#78.training

[dolefvl]

ember wanted to be good at everything he did. he was the epitome of a procrastinating perfectionist, putting everything off until the last minute but still expecting them to done perfectly. it was a curse, and as he sat at a station in the training room, getting frustrated with the task at hand, he wished that trait was different.

as someone walked up to him, he immediately became self conscious and looked at the station, feeling guilty about his inability to conquer the skill easily. “i know, i know, i’m not the best, but if you’d be willing to help me, i’d owe you one super giant favor.” // @ttwstarters

[allvgras]

allegra was sitting on her bed in disrict ten’s apartment, watching the livestream of the training score results on her laptop. the stream she had pulled up had closed captions, while the stream on their television in the living room did not. she waited through the various reports, the scores spanning all over the spectrum of numbers. from the high scores of the careers, to the more middle of the road scores of the outer districts, to the one scored by the boy from six, she could barely take her eyes off of the screen in anticipation for finley’s score.

the girl from nine had received a nine, something that shocked allegra to her core, but she didn’t have the time to dwell on it as finley was next.

a seven. their little secret weapon had received a seven. allegra couldn’t contain her excitement, and she left her room immediately and ran to the living room.

“a seven!” she yelled at whoever was there, sitting on the couch. “a seven, a seven, a seven. i am so stinkin’ proud.” // starter for @birchpembrooke, @kaeraeeveryday, @vesperantonius, & @finleyottern

[dolefvl]

it was one in the morning and november lowell couldn’t sleep. it was his last night before he went into the games, his last night of freedom, and he was spending it laying in bed and staring at the ceiling. he sighed, letting the sound fill up the empty space that he couldn’t fill on his own. he knew he should be sleeping, knew that this would probably be the last night of sound sleep he ever got, but every time he shut his eyes, sleep refused to come.

he was grateful when he heard a knock at the door, as it meant there was something for him to do besides wait for morning, but when he opened it, he didn’t expect to see the person who was there. “royce?” he asked, furrowing his eyebrows. “what are you doing here?” // starter for @vxctxrx

[dolefvl]

snuggles seemed content to be living in ember’s room and ember was content that snuggles was still alive. he had done impressive enough of a job to get a score somewhere on the higher end of the spectrum and gained a temporary pet. that was good enough for him. 

however, now that he managed to acquire an animal, he had to also manage to acquire food. so, once everyone in three’s apartment was sleeping or no longer in the living room, he carefully carried snuggles under his shirt downstairs to try and find some food for him to eat.

what he didn’t expect to run into on his search was a girl from another district, and he quickly moved snuggles to behind his back, giving her a semi-guilty smile. “um, this isn’t what it looks like, i swear.” // starter for @finleyottern

[glcssisms]

the interviews provided him a topic to finally give advice to his tributes on. he was an image coach, someone who helped the children of district one lucky enough to find themselves in the capitol assistance in finding their best angle. for ashanti, he believed it was going to be easy, she seemed to be a seasoned professional already, but he still wanted to touch base just in case.

the night before the interviews, he knocked on her bedroom door. “ashanti? can i come in?” // starter for @cxntinuum