District 6 Train Ride
District 6: Iris Larkspur
Iris picked at her food while her District's escort, Leroy, described their schedule for the next few days, looking almost bored as he did so. She wouldn't regret volunteering for her sister, but she dreaded entering the Arena, knowing it meant she would certainly die. While Leroy talked on about the Chariot Rides and the three Training Days they would get, she thought about her family, how she and her sisters had argued earlier that morning, how scared her 12 year old sister, Narcissus, had looked walking up to the stage. How frantic she had been for someone to volunteer... her tears when Iris had gone up. Iris had never been one to regret, always hoping, always seeing the bright side of things. She always had had hope, even now she was trying to cling to that. She could wield a knife pretty easily, her mother had taken a self defense class before the Dark Days and taught Iris a little, but she'd never thought she'd need it. Well, she wasn't about to lay down and die, she was going to use the Training Days to learn as much as she could and practice what she already knew.
"Of course, you two will need allies in the Arena, try to use the next week to make a few friends, okay? I don't want you two to end up like last year's pair" chimed in our Mentor, Drake. Iris didn't want to remember. "That pair had no allies at all. One was killed by the Career pack in the bloodbath, she was slowly sliced apart by 1's boy and the other was drowned by the District 4 girl when he went to fill up the canteen he'd managed to grab. Their mistake was not having anyone to watch their backs, and so they died for it."
Their mentor then looked Iris and her District partner over, declaring them "Promising enough" and then began to discuss strategy.
"I know I'm going to do whatever it takes to win" Iris said to Drake, sounding more confident than she felt.
Yet, for all her outward assuredness, Drake merely gave her a patronizing smile. "Of course you will, kid, they all say that. But I truly doubt it will make much difference."
District 6: Lance Tungsten
All Lance wanted to do just then was to go back to his compartment, rather than sit here and discuss his strategy for the Games. He already knew he was going to have an advantage over Iris, with him being so much taller and stronger, it was one of the few things he took real pride in. He pushed his brow hair out of his face and tried to pay attention to the discussion about the best strategy for the Cornucopia. But, he just put on his signature sarcastic smile and listened, commenting often.
His mentor seemed confident he'd do well, especially when he told them about his weight lifting wins. Personally Lance didn't see what was so special about it and he said as much.
"You are strong so you may do well at hand to hand, you come up with a weapon and you've got yourself a kill right there," stated Iris encouragingly. Huh, why was she so nice to him? What had he done to earn her support? Weird chick.
"True," said their mentor, "That and your size give you an advantage over most of the other tributes. Most of them will me a lot scrawnier than you, easy to take out."
He considered that, it might work and it would certainly prove how strong he was. He nodded, yes, that would be best.
He would not fall for being inferior.
Hey, La Morgana here, with the answer to the last question
It was Dolly the sheep! Kudos to those who got it right
Next question: On medicine:
Who invented the vaccine and what was the first vaccine for?
