ch-ch-ch-ch-changes | Day 5, Post-Fold

On the 5th morning of the Games, for the first time in the 96th arena's history, the tributes will see sunlight. The Fold must have began retreating overnight while everyone was sleeping, slowly being leeched back into place. However, its after-effects are immediately noticeable.

As mentioned already, there are no storm clouds in the sky above, which means there is no new snow. The air is considerably warmer, and will continue to heat up throughout the day as time wears on. Snow begins to melt into piles of slush. Ice can be heard snapping and crackling (and popping) in the distance. Snow-capped formations groan under the growing weight above.

Perhaps most notably different of all though is this: when the Fold returns to its original borders, it continues to shrink down, down, down: a self-contained implosion, a dying star collapsing in on itself. Indeed, this makes the concentration of lethal creatures there even higher than before, but by now the Fold has been reduced to half of its original size. If it keeps going at this rate, by the end of the day there may be nothing left except the withered remains of the creatures who depended upon it for survival.

As of Day 5 moving forward, tributes will no longer take weather damage and may choose to keep or drop weather damage items at their own leisure.