Bear walks into the training center is instantly shocked at the lack of tributes, no tribute was in the room except for him. He knew the boy from District 6 wasn't coming, he had seen the boy's reaction to being reaped. Bear was only coming to learn about plant life so he can learn to survive longer, he wants to win again for his family mostly. He hates the thought of being away from them. Bear turns around when he hears the doors open, it was the duo from District 1, Gage snarls at Bear as some sort of stupid warning, but Bear shakes his head and moves to the plant life station. He could feel Isadora's wide eyes on him, it made him feel very uncomfortable.
Finch paces her room, she isn't used to being outside of her padded room, she had actually started to take a liking to it. She wasn't about to go and train, why should she? She doubt many are in there anyhow. She despises Wine and her prep team, they treat her with fear, it isn't like she's not sane, she's just feeling lost. Seeing everyone's videos made her feel slightly better but there was still a few other tributes who hadn't killed anyone to win. It frustrated her, why couldn't she have had one of the arenas that was so deadly, it was the main threat and not the tributes?
Maximus lays in his bed trying to rest up for the games, the videos last night were interesting to watch, many of the tributes don't seem like they used to be. His video was painful to watch, in his opinion at least. That was the first Hunger Games ever to have only a matter of thirty minutes, he used to be proud of having the title of the fastest killer, but now he is ashamed. Maximus knows he won't win the games, he knows everyone knows also, it isn't hard to see. He is severely ill and can hardly walk without his walker, he hates the fact that he is only sixty-three and comes off so old.
Vada runs down the halls looking for other tribute's bedrooms, she knows a few have already went out to look around, now if only she could get into one of their rooms without them noticing. At lunch, she is suppose to meet Gage, Isadora, Scald, and Marcia to talk alliances. But before that, she wants to see if she can find anything on other tributes, to use as baggage on them. She figured she might as well as makes some fun out of being stuck here for however long, she had decided last night during the videos, that she is going to win and go home. The tributes don't seem that deadly.
Mingus hides in his bed, he hopes that Tyne will leave him alone. She keeps trying to convince him to go train, all he wants to do is go home! He's never liked it here in the Capital, last thing he wants is for him to spend his last few days here. The smell of hot chocolate brings out his hunger from not eating in almost twenty-four hours. Temptation comes over him and he gets out of the bed, slowly he moves to the door and peeks his head out to find an Avox standing outside of his door, holding out a mug of hot chocolate. "I hope you don't mind, I asked the Avox to make you some." Tyne says nicely. Mingus glances at Tyne before taking the mug and going back into his room to sulk.
The cafeteria was filled with Gage's loud obnoxious laugh, it drives almost everyone insane. Beside him sat Isadora, who has been glaring at him ever since he started laughing, she couldn't wait to get rid of him but first, she needed to manipulate Gage, Vada, Scald, and Marcia into thinking she wasn't going to kill them until the final five. She knows very well Gage and Vada will fall for it, she is still trying to figure Scald and Marcia out. It is very obvious that the siblings hate each other's guts, she's just waiting for the moment one tries to kill the other, and when it happens, she'll only shrug. She knows she will be the leader of their stupid alliance, if they want to live for at least a day, they better not get in her way. "Um, is that seat taken?" She looks up at the woman from District 3, Nina, Isadora opens her mouth to say something but Marcia beats her to it. "Careers only dumb ass." Marcia barks, Nina looks at them nervously but when the woman from District 10 walks up to Marcia, it causes Nina's nervousness to turn into confusion. "Hate to brake it to you dumb ass, but everyone here are careers." Buck snaps.
Marcia throws her hands on the table and stands up almost too quickly, "I'd watch your tone shrimp! I'll kick your ass!" Marcia threatens but Buck doesn't looked scared, instead she looked at her with a unreadable look. Marcia throws a punch at Buck's face but Buck quickly blocks it, and sends her fist straight into Marcia's gut causing her to let out a angry shriek. Buck kicks Marcia down and is about to tackle the bigger girl, but is stopped when she is restrained by District 9's Foster. Buck growls at him while she tries to break loose, but instead he tightens his grip and presses his lips to her ear, "Stop it, they aren't worth it." He whispers, Buck goes limp with annoyance, Foster hesitates before letting her go. Marcia scoffs and moves to sit in her seat again, she narrows her eyes at the lean woman as she walked off with Foster.
Scald looks at Marcia with a brow raised, a amused smirk plays on his lips and he isn't afraid to show it. "Don't start with me." Marcia snaps running hand on the back of her head, Gage lets out a snarl glaring at Buck and Foster who sat in the back of the room, "She has some nerve." He grumbles. Isadora rolls her eyes, she knew all about daddy's girl, since his death when Buck was seventeen, the woman had started drinking whiskey, Isadora is quite surprised that the woman is actually sober at the moment. Isadora was still working on her knowledge of Foster, so far all she knew was he has a daughter, it won't take her much longer to figure everything out, and when she does, she will use it against him.
Buttons stumbles over to Nina, who sat alone even after Buck's fight for her, Buttons looks at Nina with a smile, "Is this seat taken?" She asks, Nina shakes her head and gestures for the much older woman to sit. Buttons sets her tray down in front of her and sits across from Nina, she could see the sadness in the woman's eyes, Buttons had a feeling she knew exactly why. "You have a family back home?" Buttons asks, there is hesitation in Nina's voice before she actually speaks, "Yes, a husband and baby to be exact." She replies honestly. Buttons smiles wider, "What's the baby's name?" She asks curiously, "Sophia." Nina says with a sad smile, Buttons reaches across the table and covers Nina's hand with her own. "That is a wonderful name, I'm sure if you fight hard enough, you can get home to your baby girl." Buttons says looking her dead in the eyes.