A/N: As promised- Your update for November 15.
Sadly, my "toggle-spell-checker- thinga-majig" is down again and is coming up with the most bizarre ways of spelling. (In its world, you spell cookie- "Coookie" and you spell weaponry- "weaponries".)
Even though I re-read over and over this chapter, some mistakes might be left. So Sorry! Enjoy!
~Training Overview~
Silvious Rittenhouse
(Fighting and Weaponry Instructor)
The careers are always the first to come over to the weaponry station. A couple loners join in too. I grab my clipboard and find each tribute's matching picture with their name.
As training instructors we are not only supposed to help tributes with their weaknesses but reveal them to the gamemakers.
I spot the boy with the darkest black hair I can find. He's the last on the list- Light Rivers. He has a sword in his hand, but he doesn't look like a beginner. My suspicions are confirmed when the head of the dummy is sliced off.
After a few minutes of watching Rivers with a sword, I look at the careers lined up side by side. Beside me is Boris, the lead instructor for weaponry. "I have doubts on the boy from two." Says Boris quietly as he stands behind one of the dummies.
I notice that he's right. The spears that Apollo is throwing seem to be falling short or just barely making scratches.
The stronger boy from one seems swift on his feet. I make it notable that he hasn't missed once since I got to the station.
Lexi is found first on the list of tributes. I write down how good she is with throwing knives.
My eye catches a new group that has come over the station but something else decides to happen- A fight.
Riley from three is the first to get hit and then Julian gets a swing in return. Apollo grabs a knife from the table but I grab his arm and slam it onto the table again.
Boris keeps trying to grab Julian which seems hard from the way they move so much. Finally I get a grip on Riley and yank him away from the district one boy.
I bring Riley to the weaponry station again where he is stared at from all angles of the gymnasium. Julian is taken to the fighting station with Accalia. I give Riley a wet cloth to wipe up some of the blood. I offer to take him to the medics but he wouldn't take yes for an answer. Julian seems to say the same thing because he hasn't stopped working at all.
We call a lunch break because of the entire ruckus that had been caused.
Boris decides to stay in the dining room to make sure that Riley and Julian or anyone else gets into more fights.
All of us instructors meet at the fighting station to discuss some of the kids we've been training with. We start off with Lexi from one. We have trouble choosing out the main weakness points because all she's done is work on weaponry. And we all see how good she is at that.
Julian is the same way, but Accalia from the fighting station points out some good techniques he used while fighting Riley.
Arabella and Apollo from two have some faults, mostly in small areas. They both have a hand with some strong weapons like bows and arrows or spears.
We don't discuss of Riley except for how good of a comeback he may be. Amelia from three is found out that she has a pretty good chance in survival techniques.
Safin from four has been doing well in knot tying but it isn't a big deal as far as a district four kid goes. His partner, Aurelia seems to be struggling in the plant station as far as we know.
The district five girl, Nan seems to be doing well in survival techniques also. Jeret is easy on weaknesses, although his heavy crutches seem to be helping him in the weight lifting station.
Reed from six has been working at knot tying and sadly is failing to do so. But he seems pretty determined to get it done.
The bell rings.
I go with Accalia to the fighting station. We start off with our introduction and I am found as the target. The kids are all put into pairs and given punching bags to practice on.
One of the gamemakers, Demetrious, comes by and sees how we're doing with the tributes.
I watch over the tributes as they both talk. Ms. Auburn catches my eyes and I walk over to her. "What do you think you're doing?" Lexi smirks from behind the punching bag.
"What did Mrs. Pattershore say about kicking?" My voice continues to rise into yells. Shay just stares at me for a little bit.
"Keep them low." Lexi tells me a new, more devious smirk on her face.
Demetrious runs past me and I am curious. He grabs the tribute from behind and begins to scream of rage. I start walking towards the two, but I stop when Ren Kirro punches the gamemaker in the left temple. Even I'm in shock.
Accalia thinks otherwise and reminds the arena all looking at us that we aren't here to stare.
Training ends pretty quickly. All of us instructors head back to our rooms for the night.
XxXxXxXxXx
I start off at the weaponry station again today. Julian and Riley still remain in different stations like we forced them to.
The careers have seemed to give up a little on weaponry now that they notice nobody is really admiring their skills anymore or looking in fear.
Only our usual two come by for the first ten minutes of training- Arabella Hathaway and Light Rivers.
Light works on more archery, which Arabella is very excelling at. She helps him with his figure and aim. As Light works on bows and arrows, Arabella works on spearing.
Amelia from three comes by and starts with her knife throwing which has greatly improved since yesterday morning.
The girl from eight, Sarah, begins to work on some swords. Boris does her a favor and tries giving her different weapons as she begins to slowly succeed at each.
Already tributes have started to enhance their skills.
I check back in with Light and Arabella. Light has fiercely improved on archery in a matter of minutes.
Lucas and the female tribute from twelve, which I can't recall her name; come over right before lunch is going to start. The girl from twelve grabs the arrows that Light sets down once he has gotten ready to leave and gets ready for a perfect aim.
Luke works on some skills with the scythe, a weapon he's been using practically all this time he's been here.
Boris and I get a few more minutes to study everyone, and then it's off to lunch for the tributes.
Once again, all of us instructors group up and discuss the tributes actions. We start where we left off- right at Toth Attaway from six. There are few words about her so far. We've seen her watch more than participate. All we know is that she is having trouble at the fighting station.
Most people say Shay from seven is doing wonderful, but once I introduce her "O.K." fighting skills we begin to rethink a bit of her abilities.
Her partner isn't liked much. Accalia is the only one agreeing right with Ren's actions for reacting so quickly with Demetrious.
Sarah from eight is doing and incredible job at survival techniques as is Zane from the same district. The fact is notified by the survival technique's instructor.
In nine, Daisy hasn't been communicating enough or participating to understand anything yet. I tell the group about Luke's work with the scythe and they all seem impressed with him. Just until Chauncey from the weight lifting station tells us some of his major faults.
Devon is doing well in many areas, including the rope station, which is taken in deeply considering many lower districts seem to be badly struggling with this. "He's too reliant on weapons." Accalia says bringing back yesterdays conversation.
District ten's Barley is supposedly not been noticed doing anything she's not capable of. We start to think that she's just doing the stations that she already knows. Then we go over the stations that may be a weak point because she hasn't visited them yet.
Rose from eleven is having trouble in the basic survival skills but has been seen doing well in the simplest way of self-defense. At her young age, many instructors are greatly impressed.
Accalia makes another comment on a tribute, this time much more positive. She remarks that Ryan Haven is her best fighter out of the handful of tributes that have come by. A lack of skill in heavier weapons is pointed out by Boris for Mr. Haven.
Things seem much more complicated in twelve. With Light Rivers successfully making it through all of the weapons in the weaponry and barely breaking a sweat on weight lifting. Nirvana has been getting some pretty good compliments on her aim and intelligence.
It's only now that I realize what a pot-luck we have of tributes. With a bit of polish, they all could be in the top eight at one point or another, but right now, I doubt some of them will make it past the bloodbath. Some look too fragile to even make it through interviews.
There can only be one. And no doubt it will be our pick.
XxXxXxXxXx
Every year, us instructors cram around the large TV and wait for the results of training scores to appear on the screen.
We place our bets, most of them on the careers and stronger pursuits. As we yell and moan when our tribute looses to one another and when we scream of joy and take our share of the money we've earned when we win.
A red background fills the screen and then scores emerge one by one:
Julian Devereux
District One
Male
Score: 11
Lexi Miller
District One
Female
Score: 9
Apollo Lunor
District Two
Male
Score: 9
Arabella Hathaway
District Two
Female
Score: 8
Riley White
District Three
Male
Score: 8
Amelia Arthurs
District Three
Female
Score: 6
Safin Bayview
District Four
Male
Score: 8
Aurelia Loret
District Four
Female
Score: 7
Jeret Pillar
District Five
Male
Score: 1
Nan Weatherall
District Five
Female
Score: 5
Reed Pokey
District Six
Male
Score: 3
Toth Attaway
District Six
Female
Score: 8
Ren Kirro
District Seven
Male
Score: 6
Shay Auburn
District Seven
Female
Score: 7
Zane Galvin
District Eight
Male
Score: 7
Sarah Armenta
District Eight
Female
Score: 6
Lucas Des' Ray
District Nine
Male
Score: 7
Daisy Rawnsen
District Nine
Female
Score: 4
Devon Vanazuales
District Ten
Male
Score: 7
Barley Dawson
District Ten
Female
Score: 6
Ryan Haven
District Eleven
Male
Score: 8
Rose Everwish
District Eleven
Female
Score: 5
Light Rivers
District Twelve
Male
Score: 11
Nirvana Filmore
District Twelve
Female
Score: 10
A/N: Go ahead and be happy or mad because of your scores. Just think in the end about your tribute's skills and what could have affected on their score. And you never know. A score can just be a trick up a tribute's sleeves. {Wink. Wink.}
Hope to see you on my next update tomorrow. Thanks for reading!
-Fifi