To say Marina was pissed was an understatement, the brunette was fuming. She went into the bathroom to get ready before returning to the bedroom. The girl noticed a neatly folded stack of clothing sitting on the edge of her unslept bed.
She slipped on the tight black pants and the black top that had the number "4" on the back, signifying her district. She brushed her hair before braiding it and tying the end off with an elastic. Looking at the time she decided to head straight to the training center, skipping breakfast as she was too nauseous to consume anything.
As Marina walked into the training center a woman began to talk and everyone gathered around her, "I'm Atala the head trainer for the Hunger Games. In 2 weeks, 23 of you will be dead. One of you will be alive. Who that is depends on how well you pay attention over the next four days, particularly to what I'm about to say. First, no fighting with the other Tributes. You'll have plenty of time for that in the Arena. There are four compulsory exercises. The rest will be individual training. My advice is, don't ignore the survival skills. Everybody wants to grab a sword, but most of you will die from natural causes. 10 percent from infection. 20 percent from dehydration. Exposure can kill as easily as a knife." Once Atala finished explaining each station everyone was allowed to go and do what they wanted.
The training room was then full of tributes, all of whom were testing out different weapons. Many of the careers seemed to already know what weapon they were most skilled with, so they were mainly just showing off. Marina found Pier studying the tridents and walked over to her district partner, "Hi-" "You skipped breakfast." the young boy interrupted her before turning to face her. The brunette hummed with a shrug, "Wasn't hungry anyway." the 14-year-old groaned in frustration with the older girl, "You need to eat Mari, you can't just plan on going into the games without a single meal!" he argued with her until she decided to switch the subject.
"What weapon are you going to familiarize yourself with? I suggest something smaller, based on your size a trident might be too heavy in the long run-" Pier rolled his eyes at her before turning back to the trident and picking it up, "I spearfish at home Mari, Im most familiar with a trident."
She sighed before turning away, "I'm going to go work on survival skills." she replied to the blonde leaving him to practice with the trident. Marina had a feeling the trident would be a little overbearing to carry around during the games if he happened to get his hands on one, but she left him to be anyway.
Marina began swiping on the screen looking at all the berries.
Nightlock is a wild plant with extremely poisonous berries.
Pokeweed berries grow in clusters eating more than 10 berries may cause headaches, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain
Holly berries are bright red and hard, eating more than 3 berries can cause nausea, vomiting, and drowsiness
Baneberries are red and white, they have an almost immediate sedative effect on the human heart
After reading over all the plants the brunette then began the pair-matching challenge which sorts through a variety of plants.
"You know, all this information is useless." the brunette turned to see the girl from District One whose name was Jade, her blonde hair was thrown into a high ponytail and her hands were propped up on her hips.
"I don't know if you have trouble hearing but the head trainer said survival skills are important," Marina responded giving her a tight-lipped smile, Jade laughed as she crossed her arms "I can hear just fine, princess." She mocked as she seemed annoyed with the amount of attention the District Four tribute received during the parade after Caesar Flickerman called her a 'princess'.
"I just see no point for you to study these when you're gonna be my first kill. My mentors said due to your 'astounding beauty' you'll be receiving more sponsors, honestly, I don't see it but it just gives me a good reason to kill you first." she threatened as she walked closer to the brunette.
"I suppose it'll be a good show for the Capitol then. Have a good day." Marina snickers before walking off to a different station.
