CICTF Toucan vs. Scarlet Macaw

Hana stared at the boy as apologies began to spill from his lips, tilting her head curiously as he turned away from her; he was quite the boring boy, she had decided, opting to ignore him as the group continued to move forward.

Her sodden hair stuck to her forehead and neck, causing her lips to twitch in displeasure; this was shaping to be quite the uncomfortable experience. Perhaps she should have brought her umbrella with her. With a huff through the nose, she trudged ahead of the pair of boys, still able to tranverse through the downpour adequately. "I shall look for the flag," she announced to the group, before turning towards the terrain before her. Dark eyes glanced up towards the skyline, scanning the thick canopy of trees for any sort of indication as to where the flag could be. Despite her visual impairment, the Bakir daughter was able to see resonably well through the misty cloudburst. She leaned foward, eyes slowly scanning the forest to the best of her abilities; but alas, it seemed their current sector was lacking of a flag.

"There seems to be no flag in this zone," she announced, "I suggest we deal with these hooligans and move forward."

Frustration filled Avery. Of course she had failed to do anything after getting distracted. The jungle was just too distracting. Too much was going on around her. So much in fact that she had somehow gotten stuck. Typical. Just typical now she had to work herself out of the mess she had gotten herself in so she could actually be of use to her team. Glancing at her younger teammate who was only barely ahead of her, Avery was surprised to find that the girl had fared much better. She hadn't gotten stuck. Not yet anyway.

Well, now all that was left was to sit it out and work herself out of the mess she had gotten herself in. Avery just hoped that her team was faring better than she was. She couldn't see the rest of her team still stuck in the other zones, but she could barely hear chatter around her and the crunching of twigs and leaves on the forest floor as the other team trudged along.

So, this was how it was going to go. Wasn't it? If this was the end, Avery would never forgive herself for being so distracted. She needed to get her head out of the clouds and back into the game.

Posting as NPC, Hannah

I was satisfied at how well I was doing in this game. It was simple, really. I did not understand why everyone else around me seemed to be falling apart. We had barely just begun and there was still so much going on around us and still so much more to do. It just made no sense.

I walked around in circles as I awaited what was going to happen to my team and what our next play would be. Of course I heard nothing this round which only slightly frustrated me. I had better things to do though instead of pondering. I had things to see and do. That was my job. Work for my team and do nothing else.

Glancing at the world around me, all I could see was jungle and more jungle. Not ideal, but it would do. Shaking my head and hearing my shoulders pop as I rolled them, I prepared for the next order of business. I had to be on my toes. Otherwise I would end up falling apart. And that was not an option. My team had to win. They had to. There was no other option.