THE TRAINING CENTER
"You were absolutely marvelous!" Effie praised as Thomas and Terni parked their horsese in the room the tributes entered in.
"Yes" RACMOR said "I bet many sponsors noticed you two." Effie lead Thomas and Terni up to a large box.
"This is called an elevator" Effie said pointing to the box.
"I know what an elevator is" Terni snapped.
"I'm sorry" Effie said "I didn't mean to insult your intelligence. It's just that in district twelve there are hardly any elevators so I just assumed." She lead Thomas and Terni into the elevator and pressed the number twelve.
"Being district twelve you get to share the penthouse." Effie exclaimed. Effie, Thomas and Terni stepped out of the elevator and found themselves in a short hallway with windows on either side. Two doors saying Combatant Number 23 and Combatant Number 24 were on the wall. Remembering that he was called last Thomas stepped through the door saying Combatant Number 24.
"Remember to come down for dinner at 7:30." Effie said as she walked away.
He was standing in a large room illuminated by multiple electronic lights. A large round table was in the center of the room with a computer like device next to it. Thomas walked over to the device and tapped a button. Instantly a list of many food items and drinks he could order appeared on the screen. A large window was on the right wall and Thomas found that if he pressed the button next to it the view could change from the city of PANEM, to district twelve to the woods beyond.
Three doors were on one of the walls that Thomas assumed two of them lead into the bedroom and bathroom . A large soundproofing divider stretched through the room separating Ternis quarters and his. Thomas walked through a door and found himself in a sitting room with a couch facing a large flat screen TV. He grabbed the remote and pressed the button that said On Demand.
A listing of movies appeared categorized into Age of the User and New Grid. Thomas clicked on Age of the User and read through the titles. "The lord of the rings, Rio 3, The Maze runner, All is Lost, I Frankenstein, 22 jump street…" Thomas read through the unfamiliar titles thinking about how at home all TVs only had six channels the PANEM channel, the new weather channel, WORK a channel that updates the district on if they were making their quota or not, News with IOKU, The Music channel and The Movie channel which only played propaganda movies on the defeat of the users, the jenerosity of the city of PANEM and the glorious reign of the programs. Here there was movies, shows and channels of all kinds.
Thomas clicked on a movie entitled Thor and watched it for a while. Then he noticed his clock said seven thirty. Remembering what Effie said to him he ran out of his room and took the elevator down to the first floor. The floor was empty save the training instructor preparing for the next day.
"Excuse me do you know where dinner is?" Thomas asked.
The training instructor pointed to a door on the far wall.
"Thank you" Thomas said as he walked through the door. The dining room looked just as incredible as the one on the train if not more. A long table stretched through the middle covered in a white tablecloth. An ornate chandelier hung from the ceiling . Thomas walked passed the seated tributes and sat down across from Travis and Effie .
"Ah Thomas I'm glad you could find this place." Effie said. "Oh look, here comes Terni." Terni walked into the dining room and sat next to Thomas. As if on cue waiters started bringing out course after course of food. It was more than Thomas had ever ate in his life but he couldn't pass anything up it looked so amazing.
"Tomorrow you begin your training," Effie said. "You and the other tributes shall have three weeks of training before your interviews."
"Three weeks!" Terni asked in astonishment "I can't handle waiting for the games that long."
"You should" Travis said "When the games start you would need as much training as you can get. Anyway when training starts you both should learn new skills in addition to practicing those you are more proficient with. I recommend learning how to wield a light sword and survival tactics. You are five times more likely to die of hunger or dehydration then being killed by a tribute so I suggest learning about what things are drinkable and edible and what are not…" Travis lectured Thomas and Terni all through dinner. After dinner concluded, Thomas and Terni got up and went back to their rooms.
Authors note: Thank you for reading my double upload. Remember to review and tell me what you think. Next week, training day 1!