Kerry Selmosa
I loved the Arena as soon as I saw it. Other than a small clearing for the Cornucopia, towering cliffs surrounded us. A maze of steeply sloped gray and red striped rock snaked off in every direction, broken up by scattered tufts of yellow grass. The air was hot and dry, and I knew the most valuable thing in the Cornucopia was the water bottles.
Attention: 60 seconds until the Games...
Theo Kasius
It was lucky I used both the bow and the sword. Anyone who used a long range weapon would be significantly handicapped by this Arena. I could hardly see more than twenty feet in any direction before the rock stopped me.
47, 46, 45...
Granja Valdez
I found Peach four stations down from me. She was looking at the weapons deeper in the Cornucopia. I tried to signal her not to do it. The sun was so hot my neck hurt.
41, 40, 39...
Rory Harris
This was the exact opposite of home. It looked like something from the Wild West. I wondered how hard the cliffs were to climb and whether the passages ended in dead ends or went on forever.
33, 32, 31...
Adonia Child
I wanted the clock to go faster. If I was going to die, I didn't need five more seconds. I wanted to jump off the platform and climb to the highest spire, until I could look down and see the entire Arena below me.
25, 24, 23...
Hoban Tam
I wouldn't be able to identify any plants here. There weren't any plants. We'd have to eat something else. Ventrix was only two platforms away. That was one less thing to worry about.
19, 18, 17...
Incense Balboa
They used to call this the Badlands. There's Theo he'll probably kill me. Prairie dogs live here. Does it hurt to die? There was a park here. Oh god ten more seconds until I die...
10, 9, 8...
Desiree Redwood
They're right next to me they're waiting to kill me. No! No! Electra! Where are you? When can I start running? Please let me start running! Don't kill me!
5, 4, 3, 2, 1...
The Games began.