Kallik- District Two female (18)

"So, did you have a good time killing each other?"

It was the only time in Hunger Games history that that wasn't a horrible thing to ask. Isabella had seen her chance and pounced.

"It was great!" Lana beamed.

"I didn't see it coming that Lana would annihilate people like a homicidal Paul Bunyan," Yarrow said.

"Yeah, where'd you get so good at throwing axes?" Leo asked.

She shrugged. "I just got lucky."

"Too bad Rowena wasn't here. She'd have had a great time," Val said wistfully.

"She'd have one-shotted everyone," Dorian said.

"I wonder how Cactus would have done," I said. His pretty, smooth hands didn't seem used to an axe.

"Enzo would have had a blast," Shep said.

"Maybe they let them use the old challenge stuff," Dorian said. "They're probably on the island somewhere."

We are so lucky Titian wasn't involved in this challenge, I thought but didn't dare say aloud. The prize would have been choosing a contestant to axe murder.

"Anyone use this to air out any grievances?" Isabella fished.

"I mean, all siblings want to kill each other at some point," Octavia said.

"Cactus would have been all over that," Leo said. Bit cheeky compared to his usual blandness, I had to say.

"Any idea who's going home tonight?" Isabella asked.

"There's a lot swirling around camp. I don't think it's as clear as usual." Val was perky like a smug cat with his ability to sow mystery and suspicion.

"I have a few people I'm pretty sure it's not," Yarrow said. For my part, I wasn't sure. The old Ellekoner alliance had been targeted recently, but they were pretty broken up now. What was the point? I didn't think it was me, but one never knew. I'd barely gotten any votes thus far. My luck couldn't hold forever

"Let's go ahead and start the voting."

I mulled it over just a bit in the voting hut. If it really was close, I might tip the scales just by accident. I could be the vote that kept me in if I broke a tie.

"If anyone has a hidden immunity idol they would like to play, now would be the time," Isabella said.

"I'd like to play one." Dorian raised a finger. Shep's eyes went wide and he glanced around at everyone. Val laughed. Octavia pursed her lips. Leo went "Oooooooooooohhh…", his voice rising. Isabella looked weirdly surprised.

"...if I HAD one," Dorian finished. We all looked at each other with disbelieving WTF faces "Ha ha just kidding, I don't."

"Oh, classic!" Val slapped his thigh in appreciation.

"That was awesome," Leo agreed.

"I'd like to play one."

We all looked over at Yarrow, who was reaching into her bag. She came out with a little iron disc ringed with backwards z's. It sure looked legit to me. For real? I thought. I'd been starting to get nervous from all the weeks of suspense. I'd had no idea who would end up finding one, so I was neither surprised nor unsurprised it was Yarrow. Good for her.

Isabella leaned over and took it. "This is a hidden immunity idol," she announced as we breathlessly waited. "Any votes cast for Yarrow will not count."

She took the first paper, the air fraught with the drama of it all. "Dorian." Dorian gave a carefree shrug.

"Yarrow. Does not count."

"Dorian."

"Yarrow. Does not count."

"Yarrow. Does not count."

We all leaned forward in our seats. Was this the fabled BIG MOVE? Had Yarrow successfully snatched another week from the jaws of death? How had she known? Clearly it was going to be close.

"Leo." Everyone glanced at Leo out of the abruptness of it. "That's two votes Dorian, three discarded votes for Yarrow, two votes left."

She unfolded another vote. "Shep." Shep glanced up at his name but didn't seem afraid. We all knew what was coming. There was one vote left and we all knew Isabella had picked the most dramatic last vote possible. Still, we waited in hushed tension.

"Seventeenth eliminated and fifth member of our jury: Dorian."

"Well, it was dramatic as hell, so that's pretty cool," Dorian said nonchalantly, flashing Yarrow a thumbs-up. Clearly he'd suspected his time was up and was all right with it. He'd always had a casual vibe. It seemed he was here for the ride and was happy with what he'd gotten.

"At last, we have a big move from our players," Isabella said, looking at Yarrow, who seemed self-conscious at all the stares."Things will only heat up more from here." We all had our guesses at what that meant. Someone had the other one, perhaps? If nothing else, it seemed the days of clear eliminations were over. I wondered what the tiebreaker would have been. Rumor had it it was usually a fire making race.

Dorian plucked a torch and swung it up so it flashed an arc in the air. "So long, and thanks for all the fish."

Dorian's final interview: That's all right. I had a great time. I don't really need much more money. Now I'll go with the other eliminated people and we'll have fun there, too. Alara will probably razz me for losing it for Four. Oh well. I hope the eliminated contestant area has surfboards.

Did someone say BIG MOVE? Brings to mind the notorious nine lives of Rahina Herrington. But people LIKE Yarrow. Anyway, a tie evaded by an immunity idol. Oh, the spice!

Seventeenth eliminated- Dorian

Dorian might have been a target for being so strong. However, he was also super laid-back, and I think that helped. He had a blast with this experience and has a cool story to tell forever. Basically from his point of view, all elimination changed is that Ponderosa ranch has running water and plumbing.