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CASSIA WALKED INTO the viewing room, seeing students wearing their all red outfits.
she looked around the big room, smiling to other students as she walked down the stairs her heels clicking against the ground.
she was nervous, a million thoughts running through her head with what if's.
she saw sejanus plinth when she stepped off the last step of the stairs.
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sejanus and cassia talked amongst themselves, cassia waiting for coryo and sejanus waiting for the games to start. waiting to see what happened to his tribute after he ran.
she felt a hand on her shoulder, she turned around and saw coryo with a smile for her, and giving a nod to sejanus.
suddenly a photographer came into view "over here please."
cassia linked her arm with coryo, a bright smile on her face. the photographer taking the photo a bright flash going onto the trio's faces.
"here." the photographer spoke, giving the small picture to coryo.
coryo left the small group going to his seat in a hurry leaving cassia stunned. cassia spoke a soft goodbye to sejanus and left to go to her seat, between lysistrata vickers and coryo.
lucky flickerman walked down the line of students, telling everyone to sit.
"as you know we're about to go live, just because your not hosting doesn't mean your off the hook. help me don't get lost behind the screens. no yawning, no gum chewing, keep your chins down, heads up, shoulders back. and smile, that's why we have teeth." flickerman spoke.
he then nodded to the camera, "ready, we're going to start this." flickerman then turned to the big screen "five. four. three. two." the familiar sound started to play as flickerman turned around.
"good morning, i'm lucretius lucky flickerman. the man who needs no introduction, weatherman, immature magician, and today i'm honored to say. first ever host of the hunger games." he spoke confidently, claps and cheering was heard behind cassia. "in my hand there's an envelope sealed my prediction to the winner to be opened by me on the big shows end."
drums were heard from the big screen, indicating the games were starting soon. flickerman hurried out of view muttering a few words cassia didn't hear.
she saw lucy grey on the bigger screen, her going through the turnstile the familiar robotic voice calling out 'enjoy the show'
the tributes walked into the broken arena, the camera showing the weapons in the middle.
the camera showed peacekeepers shoving tributes, one girl falling onto the ground a peacekeeper grabbing her arm and throwing her onto her big dot with her district number on it; all the peacekeepers walking out of the arena.
cassia hand fell onto her mouth, a shocked gasp coming from her. coryo looked away from her and saw marcus, sejanus's tribute hanging there, his arms tied to a piece of ceiling that fell. his face bruised and bloody.
a chair was thrown across the room, cassia looked away from tv seeing sejanus in the front of the room "you monsters! all of you!" he yelled, then walking out of the room. all eyes on him. cassia didn't say anything but she agreed with sejanus in her mind.
