World Building Idea

[ATENU5]

New City Viewer 1171890 sends you via Amazon drone (they're still out there, go figure...) some high protein food (doesn't taste great, you gotta make your way into the Intercity for the nice stuff) as well as a new but revealing outfit that allows you to stow your rapier as well as two daggers included within. Make your way to the Arena & then  to the Intercity & perhaps there can be some fun!

I collect my package and settle in the slums adjacent to the Arena where I await my turn to participate in the next round of fights in order to earn the necessary credits and glory to permit me to visit and enjoy all the comforts the Intercity has to offer.

Policy dictates that those who wish to fight in the Arena or merely to watch in the wings have full access to the Arena itself. Of course, two local thugs block your way, & seem to be shaking down those who try to enter (mostly the spectators) for valuables, like food. (Gosh, these times don't seem so different from our own!) One is Cyrus, a thick, muscular, hairy type, strong, fierce, dumb. His sidekick is Ivo, thin, tight, nervous, not too clever but moves quickly. Cyrus has a sword (it looks dull and rusty, kind of like Cyrus himself), Ivo has a knife. What ya thinking...?

Just as the two thugs try to extort any money or possessions they can get off the would be Arena Fighter. Two arrows woosh pass the Fighter. One of the arrow impales Ivo, the tip bores deep into his abs and out the otherside. Another arrow bites into Cyrus's left pec, slips pass the ribs and skewing the heart. Both thugs had only seconds to live.

(Sorry if i killed of your characters too quickly)