Hello again! I know I'm updating a lot, so tell me if you like the fast updating or if you'd rather a little more suspense.
I wake up before Mari comes to knock. I can't figure out why, I'm way overtired. Brains can be stupid sometimes but helpful.
I take a shower then go to get dressed. Someone's put an outfit on the bed for me. Oh yeah. First day of training.
After breakfast, we head to the training room. When we get there, I'm awestruck. The room is gigantic and almost all of the stations have weapons or something that has to do with killing. I know I'm older than a lot of the tributes and I'm a career, but this all has a huge effect on me. I think it's the whole we're-all-just-innocent-children thing. I mean, Come on! A week ago if you had told me I was going to the Hunger Games, I wouldn't believe you.
The training center lady starts telling us all the rules of the training room. As soon as she finishes, I head to the knife station. I'm the first one there, so I have my pick. I choose a medium sized knife and aim at a target. Bull's Eye. I think for a moment to decide if I should keep going. Right now people might assume it's beginner's luck. I could always fake being bad. But no, I'm a career. I have to prove I'm worth keeping.
I try a bunch of different knives and targets, getting a Bull's Eye on every one. My best is something that looks like a butcher knife lodging itself into the farthest target. I'm kind of getting into this. I would even go as far to say that it's fun. That thought makes me shiver. I'm a lunatic. I'm losing my mind. No, but I'm not. I'm not practicing on people after all. A little voice in my mind tells me that I will be soon. I choose to ignore that and move to a different station.
By lunch, I've still only been to two stations. Knives and plant recognition. I'm turning out to be pretty good at recognizing plants. Sometimes being a career seems to limit me.
I sit down at a table with Ares and Vincent. We're halfway through eating when the boy from District 4 walks over. He invites us to sit with the rest of District 4 and District 2. We walk over and bond really well. I know only one district can get out of this, but I'm really happy to be with my allies. There are six boys and three girls overall including me. From District 2, there's Allison, Amiens, and Sheen; and from District 4 there's Cliff, Fiona, and Nick. All of us are seventeen and eighteen.
I see the girl from 9 glare at me. What did I ever do to her? It's not like she even looked at me in the elevator.
The rest of training that day is uneventful, but I can't help feeling reassured that I have an alliance.
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