Maiya.// That's Why I Hold.//

M A I Y A - L E I G H I A N A
C L A N D E S T I N E E

I have to run. This Arena is the scariest thing I've ever seen. I'm not running for fun, I'm running for my life. That's all I'll ever be doing anymore. Even if I do happen to win, I'll only ever be running. I’ll be running from myself, running from the memories, and running from the arena. I'm alone from now until forever. When I leave in either a casket or on a stretcher, I'll be alone. I can't survive, can I? I'm a tiny little girl, how much can I really handle in this? I'm fragile and it's going to get me killed.

It's so hard to run on this loosely packed blood-sand. I can barely walk on it and it makes my ankles sore. It's so uncomfortable that I think I might start sinking if I happen to take a break from it all. So I try to ignore the pain and find solid ground, but that's probably not a good idea because I doubt I'm not the only one with that dream. So, I can try and beat them there and hopefully find a good hiding spot. I'm short so it shouldn't be hard for me to find somewhere to go unnoticed. I really just want to be in my living room eating soup or something like that. This is the worst experience ever and it's only just beginning. It's about noon, I think, and I'm still only in the first day. Nothing is going to go well for me anymore. I'm either going to be found and kill or I'll be the killer. Neither sounds that fun to me, so I'm hoping I can hide until the finale and they die of thirst.

Looking at those towers, they have to end somewhere, and the sand seems to be rising. I think the Game makers have a gruesome fight planned for the finale and I don't know how well I would fare, but I hope to be there to make my parents proud of me. I want to show everyone that I can survive, that I'm not really that weak. I want to show people I matter. It's so unlikely that I'll be there though, and how many people are dead at the Cornucopia? Did I just narrowly escape death? There’s no way of knowing for sure until the cannons fire, and they haven't yet. I just want to know how far I have to go until I find land.

There it is in the distance, a tower. It's housing some indistinguishable features but I can tell from here it's so dark and scary. It's too tempting to pass up however, so I just brave it and walk on towards it hoping for solid ground.

[Maiya has left the thread.]

LIVING/THINKING - E9A7B6
SPEAKING - C5D5C9
FLASHBACK - 94AC9A
LYRICS - 9F927F