four is company | {victors&tributes} | blitz

Several things were keeping Dane Allore's head in a constant fog. Obviously, there was the fact that he had just sentenced himself to death. Why?

Why had he done this?

Because he had to make a choice, and he didn't know how, so he did what he always did and ran away.

He kept hearing Andy's words over and over again in his head, as well as Paige's. Even then, he thought, they expected him to choose.

But now, he sat next to a girl whom he'd already watched die once on tv. (This time, he might have seen it in person.) She looked the same as her twin sister had, with pretty blonde hair and pronounced features, and the same constant look that made him wonder if she was thinking of killing other people.

When Saffron came in, he tried hard not to look her way. He was supposed to be in love with her little sister, after all, and he had just volunteered for the most dangerous fucking contest in the country.

He was more than pleased when Mace followed her in.

"Nice seein' you both again," he said, his voice absent-minded.

"I really wanna get drunk."

{zoe}