Up on the roof, Foster leans against the railing, looking down at the Capital streets that many roamed at this time. It gave off a nice breeze. Foster was growing homesick, it ate him up from the inside knowing he has a little to no chance at making it back to Freesia or Reggie. Foster runs his hand through his short brown hair and closes his eyes, he didn't want to kill anyone nor did he want to just give up in the arena without a fighting chance.
A poke on his shoulder blade has him jumping out of his skin, slowly he turns around to find District 10's Buck, she looks at him with a blank expression before moving to stand beside him. "Heard about your escort." She says blandly, Foster looks at her with furrowed brows, "How?" He asks. Not many know that this morning Meringue died of an "unknown cause." He believes in the possibility of President Rossi having her be killed for saying too much, "Vada told Isadora," Buck admits as she leaned against the railing also. Foster nods, he had thought he had seen Vada running about the hall this morning but ignored it.
The duo went silent as they enjoyed the view of the Capital people. It wasn't an awkward silent, but a nice one instead. Foster looks at Buck once more, "I have a question, but all ask is for you not to get offended." He says slowly, Buck raises a brow with a smirk. "Shoot." She responds, he pauses before finally asking. "How are you scars not fading? I mean, it's been seven years since your injury." Buck lets out a snort. "My prep team come every two to three months, they cut them back open and use some weird ass, shit to make it heal back into a fresh scar." He knows he shouldn't be surprised by this, but it surprises him anyways. A another silence fell over, this one was caused by the cheering from the streets, a frown falls on Foster's face when he sees the kids dancing around in circles on the giant electronic screen.
"You're missing your family." She says with a matter-of-fact tone, Foster nods. He wasn't surprised she knew, Buck is very intelligent when she is sober, it also just happens that they knew each other before being reaping for the Quarter Quell. "How old is she?" Buck asks looking at Foster, he sighs gripping the rails. "Four," he answers without hesitation. "Her mother, she's dead?" Buck asks bluntly. Foster nods, "Unfortunately." Was all he responded with. Buck bites her lip, "I'm going to help you get home to her." Her comment takes him back, he looks at her with questioning eyes, how could a woman who somewhat knew him, just offer up her life like that? Buck lets out a bitter chuckle. "What do I have to live for?" She says before walking away, Foster stands frozen in place feeling completely dumbfounded.
Nina cautiously walks past Finch when she notices her mumbling to herself. The last time she tried talking to the woman, she nearly got her head bit off, she just wanted to be friendly, even though they can possibly be the cause of each other's death! Nina wanted to be as kind as she could before the arena, it is best to be known as the kind one by other tributes and not, the dumb ass everyone wants to kill. It was obvious the majority of everyone wanted to kill Scald, the man was trying to act as if he was some genius. Marcia keeps talking about how when she wins, she will go back home and will work on having a child with her husband. The thought makes Nina want to cry, she missed her baby and husband, badly.
Nina picks up the blow dart pipe, she has actually taken a liking to it. It had been Pearl's idea, she had said not many try for it and it is most likely to be in the arena. If not, it is an easy make with the right tools, Nina knows she needs to learn about knives or axes but it doesn't intrigue her. It is common to see the sword, spears, and archery stations filled, no one really cares to learn about plant life, or to really show up at all. She doesn't understand the point of not trying to learn something new, it is very helpful and raises your chances at living. Nina faintly smiles as she presses start on the moving targets, she isn't perfect but she is getting there.
Isadora watches Nina with a straight face, Nina was getting too good with the blow darts, Isadora knew she needed to scare the older woman away. Isadora marches right over to the station and taps her foot, impatiently waiting for her to finish. When Nina turns around she doesn't show much fear until Isadora moves up close to her, Nina swallows when Isadora leans into her ear. "You better go up to your room now, and I better not see your ass down here again." Isadora hisses causing Nina to shiver. "If I don't?" Nina asks, Isadora lets out a breathy chuckle before wrapping her hand around Nina's throat and slamming her up against the blow dart station. "I'll fucking have your baby and stupid husband killed!" Isadora barks, this does the trick because once she lets Nina loose, the girl runs straight out of the training center.
Gage throws weight balls across the training center out of boredom, he couldn't wait to get out of the Capital again, he hates it here, well except for when he goes to some of the parties, those are pretty fun. When he spots Marcia at the bow and arrow station, he feels annoyance creeping in, the woman was more annoying than a fly that won't leave you alone. Scald is just as bad, it makes Gage dread the games even more, Isadora is a creepy girl who mainly keeps to herself, but he knew something was going on in her head. Vada isn't that bad, except for when she gets bored, then she's annoying. She goes on and on about how she doesn't have anyone to romance with when she gets home, he just doesn't care, if she's trying to ask him out for some dumb reason, then she's fucking stupid, they're about to go a Quarter Quell and possibly kill each other!
Buttons hums while she works on camouflage, she has alway been curious about it but never really tried to do it, until now of course. She looks about the training center, not many we're present again, she had seen Nina earlier today but the poor woman looked upset, no doubt she misses her family also. She had seen Vada snooping around again, but she didn't pay any attention to her. She had spoken to Foster but he didn't sound like he was going to come train. For the most part Buttons has spoken to most tributes, except for both from District 1 and 4, and Buck, she can never find Buck for the most part, and she seems very unfriendly. Buttons has taken a liking to Maximus, the man is very humble but she hardly ever sees him.