWRECK" or "ON THE WAY BACK" or something to hint at the timeline. If not, just go ahead and thread how your gent, or your belle manages to pull it together and survive at the City!island periphery without much by way of provisions.

Remember that while they'll have access to their apparently waterproof network devices, your characters won't be able to get back into the City proper until tomorrow, because of the very heavy patrol of forest monsters blocking the way. (Naturally, it never hurts to try!) Likewise, while people in the City are welcome to give them tips or instructions, and to know of their whereabouts, they shouldn't be able to physically come down and meet the survivors at this time.]

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Something's attacking the ship. I saw it.

[ It's a basic explanation and she could be wrong but the way the sea keeps turning without any sign of actual storm says she is probably at least half right. Something hit them. Even if it wasn't the thing she saw. ]

And this won't stay afloat.

[ Her eyes find Finnick's in question, as if to ask Right? Because she doesn't know ships really. Katniss just recognizes that the likelihood of things being bad is always greater than them being...well, good.

She can feel her palm slick already with sweat but she only readjusts her grip on Peeta's hand, pressing herself back a little more--if that's possible--as one person actually falls to her left then mounts the railing and jumps clear off. It's an action she catches again out of her peripheral vision, her focus darting between Finnick and Peeta.

The others. Rue. Gale. Cinna. Haymitch. The last two if they are even on...

Gale isn't stupid and he knows how to swim. She taught him after all. This doesn't stifle her worry but she can prioritize with the best---or worst of them.]

Did you see anyone else?

[ She asks both of them, because even if they spotted the others it doesn't mean they could get to them. As it is people keep shoving and screaming all around them here. It's hard to not get separated even standing still. ]

[He gives Peeta's hand a reassuring squeeze, giving the two of them a quick glance-over. They seem fine, despite the sense of panic that he's sure both of them are feeling. He's starting to feel a little panicked, himself, and he knows he's got considerably more experience with the ocean than either of them.

Katniss is right, though; the ship won't stay afloat much longer, not in this condition, and though he's keeping his expression as calm as he can,the affirmation is clearly reflected in his eyes.]

You're the only ones I've seen.

[And the tone of his voice makes it clear--as hard as it may be to accept, there's no time to go back for anyone. They'll all be in the water soon, anyway, and hesitating any more is only going to put themselves at risk, along with everyone else.

Which means they need to get off the ship as soon as possible. His eyes go first to Peeta, then to Katniss.]

Listen. The ship is going under, and as it does, it's going to pull all the surrounding water toward it. That means anything nearby is going to get sucked under with it--including us, if we're not away by then. Peeta, you stay with me. Katniss, as soon as you hit the water, start swimming away from the ship. Direction isn't important; distance is. Try and find something to hang on to as soon as you can, to help keep you afloat while you kick. Okay?

[And though the look he directs toward Katniss lasts only for a flicker of an instant, it still speaks volumes: trust me.]

[Peeta's eyes are wide but he's not freaking out. Instead he turns and looks at Katniss]

I can't leave her.

[He holds onto Katniss' fingers, then takes a moment, and looks at Finnick]

We have to stay together as much as possible.

[ She takes in the details both implied and spoken and when Finnick is done she is about to reply when Peeta beats her to it. The feeling in her throat is uncomfortable, a sharp unease that she can't quite swallow. How far is it to land?

Can she really trust Finnick that much?

Pointless to ask herself. She already decided when they called him over, really, but she second-guesses everything in the panic threatening to bleed into her concentration. ]

No, he's....[ Her mouth briefly refuses to admit this. ] ...right. I can't...he can swim with you.

[ Here she shoots Finnick her own look, impossible to miss.

If he dies, if I don't see him with you, consider yourself next.

It's unfair by all accounts, considering how he has proven himself repeatedly attempting to get in their good graces and Peeta has already accepted him, but Katniss can't help a hard edge to everything she needs and does and requires. ]

We stand more of a chance like this.

[ Separating. She hates it. Her attempt will be to keep them in sight, ignoring some of Finnick's directions already, but she turns to Peeta and covers their hands with her other...before forcibly letting him go.

Then her eyes flicker to the silver trident, impossible to ignore. ]

Can you swim with Peeta and that?

[ An offer, even if it's not phrased like one.

Over the edge of the boat a surge is building, but she doesn't notice. That the ship already going down might be attacked again, a third time has occurred to her but her attention is taken at the moment. ]

[Frankly, if Katniss wasn't shooting him dirty looks at the thought of putting Peeta's well-being in his hands, Finnick would be more concerned than he is by seeing them. He still remembers all too well how he had to shove her away when he restarted Peeta's heart, how she nearly killed him herself in order to do what she thought would save Peeta's life. Threats mean she's still in possession of her senses--and goodness knows she's going to need them, at this point.

Though the matter of the trident poses an interesting wrinkle to the problem. On one hand, he's loath to lose it, particularly in a situation like this--if something is attacking the ship, he wants his favorite weapon in his hands. And once they hit land, whenever and however that might be, they're going to need protection. But Katniss is right; he can't take both at once, and Peeta takes precedence.]

No. I can't.

[It's hardly a fair trade, his trident for her fiance. But he suspects Katniss will understand that this admission is as good as an acceptance.]

[Peeta's eyes flicker from one to the other, quickly]

Okay, then we all know what's happening? We have to move fast, don't we?

[And I'm going to be slowing us down]

[ Peeta sums it up and Katniss fights the reflex, which in truth is to look at him again, reverting to some echo of what they were or pretended to be--on her part--in the Games. This is not that though and it's easy enough to remember when the third strike hits.

She isn't sure if it is the creature she thinks she saw over the side, if it's a head on collision or the equivalent to being thrown or punched by a tail or something, but whatever it is everything gets closer to utter pandemonium. Then she can feel this section of the ship starting to pull apart from the bulk of it and she thrusts her hand out toward Finnick, wondering a little too late how she will manage with the trident, but she figures she'll do her best. ]

Give it to me.

[ She can't help it after all and her eyes glance sidelong to the boy with the bread. ]

Remember, you're not allowed to drown.

[ It's not quite the same as I forbid it but the tone is the same. ]

[The tremors from the third strike are enough to seal Finnick's determination that they've spent more than enough time talking. With no further ado, he shoves the trident toward Katniss--trusting that she'll abandon it if she has to, because as stubborn as she can be, he has a feeling she still won't let herself drown trying to save a piece of metal for him--and half-shoves, half-guides Peeta toward a gap in the railing, nodding for Katniss to follow along even as he continues to snap instructions.]

Jump as far as you can when you go over the side. Hit the water feet-first. [He pauses, addressing the next part to Peeta alone.] And don't panic if you go under. Struggling will just make it harder for me to get you back to the surface.

[And then, with a quick glance back at Katniss--]

You first. Then us. Ready?

[Because if he can't keep Katniss with him the way he can Peeta, he can at least make note of which way she goes and give them a better chance of staying together that way.]

[Peeta nods, his eyes wider now, and then yelps]

Katniss, just...

[He doesn't finish, but he kisses her, fast, and then holds on to Finnick, and waits to go over]

[ Kissing tends to happen to her or from her when Katniss either is in a state of emotionality she can't control or when she, honestly, needs Peeta to listen to her---yes, well she will never claim her behavior is anything that constitutes goodness, okay. This, she half expected but the attack catches her off guard and then so does Peeta. They are fiancees but months of City living have inevitably made her a little lax on her pretenses, even with the arrival of people to keep her in mental line. Still, she returns the kiss without thinking. Chalk it up to Peeta's conviction becoming partially her own maybe. Or something.

Whatever it is, it's still short and she adjusts her hold on the trident experimentally, not bothering to use it to point at Finnick because her words work well enough without it. ]

See you on land.

[ Then she turns back to Peeta. ]

Remember what Haymitch said.

[ Not romantic. At all. But it means something to them especially, which counts maybe.

Stay alive.

Then she jumps as instructed, holding the trident as vertical as she tries to stay. ]

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