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Star pulled her arms tight around Maybelle's waist, then reached one up to accept the water. "Thanks, babe." She cracked the seal in front of her roommate's waist then dumped the water into her mouth from over Maybelle's shoulder, forming a circle around the smaller girl's right shoulder.The move was practiced, if even a little rehearsed.

"Alright, what're we gonna do about this s**t? I say if the next set is as ******** up as the last, then we band together and turn on 'em. Strength in numbers."

Giving a shrug he had spent time in the water, which he was uncertain anyone else had. Not bothering to argue the topic much further he listened as the girls bantered in a very rowdy sort of way and remained quiet while he observed the other contestants. They were all quite vocal with their thoughts and concerns and it seemed he almost stuck out of the group a little, he was particularly quiet.

It was very obvious the two girls were a couple, at least it came off that way given their close interactions and pet names for one another. They did have a point though, "Working together would definitely be beneficial." He wondered if he had run with a partner if he would have fallen, though there was no worrying about that now. What was done was done.

Eyes shifted to the screen as it flashed to life.

Well what do you know, even having fallen he had managed to slide right into second place, despite not completing the course. "Well, I guess that explains where the rest of them went." He said with a light laugh. It was quite peculiar how they were all categorized. Being eliminated was a common term for competitions though so he thought nothing of it and to be fair he had 'survived' by the skin on his teeth that last obstacle.

"I'm really curious to see what the next course holds."

Certain they would found out soon enough he remained relaxed in his chair for the time being.

The players were left in the waiting room to 'relax and recover' for an amount of time that was difficult to track with the lack of a clock, or even a window in its absence. Some might start to wonder if they'd been forgotten-- if the oddities about the course were intentional to the point where they'd now been left behind to rot. Others would start to become irritated, provided they weren't already.

Before the atmosphere in the room had the opportunity to become any more uneasy, the door swung open slowly. It remained ajar behind the woman who strode in. "If you'll all be so kind as to follow me... We're ready for you." Her tone suggested that the 'invitation' was not optional. Each of the remaining contestants was expected to follow after her and, should they chose otherwise, they would be dealt with by the two 'goons' hovering just outside the door in the hall.

The contestants were lead into the hall where they continued as a group, lead forward by the woman with pink and purple-tipped hair with the rear brought up by her two associates? Companions? Whatever one might consider the two in black trimmed in yellow and blue respectively... Their looming presence made everything seem all the more uncomfortable? Dramatic? Dangerous?

Little time for thought on any of those matters would be given as they stepped out of the dim hall into a wash of bright spot-lights to the sound of cheers. There was no actual crowd, but the soundboard had been programmed to give a decent enough approximation, and the course laid out before them was no less a sight to behold.




[Thank you each again. Please proceed to the link above for information on final round.]