Day 0 | Welcome to the Arena It was a hot, dry afternoon. The sun had made the ground hard and unforgiving, and every one of the 27 competitors in this year’s Birb Hunger Games was sweating from every pore in their body. Above them in a specially chartered helicopter, this year’s hosts watched on with eagle eyes. Each one of them was eager to see blood spilt, and excited to watch the participants tear each other into bits. Already decorative feathers were fluffed and not-so-decorative talons gleaming in the sunlight in anticipation of the starting gunshot. “Welcome to this year’s Birb Hunger Games!” crowed the first host, @Blu . “It’s shaping up to be a good one already. I love your outfits! Really top-tier work. Especially yours @Falcon, the sewing is –“ At a pointed nudge from their colleague, @Blu sighed. “Okay, sure, you can start killing each other now.” And with that, the 69th Birb Hunger Games began. @Bird

Night 1 | Excitement? The sun is setting for the first time in the 69th Birb Hunger Games and each @Bird is getting ready for a tough night. @Penguin exclaimed that it was not fair at all because they are so different from the other birds, but even the flightless birds must try their hardest to survive! @Blu and @Jake were flying around the place in excitement. Daily fact: Did you know the elephant bird is the largest bird in the world? It sadly has been extinct for a thousand years, but somehow one of them is found alive and is one of the hosts of this years Birb Hunger Games!(edited)

Day 1 | First Blood It was morning, and every bird was woken by the cannon shots which announced the deaths that had happened in the past 24 hours. Or, more accurately, cannon shot - there was just one, to the relief of many… and disappointment of some. The remaining 26 birds looked up to see a bedraggled and bloodstained mess being raised into the sky by the host helicopter. “Oh, poor @Sparrow ,” sighed @Blu. “Such a waste of a lovely costume, if the colours were a little drab.” The nervous energy in the arena was palpable. One bird was already dead – who was to say who would be next? @Bird

Night 2 | Bloody Feathers The first day of the yearly Birb Hunger Games has come to an end, and some of the birds claimed that they saw @Cardinal was up to something bad the previous night. @Tit said: "We have to get rid of them quickly, they must be hiding something!", so the birds grouped up to take out this small red bird. All of the @Birds agreed that they needed a leader to keep everything under control, and who else would be a better fit for the job than the @Toucan? Will tonight result in another murder? I can't wait to find out! Daily fact: Normally, the (Northern) Cardinal gets their red feathers from food. Today however, their feathers turned red because they are the food..

Day 2 | Death All Around Again, the belching of the cannon woke up our favourite birds from their not-quite-easy slumber. This time, two shots were fired. The birds ran to the centre of the arena to watch as the bodies of @Pigeon and @Raven were hauled up by the helicopter. Suddenly, to the viewers’ shock, somebody sprinted out of the nearby woods and made a huge leap towards the hovering corpse of @Pigeon. “No! You’re not dead! You can’t be dead!” cried @Albatross as he grabbed hold of the (very dead) body. He began to saw at the rope suspending @Pigeon off the ground. Everyone gasped – would he really be able to contravene the actions of the hosts? In just seconds, the rope was reduced to a single strand, which snapped easily. @Albatross and the body plummeted towards the ground, and as they hit the ground, nearby birds heard the sickening snap of the Albatross’ neck. “That was dramatic,” muttered @Toucan as he came limping out of the woods. The gathered crowd turned and gasped once again when they saw the amount of knives sticking out of his body. Someone rushed to give him medical attention, but he shooed them off. “I don’t have long to live no matter what. But I did see the face of my attacker.” Could this be a new lead for the birds? @Bird(edited)

[To qualify, Superb, nexus, and Raven are dead; Internet Alien will die at the end of the day.]

@Bird Okay this is how its gonna go down, Last night I was attacked by @Duck so I guess we can put him on the top of the lynch list. For reporter vote @Tit he was confirmed by multiple sources last night and is trustworthy. During the day today I will setup a trusted channel with the town power roles.

Night 3 | Slow Death None of the @Bird have forgotten about this morning, when they found out 3 more birds had died. The mayor bird @Toucan, who was still slowly bleeding to death, exclaimed: "It was @Duck ! I know it was him who attacked me tonight, we must kill him today!", and so they did. The deaths if the birds tonight gave a need for a reporting bird, this task was given to @Tit . As the mayor took his last breath, some of the birds took out the knives from his body and threw it straight at the traitor, one by one. Daily fact: Toucans have camouflage for the South American rainforest, but clearly, that camouflage didn't work as well last night!

Day 3 | Deaths in the Morning This morning, the cannon was heard once again. This time, the cannon shot twice. Once for @Booby, and once for @Ostrich. Both were found dead a few minutes earlier. The more the amount of birds in the game shrunk, the more scared people got. A second later, @Penguin was also found dead, and the cannot shot a third time. Again three deaths. Would this killing ever stop? Maybe a @Mayor Birb (> 15) would help. @Bird

Night 4 | No More H-owl Again, Each @Bird seems to agree about the most dangerous bird at the moment, today they have to remove @Owl from the arena. @Hornbill said:" The owl is asleep right now, why don't we have a little bit of fun?", so the birds grabbed the owl's neck and slowly twisted until it stopped moving... and the @Hornbill took the lead to become the new @Mayor Birb (> 15). 16 alive birds remain in the arena, will we pass the halfway point tonight? It sure is getting real exciting now. Daily fact: Owls can rotate their heads up to 270 degrees, as demonstrated on @Owl.

Day 4 | I Had To Add Seven People To Kill Queue Today, the first few birds awoke to an awful metallic smell permeating the air. The grass was crushed and spattered with dark red-brown stains, as if a body – or multiple – had been dragged somewhere else across it. Following the trail, the more observant birds noticed that on either side of it, odd lumps were scattered, gleaming in the sunlight. @Eagle reached out to grab one and found it oddly squishy to the touch. Eventually, the group made it to the end of the trail, and it became obvious what the lumps were. In the centre of a clearing was a pile of bodies. Each had had its chest savaged, and little flakes of skin stuck to the edges of the wounds, glued there by a mass of dried blood and other fluids. Inside there were only empty cavities where the hearts and lungs should have been, as if they had been ripped out and tossed away, and the bones were cracked where marrow had been sucked out. Around the crack were odd scratches, like the marks of a bird’s beak where it had pecked at the wood of a tree. Reluctantly, the remainers tried to identify the bodies, though their faces had been mauled and the eyes pecked out too. There were seven bodies, and seven people missing from their group; @Finch , @Flamingo , @Falcon , @Dove , @Macaw , @Vulture , and @Cockatoo . “We need someone to protect us,” muttered the group. “A @Guardian Blorb.” And the clean-up began. @Bird (Meuh and Savannah were huntress kills, killed by Cdw and Dragon)

Night 5 | The Roles Have Been Reversed Not a lot of @Birds are left, but today, another bird will be removed from the arena. @Hawk was not very concerned since most of the other birds were much weaker than him, but little did he know what was waiting for him at the end of the day.. Most birds grouped up and attacked @Hawk while reading @Crow's latest fanfiction. @Eagle quickly clawed his eyes out, while @Eagle grabbed the hawk, flew up high in the air and dropped all the way down. @Tit and @Chicken ran towards @Hawk's dead body and jumped on it, thinking they would finally be safe from the bad birds and @Tit decided to become the @Guardian Blorb from now on Daily fact: Even though the Great tit is naturally hunted on by the Hawk, it looks like the roles have been reversed today!

Day 6 | The birds woke up to a single cannon shot, for the death of @Chicken. It's been a quiet night compared to yesterday, but the birds will remove another bird from the arena today anyway

chicken fact: they're fucking bastards

End Game | Dennis where is your Lovebird fact? It was over. The leftover birds singled out @Lovebird and pecked him to death. A delicious meal for the birds. While they were eating @Lovebird, the cannon shot for the last time, signaling that @Lovebird had indeed died that moment. (Were they eating him while he wasn't completely dead? Who would ever know?) The top of the arena opened up and the birds flew away, out of the arena, on to a less murderous life. (Or a more cruel life, honestly, who would ever know?) Townsfolk wins! @Bird @Dead Bird

Daily fact: lovebirds are basically cute flying watermelons

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