Technicalities ~Team EXP~

((Moved the thread to the lake))

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Zinnia watched as Ailia pulled some items out of her backpack, and watched fondly as she pulled out a spear, the one weapon that Zinnia wanted most. The weapon that she had practiced the most with, the weapon that would be most useful to her in a fight. It was beautiful too, not unlike the spears she had seen in the training center. Shiny and deadly sharp, it was perfect. But not hers.

Zinnia tore her eyes away from the weapon and watched as Ailia pulled some of the other items out of her backpack. The girl found a pair of boots that would be useful, though Zinnia thought they looked a bit too big for Ailia's feet. Nonetheless, it wasn't the boots that Zinnia cared about. It was the spear. She was capable of handling other weapons just as easily, but the spear was her new favorite.

"I suppose... I'm not really sure. How about you?" Ailia asked her.

I have a tent, that helps for shelter. I have flint, in case we need to make a fire. A flashlight, for light. Then some food, obviously. So hopefully we won't go hungry quite yet. I have this rapier, though I don't really like using it."The rapier still had the District 10 boy's blood on it. Realizing this, she wiped it off in the snow."I like using a spear the most.."She continued, gazing down at the spear that now sat on the ground. "Wanna trade that spear for this rapier?"

Before Ailia could answer, Zinnia noticed something up in the sky. For a second, she thought it was a bird, but she then realized that it wasn't flying, it was simply falling. As it fell farther, she realized it was a parachute. It was falling directly near her, so she assumed that it was hers. When it finally hit the ground, Zinnia was in shock.

Sponsors? How? She asked herself, but she didn't sit there and contemplate an answer. She reached out and picked the parachute off of the ground, with a small smile on her face again. What had she been awarded with?

When she looked at the items, she found two jars of something edible, and then bandages. Curiously, she opened one of the jars, hoping for something useful.

It was peanut butter.

Smiling even wider, Zinnia showed the jar to Ailia. "Protein for our diet!" She said with a laugh, putting the lid back onto the jar. She would have liked something fancier, like the Capitol food, but at least is was something edible.

The bandages would be even more useful, in case one of the alliance members got injured in a fight. Zinnia was sure that they were probably all huge targets, because they were an extremely powerful alliance. There would be many fights.

Just then, the anthem started playing, and the faces of the tributes that were killed were shown in the sky. Dropping her items to the ground, Zinnia tilted her head up to the sky with a wide smile on her face, wondering how many people were killed, and who they were. The first person to show up in the sky was her fellow tribute, Oz Myrrh. She didn't feel bad about this at all, when she looked up at his photograph. Not only had she never spoken to him personally, but she didn't want him to win anyways. She didn't want District One to benefit at all, by victory. District One had never been anything but trouble.

After that, Zinnia counted seven other tributes that were dead. One of them had died because of her, had been stabbed with the still-slightly-bloody rapier that sat next to her. The rapier that she wanted to trade with Ailia, for the precious spear.


In a moment, the anthem was over and the sky went black. Zinnia looked back at Ailia's faint image in the dark, awaiting her answer.


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