RETCON: I forgot everyone here is from different years and would have tons of different governors, so I changed it to the FIRST governor of Two.

FLEUR LAVEAU- Walcott Patel

I never knew what to do when something like this happened. When I was eight, my grandmother died. My dad got mad at me because I didn't cry. I was sad she was dead and all, but I didn't know how crying would change that. What really made me feel bad was how curious I was about what exactly embalmers did to bodies. I assumed they stuffed them like my stuffed cat. I wished Fleur was still here, but there was nothing I could do about it.

CHARYBDIS KINCAID- Joseph Carpenter

She was the depressed one. I didn't think I had medical depression, like the kind from chemicals in your head, but I knew how it felt to feel like there was no way up and you'd always be sad. It wasn't something Careers were supposed to talk about. Usually if you came clean you got kicked out of the Academy. It was cool she was brave enough to say it.

ZEBULON CHARLES- Sky Larch

This was just great for Twelve. Their last hope was a Bloodbath. It would have been better for us if he'd been the last. I was happy to be alive, but things didn't look good.

JAYDEN CHADSEY- Fable Anders

Jessie insisted in didn't mean anything. Chrome was pretending she hadn't noticed the shift, since she didn't want to upset Jessie. I knew what it meant, though. It had been two Ones and two Twos, a perfect balance. But three's a crowd.

SOFIE FERRARI- Hadley Kinneth

It always gave me a little boost, not seeing her face at night. It was nice knowing my people were out there staying safe and keeping on. We kept dwindling away, though, and every time one of us winked out, I wondered if the next would be me.

Juniper Triton- Swing Vote D4M

Well, well, this will be interesting. Embarrassing as it was how few Fours were left, it was nice to be part of that forgotten section of Careers who would be left out of the throwdown that was about to commence. For my part, I hoped the Ones came out on top. They were less savage than the Twos.

Olivine Martinez- Back to Normal D1F

"Hey, come check this new post on the blog!" Lottie called as I was eating a candy bar and pretending I wasn't sick of junk food. Why wouldn't a hospital vending machine have apples and stuff?

My stomach slowly hardened as I read the post. It was genius, whoever wrote it. If Marley was here, we'd all have a big laugh about and try posting some more chaotic comments. But there weren't many of us left now, and I was never as fun as Marley. However small, there was a possibility...

"What a mess for all those people!" Lottie said. "They better not come here and try to get you since you're from One. I'll pound them!"

I smiled.

Tuesday Erelle- Into Thin Air D2F

Hey, folks, seems like there's been an interesting new development here in the arena. On the one hand, it would give me a lot of material if I had some allies. On the other hand, I have a pretty good thing going here. Since you've all been such a huge help to me, I think you should decide this one. Vote on the poll I've posted and we'll see whether I'm joining the Two Supremacy or not.

Yes! Twos are the best!

No! Stay on your own!

Majesty Miraval- Wandering Souls D1M

Majesty remained unaware of the comment, or the blog in general, being too preoccupied with being crazy to think about checking the computers.

Unique Dior- Res D1F

Lovely. Now all the Ones would either get hunted down like bison split off from the herd and picked off, or we'd have to band together ourselves. I wrote out a list of everyone left I could remember and tried to find some possibilities.

Majesty. I drew a line through his name.

Olivine and Fable. Allied with Twos already. The Cabellos would probably kill Fable, and Olivine and Lottie were pretty close and wouldn't split.

Priscilla. Definitely my best bet. She was one of the nicer Careers. That was assuming I could find her at all, much less before the Twos found me.

Elissa. Bit of a wildcard. Definitely my best backup. Best case scenario, the three of us allied. It wouldn't be much against the Twos, but not all of them would ally either.

Flint Keyte- No Way Down D2M

A gang, you say? I wished I could say I didn't approve of the Careers and wouldn't ally with them, but I was literally a gang member. Unlike any of them, I'd killed people before the Games. I didn't care about the District pride thing, but a gang was my wheelhouse. Everyone knew the first governor of Two. He was a war hero in the Dark Days and his name was Albert Walton. The meeting place was the second floor, then. Easy enough.

Artemis Jager- Res D2F

It was an easy choice for me. District pride was one of the biggest hopes I could lean on. If I had eight allies, we'd mow the Ones down like grass. That would get rid of seven of my biggest competitors. I wasn't too confident about what would happen after that, but if I didn't join, I'd be a traitor and even more looked down on than I already was. While Pray wasn't a consideration in this decision, it did perk me up a little thinking she'd be happy to see me in the Two army.

Elissa de Angelo- Descent into Madness D1F

It was slim pickings. Clearly I needed some backup, but the Ones weren't exactly at their best. Majesty was a no, clearly. Olivine might have been open to an alliance, but if Lottie saw me she'd attack on sight. I wasn't entirely sure at this point that arrows penetrated her skin. Fable was a dead woman walking. That left Priscilla the goof-off and that other girl I knew almost nothing about. The only thing I remembered about her was some gross Capitolite used to follow her around. Two possibilities, then, if I decided to go that route. The prospects did not seem ideal.

Chrome Cabello- A Night to Remember D2F

None of it might have happened if I hadn't seen Fable's face. I didn't read Tuesday's blog- I had more important things to do. Jessie read it sometimes with Fable, but she might have kept it secret from me. I happened to be looking over at them, enjoying a nice moment of my sister being happy with her friend, and I saw Fable's face drop. Jessie had kept hers neutral, but I saw the glance that went between them.

"What is it?" I asked, standing up as possibilities ran through my mind. Had someone found us and posted our location? Maybe the Gamemakers let loose mutts and some outlier was letting the others know?

"It's nothing!" Jessie shut the page as I came over. It was an almost childishly desperate move- I just pulled it back up as I sat down, Fable scooting out of my way.

I felt the air change as I read over the message. District pride. United front. Wipe them all out.

Jessie's scared face looked down at me as I finished. She was standing in front of Fable.

"But we'll just stay out of that," she said, trying to sound like it was a done deal.

"It's not that easy," I said, my voice soft with gentleness and resignation. I'd seen how good Fable was for Jessie. She'd never been so carefree and trusting in her life. I wanted nothing more for my sister than for to have such a loving and stable friendship. The choice wasn't entirely in our hands, though. There was something else in that message. We'll come for you, too. We didn't have the choice to straddle that line. I didn't know which of the Careers would join one alliance or another. If the Twos dominated, they would turn against us for sheltering her. If the Ones dominated, they wouldn't spare us just because we had a friend from their ranks. There were a few choices for us, but every one of them meant someone would die.

Jessie Cabello- A Night to Remember D2F

"It's not that easy."

That was it, then. There was no hope. I had to make a choice, and either choice would rip my heart out. On a practical level I knew Chrome was right. Someone out there in the arena had written a post, and now there were lines in the sand. There were Ones now, and there were Twos. They didn't mix. I felt Fable's breath stirring my hair as she stood behind me. I wasn't afraid at all. She was right behind me, right where it would have been easiest to kill me, but I wasn't afraid. That was the one possibility I knew wouldn't happen. Together, Chrome and I could overpower her in seconds. Tears sprang to my eyes at the thought. I knew it would be quick, because I knew she would only strike at Chrome. She might not even fight at all. She knew that fight would end in her death, and she might not want to take my sister from me.

I can't.

How could I make that choice? When I was seven, Chrome told our father she was the one who had broken a glass so he would hit her instead of me. How callous could I be to choose someone I'd known less than a year over the sister who raised me? When I was eighteen, Fable sat down so I wouldn't die alone. They counted down the seconds and she chose not to stand. I'd known Chrome all my life. I'd known Jessie for two deaths. My brain cast through desperate schemes. One by one they were discarded as nothing but wishful thinking.

I watched as my sister stood. Her normally composed face was more earnest than I'd seen since were children. Did I even have the right to choose Fable? Chrome was right. They'd kill us if we sheltered her. I wouldn't just be choosing to stay with Fable. I would be choosing to kill Chrome. In my heart I wished I had died earlier. My best friend. My sister.

"You know what we have to do," Chrome said. My hand twitched at my side. I didn't know if I was going to reach for my sword. If I did, I didn't know who it would be for. I felt Fable's fingers brush my other hand.

Fable ran towards the door. "No!" I screamed. Beside me, Chrome flinched, tensing to run or to raise her knife but hesitating between the two. I grabbed her knife arm and yanked, expecting her to pull away from me. Her shoulders relaxed and she turned to me, holding out her arms. I fell to my knees, screaming again, not caring at all if anyone heard. As I knelt on the floor sobbing, I felt Chrome's arms around me.