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I just finished the plant station when I saw two other tributes walk in. No one else but us three, and the instructors, now was the time to make allies. I walked up to the pair. "Hi" I said, holding out my hand "I'm Desmond". I noticed that this goes against my usual untrusting way, and it was the first words ive said in two days.
Zach pondered the idea for a minute before giving a thought out response. "I think I'll continue to work on my swordplay. By the looks of things, I'd wager I should be more combat-reliant, as you seem to be more better suited for survival tactics. However, I may or may not try to learn a few more things to keep me up and running. We'll see." he stated plainly, rubbing his eyes.
"Hi" the other tribute said, extending his arm.
The blonde haired man gave his hand a firm shake and smiled. "Hello, I'm Zach." he introduced, looking over the person's face. This guy didn't seem to hold hidden resentment or other negative emotions towards him, from what he gathered, and so, Zach didn't see the need to completely keep his guard up. That being said, he didn't necessarily drop it.
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"nice to meet you Zach" I said, then held out my hand to the girl "Who are you?".
The district 9 boy came over and said hi. Zach introduced himself, then the boy asked my name. My body fell into the same kind of shock that I always got when trying to speak to someone I didn't know. I tried to imagine the way I spoke to Zach, since I trusted him enough to talk properly to him. But it was hard, since this boy was no Zach. I didn't want to give away that I was a selective mute, so I didn't mention it.
"H-hi. I'm, um, Jordyn." I said with an odd sort of stutter.
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I was curios about Jordyn's stutter, but ignored it. "mind if I hang out with you guys" I said "I think my partner hates me, and I punched my mentor yesterday, so i'm not very popular".
Zach looked over at Jordyn and remembered that she acted this way when they first met. Actually, she spoke completely fine with him, so she must've really trusted him compared to a stranger such as this Desmond character.
Zach stood between Jordyn and Desmond, so as to at least keep her as calm as possible.
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I give a small smile, hoping he was joking. ''yeah, I gotta hone on my survival stuff, can't get to much of that'' I say nervoasly, then slither off to the fishing station. Mabye trying to get allies isn't such I good idea I think to myself.
"I-if you ever want an, um, ally, we're h-here." I said before running back to Zach.
"Ok, so you're going to practice with the swords? I think I'll do a bit of knife work." I stated, starting towards the knife throwing station.
Jordyn spoke as she returned from speaking something Zach didn't quite make out to Desmond. He nodded and stretched his arms. "Yes, I'll be there for most of my time today, so it shouldn't be too hard to find me." he spoke and then walked off.
Once at the station, he picked up a blade and held it in one hand. The weight was a little more than he expected, but he was sure by the end of today he'd be able to hold and swing it decently. With a few slashes at a dummy, he began his workout and started trying out different ways to not only attack, but defend from attacks as well. I mean, what good's an attack if you die before you can use it?
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I finished the fishing station as I saw more kids come in, including Mykeisha. I stood up and walked to the knife throwing section, not looking were I was going, and walked straight into Jordyn. "im sorry" I apoligized quickly "i should look in front of me, not down....sorry"
"I'm sorry, I should look in front of me, not down....sorry" he apologized.
"Oh, n-no it's fine." I said. "A-are you good with, um, knifes?" I asked.
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"umm, yeah, pretty good" I said "though i'm better with sword and bo..." I stopped and slapped my mouth "forget what I just said, thats supposed to be secret".
"So, what's going on?" he asked casually as he neared them. He wasn't sure if something bad had happened, but he didn't want to sound aggressive unless need be.
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"umm... uhhh. nothing" I answered, power walking away. I went to the spear throwing area, threw a spear at the target, getting close to the bullseye.
He turned to Jordyn and smiled. "So, I noticed you're getting better. Can actually hit the target now. Good." he then looked at her with a serious face. "Did he try something? To intimidate you? I've heard of people doing that in the previous games...."
I had a feeling he didn't mean to say that. When Zach came over and asked what was going on, he walked away to the spear throwing station.
"So, I noticed you're getting better. Can actually hit the target now. Good." he then looked at her with a serious face. "Did he try something? To intimidate you? I've heard of people doing that in the previous games...."
I gave him a smile.
"Don't worry, it's ok. He just let slip something he wasn't meant to say, that's all." I said. "Thank you for caring though." I added.
I hesitated for a moment, then reached up to kiss him on the cheek. Then I ran off, blushing, to try my hand at the swords again.
"Well, Ok. Just make sure to te-"
She gifted him with a small peck on his cheek, effectively shuttting him up and causing a blush to appear over his face. As she ran off, he tried to speak up again, but that didn't happen; he was... speechless? Even a small peck like that was new to him. It then donned on him that it was regretful... he would die like that. "Ah well..." he thought. He'd at least save Jordyn.
He decided to hit up the survival zone so as to avoid Jordyn. For the moment, he'd probably just blush if they struck up conversation.
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I looked at Jordyn to see her peck Zach on the cheek. I felt a pang of jealousy, but I didn't know why. As I was wondering, the spear slipt from my hand and the tip went into my foot. I gave a small yelp of pain, and started hopping around holding my foot once I took the spear out. I slipt and fell on the floor, and started rolling, still holding my foot. "ow" I muttered "not a smart move".
"W-would you mind if I had a l-look?" I asked, not waiting for an answer.
I knew for a fact that tributes were left to fend for themselves, even in training. I couldn't just leave him there. Blood was pooling around his foot, but I didn't mind. After running quickly around to collect materials, I dressed his wound and put some medicine on it.
"S-sorry, you might need to fix it l-later. I-it shouldn't hurt n-now though." I said.